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  <title><![CDATA[Journalist Deported to Saudi Over ‘Sacrilegious’ Tweets]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[An allegedly &#039;sacrilegious&#039; Saudi journalist, who was detained in Malaysia recently, has been deported to his home country over the weekend, according to reports.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:38:17 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Goa Polls: BJP, MGP Promise Rs 1,000 to Every Woman]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[With just countable days for the crucial 2012 Goa Assembly elections, state&#039;s second largest party, Bhartiya Janata Patry (BJP) addressed a massive crowd in the temple town of Ponda Sunday evening.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:29:26 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[NHS in Chaos as Senior Staff Jump Ship]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Confusion rife throughout health service as coalition struggles to pass health reforms bill and restructuring starts.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:22:11 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[China Enters the Brain-Drain Game Baiting Foreign Experts: Will it Challenge U.S. to Become the 'Land of Opportunities'?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[With the rising economy of China ensuring its steady march toward superpower position, the country has rolled out special programs to attract foreign elites which could make it the land of opportunities for skilled immigrants rivaling the U.S.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:21:48 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bahrain Uncovered pt 3: Intimidation Goes on, Says Doctor]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Jailed doctor Fatima Haji reveals torture, threats of rape and harassment used against her and others as protest anniversary ratchets up tensions.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:14:56 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Report - Afternoon 2/13/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Australian sharemarket has kicked off the new trading week higher, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) up 0.9 pct or 36.8 pts to 4359.4. Futures were initially pointing to a slightly lower start to trade, however turned positive once the Greek parliament passed new austerity measures despite a number of violent protests in seven Greek cities.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:53:26 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Wellington Raises Awareness on Endangered Sea Lions]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A hundred life-sized sea lion cut-outs are displayed on the shores of Wellington&#039;s Oriental Bay on Monday as a conservation organization calls on the public and the government to protect the critically endangered New Zealand sea lions.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297464/20120213/endangered-species-wellington-sea-lion-conservation.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:01:26 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Commodities to Hit Wall If China Falls Into Recession]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Commodities from copper to crude oil, in three years to five years, may plummet anywhere from 50 per cent to 70 percent from existing level prices as a domino effect of a China potentially falling into a recession by 2015, a mutual fund CEO said.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:58:21 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Iran Speaks of 'Major' Nuclear Announcement, Ahmadinejad Says Details to be Revealed Soon [VIDEO]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The President of Iran has made a startling announcement... one sure to set alarm bells ringing throughout the White House, the European Union (EU) and in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297457/20120213/iran-nuclear-announcement-sanctions-middle-east-crisis.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:56:46 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A.K. Antony Visits Saudi Arabia to Boost Defence Corporation]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[In a bid to boost defence cooperation between India and Saudi Arabia, Defence Minister A.K. Antony is visiting Riyadh on a two-day visit beginning Monday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297451/20120213/ak-antony-saudi-arabia-visit-state-riyadh.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297451/20120213/ak-antony-saudi-arabia-visit-state-riyadh.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:31:20 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Japan’s LNG Imports Grew in January; Indonesia Interested in U.S. Natural Gas]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan on Monday said the country had imported a total of 5.23 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in January, compared over 4.12 million tonnes a year earlier.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:52:17 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Japan Economy Contracts More Than Forecast for Q4 Amid Weak Exports and Strong Yen]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Japan’s economy contracted more than economists forecast in the fourth quarter as exports slid on weakness in global demand and strength in the yen.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:04:08 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[China Stocks Rise for Fourth Day Despite Wuhu Retracts Property Easing]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[China&#039;s stocks rose for a fourth day even as Premier Wen Jiabao has called on the need to fine tune economic policies, which has resulted in expectation of easing monetary policy though a decision was announced to suspend the easing of property restrictions in the third-tier city of Wuhu, in eastern Anhui province.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:01:38 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Global Airline Group Calls on UN Body to Avert Likely Trade Dispute between EU, China]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A looming trade war between China and the European Union over the latter&#039;s carbon pricing scheme is the least that the world needs at this time, with major economies already reeling from the effects of the widespread debt crisis in the euro zone, according to the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297428/20120212/global-airline-group-calls-un-body-avert.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:56:38 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Airbus Head Fears for Global Trade Conflict over EU Carbon Tax]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Continuing disagreements between policy administrators in the European Union (EU) and heads of the global aviation industry could threaten the operations of airlines both inside and outside the EU.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297421/20120212/airbus-eu-carbon-tax-pollution-emission.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:28:24 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greece Approves Crucial Bailout Bill as Country Burns]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The parliament of Greece has approved an austerity and debt-relief bill, crucial for the country to avoid bankruptcy while violence has spread across the nation as furious protestors are demonstrating in the streets.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:18:40 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greek Lawmakers Pass Austerity Bill as Athens Burns]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Greece&#039;s parliament approved a deeply unpopular austerity bill Monday to secure a second EU/IMF bailout and avoid national bankruptcy, as buildings burned across central Athens and violence spread around the country.