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<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hello
Aidwatchers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>It’s
a busy week at AID/WATCH with the Voices from Bangladesh Speaking Tour fast
approaching and some great exposure on the newly released RAMSI report. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I’d
like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the new AID/WATCH aid
campaigner and let you know I am most excited to become part of the excellent
work AID/WATCH does.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lara
Daley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Co-director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
padding:1.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'>
<p class=PreformattedText style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AID/WATCH E-Bulletin
Wednesday April 30<sup>th</sup> 2008 <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
</div>
<p class=PreformattedText><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_item=2"><span
style='color:windowtext'>EVENT: Voices from Bangladesh: Climate Change and
Development Speaking Tour</span></a></span></b><b><u><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></li>
</ol>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ACTION: Say
“ADIOS ADB” this Friday at 5.30pm Sydney!<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>REPORT: The limits of
RAMSI</span></u></b><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MEDIA: <a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_item=2"><span
style='color:windowtext'>AID/WATCH</span></a> in the news</span></u></b><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ARTICLE: When
tax-free salaries count as aid<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=6 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><u><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EVENT: Jubilee Benefit<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><u><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>POSITION VACANT: TERRA Campaigns
Support Coordinator <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GENERAL NOTICE: AID/WATCH AGM<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Donate to AID/WATCH</span></u></b><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><b><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_item=2"><span
style='color:windowtext'>EVENT: Voices from Bangladesh: Climate Change and
Development Speaking Tour</span></a></span></b><b><u><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt'><b><u><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AID/WATCH
is pleased to be hosting a Climate Change and Development speaking tour of Bangladeshi
campaigner and academic, Prof. Anu Muhammad during May 12-22nd. The Sydney
event is on the 12<sup>th</sup> of May, 6.30pm at the Sydney Mechanics School
of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney. The tour will also visit Melbourne, Brisbane,
Canberra, Katoomba and the Hunter Valley. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For
full tour information:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01170&display_item=2">http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01170&display_item=2</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:14.15pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ACTION: Say “ADIOS ADB” This
Friday 5.30pm, Sydney!</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To coincide
with the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) 41<sup>st</sup> Board of
Governors Annual Meeting in Madrid, Spain, AID/WATCH is staging a peaceful
Spanish themed theatrical action outside the ADB’s Pacific Liaison and
Coordination Office in the Sydney CDB. Come join us in calling for a halt to
the ADB’s funding of climate-intensive projects and to say “ADIOS
ADB”!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>When:</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 5.30pm this Friday the 2<sup>nd</sup>
of May <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Where:</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 1 Margaret Street (Corner of Clarence
and Margaret Streets) Sydney. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Contact:
</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lara 0411 584 012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-bottom:14.15pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>REPORT: The limits of
RAMSI<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>After
five years, much uncertainty remains in the Solomon Islands over the future of RAMSI.
As a security force it still enjoys broad support, but there are serious local
objections to its role and its semi-permanent nature has brought new problems.
In this report, Dr. Tim Anderson explores the impact that RAMSI has had for
Solomon Islanders and highlights the Limits of RAMSI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Follow
this link to read the full report:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01164&display_item=2">http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01164&display_item=2</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><b><u><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>MEDIA: <a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_item=2"><span
style='color:windowtext'>AID/WATCH</span></a> in the news</span></u></b><b><u><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AID/WATCH has
received significant coverage this week across radio, print, and web media on
the newly released RAMSI report by Dr. Tim Anderson. Coverage includes:</span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Age, 28<sup>th</sup>
April 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>An
Australian-led peace mission in the Solomon Islands has created a virtual
apartheid by driving up prices in the capital and should be wound down, an ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To
read the full article go to: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://news.theage.com.au/ramsi-in-solomons-should-be-wound-down/20080428-291k.html">http://news.theage.com.au/ramsi-in-solomons-should-be-wound-down/20080428-291k.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ABC Radio National, The
World Today<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>It
has been keeping the peace in Solomon Islands since 2003, but the
Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission (RAMSI) may have...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Click
this link to hear the full interview:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/28/2229305.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/28/2229305.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ARTICLE: When
tax-free salaries count as aid<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>By
Kate Wheen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sydney
Morning Herald, 27 March 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A
major review of the three billion dollar Australian aid program, the first of
its kind ever conducted, was tabled in Parliament last Thursday at 4.30pm, one
hour before most of Canberra departed for the four-day long weekend. Kate Wheen
explores the implications of this review for Australia’s aid program.</span><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To
read the full article go to: <a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01149&display_item=2">http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01149&display_item=2</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-bottom:14.15pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>EVENT: Jubilee
Benefit</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jubilee Australia wants you and your crew at the Hopetoun
Hotel in Surry Hills on May 15th to dance your dissent against the continuing
global injustice of development debts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Join us on the eve of World Debt Day for a night of edgy
Indie rock and be part of the call to put an end to poor countries' forced
neglect of their citizens' health, education and quality of life in the name of
paying back dodgy loans to wealthy economies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bands include the Jezabels, current darlings of city's
dingy underbelly, Tokyo Blonde, Beau Monde - once described as a hybrid of the
White Stripes and No Doubt - and headline act The Shake Up who are crunching up
the airways daily on Triple J with their new single Home Ec.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tickets $15 available on the door or online at Moshtix:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.moshtix.com.au/SearchResults.asp?FormAction=Search&Keywords=JUBIL">http://www.moshtix.com.au/SearchResults.asp?FormAction=Search&Keywords=JUBIL</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#666699'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-bottom:14.15pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:14.15pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>POSITION VACANT: TERRA Campaigns Support
Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Towards Ecological
Recovery and Regional Alliance (TERRA), based in Bangkok, is looking for
international staff to help coordinate communications and support campaigns and
capacity-building activities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-bottom:14.15pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Go to the TERRA website for more
details:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-bottom:14.15pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.terraper.org/home.php">http://www.terraper.org/home.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GENERAL NOTICE:
AID/WATCH AGM</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You
are invited to join AID/WATCH for our Annual General Meeting for 2007. The AGM
will be a chance to hear about the year passed and to plan a bright future for
the organization. We would love to see you there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Where:
</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
AID/WATCH Office, 19 Eve St, Erskineville, 2043<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>When:
</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tuesday
the 27<sup>th</sup> May<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time:
</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RSVP:
</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>02
9557 8944 or email <a href="mailto:aid@aidwatch.org.au">aid@aidwatch.org.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-bottom:14.15pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Donate to AID/WATCH<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:18.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AID/WATCH
is a community-based organization and does not accept government or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>corporate
funding. We need your help to continue our work as the independent monitor of
Australia's aid and trade and to improve the effects of development on the
planet and its people. Only through being financially self-sufficient can we
have the freedom to criticize or applaud with objectivity. Together with you we
can achieve change without compromise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Click
this link to give to AID/WATCH today:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#666699'><a href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=6"><span
style='color:#666699'>http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=6</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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