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  <title><![CDATA[Security Council To Meet On Syria; Regime Blames Massacre On Rebel 'Terrorists']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.N. Security Council is to meet Sunday afternoon to discuss the Houla massacre in Syria, diplomats said.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 09:15:22 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Syria Massacre: William Hague Summons Syrian Diplomat]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned the Houla massacre and calls for intense international pressure on the Syrian regime to end violence.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345812/20120527/syria-massacre-houla-international-condemnation.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 08:04:12 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Syrian Violence Claims Lives of 50 Civilians [WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEOS]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Syrian forces use helicopter gunships and deadly fire against unarmed civilians.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345646/20120526/syria-violence-bloodshed-homs-president-assad-syrian.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345646/20120526/syria-violence-bloodshed-homs-president-assad-syrian.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 00:14:22 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Who Is Brett Kimberlin? Meet The 'Speedway Bomber' Turned 'Liberal Activist']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Brett Kimberlin, also known as the &quot;Speedway Bomber,&quot; is the infamous male who set an Indiana town ablaze with a series of coordinated bombings in 1978. The man behind the madness was also convicted of thirty three additional crimes, including illegal use of a Department of Defense insigni...]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345561/20120525/brett-kimberlin-speedway-bomber-blogger-terrorist.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:32:32 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Egypt Election: Mohammed Morsi Vs. Ahmed Shafiq - Profiles Of The Front-Runners]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[One represents Egypt&#039;s future -- the other its past. Who are Mohammed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq, Egypt&#039;s leading presidential candidates?]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345545/20120525/egypt-elections-mohammed-mursi-ahmed-shafiq.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345545/20120525/egypt-elections-mohammed-mursi-ahmed-shafiq.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:44:22 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay Calls for Sanctions to be Lifted on Zimbabwe]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[United Nations Human Rights chief Navi Pillay urges Western countries to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe and its president, Robert Mugabe.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345480/20120525/lift-sanctions-zimbabwe-un-human-rights-chief.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345480/20120525/lift-sanctions-zimbabwe-un-human-rights-chief.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:22:08 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[London 2012 Olympics: Saudi Arabia Refuse to Lift Ban on Female Athletes]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia could compete without female athletes after International Olympic Committee refuses to sanction actions forcing them to do so.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345334/20120525/london-2012-olympics-saudi-arabia-woman-female.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 04:58:23 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Wikileaks' Founder Julian Assange Dons Anonymous Mask at Pre-Extradition Ruling Event]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Wikileaks&#039; founder Julian Assange has donned a Guy Fawkes&#039; Anonymous mask in what he claims to be his &quot;last public appearance&quot; at event in London.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345333/20120525/julian-assange-wikileaks-anonymous-mask.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 04:52:45 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik Pulls Out of UK Lecture]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Naveen Patnaik cancels lecture in the face of planned protests by human rights organisations.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345285/20120525/naveen-patnaik-faces-human-rights-allegations-cancelling.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 03:19:52 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Amnesty International Assails Australia's Intervention among Indigenous Tribes in Northern Territory]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Australia has failed so far in raising the quality of life prevalent among the indigenous people living in the Northern Territory, according to the latest human rights review released this week by Amnesty International (AI) in Australia.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345219/20120524/amnesty-international-assails-australia-s-intervention-indigenous.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345219/20120524/amnesty-international-assails-australia-s-intervention-indigenous.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 23:39:54 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Angola: The Bloody 'Democracy' Of An Oil Republic]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[As soon as the door opened, 15 men -- armed with pistols, machetes and iron rods -- burst into the house and began beating the young Angolan musicians and activists who were known for protesting against government corruption and the use of violent tactics to suppress political dissent.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345185/20120524/angola-oil-exports-trade-china-imports-opec.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 19:56:15 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Zainab al-Khawaja: Daughter of Bahraini Hunger Striker Sentenced to One Month in Prison]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Zainab al-Khawaja, daughter of human rights activist and hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, sentenced to one month in prison in Manama]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345011/20120524/zainab-al-khawaja-abdulhadi-bahrain-hunger-striker.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 10:46:57 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Goldgroup Provides Update on Change of Soil Use Permit Status at Caballo Blanco]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Goldgroup Mining Inc. has had its Change of Soil Use Permit, also known as the &quot;Estudio Técnico Justificativo para Cambio de Uso de Suelo&quot;, returned to the Company, for its 100% owned Caballo Blanco gold project, from the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, also known as the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recurso Naturales.