Water Wars: External Links 2002

The following are articles and commentary for the year 2002 related to the main article water wars.

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 * "Stealing our Water. Implications of GATS for Global Water Resources," Friends of the Earth, 2002.
 * Matthias Muindi, "Dam could provoke water wars," News from Africa, January 2002: "The construction of the Merowe Dam in northern Sudan later this year is bringing to the surface the discontentment of Nile River countries over the unequal use of the Nile waters, a situation caused in part by an outdated treaty."
 * Tabitha Morgan, "Turkey to pump water to Cyprus," BBC, January 11, 2002.
 * "Pakistan: Karachi water shortage," IRIN News, January 16, 2002.
 * David Whitehouse, "Dead Sea keeps falling," BBC, January 22, 2002.
 * Michael Pollock and Chris Davis, "Enron unit tried for water privatization in Florida," Herald-Tribune (SW Florida), March 2002.
 * "UN warns of looming water crisis," BBC, March 22, 2002.
 * Elizabeth Blunt, "Israel's PM 'to take charge of' water," BBC, May 29, 2002.
 * "China Warned of Water Crisis by 2030," Xinhua News Agency (china.org), June 6, 2002.
 * "Water shortage threatens EU, industry body says," Planet Ark, June 13, 2002.
 * Jim Hightower, "Stop the Corporate Takeover of our Water," Hightower Lowdown (AlterNet), July 24, 2002.
 * David Chazan, "Turkey and Israel seal water deal," BBC, August 2, 2002.
 * Tim Hirsch, "The fight for fresh water," BBC, August 12, 2002.
 * Maude Barlow & Tony Clarke, "Who Owns Water?" The Nation, August 15, 2002 (September 2, 2002 issue).
 * Ginger Adams Otis, "A World Without Water. Advocates Warn of Thirst and Turmoil for a Parched Planet," Village Voice, August 21-27, 2002.
 * Barbara Garson, "Johannesburg and New Jersey Water," ZMag, August 26, 2002.
 * Roger Bate, "Water Wars," Tech Central Station, August 29, 2002.
 * Santuah Niagia, "Government in deep waters over water privatization," News from Africa, September 2002: "In a remote and poor town in northern Ghana where water is a rare commodity, participants at a workshop strongly opposed government's policy on water privatization."
 * "Dead Sea rescue plan unveiled," BBC, September 2, 2002.
 * "Summit deal on drinking water," BBC, September 3, 2002.
 * "India's age-old water dispute," BBC, September 5, 2002.
 * "Indian state shares disputed water," BBC, September 5, 2002.
 * "Protesting Indian farmers stem river," BBC, September 9, 2002.
 * "Indian state seeks more water," BBC, September 11, 2002.
 * "World Bank Water Privatization Policies Benefit Corporations, Not Developing Countries," Public Citizen, September 25, 2002.
 * Malcolm Seymour, "World Bank’s ICSID to Hear Case on Bolivia Water Privatization. Bechtel Corp Suing for $25 million in Lost Profits After People Revolt," Economic Justice News, October 2002.
 * "Hazy future for world's dying seas," BBC, October 8, 2002.
 * Susan Williams, "Water wars," Indiana University, October 12, 2002.
 * "Groups warns of global water crisis," UPI, October 16, 2002.
 * "Protests in India water row," BBC, October 28, 2002.
 * Jon R. Luoma, "Water for Profit," Mother Jones, November/December 2002.
 * Peter Ashton, "Water Wars. Are water conflicts inevitable?" Science in Africa, November 2002.
 * Savannah Blackwell, "The water wars. Water privatization has been a failure all over the world – but companies like Bechtel haven't given up," sfbg.com, November 6, 2002.
 * Abdi M. Farah, "Hargeisa's Water Shortage Dilemma II," The Somaliland Times, November 9, 2002.
 * Srinand Jha, "India’s Water Wars," AlterNet, December 2, 2002.
 * Laura Mecoy, "Desert Water Wars. Looming Vote Could Determine The Future Of The Salton Sea," The Sacramento Bee, December 7, 2002.