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			<title><![CDATA[2011 Accomplishments Thanks to You! ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
As we look back over 2011, MAG has been had a huge year clearing over 63,846,882 square meters of land to date.  It would not have been possible without you. 
By clearing this land, MAG (and you) are giving future generations a fighting chance, by giving them access to:
Land for schools - by fre...]]></description>
			<author>Patricia Loria &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sudan: Protecting children in Kassala]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Students at Omer Haj Musa Secondary School learn how to identify 
landmines and unexploded ordnance.
What happens when pupils carry a live grenade they've found on their way to school into the classroom? Or when their classroom is on the other side of a minefield? 
These aren't the sort of less...]]></description>
			<author>Patricia Loria &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/angola-improving-access-to-education-in-moxico/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Angola: Improving Access to Education in Moxico]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
A deminer in Luzi, where MAG is clearing 248,000m2 of land. 
The school in Luzi, a landmine-contaminated community of 1,700 people in Moxico Province, has been closed since early 2010 when a mine accident was reported nearby.  
One of the teachers has been giving classes outside his home in the ...]]></description>
			<author>Patricia Loria &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/sudan-protecting-children-in-kassala/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cambodia: Agricultural Workers Under Threat From Cluster Bomblets]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Nineteen-year-old Sareoun lost an eye when her hoe struck a cluster bomblet.
Around the size of a small tangerine, and designed to explosively propel 260 lacerating shards of metal into a person, BLU series cluster bomb submunitions litter the countryside of eastern Cambodia. 
Between 1960 and 1...]]></description>
			<author>Patricia Loria &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/cambodia-agricultural-workers-under-threat-from-cluster-bomblets/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Burundi: Country Declared Landmine Free]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Burundi was contaminated by mines and unexploded ordnance during the civil war, which started in 1993.
Burundi, one of the world's poorest countries, has officially cleared its territory of landmines.
Funded by the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs, MAG has helped Burundi declare itself landmi...]]></description>
			<author>Patricia Loria &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/burundi-country-declared-landmine-free/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reducing Armed Violence in the DRC]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
"There will be no development without security and no security without development." Kofi Annan, Former UN Secretary General
MAG's new film, Reducing Armed Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, highlights how MAG is destroying small arms and light weapons that undermine lives and threaten...]]></description>
			<author>Patricia Loria &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/reducing-armed-violence-in-the-drc/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Surviving the Peace Launch]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[MAG America is proud to announce the launch of its new film produced in collaboration with MediaStorm - Surviving the Peace.
Surviving the Peace takes an intimate look at the impact of unexploded bombs left over from the Vietnam war in Laos and profiles the dangerous, yet life saving work, that MAG...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/surviving-the-peace-launch/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG Photo Exhibit at FotoDC ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[We invite you to come to FotoDC for the opening of the Photo Exhibit, Surviving the Peace, featuring the work of war photojournalist Sean Sutton. Surviving the Peace is a photographic journey from conflict to recovery from countries across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa where MAG works to remove ...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/mag-photo-exhibit-at-foto-dc-/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG Team in Libya: Working on the Ground to Secure the Skies]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Last week, CBS Evening News followed a MAG team funded by the U.S. State Department's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in Al Khums, Libya as it searched for missiles and rockets left behind by Qaddafi's fleeing forces.  The team, led by Wayne Lomax, Technical Field Manager, had expected to fi...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/mag-team-in-libya-working-on-the-ground-to-secure-the-skies/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[S.SUDAN: Large SPLA stockpile destroyed, including 22 MANPADS]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[MAG's Small Arms and Light Weapons Team in South Sudan has located and demolished a stockpile of more than 67,000 dangerous items on the border with northern Uganda.
The stockpile included these 22 MANPADS (Man-portable air defence systems), 19  SAM-7 and three HN-5.
In the hands of criminals, ter...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
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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 - and to      contribute to a better future for women and children in eastern Sudan.The state of Kassala, on the border...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG International Announces Appointment of New Chief Executive]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
 
 
 
MAG International is delighted to announce the appointment of Nick Roseveare MBE as its new Chief Executive. 
Nick joins MAG International after more than three years as the Chief Executive of Bond, the membership body for 370 UK non-governmental organizations working in international de...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/mag-international-announces-appointment-of-new-chief-executive/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[South Sudan: Making Independance Day Safe in Juba]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
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 independ...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/south-sudan-making-independance-day-safe-in-juba/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Libyan Children at Risk From Unexploded Munitions]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Eight-year-old Sulah Yonis in Benghazi Hospital. When asked if he will survive the doctor said: "He might".
In a tragic accident in Ajdabiya on Saturday, June 4 three-year-old Shada Yonis brought a hand grenade into the living room of her home as her family and some children from next door were w...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/libyan-children-at-risk-from-unexploded-munitions/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Supporting Development and Rehabilitation in Iraq]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
 
