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(CNN) -- Seventeen more Haitian men are suing a convicted American aid worker and affiliated institutions for sexual abuse they say they suffered while living at a charitable school intended to feed, clothe, educate and house the needy.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/07/10041830-haitians-sue-jesuits-connecticut-school-over-aid-workers-sexual-abuse-of-children</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/07/10041830-haitians-sue-jesuits-connecticut-school-over-aid-workers-sexual-abuse-of-children</guid><category>haiti</category><category>charity</category><category>man</category><category>school</category><category>prison</category><category>crime</category><category>boys</category><category>suing</category><category>convicted</category><category>men</category><category>us-news</category><category>feed</category><category>guilty</category><category>sexual-abuse</category><category>sex-crimes</category><category>cloth</category><category>educate</category><category>jesuits</category><category>aid-worker</category><category>plead</category><category>20-years</category><category>crimes-against-children</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Jan 2012 03:20:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad04678A6750F8-6221-68C6-2F1F-5BBBDA81EA9E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="50" width="67" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad04678A6750F8-6221-68C6-2F1F-5BBBDA81EA9E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="67" height="50" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Oxfam charity workers killed in Afghanistan </title>
<description><![CDATA[Three aid workers with British humanitarian group Oxfam have been killed by a roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan, the charity said on Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/06/5058468-oxfam-charity-workers-killed-in-afghanistan</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/06/5058468-oxfam-charity-workers-killed-in-afghanistan</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>oxfam</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Sep 2010 03:34:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Afghan Aid Workers Freed After Taliban Prison Is Liberated </title>
<description><![CDATA[Two workers for an international aid organization were freed when NATO and Afghan army forces discovered and attacked a Taliban prison in southern Afghanistan, RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal reports.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/19/4931942-afghan-aid-workers-freed-after-taliban-prison-is-liberated</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/19/4931942-afghan-aid-workers-freed-after-taliban-prison-is-liberated</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>aid-worker</category><category>aidwork</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:53:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>MSF suspends aid to south Sudan region after attacks</title>
<description><![CDATA[KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Medecins San Frontieres (MSF) has suspended medical care in a violent part of Sudan's war-torn south after three separate attacks on its staff, the aid group said in a statement on Saturday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/01/4793888-msf-suspends-aid-to-south-sudan-region-after-attacks</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/01/4793888-msf-suspends-aid-to-south-sudan-region-after-attacks</guid><category>aid</category><category>sudan</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>msf</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Sun, 1 Aug 2010 15:40:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Al-Qaeda kidnap gang kill 78-year-old French aid worker </title>
<description><![CDATA[Mr Sarkozy defended France's decision to take part in that operation with troops from Mauritania as a last-ditch effort to free Mr Germaneau.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></source><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/26/4758569-al-qaeda-kidnap-gang-kill-78-year-old-french-aid-worker</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/26/4758569-al-qaeda-kidnap-gang-kill-78-year-old-french-aid-worker</guid><category>france</category><category>terrorism</category><category>africa</category><category>islam</category><category>niger</category><category>algeria</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>mauritania</category><category>mali</category><category>sahara</category><category>aid-worker</category><category>jiahd</category><category>michel-germaneau</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:39:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Roadside bomb kills 3 aid workers in Afghanistan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Three aid workers were killed and two others sustained injuries as their vehicle ran over a land mine in Uruzgan province in south Afghanistan Sunday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/11/3742552-roadside-bomb-kills-3-aid-workers-in-afghanistan</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/11/3742552-roadside-bomb-kills-3-aid-workers-in-afghanistan</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>aid-worker</category><category>aid-work</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:30:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>WFP Security Official Killed in Somalia</title>
<description><![CDATA[Unidentified gunmen have shot and killed a former ICU member and head of the security of WFP security in Beledweyn town in central Somalia, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/22/3665197-wfp-security-official-killed-in-somalia</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/22/3665197-wfp-security-official-killed-in-somalia</guid><category>somalia</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>aid-worker</category><category>wfp-un</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:24:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Somalia: Kidnapped aid worker released </title>
<description><![CDATA[French aid agency, Action Against Hunger, has declined to reveal the name of a Zimbabwean aid worker freed on Sunday together with two of his colleagues after they were kidnapped by Somali gunmen in Kenya three months ago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/10/3369888-somalia-kidnapped-aid-worker-released</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/10/3369888-somalia-kidnapped-aid-worker-released</guid><category>somalia</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:28:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Armed Raid on Medair Compound in El Geneina, West Darfur </title>
<description><![CDATA[A staff member was slightly injured when shots were fired during an armed raid on a Medair compound in El Geneina, West Darfur.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/21/3044172-armed-raid-on-medair-compound-in-el-geneina-west-darfur</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/21/3044172-armed-raid-on-medair-compound-in-el-geneina-west-darfur</guid><category>aid</category><category>darfur</category><category>sudan</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:48:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Three aid workers kidnapped on Kenya/Somalia border</title>
<description><![CDATA[Three foreign aid workers were kidnapped overnight in a Kenyan town close to the Somali border by armed men, who took them into Somalia.

