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Jordan warned it is getting hotter and drier than anticipated
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Studies suggest parched Jordan is being hit hard by climate change, getting hotter and drier than previously anticipated.
In the world's most water-poor region, warning signs abound of what a failure...
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Hydroponic farm offers solution to water shortages
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A young farmer in Egypt is growing plants using a hydroponic system which he claims is more economical with resources.
Instead of using soil, the crops are grown in water channels.
...
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Startup supermarket offers groceries of the future
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Dried insects, cold-brewed coffee and cut flowers that stay fresh for three years.
These are just some of the products on the shelves at a new supermarket in Berlin that only stocks products from...
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Startup supermarket offers groceries of the future
LEAD IN:
Dried insects, cold-brewed coffee and cut flowers that stay fresh for three years.
These are just some of the products on the shelves at a new supermarket in Berlin that only stocks products from...
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India's Chennai brings drinking water in by train
Amid the green Yelagiri hills of southern India, the train inches along the tracks, careful not to spill any precious cargo: drinking water bound for Tamil Nadu state's parched capital city of Chennai.
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Korea fears Fukushima contaminated water release
Korea criticised Japan on Monday at the IAEA over fears that it was planning to release radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean.
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Dilemma over Fukushima growing radioactive water
Inside a giant decontamination facility at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant, workers in hazmat suits monitor radioactive water pumped from three damaged reactors, making sure it's adequately — though not completely — treated.
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WRAP Chinese aid arrives for flood victims ADDS medical camp, Nawaz Sharif
Charsadda
1. Wide of crowd at medical camp
2. Various of doctor examining child
3. Mid of children
4. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Tahir Shah, Doctor:
"Most patients coming to us are suffering from three or four water borne diseases, gastronomic...
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Glaciers melting at alarming rate according to experts who blame global warming
Peru's glaciers have lost more than one-fifth of their mass in just three decades, which means putting at risk an estimated 30 million people along the country's Pacific coastal desert who depend on the glaciers for their...
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With water in short supply in California, one brewery is using new technology to recycle water. Microbes are used to treat the wastewater to generate clean water and energy needed for brewing. (March 13)
(Nat sound - beer pouring)
(Nat sound - bottle assembly line)
SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Kruger, Master Brewer - Bear Republic:
"I do think it's going to be a trend especially in places like California or Arizona that are very water...
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US couple help to develop water treatment project in Myanmar
AP Television
Bangkok, Thailand - 11 May 2008
1. Water purification kit opened by Cathy Bradner, Developer of Thirst-Aid water treatment project
2. Pan contents of kits
3. Close-up diaphragm pump
4. Mid shot kit
5. Solar power unit, pull...
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Palestinians concerned as power outage causes sewage overflow
Officials in the Gaza Strip on Thursday were struggling to resolve the Palestinian territory's latest crisis - raw sewage on the streets of Gaza City.
Sewage from a treatment plant began overflowing onto the streets of the Al-Zeitoun...
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WFP and UNICEF briefings plans for humanitarian convoys to Homs
The World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday called on all sides in the conflict in Syria to allow safe passage for a humanitarian aid convoy which is poised to enter the besieged city of Homs.
"We need that all security conditions be met...
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Palestinians affected by lack of drinking water due to closure
Dir Al Balah, Southern Gaza Strip - 24 November 2008
1. Wide of water distribution centre
2. Mid of water tank
3. Worker filling water tank
4. Worker standing next to machine
5. Close up of worker closing tap
6. Worker opening plastic...
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WRAP Water purification, hospital, aid arrival ADDS more aid
Saint Marc
1. Wide of main street in Saint Marc
2. Wide of entrance to hospital
3. Interior of hospital grounds
4. Various of patients, medical workers and family members of patients inside hospital
5. People washing hands on way out...
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Acrobatic baby yoga on the beach
Dahab, Egypt December 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011
1. Various of babies being swung around by their mothers on the beach
2. SOUNDBITE: (Russian), Lena Fokina, teaches water birth and baby yoga
"This method was invented by Igor Charkovski,...
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Sustainable energy in Canary Island
AP Television
El Hierro Island, Canary Islands, Spain - November 25-26, 2011
1. Various of wind turbine
2. Various of coastline and shore
3. Wide of volcanic landscape
4. Wide of wind turbine
5. Various of bird hovering in wind
6. Pan...
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Israel - Lack of water supply to Palestinians
A new problem is brewing in the West Bank between Palestinians and Israeli settlers, namely the lack of available water to Palestinians. The shortfall is countered by using winter rainfall stored in cisterns, and buying water from water...
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Sierra Leone cholera death toll rises to 217
Humanitarian officials say the death toll from a cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone has risen to 217 people.
British charity Oxfam said that the death rates in the West African country were almost double emergency thresholds.
Nearly...
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ISRAEL: ARGUMENT OVER WATER RIGHTS INTERRUPTS PEACE PROCESS
Arabic/Eng
The Middle East peace process is again in trouble, this time over water.
Palestinians are demanding a greater share of the water being pumped from aquifers in the occupied West Bank.
The dispute is the latest snag in...