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		<title>Too often incompetent, self-serving aid agencies make matters worse</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in the Daily Mail (November 16th, 2013) The stories are heartbreaking. Families have been ripped apart, houses flattened and communities crushed. The images of towns and cities [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Guardian (December 31st, 2012) Almost three years ago, Haiti was hit by an earthquake that killed an estimated 220,000 people in 35 seconds of unimaginable terror. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in the Daily Mail (January 27th, 2011) The first thing that strikes you is the smell: a sweet, sickly stench that sticks to your skin. It is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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