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border="0"/> </div> <div class="fr"> <h2>COMOROS   </h2> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div id="leftbodyGlobal"> <span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblError"></span> <table width="100%"><tr><td><div id="mainstoryphoto"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151012224055im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201507301330360672.jpg"/></div><a href="/web/20151012224055/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101802/Mapped-the-world-s-conflicts"><h1>Mapped - the world's conflicts</h1></a><p>LONDON, 30 July 2015 (IRIN) - An interactive map showing all the ongoing conflicts around the world. <a href="/web/20151012224055/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101802/Mapped-the-world-s-conflicts" class="bodylinks" style="font-weight:bold;">full report</a></p></div></td></tr></table> <div style="background-color: #f0f5f9; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img 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Should cost-conscious aid agencies be headquartered there? <a href="/web/20151012224055/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101332/What-future-for-the-humanitarian-capital-of-the-world"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151012224055im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2009/200901271t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151012224055/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101285/Killing-us-softly"><h3> Killing us softly </h3></a> HONG KONG, 27 March 2015 (IRIN) - Of the 100 million Chinese who watched a documentary - later censored - about air pollution in their country, 172,000 are likely to die each year from air pollution-related diseases. <a href="/web/20151012224055/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101285/Killing-us-softly"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: #f0f5f9; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151012224055im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2015/201502241642270774t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151012224055/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101153/Three-words-of-advice-for-WHO-Africa-s-new-chief"><h3> Three words of advice for WHO Africa's new chief</h3></a> DAKAR, 24 February 2015 (IRIN) - WHO’s new regional director for Africa faces a tough road ahead, as she attempts to restore confidence in the organization following failures to act more quickly during the Ebola outbreak. <a href="/web/20151012224055/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101153/Three-words-of-advice-for-WHO-Africa-s-new-chief"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151012224055im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2013/201310251228010087t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151012224055/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101122/Who-celebrity-advocates-are-really-targeting-And-it-s-not-you"><h3> Who celebrity advocates are really targeting. And it’s not you.</h3></a> LONDON, 13 February 2015 (IRIN) - In recent years, aid agencies have increasingly used celebrities to raise awareness and money for their causes. There’s just one problem: It doesn’t actually work. <a href="/web/20151012224055/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101122/Who-celebrity-advocates-are-really-targeting-And-it-s-not-you"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: #f0f5f9; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151012224055im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2010/201008251121470984t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151012224055/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101019/Nice-and-dirty-the-importance-of-soil"><h3> Nice and dirty – the importance of soil</h3></a> NAIROBI, 16 January 2015 (IRIN) - Be it laterite, loam, peat or clay, soil is life. It's the foundation of food security, and so the UN has declared 2015 as the year to draw attention to the stuff. <a href="/web/20151012224055/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/101019/Nice-and-dirty-the-importance-of-soil"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="/web/20151012224055im_/http://www.irinnews.org/Country/CO/Comoros"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151012224055/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/100867/PRESS-RELEASE-IRIN-humanitarian-news-service-to-spin-off-from-the-UN"><h3> PRESS RELEASE: IRIN humanitarian news service to spin off from the UN</h3></a> GENEVA, 20 November 2014 (IRIN) - After nearly 20 years as part of the United Nations, the humanitarian news service IRIN is spinning off to become an independent non-profit media venture, with the support of a major private donor <a href="/web/20151012224055/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/100867/PRESS-RELEASE-IRIN-humanitarian-news-service-to-spin-off-from-the-UN"> full report</a> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: #f0f5f9; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0;"> <div class="fl" style="margin: 5px;"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151012224055im_/http://www.irinnews.org/images/2008/2008022736t.jpg"/></div> <div class="fl" style="width: 410px; padding: 5px;"> <a href="/web/20151012224055/http://www.irinnews.org/Report/100804/An-ambitious-plan-to-end-statelessness"><h3> An ambitious plan to end statelessness</h3></a> LONDON, 7 November 2014 (IRIN) - It is now 60 years since stateless people received recognition in international law, and the UN has two conventions (1954 and 1961) dedicated to their protection and the regularization of their situation. 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