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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - Tanzania, ARUSHA - Local Press Report
- Water levels in Lake Victoria have fallen in recent years, threatening the livelihoods of 30 million people in East Africa.
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - TEL AVIV, Israel - OOSKAnews Correspondent
— Mekorot, Israel's national water corporation, has established a technology support unit, WaTech, to serve as a platform for getting Israeli water-related startups onto the wave
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - washington, JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - OOSKAnews Correspondent
— In a move to quell current humanitarian disaster in the South of Sudan, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has stepped up its investments in the region.
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - duBai, united arab emirates - Local Press Report
- Palm District Cooling has received a $50 million USD Islamic finance facility from Dubai Islamic Bank to help finance the company's expansion.
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - TORONTO, Canada - Local Press Report
— Israel's national water carrier Mekorot has made a presentation to Canadian investors, academics, government authorities and water industry officials.
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - CAIRO, Egypt, KAMPALA, Uganda - OOSKAnews Correspondent
— Two villagers have died and more than 200 fell sick from drinking sewage-contaminated water in the Egyptian governorate of Daqahliya, 120 kilometers north of Cairo.
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - South Africa, TSHWANE - Local Press Report
-South Africa's Ministry of Water Affairs and Forestry is evaluating the quality and distribution of drinking water throughout the country.
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - duBai, united arab emirates - Local Press Report
- Water resources are one of the United Arab Emirates' top priorities, according Environment and Water Minister Mohammad Saeed Al Kindi.
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - Sierra Leone, KABALA - OOSKAnews Correspondent
— A $4 million USD loan to the Sierre Leone government from the Arab Bank for Economic Development will rehabilitate the water system for this remote township.
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - CAIRO, Egypt - OOSKAnews Correspondent
—Africa's water crisis could be hitting new problems soon, as Egypt and Ethiopia say the Nile Treaty is defunct.
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - AMMAN, Jordan, ZIMBABWE, HARARE - OOSKAnews Correspondent
— The Jordanian Water & Irrigation Ministry is reviewing bids from five international consortiums for the contract to advise on the establishment of a new water regulator.
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - BUJUMBURA, Burundi - Local Press Report
- Belgium has given Burundi a grant of some $12.6 million USD to support rural water supply, education and road construction projects.
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - KAMPALA, Uganda - Local Press Report
- Water ministers from throughout Africa gathered in Uganda to discuss the continent's water resources and development goals.
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Local Press Report
-Johannesburg is streamlining municipal services administration to improve delivery of water, sanitation, electricity and other service to the city's 3.2 million residents.
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Local Press Report
- Ethiopia's Water Resources Ministry has drafted a law that would establish a centralized authority to manage the country's water basins.
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Local Press Report
-The general manager of the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO) is being called to account for a total of some $850,000 USD in funds that he is accused of misappropriating.
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29 Oct 2006 - 23:20 - LAGOS, Nigeria - Local Press Report
-The Nigerian government will commission a $2 million USD water bottling plant in the central Nigerian state of Nasarawa later this year.
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16 Oct 2006 - 09:26 - united arab emirates, ABU DHABI - OOSKAnews Correspondent
This capital city of the United Arab Emirates is in a race against itself.
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16 Oct 2006 - 09:26 - LONDON (OOSKAnews) - OOSKAnews Correspondent
- Expect the Qataris to be back. Although the Qatar Investment Authority's consortium lost in its bid to acquire Thames Water, the tiny Middle Eastern emirate still has the money and
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16 Oct 2006 - 09:26 - ZIMBABWE, HARARE - OOSKAnews Correspondent
- Harare is facing a critical shortage of water after the sole supplier of purifying chemical, Zimbabwe Phosphate Industries Limited recently cut supplies to the embattled
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