MAG's primary goal in northern Iraq is supporting socio-economic development and the rehabilitation of communities who have been devastated by conflict.
Since beginning work in Iraq in 1992, MAG's program has grown significantly, improving life for hundreds more communities throughout the nort...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 21:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/supporting-development-and-rehabilitation-in-iraq/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG's Female Deminers Featured in Al Jazeera English]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Click here to watch the video.
As a part of their "Witness" series, the news channel Al Jazeera English will feature these brave women and their struggle to rid their country of landmines and other dangerous remnants of war.
In many areas where MAG works, women have few opportunities to generate...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/mags-female-deminers-featured-in-al-jazeera-english/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Come Along on our Trip to Cambodia and Laos]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[My name is Patricia Loria and I am the Marketing Manager here at MAG.  This Saturday, I will embark on a trip to Southeast Asia visiting MAG's Operational Centers in Cambodia and Laos and I would love for you to join me!  Follow me on Twitter as I record my experiences during my first trip to the re...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 19:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/come-along-on-our-trip-to-cambodia-and-laos/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chief Executive Lou McGrath Steps Down]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Lou visiting MAG's operations in Laos in 2009.
After more than 20 years with MAG, Lou McGrath has decided to step down from the role of Chief Executive.
As a co-founder of MAG and its Chief Executive since 1996, Lou has made an outstanding contribution to the organization being what it is today....]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/chief-executive-lou-mcgrath-steps-down/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG's High-Impact Landmine Clearance in Sri Lanka]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Benjamin returned home last year, having fled the fighting: "Everything was destroyed, even our plantation."
 Mannar district was a stronghold of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) during the civil war. Whole towns were abandoned and used as military bases, and millions of landmines were ...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/mags-highimpact-landmine-clearance-in-sri-lanka/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Emergency Funding Needed for MAG in Libya]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Rocket Propelled Grenades (PG9s and PG15s) found at an unsecured arms depot in Ajdabiya. [Photo: MAG]
MAG's emergency response team was mobilized in mid-March as a result of the growing crisis in Libya.  Andy Gleeson, a senior MAG technical expert in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), arrived in ...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/mag-is-now-operational-in-libya/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[VIETNAM: Q&A with a Female UXO Clearance Technician]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Ms. Hoang Thi Hai Ly, 39, tells us about her experiences working as an unexploded ordnance (UXO) technician.
Employing women - and proving their ability to undertake demanding work in difficult conditions - raises their status amongst the communities they come from, and encourages other employers...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/vietnam-qa-with-a-female-uxo-clearance-technician/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mine Detection Dogs Vital for Clearance in Iraq]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
 
A Mine Detection Dog and handler in Farqan, Kirkuk.
"MAG staff are angels and they came to my village to save me," said Kezhan Shukor.Kezhan and her family live in Farqan, a small village a few miles from the former &lsquo;green line', the military boundary that separated northern and central ...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/mine-detection-dogs-vital-for-clearance-in-iraq/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG Educates Thousands in Pakistan at Risk From Landmines]]></title>
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MAG-trained staff give a participatory 'risk education' session to schoolchildren.
MAG is training Pakistani non-governmental organization Sustainable Peace And Development Organization (SPADO) to help protect vulnerable people in conflict-affected areas.
In 2009, fleeing fighting and insecurity...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/mag-educates-thousands-in-pakistan-at-risk-from-landmines/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cambodia: A Former Battlefield Now Provides Clean Water and Sustainable Farming]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Cleared land now being used for resettlement and agriculture
Three wells have been dug for the community and water filters provided
"Now we feel very happy. My children can walk freely and I don't have to worry"
MAG returned to Phlov Meas village, Battambang Province, almost a year after two mi...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/cambodia-a-former-battlefield-now-provides-clean-water-and-sustainable-farming/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cambodia: Clearing Land for Learning]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Before MAG cleared dangerous land in Veal, Cambodia, school classes had to be taken outside of villagers' houses.
Until recently, Veal village school in Pursat province had no proper school building &ndash; because nobody dared to build one. There had been accidents involving landmines and unexpl...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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