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  <title><![CDATA[GCC: Can The Arab Gulf States Form A Political And Economic Union To Rival The EU And Shut Out Iran?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The contemplated union of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain forms only one part of a potentially much wider alliance -- the political, military and economic integration of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which comprise Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 13:30:59 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[What Would An Independent Scotland Look Like?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[However, it remains far from certain that the Scottish public even wants independence.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345567/20120525/scotkland-independence-union-uk-london-salmond-snp.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345567/20120525/scotkland-independence-union-uk-london-salmond-snp.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:53:46 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Air India: Aviation Minister Warns Union Of New Pilot Hires If Strike Continues]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The meeting with officials from the Indian Pilots&#039; Guild (IPG) lasted 90 minutes.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345527/20120525/air-india-pilots-union-strike-carrier-court.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345527/20120525/air-india-pilots-union-strike-carrier-court.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:11:21 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Syrian Opposition Tried To Poison Assad’s Top Aides: Israel]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Israel believes this development marks a significant turning point in the Syrian crisis, namely that opposition groups have somehow crossed into Assad’s inner sanctum, raising grave doubts about the regime’s sustainability.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345449/20120525/syria-assad-opposition-aides-poisoning-assassination-israel.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345449/20120525/syria-assad-opposition-aides-poisoning-assassination-israel.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 09:23:23 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Polio Remains Endemic in Nigeria, Pakistan And Afghanistan: Health Officials]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[GPEI warned that failure to eradicate polio could lead to as many as 200,000 paralyzed children a year across the globe.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345053/20120524/polio-pakistan-afghanistan.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345053/20120524/polio-pakistan-afghanistan.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 12:04:01 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[India Opposition Calls For Nationwide Strike To Protest Rising Petrol Price]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[In 2010, the Indian government permitted state-owned oil companies to establish the price of petrol.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344925/20120524/india-petrol-prices-protest-government-strike-bjp.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344925/20120524/india-petrol-prices-protest-government-strike-bjp.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:35:52 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Nigeria  To Deport Chinese Migrants Engaged In Illegal Trading]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Ifeadi called the Chinese &quot;scavengers&quot; who were taking jobs that should be the exclusive preserve of Nigerian people.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344597/20120523/nigeria-chinese-immigrants-retail-textile-deport-arrest.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344597/20120523/nigeria-chinese-immigrants-retail-textile-deport-arrest.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:10:40 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Russia Tests Long-Range Missile To Counter NATO Missile Shield]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Russian missile carried a dummy warhead and was fired from a distance of 3730 miles.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344571/20120523/russia-ballsitic-missile-nato-shield-putin-europe.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344571/20120523/russia-ballsitic-missile-nato-shield-putin-europe.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 12:50:04 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Britain Considers Its Role In Any Potential Iran-Israel War]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Among other options being considered by senior officials in the UK government&#039;s National Security Council is the deployment of the Royal Navy in the Middle East.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344433/20120523/iran-israel-nuclear-talks-war-uk-royal.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344433/20120523/iran-israel-nuclear-talks-war-uk-royal.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 09:20:03 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pakistan Imprisons Doctor Who Helped CIA Find Osama Bin Laden]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Pakistan Imprisons Doctor Who Helped CIA Find Osama Bin Laden]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344413/20120523/pakistan-cia-jailing-afridi-osama-bin-laden.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344413/20120523/pakistan-cia-jailing-afridi-osama-bin-laden.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 08:22:18 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Egypt Facing Chaotic Presidential Election As Military Looms Over Supposed Shift To Democracy]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[In the likely event that no one candidate receives half of the vote, a run-off between the top two candidates will be held the following month.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344132/20120522/egypt-election-parliament-military-islamist.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344132/20120522/egypt-election-parliament-military-islamist.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:53:45 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[European Court Rules British Prisoners Must Be Granted Voting Rights]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister David Cameron has said in the past that the thought of inmates voting made him “physically ill.&quot;]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344082/20120522/european-court-ruling-prisoners-uk-vote-rights.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344082/20120522/european-court-ruling-prisoners-uk-vote-rights.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:44:24 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chinese Fishermen Say North Korean Captors Were Soldiers Who Robbed, Beat Them]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The North Koreans even demanded a ransom of 400,000 Yuan ($63,000) per ship, Beijing refused to pay.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344060/20120522/china-north-korea-fishermen-kidnapped.