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	<description>.: Social Entrepreneurship To Support A Children's Hospital In Basra :.</description>
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		<title>The Guardian: Huge Rise in Birth Defects in Falluja</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today The Guardian reports on the huge rise in birth defects in the war-torn city of Falluja.
Dr Chris Burns-Cox, who previously helped 4Basra with some fundraising, is part of a group of Iraqi and British officials who have petitioned the UN general assembly to ask that an independent committee fully investigate the defects and help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basra Diary</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr Eva-Maria Hobiger, of the Aladdin’s Magic Lantern organisation, which 4Basra supports, attended an international medical conference in May at the University of Basra – making a visit has been impossible due to the violence in the city over the past several years.
Below are some extracts from her diary:

WE pass the cities of Safwan and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almost One Year On…</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regrettably, it&#8217;s been almost a year since the last update on here due to other work pressures.
During that time, the global economic crisis has taken a lot of attention away from Iraq.
In that time there has been some semblance of peace in Basra, according to media reports. But much basic infrastructure seems some time away from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basra on the brink…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We raised €825 raised as a result of my article in The Tablet &#8211; sincere thanks to everyone for their kind support and generous donations.
All monies will be put towards the next consignment of badly needed medicines and supplies, which we will endeavour to send as soon as it is safe to do so.
In light [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4Basra in the Big Issue</title>
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		<comments>http://4basra.org/2008/02/20/4basra-in-the-big-issue-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of things to mention before I post the article that the Big Issue recently featured on Basra.
Last year we raised a total of €3,100 (£2,345 at today&#8217;s exchange rate), so a big thank you to everyone who supported us and made a donation.
Secondly, I&#8217;ll be writing a report on the situation in Basra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas…4Basra has raised €1,600</title>
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		<comments>http://4basra.org/2007/12/24/merry-christmas4basra-has-raised-e1600/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>4basra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas from 4Basra and thank you so much to everyone who has helped and supported us this year.
In the past six weeks or so, with the help of Nicholas Wood, Dr Chris Burns-Cox, the guys at Media Lens, and thanks to donations from a number of doctors in the UK and Ireland and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help a good cause, win a case of Irish whiskey</title>
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		<comments>http://4basra.org/2007/11/14/help-a-good-cause-win-a-case-of-irish-whiskey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please click here! http://www.irishwhiskeynotes.com/2007/11/help-good-cause-win-case-of-irish.html
Thanks to David at Irish Whiskey Notes.
And thanks to Stephen Teeling and David Horgan at Cooley Whiskey for your kind donation.
I&#8217;m also very grateful to a number of people in the UK who are helping me as we try to gather some further support.
I should also thank Terence at the Irish Medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Medical News Feature</title>
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		<comments>http://4basra.org/2007/10/28/irish-medical-news-feature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For most Irish doctors and nurses, the daily battle to save lives doesnâ€™t begin until they reach their workplace.
In the southern Iraqi city of Basra however &#8211; about 600km south of the capital Baghdad &#8211; itâ€™s a battle just to get to work safely through the dusty, rubbish-strewn and war-torn streets without being kidnapped or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basra needs your help</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/4basra/~3/KC5ByFFi9YU/</link>
		<comments>http://4basra.org/2007/08/10/basra-needs-your-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The situation in Iraq has been worsening over the past few months.
A colleague of one of the doctors working in the children&#8217;s hospital in Basra was recently found dead in a rubbish dump, her body cut into pieces.
One important ward of the chilren&#8217;s hospital will close if my colleague in Vienna cannot help, andÂ I hope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Infant Mortality Soars in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/4basra/~3/cqudKq4FLJU/</link>
		<comments>http://4basra.org/2007/05/08/infant-mortality-soars-in-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 20:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to The Independent, infant mortality in Iraq is now comparable to that of sub-Saharan Africa.
Figures come from a report by Save the Children.

Update: 4Basra&#8217;s work to raise awareness of the situation will resume after the election here in Ireland.
The focus will be on the medical community and a number of politicians with an interest [...]]]></description>
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