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	<title>Philanthropy Guide</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Under reconstruction</title>
		<link>http://www.philanthropyguide.com/2006/09/27/under-reconstruction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pip Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the next few weeks, Philanthropy Guide will be undergoing a major facelift as Nora and I have a few bugs with the current architecture.
Posting might be rather sporadic until we migrate to a new design at the same address, so thank you for bearing with us. You can still bookmark this URL and check in very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Branson gives $3bn to fight global warming</title>
		<link>http://www.philanthropyguide.com/2006/09/22/branson-gives-3bn-to-fight-global-warming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pip Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Sir Richard Branson has pledged $3bn (£1.66bn) over the next decade towards combating global warming.
&#8220;The billionaire said business had a duty to future generations and the money would come from the profits of his Virgin Group&#8217;s airline and train operations, making it one of the most significant investments by a private firm in green initiatives.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google sets up &#8216;for-profit&#8217; philanthropy</title>
		<link>http://www.philanthropyguide.com/2006/09/16/google-sets-up-for-profit-philanthropy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 22:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The ambitious founders of Google, the popular search engine company, have set up a philanthropy, giving it seed money of about $1 billion and a mandate to tackle poverty, disease and global  warming,&#8221; according to The New York Times.
&#8220;But unlike most charities, this one will be for-profit, allowing it to fund start-up companies, form [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muslim charities struggle to stay open</title>
		<link>http://www.philanthropyguide.com/2006/09/12/muslim-charities-struggle-to-stay-open/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pip Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of international commemorations on the fifth anniversary of 9/11, I think it behoves us to bear in mind that Muslim people in general have been tarred with the same brush as a few Muslim terrorists, which is obviously like blaming all Christians for the wrong deeds of a few Christians. This report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U2 and Green Day team up for charity</title>
		<link>http://www.philanthropyguide.com/2006/09/11/u2-and-green-day-team-up-for-charity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philanthropyguide.com/2006/09/11/u2-and-green-day-team-up-for-charity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;U2 and Green Day are set to make a charity record together to raise funds for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
&#8220;The two super groups will record a cover of minor 1978 punk hit The Saints Are Coming by British group The Skids.
&#8220;All proceeds from the song will go to the Music Rising charity, which was set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schumacher pulls over for charity</title>
		<link>http://www.philanthropyguide.com/2006/09/10/schumacher-pulls-over-for-charity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philanthropyguide.com/2006/09/10/schumacher-pulls-over-for-charity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The tears failed to flow yesterday as Michael Schumacher, the world’s most successful racing driver, announced his retirement and then faced up to how to spend the rest of his life.
&#8220;The man the world believes has the hardest heart in sport refused to let slip what his future holds. Only his closest friends and confidants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eighties Guilt Fires Elton</title>
		<link>http://www.philanthropyguide.com/2006/09/10/eighties-guilt-fires-elton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ Elton John says that guilt about a self-indulgent past provoked him to get involved in the fight against AIDS. He believes that philanthropy is more rewarding than all of his musical achievements.
The rocker founded the Elton John Aids Foundation just months after abandoning his hedonist lifestyle in 1990, and he has since gone out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Annan hails civil society organizations</title>
		<link>http://www.philanthropyguide.com/2006/09/10/annan-hails-civil-society-organizations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philanthropyguide.com/2006/09/10/annan-hails-civil-society-organizations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today [8 September] told more than 2,500 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) gathered in New York for their last annual meeting before his term ends in December that the support of civil society groups has been critical to his accomplishments.
&#8220;Mr. Annan, who is widely viewed as having broken new ground in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Third-richest man to give away part of fortune</title>
		<link>http://www.philanthropyguide.com/2006/09/08/third-richest-man-to-give-away-part-of-fortune/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philanthropyguide.com/2006/09/08/third-richest-man-to-give-away-part-of-fortune/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 05:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pip Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, the world&#8217;s third-richest man, will give away a chunk of his fortune by matching donations to health, education and social programs in Mexico.
&#8220;Slim, who owns a telecoms and retail empire and has a fortune estimated at over $US30 billion ($39 billion), will meet all contributions dollar for dollar, his spokesman and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social investments one year after Katrina</title>
		<link>http://www.philanthropyguide.com/2006/08/31/social-investments-one-year-after-katrina/</link>
		<comments>http://www.philanthropyguide.com/2006/08/31/social-investments-one-year-after-katrina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 07:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pip Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
   
In commemoration of the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Co-Op America is highlighting members of the Social Investment Forum that are helping rebuild the affected areas through community investing.

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