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	<title>Conversations for a Better World &#187; maternal health</title>
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		<title>World Contraception Day: Family Planning is More Than Smart Economics</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-family-planning-is-more-than-smart-economics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-family-planning-is-more-than-smart-economics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Sheffield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Let's talk about the Pill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Contraception Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contraception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal mortality]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=6177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Jill Sheffield, President of Women Deliver and Elisabeth van der Steenhoven, Director of WO=MEN, a network of organizations promoting gender equality in the Netherlands In just a few weeks, the world’s population will surpass seven billion. This intimidating figure should be a critical reminder to all of us—especially advocates and donor countries—of a promise we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Contraception Day: The Importance of Educating Young Women</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-the-importance-of-educating-young-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-the-importance-of-educating-young-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ismail</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Let's talk about the Pill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Contraception Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contraception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=6170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Saba Ismail, one of the Women Deliver 100 Young Leaders and program manager of the “Sahailee Hotline” In Pakistan, talking about sexual and reproductive health, sexuality and contraception is considered taboo. The truth is, Pakistan is a conservative country and the people here have feudal norms and culture.  Young people cannot talk about contraception nor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Contraception Day: Silence is Damaging</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-silence-is-damaging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-silence-is-damaging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tsiaro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Let's talk about the Pill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Contraception Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contraception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=6158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Hasinihaja Tsiaro Barijaona Raharison, one of the Women Deliver 100 Young Leaders and an Oxfam Action Partner In Madagascar, there remains a lack of information about contraception. Myths and misconceptions surrounding contraceptive use are common among young people, and confusion and ignorance has led to incorrect or low use of modern contraceptive methods and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Contraception Day: We Were Fifteen</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-we-were-fifteen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-we-were-fifteen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MarikoRasmussen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Let's talk about the Pill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Contraception Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contraception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=6136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Mariko Rasmussen, public health student at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in Reproductive and Family Health. They say kids in Los Angeles grow up fast. Sitting across from a girlfriend over lunch the summer after my sophomore year of high school, I learned there could be truth in this statement. Following a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Contraception Day: That Is Not the Life I Wanted</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-that-is-not-the-life-i-wanted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2011/09/world-contraception-day-that-is-not-the-life-i-wanted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NWAGBARA</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Let's talk about the Pill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Contraception Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contraception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=6127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By: BridgetAkudo Nwagbara, Chair of the Youth Health Workers Advocates, Nigeria &#8211; MNCH “I had a dream to be the best that I can at anything I want to be….I couldn’t because I became a mother at 15 years. I never wanted the baby. Now, I have to cope with the demands of being a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water rights for women and children are essential to the MDGs</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/10/water-rights-for-women-and-children-are-essential-to-the-mdgs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/10/water-rights-for-women-and-children-are-essential-to-the-mdgs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cbrottler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging for Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ban Ki-moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blog Action Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charity Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drinking water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MDGs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN World Water Development Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Water Council]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=4942</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[About one billion people are currently living without one of the most basic human rights, the right to access clean and safe drinking water. This inequity is not just tragic, but is also undermining progress towards achieving all of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 – health, education, economic growth, gender equality; they are all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is organized religion an impediment to fulfilling MDGs?</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/09/is-organized-religion-an-impediment-to-fulfilling-mdgs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/09/is-organized-religion-an-impediment-to-fulfilling-mdgs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonam Ongmo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloggers Unite!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birth control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Development Goal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=4798</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If only governments would take a second look at religion and see how it stands in the way of improving the lives of its marginalized populations, it has the potential to hasten the process to achieving the MDGs, even within the next 5 years. We are just 5 years away from the deadline for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching pregnant women through art</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/09/reaching-pregnant-women-through-art/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/09/reaching-pregnant-women-through-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maya Azucena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloggers Unite!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maternal death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Development Goal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=4546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this video Grammy-winning singer Maya Azucena talks about MDGfive.com, a website that harnesses the power of art and social media to increase community engagement in the fight to improve maternal health and reach Millennium Development Goal 5 by 2015. Maya Azucena is a co-founder of the website.]]></description>
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		<title>A poem for invisible women</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/09/a-poem-for-invisible-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/09/a-poem-for-invisible-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blackman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloggers Unite!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Development Goal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=4539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[n this video award-winning artist Toni Blackman addresses 'invisible women' around the world. Toni Blackman is one of the artists of MDGfive.com,  a website that harnesses the power of art and social media to increase community engagement in the fight to improve maternal health and reach Millennium Development Goal 5 by 2015. ]]></description>