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:42:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greece Erupts in Widespread Rioting after Austerity Package Passed]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Greek parliament accepts stringent financial austerity package, slashing jobs, pay and pensions and sparking riots across country.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:34:46 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Wen Hints at Monetary Easing by China]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[China will start to fine-tune its economic policies in the first quarter, Premier Wen Jiabao said in remarks published by state media Monday, the most explicit indication yet of further monetary policy easing.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:42:07 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Opposition Chooses Challenger to Chavez]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Venezuela&#039;s opposition coalition confirmed on Sunday that Miranda state governor Henrique Capriles had won a primary before the South American nation&#039;s presidential election.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:27:01 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Report: Labor Lags Behind Liberal on Economic Approval]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Julia Gillard appears to be losing her sheen in the money department as new data released by Newspoll showed that Australians now lean heavier on the Coalition bet, Tony Abbott, as the better economic manager.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297373/20120212/report-labor-lags-behind-liberal-economic-approval.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297373/20120212/report-labor-lags-behind-liberal-economic-approval.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:01:09 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greek Parties Expel Rebel Deputies After Austerity Vote]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The two Greek parties supporting the government of technocrat Prime Minister Lucas Papademos expelled more than 40 deputies on Monday for failing to back an austerity bill needed to avoid the country&#039;s chaotic default.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297372/20120212/greek-parties-expel-rebel-deputies-after-austerity-vote.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297372/20120212/greek-parties-expel-rebel-deputies-after-austerity-vote.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:00:10 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Commodities Markets Summary: Treading the Crucial Lows]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[On Friday, most of the world&#039;s crucial commodities line-up was down spurred by weak Chinese economic data, losses in the euro and renewed problems in Greece over a failed negotiation for its bailout deal.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297365/20120212/commodities-gold-copper-oil-greece.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297365/20120212/commodities-gold-copper-oil-greece.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:44:29 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Assad Renews Assault on Homs After Arab League Condemnation]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Syrian forces resumed their bombardment of the city of Homs Monday after Arab countries called for U.N. peacekeepers and pledged their firm support for the opposition battling President Bashar al-Assad.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:20:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[China Tells Banks to Roll Over Local Government Loans: FT]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[China has instructed its banks to embark on a huge roll-over of loans to local governments, the Financial Times reported, aiming to give itself more time to deal with a debt hangover from the global financial crisis.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:14:07 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Commonwealth, NAB to Launch Review of Interest Rates]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The big four are apparently determined to veer away from the Reserve Bank of Australia&#039;s (RBA) overnight cash rate policy. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and National Australia Bank (NAB) are expected to launch a review of their interest rate after Westpac and ANZ Bank hiked their rates on Friday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:59:36 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Official Data Confirm China’s Exports, Imports Down in January]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Official data from China&#039;s Bureau of Custom confirm that exports and imports by the world&#039;s second-largest economy had indeed fallen this January from a year ago.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:51:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greece Passes Austerity Vote]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The austerity bill calls for, among other things, 15,000 cuts in public sector jobs; and a 20 percent reduction in the minimum wage.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297327/20120212/greece-austeritry-jobs-bailout-job-protests.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:53:18 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greeks Approve Austerity Plan, Central Athens in Flames]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Greek lawmakers late Sunday accepted terms of a deeply unpopular austerity plan that Eurozone leaders demanded as the price for financially rescuing the debt-choked nation.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297326/20120212/greek-lawmakers-austerity-athens-flames.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297326/20120212/greek-lawmakers-austerity-athens-flames.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:47:20 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greek Parliament Passes Deep Cuts as Athens Burns]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Just after midnight Monday, the Greek parliament approved a deeply unpopular austerity bill to secure a second EU/IMF bailout and avoid national bankruptcy, as buildings burned across central Athens and violence spread around the country.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297322/20120212/greek-parliament-passes-deep-cuts-athens-burns.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297322/20120212/greek-parliament-passes-deep-cuts-athens-burns.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:32:43 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Aussie Digger Shooter Admits Deed on Online Video]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Video clips of a former Afghan Army soldier emerged this week, containing his admission of attacking members of the coalition forces serving in Afghanistan last year.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297317/20120212/aussie-digger-shooter-admits-deed-online-video.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:21:14 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Leads - 02/13/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Australian stocks are in for a rough day as there are not enough leads from other markets to rally on Monday&#039;s opening, analysts say.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297315/20120212/australia-dollar-eud-aud-base-metals-china.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:13:44 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Gillard Demands Her Ministers Stick to Unified Message]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Julia Gillard issued on Friday a new directive that requires members of the cabinet to secure clearance with her office prior to their appearance on Australian newspapers.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297313/20120212/pm-gillard-executives-unified-message.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297313/20120212/pm-gillard-executives-unified-message.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:57:23 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/13/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Bell FX Currency Outlook:
