Heavy pollution in Temirtau, C Kazakhstan
21:56, December 08, 2009 
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A view of Termirtau town in central Kazakhstan with the Termirtau steel plant in the background, December 7, 2009. With its chimneys towering high above the steppe of central Kazakhstan, a giant maze of rusty pipes and billowing furnaces built in the 1960s, the plant is Central Asia's biggest steel producer -- and one of its biggest polluters. The start of climate talks in Copenhagen on Monday has given new impetus to a campaign by local ecologists and production officials to tackle the problem.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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