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	<title>Conflict Minerals: The Truth Underlying the Systemic Looting of Congo</title>
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	<description>The Truth Behind the Conflict Mineral Approach</description>
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		<title>BLOOD MINERALS:The Criminalization of the Mining Industry in Eastern DRC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Pole Institute convened representatives from diverse sectors of the  Congolese society to share their analysis and prescriptions for  addressing the de-criminalization of natural resources so that they can  be a benefit to the Congolese people. Below are some excerpts geared  towards the International community and the myriad efforts underway [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://conflictminerals.org/2010/08/19/blood-mineralsthe-criminalization-of-the-mining-industry-in-eastern-drc/</link>
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		<title>Why Conflict Minerals Is Not A Great Victory for the Congo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. The Conflict Minerals narrative leaves the public believing that the source of Congo’s challenge is rebel groups that brutally rape women to control lucrative mines. When in fact the source of Congo’s challenge has been the attempt by the West to weaken this wealthy and strategically important country through wars, invasions, assassinations and propping [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://conflictminerals.org/2010/07/21/why-conflict-minerals-is-not-a-great-victory-for-the-congo/</link>
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		<title>Rwanda&#8217;s Mining Sector Output Grew 20% In 2008 &#8211; IEPA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rwanda&#8217;s Mining Sector Output Grew 20% In 2008 &#8211; IEPA
Last update: 5:44 a.m. EST Jan. 5, 2009
Jan 05, 2009 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) &#8212; DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
Rwanda&#8217;s mining sector output grew 20% in 2008 from the year earlier due
to increased export volumes of tungsten, cassiterite and coltan, the
country&#8217;s three leading minerals, the country&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://conflictminerals.org/2010/05/15/rwandas-mining-sector-output-grew-20-in-2008-iepa/</link>
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		<title>Conflict Minerals Critique By Congolese Research Institute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All these initiatives, however, have to face a basic problem.  The values which motivate the various national or international lobbyists, such as the inalienability of human rights (the civilian victims attributed to armed groups, the enslavement of miners and their inhuman working conditions, the impunity, and the absence of social dividends), the political climate (the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://conflictminerals.org/2010/05/11/conflict-minerals-critique-by-congolese-research-institute/</link>
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		<title>Core Themes In Understanding The Congo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, Maurice Carney, provides core elements for those seeking to understand the Congo, its history, current situation and how one should approach, learning, research, advocacy and policy around the Congo.

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		<link>http://conflictminerals.org/2010/04/23/core-themes-in-understanding-the-congo/</link>
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		<title>Congolese Woman Speaks Out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this four video series, Congolese activist and Women Coordinator for Friends of the Congo, Bibiane Tshefu, articulates how there is a complicity in the international community when it comes to ending the conflict in the Congo.

Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

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		<link>http://conflictminerals.org/2010/04/10/congolese-woman-speaks-out/</link>
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		<title>Adam Hochschild of King Leopold&#8217;s Ghost Chimes in on Conflict Minerals Debate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the April edition of Mother Jones, Adam Hochschild notes &#8220;The real problem is not conflict minerals, but the fact that Congo&#8217;s long-suffering people reap only a tiny share of their country&#8217;s vast wealth.&#8221; Read the entire article here: http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/02/congo-gold-adam-hochschild
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		<link>http://conflictminerals.org/2010/04/01/adam-hochschild-of-king-leopolds-ghost-chimes-in-on-conflict-minerals-debate/</link>
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		<title>Congolese filmmaker urges us to stop breeding dependency through NGOs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Congolese filmmaker Petna Ndaliko Katondolo speaks about the non-profit industrial complex at the 2009 &#8220;Congo in Harlem&#8221; film festival.
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		<link>http://conflictminerals.org/2010/02/08/congolese-filmmaker-urges-us-to-stop-breeding-dependency-through-ngos/</link>
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		<title>Ask The Africans &#8211; The World Needs Congo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
GRITtv with Laura Flanders is a new, news and arts discussion show, available daily, in multiple formats, with interactivity and a positive take on whats going on. The show launched May 12, 2008. Made possible by Free Speech TV, GRITtv is viewer-supported. Checks in support of GRITtv, made out to Laura Flanders Limited, may be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://conflictminerals.org/2009/12/17/ask-the-africans-the-world-needs-congo/</link>
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		<title>What Does Dan Rather Say About Congo That CBS 60 Minutes Does Not?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CBS ought to be commended for covering the &#8220;resource&#8221; aspect of the Congo conflict. It is a limited sign of progress for the corporate media that have been silent on the more than decade-long scramble for precious and strategic minerals in the heart of Africa. The broadcast left casual followers of the Congo perplexed because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://conflictminerals.org/2009/12/17/what-does-dan-rather-say-about-congo-that-cbs-60-minutes-does-not/</link>
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