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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Civil Wars</title>
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		<title>Guatemalan army officer convicted in civil war disappearances</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Guatemala army officer convicted in civil war case

GUATEMALA CITY — A retired army officer has been convicted and sentenced to 53 years in prison in the forced disappearance of civilians during Guatemala&#8217;s civil war.
The convictions for the 1981 abductions at the village of El Jute were the first ever under charges of failing to respect .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemalan-army-officer-convicted-in-civil-war-disappearances-240190/">Original source &nbsp;: Guatemalan army officer convicted in civil war disappearances</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>20 years after UN pact to protect children, some successes alongside a long list of woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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20 years after UN pact, many children still suffer
EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE — The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds of millions of children still suffer from violence, hunger and disease. Associated Press correspondents around the globe interviewed children who illustrate the remaining challenges, along .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/20-years-after-un-pact-to-protect-children-some-successes-alongside-a-long-list-of-woes-233335/">Source article &nbsp;: 20 years after UN pact to protect children, some successes alongside a long list of woes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former British premier Tony Blair encourages investment in Sierra Leone, now war is over</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meera Selva</dc:creator>
		
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UK&#8217;s Blair encourages investment in Sierra Leone

LONDON — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair drummed up support Wednesday for investment in Sierra Leone, arguing that the west African country has recovered from its brutal civil war and could offer unmatched opportunities in agriculture and tourism.
With miles (kilometers) of untouched beaches and arable land, Blair encouraged .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-british-premier-tony-blair-encourages-investment-in-sierra-leone-now-war-is-over-231842/">Former British premier Tony Blair encourages investment in Sierra Leone, now war is over</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Netanyahu to meet Sarkozy amid questions over settlements and Israeli commitment to peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Netanyahu in Paris with peace efforts in peril

PARIS — Growing frustration with Jewish settlements and anxiety about the Palestinian Authority&#8217;s future set the stage for talks Wednesday between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Iran is the reason Netanyahu wanted to visit France, and he&#8217;s likely to urge Sarkozy to press harder ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/netanyahu-to-meet-sarkozy-amid-questions-over-settlements-and-israeli-commitment-to-peace-225606/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Netanyahu to meet Sarkozy amid questions over settlements and Israeli commitment to peace</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>NC officials say shipwreck is Civil War vessel that was set ablaze by fleeing crew in 1862</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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NC officials ID Civil War ship that burned at sea

KURE BEACH, N.C. — North Carolina officials say they have identified a Civil War shipwreck that burned at sea more than 145 years ago.
The state Underwater Archaeology Branch said Monday that a silver-plated spoon inscribed with the name of a crew member from the CSS Appomattox .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nc-officials-say-shipwreck-is-civil-war-vessel-that-was-set-ablaze-by-fleeing-crew-in-1862-223709/" title="NC officials say shipwreck is Civil War vessel that was set ablaze by fleeing crew in 1862">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Devil&#8217;s Dream&#8217; tells story of Civil War general and Klan founder</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Astor</dc:creator>
		
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Story told of contradictory Civil War general

&#8220;Devil&#8217;s Dream&#8221; (Pantheon Books, 335 pages, $26), by Madison Smartt Bell: In &#8220;Devil&#8217;s Dream,&#8221; Madison Smartt Bell has chosen as his subject a Confederate general and slave trader who would go on to become one of the leaders of the early Ku Klux Klan.
By breaking up the story&#8217;s chronological .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/devils-dream-tells-story-of-civil-war-general-and-klan-founder-219014/">&#8216;Devil&#8217;s Dream&#8217; tells story of Civil War general and Klan founder</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Resigned diplomat argues US troops should not be involved in Afghanistan&#8217;s &#8216;civil war&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Diplomat: US engaged in &#8216;civil war&#8217; in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON — A Foreign Service officer who resigned in protest over U.S. policy in Afghanistan says America shouldn&#8217;t be bogged down in &#8220;a civil war&#8221; in South Asia.
Matthew Hoh is a former Marine who fought in Iraq and became a diplomat in a Taliban stronghold. He said on ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/resigned-diplomat-argues-us-troops-should-not-be-involved-in-afghanistans-civil-war-214844/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Resigned diplomat argues US troops should not be involved in Afghanistan&#8217;s &#8216;civil war&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain starts exhuming mass grave believed to hold remains of poet Federico Garcia Lorca</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran Giles</dc:creator>
		
