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  <title><![CDATA[India puts Blackberry, Skype, Gmail under the scanner]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[India has put Blackberry devices, Skype services and Gmail under the security scanner by asking these companies to either ensure that data going through their networks be made available to security agencies in a readable format or face a ban from offering services in India.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:40:54 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Devastation in the Gulf]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The environmental calamity unparalleled in U.S. history just gets worse.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:00:33 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[House passes sweeping finance reform bill]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill which makes the greatest changes to rules governing the financial system in the United States since the Great Depression.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:59:42 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Petraeus confirmed as new Afghan war chief]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[General David Petraeus, President Obama&#039;s emergency pick to replace General Stanley McChrystal as commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate today in a 99 to 0 vote.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:21:49 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Food for thought: Congress mulls better nutrition for students]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A great many school children in the U.S. are not eating enough, or they are eating too much of food that is not good for them.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:53:45 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Voracious carp threaten Great Lakes]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[It was one big ugly fish, swimming where it should not be, and it is filling people, including federal lawmakers, with alarm.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:15:08 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Iran: stuck between Iraq and a hard place]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Iran is facing a multitude of problems – both external and internal – that threatens the growth of its all-important energy sector.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:04:51 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[WTO says EU loan to Airbus against rules]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The WTO, an independent arbiter of global trade disputes, gave the ruling following the U.S. government&#039;s 2004 decision to file a case with the WTO to end European subsidies to Airbus.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:32:12 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Appeals court sets hearing on drilling ban]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A U.S. appeals court has quickly scheduled to hear oral arguments related to the federal government&#039;s request to stay a ruling which overturned President Barack Obama&#039;s six-month ban on new deep water well drilling.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:08:15 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ten alleged Russian spies arrested in U.S.]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Ten  individuals were arrested Sunday for allegedly carrying out long-term, &quot;deep-cover&quot; assignments in the United States on behalf of the Russian Federation, according to the Justice Department.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:29:15 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Better late than never, US says yes to international help to clean-up BP oil spill]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. State Department says yes to receiving assistance from 12 countries and international bodies to clean the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:54:06 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart sued for terminating worker for consuming marijuana]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed litigation against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. for firing an employee on charges of consuming marijuana, despite medical prescription.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:03:43 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Senate committee endorses Petraeus as new Afghan chief]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[General David Petraeus, President Obama’s emergency pick to replace General Stanley McChrystal as commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was endorsed by the Senate Armed Services Committee after a hearing earlier today.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:00:07 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The federal government wants us all to go green]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shaun Donovan wants to push American communities into a greener future. To do so he is using one of the oldest prods known to mankind – money.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:50:56 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Financial reform lacks specifics on systemic risk, expert says]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[With President Obama&#039;s backing, lawmakers are pushing to pass an overhaul of the rules governing the United States&#039; financial system. But, according to a financial expert,  the problem of identifying systemic risk has not been adequately addressed in the reform bill currently being considered.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:33:50 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Google to go dark in China, Baidu rejoices]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Google announced a new approach as China barred automatic redirection to its Hong Kong site.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:08:38 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court rules for gun owners]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Citizens of Chicago and Oak Park, Illinois, have the right to possess handguns, according to a 5-4 decision today by the Supreme Court of the United States.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/31218/20100628/guns-supreme-court.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:34:20 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ground Zero victims still seeking health care and compensation]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[There are 435 Congressional Districts in the United States and 431 of them are represented by the names of constituents on the World Trade Center Health Registry.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/31215/20100628/ground-zero-9-11.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:53:01 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[News Corp’s Fiji Times faces tough time]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Fiji government&#039;s new decree on media may see exit of global media companies.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/31116/20100628/rupert-murdoch-newspaper-military-regime-shareholders-permanent-citizens-news-corporation-frank-bain.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:27:32 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Robert Byrd, longest serving U.S. Senator, dies at 92]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the longest serving elected lawmaker in the federal Legislature in U.S. history died on Monday, his office confirmed. He was 92.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/31106/20100628/robert-byrd-longest-serving-u-s-senator-dies-at-92.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:32:45 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tropical storm season comes to the oily Gulf]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[It is Day 69 since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 crew members and cracking open the well pipe one mile underwater.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/31098/20100628/oil-gulf.