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		<title>MICROCAPITAL STORY: Oikocredit Issues Shares in Local Currencies to Facilitate Microfinance in those Countries</title>
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		<title>MICROCAPITAL STORY: MicroVest Capital Management and Lehman Brothers Announce the Launch of MicroAccess Trust 2007</title>
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