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344937/20120524/goldgroup-provides-update-change-soil-use-permit.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:48:01 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[London 2012 Olympics: Ban King’s Son and Head of Bahrain Olympic Committee - Activists]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Human Rights activists seek to prevent Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa from attending London 2012 Olympics.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344905/20120524/bahrain-activists-launch-petition-against-king-s.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344905/20120524/bahrain-activists-launch-petition-against-king-s.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:14:01 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cuba Denies Torture In Prisons; Is Their Incarcerated Figure Accurate?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Cuba’s official Communist Party newspaper Granma finally gave an official estimate of the number of people currently incarcerated in the nation’s jails.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344859/20120524/cuba-jail-prison-number-people-granma-article.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344859/20120524/cuba-jail-prison-number-people-granma-article.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 06:23:06 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tabloid Forced to Apologise After False Incest Claims About Penan Tribe]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The article in Malay language tabloid Metro Ahad claimed incest was common among nomadic Penan communities in Ulu Baram area.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344773/20120524/tabloid-forced-apologise-false-incest-claims-penan.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344773/20120524/tabloid-forced-apologise-false-incest-claims-penan.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 02:29:35 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Amnesty accuses U.N. council of "failed leadership"]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Rights group Amnesty International lambasted the United Nations Security Council on Thursday as &quot;tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose&quot;.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344715/20120523/amnesty-accusesn-council-of-failed-leadership.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344715/20120523/amnesty-accusesn-council-of-failed-leadership.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 22:35:03 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Expatriation in the Wake of the Facebook IPO]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Reckoning today from Baltimore, Maryland...]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344694/20120523/expatriation-wake-facebook-ipo-ibtimesau-ibtimes-com.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344694/20120523/expatriation-wake-facebook-ipo-ibtimesau-ibtimes-com.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 21:18:30 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Veiled Plight Of The European Roma: New Report Calls For End To Discrimination]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[For centuries, the Roma people have been marginalized and misunderstood by their European neighbors. A new report by the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) sheds light on this age-old human rights issue.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344659/20120523/roma-gypsy-europe-union-poverty-report.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344659/20120523/roma-gypsy-europe-union-poverty-report.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 17:00:43 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Syrian Government Continue Shelling As Rebels Deny Kidnapping Claim]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the forces of President Bashar al-Assad pounded Rastan in the early morning, adding that at least six people have been killed in other parts of the country on Wednesday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344536/20120523/syria-assad-shelling-kidnapping-rebels-un.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344536/20120523/syria-assad-shelling-kidnapping-rebels-un.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 11:51:19 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tiger and Elephant Poachers: India's Maharashtra State Orders Rangers to Shot-to-Kill Illegal Hunters]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Injuring or even killing animal poachers in India&#039;s state of Maharashtra will no longer be a crime.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344486/20120523/tiger-india-animal-poacher.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344486/20120523/tiger-india-animal-poacher.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 10:26:48 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch Condemns China's Para-Police Force 'Chengguan']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[People including common street vendors were brutally beaten and cruelly treated.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344401/20120523/human-rights-watch-chengguan-china-s-para.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344401/20120523/human-rights-watch-chengguan-china-s-para.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 07:58:12 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tunisia Irks Human Rights Advocates By Extraditing Ex-Libyan Prime Minister]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Tunisia announced Tuesday that it intends to extradite former Libyan prime minister Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi back to his home country after detaining him for eight months.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344152/20120522/libya-extradite-prime-minister-tunisia-gadaffi.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344152/20120522/libya-extradite-prime-minister-tunisia-gadaffi.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 17:43:09 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[Damascus Blast Kills 5 As U.N. Warns Of 'Pivotal Moment' In Syria Conflict]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The device was detonated in a restaurant in the Qaboun neighborhood, a hot bed of protests against President Bashar al-Assad.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343974/20120522/syria-un-ban-civil-war-assad.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343974/20120522/syria-un-ban-civil-war-assad.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 10:48:35 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>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343939/20120522/yemen-bombing-obama-national-day-united-nations.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343939/20120522/yemen-bombing-obama-national-day-united-nations.