June 19, 2013
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Karen villagers Somchat Nasuankanok, left, and compatriots attend a court session against Thai Pollution Control Department at the administrative court in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The court has ordered the government agency to rehabilitate a lead-polluted creek and pay nearly four million US dollars in compensation to local villagers in a long-awaited environmental legal battle. More than 150 ethnic Karen villagers near the Klity Creek in Kanchanaburi province have suffered from lead-contamination in water, soil and aquatic animals for over 10 years. The toxic waste was released from a mining factory that was shut down in 1998. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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