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344060/20120522/china-north-korea-fishermen-kidnapped.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:34:59 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[India: Rising Crime And Sexual Assaults Prompting Women To Buy Guns For Protection]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[India reportedly has about 40 million guns in circulation (a modest number compared to its 1 billion-plus population), and only the United States has more.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344031/20120522/india-women-gun-crime-licenses-crimne-rape.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344031/20120522/india-women-gun-crime-licenses-crimne-rape.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 12:28:58 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pakistan And Turkey Agree To Strengthen Economic, Trade Ties]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Yousuf Raza Gilani and Recep Tayyip Erdogan also vowed to significantly increase the volume of trade between Turkey and Pakistan.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343931/20120522/turkey-pakistan-erdogan-gilani-nato-afghanistan-trade.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343931/20120522/turkey-pakistan-erdogan-gilani-nato-afghanistan-trade.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 09:40:46 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[We All Live In A Nuclear Submarine: Britain Awards Contracts To Design New Fleet To Replace Trident]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The final cost of the new replacement submarines is expected to amount to at least £20-billion ($31.5-billion).]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343899/20120522/uk-defense-ministry-nuclear-submarine-trident-contract.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343899/20120522/uk-defense-ministry-nuclear-submarine-trident-contract.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 08:51:46 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Iraq Warns Kurds Against Striking Oil Deal With Turkey]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Baghdad believes such an arrangement contravenes Iraqi laws, while Kurds assert they can sign any contract regarding their natural resources according to the terms of the constitution.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343552/20120521/iraq-baghdad-oil-contract-turkey-kurdistan.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343552/20120521/iraq-baghdad-oil-contract-turkey-kurdistan.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 13:15:51 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel Denies Turkish Media Report Of Huge Troop Deployment To Greek Cyprus]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[&quot;Israel has never sent troops to any other country in its history,&quot; the statement added.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343477/20120521/israel-greece-cyprus-turkey-oil-gas.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343477/20120521/israel-greece-cyprus-turkey-oil-gas.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:05:14 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Celebrity Net Worth: Why Does Anybody Care?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[I have never understood the public&#039;s obsession with the wealth and personal lifestyles of celebrities and the super-affluent]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343431/20120521/celebrity-wealth-income-taxes-scandal-politicians-athelets.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343431/20120521/celebrity-wealth-income-taxes-scandal-politicians-athelets.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:47:24 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[IAEA Chief Arrives In Iran, Ahead of Major Baghdad Talks]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[IAEA officials were denied entry into Parchin on two separate occasions earlier this year.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343406/20120521/iran-un-iaea-nuclear-amano-salehi-sanctions.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343406/20120521/iran-un-iaea-nuclear-amano-salehi-sanctions.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:05:21 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[All The President's Women: Francois, Segolene, And Valerie]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Politics make strange bedfellows indeed -- especially in France. Francois Hollande, the newly elected Socialist president of the republic, has formed his cabinet and is planning to scale back the austerity programs imposed by his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, of the center-right UMP party.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343015/20120519/franxce-hollande-segolene-royal-anne-national-front.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343015/20120519/franxce-hollande-segolene-royal-anne-national-front.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 13:53:46 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Francois Hollande Meets Barack Obama: Top Ten Things They Said‏ (Satire)]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[rance&#039;s newly-elected Socialist President Francois Hollande met with U.S. President Barack Obama at Camp David, prior to the G-8 summit meeting.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342933/20120518/obama-hollande-le-pen-cameron-france-merkel.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342933/20120518/obama-hollande-le-pen-cameron-france-merkel.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:56:54 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ireland May Need Second Bailout: Report]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[While global leaders obsess over the likelihood of debt-stricken Greece departing the euro zone, an emerald isle 1,800 miles away from Athens may be on the brink of needing another financial bailout.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342864/20120518/ireland-banks-baulout-austerity-mortgages-greece.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342864/20120518/ireland-banks-baulout-austerity-mortgages-greece.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:06:39 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Merkel Floats Idea Of Greek Referendum On Euro Membership]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[German Chancellor Angela Merkel has proposed that Greece hold a referendum on its membership in the euro zone in tandem with the snap parliamentary elections scheduled for June 17.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342850/20120518/greece-euro-zone-merkel-cameron-papademous.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342850/20120518/greece-euro-zone-merkel-cameron-papademous.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:16:58 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Facebook IPO: The Inexorable Deterioration Of Human Society Continues]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Facebook has become a showcase for vulgar narcissism and voyeurism.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342837/20120518/facebook-ipo-zuckerberg-social-media-communication.