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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[TheJournal.ie]]></title>
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<updated>2013-06-20T04:57:32+01:00</updated>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: The Ohio kidnap victims are finally free but the nightmare continues for girls across the world ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-the-ohio-kidnap-victims-are-finally-free-but-the-nightmare-continues-for-girls-across-the-world-919258-May2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-06-20T04:57:32+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The horrific incarceration suffered by three US women kidnapped and held for ten years is now over, but for one girl every two seconds – torn from her family and forced into marriage – it has just begun, writes Vanina Trojan. ]]></summary>
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<author><name>Vanina Trojan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/vanina-trojan/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Fast fashion, fair wage: What Vietnam can teach Bangladesh]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/vietnam-case-study-fashion-sweatshops-bangladesh-894060-May2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/vietnam-case-study-fashion-sweatshops-bangladesh-894060-May2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-20T04:57:32+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Vietnam – working on improving technology, conditions and pay – is proving more attractive to brands who want to protect their consumer reputation.]]></summary>
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<author><name>AFP</name>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[In pics: 40 years of the Trócaire Lenten box]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/in-pics-40-years-of-the-trocaire-lenten-box-817940-Mar2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/in-pics-40-years-of-the-trocaire-lenten-box-817940-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-20T04:57:32+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Do you remember these designs?]]></summary>
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<author><name>Susan Daly</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/susan-daly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Workers protest ‘deathtrap’ factories]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/protests-bangladesh-dhaka-garment-factory-fire-689982-Nov2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/protests-bangladesh-dhaka-garment-factory-fire-689982-Nov2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-20T04:57:32+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Meanwhile, a second blaze broke out a 12-storey factory building, sparking new wave of panic.]]></summary>
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<author><name>AFP</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/afp/</url>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: How to stop crises becoming disasters]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/world-humanitarian-day-562757-Aug2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/world-humanitarian-day-562757-Aug2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-20T04:57:32+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[On World Humanitarian Day, Concern Director in Kenya Anne O’Mahony writes from Nairobi on tackling the underlying causes of vulnerability to the worst effects of manmade and natural shocks.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Anne O'Mahony</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/anne-o'mahony/</url>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Population growth an obstacle to development…]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-population-growth-an-obstacle-to-development-516762-Jul2012/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-population-growth-an-obstacle-to-development-516762-Jul2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-20T04:57:32+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[…But let’s not fall back on reprehensible arguments that disease and food crises are “natural” methods of curbing it, writes Concern Worldwide’s Overseas Director.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Paul O'Brien</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/paul-o'brien/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: Dragging heels on climate change hurts the poor]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-dragging-heels-on-climate-change-hurts-the-poor-491720-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:42651189-ac4b-4d7f-c14e-548efae2fb4c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-dragging-heels-on-climate-change-hurts-the-poor-491720-Jun2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-20T04:57:32+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The changing patterns of climate and other factors have caused chaos in the developing world, writes Concern’s CEO Tom Arnold. This week’s Earth Summit is a chance to prioritise solutions.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Tom Arnold</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/tom-arnold/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Haiti two years on: finding jobs is now the priority]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/haiti-two-years-on-finding-jobs-is-now-the-priority-317907-Jan2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b4c0f229-4ef6-2106-b884-9e07ad89172c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/haiti-two-years-on-finding-jobs-is-now-the-priority-317907-Jan2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-20T04:57:32+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Oxfam’s Caroline Gluck reports from the island nation still struggling to recover from the devastating impact of the 2010 earthquake.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Development" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="social entrepreneurship" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Society" />
<author><name>Caroline Gluck</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/caroline-gluck/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: The drugs do work – but there are new obstacles in the fight against AIDS]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-the-drugs-do-work-but-there-are-new-obstacles-in-the-fight-against-aids-293365-Dec2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:215edea2-f282-b903-4143-7eb5ed379bea</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-the-drugs-do-work-but-there-are-new-obstacles-in-the-fight-against-aids-293365-Dec2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-the-drugs-do-work-but-there-are-new-obstacles-in-the-fight-against-aids-293365-Dec2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-20T04:57:32+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Yes, AIDS-related deaths are decreasing – but there are several huge threats in the fight against HIV and AIDS, writes Breda Gahan on World Aids Day.  ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Concern" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Death" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="government policy" />
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="illness" />
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<author><name>Breda Gahan</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/breda-gahan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Column: IMF leader selection is not democratic and, frankly, a sham]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-imf-leader-selection-is-not-democratic-and-frankly-a-sham-165474-Jun2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1204af74-73c7-c472-38e0-1ed510906ddf</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-imf-leader-selection-is-not-democratic-and-frankly-a-sham-165474-Jun2011/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/column-imf-leader-selection-is-not-democratic-and-frankly-a-sham-165474-Jun2011/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-06-20T04:57:32+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Oxfam Ireland’s Chief Executive Jim Clarken argues that the appointment of an IMF head is pre-ordained – and excludes developing countries and rising powers.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Finance" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="IMF" />
<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="jim clarken" />
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<author><name>Jim Clarken</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/jim-clarken/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Study: Two million babies stillborn every year worldwide]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/study-two-million-babies-stillborn-every-year-worldwide-121077-Apr2011/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:45a46573-eca8-6c15-fc29-651f2213b2c8</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/study-two-million-babies-stillborn-every-year-worldwide-121077-Apr2011/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-06-20T04:57:32+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Researchers believe that about half of stillborn babies could be saved if their mothers had better medical care – and also say that rising rates of maternal obesity could be contributing to stillborn rates in the developed world. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://www.thejournal.ie"  term="Stillborn" />
<author><name>Mary</name>
<url>http://www.thejournal.ie/author/mary/</url>
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