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		<title>Iraqis and Americans: reconciliation through art</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this article from Minnesota Public Radio&#8217;s Marianne Combs: &#8220;Iraqis and Americans: reconciliation through art.&#8221; The article reviews IARP&#8217;s recent show, The Art of Conflict.
&#34;Mosque&#34; by Matthew Lawler
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		<title>The Unreturned to Show at UNHCR Refugee Film Festival in Tokyo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Unreturned, directed by IARP volunteer Nate Fisher, was selected for the 5th UNHCR Refugee Film Festival in Tokyo in October 2010.
The Unreturned follows five Iraqis and their families who are among the  40 percent of the country&#8217;s middle class who have fled the country since  2003. Without them, Iraq still lacks reliable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lend a hand so Ikhlas can stand and teach</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/lend-a-hand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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Al-Salam Alaikum! My name is Salam Murtada and I am a volunteer for the Iraqi &#38; American Reconciliation Project (IARP).
I am writing to you about Ikhlas Muhassan  Abbas,  a young Iraqi teacher who was hit by an errant missile in August  of  2004 (see her statement below). In order to save [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Called to Account</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/called-to-account/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq and Middle East News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From niqash.org: &#8220;Restlessness and discontent with the delay in forming the new Iraqi  government has prompted four of Iraq’s most prominent NGOs to file a  lawsuit with the Federal Supreme Court, the highest judicial body in the  country, accusing parliament’s political blocs of ‘deliberately and  repeatedly breaching the Constitution and disabling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art Fair Held at COS Kalsu</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/art-fair-held-at-cos-kalsu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sgt. Ben Hutto
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE KALSU, Iraq – Local artists displayed their work as part of an art fair in the Contingency Operating Site Kalsu dining facility, June 2 and 3.
Paintings by 15 artists from the Babil province were put on display and offered for sale.
&#8220;The art is beautiful,&#8221; said Spc. David Holcombe, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/water-in-iraq-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 02:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mika Thuening
Thirteen-year old Hassan Khalid was suffering from fever, headaches, and vomiting. He had drunk water from a tap and contracted typhoid. Unfortunately, Hassan is not alone in falling victim to the unsafe water of Iraq. In 2007, the World Health Organization confirmed over 3,300 cases of cholera, a disease that spreads through contaminated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minneapolis Students Send Postcards to Iraq</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/minneapolis-students-send-postcards-to-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/minneapolis-students-send-postcards-to-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students at Perpich Center Arts High School in Minneapolis, USA recently created postcards to send to students in Iraq as part of their &#8220;Women and Water&#8221; project. The students also wrote messages on the backs of the postcards. Below is a sample of what will be sent to Iraq.
If your school would like to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Official Results of the Iraq Elections</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/the-official-results-of-the-iraq-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Assyrian International News Agency (March 27, 201o):
Baghdad (AINA) &#8212; The Iraqi High Electoral Commission (IHEC) issued  today the official results of Iraq&#8217;s March 7 Parliamentary elections.  Ayad Allawi won 91 seats, followed closely by Maliki with 89 seats.  Prime Minister Maliki has contested the result and called for a recount. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water for Peace Action at Al-Kufa Kindergarten in Kufa, Iraq</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/water-for-peace-action-at-al-kufa-kindergarten-in-kufa-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/water-for-peace-action-at-al-kufa-kindergarten-in-kufa-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below are some images of children at Al-Kufa Kindergarten in Kufa, Iraq, where a small water purifier unit was recently installed by the Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project and its partner in Iraq, the Muslim Peacemaker Teams. The school has 235 kids. Thanks to donor St. Augustine Church for providing clean water for these kids.










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		<title>To Take Action On The 7th Anniversary of the Iraq War&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/to-take-action-on-the-7th-anniversary-of-the-iraq-war/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/to-take-action-on-the-7th-anniversary-of-the-iraq-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visit the Peace, Justice, and Environment Project site, where you can use PJEP network sites to find  plans near you to mark the 7th anniversary of the U.S. led invasion of  Iraq and to protest continued wars and occupations in Iraq, Afghanistan  and elsewhere.
The site contains a list of upcoming and ongoing [...]]]></description>
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