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			<title><![CDATA[VIETNAM: How MAG works]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Unexploded ordnance can explode if disturbed, causing injury and death. It also keeps people in poverty, preventing them from farming or building houses for instance. It is no coincidence that some of the poorest areas 
of Vietnam are those that are the most heavily contaminated.
This reportage do...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:38:52 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/mag-vietnam-uxo-landmines-how-mag-works/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[SOMALIA: A day in the life of a MAG Project Manager]]></title>
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Explosive Remants of War being prepared for destruction.
On the eve of World Humanitarian Day, 19 August, Alistair Moir talks about his role as MAG's Project Manager in Puntland State of Somalia.
 
 
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"The day begins at five o&rsquo;clock, as mosques call out mor...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:58:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[PAKISTAN: MAG works with national partner to help flood victims]]></title>
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Landmine accident survivor Khwza Bibi. [Photo: SPADO]
Following the devastation caused by the extreme flooding in Pakistan, MAG has been working with our national partner SPADO to limit the dangers people face from landmines and other deadly items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) dislodged by the flo...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:44:45 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/pakistan-mag-works-with-national-partner-to-provide-education-and-relief-for-flood-victims/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[SUDAN: Freedom and development]]></title>
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Mine and UXO Risk Education in Kassala. [Photo: MAG Sudan]
People in Girgir El Nogta village saw much hardship during the civil war and remained afflicted by the legacy of the conflict during their new-found peaceful era.
 
 
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Unexploded ordnance (UXO) litters th...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:08:04 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/mag-sudan-uxo-in-kassala--freedom-and-development/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[GAZA: Two world record attempts made possible by MAG]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Video from Al Jazeera English TV.
 
 
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MAG has helped the children of Gaza to bounce and fly into the record books.
More than seven thousand children set their sights on a place in the Guinness Book of Records after an unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk assessment by...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:00:53 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/gaza-two-world-record-attempts-made-possible-by-mag/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[SUDAN: MAG has positive impact for returning refugees]]></title>
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Back home: Luka, Rafaela and their youngest child, 12-year-old William. 
&ldquo;I am always happy when I see MAG raising awareness on safe behaviour to avoid accidents. We did not know what to do if we faced any of these dangerous items, as we lived out of the country for so long.&rdquo; &ndash; ...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:18:35 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/mag-sudan-refugees-return-to-magwi-county-/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[BURUNDI: Crucial mine and UXO survey takes place around Kibira Forest]]></title>
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The survey will either confirm land as dangerous or allow it to be returned to the population.
Thanks to funding from the Swiss Government, the Burundian Civilian Defence and MAG are finally able to survey the last areas suspected to be contaminated by landmines and/or unexploded ordnance (UXO) i...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:45:42 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/burundi-survey-begins-in-the-kibira-forest-area/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka updates]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A MAG landmine clearance operator at work near a house. See Rebuilding
 futures in Adampan
MAG Sri Lanka report - July 2010 [PDF]Download
 the latest report from MAG's operations in the country.
MAG Sri Lanka report - June 2010 [PDF]Download
 the latest report from MAG's operations in the count...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:49:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SUDAN: Partnering for a better future]]></title>
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Two JIDU staff receive training in Kassala, June 2010. [Photo: MAG Sudan]
In June 2011 the current internationally held responsibility for coordinating mine action activities in northern Sudan will transfer to the Sudanese authority, the National Mine Action Centre (NMAC).
 
 
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:42:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SOMALIA: Clearance and safety messages save lives]]></title>
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Children in Riiggoomane receive Mine Risk Education.
&ldquo;I am so happy today and I will stop worrying about this danger to children and also other villagers&rdquo; - Hawo Khalif, whose house in Riigoomane had been 25 metres from a stockpile of 105 white phosphorous mortars
 
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			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:47:41 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/somalia-clearance-and-safety-messages-save-lives/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[D.R. CONGO: Independent woman]]></title>
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&ldquo;My children are without a father today because of war. If all these
dangerous items left over from war are not cleared, the people are
afraid to cultivate their fields, to go search for food or wood in the
forests, to go to school, even the trucks can&rsquo;t circulate, there is no
comm...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:21:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SUDAN: In the wars in southern Sudan]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Independent producer Ruth Evans travelled through southern Sudan with BBC World Affairs correspondent Mike Wooldridge to witness first hand the work being carried out by MAG to clear unexploded mines and ordnance that are the legacy of 40 years of civil war.
 