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Spain starts exhuming purported Garcia Lorca grave

ALFACAR, Spain — Forensic experts on Wednesday began exhuming a mass unmarked grave that could hold the remains of the acclaimed poet Federico Garcia Lorca, in a milestone in Spain&#8217;s drive to address the legacy of its 1936-39 civil war.
Working under a tent-like structure, the team started preliminary work .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spain-starts-exhuming-mass-grave-believed-to-hold-remains-of-poet-federico-garcia-lorca-210084/" title="Spain starts exhuming mass grave believed to hold remains of poet Federico Garcia Lorca">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Baghdad attacks stoke fears of violence in Iraq as Sunnis struggle for power and relevance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Santana</dc:creator>
		
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Baghdad attacks stir fears of Sunni violence

BAGHDAD — Iraq&#8217;s Sunnis, long dissatisfied with the Shiite-led government, seek more power, respect and a bigger share of oil wealth in upcoming elections. But disunity among their political leaders and the sheer force of Shiite numbers threaten to derail those hopes.
The result, some analysts and Iraqis fear, could ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/baghdad-attacks-stoke-fears-of-violence-in-iraq-as-sunnis-struggle-for-power-and-relevance-209022/">Read more : Baghdad attacks stoke fears of violence in Iraq as Sunnis struggle for power and relevance</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Fate of oil-rich Kirkuk stalls Iraq electoral law, amid fears key elections will be delayed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Qassim Abdul-zahra</dc:creator>
		
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Fate of oil-rich Kirkuk stalls Iraq election law

BAGHDAD — A long-sought political consensus in Iraq over how to conduct crucial upcoming elections fell apart Tuesday over the thorny issue of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, an Iraqi lawmaker said.
The new snag came as an al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in the .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fate-of-oil-rich-kirkuk-stalls-iraq-electoral-law-amid-fears-key-elections-will-be-delayed-208500/">Fate of oil-rich Kirkuk stalls Iraq electoral law, amid fears key elections will be delayed</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka military says it foils escape bid by war refugees, wounds 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan soldiers fired on a group of war refugees trying to flee a camp in the north of the island, wounding two, the military said Sunday.

The foiled escape bid happened late Saturday in the district of Vavuniya, near a former battle zone. The civil war between government forces and Tamil .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-military-says-it-foils-escape-bid-by-war-refugees-wounds-2-181529/">Original article &nbsp;: Sri Lanka military says it foils escape bid by war refugees, wounds 2</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen in southern Sudan kill at least 80 as wave of tribal violence engulfs the south</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Schemm</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — Gunmen attacked a village in southern Sudan and killed some 80 people and wounded 46, said a southern government official Monday, adding that he believed the militia was organized by the central government.

Maj. Gen. Kuol Diem Kuol, spokesman of the southern Sudanese military forces, said Lou Nuer tribesman attacked the village of Duk-Padiet .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-in-southern-sudan-kill-at-least-80-as-wave-of-tribal-violence-engulfs-the-south-174552/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka&#8217;s president promises UN it will resettle all war-displaced civilians in 4 months</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka&#8217;s president promised Friday to send nearly 300,000 Tamil war refugees who are being held in military-run camps back to their homes in the next four months, the government said.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa made the pledge at a meeting with U.N. Undersecretary General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe amid international ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankas-president-promises-un-it-will-resettle-all-war-displaced-civilians-in-4-months-172253/">Original article on  : Sri Lanka&#8217;s president promises UN it will resettle all war-displaced civilians in 4 months</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US envoy says Iraqis are not returning to sectarian warfare, despite recent violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to Iraq is assuring members of Congress that despite a recent rash of insurgent attacks, Iraq is standing firm against a return to widespread sectarian violence.

