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19 Jun 2018 - 09:00 - TEHRAN, Iran - OOSKAnews Correspondent
Iran's Foreign Ministry has criticized Israel for launching a Persian website to "assist people and farmers of Iran to recycle water", following Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's release last week of a video in which he offered Israel's water expertise to Iran, which he said faces an environmental disaster due to persistent drought.
"The Iranian people are victims of a cruel and tyrannical regime that denies them vital water," Netanyahu stated. "Israel stands with the people of Iran, and that is why I want to help save countless Iranian lives."
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19 Jun 2018 - 09:53 - JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - OOSKAnews Correspondent
The lobbying group Minerals Council of South Africa has signed a draft water conservation and demand management agreement with the the country's Department of Water And Sanitation aimed at driving
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19 Jun 2018 - 08:31 - BAGHDAD, Iraq - OOSKAnews Correspondent
The government of Iraq has instructed farmers not to plant rice and other water-intensive crops such as white corn, yellow corn, sesame, sun flower, mung beans and cotton as the country's drought c
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17 Jun 2018 - 10:40 - SANTA FE NM - Local Press Report
Republican New Mexico lawmakers challenged an agreement awarding water rights from the San Juan River to the Navajo Nation, asking the state Supreme Court on Friday to suspend the compact because t
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17 Jun 2018 - 10:40 - COLOMBO - Local Press Report
Sri Lanka will strengthen its environmental law to enable more affective action against growing industrial pollution, urban waste disposal and illegal buildings.
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17 Jun 2018 - 10:40 - LOUISVILLE KY - Local Press Report
Police Chief Steve Conrad's office was flooded with raw sewage this month thanks to Louisville inmates who overflowed their latrines above the downtown headquarters.
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17 Jun 2018 - 10:40 - KABUL - Local Press Report
Residents of Afghanistan’s restive, teeming capital have struggled for years with terrorist attacks, a lack of services, a booming population, clogged traffic, and toxic air.
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17 Jun 2018 - 10:40 - MADURAI - Local Press Report
With a good monsoon in the offing, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has promised to release water from the Kabini dam to Tamil Nadu.
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17 Jun 2018 - 08:04 - LANSING MI, United States - OOSKAnews Correspondent
The state government of Michigan approved a new Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) on June 14 that imposes on water utilities a limit of 12 parts per billion (ppb) by 2025.
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15 Jun 2018 - 11:00 - NEW DELHI, India - OOSKAnews Correspondent
India is suffering from "the worst water crisis" in its history according to a new report by the country's National Institution for Transforming India (also called NITI Aayog), a government think t
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15 Jun 2018 - 11:29 - ROME, Italy - OOSKAnews Correspondent
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) has called for a fundamental shift in the way drought is perceived and managed in the Near East and North Africa region.
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15 Jun 2018 - 11:19 - LONDON, UK - OOSKAnews Correspondent
The United Kingdom Environment Secretary Michael Gove has challenged water companies to increase investment and improve environmental outcomes by 2025.
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15 Jun 2018 - 11:42 - BOGOTA - Local Press Report
An electrochemical device developed at Bath University, UK, is being used in rural Colombia to detect water contamination and help map problem areas.
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15 Jun 2018 - 11:42 - COPENHAGEN - Local Press Report
A recent survey carried out by the body governing the regions, Dansk Regioner, has revealed that over 5,000 polluted sites around the country pose a direct threat to the groundwater with an additio
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15 Jun 2018 - 11:42 - MOSCOW - Local Press Report
A Russian plane accidentally missed its target during fire-fighting exercises and dumped tons of water over a group of policemen parked underneath.
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15 Jun 2018 - 11:42 - CHENNAI - Local Press Report
India's water resources minister Nitin Gadkari has said the government is considering a proposal to set up a desalination plant in Tuticorin for using seawater for irrigation.
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15 Jun 2018 - 11:42 - COLOMBO - Local Press Report
Sri Lanka's National Water Supply and Drainage Board is investing $1.2 Billion USD to increase access to safe drinking water, but high borrowing costs, leaky pipes, and volatile weather may require
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14 Jun 2018 - 11:11 - MEXICO CITY, Mexico - OOSKAnews Correspondent
Rescue workers have recovered further bodies from a mine site operated by Rio Tinto in northern Mexico where a gold-silver dam filled with liquid waste collapsed June 4.
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14 Jun 2018 - 11:35 - WASHINGTON DC - OOSKAnews Correspondent
A coalition of nine conservation groups filed a lawsuit on June 13 supporting US federal protections of US waterways and wetlands.
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14 Jun 2018 - 10:09 - ISLAMABAD - Local Press Report
Pakistan signed on June 13 signed two loan agreements worth $565 million with World Bank; $425 million for the National Transmission Modernisation (Phase-I) Project and $140 million for Sindh Barra
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