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		<title>Media Freedom Under Threat in South Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Africa&#8217;s aggressive attack on media freedom is being brought to light following the arrest of an investigative journalist, who wrote a damning report about the country&#8217;s national police chief. Read more at &#62;&#62; Every Human Has Rights<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=verbalcontext.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11175359&amp;post=127&amp;subd=verbalcontext&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are Black Non-Profits Drowning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black non-profit organisations are fighting for air as they currently feel the financial squeeze. Funding, funding and more funding is what nearly every non-profit organisation wants or fears they may not receive. The other pulling factor is that their valuable work is not being recognised. So, what you will find is that many organisations end [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=verbalcontext.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11175359&amp;post=116&amp;subd=verbalcontext&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Polish President dies in plane crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poland now mourns the deaths of Polish leader Lech Kaczynski, his wife and a number of government aides following a fatal plane crash on Saturday in Russia&#8230;.[Guardian]. Death, of any kind, whether it is sudden or gradual is always a shock to the core of anyone’s bodily system. But a whole country right now is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=verbalcontext.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11175359&amp;post=110&amp;subd=verbalcontext&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>General Election &#8211; Let the battle commence!</title>
		<link>http://verbalcontext.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/let-the-battle-commence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The “long awaited” general election in the UK will be held on May 6. Look out for mudslinging, left hooks and more dirt as the Labour Party and the Conservative Party battle it out for Number 10 Downing Street. Okay, I should mention the Lib Dem Party, the Green Party and quite interestingly Independent representatives [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=verbalcontext.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11175359&amp;post=104&amp;subd=verbalcontext&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Global Pulse 2010: Your voice &#8211; Our future‏</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss SW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Global Pulse 2010 is the groundbreaking event set to bring together individuals around the world who wish to influence global debates, set agendas, raise ideas across many different topics of discussion. This platform will bring world communities to network, build relationships, influence and share ideas. Some of the topics the event will cover include: Enabling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=verbalcontext.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11175359&amp;post=94&amp;subd=verbalcontext&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Historic &#8211; health care reform bill is passed</title>
		<link>http://verbalcontext.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/historic-health-care-reform-bill-is-passed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miss SW</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took 100 years but finally the bill to reform the health care system in the United States was passed on Sunday night. The House of Representatives voted (219-212) in a historic victory that will see a great overhaul in US health care. At least 32 million more people, in particular low income families, will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=verbalcontext.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11175359&amp;post=84&amp;subd=verbalcontext&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>David Lammy MP on Black Fatherhood in the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://verbalcontext.wordpress.com/2010/03/17/david-lammy-mp-on-black-fatherhood-in-the-21st-century/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minister for Higher Education, David Lammy MP, gives a unique perspective on fatherhood in the UK.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=verbalcontext.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11175359&amp;post=80&amp;subd=verbalcontext&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rev. Al Sharpton comes to London</title>
		<link>http://verbalcontext.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/rev-al-sharpton-comes-to-london/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Operation Black Vote is proud to announce that the prominent civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton will be taking centre stage at OBV&#8217;s Realising the Dream event taking place to mark Dr Martin Luther King&#8217;s birthday. He will draw on Dr King&#8217;s I have a Dream speech and lay out his vision for social, racial [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=verbalcontext.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11175359&amp;post=69&amp;subd=verbalcontext&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti Appeal</title>
		<link>http://verbalcontext.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/haiti-appeal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Haiti’s earthquake has brought devastating suffering - a news report claimed “it’s a nation destroyed”. But you know one thing that I’ve noticed about natural disasters is that it rallies people together. Haiti, regarded as “a country with little” will now strive to save the lives of its people. And I must say world power players [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=verbalcontext.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11175359&amp;post=37&amp;subd=verbalcontext&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ruling on “Stop and Search” will force UK legislation change</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Misuse of police powers to stop and search could soon be put to an end following the European Court of Human Rights ruling today that the government’s legislation is illegal.  The “shaky” Terrorism Act which gave police the powers to stop and search members of the public without reasonable suspicion, under section 44, was heavily [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=verbalcontext.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11175359&amp;post=27&amp;subd=verbalcontext&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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