By TALES AZZONI 2010-10-25T17:42:58Z SAO PAULO (AP) -- A severe drought has dropped water levels on a major Amazon tributary to their lowest point since officials began keeping records more than a century ago, the government reported Monday, cutting off dozens of communities who depend on the river for work and transportation....

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