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342837/20120518/facebook-ipo-zuckerberg-social-media-communication.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:54:06 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chicago NATO Summit Preview: Afghanistan Security Will Be The Main Course]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[There are currently about 130,000 foreign troops in the country, with Americans accounting for about 90,000 of them.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342815/20120518/nato-summit-chicago-afghanistan-obama-karzai-syria.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342815/20120518/nato-summit-chicago-afghanistan-obama-karzai-syria.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:07:27 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[EU Prepared For Possible Greece Euro Exit: Official]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The European Union and European Central Bank have a contingency plan in place in the event that Greece is forced to exit the euro zone, according to EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht. However, he did not divulge the details of this contingency plan.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342779/20120518/greece-euro-zone-eu-ecb-gucht-merkel.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342779/20120518/greece-euro-zone-eu-ecb-gucht-merkel.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 10:42:27 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel’s Netanyahu Sees No Evidence Iran Will Give Up Nuclear Program]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[&quot;Iran is good at playing this chess game.&quot;]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342732/20120518/israel-iran-nuclear-czech-iaea-netanyahu-barak.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342732/20120518/israel-iran-nuclear-czech-iaea-netanyahu-barak.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 09:12:27 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. To Suspend Some Restrictions On Investing In Myanmar]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. will begin to issue licenses to allow investments in the country, but maintain the arms embargo.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342400/20120517/myanmar-burma-sanctions-obama-clinton-military-embargo.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342400/20120517/myanmar-burma-sanctions-obama-clinton-military-embargo.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:34:29 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hollande Cuts His Own Pay By 30%, While Merkel Gives Herself A Raise]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Hollande will now take home about 14,910 euros ($19,100) per month, down from 21,300 euros.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342376/20120517/hollande-france-germany-merkel-salary-ministers-bruni.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342376/20120517/hollande-france-germany-merkel-salary-ministers-bruni.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:20:04 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Immigration To Germany Surges, As Rules Barring Eastern European Workers Lifted]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[On a percentage basis, the biggest spikes came from Greece and Spain.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342350/20120517/germany-immigration-greece-spain-hungary-poland-eu.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342350/20120517/germany-immigration-greece-spain-hungary-poland-eu.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:25:52 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[UK Prime Minister Cameron Warns Euro Zone To Make Up Or Break Up]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Cameron’s statements came on the heels of similar warnings by Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King that the euro zone’s failure to get a grip on the debt crisis poses the biggest threat to Britain’s economic recovery.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342289/20120517/uk-euro-zone-debt-crises-greece-cameron.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342289/20120517/uk-euro-zone-debt-crises-greece-cameron.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:57:46 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Ready To Strike Iran: Ambassador To Israel]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Israeli leaders Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Ehud Barak have long taken a hawkish stance against Iran.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342254/20120517/iran-israel-nuclear-shapiro-military-strike-aznar.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342254/20120517/iran-israel-nuclear-shapiro-military-strike-aznar.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:42:45 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greece Names Caretaker Cabinet Ahead Of Next Round Of Elections]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Fears are escalating across Europe that Greece will have to exit the euro zone.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342222/20120517/greece-interim-government-cabinet-prime-minister-euro.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342222/20120517/greece-interim-government-cabinet-prime-minister-euro.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 08:54:47 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Global Losses From Greek Euro Zone Exit Could Reach €1 Trillion]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The financial markets appear to have already priced in Greece’s departure from the euro bloc.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341922/20120516/greece-exit-euro-zone-losses-france-germany.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341922/20120516/greece-exit-euro-zone-losses-france-germany.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:56:57 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[France’s New Socialist Government Names Cabinet]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Interestingly, Martine Aubry, the leader of the Socialist party rejected an offer to head a &quot;super ministry.&quot;]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341877/20120516/france-government-cabinet-minister-ayrault-hollande.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341877/20120516/france-government-cabinet-minister-ayrault-hollande.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:18:34 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greece: Syriza Leader Attacks EU And Merkel, As Caretaker Government Takes Shape]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Tsipras has said he wants Greece to remain in the euro zone, but has demanded that bailout agreements be renegotiated by providing more favorable terms.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341863/20120516/greece-election-debt-tsipras-eu-syriza-germany.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341863/20120516/greece-election-debt-tsipras-eu-syriza-germany.