Following the famine in Somalia, this virtual issue of Disasters brings together a number of seminal articles on previous famines in the Horn of Africa and elsewhere. The collection includes articles by world class scholars on early warning systems, targeting of emergency food aid, effectiveness of famine response, interface between war and famine, malnutrition, disease and mortality in times of famine and discussion of the definition of 'famine'. It is hoped that this rich literature, spanning almost 30 years, can be of help in informing the current response.

Source: Reuters

* Somalia is country most at risk from terrorism-ranking

* Greece is European country most in danger-consultancy

By William Maclean, Security Correspondent

LONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Somalia has replaced Iraq as the state most at risk from terrorist attack, according to a ranking by global analysts Maplecroft, which sees threats also rising in Russia, Greece and Yemen but falling in India and Algeria.

A statement by the consultancy about

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Dans sa résolution 63/138, l'Assemblée générale a prié le Secrétaire général de lui présenter, à sa soixante-quatrième session, un rapport détaillé et actualisé sur la sûreté et la sécurité du personnel humanitaire et la protection du personnel des Nations Unies,