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			<title><![CDATA[Worldwide Scrouge of Cluster Bombs]]></title>
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Photographs by Sean Sutton from Bosnia, Cambodia, DR Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Sudan and Vietnam showing the problems caused by cluster bombs and the solutions provided by MAG....]]></description>
			<author>Pamala Horugavye  &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:54:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cluster Casualties Continue]]></title>
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The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), an international treaty that bans the use, production, stockpiling, and transfer of cluster munitions, enters into force on August 1. Although the CCM is an important step, the ban has not lessened the need for unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance to...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:50:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG Contributes to Security and Protection in DRC by Destroying More Than 102K Weapons]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The years of conflict that ravaged the Democratic Republic of Congo have resulted in large numbers of residual weapons and ammunition scattered around the country. These leftover remnants of war constitute a threat to the fragile peace process. With few workable procedures in place to ensure the con...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:39:30 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/mag-contributes-to-security-and-protection-in-drc-by-destroying-more-than-102k-weapons/</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 Cambodia
One family's story of living through the danger
Suth 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 ha...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:15:33 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/cambodia-the-legacy-of-war/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG Clears Land for Iraqi Internally Displaced People, Saving Lives and Enabling Economic Development]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Khidr, a local farmer, told MAG's Community Liaison staff, "We need more farmland cleared so we can make our living."Unexploded cluster munitions continue to pose a lethal and economic threat to countless communities across Iraq. For internally displaced people (IDPs), looking to return home to Surk...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:35:14 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/mag-clears-land-for-iraqi-idps-saving-lives-and-enabling-economic-development/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[US Ambassador Supports MAG in Angola, Empowering More Refugees to Return Home]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[MAG deminers clear an area in 4 de Fevereiro, where returning refugees and internally displaced people are being resettled. [Photo: J.B. Russell]At the end of April, US Ambassador to Angola, Dan Mozena, his wife, and five colleagues from the Embassy, visited 4 De Fevereiro, where land is currently b...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:24:55 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/us-ambassador-supports-mag-in-angola-empowering-more-refugees-and-idps-to-return-home/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG Reunites Refugees with Their Families in Sri Lanka ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA["Thanks to MAG clearing my house and paddy land, I can move back to my ancestral lands and begin cultivating my fields," says 74-year-old Rasaiya Ragasingham from the conflict-hit village of Palliakuli.Palliakuli was on the front line during the civil war, and its communities were amongst the first ...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:16:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG America Empowers Mothers to Save Lives and Build Futures]]></title>
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Liv Chanra, 27 - Deminer, MAG Cambodia
As a 27-year-old mother of two, Liv Chanra would love to spend this mother&rsquo;s day weekend celebrating with her spouse and children. Unfortunately, Liv&rsquo;s husband died tragically of meningitis in 2007; and she was left to care for her two daughters ...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 23:03:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG Creates New Opportunities for a Mother in the DRC]]></title>
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"My children are without a father today because of war.  Because of my personal history, I can&rsquo;t accept that the population suffers the same thing that I have." 
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has a long history of suffering and misery.  In recent decades, a series of civil and regi...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 21:09:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cambodia: Clearing Land for Learning]]></title>
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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, 06 May 2010 20:46:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Q & A with Female Deminers]]></title>
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MAG trains and employs staff from the local populations, tackling poverty and building robust and sustainable national workforces. 
Of the current 2,100-plus national staff around the world, around fifteen percent (15%) are female.
Employing women &ndash; and proving their ability to undertake d...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 20:45:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG Returns to Afghanistan]]></title>
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MAG's first humanitarian demining program began in 1989 in Afghanistan, following the withdrawl of Soviet troops.  Landmines and unexploded ordanance (UXO) had crippled the rebuilding process in the country, highlighting the need for solutions related to contamination.  
