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Monday February 10, 12:10 AM Large Underground Lake Said Found in China Scientists have discovered a massive underground lake in China's arid northwest, giving hope for the reduction of poverty in one of the country's most remote and sparsely populated regions, state media reported Sunday. The lake beneath the Taklamakan desert has a capacity about the same as the 244-square-mile reservoir being filled behind China's massive Three Gorges Dam, newspapers and the official Xinhua News Agency said. The find resulted from a comprehensive survey of water resources in the Xinjiang region, Xinhua said. That study found about 35 billion cubic...