The three were snatched from their office in Mandera, in northeast Kenya.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/18/3036959-three-aid-workers-kidnapped-on-kenyasomalia-border</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/18/3036959-three-aid-workers-kidnapped-on-kenyasomalia-border</guid><category>somalia</category><category>kenya</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:52:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UN worker killed, two wounded in NW Pakistan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gunmen killed a U.N. employee and a guard at a refugee camp in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, police said, in a blow to relief efforts aimed at the country's humanitarian crisis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/16/3030062-un-worker-killed-two-wounded-in-nw-pakistan</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/16/3030062-un-worker-killed-two-wounded-in-nw-pakistan</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:24:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>61 year old Italian aid worker freed in Philippines after 6 months captivity</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Red Cross in the Philippines says an Italian member of staff who was held hostage by Muslim rebels for nearly six months has been freed.

Eugenio Vagni has arrived at an army base on the southern island of Jolo with a local politician who mediated with the kidnappers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/12/3019060-61-year-old-italian-aid-worker-freed-in-philippines-after-6-months-captivity</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/12/3019060-61-year-old-italian-aid-worker-freed-in-philippines-after-6-months-captivity</guid><category>philippines</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>icrc</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:23:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Chad: A look behind the scenes of aid work in Africa</title>
<description><![CDATA[Abéché is a town as dry and brown as burnt pie crust, its mud houses constantly blasted by a hair-dryer-hot wind. During winter, it cools down to the mid 80s. But it's the peak of the hot season now.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/07/3004191-chad-a-look-behind-the-scenes-of-aid-work-in-africa</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/07/3004191-chad-a-look-behind-the-scenes-of-aid-work-in-africa</guid><category>darfur</category><category>chad</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>aid-worker</category><category>aid-work</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:48:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Somali gunmen free two European aid workers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Somali gunmen freed two European aid workers on Tuesday without receiving a ransom, after holding them hostage for nine days in one of the world's most dangerous places for relief agencies.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/28/2743143-somali-gunmen-free-two-european-aid-workers</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/28/2743143-somali-gunmen-free-two-european-aid-workers</guid><category>somalia</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:40:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Gunmen kidnap two MSF aid workers in Somalia</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gunmen kidnapped two aid workers, believed to be Belgian and Danish, in central Somalia on Sunday, a local elder and another relief worker said. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/19/2704462-gunmen-kidnap-two-msf-aid-workers-in-somalia</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/19/2704462-gunmen-kidnap-two-msf-aid-workers-in-somalia</guid><category>somalia</category><category>world-news</category><category>msf</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:40:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kidnapped UN aid worker released in Pakistan</title>
<description><![CDATA[An American UN worker abducted more than two months ago has turned up unharmed alongside a road in western Pakistan with his hands and feet bound and pleading "Help me, help me". ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/05/2644242-kidnapped-un-aid-worker-released-in-pakistan</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/05/2644242-kidnapped-un-aid-worker-released-in-pakistan</guid><category>un</category><category>pakistan</category><category>world-news</category><category>unhcr</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 Apr 2009 19:22:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FAR aid worker killed in Sudan</title>
<description><![CDATA[On 23 March, Adam Khatir, a Sudanese aid worker with Fellowship of African Relief, was shot dead by gunmen at his home in Kongo Haraza, Sudan. According to Mark Simmons, FAR's country director, "He was ambushed on Saturday by men who wanted his Thuraya satellite telephone.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/24/2593411-far-aid-worker-killed-in-sudan</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/24/2593411-far-aid-worker-killed-in-sudan</guid><category>darfur</category><category>sudan</category><category>world-news</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:59:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Philippines: Abducted Red Cross aidworkers found alive</title>