Christopher Hill told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Iraqis have not &#8220;risen to the bait&#8221; posed by al-Qaida and other insurgent groups seeking to .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-envoy-says-iraqis-are-not-returning-to-sectarian-warfare-despite-recent-violence-164837/">US envoy says Iraqis are not returning to sectarian warfare, despite recent violence</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s envoy in Sudan to bolster peace deal as activists say US too lenient on Khartoum</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah El Deeb</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — President Barack Obama&#8217;s envoy to Sudan launched a new mission Wednesday to overcome obstacles in the country&#8217;s fragile north-south peace deal, as activists sharply criticized U.S. policies as too lenient on the Khartoum government.

The 2005 peace deal put an end to the 21-year-old civil war between the mostly Arab and Muslim north and .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obamas-envoy-in-sudan-to-bolster-peace-deal-as-activists-say-us-too-lenient-on-khartoum-164059/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Obama&#8217;s envoy in Sudan to bolster peace deal as activists say US too lenient on Khartoum</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prominent Spanish judge in court over allegations he overstepped bounds in civil war probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jorge Sainz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — The Spanish judge best known for indicting Augusto Pinochet and Osama bin Laden appeared in court Wednesday with the tables turned: this time he was a suspect, accused of overstepping his authority in a huge domestic case involving Spanish civil war atrocities.

Baltasar Garzon made no comment to reporters as he arrived at the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prominent-spanish-judge-in-court-over-allegations-he-overstepped-bounds-in-civil-war-probe-163543/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Prominent Spanish judge in court over allegations he overstepped bounds in civil war probe</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UNICEF protests expulsion of spokesman from Sri Lanka, rejects allegations of bias</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The United Nations children&#8217;s agency expressed concern Tuesday about Sri Lanka&#8217;s decision to expel its spokesman and rejected allegations that it was biased against the government during the recently ended 25-year civil war.

The government announced Sunday it had revoked the residency visa of UNICEF spokesman James Elder.
&#8220;UNICEF is extremely concerned and ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/unicef-protests-expulsion-of-spokesman-from-sri-lanka-rejects-allegations-of-bias-162533/">Original article on  : UNICEF protests expulsion of spokesman from Sri Lanka, rejects allegations of bias</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: More tribal violence in southern Sudan leaves 24 dead, dozens wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KHARTOUM, Sudan — An attack on a southern Sudan village has left 24 people dead, including a tribal chief, his three wives and several children, while dozens were wounded, a newspaper reported Saturday.

The incident was the latest in a rising wave of tribal violence in South Sudan that has killed more than 2,000 people, including .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-more-tribal-violence-in-southern-sudan-leaves-24-dead-dozens-wounded-160737/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Report: More tribal violence in southern Sudan leaves 24 dead, dozens wounded</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Fears in Lebanon that indictment in former PM assassination will spark sectarian violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bassem Mroue</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — No one knows when an international court will issue its first indictments in the assassination of Lebanon&#8217;s former prime minister, but Lebanese are already afraid it could spark a wave of violence between its Shiite and Sunni communities.

The Netherlands-based tribunal has kept silent on who it might charge in the 2005 slaying of ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fears-in-lebanon-that-indictment-in-former-pm-assassination-will-spark-sectarian-violence-149897/">Fears in Lebanon that indictment in former PM assassination will spark sectarian violence</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rights group urges Sri Lanka to free war refugees held in flood-hit camps</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A human rights group on Tuesday urged Sri Lanka to release hundreds of thousands of war refugees from camps hit by flooding over the weekend saying their lives were in danger from disease.

The floods have renewed fears that disease could break out among minority Tamils who have been living for months ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rights-group-urges-sri-lanka-to-free-war-refugees-held-in-flood-hit-camps-142549/">Read : Rights group urges Sri Lanka to free war refugees held in flood-hit camps</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN says floods have hit camp holding war-displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Heavy rains have destroyed or damaged hundreds of shelters housing ethnic Tamils displaced during Sri Lanka&#8217;s civil war, the United Nations said Monday.

