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  <title><![CDATA[Somalia: Is The End of Al-Shabab Nearing?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[African Union and Somali troops captured an al-Shabab stronghold outside of Mogadishu on Friday, claiming another key victory against the al Qaeda-backed rebel group.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Seeks Ties With Syrian Rebels]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Obama Administration is considered a secure way to send weapons to rebels fighting President Assad in Syria.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 14:55:17 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[President Of Vatican Bank Forced To Resign]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A source in the bank did not provide the reasons behind the dismissal.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 14:02:51 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[I Will Not Appeal Against Guilty Verdict: Breivik]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[In the event he is found sane, he will be sent to prison for up to 21 years.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345095/20120524/breivik-oslo-norway-murder-trial-sanity.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 13:48:03 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Yemeni Troops Kill Almost Three Dozen Militants In Restive South]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Yemeni state is determined to flush out the militants who control large swathes of the southern regions of the impoverished nation.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345089/20120524/yemen-al-qaeda-state-soldiers-killing.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 13:25:35 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Quebec: 700 People Arrested As Tuition Hike Protest Escalates]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[It was the largest number of single-day detentions since demonstrations commenced in February.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 12:19:21 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Drone Strike Kills At Least 8 People In Northwest Pakistan]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Drone attacks have become a contentious issue in Pakistan since local officials claim these attacks frequently kill innocent civilians.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345010/20120524/pakistan-drone-strikes-militants-u-s.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 10:45:07 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Saudis To Give Yemen $3.25 Billion In Aid]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia has pledged $3.25 billion in aid to Yemen, which is trying to push back a powerful al Qaeda insurgency.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344515/20120523/yemen-al-qaeda-saudi-arabia.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 11:09:55 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Spain: Teachers And Students Protest Education Spending Cuts]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Teachers and students in Spain staged a mass strike on Tuesday in protest of government budget cuts that could put 100,000 substitute teachers out of work.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343984/20120522/spain-protest-education-teachers-strike.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:05:03 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[UN Condemns Yemen Bombing:  'Terrorists Must Be Held Accountable']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[&quot;This criminal act cannot be justified by any cause,&quot; United Nation&#039;s chief Ban Ki-moon stated on Monday. &quot;Its perpetrators must be held accountable.&quot;]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 09:45:01 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Great Googamooga Festival Photos: Food, Drink And Lines In Brooklyn]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Great Googamooga festival takes over Brooklyn&#039;s Prospect Park.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:48:24 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Italy Earthquake Aftermath: Rescuers Keep Working Despite Tremors]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Emergency workers in northern Italy speedily built tent cities and makeshift shelters on Monday as aftershocks and tremors raise fear of further destruction.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343400/20120521/italy-earthquake-aftermath.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 08:49:36 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[UN Nuclear Agency Chief To Visit Tehran On Sunday]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Iran is getting a visit from the United Nations&#039; nuclear agency on Sunday, a surprise development as Iran prepares for scheduled talks with Western powers next week.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342859/20120518/iran-nuclear-talk-iaea-un.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:44:28 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Greece: New Democracy Party Leads Syriza In Polls]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Greece&#039;s center-right New Democracy party has a slight edge among voters over the Coalition of the Radical Left, or Syriza, party ahead of the June 17th parliamentary elections, according to a new opinion poll.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342385/20120517/greece-new-democracy-elections-syriza.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:06:36 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[South Korea Says Myanmar To End North Korean Arms Deals]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Myanmar has promised to stop buying weapons from North Korea, ending 20 years of military cooperation and taking a further step toward reform.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341338/20120515/myanmar-south-korea-north-weapons.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/341338/20120515/myanmar-south-korea-north-weapons.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:18:33 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Corruption Probe Against Argentine VP Boudou Opens]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Boudou was charged along with his girlfriend and journalist Agustina Kampfer, friend and business partner José María Nuñez Carmona and businessman Alejandro Vandenbroele.