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		<title>Amid protests, world leaders near agreement limiting bankers&#8217; pay, keeping econ revival going</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Raum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — As police clashed with protesters in the streets, world leaders on Thursday closed ranks on pay limits for bankers whose risky behavior contributed to the global financial meltdown. With economies on the mend, a summit mood of cautious optimism replaced last year&#8217;s fear and uncertainty.

In a historic shift recognizing the rising influence of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP IMPACT: Review shows gov&#8217;t rarely intervenes as Calif. mercury mines pollute water, fish</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Dearen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW IDRIA, Calif. — Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California&#8217;s rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state&#8217;s major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to eat and risking the health of at least 100,000 impoverished people.

But an Associated Press investigation found that the federal government has tried to clean up fewer than a dozen of the hundreds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Diego ACORN officials fire employee caught on video giving advice on human smuggling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NATIONAL CITY, Calif. — ACORN officials in San Diego have fired an employee caught on video providing advice about human smuggling to a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute.

David Lagstein, the group&#8217;s head organizer in San Diego, initially said Thursday that he believed Juan Carlos Vera did his best to deal with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House votes to deny all federal funds for ACORN in GOP-led strike on embattled group</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Abrams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to deny all federal funds for ACORN in a GOP-led strike against the scandal-tainted community organizing group that comes just three days after the Senate took similar action. &#8220;ACORN has violated serious federal laws, and today the House voted to ensure that taxpayer dollars would no longer be used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House votes to cut off all federal funds to ACORN</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to deny all federal funds for ACORN in a GOP-led strike against the scandal-tainted community organizing group that comes just three days after the Senate took similar action.

&#8220;ACORN has violated serious federal laws, and today the House voted to ensure that taxpayer dollars would no longer be used to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pirate-plagued Somalia finishes the training of 500 recruits to form new navy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pirate-plagued-somalia-finishes-the-training-of-500-recruits-to-form-new-navy-162651/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU, Somalia — Pirate-plagued Somalia took a step toward policing its own shores with the graduation of its first 500 naval recruits Tuesday. Officials hope the men will form the backbone of the country&#8217;s first naval force for nearly two decades, but said they need international funding to make it a viable force.

Somalia currently relies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3C awarded LEED Platinum rating</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/3c-awarded-leed-platinum-rating-162373/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ibns</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi, September 08, 2009: The 3C Company has been awarded LEED Platinum rating in Core and Shell category by US Green Building Council for its eco-friendly commercial project ‘Green Boulevard’, located in Noida.

Green Boulevard is now amongst the ten green buildings in the world to have been recognized with Platinum rating. The project, located [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbaric Taliban butcher four school kids in Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR - At least four children were killed  and three  others injured in a militant attack in Orakzai  Agency  on Tuesday morning.

Sources said militants opened indiscriminate fire at school going kids in Kalaya, capital of Orakzai, killing four children on  the spot while injuring many others.
Eye  witnesses  said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sakshar Bharat Mission launched to curb illiteracy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sakshar-bharat-mission-launched-to-curb-illiteracy-162353/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sakshar-bharat-mission-launched-to-curb-illiteracy-162353/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI -  With  the  objective  of  reducing illiteracy,  especially  among women, the Government  on  Tuesday launched   the  Sakshar  Bharat  Mission  on  the   occasion   of International Literacy Day.

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said that although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Killer whales, robins, rising seas: Climate is changing and tiny &#8216;Tuk&#8217; mans the front line</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/killer-whales-robins-rising-seas-climate-is-changing-and-tiny-tuk-mans-the-front-line-162025/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles J. Hanley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TUKTOYAKTUK, Northwest Territories — Caught between rising seas and land melting beneath their mukluk-shod feet, the villagers of Tuktoyaktuk are doing what anyone would do on this windy Arctic coastline. They&#8217;re building windmills.

That&#8217;s wind-power turbines, to be exact — a token first try at &#8220;getting rid of this fossil fuel we&#8217;re using,&#8221; said Mayor Merven [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Killer of traders&#8217; association chief arrested in Delhi</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/killer-of-traders-association-chief-arrested-in-delhi-161837/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Delhi Police have solved the murder of the president of traders&#8217; association in Dadri area of Uttar Pradesh last week with the arrest of a high profile contract killer, an official said Monday.

