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	<description>transforming conflict, one story at a time</description>
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		<title>When opportunity knocks: A young girl’s rise to Vice Mayor</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/05/21/when-opportunity-knocks-a-young-girls-rise-to-vice-mayor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Success Stories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In every nook and cranny of the globe there are individuals who are full of untapped potential. They are intelligent and inspired, longing to make a difference, but needing assistance to truly make their presence known.  Aichata Maman Dahabaye was one of those individuals. We first met Aichata in late 2012 when she participated in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani pioneer blossoms from wallflower to starlet for change</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/05/09/pakistani-pioneer-blossoms-from-wallflower-to-starlet-for-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Success Stories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I wanted to excel for myself and my community,” says Rukkaya Hashmi of the Balochistan National Party. She had always believed that she had what it took to lead her people, but Rukkaya found she was never really heard or seriously noticed by her party’s leadership. “It was during this time that I started to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journalism &#8230;with a side of peace</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/05/03/journalism-with-a-side-of-peace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/05/03/journalism-with-a-side-of-peace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 21:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Common Ground News Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CG News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy World Press Freedom Day! From Sri Lanka to Rwanda, from radio to television, from Golden Children News to media for women, Search&#8217;s journalism work spans the globe.  We wanted to hear from our Editor-in-Chief of Common Ground News Service, Juliette Schmidt, to see why journalism is so important to peacebuilding. The Common Ground News Service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former militant turned peacebuilder brings &#8216;comic&#8217; relief to Congo</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/04/15/former-militant-turned-peacebuilder-brings-comic-relief-to-congo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/04/15/former-militant-turned-peacebuilder-brings-comic-relief-to-congo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Voices from the Field]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[comics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thecommongroundblog.com/?p=9441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Out of the deadliest trenches rise some of the most brilliant peace-builders.  During the ‘90s, violence plagued the Kivu region in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), pulling Joseph Muhaya into the conflict.  After hearing about Search’s work, he started looking for non-violent ways to end conflict.  He is now the author of the wildly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Hear me roar’: Women journalists claim their voice in the Great Lakes</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/04/11/hear-me-roar-women-journalists-claim-their-voice-in-the-great-lakes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/04/11/hear-me-roar-women-journalists-claim-their-voice-in-the-great-lakes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thecommongroundblog.com/?p=9442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Stephanie Fagan Since a young age, I greatly admired broadcast journalist Christiane Amanpour for her honest news coverage and courage to address women’s issues in various parts of the world. (It also doesn’t hurt that she began her career at my local news station in Rhode Island.) Either way, I grew up with Amanpour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>N-Peace Awards 2013: Last chance to nominate!</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/04/09/n-peace-awards-2013-last-chance-to-nominate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/04/09/n-peace-awards-2013-last-chance-to-nominate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The N-Peace Awards 2013 nominations period ends April 13th, so hurry and nominate your candidate!  We’re collecting nominations of women leaders and peace advocates from Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Nepal, Afghanistan, and the Philippines. Last year, we successfully brought to light the stories of 100 peace advocates and engaged over 55,000 supporters in the campaign around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Health Day: Why Violent Conflict is a Health Issue</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/04/05/world-health-day-why-violent-conflict-is-a-health-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/04/05/world-health-day-why-violent-conflict-is-a-health-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sfcg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Susan Collin Marks We know that violence impacts our health, and the health of our societies.  Physical violence can injure, maim and kill. Emotional violence can cripple our souls and do irreparable harm to our psyche.   Structural violence that enshrines discrimination and oppression into society’s laws and culture can crush the spirit of its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A young life at stake &#8211; Denied medical care due to tribe</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/04/03/a-young-life-at-stake-denied-medical-care-due-to-tribe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/04/03/a-young-life-at-stake-denied-medical-care-due-to-tribe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sfcg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Success Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thecommongroundblog.com/?p=9399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine the US presidential candidate you voted for wins the election, but before you have time to celebrate, a brick crashes through your window. Screams cut through the night air.  You reluctantly approach your window to find the members of the losing party attacking people who voted for the winner, smashing cars, killing their neighbors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Text to Elect? Palestinians pick a President via reality TV</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/03/22/text-to-elect-palestinians-pick-a-president-via-reality-tv/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/03/22/text-to-elect-palestinians-pick-a-president-via-reality-tv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sfcg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SFCG Updates]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Stephanie Fagan Reality shows are all the rage these days. From The Voice to The Apprentice, nearly every profession has a reality series dedicated to discovering its next superstar. There are programs for chefs, fashion designers, dancers, and entrepreneurs….why not for politicians? Well, fear not, because that void has been filled by Palestine’s newest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fishing for Change in the Niger Delta</title>
		<link>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/03/14/fishing-for-change-in-the-niger-delta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecommongroundblog.com/2013/03/14/fishing-for-change-in-the-niger-delta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sfcg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SFCG Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dialogue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niger River Delta]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peace and Reconciliation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By John Lynch &#38; Stephanie Fagan We want to share a story with you from Nigeria’s Niger Delta. It begins with Oyowe, a widowed fisherman from Kobe. Oyowe’s community knew him as a tireless worker whose sole purpose was to provide for his adopted daughter, Tosan. One day, while pulling up fish from the river, Oyowe noticed [...]]]></description>
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