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The 2006 Report in the News
La crisis del agua
La Republica
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Should Water Be Legislated as a Human Right?
IPS
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What They Are Saying: The Politics of Toilets
USAID
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The Politics of Toilets
Washington Post
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L'eau et la crise économique
L'Observateur de l'OCDE
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The water vendors of Nigeria
BBC News
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Water - another global 'crisis'?
BBC News
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Ghana’s sanitation crisis
The Statesman
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Talking Dirty — The Politics of Clean Water and Sanitation
New England Journal of Medicine
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Global: Water, Rights and Women
New Blaze
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Blue Covenant: The Alternative Water Future
Monthly Review
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It's Like Oil, But Different
Policy Innovations
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Send in the Latrines
New York Times
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Latin America: Why There's a Water Crisis in the Most Water-Rich Region
AlterNet
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Africa: Leadership Must Now Wake Up
The East African Standard (Nairobi)
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On World Water Day, a mighty global thirst
Christian Science Monitor
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World sanitation goals slip
The Economic Times
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Water: a global crisis, a global opportunity
eGov Monitor
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If Water is the Next Oil...
ThomasNet
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Corruption Reduces the Basic Need for Water and Adequate Sanitation to an Elusive Dream for Billions
Women's International Perspective
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The eight commandments
The Economist
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Water Pipes Don't Mean Water in the Tap
Inter Press Service News Agency
Water Woes: It's a special commodity everyone takes for granted. But supply is shrinking, pipes are aging, and few are willing to pay the price
U.S. News and World Report
Is Water the Next Oil?
Yale Global
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U.N. official tells U.S. Congress about worldwide water deficit
International Herald Tribune
Thirsty world captures investors' attention
Reuters
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All of us should be ashamed
Financial Times
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Apocalypse, now: There is enough water but it does not reach the poor, and that threatens us all
Financial Times
Basic sanitation a goal we are not meeting for world's poorest
The Vancouver Sun
Sanitation must top the agenda
The Calgary Herald (Alberta)
Clean Water Luxury for North Jakarta Slum Dwellers
The Jakarta Post
India's Growing Water Crisis
Financial Times
Burkina Faso: Wells And Toilets Make Bad Neighbours
Inter Press Service
Human waste as manure?
The Nation
19 diciembre 2006
A cry for water
The Daily Times
Accès à l'eau: la décennie perdue
Les Echos
Water for the world
Financial Times
Clean Water is a Right
The Economist
10 noviembre 2006
UN urges end to 'water apartheid'
BBC News
Why water is gravest challenge facing humanity
The Independent
Norway Ranked As Best Country to Live In
Associated Press Online
UN: Millions in Asia lack water, basic sanitation
Associated Press
Rich states must help tackle water crisis - UNDP
Reuters
Nicaragua no avanza en IDH
La Prensa
World’s poor still without safe water
Business Day
Thirst For Water Will Grow
Forbes.com
Op Eds
Clean water is a human right
International Herald Tribune
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Water as a Human Right
Fraternité Matin, Côte d'Ivoire
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The forgotten other India
The Guardian
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Cómo evitar las guerras por el agua
La Nación, Chile
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A global problem: How to avoid war over water
International Herald Tribune
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La crisis del agua amenaza a los más pobres
Clarín, Argentina
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Save a little water for tomorrow
International Herald Tribune
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We cannot tolerate children dying for a glass of water
The Guardian
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