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         <title><![CDATA["Battered and Bruised &#8211; Abused Elephants"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Mission accomplished - 83 elephants safely rescued"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["IWC Meeting Closes, Course Set for Whale Conservation"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Whaling Commission Countries Face Critical Choice:"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Malawi Elephant Rescue Resumes &#8211; Nine More Elephants Saved"]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA["Iceland resumes whaling - first whale killed"]]></title>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["U.S. Bans Importation of Polar Bear Trophies from Canada"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/5_20_2008_47956.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Food Relief for Pets Affected by Johannesburg Unrest"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/5_20_2008_47690.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Volcano eruption in Chile spells danger for animals"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/05_15_2008_47965.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47965</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Animals in Myanmar Need Help"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/05_09_2008_47602.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Senate committee passes legislation that would help protect endangered North atlantic Right Whales"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/4_24_2008_47931.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Nearly three tons of ivory torched in Japan"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/04_24_2008_47883.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47883</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Experts convene in Marine Mammal Stranding Conference"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/04_16_2008_47679.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47679</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Five orphaned bears get a new life in Russia; satellite tracking will monitor survival"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/04_10_2008_47688.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["&quot;Humane&quot; claims by Canadian delegation in Europe refuted by new video evidence from seal hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/4_4_2008_47705.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW documents hunting activity on opening day of Canada's commercial seal hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/3_28_2008_47763.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW documents hunting activity on opening day of Canada's commercial seal hunt &#8211; new bleeding requirement ignored"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/3_28_2008_47764.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canada's 2008 commercial seal hunt starts today"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/3_28_2008_47623.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Newborn bear cub killing to be legalized"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/03_27_2008_47893.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47893</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Cruelty to continue under &#8216;new&#8217; Canadian seal hunt regulations"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/3_27_2008_47656.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["International Fund for Animal Welfare Launches IFAW Island in Second Life"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/3_27_2008_47827.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Cruelty to continue under 'new' Canadian seal hunt regulations"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/3_27_2008_47655.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Newborn bear cub killing to be legalized"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/3_27_2008_47892.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Nearly one ton of ivory seized in Guangxi, China, largest ever in region"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/03_25_2008_47882.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47882</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Canadian government calls for the killing of 275,000 harp seal pups"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/03_10_2008_47629.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has once again decided to ignore scientific..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Through the Internet, Students from all over Latin America will be able to help Improve Animal Welfare"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/03_07_2008_47952.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW's Katie Touhey Receives Red Cross Animal Adult Hero Award"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/03_06_2008_47798.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Katie Touhey, IFAW's (International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) Emergency Relief..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Extraordinary victory for harp seals: Russia moves towards banning the whitecoat hunt"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/03_05_2008_47680.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47680</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, Oleg Trutnev, Russia's Minister of Natural Resources drafted a letter requesting the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Rhino and elephants returned to wild in India, protected land increased"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/02_25_2008_47918.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47918</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today, IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare www.ifaw.org) and its sister organization, WTI..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["South Africa slams the door on elephant tourism - NGOs rejoice"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/02_25_2008_47935.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The door slammed shut on the growth of the South African elephant tourism industry today, when the..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW returns rehabilitated black bears to wild in India"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/02_22_2008_47789.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47789</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["Today in India, 5 endangered Asiatic black bears are being rehabilitated to the wild after being..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["Penguins swim free after successful rehabilitation"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/02_13_2008_47904.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47904</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["London's wildlife crime unit saved from the axe"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/02_08_2008_47864.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47864</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["African Nations sign Bamako Declaration to Save remaining Elephants"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/02_07_2008_47594.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47594</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["African nations join forces to form anti-ivory trade coalition"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/02_07_2008_47596.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Conservation on the Agenda, as 17 African Nations meet to talk Elephants"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/02_06_2008_47647.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47647</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Encourages Tourists and Shoppers in Dubai to &quot;Think Twice&quot; Before Buying Wildlife Souvenirs"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/02_06_2008_47722.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47722</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
         <description><![CDATA["The Dubai-based Middle East and North Africa office of the International Fund for Animal Welfare..."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Applauds Sonar Injunction Against US Navy"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/02_06_2008_47711.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47711</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Train hits elephant herd, Three killed"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/02_05_2008_47955.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47955</guid>
         <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["China increases enforcement of illegal trade of wildlife on the Internet"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/02_04_2008_47641.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47641</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["After Delay on Listing Status, Polar Bear Survival Remains Precarious"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/02_04_2008_47598.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47598</guid>
         <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Poll Shows Chinese Public Supports Ban on Tiger Trade"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/01_30_2008_47906.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47906</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Ivory trade continues its reach across myriad African nations"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/01_29_2008_47835.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Victory for biodiversity Erika judgement compensates bird welfare groups"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/01_17_2008_47962.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47962</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japan's Whaling - More Sushi than Science"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/01_17_2008_47840.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Report Reveals Impact of Global Warming on Arctic Marine Mammals"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/01_17_2008_47916.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47916</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Diverse Stakeholders Come Together to Address Northern Right Whale Regulations"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/01_11_2008_47661.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47661</guid>
         <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Endangered Gibbons get a helping hand in the New Year"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/01_10_2008_47672.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW's YouTube Content Surges Past 300,000 Views"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/01_08_2008_47799.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Statement Regarding The Delayed Decision For Polar Bear Inclusion In The Endangered Species Act"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/01_08_2008_47741.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW and AOLA to Host Whale Friendlier Lobster Gear Summit"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/01_03_2008_47748.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47748</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW responds to oil spill in Patagonia"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/01_02_2008_47788.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47788</guid>
         <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Statement Regarding the Siberian Tiger Incident at the San Francisco Zoo"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/12_27_2007_47940.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47940</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Japan continues largest hunt since whaling ban"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/12_21_2007_47839.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Safe passage for endangered elephants: India corridor given to government"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/12_20_2007_47924.php</link>
         <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ifaw.org/47924</guid>
         <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["EFSA report to European Commission finds Canada's commercial seal hunt inhumane"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/12_19_2007_47662.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Christmas comes early for entangled humpback whale in the Bay of Fundy"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/12_19_2007_47642.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["Companies Linked to Japanese Whaling; Conservationists Call for Action"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/12_18_2007_47644.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["A Dozen Ways to Save the Tiger: Blueprint for conservation released by range states"]]></title>
         <link>http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_southern_africa/media_center/press_releases/12_10_2007_47591.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 24:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA["IFAW Celebrates Grand Opening of Middle East and North Africa Regional Office in Dubai"]]></title>
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