Narender Bhatti alias Ravana was arrested late Sunday from south Delhi and an automatic US-made 9mm pistol, two live and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HEALTHBEAT: Improving health care quality at below-average prices? Some communities are trying</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/healthbeat-improving-health-care-quality-at-below-average-prices-some-communities-are-trying-161826/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauran Neergaard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — If you pay the mechanic $1,000 to fix your transmission and it breaks again next week, the garage should find and fix the problem for free. So if you get an infection following open-heart surgery because the doctor forgot an antibiotic, why are you charged extra to clear up the wound?

At Geisinger Health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN nuclear watchdog warns of &#8217;stalemate&#8217; with Iran over Tehran&#8217;s suspected nuclear program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William J. Kole</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA — The U.N. nuclear watchdog is locked in a &#8220;stalemate&#8221; with Iran over the country&#8217;s suspect nuclear program, the agency&#8217;s chief said Monday, pressing Tehran to answer lingering questions about its atomic ambitions.

Flashing fresh defiance, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his government will neither halt uranium enrichment nor negotiate over its nuclear rights, although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NGOs asked to inform Malay PM about the plight of Malay Indian community</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ngos-asked-to-inform-malay-pm-about-the-plight-of-malay-indian-community-161579/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR - The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) chief N. Siva Subramaniam has urged NGOs working for the upliftment of Malay-Indians to inform Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak about the issues concerning the community.

The Star Online quoted Subramaniam as saying that the NGOs should raise issues plaguing the community in a memorandum and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Durrani calls for frank dialogue between Indian, Pakistani spymasters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Pitching for resuming dialogue with India, Pakistan&#8217;s former national security adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani Saturday called for a frank dialogue between spymasters and security services to jointly combat terrorism and bridge mistrust. 

In a lecture entitled &#8216;India and Pakistan - Bridging the Gap&#8217;, Durrani outlined an all-embracing vision of a bilateral relationship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown: Britain to remain in Afghanistan until Kabul can take care of its own security</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown says British troops will remain in Afghanistan until the country&#8217;s own security forces can fight the Taliban and al-Qaida without assistance.

Brown says the British military will have succeeded when the Afghans can do the job of &#8220;denying the territory of Afghanistan as a base for terrorists.&#8221;
Brown is defending Britain&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haryana government trying to divide Sikhs: SGPC official</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHANDIGARH - The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), that manages Sikh shrines across the country, Thursday lashed out at the Haryana government over its proposal to set up a separate organisation to administer gurdwaras in the state.

&#8220;The Haryana government is trying to divide the Sikhs of this nation. They should understand that SGPC is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian parliament rejects two female ministers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN - The Iranian parliament Thursday rejected two of the three proposed female cabinet ministers and approved only Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi as health minister, the first-ever female minister in the 30-year history of the Islamic republic.

The two other female nominees, Susan Keshavarz for the social welfare ministry and Fatemeh Ajorlou for education, were rejected by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Namibian president terms India &#8216;a friend indeed&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/namibian-president-terms-india-a-friend-indeed-158472/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI - Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba has termed India as &#8220;a friend indeed&#8221;, acknowledging its contribution to the freedom struggle of the southern African country.

&#8220;India was the first country to accord diplomatic status to Namibia. We look at India as a friend indeed because it was a friend in need,&#8221; Pohamba said at a dinner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chennai rally to project cause of displaced Tamils</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chennai-rally-to-project-cause-of-displaced-tamils-158437/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHENNAI - Hundreds of activists of Dravidar Kazhagam party took to streets here against central government blaming  it for  not taking enough measures to urge Sri Lankan government  in the resettlement of displaced Tamilians.

The activists of the Dravidar Kazhagam party led by its President K Veeramani marched from the party office to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dera Sacha Sauda not allowed to hold congregation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dera-sacha-sauda-not-allowed-to-hold-congregation-158138/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AGRA - A possible confrontation between Sikh leaders and followers of Dera Sacha Sauda sect was defused after authorities in this Utar Pradesh district withdrew permission to the sect to hold a congregation following protests from Sikh leaders. 

