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		<title>&#8216;Seeds of Terror&#8217;: Gretchen Peters</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Gretchen Peters spent five years travelling the border areas between Pakistan and Afghanistan researching her book &#8216;Seeds of Terror: How Heroin is Bankrolling the Taliban and al Qaeda&#8217;. As a journalist based in Karachi, Peter&#8217;s had been reporting on the region, first as a journalist for The Associated Press and then for ABC television.
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		<title>No Recourse, No Safety Action: Abused women failed by UK system</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many women come to the UK in the hope of improving their lives. They may come on temporary work permits, student visas or commonly, spousal visas, ie, they marry a British citizen and are awaiting their leave to remain in the UK to be granted by the Home Office. However, having this &#8216;insecure&#8217; immigration status means that if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clairecolley.wordpress.com&blog=2311544&post=1989&subd=clairecolley&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Murder for &#8216;Honours&#8217; Sake: Rana Husseini Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;You can write a bad cheque in Jordan and get a longer sentence than for killing a woman in the name of honour’ says Jordanian journalist, Rana Husseini.
Award-winning Husseini began investigating so-called honour killings in 1994 after reporting the story of a murder for her newspaper The Jordan Times. Shocked by the fact that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clairecolley.wordpress.com&blog=2311544&post=1970&subd=clairecolley&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gun Crime: &#8216;Ill be crying for the rest of my life&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On average in the UK, 2-3 people are murdered every day and over the past 10 years, violent crime has risen by 77%.  However, there are reports that support for those affected by crime remains scarce, in particular for those dealing with post traumatic stress disorder.
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		<title>&#8220;The authorities deny us electricity, but it&#8217;s not the authorities who are getting burnt every day.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2001, the Durban authorities in South Africa, prohibited the supply of electricity to temporary settlements, the return of an apartheid era legislation. People living in shacks are forced to use paraffin stoves, and there are on average 10 shack fires a day, with over 200 people a year losing their lives. Zodwa Nsibande, an activist in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clairecolley.wordpress.com&blog=2311544&post=1881&subd=clairecolley&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Speak To Us, Not At Us&#8217;: South Africa&#8217;s Shack Dwellers</title>
		<link>http://clairecolley.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/speak-to-us-not-at-us-south-africas-shack-dwellers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[12 million South African&#8217;s live in shack dwelling communities, often with no running water, sanitation, or electricity. In preparation for the 2010 World Cup, in 2007 the KwaZulu-Natal province passed the infamous &#8216;Slums Act&#8217; which seeks to &#8216;eradicate&#8217; informal settlements by 2014. Thousands are at risk of forced eviction to out of town &#8216;transit areas&#8217;.
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		<title>Guy&#8217;s Story&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://clairecolley.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/guys-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘My brother – could use a little mercy now,
He’s a stranger to freedom,
He’s shackled to his fear and his doubt.
The pain that he lives in,
It’s almost more than living will allow.
I love my brother, he could use some mercy now.&#8217;
For more on Guy&#8217;s story&#8230;
http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&#38;id=1181&#38;catID=3
Poem by Mary Gauthier
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		<title>&#8216;UK Asylum System is a Form of Torture&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://clairecolley.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/the-uk-asylum-system-abusing-abused-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost half of those seeking asylum in the UK are women, many of whom have fled violence and persecution with their children. Over 40% of women in the asylum system say they are victims of rape or sexual violence. In leaving behind their homes, countries and often families, women show remarkable courage, but often find when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clairecolley.wordpress.com&blog=2311544&post=1650&subd=clairecolley&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rana Husseini: Murder in the Name of Honour</title>
		<link>http://clairecolley.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/rana-husseini-murder-in-the-name-of-honour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[                                                                                         Photo: Dan Morgan
Rana Husseini&#8217;s book, &#8216;Murder in the Name of Honour&#8217; tells the personal stories of tragedy behind so-called &#8216;honour killings&#8217; which claim the lives of at least 5,000 women and girls every year. In Jordan, where Rana works as a journalist, 25 women are killed each year and despite the taboo surrounding the issue, she&#8217;s been writing for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clairecolley.wordpress.com&blog=2311544&post=1505&subd=clairecolley&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Malalai Joya: The Bravest Women in Afghanistan?</title>
		<link>http://clairecolley.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/malalai-joya-the-bravest-women-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Afghan politician Malalai Joya has been called the &#8216;the bravest woman in Afghanistan&#8217;. Joya, born during the Russian invasion, grew up in the refugee camps of Pakistan and Iran. When she returned to Afghanistan under Taliban rule, she became politically active setting up a covert school for girls and becoming the Director of the Organisation of Promoting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=clairecolley.wordpress.com&blog=2311544&post=1718&subd=clairecolley&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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