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:59:26 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[G8 leaders skip naming North Korea for ship sinking]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations on Saturday wrapped up their second-day of talks with much-awaited condemnation of South Korean ship sinking incident but resisted naming North Korea openly, apparently under pressure from Russia.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30942/20100626/g8-g20-toronto-north-korea-iran-russia.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30942/20100626/g8-g20-toronto-north-korea-iran-russia.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:10:46 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Kagan hearings begin today]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Confirmation hearings begin Monday for Elena Kagan, President Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court. The former dean of the Harvard Law School is expected to have a relatively easy time in securing the Senate’s approval to take the high court seat  being vacated by retiring  Justice John Paul Stevens.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30900/20100625/kagan-supreme-court.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:22:23 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Derivatives business partially reformed]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The lucrative world of derivatives trading, a murky landscape of financial dealings to many outside banking and hedge fund circles, came closer to being slightly more regulated in the United States, as lawmakers agreed on Friday to the final shape of a new set of banking rules.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30865/20100625/reform-lights-murky-rich-world-of-derivatives.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30865/20100625/reform-lights-murky-rich-world-of-derivatives.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:57:31 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Drilling oversight agency gets a makeover]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Minerals Management Service, or MMS, has a new name and a new director. But, as Senator Diane Feinstein, D-CA, asked, do these and other changes at the troubled agency signal substantial reform or just a rearrangement of names?.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:21:34 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bank of England lists key risks in UK financial system]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[In its bi-annual financial stability report, the Bank of England outlines the key risks to the UK banks]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30765/20100625/banking-financial-system-credit-ciris-sovereign-debt-crisis-regulatory-capital-liquidity-counter-par.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:34:04 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Twitter bows to pressure, settles row over privacy issues]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Twitter will be barred for 20 years from misleading consumers about the extent to which it protects the security, privacy and confidentiality of nonpublic consumer information, FTC said.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30762/20100625/twitter-ftc.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:16:24 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Beatle's star McCartney sees hope despite BP oil spill chaos]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Former Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney believes that BP oil spill can accelerate efforts directed towards search for alternative non-polluting renewable energy resources]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30756/20100625/beatles-paul-mccartney-bp-oil-spill.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:39:37 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[One year after, Jackson's estate turns around finances]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Gearing up for Jackson&#039;s anniversary, Glendale police said they will allow fans to walk by the front of the Holly Terrace area of the Great Mausoleum, where Jackson is interred, to leave flowers and tributes.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30710/20100625/micaheal-jackson-thriller-i-ll-be-there-glendale-s-forest-lawn-memorial-park-conrad-murray-great-mau.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Rio Tinto cautiously cooperative to tax reform discussion with PM Gillard]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[International mining firm Rio Tinto is cautiously encouraged by the invitation sent by new Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard for the industry to begin full and open engagement on all aspects of tax reform.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30645/20100624/rio-tinto-resources-super-profits-tax-law-pm-gillard.htm</guid>
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  <title><![CDATA[Controversial banking reforms debated]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Two of the most controversial proposals to change the U.S. banking business will be debated on the sixth and final day of a House-Senate conference on financial reform.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30569/20100624/contentious-bank-reforms-set-for-last-day-of-key-debate.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:29:27 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[COLUMN:  Politics and the unemployed]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The millions of Americans currently out of work must all be registered Democrats.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30562/20100624/unemployed.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:08:58 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Oil capture system working again, says BP]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[BP has reinstalled the cap siphoning oil from the company&#039;s ruptured well, following a 10-hour precautionary pause.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30504/20100624/bp-oil-capture-system-working-again-after-pause.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30504/20100624/bp-oil-capture-system-working-again-after-pause.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:32:22 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Real estate corrections not to affect Singapore banks: Fitch]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Real estate corrections not to affect Singapore bank, said a Fitch report on the banking sector stability in the Asia-Pacific region.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30483/20100624/real-estate-fitch-labor-market-unemployment-mortgage-construction-dbs-bank-united-overseas-bank-over.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30483/20100624/real-estate-fitch-labor-market-unemployment-mortgage-construction-dbs-bank-united-overseas-bank-over.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:33:58 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[More oil spills in Gulf after BP well cap removed]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[More oil is spilling from a mile-deep well in the Gulf of Mexico after BP removed a cap guiding oil into a container due to concerns raised by an unknown “discharge of liquids” from a valve on a drill ship on the surfac.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30348/20100623/more-oil-spills-in-gulf-after-bp-well-cap-removed.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30348/20100623/more-oil-spills-in-gulf-after-bp-well-cap-removed.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:46:08 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[McChrystal out, Petraeus in]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama today accepted the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal and nominated Gen. David Petraeus to replace him as the chief of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan. The move was prompted by controversial comments by McChrystal and his aides that appeared in a magazine article and that disparaged the President and administration officials.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30321/20100623/obama-accepts-mcchrystal-s-resignation-nominates-petraeus.