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Middle East: Turkey and Israel to cooperate on joint-pipeline project

12 May 06

A proposal for a pipeline that would run from Turkey to Israel was confirmed this week by senior officials at the Israeli National Infrastructure Ministry.

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Yemen: may run out of water within 10 years

26 Apr 06

The rate of water exhaustion of aquifers is proceeding so fast in Yemen that no other capital city faces the dire prospect of running out of water within the next decade, experts say.

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Middle East: Arab League calls for pressure on Israel for strategic water plan

26 Apr 06

The Arab League called for a strategic Arab water plan that guarantees full Arab rights to water and pressures Israel into complying to water-related international resolutions.

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Algeria: US$ 10 billion to be invested in water sector, minister says

05 Apr 06

Algeria will invest US$ 10 billion in its water sector in the coming five years. Tenders will soon be launched for two mega water projects.

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Israel / Palestine: West Bank barrier cuts off water sources, say Palestinians

05 Apr 06

The controversial Israeli West Bank barrier was not only built for security reasons, but also to cut off and take control of water resources, according to critics.

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Middle East and North Africa: most countries face water scarcity by 2050

21 Mar 06

It is expected that by 2050 all the Arab countries, except Mauritania, Iraq and Sudan, will be experiencing water scarcity.

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Palestine: PM says Israel prevents Palestinians from water supplies

10 Mar 06

“There will be no peace in this region if we are prevented from our water supplies including our rights in the Jordan Valley”, Palestine’s Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei said in a speech on 9 March.

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Yemen: Dutch sign first foreign partnership contract

01 Mar 06

For the first time, a foreign company will be helping a Yemeni water company with management. On 21 February 2006 a Dutch-Yemeni partnership agreement was signed to tackle the drinking water problems in Ta’iz, (population of 650,000).

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Egypt: bird flu fears spark panic buying of bottled water

01 Mar 06

Health officials in Egypt sought Wednesday 22 February 2006 to reassure the public that Cairo's drinking water supply is safe, after fears of bird flu sparked panicked buying of bottled water.

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Iraq: 60 per cent water projects not carried out

14 Feb 06

About 60 per cent of planned water and sanitation projects in Iraq have not been carried out since the 2003 US-led invasion, a US audit said on 26 January 2006.

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