District authorities late Wednesday night withdrew permission to the Dera Sacha Sauda from holding a congregation in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s incoming leader Hatoyama speaks by phone with President Obama</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/japans-incoming-leader-hatoyama-speaks-by-phone-with-president-obama-157682/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Olsen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — Japan&#8217;s incoming leader said Thursday he told President Barack Obama that the two countries&#8217; security alliance is the &#8220;foundation&#8221; of his country&#8217;s foreign relations, an apparent attempt to ease concerns his new government may try to distance itself from Washington.

Yukio Hatoyama, whose party won a resounding victory in Sunday&#8217;s parliamentary elections, and Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire offical says huge fire north of LA is human caused as firefighters make more progress</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fire-offical-says-huge-fire-north-of-la-is-human-caused-as-firefighters-make-more-progress-157593/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raquel Maria Dillon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Firefighters made more progress Wednesday against a giant wildfire that has ravaged a national forest north of Los Angeles as investigators searched for information about how the fire started.

Officials are still trying to figure out what set off the blaze in the Angeles National Forest that had burned nearly 219 square miles, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3rd man arrested in fatal shooting of the prominent Houston doctor who was killed at his ranch</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/3rd-man-arrested-in-fatal-shooting-of-the-prominent-houston-doctor-who-was-killed-at-his-ranch-157373/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BELLVILLE, Texas — Authorities have arrested a third suspect in the death of a prominent Houston physician who was shot several times as he arrived at his sprawling countryside ranch with his family.

Misael Santollo, 18, was arrested Tuesday night at a Houston apartment, Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Tela Mange said. Santollo is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama hosts dinner, praises American Muslims&#8217; contributions in celebration of Ramadan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Sanner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has praised the contributions of American Muslims at a dinner to celebrate the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Obama joined Cabinet secretaries, ambassadors and members of Congress to pay tribute to what he called &#8220;a great religion and its commitment to justice and progress.&#8221;
The president also welcomed American Muslim community leaders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Exclusive: Video shows unwanted male chicks ground up alive at Iowa egg hatchery</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-exclusive-video-shows-unwanted-male-chicks-ground-up-alive-at-iowa-egg-hatchery-155941/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic J. Frommer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — An undercover video shot by an animal rights group at an Iowa egg hatchery shows workers discarding unwanted chicks by sending them alive into a grinder, and other chicks falling through a sorting machine to die on the factory floor.

Chicago-based Mercy for Animals said it shot the video at Hy-Line North America&#8217;s hatchery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forest fires northeast of Los Angeles fouls Southern California air, triggers health worries</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raquel Maria Dillon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Two wildfires northeast of Los Angeles fouled the air breathed by millions of Southern Californians on Wednesday, but the flames were burning away from suburbs on the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and no homes had been lost.

Stoked by the arrival of high temperatures and extremely dry air after weeks of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian aborigines demand UN refugee status</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - A group of Australian aborigines has requested the United Nations to grant them refugee status.

he aborigines allege that they have been displaced in their own land due to the imposition of emergency laws banning alcohol and sexual abuse.
Richard Downs, a spokesman of the 4000-member Alyawarra community in central Australia, said the request for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NJ, smarting from Lockerbie bomber&#8217;s release, wants no part of Gadhafi during US visit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nj-smarting-from-lockerbie-bombers-release-wants-no-part-of-gadhafi-during-us-visit-148646/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor Epstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi will set foot on U.S. soil for the first time next month when he comes to address the U.N. General Assembly. Now he wants to put down stakes in the middle of American suburbia.

Plans to set up a tent and allow him to stay at a Libyan-owned estate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scotland frees terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds to die in Libya</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/scotland-frees-terminally-ill-lockerbie-bomber-on-compassionate-grounds-to-die-in-libya-144966/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Mcconville</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDINBURGH, Scotland — Scotland freed the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds Thursday, letting the Libyan go home to die despite American pleas to show no mercy for the man responsible for the 1988 attack that killed 270 people.