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:27:39 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greece: Economic Crisis Sparks Surge In Suicides]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The surge in people killing themselves can be directly linked to “increased insecurity and uncertainty for the future.”]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341821/20120516/greece-economic-crisis-suicides-unemployment.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341821/20120516/greece-economic-crisis-suicides-unemployment.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:54:42 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greece: Possible Expulsion From Euro Zone Would Raise Questions About ‘European’ Identity]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Although Greece is considered the “cradle of Western Civilization,” the nation has had a vastly different history and trajectory from the dominant countries of Western Europe.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341739/20120516/greece-crisis-debt-europe-france-germany-ethnicity.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341739/20120516/greece-crisis-debt-europe-france-germany-ethnicity.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:27:35 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greece Sets New Elections, To Form Interim Caretaker Government]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Last-ditch efforts to form a unity government on Tuesday failed, leading Papoulias to call these extraordinary measures.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341719/20120516/greece-elections-austerity-eu-vote-syriza-bailout.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:20 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Turkey: High Kurdish Birth Rate Raises Questions About Future]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The fertility level in western Turkey (the most economically advanced part of the country) is now about 1.5 -- roughly the same as in western Europe.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341685/20120516/turkey-kurds-demographics-birth-rate-erdogan-babies.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 07:44:48 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[US May Export Shale Oil To India As New Delhi Seeks To Cut Crude Imports From Iran]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[India imports crude oil from about 30 nations.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341377/20120515/india-iran-oil-imports-sanctions-pascual.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341377/20120515/india-iran-oil-imports-sanctions-pascual.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:19:58 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Singapore: Little Tiger With A Big Military Roar]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Singapore was the fifth-largest arms importer in the world between 2007 and 2011.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341355/20120515/singapore-military-defense-spending-china-u-s.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341355/20120515/singapore-military-defense-spending-china-u-s.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:57:40 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hollande Names German-Speaker Ayrault As Prime Minister]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Ayrault, 62, has never before held a ministerial office but has served as a politician, including mayor of the city of Nantes, continuously since 1986]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341348/20120515/france-president-hollande-ayrault-pm-afghanistan-pullout.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341348/20120515/france-president-hollande-ayrault-pm-afghanistan-pullout.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:42:16 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greece Bracing For New Election After Coalition Talks Collapse]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Greek leaders threw in the towel Tuesday and called for another poll after their repeated failures to form a coalition government and address the country’s monumental debt crisis.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341288/20120515/greece-election-talks-austerity-pasok-syriza.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341288/20120515/greece-election-talks-austerity-pasok-syriza.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 10:56:19 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greece On Edge Of Precipice As Parties Bicker In Athens]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[President Karolos Papoulias suggested he may propose a government led by non-politician technocrats with broad national appeal, somewhat similar to what Italy adopted with Prime Minister Mario Monti.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341244/20120515/greece-syriza-papoulias-pasok-nd-coalition-euro.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341244/20120515/greece-syriza-papoulias-pasok-nd-coalition-euro.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:39:45 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Barack Obama: Top Ten Things The President Told Graduating Students At Barnard College Commencement (SATIRE)]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Obama addressed the graduating class of Barnard College in New York on Monday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340969/20120514/obama-columbia-university-barnard-commencement.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340969/20120514/obama-columbia-university-barnard-commencement.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:12:15 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hollande And Merkel: Can They Find A Compromise?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Hollande also wants the euro zone fiscal pact re-written -- something Merkel has adamantly refused to do.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340882/20120514/hollande-merkel-france-germany-eu-debt-austerity.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340882/20120514/hollande-merkel-france-germany-eu-debt-austerity.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:41:48 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Air India Losing Millions As Pilot Strike Drags On]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The labor strife has also wreaked havoc with Air India’s discount international fleet, Air India Express, as well as the domestic carrier, Indian Airlines.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340843/20120514/air-india-strike-pilots-union-singh.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340843/20120514/air-india-strike-pilots-union-singh.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:39:54 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank: Can An Indian Man Lead An Iconic German Company?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank is as German as lederhosen, sauerkraut, beer and the Autobahn.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340739/20120514/deutsche-bank-jain-germany-ackermann-banks-indian.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340739/20120514/deutsche-bank-jain-germany-ackermann-banks-indian.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:40:54 EDT</pubDate>
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