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			<title><![CDATA[In Harm's Way: Landmine Clearance ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[MAG's life-saving work in Cambodia will be featured on the new CW
network show In Harm's Way on Sunday, October 26 at 7PM/6PM
Central.
Steve Wilson, MAG's Director of International Relations, who is featured in the upcoming broadcast, comments on the show:
"This is a unique opportunity for membe...]]></description>
			<author>Mike Fryer &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/in-harms-way-landmine-clearance-/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bomb Harvest screenings]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Bomb Harvest, the critically acclaimed documentary which features the work of MAG Lao and partners UXO Lao, is to be screened at a series of international film festivals during October and November, including the high profile human rights Artivist Film Festival in Los Angeles.
The 88-minute film ...]]></description>
			<author>Jennifer Lachman &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reducing the threat of small arms and light weapons]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[This week, civil society organizations in 70 countries will unite to mark a Global Week of Action against gun violence. With an estimated 600 million weapons in circulation worldwide, the proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) remains a major obstacle to peace and development in politi...]]></description>
			<author>Geoff Turner &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/reducing-the-threat-of-small-arms-and-light-weapons/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG's Executive Director receives an OBE]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[MAG is delighted to announce that its executive director Lou McGrath has received the award of Order of the British Empire (OBE) from Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.Lou McGrath was presented with his award at Buckingham Palace for his services to international mine clearance.
Lou has been executiv...]]></description>
			<author>Geoff Turner &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 12:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/mags-executive-director-receives-an-obe/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[DRC: Juggling soccer balls and hand grenades]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Somewhere in the vast sea of elephant grass that makes up
Katanga Province, lies the village of Cantonnier. Like all of the other
villages in the region, it&rsquo;s little more than a string of mud huts
straddling one of the very few roads. &ldquo;Roads&rdquo; being a rather
euphemistic term for...]]></description>
			<author>Geoff Turner &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 12:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/drc-juggling-soccer-balls-and-hand-grenades/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cambodia: The Legacy of War]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Decades later, the threat to life and life remains in CambodiaOne family's story of living through the dangerSuth Chhun Ny is a 51 year old farmer who lives in Prahteat village along with his wife and their only daughter, a widow with three children. For the past forty years Ny and his family have f...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/cambodia-the-legacy-of-war/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Explosion Clearance in DRC]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[MAG clears deadly legacy of DRC explosionOver 30,000 dangerous items have been removed from blast areaOn June 17th of this year an explosion in Mbandaka at a Congolese military storage facility, Camp Ngashi, killed 3 people, injured 94, and displaced more than 200 families. Surrounding schools, gove...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/explosion-clearance-in-drc/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Soccer and MAG in Angola]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[MAG featured at the Angola Football CupReaching the public crucial to saving lives in heavily-contaminated nationMAG made an appearance at the Angola Football Cup semi-final soccer matches this month as part of a coordinated effort to publicize its life-saving work and provide the community with cur...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG's Library Site Launched]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[MAG America Launches Library Section!Visitors will be able to see archived info, media coverage, and moreMAG America is pleased to announce the launch of a new section of magamerica.org, our Library site! Visitors will now be able to access even more information about MAG America: Access MAG reports...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/mags-library-site-launched/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG's New Screensaver]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Download MAG's New Screensaver!New Screensaver features MAG's beneficiaries, photosMAG America is excited to offer our new screensaver featuring quotes from the beneficiaries of MAG's work along with black and white photographs from award-winning war photojournalist Sean Sutton.  The download is fre...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[LAOS: Bombs in Playgrounds]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Where Playgrounds Are BombsitesStory and pictures by Sean SuttonIt is break time at Thanxay school and the playground is filled with over five hundred children running around and laughing. But just a couple of months before, playing games here could have had lethal consequences. Children in the scho...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Republic of Congo: Moving Beyond Strife]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Moving Beyond the Cycle of StrifeCongo-Brazzaville slowly rebuilds towards a secure futureAs the Republic of Congo marks the tenth anniversary of its 1997 civil war, MAG is working to support the country's conflict recovery. Cycles of deadly violence has resulted in widespread proliferation of small...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/republic-of-congo-moving-beyond-strife/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[IRAQ: Deadly Stockpile Destruction]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[MAG Destroys Thousands of Explosive Items in Northern IraqDestruction of stockpile protects families, nomads in Erbil GovernorateIn September MAG deployed one of the newly established Small Arms & Light Weapons destruction teams to safely destroy a stockpile of more than 3,000 hazardous items in nor...