Baghdad’s nearly six million people have access to half their needs of drinking water, said Sadeq al-Shammari head of Baghdad’s Water Authority. Shammari said practically more than three million people in Baghdad have no access to running water. The shortage comes amid soaring temperatures which at this time ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At a communal water station in a Baghdad slum, a young boy's skinny arms fly up and down as he uses a bicycle pump to coax water from the dry ground. His efforts produce a languid stream that will tide over his family -- and the ...
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على الرغم من انخفاض عدد الأشخاص الفارين من ديارهم في العراق خلال النصف الأول من عام 2008، غير أن الحياة اليومية للنازحين من سكان الخيام ما تزال بائسة، وفقاً لتقييم أجرته منظمة الهجرة الدولية في 15 أغسطس/آب. وجاء في تصريح المنظمة أن "النازحين القاطنين في الخيام لا يحصلون ...
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They "live surrounded by garbage", the report said. "As a result, cases of typhoid have recently been reported.” BAGHDAD, 17 August 2008 (IRIN) - While the rate of people fleeing their homes in Iraq has decreased during the first half of 2008, daily life for the thousands of ...
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A U.S. army soldier from Fox Troop, Sabre Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, sets a mud hut on fire in a deserted village on the outskirts of Balad Ruz, in Diyala province, some 75 kilometers ( 46.6 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008. Soldiers from Fox ...
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THere's a reason why I never drink Pepsi, Coke, or similar, and why I have forbidden it to my children take a look at these two photos taken in Sadr City a few days ago that I have pasted together: Here are the captions supplied by Reuters: A ...
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GENEVA (AFP) The World Health Organisation said Thursday that cholera and typhoid pose the key risks to health in Iraq, with refugees and displaced people particularly vulnerable to any outbreak. An Iraqi boy drinks from a water pipe crossing an uncovered sewage canal on the outskirts of Baghdad ...
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اثارت مطالبة محافظة ذي قار بترسيم الحدود مع جارتها محافظة المثنى وضم احدى المناطق لها مؤخرا، جدلا في الاوساط المحلية يكاد يتطور الى أزمة تكشف عنها تصريحات المسؤولين في هاتين المحافظتين الجنوبيتين، فبينما انتقد مسؤولو المثنى تلك المطالبة، ابدى نظرائهم في ذي قار تمسكهم بمطلبهم واحالته الى الحكومة. ...
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وأضاف "ليست شحة المياه مايخيف ولكن الشك في ان مياه الإسالة هي ملوثة كونها ذات لون عكر وفيها روائح كريهة تشبه رائحة المجاري ". وأشار يوسف "سمعنا من المسؤولين إن هناك مشاريع أنجزت في قطاع الماء والمجاري وملايين الدولارات صرفت دون إن نلمس أي تغيير فشبكات الأنابيب نفسها ...
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أفادت مصادر امنية، ان شخصا قتل واصيب جندي امريكي، فضلا عن اعتقال 39 شخصا في إطار أعمال عنف وقعت في مناطق متفرقة من العراق، من الساعة الثانية ظهرا وحتى الساعة التاسعة من مساء اليوم الخميس، لترتفع بذلك حصيلة اعمال العنف الى خمسة قتلى وثمانية جرحى خلال الـ24 ...
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