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                                <title><![CDATA[ A CNY marked by poverty ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Where are our children?' Parents desperately searching for children after swoops on GISBH centres ]]></title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[ They deny claims of shunning their children and say they have been given the runaround by police and social welfare officers. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Good-bye to life under the umbrellas as elderly couple find new home ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 01:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Zaleha Haron and her husband spent six months living rough in Kuala Lumpur but finally have a roof over their heads. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'See for yourself': Activist surprised by PM's claim of 'zero hardcore poor' in KL ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 05:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ More and more people are coming to get the basic necessities, says the founder of a volunteer group that helps the poor and homeless. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Children's welfare on the agenda at Dewan Rakyat ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 01:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Indian children without digital ID shut out of school ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2022 02:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ India introduced Aadhaar in 2009 to streamline welfare payments and reduce wastage in public spending. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ FGV maintains priority on workers’ welfare in bid to diffuse US criticism ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2020 11:26:46 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It details the use of RM350 million for the provision of workers' housing. ]]></description>
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