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	<title>Upright Citizens Brigade and Funny Or Die Bring Together All-Star Comedians to Perform in 'Give Food A Chance' Benefit for Mercy Corps</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2352/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Chevy Chase, Seth Meyers, Horatio Sanz, Matt Walsh, and others will appear in comedy show to support Mercy Corps' Action Center to End World Hunger,]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:41:24 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Mercy Corps Taps Robert F. Sherman as Executive Director for Action Center to End World Hunger</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2354/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Psychologist, activist and foundation executive will lead first-of-its-kind Action Center to educate and empower visitors on hunger issues]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:31:31 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Mercy Corps Announces Honorees of Fourth Annual Global Action Awards</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2350/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel and other distinguished judges honor four outstanding young activists. Honorees receive $5,000 to further their education or support a poverty-fighting cause of their choice.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:19:43 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Mercy Corps Makes Commitment at Clinton Global Initiative to Empower One Million Poverty-Fighting Activists</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2345/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[New Action Center in Lower Manhattan will educate and equip visitors to combat poverty and hunger. President Clinton announces agency's Mega-Commitment at opening session.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:29:15 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Mercy Corps Organizes Soccer Match to Promote Peace Around the Globe</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2344/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Event part of the International Day of Peace and UN campaign to promote peace. Seven Mercy Corps field offices take part in UN effort to hold matches in all 119 member states.

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	<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:36:33 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Tina Fey, Ann Curry, Nic Robertson Fight World Hunger; Lend Voices to Mercy Corps Action Center Interactive Exhibit</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2353/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Tina Fey, NBC's Ann Curry and CNN's Nic Robertson will help welcome and educate visitors at the soon-to-be-opened Mercy Corps Action Center to End World Hunger.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:31:33 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Mercy Corps Continues to Meet the Needs of Georgians Displaced by Conflict</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/georgia/2317/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Over 150,000 Georgians uprooted by the conflict with Russia. Emergency team gains access to Gori.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:08:29 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Mercy Corps Food Crisis Response Gets $2.7-Million Boost from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2314/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Mercy Corps is awarded a $2.7 million grant from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation to advance its food crisis response efforts.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:59:14 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>As Humanitarian Crisis Grows, Mercy Corps Distributing Emergency Relief in Georgia</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2315/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[As a major humanitarian effort gets under way in Georgia and South Ossetia, Mercy Corps is rushing emergency relief to thousands of people displaced by the fighting.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:30:23 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Mercy Corps Rushes Aid to Georgia's Displaced</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2309/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[As many as 50,000 people forced to flee their homes. Mercy Corps starts assessment and mobilizes resources.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:38:16 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Aid Agencies to Deliver U.S. Food Assistance to North Koreans</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2276/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Five aid agencies have signed an agreement with North Korea to deliver U.S. government food assistance during this time of severe food shortages. ]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:06:12 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Mercy Corps Launches Innovative Microfinance Program to Help Millions of People in Indonesia</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2246/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[$19.4 million from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation helps fund project that will make financial services more widely available to the poor.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:07:55 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>One Month After China Quake, Mercy Corps Helps Children Deal With Trauma</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2242/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Mercy Corps is training local mental health professionals to support the special needs of thousands of children traumatized by the devastating earthquake in China.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:40:07 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Leading Businesses, Cities and Non-Profits Join &quot;Together&quot; in Unprecedented Effort to Help Consumers Fight Climate Change</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2219/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Chase, Dell, Lenovo, MySpace, Nestlé Waters, RecycleBank, smart USA, Target and Timberland Collaborate to Deliver Simple, Practical Energy-Saving Solutions]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:10:52 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Mercy Corps Sends Emergency Supplies to Myanmar and China</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2188/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Combined value of shipment tops $1 million in assistance. New partnership in Myanmar helps Mercy Corps deliver aid to people in need. DHL donates international freight services.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:52:36 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Corporate Donations Bolster Mercy Corps' Dual Emergency Response Efforts</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2180/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Support facilitates quick, on-the-ground aid delivery that helps save lives. Matching employee contributions leverages grants.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 08:56:40 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Portland-based Aid Worker Leaves Today for China</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2179/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Staff in Sichuan Province assess needs in hard-hit Mianyang. Warning of overnight earthquake sends entire towns into streets to sleep.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 09:40:45 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Mercy Corps' Seattle-Based Aid Worker in China Says Aftershock</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2176/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Three Portland staff preparing to join relief efforts. Concern rises over growing needs of youth.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:04:09 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Mercy Corps Delivers Lifesaving Supplies to China Earthquake Survivors</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2172/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Mercy Corps partners with local All China Youth Federation and sends more aid workers. Agency to develop &quot;Comfort for Kids&quot; program to help youth cope.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:11:13 -0700</pubDate>
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	<title>Mercy Corps Expands Humanitarian Response to China Earthquake Survivors</title>
	<link>http://www.mercycorps.org/aboutus/pressroom/2167/</link>
	<description><![CDATA[Additional aid worker deployed as Mercy Corps sets up relief office in Chongqing. Agency charts strategy to begin &quot;Cash for Work&quot; clean up projects.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:22:54 -0700</pubDate>
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