<description><![CDATA[Three Red Cross officers held hostage by Islamic rebels in the southern Philippines are alive,  the head of the Philippines Red Cross said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/18/2561097-philippines-abducted-red-cross-aidworkers-found-alive</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/18/2561097-philippines-abducted-red-cross-aidworkers-found-alive</guid><category>red-cross</category><category>world-news</category><category>phillipines</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:46:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Taliban threaten to kill aid workers as spies</title>
<description><![CDATA[A top Taliban commander has issued a new threat to foreign aid workers, saying that under the insurgent group's new "constitution" they will execute them as spies or hold them in exchange for the release of Taliban fighters.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/16/2551642-taliban-threaten-to-kill-aid-workers-as-spies</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/16/2551642-taliban-threaten-to-kill-aid-workers-as-spies</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>taliban</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:07:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US Peace Corps aid worker found dead in Benin</title>
<description><![CDATA[The US Peace Corps identified a worker on Friday who was found dead in the west African nation of Benin this week as Catherine "Kate" Puzey of Cumming, Georgia.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/15/2549010-us-peace-corps-aid-worker-found-dead-in-benin</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/15/2549010-us-peace-corps-aid-worker-found-dead-in-benin</guid><category>world-news</category><category>benin</category><category>peace-corps</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:49:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>MSF aid workers in Darfur first said to be released, then confirmed still held captive</title>
<description><![CDATA[Earlier Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said their three staff, abducted on Wednesday, had already been released.

But it later emerged the trio, a French administrator, a Canadian nurse and an Italian doctor, were still being held. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/14/2546041-msf-aid-workers-in-darfur-first-said-to-be-released-then-confirmed-still-held-captive</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/14/2546041-msf-aid-workers-in-darfur-first-said-to-be-released-then-confirmed-still-held-captive</guid><category>darfur</category><category>sudan</category><category>world-news</category><category>msf</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:34:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>5 MSF aid workers kidnapped in Darfur</title>
<description><![CDATA[Five aid workers from the Belgian arm of Medecins Sans Frontieres, including three Westerners, have been kidnapped in Sudan's Darfur region.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/12/2535970-5-msf-aid-workers-kidnapped-in-darfur</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/12/2535970-5-msf-aid-workers-kidnapped-in-darfur</guid><category>darfur</category><category>sudan</category><category>world-news</category><category>msf</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:42:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>ICRC aidworker killed in Sri Lanka</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the afternoon of 4 March, a staff member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was severely injured by shrapnel just north of Valayanmadam, in the coastal area of the territory held by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/05/2509093-icrc-aidworker-killed-in-sri-lanka</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/05/2509093-icrc-aidworker-killed-in-sri-lanka</guid><category>sri-lanka</category><category>world-news</category><category>icrc</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Mar 2009 15:50:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Afghanistan: Abduction of health workers on the rise</title>
<description><![CDATA[Unidentified armed men have abducted at least 10 health workers in the western province of Farah and the southern province of Zabul over the past two months]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/01/2491977-afghanistan-abduction-of-health-workers-on-the-rise</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/01/2491977-afghanistan-abduction-of-health-workers-on-the-rise</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:28:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Afghanistan: &quot;It is too risky to be an aidworker&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, aid workers have increasingly been attacked and harassed in Afghanistan, particularly in the volatile southern provinces.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[petercasier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[petercasier]]></source><link>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/23/2468798-afghanistan-it-is-too-risky-to-be-an-aidworker</link><guid>http://petercasier.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/23/2468798-afghanistan-it-is-too-risky-to-be-an-aidworker</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>world-news</category><category>humanitarian</category><category>aid-worker</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:36:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>