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		<title>Lieberman, Mullen agree US needs to prove its commitment to the war, region</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A top U.S. military commander and leading senator agree that the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan are watching for signs of America&#8217;s commitment to their region.

Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., suggested Tuesday that sending more U.S. troops, as well as military trainers, to war-torn Afghanistan would help prove that America is planning to stay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN probe finds evidence Israel, Palestinians committed &#8216;war crimes&#8217; during Gaza conflict</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — A U.N. investigation concluded Tuesday that both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity, raising the prospect that officials may seek prosecution in the International Criminal Court.

The probe led by former South African judge Richard Goldstone concluded that &#8220;Israel committed actions amounting to war [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army deserter-turned-thief arrested in Jammu</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JAMMU - The Jammu and Kashmir police Tuesday arrested an Indian Army deserter, who had turned to stealing building material from construction sites in the state and in Punjab to sell off cheaply in the market, from the outskirts of Jammu city. 

The army and police had been looking for Gurbachan Singh alias Sonu, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US envoy on mission to wring Israeli concessions on settlements, revive Mideast peacemaking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Teibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM — Washington&#8217;s special Mideast envoy pressed Israel to curtail West Bank settlement construction but announced no breakthroughs after talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday.

After an evening meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Mitchell said the U.S. is committed to the resumption of peace talks and that he hoped &#8220;to bring this phase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ICMR official found dead in Delhi</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - An official of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) allegedly committed suicide at his residence in south Delhi Wednesday, police said.

M.P. Singh, 48, deputy director with the ICMR, was found hanging from the ceiling at his CGO Complex home in south Delhi around 9.30 a.m., a senior police official said.	 	
He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four men wanted for 211 murders arrested in Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EFE</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ - Four men suspected of committing 211 murders in northern Mexico have been arrested, authorities said.

The killings occurred in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico&#8217;s most violent city, where the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels have been waging a turf war.	 	
Cristian Enrique Franco Franco, 22, charged with killing 16 people, Edgar Flores Martinez, 30, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ragging in Assam on rise, two students arrested</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUWAHATI - In yet another glaring case of ragging in Assam, two college students here have been arrested for harassing girls after authorities filed a formal complaint with the police.

Hridyananda Baruah, a student of B.Com final year at the K.C. Das Commerce College in Assam&#8217;s main city of Guwahati, and Anjan Bujarbaruah of the Guwahati [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP IMPACT: Can&#8217;t find a bank branch? Boom expansion bypassed most minority neighborhoods</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-impact-cant-find-a-bank-branch-boom-expansion-bypassed-most-minority-neighborhoods-141362/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Stewart Ball</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS — Banks expanded at a breathtaking pace over the past five years, adding more than 10,000 full-service branches, but barely 1 in 10 were in inner-city, minority neighborhoods, another sign the financial spending spree skipped over substantial parts of the country.

The discrepancy means millions of people who don&#8217;t live near a bank have had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teenager loses eyesight after alleged police torture</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/teenager-loses-eyesight-after-alleged-police-torture-139522/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LUCKNOW - A 14-year-old boy lost his eyesight after police allegedly tortured him for over a week, the boy&#8217;s neighbour said Friday.

Rohit was arrested in Ayodhya town in Uttar Pradesh July 29 after a businessman complained to the police that the boy stole mobile phones from his shop.	 	
&#8220;He was tortured to such an extent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adviser to top US general predicts 2 more years of tough fighting in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — An incoming adviser to the top U.S. general in Afghanistan predicted Thursday that the United States will see about two more years of heavy fighting and then either hand off to a much improved Afghan fighting force or &#8220;lose and go home.&#8221;

David Kilcullen, a counterinsurgency expert who will assume a role as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate breaking ground with historic confirmation of Sotomayor, Supreme Court&#8217;s first Hispanic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate pressed toward a history-making vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as the Supreme Court&#8217;s first Hispanic justice Thursday, elevating the daughter of Puerto Rican parents after a summer-long debate filled with ethnic politics. She would be the first justice nominated by a Democratic president in a decade and a half.

