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Indonesia targets full access to clean water by 2019

​Indonesia has set target to secure access to clean water for all people across the country by 2019 and planned to provide drinkable water directly from the faucets in large cities, a senior official said here Thursday.

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Bolivian president to meet Unasur leaders on flight rerouting

Bolivian President Evo Morales will meet with counterparts from the Union of South American Nations ( Unasur) later Thursday to discuss the rerouting of his flight earlier this week when several European countries denied his plane access to their airspace on suspicions that Edward Snowdon was on board.

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UN urges global push to realize sanitation goals

A joint United Nations agency report on Monday warned that without a major funding push, some 2.4 billion people -- one-third of the world's population -- will remain without access to improved sanitation in 2015.