But now that it has surfaced, the owl could be a game-changer in the water war between the U.S. Forest Service and the Wild West city made famous by the 30-second gunfight at the O.
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Still, the book gives readers important perspective on where mistakes have been made and where problems are likely to arise in the future, like the Middle East, which de Villiers pegs as most likely to wage war over water.
It is the job of the people in this war room to water and nurture the grass roots which sprang up so naturally four years ago.
The war destroyed major water points and water systems, forcing millions of Liberians to go without access to clean and safe drinking water and proper sanitation facilities.
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It flew only a few feet above the water and was a familiar Cold War sight flying over the Caspian Sea.
During World War II, the deep water at Dittisham was used to provide safe anchorage for boats preparing for the D-Day Landings.
Since there are no passable roads in Congo, this war is fought by air and water.
Christian Aid warns that the current conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan -- a crisis summed up by some as the world's first "climate change war" as spreading desertification and water shortages contributed to clashes between the region's African farmers and nomadic Arabs -- could be a taste of a "nightmare scenario" set to be repeated elsewhere across Africa and the world.
Garner and his team face a daunting task which ranges from restoring power and water to establishing the rule of law in the war-shattered country.
Supplies for repairing the water and sewage system and the electricity networks damaged during the war are also stuck at the border terminals.
The paperback is being made temporarily available at deep discount to support a world class charity, Charitywater, which quietly is solving a problem that kills more people than all forms of violence, including war: the lack of clean and safe drinking water.
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Six million people had no access to an inside toilet, and seven million had no hot water, and most of these privations had nothing to do with the war.
Mr Vinson alludes to the fact that many in the Anglo-Saxon world (including me and members of my family) have given up French wines and cheeses, Perrier water and visits to France in reaction to that country's attitude to the war in Iraq.
Made of pork shoulder, ham, salt and water, all compressed in a can, the processed meat product became popular during World War II.
Dating back to the 6th Century BC, the red-figure krater (a large vessel the ancient Greeks used to mix water and wine) shows in exquisite detail the death of Lycian king Sarpedon in the Trojan War.
"They put that uniform on, they gain the same respect as anybody that's been to war, " the grizzled 20-year veteran said over the sound of the dancing water in the memorial's fountain.
Not so much because of all the social and technology shifts since then, but because that year is so close to the high-water mark of U.S. predominance as the only great power to come out of World War II more or less intact.
"Helicopters are flying over, " the Gulf War-era Coast Guard veteran said as he strolled across the plaza, a bottle of water in his hand.
But in a war zone, like what's going on in Syria, we just need to get a clean water fix immediately.
They were exposed 65 years after being dropped when water levels in the Rhine River fell to record lows, prompting what officials said was the biggest evacuation since the war's end.
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