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Water shortages in Dead Sea could increase tensions in Middle East

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Water shortages in Dead Sea could increase tensions in Middle East
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Scientists studying ancient mud samples taken from the bed of the Dead Sea separating Israel and Jordan have warned that the fragile political situation in the Middle East will be made worse by the intense water shortages their study is predicting.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/water-shortages-in-dead-sea-could-increase-tensions-in-middle-east-6273289.html

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The charitable face of data use

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A new group of innovative non-governmental organisations are springing up in the wake of disasters around the world, driven by complex data analysis and backed by telecom brands

Signing up refugees via mobile phone, Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya

When a massive earthquake hit Haiti in January 2010, the United Nations found that data collected through mobile telephones was crucial to delivering its relief programmes in the region.

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http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/disciplines/data-strategy/the-charitable-face-of-data-use/3032554.article

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Map study finds vivax malaria has firm grip in Asia

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(Reuters) - Progress is being made in the fight against the most common form of malaria in Africa, but a long-lasting type of the mosquito-borne parasitic disease has a tight grip on swathes of South Asia and parts of Latin America, scientists said Monday.

In a new global map of the plasmodium vivax malaria parasite, researchers from Britain's Oxford University found the disease -- which is often recurring and can be deadly -- is endemic in substantial parts of the world.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/05/us-malaria-vivax-map-idUSTRE7B41KF20111205

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OUR WATER OUR FUTURE 2009 Update

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The Status and Future of the San Diego Region’s Water Supply

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THE STATUS AND FUTURE OF THE SAN DIEOO REGION'S WATER SUPPLY

South Asian power transmission link in the works

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Islamabad(SANA)Electricity trading with Pakistan is part of a larger plan of a South Asian transmission link, which will help countries in the sub-continent harness energy potential of the region.
India plans to sell 500 megawatts (MW) of electricity to Pakistan, which will help the country reduce its chronic power shortage, according to Calcutta-based newspaper The Telegraph.

Officials of the two countries are scheduled to meet next month to finalise the issues of tariff and grid connectivity.

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http://www.sananews.net/english/2011/11/south-asian-power-transmission-link-in-the-works/

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AFRICA: Sub-Saharan sanitation targets “two centuries away”

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LONDON, 18 November 2011 (IRIN) - It will take two centuries for sub-Saharan Africa to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, according to NGO WaterAid, which calls on national leaders to commit 3.5 percent of their annual budget to the sector.

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http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94241

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After 25 Years, Sustainability Is a Growing Science That's Here to Stay

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Sustainability has not only become a science in the past 25 years, but it is one that continues to be fast-growing with widespread international collaboration, broad disciplinary composition and wide geographic distribution, according to new research from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Indiana University.

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