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		<title>Playpump Merry Go Rounds Provide Water Access &amp; Fun- Eases Burden on Women and Girls</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women and girls in remote communities in South Africa are traditionally responsible for the daily gathering and transporting of water for their families. The PlayPump, an innovative product created by the South African firm Outdoor Fabrication and Steelworks, offers a solution that has already begun to ease the burden on these women and girls while [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=raymesamuels.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5278927&amp;post=938&amp;subd=raymesamuels&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank Urges Countries Use Aid to Prevent Conflict</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rather than use their funds to alleviate the aftermath of war, countries supported by the World Bank have received a new directive. The Washington, DC based development bank is urging countries to use aid in order to prevent violent conflicts in donor countries in the first place. A recent World Bank report declares that, &#8220;there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=raymesamuels.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5278927&amp;post=926&amp;subd=raymesamuels&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MSNBC: Laughter is the Best Medicine in Bangalore</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The technology capital of India, of one the fastest growing economies in the world, is home to hundreds that meet everyday to laugh their stresses away. Watch this MSNBC News clip about laughter clubs in Bangalore, India.  What a novel concept! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#41563770<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=raymesamuels.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5278927&amp;post=917&amp;subd=raymesamuels&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MSNBC News: Haiti&#8217;s Children Film Their Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this fascinating MSNBC News report entitled &#8220;Haiti&#8217;s Children Film Their Future&#8221; that shares the story of Haitian children working with Britain&#8217;s ITV News Network in order to chronicle the current situation in Haiti using small flip cams. Creating a new generation of video journalists, this initiative follows the young reporters as they explain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=raymesamuels.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5278927&amp;post=905&amp;subd=raymesamuels&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shakara.be: Revolutionizing The Digital Future of African Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accessibility to the great contemporary and sometimes underground music coming out of Africa right now has been on my mind lately. So you can imagine my pleasure after I came across a new website called Shakara (www.shakara.be) that is turning the future of African music on its head. An “online platform that supports the increasing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=raymesamuels.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5278927&amp;post=884&amp;subd=raymesamuels&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UN&#8217;s MediaGlobal Project Sheds Light on the Needs of Developing Countries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am currently taking a fascinating Global Media class as a part of my MBA program at Fordham University and in doing so have been pushed to examine the workings of international media firms, which just happens to be right up my alley! In my research I came across an independent media organization within the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=raymesamuels.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5278927&amp;post=879&amp;subd=raymesamuels&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top Five Music Documentaries Ever Made</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s better than a documentary? Well for music obsessives like me, nothing beats a documentary about music. Here are my top five all time favorite music documentaries that you must check out: Buena Vista Social Club (www.buenavistasocialclub.com) The film documents how Ry Cooder, long-time friend of film director Wenders, brought together legendary Cuban musicians to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=raymesamuels.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5278927&amp;post=862&amp;subd=raymesamuels&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Zouk Love the Movie: Grace Evora Spotlight</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So as many of you may know, I am so proud to be co-directing and producing the first documentary film ever made about Zouk music called Zouk Love The Movie. My obsession with the genre has certainly reached new heights! &#160; Check out a clip of our Fall 2010 interview with Grace Evora, a pioneer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=raymesamuels.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5278927&amp;post=850&amp;subd=raymesamuels&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Nollywood: The Nigerian Film Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a recent community service event for the National Association of Multi Ethnicity in Communications(NAMIC), I met a Bollywood producer who is in New York pursuing an MBA in media Management. We had plenty to talk about and I had many questions. We spoke about Hollywood, India’s super complex film industry, and what is going [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=raymesamuels.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5278927&amp;post=832&amp;subd=raymesamuels&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Indego Africa and Nicole Miller Join Forces for Women in Rwanda</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently heard Conor French, the CFO of Indego Africa, speak at the Human Affect Youth Rally during the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit in September. He shared the mission of his organization to empower African women to lift their families out of poverty through fair trade partnerships, international export market access, and long-term [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=raymesamuels.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5278927&amp;post=827&amp;subd=raymesamuels&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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