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 09:45:01 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Supreme Court To Decide Whether U.S. Foreign Surveillance Challenge Can Proceed]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case on whether attorneys, journalists and human rights groups have standing to challenge the government&#039;s expanded power to spy on international communications.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343602/20120521/supreme-court-wiretapping.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343602/20120521/supreme-court-wiretapping.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:46:36 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka: Former Army Chief Freed From Prison]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Rajapaksa, now the president of the South Asian island nation, signed the release order for his old rival over the weekend.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343563/20120521/sri-lanka-fonseka-army-rajapaksa-jail-election.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343563/20120521/sri-lanka-fonseka-army-rajapaksa-jail-election.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pakistan Aircraft Violated Indian Air Space 23 Times in 3 Years, Says Govt]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Defence Minister AK Antony said Pakistan military planes have violated the Indian air space twice this year taking the count of such incidents to 23 in just last three years]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343483/20120521/india-pakistan-air-force-space-violation-defence.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343483/20120521/india-pakistan-air-force-space-violation-defence.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:15:15 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel: South Africa Ban of West Bank Products Smacks of Racism]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Israel&#039;s foreign ministry spokesman said South Africa&#039;s decision to ban imported goods marked as &#039;made in Israel&#039; when they come from the West Bank settlements had &quot;characteristics of racism&quot;.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343424/20120521/israel-south-africa-trade-ban-west-bank.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343424/20120521/israel-south-africa-trade-ban-west-bank.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:36:29 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Palestinian Shot by Settlers as Israeli Troops Stand by, B'tselem Allege  [VIDEO]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Israeli human rights group releases video showing Israeli soldiers failing to intervene as Israeli settlers opened fire on Palestinians in West Bank.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343323/20120521/palestinian-shot-israeli-troops-stood-organisation-video.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343323/20120521/palestinian-shot-israeli-troops-stood-organisation-video.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 05:51:15 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Blind Chinese Activist Chen Arrives In New York [PHOTOS]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng, who escaped house arrest, enjoyed his initial hours of freedom in New York Saturday even as his relatives and supporters are facing the ire of Chinese authorities back in his country.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343083/20120520/blind-chinese-activist-chen-new-york-china.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343083/20120520/blind-chinese-activist-chen-new-york-china.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 06:10:33 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[G8 Summit: Top 10 Agenda Items From Talks]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Apart from eurozone crisis, the summit concentrated on a whole range of issues including Afghanistan and Iran.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343065/20120520/g8-summit-talks-eurozone-crisis-europe-economy.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343065/20120520/g8-summit-talks-eurozone-crisis-europe-economy.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 04:17:32 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chen Guangcheng: From Legal Activist In China To Legal Fellow In US]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Capping an extraordinarily eventful four weeks, Chen Guangcheng -- a blind attorney known as the Barefoot Lawyer -- flew to the U.S. from China on Saturday. Chen began the day in a Beijing hospital and ended it in a New York apartment building, according to multiple media reports.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343041/20120519/chen-guangcheng-activist-dissident-attorney-barefoot-lawyer.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343041/20120519/chen-guangcheng-activist-dissident-attorney-barefoot-lawyer.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 23:22:23 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[From House Arrest to Freedom: Blind Chinese Activist Departs Beijing On Flight To US]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Chinese blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng and his family were allowed to leave Beijing on a plane headed to the U.S. on Saturday, indicating a that a diplomatic impasse between the two countries may be over.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343008/20120519/house-arrest-freedom-blind-chinese-activist-beijing.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/343008/20120519/house-arrest-freedom-blind-chinese-activist-beijing.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 11:58:12 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Smuggler Kingpin Lai Changxing Gets Life Imprisonment In China]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A wealthy Chinese criminal whose flight to Canada had embarrassed both governments for more than a decade was sentenced to life for bribery, smuggling, and tax evasion.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342910/20120518/lai-changxing-china-canada-crime-smuggling-sentence.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342910/20120518/lai-changxing-china-canada-crime-smuggling-sentence.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:11:37 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch Report Finds Immigrant Women Suffer Sexual Abuse To Avoid Job Losses, Deportation]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch released a new report that documents an epidemic of sexual harassment and sexual violence against female immigrant farmworkers by employers, supervisors, and others in the workplace.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342905/20120518/immigrant-womens-sexual-assault-human-rights-watch.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342905/20120518/immigrant-womens-sexual-assault-human-rights-watch.