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30321/20100623/obama-accepts-mcchrystal-s-resignation-nominates-petraeus.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:31:56 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[McChrystal's fate unclear after Obama meeting]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama concluded a morning meeting with Gen. Stanley McChrystal on Wednesday, but there is no word as yet whether the general will keep his job, after the President and his chief commander in Afghanistan discussed controversial comments by McChrystal and his aides that appeared in a magazine article.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30305/20100623/mcchrystal-s-fate-unclear-as-obama-meeting-concludes.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30305/20100623/mcchrystal-s-fate-unclear-as-obama-meeting-concludes.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:16:55 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[BP spill response team gets new chief]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. government will begin working immediately with a new BP leader for its Gulf of Mexico oil spill clean-up efforts, as the company named Mississippi native Robert Dudley to head up its long-term response organization.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30274/20100623/u-s-to-work-with-new-bp-spill-response-leader.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:40:07 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[EU fines US-based Ideal Standard $400 million for price fixing cartel]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[European Union Antitrust Commission penalized US bathroom equipment manufacturer Ideal Standard $400 million for involvement in a price fixing cartel, involving six EU countries.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30240/20100623/ideal-standard-wabco-eu-anti-trust-fine-price-fixing-cartel.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:59:36 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Getting ready for anything: How to guard against WMD]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Lethal amounts of smallpox released in New York, or Los Angeles; a dirty bomb filled with deadly chemical agents exploded at a major airport; a cell of terrorists detonating a black market nuclear device in D.C.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30210/20100623/wmd-terorism.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:20:32 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Obama to meet with McChrystal, has 'all options' available]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is set to meet with Gen. Stanley McChrystal today and is leaving &quot;all options&quot; available including firing him, after stating that the commander of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan showed &quot;poor judgment&quot; in a controversial article.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30185/20100623/obama-to-meet-with-mcchrystal-has-all-options-available.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:36:24 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[EU extends bank guarantees to Germany, recapitalization in Hungary]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[In view of growing uncertainty on economic prospects in the European region, the European Commission extends the state aid]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30174/20100623/germany-hungary-loan-guarantees-rescue-schemes-european-commission.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:05:59 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[China tightens rules on online gaming, bans pop-up ads]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Alarmed by the growing number of online game players, Ministry of Culture in China issued regulations to streamline the industry]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30142/20100623/china-online-games-social-networking-sites-regulation-addiction.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30142/20100623/china-online-games-social-networking-sites-regulation-addiction.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:08:39 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Obama's Afghanistan war chief apologizes]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S. commander in Afghanistan, has apologized for comments in a magazine article in which he criticized a top Administration official and in which his advisers were dismissive of the President and others in the administration.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/30006/20100622/obama-s-afghanistan-war-chief-apologizes-recalled.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:53:52 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Unemployment insurance running out for millions]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Roughly 15 million Americans are out of work. One third of those people are currently receiving unemployment insurance. At the end of this month, if Congress does not change things, 1.2 million people will see their unemployment insurance expire -- a number that will increase each subsequent month if no extension to benefits is granted.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:12:52 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The other collateral damage: military suicides]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. soldiers are killing themselves at a faster rate than ever before, and the military is worried.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/29914/20100622/military-suicides.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/29914/20100622/military-suicides.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:31:25 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Faster BP claims payouts in weeks, says new fund chief]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A faster and more transparent process in paying oil spill claims, and one that is independent of BP, could be in operation in the &quot;next couple of weeks&quot; under the newly established $20 billion fund, the new administrator said on Monday.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/29819/20100622/faster-bp-claims-payouts-in-weeks-says-new-fund-chief.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:38:01 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Frank wants consumer financial protection agency in Fed]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Rep. Barney Frank, D-MA, the lead Congressman in the House-Senate conference to finalize changes to a financial reform bill, on Monday proposed putting the new consumer financial protection agency within the Federal Reserve and sought an exemption for auto dealers.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/29789/20100621/frank-wants-fed-consumer-financial-agency-auto-dealer-exemption.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/29789/20100621/frank-wants-fed-consumer-financial-agency-auto-dealer-exemption.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:42:40 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The answer, they say, is blowing in the wind]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[While U.S. lawmakers discuss alternative energy sources, states along the nation’s East Coast are racing for the honor, and the benefits, of being the first to place windmills in the water.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/29779/20100621/wind-power.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/29779/20100621/wind-power.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:15:02 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Obama diplomatic on yuan debate as G-20 meeting approaches]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is leaning toward the view of Congressional critics of China&#039;s currency policy but is avoiding open criticism, as the G-20 countries, including China, meet this week.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/29682/20100621/obama-leans-toward-congress-in-yuan-debate-ahead-of-g20.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/29682/20100621/obama-leans-toward-congress-in-yuan-debate-ahead-of-g20.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:34:42 EDT</pubDate>
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