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340929/20120514/amado-boudou-charged-argentina-vice-president.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:46:17 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[NATO Must Compensate Libyan Civilian Victims' Families: Human Rights Watch]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A Human Rights Watch report released on Monday claims NATO failed to investigation the deaths of a number of noncombatants killed in airstrikes during last year&#039;s Libyan revolution.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340827/20120514/libya-nato-human-rights-watch.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340827/20120514/libya-nato-human-rights-watch.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:16:38 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[UN Chief Praises Aung San Suu Kyi At First Meeting]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[During their historic first meeting, United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon praised Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as &quot;a real leader (who) demonstrates flexibility for the greater cause of the people of a country.&quot;.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/335666/20120501/aung-san-suu-kyi-ban-ki-moon.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 11:52:59 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Malaysian Activists Plan Pro-Democracy Protests]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of protestors will march in Malaysia on Saturday to demand election reforms.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/334408/20120427/malaysia-berish-protest.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:09:44 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Osama Bin Laden's Family Arrives In Saudi Arabia]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Osama bin Laden&#039;s three widows will arrive in his home country of Saudi Arabia on Friday after being deported from Pakistan earlier in the day.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/334296/20120427/osama-bin-laden-widows-deported.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/334296/20120427/osama-bin-laden-widows-deported.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:26:29 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Jordan Training Libyan Police Forces; HRW Blasts Amman On Free Speech]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Jordan has begun training former Libyan rebels who fought against Moammar Gadhafi as policemen as part of a program to strengthen relations between the two countries.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333308/20120425/libya-jordan-rebels-human-rights.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333308/20120425/libya-jordan-rebels-human-rights.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:44:21 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Donald Trump Warns Scotland Of 'Tremendous Damage' Of Wind Farms]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump fears that a wind farm off the shores of Scotland would harm the country&#039;s tourism industry ... and also his $1.2 billion golf course.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333259/20120425/donald-trump-scotland-wind-farm.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333259/20120425/donald-trump-scotland-wind-farm.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:15:23 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hong Kong To Ban Mainland Chinese Women From Maternity Wards To Stop 'Birth Tourism']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Echoing the &quot;anchor babies&quot; argument heard here in the United States, Hong Kong&#039;s Chief Executive-elect Leung Chun-ying has proposed a &quot;zero quota&quot; policy that will prevent Chinese women from crossing into Hong Kong to give birth.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333226/20120425/hong-kong-china-babies.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/333226/20120425/hong-kong-china-babies.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:33:36 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Philippines Eyes Natural Gas In Disputed South China Sea]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Philippines wants to develop a natural gas field in a disputed area of the South China Sea that is also claimed by China.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/332658/20120424/philippines-south-china-sea-gas.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/332658/20120424/philippines-south-china-sea-gas.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:10:33 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ex-Ukraine PM Tymoshenko On Hunger Strike]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is serving a seven year prison sentence on an abuse of office conviction, went on a hunger strike to protest the “concentration camp of violence and lawlessness” created in her country by current president President Viktor Yanukovych.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/332604/20120424/yulia-tymoshenko-hunger-strike-ukraine.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/332604/20120424/yulia-tymoshenko-hunger-strike-ukraine.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:12:38 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ICC May Investigate Allegations Of Atrocities In Mali]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The International Criminal Court may investigate possible war crimes -- including rape and the conscription of child soldiers -- in Mali committed since political violence erupted there in January.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/332585/20120424/mali-war-crimes-icc-coup.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/332585/20120424/mali-war-crimes-icc-coup.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:45:41 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Myanmar Opposition Boycotts Parliament Over Oath]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Newly elected members of Myanmar&#039;s pro-democracy opposition party may boycott the parliament to which they just won entry.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/331295/20120420/myanmay-aung-san-suu-kyi-parliament-boycott.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/331295/20120420/myanmay-aung-san-suu-kyi-parliament-boycott.