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  1. Haiti: Another disease of poverty in a traumatised land

    and 160 deaths reported by October 22. Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness spread by drinking water ... water contaminated by the human feces of persons infected with the cholera bacteria. Only about 10% of ... those who drink water contaminated by the cholera bacteria will fall ill. However, the infection can be ...

  2. Victory for community and environment

    water-dependent natural features is an objective鈥, it said, adding it was 鈥渘o longer a viable proposition for ... mining to cause more than negligible damage to pristine or near-pristine waterways in drinking water ...

  3. Requiem for a river system?

    natural impacts on the river system. He tells of the over-allocation of water permits, of unpopular, ... length of the river, they will have no lasting impact unless water use patterns are changed the length ...

  4. Gillard pushes big business barrow

    Kristina Keneally for her refusal to submit to watered-down national occupational health and safety laws. ... to stand in the way of the 鈥渞eform鈥 of water entitlements in the Murray Darling Basin. 鈥淓veryone who ... and education, carbon and water鈥, Gillard said. 鈥淲e will pursue it with discipline and rigour鈥 鈥 so ...

  5. New initiative: Union and community summer school

    and creating union support for social enterprises like the Eureka鈥檚 Future solar hot water ...

  6. Papua New Guinea: Mine owners try to silence critics

    food, water, transport and recreation for local people. The Minerals Policy Institute said many ...

  7. For real equality social justice and action on climate change

    public infrastructure such as schools and public transport, and has let private electricity and water ...

  8. Arctic ice in 鈥榙eath spiral鈥 means civil resistance is our best hope

    water takes longer to refreeze each winter. Serreze said the warmer temperature means 鈥渢he Arctic summer ...

  9. Forest 'peace deal' signed

    agreement fails to include principles of protecting water supplies sucked up by plantations and poisoned by ...

  10. Latin America: Their struggle is ours

    Cochabamba in Bolivia who, 10 years ago, rose up and defeated the privatisation of water in their region ...