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A retirement centre in Knysna has already experienced its version of "day zero" - when a fault at a local municipal plant left the elderly residents without any water for 10 days last October.

From BBC

For example, some programs could eventually be resurrected by other local government agencies.

From Los Angeles Times

Aside from nature tracking, Alvéole, a Montreal-based company, also helps commercial buildings set up bee hives to help boost local biodiversity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Both manufacturers are signalling to local carriers that aircraft delivery delays, which have frustrated airlines for years, are beginning to improve.

From BBC

His relatives said he came back as he didn't earn much there and had been working with a local stone-crushing contractor since his return.

From BBC