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Date: Jul 2012

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31 Jul 2012

GROWing for Coldplay

Music, food and dressing up - sounded like a party to me! Except for my fellow Oxfam volunteers...

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By Helen Underhill

31 Jul 2012

Manchester meets for Sahel crisis

"I don't think we in Britain talk enough about the food crisis facing Chad and the rest...

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By Eamon Rooke

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31 Jul 2012

Artists create giant book maze from Oxfam's donated books

A vast labyrinth of 250,000 books, entitled aMAZEme, has been installed on The Clore...

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The aMAZEme book maze at London's Southbank Centre

By Sophie Bowell

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31 Jul 2012

DR Congo: "We do not dare to go home"

Tens of thousands of people are now seeking refuge in Kibati, Nyiragongo territory, on the outskirts...

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By Marie Cacace

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30 Jul 2012

Disappointed but not discouraged

Despite herculean efforts from around the world, the Arms Trade Treaty was not agreed on Friday...

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Control Arms campaigners

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27 Jul 2012

For two years I was a dad... then a man started firing

My son Alistair was asleep in his pram inside the cafe in Turkey. He wasn't the gunman's...

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By David Grimason

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25 Jul 2012

Two days left to make a strong treaty

There are now just two days to go at the UN Arms Trade Treaty negotiations in New York and the...

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Fake tombstones are placed along the East River by members of the Control Arms Coalition to coincide with a diplomatic conference on the future Arms Trade Treaty in New York. They are calling on the over 190 countries present to agree a strong global agreement that will bring the arms trade under control. July 24, 2012. Andrew Kelly

By Rachel George

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23 Jul 2012

Harry Potter star to see food crisis firsthand with Oxfam

Bonnie, best known for her part as Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter films, will be visiting the...

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By Claire Wilkinson

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17 Jul 2012

Yemen: Back home – but nowhere to stay

Mixed feelings overwhelmed 30 year-old Raja and her family as they made their way back to their...

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By Amal Alariqi

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13 Jul 2012

A radical approach to women's rights

Radical Muslim clerics might be the least likely people to speak out against the injustices facing...

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By James Whitehead

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