71. The embargo bars Iraq from exporting oil, draining its treasury and leaving little money for maintaining pumping stations. 72. The entire city is without water and power following the worst fighting in more than one year, during which rebel forces destroyed water pumping stations and power plants. 73. The government had accused Serbs of blocking water at a key pumping station. 74. The officials denied that the pipeline or a pumping station was hit. 75. The pumping station was recovered by police and soldiers after a skirmish that left four protesters injured, protest organizers said. 76. The pumping stations were raided Saturday by activists seeking to highlight a campaign against local government changes. 77. The rebels seized the pumping station at the Rio Bobo reservoir, which provides water to Pasto and the surrounding area, on Saturday. 78. The orders were to build canals, levees and pumping stations to decrease the risk of flooding and open up land to agriculture and residential development. 79. The pumping station in Panchiao failed to function when Typhoon Herb churned into the island in August, leading to serious flooding. 80. The strike hit a pumping station in northern Iraq, killing one Iraqi and wounding two others seriously, the minister said. |