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70 percent of Afghans without safe drinking water, government (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080325/hlafp/afghanistanresourceswater Tue Mar 25, 2:18 PM ET KABUL (AFP) About 70 percent of Afghans do not have access to safe drinking water, a government minister said Tuesday at the opening of the first of a chain ... Other labels: blog, afghanistan, security

AFGHANISTAN, 1.5 million "severely" hit by drought (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79295 KABUL, 17 July 2008 (IRIN) At least 1.5 million people in 19 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces mostly farming communities in the north have been severely affected by drought and are in need of urgent humanitarian ... Other labels: blog, conflict, climate, afghanistan, security, food, management

AFGHANISTAN Irrigation efficiency drip by drip (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=82841 KABUL, 10 February 2009 (IRIN) A simple watersaving system will be made available at low cost to Afghan farmers in the near future to help them efficiently irrigate farmland and boost yields. The US Agency ... Other labels: blog, conflict, afghanistan, development, resolution, irrigation

AFGHANISTAN Severe drought and food price increases cause malnutrition and disease (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ONIN7HJP8H?OpenDocument&RSS20= 18P Afghanistan is experiencing its most severe drought in eight years, with farming communities in the northern provinces being the hardest hit. In these areas where crops and livestock are dependent on rainfall rather ... Other labels: blog, drought, climate, afghanistan, agriculture, health

AFGHANISTAN Waste management slipping out of control in Kabul (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=80641 KABUL, 29 September 2008 (IRIN) Population growth and the construction boom in Kabul over the past few years have resulted in the daily production of over 3,000 tonnes of solid waste. Some of this has ... Other labels: blog, afghanistan, security, infrastructure, waste, health

Aid shrinks as Iraq's internal refugee tally grows (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1130/p04s01wome.html By Sam Dagher\ Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor \\ November 30, 2007 edition AlManathra, Iraq AbdulHassan Hussein has heard that security is improving in his Baghdad neighborhood of Ghazaliya, recently a hotbed of Sunni extremists who ... Other labels: iraq, migration, security, aid, population

All About, Water and Health (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) From Sahra News  12/18/2007 Summary by Louise Shaler Source: CNN.com by Rachel Oliver\\ International According to the World Bank, 88% of all diseases, averaged worldwide, are caused by unsafe drinking water and inadequate sanitation. Dirty water is to blame for 4 ... Other labels: blog, disease, pollution, un, worldbank, health, wateraid

Asian Nations Face 'Unprecedented"'Water Crisis, ADB (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/45643/story.htm SINGAPORE: November 30, 2007 \\ (Reporting by Daryl Loo, editing by Neil Chatterjee and Sanjeev Miglani) \\ \\ \\ {}SINGAPORE Developing countries in Asia could face an "unprecedented" water crisis within a decade due ... Other labels: asia, urbanization, climate, health, population

A tussle over link of warming, disease, Scientists' debate on climate could influence policies (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) Boston.com    The Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2007/12/05/atussleoverlinkofwarm ingdisease/ By John Donnelly, Globe Staff  \   December 5, 2007 WASHINGTON As world leaders meet in Bali this week to find new ways to battle global ... Other labels: climate, disease, health, scientists

Ban Ki-moon warns that water shortages are increasingly driving conflicts (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative) http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=25527&Cr=water&Cr1= 6 February 2008 Many of today's conflicts around the world are being fuelled or exacerbated by water shortages and climate change is only making the situation worse, SecretaryGeneral ... Other labels: unitednations, blog, conflict, un, security, food, africa, mdg