Aid groups say Europe should pay more. Either way,less wealthy EU members, like Poland,want richer ones, like Germany,to pay more.

VOA: standard.2009.10.29

However,signs of the shortage are much less visible in cities like Jerusalem, where taps have yet to go dry.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

Officials say efforts are already underway, but for now in areas like Penjaringan the poor continue to pay more for less water.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

What's going on now is helping less developed countries like those in East Africa to come up to speed and be prepared for this sort of event,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

There are all sorts of security problems. And then there are problems that we in the West would perhaps regard as a little less legitimate, like the simple desire of authoritarian governments to keep tabs on what their people are thinking and doing.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11