Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Water shortages causes 100,000 to flee homes in Iraq: UN

Water shortages causes 100,000 to flee homes in Iraq: UN

PARIS — More than 100,000 people in northern Iraq have abandoned their homes since 2005 because of water stress, after drought and over-extraction of groundwater caused the collapse of an ancient water system, UNESCO said on Tuesday. [read rest of article]

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