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ENVIRONMENT: Scientists Study the Riches of the Mexican Pacific
By Emilio Godoy*
MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s Pacific coast, one of the world's richest seaboards in terms of biodiversity, has been the focus of very few scientific studies. A new observatory aims to fill that void.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: India’s Monsoon Predictions More Uncertain
By Ranjit Devraj
NEW DELHI - Predicting the monsoons - a risky proposition despite the deployment of satellites and supercomputers - appears to have become iffier thanks to climate change.
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ASIA: Dams Across the Mekong Could Trigger a ‘Water War’
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - For now, the lower stretches of the Mekong River remain a symbol of peace and tranquillity in a region that was once bloodied by war. But for how long?
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ARGENTINA: Huge Loan to Flow into ‘Open Sewer’ River
By Marcela Valente*
BUENOS AIRES - Local residents and environmentalists are eyeing with cautious optimism a major loan from the World Bank to the Argentine government to clean up the Matanza-Riachuelo river that runs through Buenos Aires - the country's most polluted waterway.
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EGYPT: Unquiet Flows the Nile
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani
CAIRO - Differences over sharing of Nile waters may have deepened following the failure among the nine countries along the Nile to come to an agreement.
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MIDEAST: Attack on Water Brings Sanitation Crisis
By Eva Bartlett
GAZA CITY - 'Biddun mey, fish heyya', they say in Arabic for a universal truth: 'Without water, there is no life'.
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DEVELOPMENT: China Reins in Dam Builders
By Antoaneta Bezlova
BEIJING - Beijing has reined in China’s unbridled dam-building spree, issuing warnings to power-hungry developers that stimulating the economy in a time of crisis should not be used as an excuse to forego environmental reviews of big hydroelectric projects.
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MADAGASCAR: Hunger Stalks Drought-Stricken South
By Fanja Saholiarisoa
ANTANANARIVO - The southern part of the island of Madagascar is suffering severe drought and famine. Lack of rainfall during the summer season has destroyed the country’s main harvest in March and April. Half a million Malagasy have little or no access to clean water and food.
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VIETNAM: Saltwater Intrusion Adds to Water Woes
By Tran Dinh Thanh Lam
MEKONG DELTA, Vietnam - When they got out of bed one morning in April this year, the residents of Vi Thanh City here in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta were surprised to find that their water had become salty.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Groundwater Still Underutilised
By Miriam Mannak
JOHANNESBURG - Despite the significant role groundwater could play in alleviating poverty, improving food security and contributing to overall development in Southern Africa, a lack of skills, finances and awareness of the resource means only a small percentage of the region's supplies are tapped into.
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Q&A: Why Sanitation Is the Forgotten Sister
Busani Bafana interviews NOMA NESENI, WSSCC water, sanitation and health coordinator
BULAWAYO - As part of the International Year of Sanitation in 2008, Zimbabwe developed a national strategy for sanitation, launched in February 2008. Just five months later, a cholera outbreak that was to claim over 4,000 lives began.
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LESOTHO-WATER: One Dollar Per Square Kilometre: Now Get Off Your Land
By Thabo Mohale
MASERU - The construction of a two billion dollar dam in Metolong, some 35 kilometres outside of Lesotho’s capital Maseru, is being welcomed by people in and around the city who will gain access to clean and safe drinking water when construction is completed in 2013.
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MIDEAST: Some Unclean Drops to Drink
By Mel Frykberg
FAQUA, Northern West Bank - Faqua village has found itself unfortunately named. Faqua in Arabic means spring water bubbles; the village was named after the abundant natural underground springs that were once found all around it.
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RELIGION-BRAZIL: Intolerance Denounced at UN
DEVELOPMENT-KENYA: Fears Over New Land Deal
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AGRICULTURE: Biotechnology: Africa Must Not Be Left Behind
EUROPE: Croatia on Uncertain Course for EU Membership
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RUSSIA: Hoping for Much, Expecting Little
POLITICS-BOTSWANA: Parties Block Women Candidates for Upcoming Elections
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WOMEN'S HEALTH - A SMART INVESTMENT IN TROUBLED TIMES
By Thoraya Ahmed Obaid
POOR COUNTRIES RAILROADED INTO WEAK COMPROMISE AT UN FINANCIAL SUMMIT
By Sylvia Borren
AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH BOB ROACH : "IN THIS GLOBALISED ECONOMY COMPANIES DON'T RECOGNISE NATURAL BOUNDARIES."
By Lucy Komisar
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By Martin Khor
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By Joaquin Roy
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