Many believe President Assad's men have deliberately cut the electricity and turned off the water supply in Aleppo.

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The quake, which was set off by the movement of a nearby fault, damaged the approaches to two bridges and concrete pipes that cut off water supply to the two villages.

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Unicef says it plans on providing a month's supply of water treatment chemicals for the capital Harare where water supply has been cut off because the government of Robert Mugabe is unable to buy chemicals needed to clean tap water.

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He threatened to increase the price of water or even cut off the supply, prompting Singapore to embark on an expensive recycling project.

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