The Democrats&#8217; heavy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Qureshi says only dialogue can improve Indo-Pak relations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that dialogue is the only way to improve Indo-Pak relations, and added that Pakistan is committed to engaging India in a composite dialogue to resolve all issues.

&#8220;We have to engage to resolve all issues,&#8221; the Daily Times quoted him, as saying.
He added that the foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Colombia spy bosses surrender over alleged illegal targeting of Uribe opponents</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libardo Cardona</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOGOTA — At least eight former officials of Colombia&#8217;s domestic intelligence agency surrendered on Friday to face criminal charges for allegedly spying illegally on opponents of President Alvaro Uribe including judges, journalists and human rights workers.

They are among 10 former officials whose arrests were ordered Thursday night and include ex-intelligence and counterintelligence chiefs in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian FM: Foreign countries are to blame for deaths of protesters in post-election turmoil</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-fm-foreign-countries-are-to-blame-for-deaths-of-protesters-in-post-election-turmoil-126426/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian foreign minister is blaming foreign countries for the deaths of opposition supporters in Iran&#8217;s post-election turmoil.

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets since the June 12 presidential election, claiming the vote was fraudulent.
Authorities say some 20 protesters have died in the government crackdown on the protesters, although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says diplomacy now needed to solve problems of environment, education and even athletics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says diplomacy is more important now than ever before.

Obama on Monday told ambassadors to the United States that his administration is committed to working with countries to advance common goals. He told the diplomats visiting the White House that he looks forward to working with them to advance peace and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friends, supporters defend Mass. police officer who arrested black Harvard scholar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Lavoie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Supporters say the white policeman who arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his home is a principled police officer and family man who is being unfairly described as racist.

Friends and fellow officers — black and white — say Sgt. James Crowley, who was hand-picked by a black police commissioner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another White House bid? One-time loser Clinton says she &#8216;doubts very much&#8217; she&#8217;ll try again</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/another-white-house-bid-one-time-loser-clinton-says-she-doubts-very-much-shell-try-again-117339/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Burns</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — Hillary for president, again?

She says it&#8217;s unlikely, but in a Thai television interview Wednesday, Hillary Rodham Clinton didn&#8217;t completely close that door.
Asked whether she still aspired to be the first female American president, she said, &#8220;That&#8217;s not anything I&#8217;m at all thinking about,&#8221; adding that she is &#8220;100 percent focused&#8221; on her role [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rights group: Companies buying minerals fuel 12-year Congo conflict</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rights-group-companies-buying-minerals-fuel-12-year-congo-conflict-116362/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddy Isango</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KINSHASA, Congo — International companies are fueling the conflict in eastern Congo by not checking the origins of the minerals they buy, a human rights group said.

Some companies that source minerals in electronics such as mobile phones and computers purchase the materials from traders who work with rebels and soldiers who exploit civilians in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s support among some Democrats eroding over divisions on health care, concern on economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obamas-support-among-some-democrats-eroding-over-divisions-on-health-care-concern-on-economy-113754/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obamas-support-among-some-democrats-eroding-over-divisions-on-health-care-concern-on-economy-113754/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Fouhy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Might that Midas magic be dulling for President Barack Obama, even among fellow Democrats?

Conservative House Democrats are balking at the cost and direction of Obama&#8217;s health care overhaul. A key Senate Democrat, Max Baucus of Montana, complains that Obama&#8217;s opposition to paying for it with a tax on health benefits &#8220;is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama condemns Indonesia bomb attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama condemned Friday the bombing of two prominent hotels in Indonesia&#8217;s capital Jakarta that killed at least nine people and injured dozens more.

&#8220;The American people stand by the Indonesian people in this difficult time and the US government stands ready to help the Indonesian government respond to and recover from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor reassures Republicans on last day of questioning, with likely confirmation ahead</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayor-reassures-republicans-on-last-day-of-questioning-with-likely-confirmation-ahead-111527/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayor-reassures-republicans-on-last-day-of-questioning-with-likely-confirmation-ahead-111527/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor drew praise from GOP skeptics as well as Democratic supporters Thursday on the final day of Senate questioning that&#8217;s expected to lead to her confirmation.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., described Sotomayor&#8217;s judicial record as &#8220;generally in the mainstream&#8221; and said he thought she would keep an open mind on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RNC Chairman Steele addresses NAACP convention, urges relationship with GOP</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rnc-chairman-steele-addresses-naacp-convention-urges-relationship-with-gop-109185/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says the GOP and the NAACP have missed opportunities to engage with each other.