The weekend flooding has added to concern over the welfare of nearly 300,000 displaced people who have been living in tents and makeshift shelters since the May defeat by ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-says-floods-have-hit-camp-holding-war-displaced-tamils-in-sri-lanka-141948/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : UN says floods have hit camp holding war-displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Heavy rains flood camps holding 300,000 war-displaced Sri Lankans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Heavy rains have caused havoc in camps housing nearly 300,000 people displaced by war in Sri Lanka&#8217;s war-ravaged north, an official said Sunday.

The flooding has raised fears for the welfare of the ethnic Tamils living in tents and makeshift shelters.
Downpours in the last two days have forced authorities to move hundreds ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/heavy-rains-flood-camps-holding-300000-war-displaced-sri-lankans-141093/">Heavy rains flood camps holding 300,000 war-displaced Sri Lankans</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Amnesty International says satellite images show grave sites in Sri Lanka&#8217;s former war zone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A series of satellite images taken over Sri Lanka&#8217;s former war zone showed the existence of large grave sites and evidence of possible mortar positions near areas that had been packed with trapped civilians, a human rights group said Thursday.

The release of the images was intended to challenge government claims that ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/amnesty-international-says-satellite-images-show-grave-sites-in-sri-lankas-former-war-zone-138390/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Amnesty International says satellite images show grave sites in Sri Lanka&#8217;s former war zone</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Diversity, equality part of the message as modern South prepares for Civil War&#8217;s 150th</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phillip Rawls</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MONTGOMERY, Ala. — To mark the Civil War&#8217;s centennial 50 years ago, some whites donned Confederate uniforms or hoop skirts and paraded to sentimental notions of the Old South, partly in answer to the civil rights struggle exploding around them. Blacks quietly met apart to celebrate the Emancipation Proclamation.

In Alabama, whites held beard-growing contests and ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/diversity-equality-part-of-the-message-as-modern-south-prepares-for-civil-wars-150th-138306/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Diversity, equality part of the message as modern South prepares for Civil War&#8217;s 150th</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Capa&#8217;s photograph of a militiaman shot during Spain&#8217;s Civil War likely staged, researchers say</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold Heckle</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — Robert Capa&#8217;s photograph of a falling Spanish Civil War militiaman became one of the most famous and enduring images of conflict in the 20th century. Now, Spanish researchers who have studied events surrounding the picture believe it may have been staged.

When first published in September 1936 by French magazine Vu, and later in ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/capas-photograph-of-a-militiaman-shot-during-spains-civil-war-likely-staged-researchers-say-118604/">Read : Capa&#8217;s photograph of a militiaman shot during Spain&#8217;s Civil War likely staged, researchers say</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rights group urges IMF to link Sri Lanka loan to progress on human rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka&#8217;s government should be forced to rectify serious human rights abuses before it receives an emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund, a human rights group said Thursday.

The IMF has given initial approval for a $2.5 billion loan to help Sri Lanka with reconstruction after the end of its 25-year .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rights-group-urges-imf-to-link-sri-lanka-loan-to-progress-on-human-rights-118250/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Defeated Tamil Tiger rebels name new leader after top guerrillas killed by Sri Lankan forces</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka&#8217;s defeated Tamil Tiger rebels have named a man accused of running a vast arms smuggling operation as their new leader, two months after government forces crushed the separatist movement.

The new leader has pledged to remake the insurgents into a nonviolent separatist movement.
Selvarasa Pathmanathan was the rebels&#8217; chief of international ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/defeated-tamil-tiger-rebels-name-new-leader-after-top-guerrillas-killed-by-sri-lankan-forces-116989/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Defeated Tamil Tiger rebels name new leader after top guerrillas killed by Sri Lankan forces</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP correspondent leaves Sri Lanka after the government declines to renew his visa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Associated Press bureau chief in Sri Lanka, who broke news of private U.N. reports outlining civilian death tolls, has been denied permission to remain in the country.