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		<title>A poem for my five sisters</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/09/a-poem-for-my-five-sisters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/09/a-poem-for-my-five-sisters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Lopez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloggers Unite!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Developing country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maternal death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Development Goal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=4512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Frank Lopez is one of the artists of MDGfive.com, a website that harnesses the power of art and social media to increase community engagement in the fight to improve maternal health and reach Millennium Development Goal 5 by 2015. In this video Frank Lopez uses his creative talents to talk about his five sisters, pregnancy, love and maternal health.]]></description>
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		<title>Spoken word for maternal health</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/09/spoken-word-for-maternal-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/09/spoken-word-for-maternal-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SeanB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bloggers Unite!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Developing country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maternal death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Development Goal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=4482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Word! Sean B is one of the artists of MDGfive.com, a website that harnesses the power of art and social media to increase community engagement in the fight to improve maternal health and reach Millennium Development Goal 5 by 2015. In this video Sean B uses his creative talents to address maternal health. Take it away, Sean B. ]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile phones for maternal health</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/05/mobile-phones-for-maternal-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/05/mobile-phones-for-maternal-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 14:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claire Bangser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cell Phones & Social Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Let's talk about the Pill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cell phone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ushahidi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=2817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How can we use cell phones for social change? With Ushahidi, we can help pregnant and laboring women around the world.]]></description>
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		<title>It affects us all: Maternal healthcare</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/03/it-affects-us-all-maternal-healthcare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/03/it-affects-us-all-maternal-healthcare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marysia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal mortality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=2264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though many politicians in the U.S. believe that maternal healthcare is unnecessary, maternal healthcare should be universal and guaranteed for every woman.]]></description>
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		<title>Technology to aid women in labor</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/02/technology-to-aid-women-in-labor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/02/technology-to-aid-women-in-labor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claire Bangser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal mortality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=2462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new technological platform called Ushahidi could be used to help women in labor experiencing complications all over the world.]]></description>
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		<title>Videos on how maternal mortality affects communities</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/videos-on-how-maternal-mortality-affects-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/videos-on-how-maternal-mortality-affects-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliana Rincon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal mortality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal survival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=1095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When a woman dies during pregnancy, childbirth or due to complications after delivery, it affects not only the family, but also the whole community. These videos, by different human rights organizations, go beyond statistics to tell us the stories of women and their families as they struggle to understand why it is that so many women are dying during childbirth and what needs to be done to stop this.]]></description>
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		<title>In labor and in chains: Pregnancy and prisons</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/in-labor-and-in-chains-pregnancy-and-prisons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/10/in-labor-and-in-chains-pregnancy-and-prisons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juliana Rincon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contributors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[correctional facilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal survival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newborns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/?p=935</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pregnant women are still giving birth handcuffed and with their feet shackled. In some places, it is a struggle to ensure human rights for pregnant women. What have been some of the steps made to ensure that they are treated humanely and with respect to the life they carry?]]></description>
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		<title>Make His Maternal Instinct the Norm</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/make-his-maternal-instinct-the-norm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angeline Martyn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fistula]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to Nick Kristof for drawing attention, once again, to the urgent need to end maternal death and life altering pregnancy related complications like obstetric fistula. See July 19th New York Times article, “His Maternal Instinct.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/opinion/19kristof.html An estimated two million women are living with fistula in developing countries, with an additional 50,000 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Investing in Women is MORE Important</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/why-investing-in-women-is-more-important/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deni Robey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contraception]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Typically when women make a little money they invest it in their families (up to 90% by some estimates). When coffers wealthy nations run dry, investment in women’s issue is usually one of the first things to go. That’s because everybody needs clean water but only women can die in childbirth (currently one every minute). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the best use of $20 billion?</title>
		<link>http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2009/07/whats-the-best-use-of-20-billion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anika Rahman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Motherhood & Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal survival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In June the Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, announced a $20 billion initiative to fund maternal and health survival programs. It sounds like a lot of money and then the sobering qualifier hit – it’s less than the U.S. bailout of any single large bank. I’m both delighted to have a Secretary General [...]]]></description>
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