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:33:39 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Honduras Farmworkers Protest Government With 'Land Invasions']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Farm workers and activists seized 30,000 acres of public land in Honduras on Thursday as part of a dispute with the government and large landowners.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/330671/20120419/honduras-farm-land-occupy.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/330671/20120419/honduras-farm-land-occupy.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:07:31 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.N. Observers Needed To 'Stop The Massacre' In Syria]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that 300 unarmed monitors need to be deployed to Syria immediately to protect the fragile ceasefire plan. France thinks up to 400 needs to be sent.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/330589/20120419/syria-monitors-united-nations-kofi-annan.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/330589/20120419/syria-monitors-united-nations-kofi-annan.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:09:52 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Japan Cuts Iran Oil Imports Further; Europe, Taiwan Follow Suit]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Japan slashed its oil purchases from Iran in April, cutting imports from the Islamic Republic by nearly 80 percent.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/330108/20120418/iran-oil-sanctions-japan-china.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/330108/20120418/iran-oil-sanctions-japan-china.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:17:43 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Warren Buffet Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer (FULL-TEXT OF LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS)]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, revealed that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/329508/20120417/warren-buffet-cancer-letter-shareholders.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/329508/20120417/warren-buffet-cancer-letter-shareholders.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:26:13 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sarkozy Denies Trying To Sell Nuclear Reactor To Gadhafi]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[French President Nicolas Sarkozy denied allegations that he tried for years to sell a nuclear reactor to former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/329421/20120417/sarkozy-gadhafi-nuclear-reactor-france.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/329421/20120417/sarkozy-gadhafi-nuclear-reactor-france.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:07:20 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[African Union Suspends Guinea-Bissau]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The African Union suspended Guinea Bissau&#039;s membership on Tuesday over last week&#039;s military coup, adding that the West African country won&#039;t be reinstated until army chiefs restore civilian rule.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/329362/20120417/guinea-bissau-coup-african-union.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/329362/20120417/guinea-bissau-coup-african-union.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:49:24 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Shoe Bomber's Prison Sentence Cut For Informing]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The prison sentence of would-be shoe bomber Saajid Badat was reduced by two years after he agreed to testify against Adis Medunjanin, one of the men who planned on bombing the New York City subway in 2009.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/328845/20120416/shoe-bomber-saajid-badat-sentence.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/328845/20120416/shoe-bomber-saajid-badat-sentence.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:23:21 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[US-Philippines Hold War Games In South China Sea]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The United States and the Philippines kicked off 11 days of military drills in the South China Sea, an annual event that is especially significant as a territorial dispute between China and the Philippines enters its second week.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/328716/20120416/south-china-sea-balikatan-philippines.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/328716/20120416/south-china-sea-balikatan-philippines.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:04:18 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[UK Prime Minister Cameron Calls For Suspension Of Sanctions Against Myanmar]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[UK Prime Minister David Cameron said that the European Union should suspend its sanctions as Myanmar&#039;s civilian government moves toward democratic reform.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/327809/20120413/myanmar-david-cameron-aung-san-suu-kyi.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/327809/20120413/myanmar-david-cameron-aung-san-suu-kyi.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:47:07 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Japan Prepared For North Korean Rocket Launch]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Japan is ready to shoot down the North Korea&#039;s Unha-3 rocket with its Patriot Advanced Capability-3 land-to-air missiles if the rocket flies over Japanese airspace.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/327408/20120412/japan-north-korea-rocket-launch.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/327408/20120412/japan-north-korea-rocket-launch.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:57:39 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez's Summit Of The Americas Bid Unclear After Cancer Treatment]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Chavez, who is currently undergoing treatment for an undisclosed form of abdominal cancer,  says that his appearance at the Summit of the Americas will depend on his health.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/327283/20120412/hugo-chavez-cancer-summit-americas.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/327283/20120412/hugo-chavez-cancer-summit-americas.