*Have a Super August 2011, Praying for World Peace!! * ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: IRC News <upda...@emails.rescue.org> Date: Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 5:31 AM *Subject: IRC Monthly Update: Latest from Africa’s Drought Zone, Pakistan *To: assumpta.ki...@gmail.com
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