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		<title>Op-Ed: What if we were REALLY serious about ending poverty?</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/05/op-ed-what-if-we-were-really-serious-about-ending-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 19:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Paulson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of Apple's battles before Congress in defense of its $100 billion tax haven overseas we have a guest post by Joe Brewer, key strategist for /The Rules, a movement aimed at identifying the structural causes of poverty and the means to deconstruct these harmful systems - including tax havens. <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/05/op-ed-what-if-we-were-really-serious-about-ending-poverty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Rules of Poverty</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/05/the-rules-of-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 18:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ansel Herz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, poverty is not an accident or a immutable fact of life. That&#8217;s according to Joe Brewer, the hyper-articulate mind from Seattle-based Cognitive Policy Works behind The Rules campaign. &#8220;Pick your issue, and you can see how the rules were constructed to make it so&#8230; Poverty doesn&#8217;t exist by accident,&#8221; Brewer says. In this extended &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/05/the-rules-of-poverty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Double Standard? Slum Tours Bad in US; OK in Developing Countries</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/05/poverty-tours-bad-in-us-ok-in-developing-countries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slum tourism is a growing industry in cities with mega-slums like Nairobi and Mumbai. Now it is popping up in the United States. First there was a gang tour in LA and now a trip through New York City&#8217;s tough and tumble neighborhoods. Real Bronx Tours offers tourists to New York City the opportunity to &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/05/poverty-tours-bad-in-us-ok-in-developing-countries/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Guardian quiz: Do you know Africa?</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/05/guardian-quiz-do-you-know-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Paulson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Guardian is marking the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Organization of African Unity with a quiz that asks, among other things, where is Nollywood. Also asked: Was the capital of Liberia named after Marilyn Monroe? Inquiring minds want to know&#8230; Mark Tran at the Guardian noted this story at Africa Check reporting &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/05/guardian-quiz-do-you-know-africa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>News Rounds: Kabul under attack, African Union backs Kenya&#8217;s call to drop charges against President Kenyatta, bird flu behavior in ferrets is good-bad news and more</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/argolinkroundups/news-rounds-kabul-under-attack-the-nexus-of-women-and-development-dutch-scientists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Paulson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan capital city attacked by militants (BBC) &#8212; Afghan security forces have been fighting insurgents in the centre of the capital, Kabul, after the Taliban said it had attacked a guesthouse for foreign workers. Africa backs Kenyan President&#8217;s call to drop crime-against-humanity charges (Reuters) &#8212; African nations have backed a request by Kenya for charges &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/argolinkroundups/news-rounds-kabul-under-attack-the-nexus-of-women-and-development-dutch-scientists/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>USAID declares water is critical to global development</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/05/usaid-discovers-the-importance-of-water-in-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/05/usaid-discovers-the-importance-of-water-in-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 18:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After fifty years in the game, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) unveiled its first ever water and development strategy. Some say it&#8217;s about time. “For many years in development work, water, sanitation and hygiene have been a bit forgotten,&#8221;  said Alanna Imbach, media officer with WaterAid America, to the Inter Press Service. &#8221;Instead, significant focus &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/2013/05/usaid-discovers-the-importance-of-water-in-development/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi Arabia: Rich nation, poor people</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/jp/saudi-arabia-rich-nation-poor-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanosphere.org/jp/saudi-arabia-rich-nation-poor-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 18:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Paulson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another example of how a nation&#8217;s overall wealth does not always translate into benefits for its people. Source: LightBox With its vast oil wealth, Saudi Arabia has one of the highest concentrations of super rich households in the world. But an estimated 20 percent of the population, if not more, lives in crippling poverty. Read &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/jp/saudi-arabia-rich-nation-poor-people/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Calestous Juma: Get the military building roads in Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/jp/calestous-juma-get-the-military-building-roads-in-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanosphere.org/jp/calestous-juma-get-the-military-building-roads-in-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Paulson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harvard prof, techno optimist and Africa expert Calestous Juma suggests all those soldiers in Africa be put to better use &#8211; building roads and other basic infrastructure: As Africa celebrates the 50th anniversary of its declaration of unification, it should also reflect on the fact that it has recorded about 80 successful military coups. Led &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/jp/calestous-juma-get-the-military-building-roads-in-africa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle Globalist: How Mali went from tourist spot to chaos</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/jp/seattle-globalist-how-mali-went-from-tourist-spot-to-chaos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanosphere.org/jp/seattle-globalist-how-mali-went-from-tourist-spot-to-chaos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Paulson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kaia Chessen is a writer and cellist living in Seattle. After graduating from the University of Washington, she embarked on a solo trek through several Middle Eastern and West African countries in 2007 and is still writing about it today. Source: Seattleglobalist In a little over a year, Mali has gone from a tourist destination &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/jp/seattle-globalist-how-mali-went-from-tourist-spot-to-chaos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>News Rounds: Congo has a chance for peace (if Rwanda agrees to it), granting land rights lead to social change, the role of faith in aid and more</title>
		<link>http://www.humanosphere.org/argolinkroundups/news-rounds-25/</link>
		<comments>http://www.humanosphere.org/argolinkroundups/news-rounds-25/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Paulson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congo has chance for peace, U.N. ready to enforce: Ban Ki-moon  (Reuters) – Troubled eastern Congo has the best chance in years to secure a lasting peace but the United Nations stands ready to pacify the region by force if need be, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday. Congo, Rwanda Must Commit to &#8230; <a href="http://www.humanosphere.org/argolinkroundups/news-rounds-25/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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