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	<title>Comments on: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:  How Can YOU Help Flood Victims?</title>
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		<title>By: American Bedu</title>
		<link>http://americanbedu.com/2009/12/26/jeddah-saudi-arabia-how-can-you-help-flood-victims/#comment-33247</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[American Bedu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, yes.  Rain and insufficient drainage. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sadly, yes.  Rain and insufficient drainage. </p>
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		<title>By: Angie Nader</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angie Nader]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[what a mess!!!! did this all happen due to the rain? how tragic for those who have to live through this!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what a mess!!!! did this all happen due to the rain? how tragic for those who have to live through this!</p>
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		<title>By: American Bedu</title>
		<link>http://americanbedu.com/2009/12/26/jeddah-saudi-arabia-how-can-you-help-flood-victims/#comment-33156</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[American Bedu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not sure....but that is a good question.  I will ask someone who would know and get back on this. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not sure&#8230;.but that is a good question.  I will ask someone who would know and get back on this. </p>
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		<title>By: Shakeel Rafiq</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shakeel Rafiq]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there any way to donate money towards this cause internationally?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is there any way to donate money towards this cause internationally?</p>
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		<title>By: DW</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mohammed, 40 contractors, officials held over the investigation as alwatan.com.sa reports.. the list my grow.. 


Saudi Gazette reports around 30 in this article
http://saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&amp;contentID=2009122758285

The traditional charities, especially ones with religious background have been under the scope lately.. people are either afraid they steal money and do little to help.. or they are wasting it to become PR stunts instead of actual help. Facebook groups had a better turn out than a lot of the usual efforts. Maybe a young youthful charity effort might be born out of this that has a better connection with Saudi youth with the recent inspiration to voluntary work.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mohammed, 40 contractors, officials held over the investigation as alwatan.com.sa reports.. the list my grow.. </p>
<p>Saudi Gazette reports around 30 in this article<br />
<a href="http://saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&#038;contentID=2009122758285" rel="nofollow">http://saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&#038;contentID=2009122758285</a></p>
<p>The traditional charities, especially ones with religious background have been under the scope lately.. people are either afraid they steal money and do little to help.. or they are wasting it to become PR stunts instead of actual help. Facebook groups had a better turn out than a lot of the usual efforts. Maybe a young youthful charity effort might be born out of this that has a better connection with Saudi youth with the recent inspiration to voluntary work.</p>
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		<title>By: Mohammed USA</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammed USA]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[حسبي الله و نعم الوكيل في الظلمه
my god is enough vs oppressors! 

i just cannot imagine this happens at the one of the richest countries in the middle east. all is OK with this flood it just happened anyway naturally but how they could be given up like this without any sense of taking responsibility ...i am totally mad and down as much as they can just get a simple thing to be alive....no words can express of what i am feeling now   ...my tears on my eyes for just i couldn&#039;t  understand how like this could happen in my country --where the fucking the responsible ppl represent the government to help them .....still, ppl who love in the district have been in poverty  for long years ...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>حسبي الله و نعم الوكيل في الظلمه<br />
my god is enough vs oppressors! </p>
<p>i just cannot imagine this happens at the one of the richest countries in the middle east. all is OK with this flood it just happened anyway naturally but how they could be given up like this without any sense of taking responsibility &#8230;i am totally mad and down as much as they can just get a simple thing to be alive&#8230;.no words can express of what i am feeling now   &#8230;my tears on my eyes for just i couldn&#8217;t  understand how like this could happen in my country &#8211;where the fucking the responsible ppl represent the government to help them &#8230;..still, ppl who love in the district have been in poverty  for long years &#8230;</p>
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