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:54:16 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Kate Middleton Greets Princess Charlene of Monaco, Japan's Emperor Akihito and King Hamad al-Khalifa of Bahrain at Queen's Jubilee Lunch  [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Kings and queens from across globe gather at Windsor for luncheon to celebrate Queen&#039;s Diamond Jubilee.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342839/20120518/queen-diamiond-jubilee-luch-windsor-buckingham-paleace.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:09:48 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Monitors Not Enough To End Violence In Syria, More Dialogue Needed: U.N. Mission Chief]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Speaking from Damascus on Friday, a leader of the United Nations observer mission in Syria said the U.N. monitors&#039; presence alone would not be enough to stop the ongoing violence there.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342798/20120518/syria-observer-monitor-un-mission-violence-enough.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:26:50 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Is Bahrain Headed for Civil War?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[As the King of Bahrain arrives in the UK to celebrate the Queen&#039;s Diamond jubilee, protesters in Bahrain continue to take to the streets in protest of the lack of political reforms and human rights abuses.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342786/20120518/bahrain-need-political-solution-necessity-stability-region.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 10:56:02 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Shia Saudi Activist Kamel Abbas al-Ahmed Jailed]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Rights groups have condemned the detention of a Shia activist Kamel Abbas al-Ahmed in Saudi Arabia for his support of religious freedom]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342727/20120518/shia-saudi-arabia-activist-detained-supporting-religious.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342727/20120518/shia-saudi-arabia-activist-detained-supporting-religious.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 08:56:14 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Syria: Burhan Ghalioun Set to Resign as Syrian Opposition Splinters]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The head of the Syrian National Council Burhan Ghalioun announced he is resigning from his position amid growing divisions within the umbrella opposition group.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342611/20120518/head-syrian-opposition-burhan-ghalioun-set-resign.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 04:09:43 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Peter Tatchell Dubs Queen's Jubilee Dinner Guests King Hamad al-Khalifa and Swazi King Mswati 'Royal Tyrants']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Queen&#039;s invitations to controversial foreign monarchs has been criticised after two of the dinner expected guests were dubbed &#039;royal tyrants&#039;, by activist Peter Tatchell.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342600/20120518/queen-s-jubilee-guests-dubbed-royal-tyrants.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342600/20120518/queen-s-jubilee-guests-dubbed-royal-tyrants.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 03:49:52 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Myanmar's First Gay Pride Event Breaks Taboos, Raises Sexual Health Awareness]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[On Thursday, the country of Myanmar saw its first-ever gay pride celebrations to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342464/20120517/myanmar-gay-pride-hiv-aids-burma-yangon.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342464/20120517/myanmar-gay-pride-hiv-aids-burma-yangon.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:10:40 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[Turkey 'Re-Starts' Bid To Join EU]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Commissioner for Enlargement  Stefan Fuele visited the Turkish capital on Thursday to launch a new &quot;positive agenda&quot; aimed at overcoming the numerous hurdles to the country joining the union.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342371/20120517/turkey-eu-membership-chapter-cyprus.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342371/20120517/turkey-eu-membership-chapter-cyprus.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:04:13 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bahrain: Outrage as 'Baby-Killer' Sheikh Al Khalifa Set for Jubilee Lunch With Queen Elizabeth II]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Rights activists and Bahraini opposition members angered at invitation to the King of Bahrain to join other royals at a Jubilee lunch with the Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342363/20120517/bahraini-outrage-dictator-baby-killer-buckingham-palace.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342363/20120517/bahraini-outrage-dictator-baby-killer-buckingham-palace.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:21:20 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Libya: Saif al–Islam Gaddafi Refuses to Appoint Defence Lawyer]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Sailf al-Islam Gaddafi, who is currently awaiting trial in Libya, refuses to appoint Libyan lawyer to defend him, top Libyan diplomat says.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342160/20120517/saif-islam-gaddafi-refusing-appoint-lawyer-libya.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342160/20120517/saif-islam-gaddafi-refusing-appoint-lawyer-libya.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 07:11:49 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan Demands $4.1 Billion A Year; Plans To Sell Islamic Bonds]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Afghanistan, bracing for a potential sharp decline in financial support from the West amid fears of a fresh military offensive by the Taliban insurgents, has demanded $4.1 billion a year for its security forces after the foreign troops pull out in 2014, ahead of the NATO summit starting Sunday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342096/20120517/afghanistan-islamic-bonds-military-defense-spending-nato.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342096/20120517/afghanistan-islamic-bonds-military-defense-spending-nato.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 04:33:17 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Peru’s Secret Gas Project in Uncontacted Nanti Tribal Land Revealed]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Fitzcarrald, owned by PetroPeru, will cut Nahua-Nanti Reserve in half, and put uncontacted tribes&#039; lives in danger, according to Survival International.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342082/20120517/peru-secret-plans-pursuing-gas-uncontacted-tribe.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/342082/20120517/peru-secret-plans-pursuing-gas-uncontacted-tribe.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 03:24:01 EDT</pubDate>
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