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Severe water shortages strain wheat harvest in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) – Salah Chelab crushed a husk of wheat plucked from his farmland south of Baghdad and inspected its seeds in the palm of one hand. They were several grammes lighter than he hoped. “It’s because of the water shortages,” he said, the farm machine roaring behind him, cutting and gathering his year’s wheat
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