Women carry plastic water containers in Baghdad's Sadr City July 31, 2007. Baghdad's residents are miserable in the scorching heat of summer. There is not enough electricity to power air conditioners and taps in large parts of the Iraqi capital have run dry. Picture taken July 31, 2007. To match feature IRAQ/WATER REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)
Children drink water from a broken pipe in Baghdad's Sadr City July 31, 2007. Baghdad's residents are miserable in the scorching heat of summer. There is not enough electricity to power air conditioners and taps in large parts of the Iraqi capital have run dry. Picture taken July 31, 2007. To match feature IRAQ/WATER REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)
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Muhammad Abdul Hussein, 35, drinks water from a tanker in the Karradah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007. Most of the Iraqi capital has been without water for two days, but the eastern part of the city has seen shortages for about the last week. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)
Sisters Amira, 4, Wafa, 3, and Shaima, 2, cool themselves with a trickle of hose water in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007. Most of the Iraqi capital has been without water for two days, but the eastern part of the city has seen shortages for about the last week. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Muhammad Jaffar Abdullah, 4, sips water in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007. Most of the Iraqi capital has been without water for two days, but the eastern part of the city has seen shortages for about the last week. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
A boy drinks water from a hose in a slum neighbourhood in Baghdad's Sadr City July 31, 2007. About 30 poor families make a living by gathering junk at the dumpsite in Sadr City, a vast slum in northeastern Baghdad. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)