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Briseida MEMA

Albania Tourism Boom Sparks Fight Over River's Future

The Shushica river flows near the village of Brataj, south of Tirana (Credit: AFP)

The Shushica River's sparkling emerald waters wind a spectacular course through southern Albania that activists say is now at risk from a project that would divert a portion of its flow.

A tourism-fed construction boom is underway along the nation's hundreds of miles of pristine coastline, and the new developments need water -- lots of it.

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