Names in the News

GlaxoSmithKline

13 Aug 02

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) won the International Business Leaders Forum Award for International Corporate Citizenship in Business in the Community's Awards for Excellence 2002.

Vivendi Universal SA

13 Aug 02

French media giant Vivendi Universal SA is being sued in a case alleging shareholder fraud by the company and its former CEO.

President Vladimir Putin's neighbours in Western Moscow are furious. They claim that water to their Ogaryovo village along the prestigious Rublyovskoye Shosse has been cut off since 15 Jul 2002 to serve the area's prime customer.

Joshua Kalebu

29 Jul 02

Joshua Kalebu, a Ugandan engineer, has been accused of fraud worth US$ 8million (EUR 8.2 million) from US authorities. Security sources say US authorities had stationed him in Seattle, Washington state, where he worked as a civil servant.

UNESCO Morocco

29 Jul 02

Morocco's UNESCO Interdisciplinary Chair for the Sustainable Development of Water, part of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Program, will be transformed into a national water research institute, Moroccan Higher Education Minister Najib Zerouali announced early

King Hassan II Great World Water Prize

15 Jul 02

Nominations are invited for the US$ 100,000 (EUR 99,660) 2003 King Hassan II Great World Water Prize.

Ondeo/Thames Water Portal

15 Jul 02

The European Commission has authorized the creation by Group Suez's subsidiary Ondeo and RWE's Thames Water of an online electronic exchange for the water industry.

Ondeo Puerto Rico

15 Jul 02

On 1 Jul 2002, Ondeo began a US$ 4 billion (EUR 4 billion), 10-year waterworks operations and maintenance (O&M) contract for Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA).

WSP Staff

15 Jul 02

R. Mukami Kariuki, Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist of the Water and Sanitation Program-Africa (WSP-AF) in Nairobi, will be joining the Energy and Water Department of the World Bank in Washington from 1 Aug 2002.