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/iraq-deadly-stockpile-destruction/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[How Does MAG Decide Where to Work?]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[How does MAG decide where to work?Initial Assessments provide crucial informationOne of the most critical steps in helping communities affected by remnants of conflict is the very first: conducting an assessment to analyze the needs of a particular region or country and determine the type of action ...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/how-does-mag-decide-where-to-work/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MANPADS in Burundi]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[MAG destroys MANPADS cache in BurundiSuccessful destruction commences 8-month projectDecades of armed civil war leaves Burundi in a state of underdevelopment and insecurity, with widespread and unsecured weapons caches presenting a clear threat to national security, local communities, and the countr...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/manpads-in-burundi/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Scrap Yard Danger]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Living Among the Bombs Communities near scrap yards face costant threatUnexploded ordnance (UXO) is a major source of scrap metal in provinces such as Quang Binh that experienced heavy fighting during Vietnam&rsquo;s numerous conflicts in the past decades.  The illegal harvesting of war scrap as a f...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/scrap-yard-danger/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Inaugural Iraq Arms Project]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[MAG Opens Small Arms and Light Weapons Destruction Project in IraqUnsecured caches fuel the insurgency and costs livesThis month MAG commences its first Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) destruction project in Iraq.  These unguarded and unsecured stockpiles are readily accessible for use in the cr...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/inaugural-iraq-arms-project/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[LEBANON: One Year Later]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[One Year Later MAG's mission continues as recovery goes onImmediately following the August 15, 2006 ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, MAG was the first humanitarian agency on the ground working to clear the severe contamination of from cluster bombs.  Since that time, MAG has cleared nearly 1,...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/lebanon-one-year-later/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Crucial Road Clearance in Angola]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[MAG Clears 155 Miles of Crucial HighwayNew road corridor will allow for economic growth, safer travel&ldquo;The rehabilitation of road infrastructure constitutes one of the greatest priorities of the government&rdquo;.  This is how Pedro Walipi Calenga, Director of the National Office for Humanitari...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/crucial-road-clearance-in-angola/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Shoulder-Launched Threat]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Shoulder-Launched ThreatAnti-aircraft missiles present new threats to civilian life and securityOne of the gravest threats to civilian security is man-portable air-defense systems&mdash;MANPADS&mdash;weapons that were originally designed to defeat military aircraft. Recently these weapons have b...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/the-shoulderlaunched-threat/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Devastation and Hope]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Devastation and HopeMean Chean's story of the unbearable costs of contamination and the hope MAG bringsIn the Cambodian province of Battambang lies the small village of Sdao.  Between 1972 and 1975 the village was devastated by American bombing missions and after Pol Pot the region was subject to fi...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/devastation-and-hope/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[IRAQ: Saving Darband Village]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Saving Darband VillageMAG teams put Iraqi village on road to rebuildingHigh in the mountains of northern Iraq a deadly legacy of the Iran-Iraq war hides among the wildflowers and long grass, ready to strike any unsuspecting victim.  The spiky crowns of the deadly Valmara landmines are hard to see, b...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/iraq-saving-darband-village/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[LEBANON: A Farmer's Safe Return]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Resuming Livelihoods in SafetyMAG enables the town of Kfar Roumane to return to daily lifeDuring the recent hostilities between Israel and Lebanon, the village of Kfar Roumane was besieged with cluster munitions strikes, leaving thousands of deadly cluster bombs scattered between homes and agricultu...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/lebanon-a-farmers-safe-return/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[LEBANON: Fields of Recovery]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Fields of RecoveryMAG's work of restoring safety to communities in Lebanon is ongoingAbdullah Mahadi, 65, lives with his wife, his cousin, and his nephew in the village of Al Qosaybe, nine miles west of the town of Nabatieh.  He owns and operates a corner shop and had a four acre plot of land where ...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/lebanon-fields-of-recovery/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG Female Staff Update]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Staff Focus: The Women of MAG LaosTeam profiles and photographs by Tom Morgan Last month MAG America featured three members of the second groundbreaking all-female team in Laos.  This month we'd like to introduce you to the remaining members of the team who together with Sidavone Sipaseuth, Bouakham...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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