The world in which we live is constantly changing.
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Since 1985, Larry Habegger and James O'Reilly have been reporting on these security and safety issues for major newspapers around the globe. Updated weekly, World Travel Watch is designed to help you make informed judgments about travel. Because conditions can change overnight, always make your own inquiries before you leave home. A 20-day period of mourning is underway, but may be cut short if the traditional owners of the area bow to pressures from the Northern Territory government and local tourism interests worried about lost business. The indigenous people have long objected to outsiders climbing Uluru because it is considered sacred, but permit it in cooperation with the national government and the area s national park status.