The AUD tumbled on Friday from the close to 1.0800 to open just below 1.0700 this morning as financial markets became nervous before the vote on austerity measures by the Greek Parliament.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297311/20120212/australia-dollar-eud-aud-base-metals-china.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/297311/20120212/australia-dollar-eud-aud-base-metals-china.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:56:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Global Markets Overview - 02/13/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Stocks were dragged down for their worst one-day loss in about six weeks by tumult over the Greek bailout, disappointing readings on the U.S. economy and a downgrade of nearly three dozen Italian banks.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:49:15 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Arab League Backs Syria Rebels, Calls for U.N. Intervention]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Arab League threw its support Sunday firmly behind the opposition mounting an uprising against Syria&#039;s President Bashar al-Assad, and called for the U.N. Security Council to send peacekeepers to halt bloodshed.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:40:23 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fire Outside Greek Parliament as Protestors Throw Petrol Bombs; Lawmakers in Dilemma]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Black-masked protesters throwing petrol bombs created a wall of fire on Sunday outside Greece&#039;s parliament as lawmakers inside looked set defy public rage by endorsing a new austerity deal to secure an EU/IMF bailout and avoid national bankruptcy.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:32:43 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Athens Burning; Riots Spead Across Greece as Parliament Meets]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Historic cinemas, cafes, shops and banks were set ablaze in central Athens Sunday as black-masked protesters fought Greek police outside parliament, while inside lawmakers looked set to defy the rage by endorsing a new EU/IMF austerity deal.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[5th Fleet Commander Says Iran Is Preparing Kamikaze Boats in Gulf]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Iran has built up its naval forces in the Gulf and prepared boats that could be used in suicide attacks, but the U.S. Navy can prevent it from blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the commander of U.S. naval forces in the region said Sunday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fans and Cops Both Found to Blame for Egypt Soccer Riot]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[An Egyptian parliamentary inquiry into the deaths of 74 people in a soccer stadium disaster has found both fans and lax security to blame for the worst incident of its kind in the country&#039;s history, the legislator leading it said on Sunday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Protesters Battle Troops in Bahrain as Anniversary of Revolt Nears]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Bahraini riot police engaged in pitched battles with petrol-bomb throwing youths on Sunday as violence escalated ahead of Tuesday&#039;s anniversary of the uprising last year, while King Hamad mocked the opposition for its &quot;bad manners.&quot;.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Protests Rage Across Europe, Middle East [PHOTOS]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in several nations this weekend demanding political justice, economic opportunity, and a change to the status quo. Demonstrators -- who powered the Arab Spring, the worldwide Occupy protests during the summer, and the anti-austerity marches of the European autumn -- are back on the streets in a winter of discontent.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greek Parliament Passes Cuts to Get Bailout, as Athens Burns]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Historic cinemas, cafes and shops went up in flames in central Athens Sunday as black-masked protesters fought Greek police outside parliament, while inside lawmakers looked set to defy the public rage by endorsing a new EU/IMF austerity deal.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Peruvian Army Wounds and Captures Shining Path Rebel Leader]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The most important leader of Peru&#039;s leftist Shining Path insurgency was seriously wounded and captured by security forces after being shot in a remote jungle rife with drug trafficking, President Ollanta Humala said on Sunday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[No More Compromise on Birth Control, Obama Staff Chief Vows]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama will make no further changes to the rule requiring health insurance plans to provide women with coverage for contraception, although U.S. Catholic bishops still object, his chief of staff said Sunday.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Arab League Backs Syria Rebels, Ask U.N. Intervention]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Arab League threw its support Sunday firmly behind the opposition mounting an uprising against Syria&#039;s President Bashar al-Assad, and called for the U.N. Security Council to send peacekeepers to halt bloodshed.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greeks Riot Outside Parliament as Parties Debate Austerity]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Black-masked protesters throwing petrol bombs created a wall of fire Sunday outside Greece&#039;s parliament as lawmakers inside looked set defy public rage by endorsing a new austerity deal to secure an EU/IMF bailout and avoid national bankruptcy.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Shining Path Rebel Leader Killed by Peruvian Army]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The most important leader of Peru&#039;s leftist Shining Path insurgency has been found dead by security forces after being shot in a remote jungle rife with drug trafficking, President Ollanta Humala said on Sunday in his first major victory against what remains of the rebel group.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:22:36 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sarah Palin CPAC 2012 Speech: Where to Watch Video]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin wowed the Conservative Political Action Committee 2012 conference on Saturday, her mama grizzly roar repeatedly bringing the audience to a standing ovation and reaffirming her relevance to the Republican Party.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:00:42 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fed Minutes to Clarify Extent of Discord on Easing]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A number of top Federal Reserve officials likely saw a need for additional monetary easing at the central bank&#039;s meeting last month, although there are few signals the central bank will move soon.]]></description>
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