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		<title>Japan says US Marine base pact should be honored, but seeking options on different location</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mari Yamaguchi</dc:creator>
		
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Japan mulls over relocation of US Marine base
TOKYO — Japan&#8217;s foreign minister said Monday that Tokyo should honor its agreement to find a new location for a major U.S. Marine base, but he and the prime minister said they were still seeking options on where it should go.
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		<title>UN food summit in Rome to focus on agricultural aid as way to fight world hunger</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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UN summit to highlight need for agricultural aid

ROME — For the third time in less than a decade, a U.N. food summit will grapple with what so far has been an elusive goal — slashing the number of the world&#8217;s hungry.
Pope Benedict XVI will be among the opening speakers Monday, adding his moral authority to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama politely prods for individual freedoms, unblocked Internet in message to China</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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In China, Obama pushes freedoms, open Internet
SHANGHAI — President Barack Obama gave China a pointed, unexpected nudge to stop censoring the Internet access of its own people, offering an animated defense of the tool that helped him win the White House — and telling his tightly controlled hosts not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At town hall in China, President Obama presses for individual freedoms</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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Obama says freedoms are &#8216;universal rights&#8217;
SHANGHAI — Pressing for freedoms on China&#8217;s own turf, President Barack Obama said Monday that individual expression is not an American ideal but a universal right that should be available to all.
In his first presidential trip to Asia, Obama lauded cooperative relations with China but sought to send [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palestinians want UN to endorse state; Israel threatens its own unilateral steps in response</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Lavie</dc:creator>
		
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Frustrated Palestinians to appeal to UN for state
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian drive to ask the U.N. Security Council to endorse a state unilaterally, put forward by a top negotiator Sunday, appeared more an expression of frustration with U.S. and Israeli policies and stalled peace talks than a real effort to go it alone.
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		<title>Walking a fine line: Obama seeks Chinese help on global problems while supporting human rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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In first visit to China, Obama walks a tightrope
SHANGHAI — President Barack Obama sought a political balance Monday on his first trip to China, seeking help on urgent global problems while weighing if and when to raise concerns over human rights.
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		<title>Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: Unilateral Palestinian steps will bring Israeli response</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Israel will respond to unilateral Palestinian move
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will respond to unilateral Palestinian steps with one-sided steps of its own. It was his first response to a Palestinian initiative to ask the U.N. Security Council to endorse a Palestinian state.
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s first lady makes rare public appearance, speech in Rome for UN hunger summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Iran&#8217;s first lady makes rare speech at Rome summit

ROME — Iran&#8217;s first lady made rare public appearance and even more rare, a speech, at a Rome forum on the eve of a U.N. summit to fight hunger beginning Monday.
The wife of Iranian Mahmoud Ahmadinejad almost never appears in public with her husband and is believed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Medvedev says Iran running out of time to make good on nuclear promises</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
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US, Russia say sanctions a posssibility for Iran
SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama said Sunday that &#8220;time is running out&#8221; for Iran to sign on to a deal to ship its enriched uranium out of the country for further processing, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he still hopes to persuade Iran to send [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asia-Pacific leaders outline new growth strategies, open trade; no new climate initiatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elaine Kurtenbach</dc:creator>
		
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APEC urges new growth model, climate pact progress
SINGAPORE — Open trade and people-centered strategies are key for sustained, stable growth, President Barack Obama and Asia-Pacific leaders said Sunday, pledging to persist with stimulus spending until a global recovery is assured.
The leaders wrapped up the annual meeting of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan foreign minister presses for quick resolution of US Marine base issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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TOKYO — Japan&#8217;s foreign minister pressed Sunday for a quick resolution of a dispute over the relocation of a key U.S. Marine base, but also said he would consider options previously rejected by Washington, which could draw out negotiations.
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		<title>Palestinians say they will seek UN recognition for independence without Israeli consent</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Palestinians to seek UN endorsement of statehood
JERUSALEM — Palestinian officials said Sunday they are preparing to ask the United Nations to endorse an independent state without Israel&#8217;s consent because they are losing faith in the peace talks.
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		<title>Nigerian militant group in oil-rich Delta region starts peace talks with the president</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bashir Adigun</dc:creator>
		
