by Kenneth Jarecke for USNWR

Near the port city of Basra, in southeastern Iraq, a woman gathers water. Before the Persian Gulf War, 90 percent of the Iraqi population lived in urban areas and had access to drinking water; of the remainder who lived in rural areas, 70 percent had access to drinking water. Today, roughly half of all Iraqis live in urban areas and just a third of the country has access to drinking water.

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Immigration Rally 2006 View this essay

With an overhaul of immigration law stalled in Congress, demonstrators gathered April 10 in rallies nationwide to denounce the legislation. (4/12/06)

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