The AP&#8217;s Ravi Nessman left Sri Lanka on Monday after the government declined to renew his journalist&#8217;s visa.
The government denied that the decision was .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-correspondent-leaves-sri-lanka-after-the-government-declines-to-renew-his-visa-116436/">Source &nbsp;: AP correspondent leaves Sri Lanka after the government declines to renew his visa</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nobody in or out: Sri Lanka interns Tamil war refugees with help of foreign aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi Nessman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — In just six months, one of the world&#8217;s largest camps for war refugees has been carved out of the jungles of northern Sri Lanka, complete with banks, post offices, schools and a supermarket. But no one is allowed out, and hardly anyone is allowed in.

Aid workers and foreign diplomats increasingly fear .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nobody-in-or-out-sri-lanka-interns-tamil-war-refugees-with-help-of-foreign-aid-113769/">Nobody in or out: Sri Lanka interns Tamil war refugees with help of foreign aid</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>French aid agency demands international probe into massacre of its workers in Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A French aid agency is demanding an international investigation into the massacre of 17 of its workers in Sri Lanka three years ago, after a government inquiry reportedly failed to identify the killers.

The Action Against Hunger local workers were found killed execution-style in a region rocked by heavy fighting between government .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/french-aid-agency-demands-international-probe-into-massacre-of-its-workers-in-sri-lanka-113507/">French aid agency demands international probe into massacre of its workers in Sri Lanka</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Honduran president gives negotiators until the end of Saturday to restore him to office</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya gave U.S.-backed talks in Costa Rica until the end of Saturday to restore him to office, warning he would return to his country with or without an agreement.

Zelaya said he would return to Honduras in secret if no deal is reached by midnight and indicated that he ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ousted-honduran-president-gives-negotiators-until-the-end-of-saturday-to-restore-him-to-office-113281/">Ousted Honduran president gives negotiators until the end of Saturday to restore him to office</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Probe chairman: No Sri Lankan forces near site where 17 aid workers were executed in 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Sri Lankan military was not operating in the area when 17 workers for a French aid agency were gunned down execution-style in 2006, the chairman of a government commission investigating the massacre said Tuesday.

Nissanka Udalagama — head of the presidential commission of inquiry charged with probing rights abuses during Sri ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/probe-chairman-no-sri-lankan-forces-near-site-where-17-aid-workers-were-executed-in-2006-109011/">Read more : Probe chairman: No Sri Lankan forces near site where 17 aid workers were executed in 2006</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lankan doctors in government detention say they exaggerated war casualties</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi Nessman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A group of Sri Lankan doctors who have been in police custody for nearly two months were brought before the media Wednesday to recant their reports of mass civilian casualties during the final days of the civil war.

The men, who looked well-fed but nervous, denied they were withdrawing their statements under .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankan-doctors-in-government-detention-say-they-exaggerated-war-casualties-103270/">Sri Lankan doctors in government detention say they exaggerated war casualties</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN says fighting between tribes in southern Sudan increasingly targets women and children</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mohamed Osman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KHARTOUM, Sudan — Fighting between tribes in southern Sudan has increasingly targeted women and children and likely killed more than 1,000 people since January, a senior U.N. official said Wednesday.

Sudan&#8217;s south is still grappling with the legacy of one of Africa&#8217;s longest and bloodiest civil wars. The two-decade battle between ethnic African southerners and Sudan&#8217;s ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-says-fighting-between-tribes-in-southern-sudan-increasingly-targets-women-and-children-103109/">UN says fighting between tribes in southern Sudan increasingly targets women and children</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Truth commission report recommends barring Liberian president, dozens of others from office</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Paye-layleh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia&#8217;s truth and reconciliation commission has recommended barring President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and 50 other high-profile figures from public office for three decades for supporting armed groups in the country&#8217;s civil wars.

If the legislature approves the recommendations and they become law before the 2011 presidential poll, it would block the chance of ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/truth-commission-report-recommends-barring-liberian-president-dozens-of-others-from-office-101696/">Truth commission report recommends barring Liberian president, dozens of others from office</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rights groups call for international probe into wartime abuses in Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi Nessman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Human rights groups called Thursday for an international investigation into wartime abuses in Sri Lanka, saying the government lacks the political will to investigate the incidents on its own.

