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  1. Latest UK-funded humanitarian ship arrives to rescue migrant workers from #Misrata port http://ht.ly/4MSxQ #Libya about 15 hours ago via HootSuite
  2. RT @fcohumanrights: FCO Minister's video for event with @unescoNOW, Press Freedom Network & @thomsonreuters: http://ow.ly/4MNmw @WPFD2011 about 17 hours ago via HootSuite
  3. RT @vsouk: Looking to volunteer overseas? Join the Guardian’s careers webchat and ask the experts today from 1-4pm. http://bit.ly/lLRi4J about 18 hours ago via HootSuite
  4. How we helped people of Burma recover from natural disaster - Cyclone Giri 6 months on http://ht.ly/4MKIL about 19 hours ago via HootSuite
  5. RT @iati_aid: Baroness Jenkin praised @DFID_UK for publishing to #IATI in UK House of Lords debate on global poverty #transparency 4:19 AM May 3rd via HootSuite
  6. A bit of Friday fun: how do you score on the Guardian's development jargon quiz? http://ht.ly/4J6PL @gdndevelopment 2:30 AM Apr 29th via HootSuite
  7. How to grow a mangrove swamp: our blogger on the ingenuity of those using trees to adapt to #climatechange http://ht.ly/4J52M 9:57 AM Apr 28th via HootSuite
  8. RT @cblatts: Farmers in Tanzania paint chickens pink and purple to thwart hawks http://goo.gl/I9WnR < Pics http://ht.ly/4J3sr 9:33 AM Apr 28th via HootSuite
  9. RT @oxfamgb: http://twitpic.com/4nkfps - Thanks to your efforts and UK aid money, kids like Hassan will grow up with a mother. #sierraleone 8:05 AM Apr 28th via HootSuite
  10. Bee keeper? Weather forecaster? Last chance to solve our photo teaser: http://ht.ly/4IKZb #WhatInTheWorld 4:35 AM Apr 28th via HootSuite
  11. RT @malarianomoreuk: @DFID_UK supports Ghana to fight #malaria http://t.co/D8ChKOF < More on our work to beat the disease http://ht.ly/4IKPI 3:22 AM Apr 28th via HootSuite
  12. RT @wcf_uk: #DFID's Country Plan for #Bangladesh says they will ensure 1.2million births are attended by skilled carers http://bit.ly/m9SGt4 2:20 AM Apr 28th via HootSuite
  13. How will #UKaid deliver results in #Nepal? Read our new #CountryPlan setting out our actions to 2015 http://ht.ly/4IGTd 1:00 AM Apr 28th via HootSuite
  14. Snake charmer? Insect repellant? Can you guess what is going on in this pic: http://ht.ly/4I44l #WhatInTheWorld 7:21 AM Apr 27th via HootSuite
  15. #WhatInTheWorld is going on in this photo? http://ht.ly/4HTZG Give us your best guess on #Facebook & we'll reveal all tomorrow 4:20 AM Apr 27th via HootSuite
  16. #DFIDjobs New vacancy: Senior Research Fellows, London and East Kilbride. Apply now: http://ht.ly/4HTI0 Closing date: 20 May 3:59 AM Apr 27th via HootSuite
  17. RT @foreignoffice: Foreign Secretary updates the House of Commons on recent developments in #MiddleEast & #NorthAfrica http://ow.ly/4HgzR 10:23 AM Apr 26th via HootSuite
  18. RT @bill_easterly The new fad of cash transfers: what they accomplish & what they don't http://bit.ly/fiXRbo < Our paper http://ht.ly/4vUW1 6:51 AM Apr 26th via HootSuite
  19. 'Determined to save lives' - @BBCNews report on community health workers in #Ethiopia, supported by #UKaid http://ht.ly/4H1ke 3:42 AM Apr 26th via HootSuite
  20. What does a silverback gorilla & lollipop lady have in common? More than you'd think in #DRCongo. Blog: http://ht.ly/4H0Eg 3:14 AM Apr 26th via HootSuite