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Ethiopia: Nothing will stop Nile dam project

By Associated Press
Published June 12, 2013 4:00am ET
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Ethiopia: Nothing will stop Nile dam project
Egyptian officials tried to cool tensions with Ethiopia Wednesday over the new Nile River dam project by highlighting its “neighborliness” as the Ethiopian prime minister's spokesman insisted that nothing would stop the dam from being completed upstream from Egypt, which is wholly dependent on Nile River water. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) | Hassan Ammar

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s leader has vowed that no one will stop a $4.2 billion energy project that is diverting the flow of the Nile River.

His comments come a day after Egypt’s president warned that all options were being considered to halt the dam.

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