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ENVIRONMENT-ASIA: Mekong Commission Fends Off Credibility Charges
By Andrew Nette
PHNOM PENH - The head of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has defended the regional body against charges that it faces a crisis of credibility arising from inability to guide hydropower development on the Mekong mainstream.
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CLIMATE CHANGE-CUBA: Prized Wetland in Danger
By Patricia Grogg*
CIÉNAGA DE ZAPATA, Cuba - If the worst outcomes predicted for climate change in Cuba become reality, a large portion of the Ciénaga de Zapata, the largest and best preserved wetland in the islands of the Caribbean Sea, could disappear by the second half of this century.
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IRAQ: Running Out of Water in Rising Heat
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*
BAQUBA - Water supply is drying out in what was once the agriculturally rich Diyala province north of Baghdad. Baquba, the capital city of Diyala, is now running out of water both for drinking and for irrigation.
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DEVELOPMENT-ZAMBIA: Counting the Cost of Recent Floods
By Newton Sibanda
LUSAKA - Samson Mwenda, a farmer from Namwala in Zambia’s Southern Province, recalls with bitterness the massive floods of the 2007/2008 rainy season and the harsh consequences they had for his life.
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MOZAMBIQUE: Officials Master Floods - But Battle To Contain Diseases That Follow
By Steven Lang
GRAHAMSTOWN - More people have died of cholera following recent floods in Mozambique than the number of those who perished in the rising floodwaters. Most rivers in central and northern Mozambique burst their banks after heavy rains in December, January and February, and as a result of Cyclone Jokwe -- which hit in early March.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Water Supply Proposal Sparks Controversy and Suspicion
By Steven Lang
GRAHAMSTOWN - A plan to increase the supply of potable water to two coastal towns in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province is provoking heated debate.
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HEALTH-DR CONGO: Water Everywhere, But Is It Safe To Drink?
By Michael Deibert
KINSHASA - The rain falls in battering sheets, rolling eastward along the Congo River through Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It is midday, but the sky turns black and soon the potholed streets of this decrepit yet vibrant metropolis are filled with pond-sized puddles, many of them larger than the cars that traverse them.
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Q&A: "Between Implementation and Planning, There Is a Disconnect"
Interview with Washington Ochola
NAIROBI - Accounting for about a third of the gross domestic product in sub-Saharan Africa, agriculture clearly plays a significant role on the continent. But, figures only tell part of the story. A review of Africa produced under the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) notes that agriculture is also "woven into the fabric of most societies and cultures in the region."
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ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Water Aplenty, Nor a Drop to Drink
By Keya Acharya
NEW DELHI - Over 37.7 million people in India are affected by water-borne diseases due to contaminated drinking water supply and an estimated 1.5 million children die of diarrhoea each year, according to newly available statistics.
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CAMBODIA: Dwindling Fish Stocks Threaten Food Security
By Andrew Nette
KIEN SVAY, Kandal Province - Soldier-turned-fisherman Im Vandang is not sure why there are fewer fish in the Mekong river but he is certain that the situation is getting serious.
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WORLD HEALTH DAY: Climate Change a Challenge to Human Species
Interview with Mirta Roses*
MONTEVIDEO - World Health Day, celebrated Apr. 7, is a good opportunity to "call attention to the fact that the survival of humanity is at stake" because of climate change, according to Mirta Roses, director of the Pan-American Health Organisation.
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CHILE: Environmentalists Defend Patagonian Wilderness from Dams
By Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO - Robert Kennedy, senior attorney for the U.S.-based Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC), is in Chile to support opponents of a plan for building five dams in the southern region of Patagonia.
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NICARAGUA: Houses Without Water or Water Without Houses?
By José Adán Silva
MANAGUA - Authorities in Nicaragua are facing the dilemma of generating thousands of jobs through the development of the construction and real estate industry in the capital or putting a priority on future water supplies for the city’s 1.2 million people.
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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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BURMA: 'Junta Aid Blocks Could Multiply Cyclone Toll'

ENVIRONMENT-ASIA: Mekong Commission Fends Off Credibility Charges

Q&A: "Literally, This Is Energy From Dirt"

BURMA: Junta Holds Referendum in Cyclone Aftermath

CLIMATE CHANGE-CUBA: Prized Wetland in Danger

LEBANON: Hezbollah, In Opposition, Takes Charge

POLITICS-BOLIVIA: Morales Bets All or Nothing

BURMA: Junta Does U-Turn on Relief Aid

EUROPE: Stealth Lobbyists Creep In

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THE DEMOCRATIC ILLUSION
By Johan Galtung

EDUCATION UNDER ATTACK - RECLAIMING SCHOOLS AS ZONES OF PEACE
By Helene-Marie Gosselin

CURRENT CRISIS HIGHLIGHTS FLAWS IN MARKET ECONOMICS, AND GDP
By Hazel Henderson

WHAT'S BEHIND SOARING COMMODITY PRICES
By Jose Graziano da Silva

BHUTANESE HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF THEIR NEW PARLIAMENT
By Francoise Pommaret

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