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Nile Basin Countries Fail to Sign River Treaty Again

May 4, 2010

Egypt and Sudan have rejected the proposed Nile Basin agreement as it stands, while the other seven members vow to press on.

New Bank Loans Revive Controversial Ilisu Dam Project in Turkey

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January 13, 2010

The Turkish government plans to move forward with the dam despite international opposition.

Water Scarcity, Food Security Concerns Prompt Global Land Grab

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November 17, 2009

Area nearly the size of France purchased, leased for food production around the world. Africa, South America, parts of Europe targeted by cash-rich, food-poor nations

Jordan Plans to Give Dying Dead Sea New Life

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October 16, 2009

Jordan's government is making its own plans to rejuvenate the shrinking Dead Sea with salt water from the Red Sea

West Bank in Acute Humanitarian Crisis, World Bank Water Report Says

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May 30, 2009

Amid bloody ethnic conflict, the prolonged five-year drought in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip drags on in dismal every-day monotony, but a World Bank report published last month is raking the coals between Israelis and Palestinians over vital aquifers that they share.