Steele addressed the NAACP convention on Tuesday. The organization is celebrating its 100th anniversary this week in New York City.
Steele is the first African-American head of the RNC. He says he&#8217;s committed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where are people turning for a financial education today? They go to work</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/where-are-people-turning-for-a-financial-education-today-they-go-to-work-108209/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Pitt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DES MOINES, Iowa — Recognizing that workers are anxious about their finances, in increasing numbers companies are reaching out to help by setting up seminars at the office and making one-on-one advice available.

&#8220;I think it builds long-term loyalty,&#8221; said Todd Frauendorfer, who manages the 401(k) plan for Chicago-based Ball Horticultural Co. &#8220;If people have their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia takes further action towards students&#8217; safety</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/australia-takes-further-action-towards-students-safety-104333/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Continuing a series of initiatives to ensure the safety and well-being of international students in Australia, the state government of Victoria has announced further action.

Free legal advice will be provided to Indian and other international students. Students will be able to access assistance from the Melbourne Western Suburbs Legal Service.  Advice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official says 7 SKorean Web sites facing renewed cyber attacks</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-says-7-skorean-web-sites-facing-renewed-cyber-attacks-104212/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — A state official says seven South Korean Web sites are under renewed cyber attack.

Ku Kyo-young from the state-run Korea Communications Commission said the latest assault began around 6:30 p.m. (0930 GMT, 5:30 a.m. EDT ) Thursday.
He said one of the affected sites belongs to the government, the other six are private. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank of England set to ask government for another 25 billion pounds to boost money supply</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pan Pylas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — The Bank of England is expected to ask the British government for the authority to pump another 25 billion pounds ($40 billion) into the financial system at the end of its two-day monthly meeting Thursday.

The central bank&#8217;s monetary policy committee is expected to keep interest rates unchanged meanwhile at a record low 0.5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Communists to execute those behind riot deaths</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — China flooded the capital of western Xinjiang province with security forces Wednesday after ethnic riots left at least 156 dead. The city&#8217;s Communist Party boss promised those behind the killings would be executed.

Ethnic clashes have paralyzed Urumqi over the past several days — with minority Uighur and Han Chinese mobs roaming the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mother, daughter plead guilty in Native American artifact theft, trafficking case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stark</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — A mother and daughter pleaded guilty Monday to several felony charges stemming from a sweeping federal investigation into the theft and illegal trafficking of American Indian artifacts.

Jeanne (JEAN&#8217;-nee) Redd, 59, pleaded guilty to seven federal counts of theft of government property, theft of tribal property and trafficking in stolen artifacts. Her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mother, three children commit suicide in Punjab</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JALANDHAR - A 45-year-old woman - who was separated from her husband and apparently hard pressed for finances - committed suicide along with her three children here Saturday, police said.

According to police, Baljeet Kaur and her three children Prabhjit Kaur, 22, Varinder Kaur, 20, and Gobind Preet, 20, consumed poison in their home here.	 	
There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysia&#8217;s leader makes bold gambit by rolling back long-preserved affirmative action policies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Eileen Ng</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The economic downturn is allowing Malaysia&#8217;s leader to chip away at an affirmative action program for Malay Muslims that has been considered virtually untouchable in the past.

Soon after taking office in April, Prime Minister Najib Razak scrapped a requirement for 30 percent Malay ownership of companies in certain service industries. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foster Farms will cut number of contracted chicken growers for plant it bought in Louisiana</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FARMERVILLE, La. — A California-based poultry company that recently took over a closed Louisiana processing plant with assistance from the state says it will not extend contracts to all of the plant&#8217;s former growers.

