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			<title><![CDATA[LIBYA: 22 houses declared safe, amongst 34 EOD tasks last week]]></title>
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Some of the unexploded ordnance that has been collected by MAG in Misrata. [Photo: MAG Libya]
MAG&rsquo;s clearance teams in Libya found and removed 25,492 Explosive Remants of War last week.
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This total included five cluster submunitions, five missiles, two MANPADS parts and 19,551 Small ...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:59:57 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/libya-22-houses-declared-safe-amongst-34-eod-tasks-last-week/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MP visits MAG to discover more about mine action]]></title>
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MAG&rsquo;s Sean Sutton describes the function and effect of a landmine to Pauline Latham MP. A 2011 report showed the use of anti-personnel mines by states to be at a seven-year high.
The Chair of a new parliamentary group on landmines was in Manchester last week to discover more about humanitar...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:34:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Cambodia NGO partnership and development impact]]></title>
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This video from MAG's partner in Cambodia, CARE, shows how the two organisations work in tandem in Palin &ndash; one of the poorest provinces in the country.
Before CARE can help to make people's living conditions better by developing the agricultural sector, the first priority is mine removal an...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:54:37 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[LIBYA: A safe future for schoolchildren in Sirte – rocket, mortars and RPGs destroyed]]></title>
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Children in Libya remain at risk from the remnants of the conflict.[Photo: Sean Sutton / MAG]
Where can children still recovering from the effects of war play safely in a city that is littered with remnants of conflict, such as mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms ammunition?
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			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:40:16 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/libya-a-safe-future-for-schoolchildren-in-sirte/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG announces appointment of new Chief Executive]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
 
MAG is delighted to announce the appointment of Nick Roseveare MBE as its new Chief Executive. 
Nick joins MAG after more than three years as the Chief Executive of 
Bond, the membership body for 370 UK non-governmental organisations 
working in international development.
He will take up th...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 17:31:30 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/mag-announces-appointment-of-new-chief-executive/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[S.SUDAN: Making Independence Day safe in Juba]]></title>
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Nearly 1,800 items of UXO were found scattered across this area as it was being prepared for independence ceremonies.
 
MAG was asked by the Government of South Sudan to help clear unexploded ordnance  from a large area in Juba, to make it safe for the thousands attending the declaration of inde...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 17:25:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[BURUNDI: Living amongst ammunition]]></title>
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Reducing the risk of accidental explosion: obselete weapons and ammunition are collected at Mudubugu Base in Bubanza Province.[Photo: MAG Burundi]
 