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ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria&#8217;s main militant group in the oil-rich Delta region said Sunday that it had started formal peace talks with the country&#8217;s president for the first time since it declared an indefinite cease-fire last month.
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		<title>WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Bringing APEC to Hawaii: summit of &#8216;flowered shirts and grass skirts&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Nailing the funny shirt pic
SINGAPORE — He couldn&#8217;t bring home the Olympics, but he&#8217;s nailed the funny shirt photo.
That&#8217;s one way to view President Barack Obama&#8217;s announcement that the United States will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hawaii in 2011.
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		<title>Obama tells Myanmar junta to free Aung San Suu Kyi, other political prisoners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama tells Myanmar junta to free Suu Kyi
SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama on Sunday told Myanmar&#8217;s junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an unusual face-to-face interaction with a top leader of the ruling military.
Obama delivered the strong message during his summit with leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Asia, Obama, Medvedev see nuclear pact in sight, climate-change deal illusive</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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In Asia, Obama, Medvedev see nuclear pact progress
SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama said Sunday the United States and Russia would have a replacement treaty on reducing nuclear arms ready for approval by year&#8217;s end, an announcement designed as an upbeat ending to a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders.
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		<title>In Asia, Obama, Medvedev see nuke pact in sight, climate-change deal illusive</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama said Sunday the United States and Russia would have a replacement treaty on reducing nuclear arms ready for approval by year&#8217;s end, an announcement designed as an upbeat ending to a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders.
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		<title>Asia-Pacific leaders reject protectionism, call for ensuring balanced, inclusive growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean H. Lee</dc:creator>
		
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APEC leaders call for new growth strategies
SINGAPORE — Stimulus spending and other emergency measures have set the stage for global economic recovery, but nations must push ahead with free trade and investment to ensure growth, President Barack Obama and fellow Asia-Pacific leaders said Sunday.
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		<title>US, ASEAN expected to drop call for release of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
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US, ASEAN drop call for Suu Kyi&#8217;s release
SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama and his Southeast Asian counterparts are expected to drop a call for Myanmar&#8217;s ruling generals to release political prisoners, including pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ahead of elections next year.
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		<title>US, ASEAN stop short of calling on Myanmar for Suu Kyi&#8217;s release, ask for credible elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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US, ASEAN fail to call for Suu Kyi&#8217;s release
SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama and his Southeast Asian counterparts are expected to drop calls for Myanmar&#8217;s ruling generals to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners ahead of elections next year.
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		<title>Hugo Chavez invites ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro to meeting of ALBA trade bloc in Havana</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to trade summit

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez is inviting former Cuban leader Fidel Castro to next month&#8217;s meeting of the regional ALBA trade bloc being held in Havana.
Chavez says Castro is well enough to attend the conference in mid-December. Venezuela&#8217;s leftist leader dismissed persistent speculation that Castro&#8217;s health is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama steers 2011 Asia-Pacific summit meeting to his native Hawaii</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama: Hawaii to host Asian-Pacific summit in 2011
SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama is steering some tourism trade and international attention to his native Hawaii in a couple of years.
The president said Sunday he will host the 2011 version of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Hawaii. Obama announced his plans at the current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama seeking to move ahead on climate deal, nuclear arms-control treaty during Asia meetings</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-seeking-to-move-ahead-on-climate-deal-nuclear-arms-control-treaty-during-asia-meetings-229670/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama and other world leaders agreed Sunday that next month&#8217;s much-anticipated climate change summit will be merely a way station, not the once hoped-for end point, in the search for a worldwide global warming treaty.
The 192-nation climate conference beginning in three weeks in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Official: Leaders meeting in Asia agree that accord on climate change will take time</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Hutzler</dc:creator>
		
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US Official: Climate agreement will take time
SINGAPORE — A senior Obama administration official says world leaders agree that next month&#8217;s much-anticipated international summit on climate change will be a preliminary step that will require subsequent efforts to tackle global warming.
National security aide Michael Froman said Sunday that President Barack Obama and other leaders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former UN diplomat who advised Kurds defends oil interests in northern Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Curran</dc:creator>
		
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Former UN diplomat defends Kurdistan oil interests

MONTPELIER, Vt. — A former U.S. ambassador who served as a private advisor to Kurdish leaders in Iraq defended his financial stake in oil fields in the country&#8217;s north, insisting Saturday there was no conflict of interest.
&#8220;I was a private citizen engaged in appropriate business activities that have provided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama seeking to move ahead on nuclear arms-control treaty with Russia during tour of Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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In Asia, Obama pushing arms control with Russians
SINGAPORE — A major pact within tantalizing reach, President Barack Obama aims to nudge forward an arms-control deal in talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
The 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum brought Obama to Singapore, but he is focusing on individual meetings Sunday with Medvedev and with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rice where there was none: Kenyan irrigation shows gov&#8217;t investment can stem food shortages</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Maliti</dc:creator>
		
