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Amnesty International - Barack Obama - education - Gaza Strip - Israel - Nobel Prize - reforms - water - Web News
Net users denounce water needs in Palestine
Amnesty international accuses Israel of depriving Palestine of water and mobilises net users; the web stands divided over Barack Obama’s planned education reform; and net users are invited to ask questions to Nobel Prize winners on Youtube.
WEST BANK
Amnesty accuses Israel of limiting Palestinian access to water
Amnesty International accused Israel on Tuesday of restricting Palestinian access to water while allowing Jewish settlers generous supplies. Israel says it allows access to twice as much water than it is required to under existing agreements.
energy - water
This week: Water is life…is it also the answer to our energy needs?
ENVIRONMENT travels to the Pyrenees on the French Spanish border to visit the latest dam built in the area. Small in size it provides electricity to just a few hundred homes but it does so with very little cost to the environment.
Arctic Ocean - Atlantic Ocean - Fishing - Mediterranean Sea - oceans - water
This week: Delving deep into the underworld to see how global warming is changing the world’s waters
ENVIRONMENT takes to the high seas on board the TARA, a boat that is sailing across the world’s oceans and seas to examine the effect climate change is having on them and their biodiversity.
SPACE
Reports signal evidence of water on moon
Molecules of water exist on the moon, according to reports based on the findings of the latest space missions. Data from India’s maiden moon mission found spectrographic evidence of water, which appears to concentrate closer to the poles.
climate - Gaza Strip - Iraq - United Arab Emirates - water - West Bank
Kids vacation in Gaza strips
in this edition: summer camps in the Gaza Strip; the battle for water in the West Bank and in Iraq; the link between marriage and national identity in the United Arab Emirates.
WEB NEWS
World Water Day on the Web
In this edition: the run-up to Macedonia's elections; the Net opens the tap for World Water Day and Wikipedia, the internet encyclopedia, is at the movies.
ENVIRONMENT
World forum pledges to tackle water crunch
A seven-day forum on the world's dwindling water resources is expected to end with a pledge to work harder to provide clean water and sanitation, but without agreement on the recognition of access to drinking water as a "basic human right".
INDIA
Drained Badkhal lake becomes a cricket ground
Not far from Delhi, Badkhal and its lake were once the place to rent a pedalo and take to the water. For the last year, the drained lake has become a cricket ground for local children.
ENVIRONMENT
The fifth World Water Forum opens in Istanbul
The World Water Forum was launched this Monday in Istanbul. Twenty-eight thousand people from 107 countries, among them government officials, business people and civic groups, are expected to discuss themes associated with water until March 22.
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