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DR CONGO: Urban Water Supply Needs Attention
By Emmanuel Chaco
KINSHASA - Kinshasa's population needs an estimated 700,000 cubic metres of water per day. The Régie de distribution des eaux (REGIDESO) produces only 425,000 cubic metres - vast neighbourhoods like Kitokimosi and Mpasa receive almost none of this water.
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WATER-ZAMBIA: Worries Ahead of Flood Season
By Lloyd Himaambo
SHANGOMBO DISTRICT, Zambia -  The Zambezi is home to the fishing community on Mbeta Island. But after the river rose and swallowed their homes last year, they have learned to fear it as well.
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AFRICA: Water Summit Ends
By Nasseem Ackbarally
MIDRAND, South Africa - As the Second Africa Water Week ends, participants have reiterated that lack of access to clean water and adequate sanitation has a direct bearing on public health and the economy in Africa.
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WATER-AFRICA: Civil Society Demands Action, Not Words
By Nasseem Ackbarally
MIDRAND, South Africa - "No more commitments... We have had enough of the promises. Can we please see something happening on the ground? Right now, it is business as usual and that’s why Africa is off-track on the MDG target."
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AGRICULTURE-ARGENTINA: Desperately Dry
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - The persistent drought affecting some 90 percent of Argentine territory has slain cattle in the hundreds of thousands and caused forest fires, drastic restrictions on water use and local disputes over water.
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AFRICA: Taking the Lead on Water
By Zenzele Ndebele and Nasseem Ackbarally
MIDRAND, South Africa - Water is a resource that binds people together, for better or worse.
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ZAMBIA : Fishing in Troubled Waters
By Zarina Geloo*
 LUSAKA  - In two decades of fishing on the Zambezi, Darius Wamulume has never seen anything like this. With deep ulcerations and tissue decay, the fish he has caught recently is too unsightly to sell and too suspect to eat.
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WATER-UGANDA: Reducing Run-off To Protect Lake Victoria
By Pius Sawa*
GGABA, Uganda - The Ggaba landing site on Lake Victoria is the nearest wholesale fish market to the Ugandan capital, Kampala. More than 6,000 people live and work in this fishing community.
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WATER-BOTSWANA: A Garden In the Heart of the Village
By Nicholas Mokwena & Terna Gyuse
MOKOBENG, Botswana - Look, there's no drama with the borehole in Mokobeng. And that's the way it should be.
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MOZAMBIQUE: Watching the Water Flow Away
By Zenaida Machado
MAPUTO - Less than 100 kilometres from the second-largest dam in Africa, women walk with their babies strapped on their back, water pails balanced on their heads.
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ENVIRONMENT: Pipeline Renews Debate on Sea-Dumped Chemical Weapons
By Matthew Berger
WASHINGTON - On Sep. 24, a beachgoer near Swansea, Wales reported a piece of military equipment washed up on the shore. Three days later, the two members of the team that had showed up to dispose of the shell developed symptoms compatible with mustard gas – a chemical warfare agent used in the two world wars and other conflicts.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Addressing Water Wastage
By Patrick Burnett
CAPE TOWN - How do you fix a leaking pipe?
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WATER-ZIMBABWE : New Wells Protect Environment, Build Peace
By  Vusumuzi Sifile
SHAMVA, Zimbabwe  - Twenty years ago, Isaac Chidavaenzi would worry when his neighbours set up vegetable gardens on river banks, trying to get closer to water sources. The number of gardens on the rivers' banks has now decreased, but Chidavaenzi is even more worried.
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From drought to floods, from privatisations to citizen-led management, from toxic spills and devastation to sanitation and conservation, from water wars to water as a human right, IPS correspondents track the issues surrounding this precious liquid.

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By Catherine Ashton

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By Leonardo Padura Fuentes

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By Walden Bello

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By Maurice Strong

BRAZIL: SHOWING THE WORLD HOW TO END HUNGER
By Andrew MacMillan

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