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Published 11/03/2009 by AlertNet


Water evaporates from climate change negotiations

Villagers walk through a dry paddy field after collecting water in a cave in Kars Maros district of Indonesia's South Sulawesi Province, November 2, 2009. Thousands of villagers living in the Kars area are short of water due to a long drought season. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad

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