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Kenya harvest example on reversing food shortage

AHERO, Kenya — Joram Abiero remembers it was not too long ago that his neighbors went to bed hungry.
Now they and thousands of others in the lowlands of western Kenya are able to get year-round work as farm laborers or earn money from their once-neglected rice paddies. The government&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A president for Europe? Continent hoped for tough leader but now is thinking smaller</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela Charlton</dc:creator>
		
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A president of Europe? Continent&#8217;s unity is tested
PARIS — The European Union has battled long and hard for this moment: the imminent choice of its first president.
To get there, the EU strong-armed Irish voters, brushed aside hostile French and Dutch ballots, and pressured the Czech president into agreeing to a single leader to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN food chief stages hunger strike ahead of summit; sleeps on HQ floor in scarf, coat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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UN food chief stages hunger strike ahead of summit

ROME — The U.N. food chief said Saturday he was chilly but otherwise slept OK after his first night on a hunger strike to draw attention to the plight of the world&#8217;s hungry before next week&#8217;s U.N. food summit.
Jacques Diouf began the 24-hour strike at 8 p.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US, Russia nearing replacement for expiring arms control treaty, but technical issues remain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desmond Butler</dc:creator>
		
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US sees progress on arms control talks with Russia
WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia have agreed on the broad outlines of a deal to replace a major Cold-War era arms control agreement and are trying to work out remaining technical issues, U.S. officials say.
The U.S. administration hopes that President Barack Obama and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BC Court of Appeal dismisses appeal by women ski jumpers seeking to compete in 2010 Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Court dismisses appeal by women ski jumpers

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A British Columbia Court of Appeal dismissed on Friday a bid by women ski jumpers to force Vancouver Olympic organizers to let them compete.
The women were appealing a lower court ruling that allowed organizers to hold a men&#8217;s ski jumping competition but not a women&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Text of President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama&#8217;s news conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Text of Obama&#8217;s news conference with Hatoyama
Text of President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama&#8217;s remarks at a news conference on Friday in Tokyo, as transcribed by the White House.
HATOYAMA: (As translated.) President Obama, I would like to welcome you to Japan. I&#8217;d like to express my heartfelt welcome to you. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Thai PM Thaksin taunts government by rallying followers to neighboring Cambodia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sopheng Cheang</dc:creator>
		
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Ousted Thai PM rallies supporters to Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Thailand said Friday it would not be provoked into violence in its diplomatic tussle with Cambodia over fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, even as the ousted leader taunted the Bangkok government by meeting with political supporters in the neighboring country.
Thaksin&#8217;s visit to Thailand&#8217;s doorstep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boosters hope &#8216;baseball diplomacy&#8217; can help thaw US-Cuba relations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Can baseball help bring US and Cuba together?

WASHINGTON — &#8220;Pingpong diplomacy&#8221; thawed relations between the United States and China in 1971. Can &#8220;baseball diplomacy&#8221; help do the same for the U.S. and Cuba?
Americans ranging from 12-year-old ballplayers to softballing senior citizens are visiting the communist island to engage in their own kind of field work, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gates Foundation to help Houston charter schools get money to build</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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Gates Foundation helps Houston charter schools

SEATTLE — The Bill &#038; Melinda Gates foundation is offering $30 million to help charter schools in Houston get $300 million in tax-exempt bonds to build more schools.
The money will help one charter organizations — KIPP Houston — but the foundation says it is willing to help other groups get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Syrian president says Israel isn&#8217;t a serious partner in stalled peace talks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Syrian president says Israel doesn&#8217;t want peace
PARIS — Syrian President Bashar Assad urged France on Friday to support Turkish mediation efforts to get momentum in the Middle East peace process.
Assad welcomed renewed indirect discussions mediated by Turkey, but appeared to dismiss suggestions of a direct meeting with Israel&#8217;s prime minister.
&#8220;What would we talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US trade pacts with SKorea, others on hold as Congress grapples with Obama goals, Locke says</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Kennedy</dc:creator>
		
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US commerce secretary: Trade pacts must wait
SINGAPORE — Trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama won&#8217;t be put before Congress until it grapples first with President Barack Obama&#8217;s pressing legislative goals, the U.S. commerce secretary said Friday.
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Obama has an ambitious high-priority legislative agenda focusing on health care, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton says next month&#8217;s Copenhagen talks unlikely to produce binding climate treaty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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Clinton: No binding climate deal at Denmark talks
MANILA, Philippines — Next month&#8217;s climate change summit in Copenhagen is not likely to produce a legally binding treaty to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that are widely blamed for global warming, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday.
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		<title>Backsliding in Mideast peace process leaves opening for radicals to step up influence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marjorie Olster</dc:creator>
		