Rights groups accused the government of firing heavy weapons into civilian areas in the final months of the island nation&#8217;s quarter-century civil war,  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rights-groups-call-for-international-probe-into-wartime-abuses-in-sri-lanka-85293/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Karzai defends VP pick criticized by rights groups, says he won&#8217;t be &#8216;influenced from outside&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Straziuso</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday defended his choice of a former mujahedeen commander as a vice presidential nominee, saying Afghanistan would honor former fighters and he would not be &#8220;influenced from outside.&#8221;

Karzai has come under heavy criticism from rights groups and a top U.N. official for his choice of Mohammad Qasim Fahim as .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/karzai-defends-vp-pick-criticized-by-rights-groups-says-he-wont-be-influenced-from-outside-84620/">Karzai defends VP pick criticized by rights groups, says he won&#8217;t be &#8216;influenced from outside&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka inquiry into rights abuses ends with less than half its cases investigated</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi Nessman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A Sri Lankan government investigation into human rights abuses during its war with Tamil Tiger rebels has been disbanded with more than half of its cases unresolved, an official said Tuesday.

The decision came as the government brushed off demands for an international investigation into the final ferocious battles of the war, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-inquiry-into-rights-abuses-ends-with-less-than-half-its-cases-investigated-82744/" title="Sri Lanka inquiry into rights abuses ends with less than half its cases investigated">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP Interview: Lebanon&#8217;s likely PM Hariri seeks compromise with Hezbollah opponents; video</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam F. Ghattas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — The pro-Western politician favored to become Lebanon&#8217;s next prime minister is setting aside the explosive issue of disarming the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, saying Friday he hopes for unity with his political foes in the sharply divided country.

The comments by Saad Hariri in an interview with The Associated Press reflect the tough choices  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-interview-lebanons-likely-pm-hariri-seeks-compromise-with-hezbollah-opponents-video-80301/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Amnesty accuses Sri Lanka of failing to properly investigate human rights abuses in war</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi Nessman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Sri Lankan government never seriously investigated reports of human rights abuses during 25 years of civil war and needs to rapidly overhaul its justice system to bring peace to the country, Amnesty International said Thursday.

The London-based rights group said the problem is even more urgent in the wake of the ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/amnesty-accuses-sri-lanka-of-failing-to-properly-investigate-human-rights-abuses-in-war-78265/">Amnesty accuses Sri Lanka of failing to properly investigate human rights abuses in war</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Amnesty accuses Sri Lanka of failing to properly investigate human rights abuses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ravi Nessman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Sri Lankan government has never seriously investigated human rights abuses allegedly committed during 25 years of civil war and needs to rapidly overhaul its justice system to bring peace to the country, Amnesty International said Thursday.

The London-based rights group said the problem was even more urgent in the wake of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/amnesty-accuses-sri-lanka-of-failing-to-properly-investigate-human-rights-abuses-78201/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Amnesty accuses Sri Lanka of failing to properly investigate human rights abuses</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lankan president urges military to win over Tamil minority in wake of war</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishan Francis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka&#8217;s president urged the military on Wednesday to win over the Tamil people and to ensure they live without &#8220;fear or suspicion&#8221; in the wake of the army&#8217;s victory over Tamil separatist rebels.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressed a military parade and victory ceremony that commemorated the government&#8217;s defeat of the Tamil .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankan-president-urges-military-to-win-over-tamil-minority-in-wake-of-war-70498/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Sri Lankan president urges military to win over Tamil minority in wake of war</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rights group urges UN to publicize civilian death toll from Sri Lanka civil war</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 16:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishan Francis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A leading human rights group has asked the United Nations to publicize its estimate of civilian deaths in the final weeks of Sri Lanka&#8217;s civil war amid escalating reports over how many died.

Amnesty International said in a statement late Friday that it has received &#8220;consistent testimony&#8221; that both government troops and .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rights-group-urges-un-to-publicize-civilian-death-toll-from-sri-lanka-civil-war-67655/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Rights group urges UN to publicize civilian death toll from Sri Lanka civil war</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lankan military: Tamil Tiger leader&#8217;s parents found in displacement camp</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 00:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bharatha Mallawarachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The parents of the Tamil Tigers&#8217; slain rebel chief have been found in a government-run displacement camp and will be separated from the others there for their safety, the Sri Lankan military said Friday.

