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Amazon Rainforest Suffers Worst Drought in Decades

October 11, 2005 — By Terry Wade, Reuters

MANAQUIRI, Brazil — The worst drought in more than 40 years is damaging the world's biggest rainforest, plaguing the Amazon basin with wildfires, sickening river dwellers with tainted drinking water, and killing fish by the millions as streams dry up.