 MAG's convoy of Land Cruisers on the...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:19:36 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/sudan-in-the-wars-in-southern-sudan/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[VIETNAM: American Ambassador visits Quang Tri operations]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[American Ambassador Michael W. Michalak joined MAG Chief Executive Officer Lou McGrath OBE on a visit to one of MAG&rsquo;s Vietnam project sites in Gio Linh district on 23 July.
Located in Quang Tri province in the central belt of Vietnam, Gio Linh district was one of the most contaminated areas d...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:18:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[VIETNAM: Partnership with government strengthened]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The long-standing partnership between the Government of Vietnam and MAG has been strengthened by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding lasting a further three years to 2011.
Lou McGrath OBE signed on behalf of MAG, alongside Mr Nguyen Huu Hoai, Vice-Chairman of the People&rsquo;s Provincial ...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:16:45 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/vietnam-partnership-with-government-strengthened/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[SUDAN: Partnership and dedication]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Demining is a painstaking, dangerous job, with considerable mental and physical demands. So why did Akech Athieu do it without pay when the organisation that employed him ran out of money?
Akech Athieu (right) with an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician from OSIL.[Photos: MAG Sudan]
Akech Ath...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:15:26 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/sudan-partnership-and-dedication/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[BURUNDI: 20,000 grenades destroyed in efforts to reduce armed violence]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
MAG&rsquo;s projects in Burundi work to limit the flow of weapons onto the black market.
MAG passed a milestone in Burundi on July 22 when the 20,000th hand grenade was destroyed since the beginning of the organisation&rsquo;s support to the Burundian Government in reducing the risks posed by Sma...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:05:45 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/burundi-20000-hand-grenades-destroyed/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[LAO PDR: Cluster casualties continue]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Ti recovering in hospital after becoming another victim of a bombie.
The upcoming ban on cluster munitions, which will enter into force on 1 August, has not lessened the need for unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance to continue.
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Santi (or Ti) is an 11-year-old boy ...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:33:08 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/lao-pdr-cluster-bomb-casualties-continue/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[BURUNDI: MAG provides training for the disarmament campaign]]></title>
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Following a request from the Burundian National Commission for Civilian Disarmament and SALW (CDCPA) and in close coordination with UNDP, MAG has organised a training day for the heads of police stations from areas where the civilian disarmament campaign is likely to yield the most significant col...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:21:26 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/burundi-training-for-the-disarmament-campaign/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[SOMALIA: Munitions stockpile clearance in Puntland]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
A stockpile of dangerous weapons is found &ndash; what happens next?
See how an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, made up of MAG staff and the Puntland Police, clears and destroys hundreds of munitions in the Puntland State of Somalia.
Seventy-eight Pakistan-made P4 anti-personnel landmines were...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:01:56 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/somalia-munitions-stockpile-clearance-in-puntland/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[IRAQ: Removing the threat in Mosul]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
MAG Iraq's Conventional Weapons Disposal response team, near Mosul.
"When we returned to the village, we started rebuilding the houses. But when we discovered that there were large numbers of weapons&rsquo; ammunition and explosives left over from the war buried in the ground, we had to move far ...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:42:53 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/iraq-removing-the-threat-in-mosul/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[VIDEO: Iraq 2010 - Saving lives ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
 MAG is creating a more secure environment in Iraq, enabling development and helping people to return home safely. 
Internal conflicts, the 1980-88 war with Iran, the 1991 Gulf War and the conflict that began in 2003 have left Iraq as one of the countries worst-affected by landmines and unexplode...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:19:57 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/video-iraq-2010--saving-lives-/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[PAKISTAN: 'Their situation is desperate' ]]></title>
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MAG-trained staff give a participatory 'risk education' session to schoolchildren.
MAG is training Pakistani non-governmental organisation Sustainable Peace And Development Organisation (SPADO) to help protect vulnerable people in conflict-affected areas. 
In 2009, fleeing fighting and insecurit...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:29:51 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/pakistan-teaching-messages-of-safety/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[LEBANON: MAG hosts new UK Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]]></title>
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An excavator is used to search through the remains of houses in Yohmor, 2007.
A high level delegation from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has visited MAG in Lebanon. 
Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt MP visited the town of Y...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:15:46 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/news/mag-lebanon-hosts-new-uk-under-secretary-of-state-for-foreign-affairs/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[LEBANON: 'We want our country to become like Europe']]></title>
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Images from MAG's work in Lebanon following the 2006 war 
By removing the cluster bomblets that were blocking access to agriculture and infrastructure, MAG has improved the economic potential of a community in southern Lebanon. 
Mahmoud Sharaf Eldine, May 2009.
When the fighting in 2006 between...]]></description>
			<author>MAG &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:48:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG welcomes ratification of Cluster Bomb Ban Treaty]]></title>
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MAG has welcomed today&rsquo;s announcement that the international treaty banning the use of cluster munitions has been ratified. 
The news will have even more resonance for people in Lebanon, Lao PDR and Iraq, where the lethal threat from unexploded cluster munitions continues to affect daily li...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:47:47 +0100</pubDate>
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