Afghanistan has some of t...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:07:22 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/mag-returns-to-afghanistan/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vietnam: MAG Returns Safety to a School Affected by UXO]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The teachers at Hai Thai Primary School No. 2 in Quang Tri Province were always worried about their students.  While other teachers might be worried about their students' academic performance, the staff at Hai Thai Primary School No. 2 were concerned that a student might be injured or killed by unex...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:31:29 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/vietnam-mag-ends-teachers-unexploded-ordnance-worries/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[ANGOLA: Helping Conflict-Affected Communities to Escape Poverty]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Along with thousands of other Angolans, 48-year-old Jurindo Hishika, his wife, and their five children fled his homeland during the last years of his country&rsquo;s civil war.
Hailing from Angola&rsquo;s eastern Moxico province, Mr. Hishika and his family were plagued by violence during the civil ...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:25:49 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/angola-helping-conflictaffected-communities-to-escape-poverty/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[SRI LANKA: Rebuilding futures in Adampan]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
After almost three years of living in displacement camps, over 100 families have been able to return to their homes in Sri Lanka's Rice Bowl region. Thanks to MAG, these families have a real opportunity to begin rebuilding their lives after years of war.
One of the returnees is 70-year-old Pilipp...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/sri-lanka-rebuilding-futures-in-adampan/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sudan: Hope for the future]]></title>
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Thirty-three year old Angelo Lokidor lives alone in a small, mud and thatch house on the edge of Kapoeta in the Eastern Equatoria province of Sudan, situated in what use to be a large minefield.
Angelo&rsquo;s parents died when he was still very young. He grew up in a small village near Kapoeta w...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/sudan-hope-for-the-future/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[IRAQ:  Living in Danger of UXO & Landmines]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A key part of MAG's work is to help minimize the risks for people living, working and traveling through areas contaminated with landmines and unexploded ordnance, until clearance teams can remove the threat. 
Delivering Mine Risk Education to a shepherd in Qala Yahodi.
The village of Qala Yahodi, ...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:43:57 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/iraq--living-in-danger-of-uxo--landmines/</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, 24 Sep 2009 17:51:50 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/drc-juggling-soccer-balls-and-hand-grenades/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[IRAQ: Deadly Game]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Deadly Game
Dozens of children killed by mines and unexploded bombs every day in Iraq
Fifty-two killed and 63 injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO); these are the devastating statistics in just one week coming from the main hospital in Kirkuk, northern Iraq. The real figures will be m...]]></description>
			<author>Phil Redclift &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:06:06 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/iraq-deadly-game/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG responds to Gaza crisis]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
MAG America is launching an emergency appeal for operations to remove landmines and unexploded ordnance in Gaza.  This crucial work will restore safety and security to civilian life and make a significant contribution to the rebuilding of Gaza. 
Click here to donate to MAG's life-saving efforts ...]]></description>
			<author>Mike Fryer &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:10:01 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/mag-responds-to-gaza-crisis/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[VIETNAM: MAG Destroys First Underwater Bomb]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
"It was the technical quality provided
by MAG, together with the strong coordination between MAG and relevant
agencies, that made the hard task complete" - Bui Xuan Hoang, holding one of the pieces of the bomb after the demolition. 
[Photo: Dan Tri online]
MAG has demolished a 500-pound bomb t...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:54:08 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/vietnam-mag-destroys-first-underwater-bomb/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[IRAQ: US Department of State Official Opens new Office in Iraq]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Lucy Tamlyn, Team Leader of the US Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq opens brand new building for MAG's Iraq program.
Ms. Lucy Tamlyn recently visited MAG Iraq's headquarters in Erbil to open a new facility aimed at supporting operations. She met MAG Iraq's staff at t...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:11:41 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/new-mag-facility-in-iraq/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAG Returns to a Former Battlefield]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[MAG returned to Phlov Meas village, Battambang Province, almost a year after two minefields in the village were cleared. In total, MAG cleared almost 80,000 square meters of land from this former battlefield, removing 37 landmines and 32 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the process.
A water pu...]]></description>
			<author>Kelly Tsanova &lt;no-reply@www.maginternational.org&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.maginternational.org/usa/news/cambodia--mag-returns-to-a-former-battlefield-12-months-after-clearance/</link>
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