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	<title><![CDATA[Is Water a Human Right?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-gunther/is-water-a-human-right_b_51645.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/0/a5458d1d1bbd713fc1256cc400389e94?Opendocument">The United Nations</a>, <a href="http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/rightowater/en/">The World Health Organization</a>, <a href="http://web.amnesty.org/pages/poverty-index-eng">Amnesty International</a>, and <a href="http://www.citizen.org/cmep/Water/humanright/">Public Citizen</a> all agree: Water is a human right. It's hard to argue with that idea. We all need water to live. But maybe, just maybe, we'd be better off if, instead, we thought about water as a business opportunity.</p>

<p>Here's why. Thinking about water as a human right tends to lead to solutions that involve governments, charity, foreign aid, etc. What's more, we don't ask people...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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