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<title><![CDATA[ROTARY RELIEF REACHES CYCLONE RAVAGED MYANMAR]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shelterbox, a grassroots disaster relief organization set up by Rotary members in the UK, was among the first charities to reach the affected area of cyclone ravaged Myanmar, as other agencies continue to struggle to gain access. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=937]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ROTARIAN USES HIS INSPIRING STORY TO HELP STAMP OUT POLIO]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A past president who battled the odds to make his life a success after contracting polio is using profits from his autobiography to raise money for Rotary's End Polio Now campaign.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=936]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/05/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Trade Aid for Disaster Hit Countries]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Since being established by the Rotary Club of Grantham Kesteven six months ago, the Trade Aid Trust Fund has enabled 30 boxes of tools and materials to be filled and shipped over to countries in need, giving tradespersons the means to rebuild their lives and their communities.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=927]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ROTARY YOUTH SPEAKS  WINNERS ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fifteen schools from across Great Britain and Ireland battled it out at the City of London School for Boys London on Sunday, 27th April, 2008. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=909]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[YORKSHIRE SCHOOLBOY WINS ROTARY YOUNG CHEF 2008]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Thomas Souter won the Rotary Young Chef 2008 competition with a splendid three course meal at Rotary's Great Britain and Ireland Final, at Westminster Kingsway College in London on Saturday 19th April. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=905]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FINAL OF 'ROTARY YOUNG CHEF 2008']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Saturday 19th April 2008
Venue: Westminster Kingsway College, Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PD
11.00am  15.30pm
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<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=898]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[16/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ROTARY HUMANITARIAN REPORTING AWARDS ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Rotary International Humanitarian Reporting Award 2008 was presented today to international photo journalist Lee Karen Stow. Lee was nominated by The Rotary Club of Hull Paragon, supported by District 1270 Communications Committee.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=893]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ORDINARY ROTARIANS DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS AWARDS]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Blackpool Opera House hosts RIBI annual conference, where Allan Jagger, President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland for "Ordinary Rotarians Doing Extraordinary Things".]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=889]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cancer awareness campaign triumph]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Institute of Cancer Research and Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) have announced success in their joint cancer awareness campaign. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=890]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[10/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rotary 'Roadshow' Comes to Freeport]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland will be launching the Rotary 'Roadshow' at the Freeport Shopping Centre, Fleetwood on April 11-13th . This coincides with the annual conference which is being held at the Opera House in Blackpool. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=892]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[09/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ROTARY CELEBRATES ACHIEVEMENTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The achievements of young people are being celebrated this week with the announcement of the winners of the Rotary Young Citizen Awards. Rotary Young Citizen is a project conceived by Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) in association with BBC News 24 to celebrate the positive citizenship and vital responsibilities assumed by many young people in these islands.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=886]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION HEAD FOR BIRMINGHAM ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An international delegation of twenty six members of the Rotary International Convention 2009 Promotions Committee will be visiting the West Midlands from Monday 14th April to Wednesday 16th April.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=888]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rosa Branson Painting to be unveiled at NEC]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A painting by Rosa Branson, one of London's foremost painters, entitled Service above Self, will be unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham Councillor Randall Brew, in the Piazza of the NEC, Birmingham. The painting will be displayed at the NEC until June 2009.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=887]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[05/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Spotlight on Youth at Rotary's annual conference in Blackpool]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT ROTARY'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN BLACKPOOL 

83rd Annual Conference of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland 

11th - 13th April 2008  Blackpool Opera House
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<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=885]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/04/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Somalia passes polio-free landmark]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[10,000 health workers stop polio in one of most dangerous places on earth.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=884]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[31/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rosa Branson's painting unveiled at House of Lords]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A painting by Rosa Branson, one of London's foremost painters, entitled Service above Self, was unveiled today by Baroness Hayman, The Lord Speaker, in the River Room at The House of Lords, in front of an audience of politicians, business people and diplomats. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=878]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[RI President Elect DK Lee retraces the footsteps of Paul Harris]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rotary International President Elect Dong Kurn Lee visited the West Midlands from Saturday 15th March to Monday 17th March and re-traced the footsteps of Rotary's founder Paul Harris.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=883]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal Tops £1 million and more projects announced]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland announce today that the Rotary Flood Disaster  Appeal has raised £1 million.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=869]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[13/03/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rotary's $100 Million Challenge launched to Rotary Clubs to end polio]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A GIANT ROTARY WHEEL AND THE WORDS "END POLIO NOW" are to be beamed onto the side of the House of Commons to the left of Big Ben on Rotary International's 103rd Birthday on Saturday, 23rd February -- to start a challenge to raise $100 million to help finally to eradicate polio from the world]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=863]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/02/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rotarians meet Bill Gates at World Leaders Lunch]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Allan Jagger President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland, and Member of the Rotary $100 Million  Challenge Committee, today met Bill Gates at the IoD World Leaders Lunch in London. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=860]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[31/01/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ESSEX ROTARY CLUBS RAISE OVER £35,000 FOR ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rotary Clubs in Essex have raised over £35,000 for The Royal Marsden Drug Development Unit. The actress Shirley Anne Field presented a cheque for £35,536.54 on behalf of the clubs to Professor Stan Kaye at the Drug Development Unit of The Royal Marsden Hospital, in Sutton on Friday 11th January 2008. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=845]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[12/01/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal Projects announced]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland announce today the third batch of projects to be allocated funding from the Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=843]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[08/01/2008]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hope in a box  aid begins to reach Bangladesh cyclone victims]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With a 60kg box balanced on his head, a Bangldeshi man makes his precarious way across a bridge built from a single tree branch. In the box is a 10-person tent, blankets, cooking equipment, tools and a selection of other equipment supplied by the disaster relief charity ShelterBox.
