<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - usaid</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/usaid</link><description>Newsvine - usaid</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 21:11:52 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 10:14:49 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Man who embezzled from USAID sentenced to prison</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former contractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for embezzling more than $1 million from a program to address global health problems like AIDS.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17149878-man-who-embezzled-from-usaid-sentenced-to-prison</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17149878-man-who-embezzled-from-usaid-sentenced-to-prison</guid><category>politics</category><category>embezzlement</category><category>usaid</category><category>international-development</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 21:11:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>USAID chief visits Mogadishu, says US is committed</title>
<description><![CDATA[Signaling the latest step forward in rapidly strengthening U.S.-Somalia relations, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development spent five hours in Mogadishu on Thursday, the highest ranking U.S. administration official to visit Somalia's capital in years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdi Guled]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abdi Guled]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17041760-usaid-chief-visits-mogadishu-says-us-is-committed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17041760-usaid-chief-visits-mogadishu-says-us-is-committed</guid><category>somalia</category><category>world-news</category><category>usaid</category><category>af</category><category>international-development</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:06:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16ff08c2-4dc0-4219-847e-c5825d3ab8b7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16ff08c2-4dc0-4219-847e-c5825d3ab8b7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, left and the USAID administrator Rajiv Shah, right, at a joint press conference at Mogadishu airport, Somalia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Shah who made the first visit by a high ranking US administration official for years in Somalia has announced $20 million in new funding to support health and education programs, noting the U.S. also wants to help Somalia fight corruption. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>AP Exclusive: possible USAID bid rigging probed</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department is conducting an investigation into possible contract rigging by the general counsel at the government agency that distributes foreign aid, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Margasak]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Margasak]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16682498-ap-exclusive-possible-usaid-bid-rigging-probed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16682498-ap-exclusive-possible-usaid-bid-rigging-probed</guid><category>us</category><category>investigation</category><category>politics</category><category>associated-press</category><category>justice-department</category><category>usaid</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:00:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Couple pleads guilty to embezzling from USAID</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former deputy director of a U.S. Agency for International Development contractor and his wife are pleading guilty to embezzling more than $1 million from a program to address global health problems like AIDS.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frederic J. Frommer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14248127-couple-pleads-guilty-to-embezzling-from-usaid</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/05/14248127-couple-pleads-guilty-to-embezzling-from-usaid</guid><category>politics</category><category>embezzlement</category><category>usaid</category><category>international-development</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Oct 2012 21:10:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US foreign aid efforts get a corporate boost</title>
<description><![CDATA[When IBM executive Chandu Visweswariah went to Rio de Janeiro as part of a volunteer team to help city officials plan to host the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, he found himself immersed in a mash-up of a corporate Peace Corps and "The Apprentice."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Gold]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Gold]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/02/6770327-us-foreign-aid-efforts-get-a-corporate-boost</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/02/6770327-us-foreign-aid-efforts-get-a-corporate-boost</guid><category>world-cup</category><category>health</category><category>corporate</category><category>ibm</category><category>giving</category><category>volunteers</category><category>usaid</category><category>rio</category><category>worthington</category><category>peace-corps</category><category>expertise</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>when-ibm</category><category>chandu-visweswariah</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:06:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110526-ibmcorp-ccol.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="297" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110526-ibmcorp-ccol.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="89" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;IBM's Chandu Visweswariah, who went to Rio de Janeiro in 2010 as part of IBM's Corporate Service Corps.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Clinton: Vetting for USAID job 'ridiculous'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is blaming an exhaustive White House vetting process for the fact that the Obama administration has not yet named a person to run the U.S. Agency for International Development.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Lee]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Lee]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/13/3022204-clinton-vetting-for-usaid-job-ridiculous</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/13/3022204-clinton-vetting-for-usaid-job-ridiculous</guid><category>us</category><category>white-house</category><category>clinton</category><category>politics</category><category>usaid</category><category>international-development</category><category>state-hillary-rodham-clinton</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:09:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US Reducing Investigators in Iraq</title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. plans to reduce the number of auditors and investigators at its development agency in Baghdad, The Associated Press has learned.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/29/1335049-us-reducing-investigators-in-iraq</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/29/1335049-us-reducing-investigators-in-iraq</guid><category>politics</category><category>associated-press</category><category>usaid</category><category>investigators</category><category>usaid-investigators</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:09:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Correction: Russia NGO Story</title>
<description><![CDATA[In an April 20 story about a police raid on a non-governmental organization in Moscow, The Associated Press erroneously described the Educated Media Foundation. The foundation is an independent Russian organization, not the Russian office of Internews Network, a California organization that promotes independent media.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/24/680306-correction-russia-ngo-story</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/24/680306-correction-russia-ngo-story</guid><category>russia</category><category>corrective</category><category>associated-press</category><category>world-news</category><category>usaid</category><category>ngo</category><category>ford-foundation</category><category>educated-media-foundation</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:33:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Russian Police Raid U.S.-Funded NGO</title>
<description><![CDATA[Russian police raided a non-governmental organization that receives U.S. funding, seizing documents and equipment in a search its director said Thursday was likely linked to growing government pressure on Western-funded NGOs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Gutterman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Steve Gutterman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/20/673673-russian-police-raid-us-funded-ngo</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/20/673673-russian-police-raid-us-funded-ngo</guid><category>media</category><category>russia</category><category>world-news</category><category>usaid</category><category>ngo</category><category>western-funded-ngos</category><category>educated-media-foundation</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:12:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>