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DEVELOPMENT: Wastewater Crops Feeding Millions
By Thalif Deen
STOCKHOLM - Vegetables, rice and other cereals in at least 53 cities in Asia, Africa and Latin America may someday come with warning labels that read "this is a byproduct of raw sewage".
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DEVELOPMENT: Water Progresses, Sanitation Regresses
By Thalif Deen
STOCKHOLM - The world's poorest nations are making halting progress in water, but little or no tangible improvement in sanitation -- two of the basic necessities of life.
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DEVELOPMENT-UGANDA: Looming Problems With Kampala's Water
By Joshua Kyalimpa
KAMPALA - The water supply for two million residents of the Ugandan capital Kampala is threatened by a combination of ill-planned urbanisation and changing rainfall patterns.
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Mekong Flood Warning System Fails
By Marwaan Macan-Markar
BANGKOK - As communities along the Mekong River face some of the worst floods in decades, a flood warning network that combines scientific and local knowledge is under scrutiny. Activists say it has failed its first major test.
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PARAGUAY: Concerns, Tension Rise with Water Level in Yacyretá Dam
By David Vargas
ENCARNACIÓN, Paraguay - Hundreds of people living in the Paraguayan border city of Encarnación are worried about flooding as the result of a rise in water level in the Yacyretá hydroelectric dam, an issue that is also causing tension between Paraguay and Argentina.
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BRAZIL: Small Hydroelectric Dams Not So Green
By Mario Osava*
RIO DE JANEIRO - The combined impacts of numerous small hydroelectric dams in one river basin can be at least as harmful as one large dam, warn experts, environmental activists and indigenous groups, who face a flood of new projects along the rivers of the western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.
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IRAQ: Iran Gains From Power Cuts
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*
BAQUBA - The crisis over electricity failure grows as summer temperatures climb and a drought plagues Iraq. It is a crisis Iran is using to help Iraqis where the U.S. has failed.
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ENVIRONMENT-THAILAND: River Diversion Plans For Whose Benefit?
By Kornpan Winwong - Newsmekong*
BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej’s plans to divert water from rivers in neighbouring Laos to help feed agricultural production faces stiff opposition from activists, who argue the ambitious projects could threaten the environment and local people’s lives.
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Wetlands Loss Fuelling CO2 Feedback Loop
By Stephen Leahy
Uxbridge, CANADA - Wetlands are dangerous, scientists say, in the sense that they are ticking carbon bombs best left alone. To help stave off extreme climate change, existing wetlands should be enhanced and new wetlands created so they could capture more carbon.
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DEVELOPMENT-MADAGASCAR: Not Enough Money for Basic Water
By Fanja Saholiarisoa
ANTANANARIVO - Safe drinking water is a scarce resource in Madagascar. Considerable financial investment is needed to improve sanitation and water treatment and distribution for the population of this large island.
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DEVELOPMENT-MAURITIUS: Water -- Waste Not, Want Not
By Nasseem Ackbarally
PORT-LOUIS - The 1.2 million-strong population of Mauritius presently enjoys plentiful piped potable water from the 2000 mm average annual rainfall that falls over the island annually. But large amounts of water are wasted, and with growing demand from new development, the island's water security may come under pressure in the near future.
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MIDEAST: Sewage in Water Threatens Gazans
By Mel Frykberg
GAZA CITY - Gaza is being forced to pump 77 tonnes of untreated or partially treated sewage out to sea daily due to the Israeli blockade of the coastal territory. The fear is that some of this is creeping back into drinking water.
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CHINA: ‘Within a Generation Beijing Will Cease to Exist’
By Antoaneta Bezlova
BEIJING - Few in the Chinese capital are aware of the price their city would pay for staging the world’s first ‘green Olympics’ in August. The fabulous capital of Chinese emperors and the epitome of modern China’s ambitions is being driven to extinction by its chronic lack of water. And the Olympic games are expediting the city’s slow demise, according to experts.
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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.

BOLIVIA: Businesses Take On the Green Challenge

PORTUGAL: Easing Food Safety Standards for Traditional Products

KENYA: Gathering Storm of Expectations in Nairobi Slum

AFRICA: Proving Ground For International Criminal Court?

HEALTH: Global Agenda Increasingly Disease-Driven

ZAMBIA: Mwanawasa Leaves Mixed Legacy

NICARAGUA: US Fourth Fleet Treads Fine Line

DEVELOPMENT: South Africa Beats Deadline on Water, Sanitation

SOUTH ASIA: Musharraf's Exit Leaves India Confused

AFGHANISTAN: Taliban Fill Power Void in Kabul?

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BIOFUELS AND FOOD SECURITY: CONFLICT OR COMPLEMENTARITY?
By Ignacy Sachs

CAUCASUS: THE POWDER KEG
By Johan Galtung

THE MAJOR CHALLENGES THE WORLD ORDER CAN'T ADDRESS
By Benjamin William Mkapa* - IPS/South Centre

INDIA: AS THE ECONOMY GROWS, SO DOES HUNGER
By Anuradha Mittal

HOUSING, FOOD, OIL - WHAT NEXT?
By Johan Galtung

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