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<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=830]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/11/2007 12:12:00]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rotary / Gates $200 million polio announcement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rotary International today announced a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will inject a much-needed US$200 million into the global campaign to eradicate polio, a crippling and sometimes fatal disease that still paralyzes children in parts of Africa, Asia and the Middle East and threatens children everywhere. 
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<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=827]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[27/11/2007 14:34:00]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ More Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal Projects announced]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland announce today the second batch of projects to be allocated funding from the Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=821]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[23/11/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bangladesh response is just the beginning]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Emergency shelter for thousands of people has begun to arrive in Bangladesh from the disaster relief agency ShelterBox.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=810]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/11/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bradford Peace Scholars]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The city of Bradford is hosting a celebration of a programme that sees around 12 international peace fellows come from around the world to study at the University of Bradford every year. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=786]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[01/11/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hull Freedom Trail]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Thursday 25th October at 6.30pm, the Lord Mayor of Hull and the Mayor of Freetown escorted the Hull Freedom Trail convoy from Victoria Square to the Ferry where they began their 4,500-mile journey to Freetown, Sierra Leone]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=782]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ShelterBox provides rare glimpse from inside North Korea ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An exceptional glimpse of life inside one of the world's most isolated regimes  North Korea  has been provided thanks to the disaster relief charity ShelterBox.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=783]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[26/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal Projects announced]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland announce today the first batch of projects to be allocated funding from the Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal. Monies distributed through the appeal also include those raised from Fashion For Relief, a charity fashion show organised by Naomi Campbell, which was a smashing success and grand finale to London Fashion Week.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=779]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[18/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Naomi Campbell ebay Auction]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Naomi Campbell auctions fashion relief clothes on-line]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=775]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[11/10/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rotary Young Chef finalists enter the  RATATOUILLE Challenge]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rotary Young Chef finalists enter the  RATATOUILLE Challenge at Ratatouille film Pre-launch Preview & VIP Q&A with Director Brad Bird
...a taste of things to come in this year's National Schools Film Week!]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=770]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[28/09/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal Reaches £300,000]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rotary Clubs across the country have responded to the national Rotary Flood Disaster Appeal set up in response to the devastation caused by the recent flooding. Appeals were set up initially by Rotary in Yorkshire and Gloucestershire but when other areas became affected, a central appeal was launched with a separate fund. To date Rotarians have responded magnificently, both in service and fund raising and more than £300,000 has been raised.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=749]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/09/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Launch of "The Excitement Of Science 2008"]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland, and the Royal Institution, London, are pleased to announce the official launch of The Excitement of Science 2008. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=768]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[19/09/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shelter Box - Press Release 20 Aug]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Duchess of Cornwall becomes ShelterBox President]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=758]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20/08/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rotary and Scouts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland Allan Jagger, a Scout of many years standing, and currently President of the West Yorkshire Scouts Council, was present at the World Jamboree in Essex celebrating 100 years of scouting]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=755]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[17/08/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FIFTEEN LONDON WELCOMES 'ROTARY YOUNG CHEF 2007' ANNA FARRELL]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Anna Farrell, winner of Rotary Young Chef  2007 in association with Filippo Berio Olive Oil, is spending today at Fifteen London, founded by Jamie Oliver. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=754]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[15/08/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Aid for 500,000 disaster victims from UK charity]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ShelterBox reaches a milestone figure.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=750]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[07/08/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ROTARIANS TO HOLD CENTENARY CONVENTION IN BIRMINGHAM]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rotary International has announced that Birmingham has been successful in its bid to host the 100th Rotary International Convention in June 2009.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=745]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/07/2007]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yorkshire Businessman to lead Rotary International in GB & Ireland]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Yorkshire businessman Allan Jagger was inaugurated on June 30th as President of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland at The Royal Armouries, Leeds.  ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rotary-ribi.org/committees/report-details.asp?ribiCtteeRepID=721]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[30/06/2007]]></pubDate>
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