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Water shortages causes 100,000 to flee homes in Iraq: UN

AFP Global Edition 44 days ago

More than 100,000 people in northern Iraq have abandoned their homes since 2005 because of water stress, after drought and over-extraction of groundwater caused the collapse of an ancient water system, UNESCO said on Tuesday. "Drought and excessive well pumping have drawn ...

Water shortages causes 100,000 to flee Iraq homes

AFP Global Edition 44 days ago

More than 100,000 people in northern Iraq have abandoned their homes since 2005 because of water stress, after drought and over-extraction of groundwater caused the collapse of an ancient water system, UNESCO said on Tuesday. "Drought and excessive well pumping have drawn ...

UNESCO: drought forces 100,000 Iraqis from homes

AP News 44 days ago

UNESCO study shows more than 100,000 northern Iraqis abandon homes due to water shortage Not war but drought has forced more than 100,000 people in northern Iraq to abandon their homes since 2005, with 36,000 more on the verge of leaving, UNESCO ...

Egypt's journalist union investigates Israeli ties

AP News 46 days ago

Egypt's journalist union investigates prominent member for meeting with Israeli ambassador Egypt's journalist union is investigating whether to expel a prominent member for meeting with the Israeli ambassador, a case that highlights the broad opposition to normal relations with Israel that persists ...

Argentina, Uruguay bury hatchet to snatch tango honor

AFP Global Edition 49 days ago

Argentina and Uruguay, which have long fought over who invented the tango, buried their differences to earn UNESCO's recognition of the dance and its music as a world cultural treasure. The United Nations cultural organization granted the sultry tango dance steps "intangible ...

Egypt denies Louvre split linked to UNESCO loss

AFP Global Edition 49 days ago

Egypt's decision to cut all cooperation with France's Louvre Museum had nothing to do with the country's culture minister failing to secure UNESCO's top job, the antiquities chief said on Thursday. "Halting cooperation with the Louvre Museum has nothing to do with ...

Egypt denies split with Louvre linked to UNESCO job

AFP Global Edition 49 days ago

Egypt's decision to cut all cooperation with France's Louvre Museum had nothing to do with the country's culture minister failing to secure UNESCO's top job, the antiquities chief said on Thursday. "Halting cooperation with the Louvre Museum has nothing to do with ...

Chief Egypt archaeologist defends Louvre cut move

AP News 49 days ago

Egypt's chief archaeologist: Decision to cut ties with Louvre unrelated to loss in UNESCO bid Egypt's decision to cut ties with the Louvre museum had nothing to do with the loss last month in the country's bid to head the Paris-based UNESCO, ...

MIDEAST EGYPT UNESCO

AP News 54 days ago

FILE- in this Sept. 23, 2009, file picture, Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosny, center, seen on his arrival at the airport in Cairo, Egypt, after being defeated in his bid for the top UNESCO position. Since he lost a high-profile bid to ...

Egypt UNESCO loss stirs debate on ties with Israel

AP News 54 days ago

After failed UNESCO bid, Egypt's culture minister sparks debate on normalization with Israel Since he lost a high-profile bid to become the head of the United Nation's cultural agency, UNESCO, Egypt's culture minister and his supporters have been beating the nationalist drums, ...

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