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In Brief: Concern over detained Ahmadis in Thailand
21 January 2011
(IRIN
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The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), an umbrella group of some 116 civil society rights organizations, has expressed concern over the plight of 85 detained Pakistani Ahmadi asylum-seekers in Thailand.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91691/In-Brief-Concern-over-detained-Ahmadis-in-Thailand
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ASIA: Pick of the year 2010
31 December 2010
(IRIN
),
On this last day of 2010, IRIN asks: When the end comes, where will you get your last meal? In addition to covering the perennial natural disasters that rip through Asia annually, IRIN reported in 2010 on doomsday food vaults designed to protect biodiversity from disaster. Read on to find one near you.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91499/ASIA-Pick-of-the-year-2010
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GLOBAL: Slow progress on land-grabbing regulation
29 November 2010
(IRIN
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As wealthy investors continue to buy up agricultural land in the developing world, stakeholders disagree over how to regulate such transactions.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91223/GLOBAL-Slow-progress-on-land-grabbing-regulation
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HIV/AIDS: MSM groups hail pill to prevent HIV
24 November 2010
(IRIN
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Gay rights groups have hailed the results of the first study to show that an antiretroviral (ARV) drug can prevent HIV as an important step in the fight against HIV, but say that in countries that criminalize homosexuality, the breakthrough is unlikely to have a significant impact.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91180/HIV-AIDS-MSM-groups-hail-pill-to-prevent-HIV
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ASIA: Taking the taboo out of the loo
19 November 2010
(IRIN
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Entrepreneur turned toilet crusader Jack Sim from Singapore wants to turn the toilet into the new gold standard of status in Asia, which would signify “making it” - as mobile phones have for years and as 24-karat gold did before that.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91130/ASIA-Taking-the-taboo-out-of-the-loo
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ASIA: Why snakebites matter
17 November 2010
(IRIN
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Despite an age-old widespread fear and distrust of snakes, their bites have only recently been added to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) list of “neglected tropical diseases”. Snakes bite an estimated five million people each year worldwide, seriously injuring or disabling up to three million and killing an estimated 125,000, according to WHO and the Australian Venom Research Unit (AVRU).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91107/ASIA-Why-snakebites-matter
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THAILAND: Mixed results for local disaster preparedness
16 November 2010
(IRIN
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Heavy rain flooded most of Thailand this past month, affected nine million people in 51 of the country’s 75 provinces, and underscored the country’s need for better community disaster preparedness, government officials say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91095/THAILAND-Mixed-results-for-local-disaster-preparedness
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ASIA: Water scarcity adds to food pressures
12 November 2010
(IRIN
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Millions more people across Asia will become food insecure due to increased water scarcities, reinforcing the need for greater efficiency in both irrigated and rain-fed rice production.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91069/ASIA-Water-scarcity-adds-to-food-pressures
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In Brief: Myanmar refugees return but agencies prepared for another influx
10 November 2010
(IRIN
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Although almost all the 20,000 refugees from Myanmar who fled to Thailand on 8 November following post-election violence have now returned home, aid groups on the Thai border are prepared for another round of violence.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91047/In-Brief-Myanmar-refugees-return-but-agencies-prepared-for-another-influx
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THAILAND: Thousands flee Myanmar fighting
9 November 2010
(IRIN
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An influx of about 20,000 refugees from Myanmar to Thailand over the past two days has left Thai authorities and aid workers scrambling to address their humanitarian needs.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/91032/THAILAND-Thousands-flee-Myanmar-fighting
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