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:01:27 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Yemen Battles Al Qaeda; Dozens More Dead]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Yemeni government continued to battle an al-Qaeda insurgency in the south of the country on Wednesday, killing at least 30 militants on the third consecutive day of fighting.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/326731/20120411/yemen-al-qaeda-death.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:17:17 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ex-KGB Agent Tibilov Wins South Ossetia Presidential Elections]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Former KGB chief Leonid Tibilov was named the president of South Ossetia, a breakaway republic within the nation of Georgia, on Sunday.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/325601/20120409/kgb-south-ossetia-leonid-tibilov-russia.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:32:39 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Malawi President Mutharika Dies Suddenly; Succession Questions Remain]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika died following a heart attack on Thursday, according to government officials.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/324912/20120406/bingu-wa-mutharika-dead-malawi-president.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:28:32 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pope Benedict Denounces Dissident Priests On Holy Thursday]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI rebuked a group of schismatic Austrian priests who have questioned Vatican authority on clerical rules.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/324662/20120405/pope-benedict-xvi-holy-thursday-pfarrer-initiative.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:58:07 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Rocket Strikes Israel From Egypt's 'Terrorist Launching Ground']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A rocket exploded in the Israeli resort town of Eilat early Thursday morning. No one was injured when the rocket landed in a construction site near a residential neighborhood.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/324534/20120405/israel-rocket-egypt-sinai-eilat.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:19:08 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Vietnam Charges Nonviolent Organizer With Plot To Overthrow State]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Vietnamese authorities have charged 18 members of a non-violent organization based in an eco-tourism site with conspiracy to overthrow the government.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/324135/20120404/vietnam-plot-government-coup-phu-yen.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/324135/20120404/vietnam-plot-government-coup-phu-yen.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:27:59 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Syrian Troops Begin Pullout From 'Calm' Cities]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Syrian government began withdrawing troops from some cities on Tuesday, the first sign after more than a year of violence that President Bashar al-Assad is taking a peace plan seriously.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/323528/20120403/syria-troop-withdrawal-assad.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/323528/20120403/syria-troop-withdrawal-assad.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:14:18 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Syria: Iraq PM Warns Against Arming Rebels]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Thursday that arming anyone in Syria could lead to a &quot;proxy war.&quot; Maliki made his comments during a speech at an Arab League summit in Baghdad, adding that diplomacy and a &quot;serious national dialogue&quot; are the only ways to stop the year-long violence in Syria.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/321577/20120329/syria-news-arab-league-iraq-assad.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/321577/20120329/syria-news-arab-league-iraq-assad.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:54:05 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[West African Leaders Cancel Mali Visit]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A group of West African president&#039;s cancelled their visit to Mali mid-flight after hundreds of pro-junta supporters rushed the runway at Bamako&#039;s airport on Thursday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/321535/20120329/mali-coup-africa-ecowas.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/321535/20120329/mali-coup-africa-ecowas.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:14:16 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[BRICS Summit-Delhi Declaration (FULL-TEXT)]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are meeting in Delhi to discuss a range of issues, including increased financial integration of the member countries.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/321440/20120329/brics-delhi-declaration-russia-china-india-brazil.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/321440/20120329/brics-delhi-declaration-russia-china-india-brazil.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:24:58 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Wang Lijun: Police Chief Contacted UK Embassy Before Disappearance]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Chinese official Wang Lijun reportedly tried to meet with British officials in the city of Chongqing before seeking asylum at the nearby U.S. embassy.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/320869/20120328/wang-lijun-china-bo-xilai-scandal.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/320869/20120328/wang-lijun-china-bo-xilai-scandal.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:52:23 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Jailed Palestinian Barghouti Calls For Full Resistance Against Israel]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Imprisoned Palestinian political and military leader Marwan Barghouti called on his countrymen to launch a resistance against Israel on Tuesday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/320322/20120327/marwan-barghouti.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/320322/20120327/marwan-barghouti.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:18:51 EDT</pubDate>
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