91. Water had an independent protective effect. 92. Water has to be brought from a distance. 93. Water has to be collected from wells, a sometimes fatal chore when people with heavy buckets of water are caught in the open by shellfire. 94. In Baghdad, water is polluted and in some neighborhoods of the main southern city of Basra, pipes have burst and water has to be distributed by truck. 95. A proper sewerage system is a distant memory, while water has to be fetched from standpipes in the street. 96. Water has had to be rationed or restricted for seven million people in Japan because of a severe drought that has hit the country, reports said Wednesday. |