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Mideast radicals fill space left by peace impasse
CAIRO — Iran&#8217;s closest allies in the Middle East are seizing on a deadlock in U.S.-backed peace efforts to try to sway a frustrated Arab world to their side.
Radicals have escalated their rhetoric as hopes for progress on an Israeli-Palestinian deal have faded. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US seeks to seize 4 mosques, NYC skyscraper owned by foundation linked to Iranian government</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Goldman</dc:creator>
		
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US seeks to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran

NEW YORK — In what could be one of the biggest counterterrorism seizures in U.S. history, federal prosecutors sought to take over four U.S. mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a Muslim organization suspected of being controlled by the Iranian government.
Prosecutors on Thursday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama arrives in Tokyo to start 4-nation tour of Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama arrives in Tokyo to begin 4-nation Asia tour
TOKYO — President Barack Obama has arrived in Tokyo, the first stop on his four-nation tour of Asia.
Obama arrived at Tokyo&#8217;s Haneda Airport Friday after a stopover at a U.S. military base in Alaska, where he addressed American troops.
He was to meet with Japan&#8217;s Prime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama opens Japan visit with the alliance under strain and shadowed by Afghan war options</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Hutzler</dc:creator>
		
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Obama comes to Japan mulling Afghan war options
TOKYO — President Barack Obama met with Japan&#8217;s new leader Friday, hoping to shore up relations with a nation that vows to be more assertive with the United States, even as Obama also weighs whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
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		<title>Cambodia accuses Thai national of spying, intensifying row with its Southeast Asian neighbor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sopheng Cheang</dc:creator>
		
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Cambodia accuses Thai national of spying
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia has detained a Thai man for allegedly spying on fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the latest sign of worsening relations between the two neighbors.

Thaksin, a fugitive from justice in Thailand, was named an adviser to Cambodia&#8217;s government on economic affairs last week, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big blast rocks Pakistan&#8217;s Peshawar city as militants press campaign of attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riaz Khan</dc:creator>
		
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Loud explosion rocks northwestern Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Witnesses say a loud explosion has rocked the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.
An Associated Press reporter says smoke can be seen rising in the city, but that few details are immediately available.
Militant attacks have escalated since the government launched an offensive in mid-October against the Taliban&#8217;s main stronghold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds move to seize 4 mosques, skyscraper owned by foundation linked to Iranian government</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Goldman</dc:creator>
		
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Feds move to seize 4 mosques, tower linked to Iran

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors took steps Thursday to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government.
In what could prove to be one of the biggest counterterrorism seizures in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>By taking his time on troops decision, Obama sends messages _ at home and in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Burns</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s drawn-out decision-making on Afghanistan is sending messages. To the Afghan government: Clean up your act. To the Pentagon: I&#8217;m no rubber stamp. To the American public: More troops can&#8217;t be the sole answer.
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		<title>Europeans weigh whether to send more troops to Afghanistan or bow to public demands</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paisley Dodds</dc:creator>
		
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As Obama ponders Afghanistan, so does Europe
LONDON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s delay in deciding U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan has found an echo chamber in Europe, where coalition leaders in NATO are weighing whether to send more help or bow to public demands for a speedy exit.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intel officials: CIA wins turf war with intel chief; station chiefs remain top dog overseas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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CIA said to have won turf war against intel chief

WASHINGTON — The CIA has won a turf battle over which government agency controls U.S. intelligence operations around the world.
CIA Director Leon Panetta and National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair squared off in May over Blair&#8217;s effort to choose a personal representative at U.S. embassies to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia&#8217;s Medvedev urges economic modernization in state-of-the-nation address</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynn Berry</dc:creator>
		
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Medvedev urges modernization of Russian economy
MOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev laid out his plan Thursday to move Russia&#8217;s economy into the modern age and overcome the grim industrial legacy of the Soviet Union.
In his annual state-of-the-nation address, he took a few digs at Vladimir Putin, his predecessor and mentor, but made clear that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dollar edges up after months of declines that had developing nations worried about exports</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tali Arbel</dc:creator>
		
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Dollar edges up but developing nations still worry
NEW YORK — The dollar edged up Thursday, breaking a decline that&#8217;s caused developing countries to worry that the sinking U.S. currency is making their exports expensive and threatening their fledgling economic recoveries.
A lower dollar — and China&#8217;s yuan, which is effectively pegged to [...]]]></description>
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