Foster Farms agreed to buy the shuttered Pilgrim&#8217;s Pride poultry processing plant in Farmerville for $80 million, with Louisiana contributing $50 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel says French president Sarkozy advised government to sack Foreign Minister Lieberman</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Teibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM — The president of France advised Israel&#8217;s prime minister to fire Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, two senior Israeli government officials said Tuesday.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not free to disclose the contents of private conversations.
Lieberman&#8217;s appointment has been ill-received internationally because of his hard-line positions on peace and Israel&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court rejects Sept. 11 victims&#8217; bid to hold Saudi Arabia, princes liable for attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has refused to allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to pursue lawsuits against Saudi Arabia and four of its princes over charitable donations that were allegedly funneled to al-Qaida.

The court, in an order Monday, is leaving in place the ruling of a federal appeals court that the country and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kyrgyzstan says deal to allow continued US use of air base will aid fight against terrorism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leila Saralayeva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan said Thursday that a new deal allowing the U.S. to continue using a Kyrgyz air base to ship military supplies to Afghanistan was meant to support the fight against terrorism.

The agreement, an abrupt about-face four months after Kyrgyzstan ordered American forces out by August, won unanimous parliamentary approval Thursday. Officials were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mamata calls Buddhadeb &#8216;a bigger Maoist&#8217;, threatens stir</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - West Bengal&#8217;s principal opposition party Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Saturday said Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee &#8220;is a bigger Maoist&#8221; and  threatened a stir if allegations that her party had links with leftwing rebels were not withdrawn.

&#8220;We will wait for 48 hours. If nothing happens within that time, then we will hit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US officials worried by signs that terrorist groups are recruiting Web-savvy cyberexperts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lolita C. Baldor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Terrorist groups that have long used the Internet to spread propaganda are increasingly tapping the Web to teach Islamic extremists how to be hackers, recruit techies for cyberwarfare and raise money through online fraud, U.S. officials say.

A senior defense official said intelligence reports indicate extremist groups are seeking computer experts, including those capable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maoists expanding base in Orissa, attacks intensifying</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jatindra Dash</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BHUBANESWAR - A medal winning sub-inspector shot dead, forcible capture of farm land belonging to non-tribals, attacks on police stations and corporate houses - Maoist rebels are fast spreading their base in Orissa and the government admits as much.

Senior police officials engaged in anti-Maoist operations privately say they are helpless because the capacity building of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton asks India to back Pakistan&#8217;s efforts to combat terror</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arun Kumar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Two days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talked tough with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hoped that India and the US will both support Pakistan&#8217;s efforts as it works to take on terrorists in its own country.

The US, she told the US-India Business Council&#8217;s (USIBC) Synergies Summit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calif. lawmaker seeks state, federal apologies for decades of mistreatment of Chinese</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Lawrence</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California&#8217;s Chinese immigrants helped build ships, levees, irrigation systems and the transcontinental railroad. They worked in farm fields and mines and helped develop the abalone and shrimp industries.

For their efforts, they were rewarded with special taxes, forced out of towns and denied the rights to own property, marry whites and attend public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea says 2 US journalists filmed illegal crossing, admitted criminal acts</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/north-korea-says-2-us-journalists-filmed-illegal-crossing-admitted-criminal-acts-82953/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean H. Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — Two American journalists sentenced by North Korea last week to 12 years of hard labor for politically motivated acts were caught filming their illegal crossing into the country, state-run media said Tuesday, providing the first details of their arrest.

The reporting team from Current TV crossed the frozen Tumen River dividing North [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US urges Arabs to make concessions to convince Israelis to resume peace talks, say officials</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-urges-arabs-to-make-concessions-to-convince-israelis-to-resume-peace-talks-say-officials-78826/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-urges-arabs-to-make-concessions-to-convince-israelis-to-resume-peace-talks-say-officials-78826/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Salah Nasrawi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — Egyptian officials said Thursday that America&#8217;s Mideast envoy has urged Arab nations to reopen Israeli diplomatic missions and take other steps to normalize relations immediately as incentives for the Jewish state to revive the peace process with Palestinians.

George Mitchell, in Cairo meeting with senior Egyptian officials after two days of talks with Israeli [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Russia plans to build at least 5 aircraft carriers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-russia-plans-to-build-at-least-5-aircraft-carriers-76425/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-russia-plans-to-build-at-least-5-aircraft-carriers-76425/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vladimir Isachenkov</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — A Russian news agency reported Tuesday that the country plans to build five or six aircraft carriers as part of efforts to rebuild its once-formidable navy.

