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Environment and Climate in the Middle East
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Accord or Discord on the Nile? – Parts I & II
An assessment of the Agreement on the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework (CFA) from the International Water Law Project Blog. “Its always a good day when nations come to terms over shared fresh water resources, especially in the more parched regions of the world. Hence, it was a wonderful turn...
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Heavy rains, floods kill 24 in Yemen / 14 in Saudi Arabia [Reuters / Daily Times]
By REUTERS, Published: Jul 16, 2010 SANAA: Fierce rains and floods have killed 24 people in northwest Yemen and southwest Saudi Arabia and cut off several villages, local media and government officials said on Friday. Heavy downpours in Yemen’s Wasab Safil district forced a dam to burst, the Interior Ministry...
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Rahat mayor: Reserve a solar energy quota for Beduin – Jerusalem Post
By EHUD ZION WALDOKS 07/25/2010 07:48 “All of the kibbutzim and moshavim have already bought up the existing quotas.” Rahat Mayor Sheikh Faiz Abu Seheban called a press conference on Thursday to publicize a letter he had sent on behalf of the Beduin community to Minority Affairs Minister Avishay Braverman...
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On the road – Haaretz
While devising a transit system for Bedouin towns, Yaakov Malka discovered their lack of bus service has had a detrimental influence on the health, education and professional lives of residents By Yigal Mashiah It’s very hot. The child pulls a plastic bottle out of the basket and drinks. There are...
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Ground laid for first nuclear reactor – Jordan Times
By Taylor Luck AMMAN – Work is now under way to establish Jordan’s first nuclear reactor following the signing of a $70 million soft loan agreement with South Korea on Monday. The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) and a South Korean consortium comprising the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute and...
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State-owned forest areas will never be offered for sale – Masri – Jordan Times
By Hana Namrouqa AMMAN – State-owned forest areas will never be offered for sale, Minister of Agriculture Saeed Masri said on Monday. He was responding to news reports stating that a new article in the Agriculture Law will allow the sale of state-owned forest land to investors. The reports said...
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Sidon politicians condemn electricity and water crisis – Daily Star
SIDON: Politicians in Sidon and Tripoli condemned on Friday the severe electricity rationing and its consequences on water supply. Sidon MP Fouad Siniora met with Sidon Mayor Mohammad Saudi and the head of south Lebanon’s Water Authority Ahmad Nizam to discuss the city’s water and electricity crisis. The officials concluded...
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Raising the dead – Jerusalem Post
By MAURICE PICOW 07/23/2010 15:57 Is the ‘Red-Dead Sea Conveyance Project’ viable? The Dead Sea’s shoreline is sinking by a meter a year, and it is feared that it will literally ”dry up” by the year 2050 – unless immediate efforts are made to save what many are calling one...
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Natural heritage neglected as Tripoli Islands are left to languish, committee head says – Daily Star
By Antoine Amrieh Daily Star correspondent Monday, July 26, 2010 TRIPOLI: Among the many projects that have recently been launched to attract tourists to Lebanon, particularly during the summer season, a number have focused on ecotourism. And while Lebanon has a number of nature attractions, locals to the northern Tripoli...
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Introducing nature into the concrete jungle – Jerusalem Post
By MELANIE LIDMAN 07/23/2010 16:06 Vertical gardens, a new craze sweeping landscape architecture firms in Europe, have finally arrived in Israel. Picture a city of the future, in which the outside of buildings are enveloped in green, wrapped in a living, breathing garden. Inside office buildings, special wall hangings bursting...
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Commercially sized oil field found in central Israel, firm says – Haaretz
Givot Olam Oil notified the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange of the find in its ‘Megev Five’ drill near the town of Rosh Ha’ayin. By Haaretz Service21.07.10 Commercially sized oil field found in central Israel, firm says. Givot Olam Oil notified the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange of the find in its...
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Environmentalists urge closure of Jordan River baptism site over poor water quality – Haaretz
FoEME says Israel, Syria and Jordan are diverting 98% the Jordan and are discharging untreated sewage, agricultural run-off, saline water and fish pond effluent into it. By DPA An environmental group Wednesday urged the Israeli government to close down a baptism site at the lower Jordan River until water quality...
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