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8 Feb 2013
THAYET TOWNSHIP, Magway Division — In the scorching midday heat of central Burma,
dozens of families are hard at work.
In the shade of tarpaulins and thatched-roof huts, workers operate makeshift wooden
drills and old engine blocks to dig wells in order to bring up
that most coveted of energy sources: oil.