The government announced last week that it killed Velupillai Prabhakaran and many of his top commanders to end ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankan-military-tamil-tiger-leaders-parents-found-in-displacement-camp-67157/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Sri Lankan military: Tamil Tiger leader&#8217;s parents found in displacement camp</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands flee Sri Lankan war zone; medical staff abandons hospital under shell attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 01:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishan Francis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of civilians waded across a vast lagoon under a hail of rebel gunfire Thursday, breaking out of Sri Lanka&#8217;s war zone in a mass exodus that left four civilians dead from Tamil Tiger bullets, the military said.

In the tiny coastal strip they had just fled, unrelenting shelling forced health workers .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-flee-sri-lankan-war-zone-medical-staff-abandons-hospital-under-shell-attacks-62998/">Thousands flee Sri Lankan war zone; medical staff abandons hospital under shell attacks</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2,700 civilians flee Sri Lankan war zone; medical staff abandons hospital under shell attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 00:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishan Francis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of civilians braved rebel fire Thursday to break out of Sri Lanka&#8217;s war zone, the military said, as health workers abandoned the only hospital in the area — leaving hundreds of wounded behind — because of unrelenting shelling.

At least four civilians were killed and 14 others wounded when the rebels .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2700-civilians-flee-sri-lankan-war-zone-medical-staff-abandons-hospital-under-shell-attacks-62916/">2,700 civilians flee Sri Lankan war zone; medical staff abandons hospital under shell attacks</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2,400 civilians flee Sri Lankan war zone; medical staff abandons hospital under shell attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 22:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishan Francis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of civilians braved rebel fire Thursday to break out of Sri Lanka&#8217;s war zone, the military said, as health workers abandoned the only hospital in the area — leaving hundreds of wounded behind — because of unrelenting shelling.

At least four civilians were killed and 14 others wounded when the rebels .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2400-civilians-flee-sri-lankan-war-zone-medical-staff-abandons-hospital-under-shell-attacks-62850/">2,400 civilians flee Sri Lankan war zone; medical staff abandons hospital under shell attacks</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Doctors abandon only hospital in Sri Lanka war zone as civilians flee across front lines</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/doctors-abandon-only-hospital-in-sri-lanka-war-zone-as-civilians-flee-across-front-lines-62682/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 20:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishan Francis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Doctors and aides abandoned the only hospital in Sri Lanka&#8217;s war zone amid unrelenting shell attacks, a health official said Thursday. The military said thousands of civilians braved rebel gunfire and fled across the front lines.

The medical staff was huddling in a nearby bunker because of the nonstop shelling, and could ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/doctors-abandon-only-hospital-in-sri-lanka-war-zone-as-civilians-flee-across-front-lines-62682/">Doctors abandon only hospital in Sri Lanka war zone as civilians flee across front lines</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Battle of Sacramento will attract hundreds of re-enactors from 16 states</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 19:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Ky. — Hundreds of Civil War re-enactors from several states will converge in western Kentucky this weekend for the Battle of Sacramento.

The three-day event commemorates the Dec. 28, 1861, battle, when Confederate forces were led by Nathan Bedford Forrest, a noted South commander. Forrest divided his small cavalry troop into three units to take ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/battle-of-sacramento-will-attract-hundreds-of-re-enactors-from-16-states-62670/" title="Battle of Sacramento will attract hundreds of re-enactors from 16 states">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lankan military says at least 2,000 civilians flee northern war zone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 19:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — At least 2,000 ethnic Tamil civilians braved rebel fire and waded across a lagoon Thursday to break out of Sri Lanka&#8217;s war zone, the military said, as the government pressed ahead with its battle to destroy the separatists.

The Red Cross said the tiny strip of coastal land controlled by the rebels .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankan-military-says-at-least-2000-civilians-flee-northern-war-zone-62659/">Sri Lankan military says at least 2,000 civilians flee northern war zone</a>.]]></description>
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