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Subject: HORN OF AFRICA: IRIN weekly humanitarian round-up 615 27 January
2012
To: Elisabeth Janaina <[email protected]>
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Table of contents
1. HEALTH: Learning from Saudi experience on risks of mass
gatherings<#1351f75b33718edf_1>
2. Analysis: Agriculture in a changing environment <#1351f75b33718edf_2>
3. Analysis: Coping with climate change <#1351f75b33718edf_3>
4. MIGRATION: Asylum-seekers in Australia suspend hunger
strike<#1351f75b33718edf_4>
5. AFRICA: High cost of child trafficking <#1351f75b33718edf_5>
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***HEALTH: Learning from Saudi experience on risks of mass
gatherings<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94709>
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[image: lead photo]LONDON, 23 January 2012 (IRIN) - The world's great mass
gatherings - from religious pilgrimages like the annual Haj to Saudi Arabia
and India's huge Kumbh Mela, to major sporting events like the Olympic
Games and the Football World Cup - present important health challenges to
organizers and participants alike.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94709>
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***Analysis: Agriculture in a changing
environment<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94711>
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[image: lead photo]JOHANNESBURG, 24 January 2012 (IRIN) - Agriculture has
been seen either as a cause or victim of global warming at the UN climate
change talks over the past few years - something that has thwarted efforts
to attract the investment it needs, say scientists.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94711>
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***Analysis: Coping with climate
change<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94714>
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[image: lead photo]JOHANNESBURG, 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - In the past five
years, "resilience" (the ability to absorb shocks and recover) has become
quite a buzzword in the aid community. Discussions on adapting to a
changing climate are increasingly peppered with the "need to build
resilience" of people, infrastructure and governments in the face of shocks
such as soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, severe storms and flooding.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94714>
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***MIGRATION: Asylum-seekers in Australia suspend hunger
strike<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94715>
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[image: lead photo]BANGKOK, 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - About 150
asylum-seekers in Australia have suspended their hunger strike after
accusing the government of reneging on a promise for community detention
and bridging visas for long-term detainees who posed no risk, activists
confirm.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94715>
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***AFRICA: High cost of child
trafficking<http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94721>
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[image: lead photo]POINTE NOIRE, 25 January 2012 (IRIN) - Forced child
labour remains rampant in Central Africa, where poverty fuels the
trafficking of children from poorer countries to oil-rich states such as
Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and the Republic of Congo, according to experts.
Read report online <http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=94721>
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