A joint MAG-Burundian Army team is helping to reduce the risks of deadly explosions posed to those who have little choice but to live close to ammu...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:13:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG calls for preventative action as  Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites continue to rise]]></title>
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Marina was singing in the church choir when the nearby arms depot exploded. She was knocked
unconscious. Read more on the Brazzaville blast that killed hundreds in March 2012.[Photo: Simon G Conway]
MAG has this week called for more international support to help prevent unplanned explosions at m...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:51:50 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/mag-calls-for-preventative-action-as--unplanned-explosions-at-munitions-sites-continue-to-rise/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[IRAQ: From minefields to wheat and barley farming]]></title>
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&ldquo;I used to be afraid of entering the land, and I have been extra careful
 with my children, because one step in the wrong spot could kill them.&rdquo; &ndash; Syamanad, farmer near Kirkuk. 
Poverty-stricken inhabitants of a village in northern Iraq have hopes of a better future after MAG c...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:22:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Libya one year on: The battle against cluster bombs, landmines and UXO]]></title>
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Unexploded cluster munitions on Misrata's Tripoli Street are arranged to write 'February 17' &ndash; known as the 'Day of Revolt' &ndash; in Arabic. [Photo: Sean Sutton/MAG]
&bull; Libya: conflict response slideshow
A year after the uprising, MAG has celebrated a lifesaving milestone in the batt...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:41:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[IRAQ: Areas contaminated by cluster bomblets cleared near Mosul]]></title>
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MAG deminers prepare detectors to undertake clearance operations in Kherava.
"More than 30 trucks transport stones from Kherava to the sandstone factories in Mosul on a daily basis. At least 15 people work at this site every day. MAG has saved their lives" &ndash; Qayran Edo, village leader of Kh...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:16:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[LAO PDR: 'We feel safer now' ]]></title>
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One of the poorest families in Khuanpho village, Khammouane province, has seen its yearly rice production increase by a third after MAG cleared land for a new paddy field. 
&ldquo;I am 61 years old. It is hard for me to walk all day up a steep mountainside to my paddy field like before!&rdquo; sa...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:00:38 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/lao-pdr-we-feel-safer-now-/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[LEBANON: 'These days I feel hopeful']]></title>
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"My name is Munir Zhour and I live with my young family in the town of Yohmor in southern Lebanon. Our house is modest but safe. I have a small orchard of fruit trees that I can harvest and sell to support my family and my sons&rsquo; futures. Because of MAG&rsquo;s work, these days I feel hopeful...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:49:26 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/lebanon-these-days-i-feel-hopeful/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[SOUTH SUDAN: Partnering with Save the Children to protect young refugees]]></title>
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Children hold leaflets containing safety messages given to them by a MAG Community Liaison team.
MAG has provided life and limb-saving Risk Education to more than 8,000 children at the remote Doro refugee camp in South Sudan.
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Deep in the remote Doro refugee camp in Maban County, Upper Nil...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:58:47 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/south-sudan-partnering-with-save-the-children-to-protect-young-refugees/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[LEBANON: 'MAG's presence has brought us hope']]></title>
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Remnant of conflict: a deadly M42 cluster submunition.
Hassan Hashem and his brother had been waiting to use their farming land for more than 20 years, until MAG cleared it of cluster bombs and unexploded ordnance.
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Al Khiyam village rests on the steep slopes of southern Lebanon, a largely...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:48:14 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/lebanon-mags-presence-on-our-land-has-brought-us-hope/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[BURUNDI: Securing arms stockpiles]]></title>
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Registration of weapons in Bujumbura before their transport to the Weapons Destruction Workshop, at the Central Logistics Base of the Army, for demolition.
The management and storage of arms stockpiles in post-conflict societies
 is a significant undertaking. States that lack the capacity to pro...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:08:57 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/burundi-securing-arms-stockpiles/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[SRI LANKA: High-impact landmine clearance]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Benjamin returned home last year, having fled the fighting: &ldquo;Everything was destroyed, even our plantation."
MAG&rsquo;s current project in north-east Sri Lanka is an example of our emphasis on long-term benefits for conflict-affected communities.
Mannar district was a stronghold of the Li...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:56:33 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/sri-lanka-highimpact-landmine-clearance/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Staff profile: Helping women in Sudan ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Fawzia has overcome a number of challenges in eastern Sudan.
Fawzia Mahmoud Saeed is driven by a desire to help those most at risk from landmines and unexploded ordnance &ndash; and to contribute to a better future for women and children in eastern Sudan.
The state of Kassala, on the border with...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:11:04 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/staff-profile-helping-women-in-eastern-sudan-/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG lends a leg to landmine campaign]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[MAG&rsquo;s Nick Roseveare has joined Ban Ki Moon, world famous sports stars, landmine survivors and thousands of activists by &lsquo;Lending a Leg&rsquo; to help stop the devastating effects of landmines.
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Nick &lsquo;lends a leg&rsquo; to the ICBL campaign whilst sporting a pair of MAG&rsqu...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG chosen for new UK disaster response network]]></title>
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MAG teams are currently responding to the emergency in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. [Photos: © UNMAS www.mineaction.org]
MAG is one of 22 non-governmental organisations to be selected for a new rapid response network by the UK Government.
 
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The network, called the Rapid Response Facil...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/mag-chosen-for-new-uk-disaster-response-network/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG speaks out on use of landmines in Syria]]></title>
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A PMN-2 anti-personnel mine: 300 of these were removed from ground in Syria&rsquo;s northern Idlib Governorate on March 12, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. 
MAG has condemned the use of landmines in Syria.
 
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Chief Executive, Nick Roseveare, spoke out after news surfaced this...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[LIBYA: Training teachers in risk reduction messages]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[MAG has been delivering Risk Education to vulnerable groups across Libya since July 2011.
These safety messages particularly target schoolchildren, who are the most likely to play with unexploded items and cause themselves harm or death. 
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MAG has trained and deployed nine Community Liaison ...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[REPUBLIC OF CONGO: More lives at risk as blast leaves Brazzaville scattered with unexploded ordnance]]></title>
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People in Brazzaville may be unaware of the risks posed by unexploded ordnance scattered by Sunday's blast.
MAG is helping Congolese authorities deal with the deadly fall out after Sunday&rsquo;s tragic explosion has left homes and streets littered with deadly items.
Listen now: 'Danger After Co...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photo gallery: Bombs destroyed in Brazzaville ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Under its formal partnership with the Ministry of Defence in the Republic of Congo, MAG provides technical support to the Forces Arme&#769;es Congolaises (FAC) to safely manage and dispose of weapons and ammunition from storage depots in urban areas.
The capital city of Brazzaville is the number on...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[LAO PDR: Farming without fear]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[One of the poorest families in the village of Ban Nam Hom talks of the positive effects of MAG&rsquo;s clearance project in the areas surrounding the Plain of Jars sites.
&ldquo;People from neighbouring villages have been killed whilst farming. Every time I dug the earth I was afraid I would hit so...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
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