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Haiti - A cholera infected girl rests on a hospital cot in Raboto, a slum area of Gonaives located in the Artibonite Region, where the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is working to contain the cholera outbreak, 9 November, 2011.
Cuba   Disease   Health   Photos  
 BBC News 
Cuban cholera outbreak reaches Havana
The BBC has learned that a patient has been diagnosed with cholera in the Cuban capital, Havana, days after three people died in a rare outbreak in the south-eastern town of Manzanillo. | More than 50... (photo: UN / Marco Dormino)
sun - hot temperature - heat - climate
Health   People   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: Heat wave  
 Clarion Ledger 
Unrelenting heat wave bakes half US; 30 dead
| PHILADELPHIA - Americans dipped into the water, went to the movies and rode the subway just to be in air conditioning Saturday for relief from unrelenting heat that has killed 30 people across half ... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
A small boy enjoying and throwing stones in the water lake  Herald Tribune 
Lakes and pools offer relief, but also present risk
| ST. PAUL, Minn. - As heat across a big chunk of the U.S. drives people into pools and lakes to cool off, public health officials are worried about a heightened risk of drowning. | Minnesota has had ... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Health   People   Photos   Water   Wikipedia: Lake  
A tap in the garden to watering the plants in the garden  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Seven principles to help make watering efficient
| The intense heat and drought of the past several weeks is tough on gardeners. Most of us are tired of watering, and it's costing a fortune in water bills. So, what can you do to drought-proof y... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Garden   Photos   Soil   Water   Wikipedia: Garden  
Top Stories
Locomotive No. 66 at Los Angeles Union Station. In 2011 and 2012, Amtrak will celebrate its 40th anniversary with festivities across the country, starting the year-long celebration with National Train Day in May 2011. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Amtrak raises fares on Milwaukee-to-Chicago line
Amtrak is raising fares by 3% on its Milwaukee-to-Chicago Hiawatha line. | Effective Tuesday, the cost of a one-way ticket will rise from $23 to $24 between downtown Chic... (photo: Creative Commons / Braniff747SP)
Business   Industry   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Amtrak  
Dam - water - India Zeenews
'Panel has accepted Kerala's demand for new dam'
Thiruvananthapuram: Maintaining that a Supreme Court appointed panel on Mullaperiyar Dam had accepted Kerala's demand for a new reservoir, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Court   Kerala   Photos   Water   Wikipedia: Kerala  
Rio +20: Who is Really Responsible for Responsibility Treehugger
Rio +20: Who is Really Responsible for Responsibility
| , which provides free waste collection, and then turns that waste into sustainable products. Rio +20: Who is really Responsible for Responsibility? | Economic profit an... (photo: UN / Maria Elisa Franco)
Environment   Photos   Rio +20   Waste   Wikipedia: United Nations Development Programme  
INDIA-GREEN-PADDY-FIELD-BURDWANIndia Women Farmer on the Green Paddy Field  at Burdwan in Eastern India ------- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK The Times Of India
Water, power shortage create trouble for paddy farming in Malwa
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet | FEROZEPUR: Neither is the monsoon making its way to the northern region not is the canal water reaching farmers for irrigation use. Paddy fie... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Farming   Photos   Power   Water   Wikipedia: Paddy field  
INDIA-DIAREA-PATIENTS-BURDWAN-MEDICAL-COLLEGE-HOSPITALIndia Diarea Patients at  Burdwan Medical College & Hospital in Eastern India ------ WN/BHASKAR MALLICK DNA India
20 cases of jaundice in Ahmedabad in just 3 days
| The impact of changing weather seems to be increasing on the health of citizens of Ahmedabad. In the last few days, Ahmedabad has witnessed rise in cases of water-borne... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Disease   Health   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Jaundice  
Building the future we want Gulf News
Building the future we want
| Over the past two weeks, Rio has seen the biggest gathering in a decade of world leaders to discuss sustainability issues. Following on from the original Earth Summit i... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)
Future   Leaders   Photos   Rio +20   Wikipedia: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development  
Climate Change Environment and Nature
- George Will On Climate Change: It's Just 'Summer ...
- European climate change and Italian travel, 2012
- To Politicians Napping on the Fireline: Wake Up, Smell the S
- Climate Change: ‘This Is Just the Beginning’
The fish that inhabit coral reefs are numerous and diverse
Natural climate change shut down Pacific reefs: study
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- Monsoon failure drives birds from sanctuary
- Tourists down as Franz Josef Glacier retreats 500m
- Shed some woolly layers and lap up midday sun
- Heatwave brings death and misery to US states
A vehicle by Tata Motors-automobile-India.
Sensex companies may post single-digit growth in June quarter: Analysts
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Desalination Hydrology
- Tech Universe: Monday 9 July
- Four men to row across Arctic Ocean
- Chicago lands two projects on the recently named 100 World C
- Lyndhurst office and warehouse for lease
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- ANDRE FOURIE: Water flows through heart of sustainability ch
- Calif approves flood plan for Central Valley
- Calif approves flood plan for Central Valley
- Into the Heart of Dryness
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Hydropower Oceans and Seas
- JP Power Ventures: New projects to help power up company
- Congress keeps focus on short-term solutions
- Three Gorges Dam opens sluices as water level pushed up[1]
- Three Gorges Dam opens sluices as water level pushed up
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting the Premier of the State Council of the Peoples Republic of China, Mr. Wen Jiabao, on the sidelines of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 20, 2012.
India, China agree to step up defence and security dialogue
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- Chinese patrol ships conclude mission in S. China Sea
- Coral Reefs Rebounded from Hot Seas In Past, Study Says
- Whales snared in ocean debris
- Sea change at the helm of Irish Lights
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Global Warming Water Pollution
- Miners cooling on global warming
- Global warming: It's GOOD for the environment
- 'Plant leaves shrinking because of global warming'
-   Heat Wave Ma
Bighorn type 2 fire fighters mop up hot spots on the south end of the  Waldo Canyon Fire, Colorado Springs June 29, 2012.
This US summer is 'what global warming looks like'
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- Air, water quality good in Dubai
- DM publishes new report on Dubai environment
- As fracking rises, states must inspect more wells
- Boat pulled from Oneida Lake, investigation continues into c
Small dog watching the camera
Dog virus kills more than 30 area animals
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