The Interfax news agency quoted an unidentified Russian navy official as saying construction of the ships should start in 2012-2013.
The official was quoted as saying that plans to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India, Canada yet to decide on n-deal signing date (Lead)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-canada-yet-to-decide-on-n-deal-signing-date-lead-76118/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-canada-yet-to-decide-on-n-deal-signing-date-lead-76118/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gurmukh Singh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO - Canada and India have said they are on track to ink a nuclear deal soon, but have not committed themselves to any date..

Though the two countries have exchanged the drafts, no date for signing the deal could be specified, Canadian International Trade Minister Stockwell Day said here at the weekend gala of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orissa Maoist couple gives up arms for baby (Lead, superseding earlier)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/orissa-maoist-couple-gives-up-arms-for-baby-lead-superseding-earlier-76053/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BHUBANESWAR - A Maoist couple has surrendered in Orissa to ensure a better future for their two-and-a-half year old daughter, police said Tuesday.

Ghasiram Majhi alias Akash, 32, and his wife Jharana, 31 - founder members of the Bansadhara division of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) - surrendered in Rayagada district, 390 km from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank rural finance scheme to help Indian farmers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-bank-rural-finance-scheme-to-help-indian-farmers-75938/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-bank-rural-finance-scheme-to-help-indian-farmers-75938/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arun Kumar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - With a $20 million Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation contribution, the World Bank will establish an Agriculture Finance Support Facility to support the expansion of rural finance in the developing world including India.

In a time of tight credit, the Facility will support grants to bank and non-bank institutions for activities to increase access [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dream of independent Tamil state in Lanka is still very strong: CSM</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dream-of-independent-tamil-state-in-lanka-is-still-very-strong-csm-73736/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dream-of-independent-tamil-state-in-lanka-is-still-very-strong-csm-73736/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Tamil intellectuals say the dream of an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka is still strong, but decades of war and upheaval have soured many ordinary Tamils on the idea.

The realization of this dream, they say is dependent on a properly managed devolution of power and a retreat by Sinhalese extremists, who insist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kashmir issue resolution  key for Indo-Pak peace : Sharif</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kashmir-issue-resolution-key-for-indo-pak-peace-sharif-73710/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kashmir-issue-resolution-key-for-indo-pak-peace-sharif-73710/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the resolution of the Kashmir issue is the key to peace in the region and for India and Pakistan to have cordial ties.

Addressing delegates of the Kashmir American Council, Sharif said Pakistan is committed to resolving the issue.
&#8220;Pakistan would continue diplomatic, political and moral support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka calls for new era in international relations (Lead)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-calls-for-new-era-in-international-relations-lead-70680/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lanka-calls-for-new-era-in-international-relations-lead-70680/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO - Sri Lanka&#8217;s President Mahinda Rajapaksa Wednesday said it was time to start a new era in foreign relations after the end of the war with the rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

Rajapaksa, speaking at a national victory parade in Colombo to mark the end of the fighting with Tamil rebels, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bihar announces Rs.1,000 crore project to clean up Ganga</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bihar-announces-rs1000-crore-project-to-clean-up-ganga-70562/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bihar-announces-rs1000-crore-project-to-clean-up-ganga-70562/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PATNA - The Bihar government has earmarked Rs.1,000 crore (Rs.10 billion) for an ambitious project to save river Ganga from pollution by cleaning up the drains that empty into it here.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar late Tuesday said that untreated sewage and garbage would not be allowed to go into the river.	 	
&#8220;The state government is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geithner says administration committed to maintaining confidence of global investors</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/geithner-says-administration-committed-to-maintaining-confidence-of-global-investors-69344/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/geithner-says-administration-committed-to-maintaining-confidence-of-global-investors-69344/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the Obama administration is committed to doing everything possible to maintain investor confidence in U.S. financial markets.

Geithner, wrapping up two days of talks with Chinese leaders, said in an interview on Chinese state television Tuesday that he believed Chinese officials had a lot of confidence in the strength [...]]]></description>
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