U.S. President Barack Obama declared the decision to release Abdel Baset al-Megrahi &#8220;a mistake,&#8221; and said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liechtenstein prince angers German Jews by invoking Holocaust to defend bank secrecy rules</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/liechtenstein-prince-angers-german-jews-by-invoking-holocaust-to-defend-bank-secrecy-rules-141656/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley S. Klapper</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — Liechtenstein&#8217;s reigning prince has angered German Jews by invoking the Holocaust to defend his country&#8217;s banking secrecy laws, drawing sharp reactions Monday.

The latest flare-up of fractious relations between the tiny Alpine principality and its much larger neighbor to the north stemmed from comments in a weekend interview Prince Hans-Adam II gave for Liechtenstein&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leader of al-Qaida-inspired group kills himself in Gaza shootout with Hamas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibrahim Barzak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas crushed an al-Qaida-inspired group in an hours-long standoff that came to a fiery end when a large explosion killed the radical Muslim group&#8217;s leader inside his Gaza home on Saturday.

The fighting was sparked by a rebellious sermon by the group&#8217;s leader, and his dramatic death put an end to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators shut down Colonial BancGroup in biggest bank failure of this year</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/regulators-shut-down-colonial-bancgroup-in-biggest-bank-failure-of-this-year-140378/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/regulators-shut-down-colonial-bancgroup-in-biggest-bank-failure-of-this-year-140378/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcy Gordon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Real estate lender Colonial BancGroup Inc. has been shut down by federal officials in the biggest U.S. bank failure this year.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which was appointed receiver of the Montgomery, Ala.-based Colonial and its about $25 billion in assets, said the failed bank&#8217;s 346 branches in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities seize more than 500 dogs in raid on suspected puppy mill southwest of Dallas</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/authorities-seize-more-than-500-dogs-in-raid-on-suspected-puppy-mill-southwest-of-dallas-137152/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/authorities-seize-more-than-500-dogs-in-raid-on-suspected-puppy-mill-southwest-of-dallas-137152/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KAUFMAN, Texas — Authorities have seized more than 500 dogs and about 15 cats from what they say is a puppy mill southwest of Dallas.

The Humane Society and Kaufman County sheriff&#8217;s deputies raided the suspected puppy mill Tuesday. Sheriff&#8217;s deputies said the kennel&#8217;s owners have not yet been arrested or charged.
The Humane Society says it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Akali Dal opposes separate gurudwara committee in Haryana</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/akali-dal-opposes-separate-gurudwara-committee-in-haryana-136447/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/akali-dal-opposes-separate-gurudwara-committee-in-haryana-136447/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) with  the Shiromani  Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) would  take  all possible  measures under the Constitution to prevent the  setting up  of  a separate SGPC in Haryana, said  Punjab&#8217;s  Deputy  Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal on Tuesday.

Sukhbir,  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divers recover 7 bodies, helicopter in Hudson River from mid-air crash that killed 9</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/divers-recover-7-bodies-helicopter-in-hudson-river-from-mid-air-crash-that-killed-9-135150/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoff Mulvihill</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOBOKEN, N.J. —Divers pulled a helicopter and four more bodies out of the murky Hudson River on Sunday in their search for victims, wreckage and explanations from a midair collision of a sightseeing helicopter and a small plane that killed nine people.

The dead from Saturday&#8217;s crash include three fathers and their three teenage sons. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Krishna  conveys  New  Delhi&#8217;s concern over  attacks  on  Indian students to Oz authorities</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/krishna-conveys-new-delhis-concern-over-attacks-on-indian-students-to-oz-authorities-132756/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - External Affairs minister  S.M.Krishna  on Thursday conveyed New Delhi&#8217;s concerns to Australian  authorities over the recent attacks on Indian students.

Krishna   received  assurance  of  a  firm  action  against   all perpetrators  of attacks on Indian students during his meet  with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiroshima mayor echoes Obama&#8217;s call to abolish nuclear arms on anniversary of atomic attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shizuo Kambayashi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HIROSHIMA, Japan — Hiroshima&#8217;s mayor urged global leaders on Thursday to back President Barack Obama&#8217;s call to abolish nuclear weapons as Japan marked the 64th anniversary of the world&#8217;s first atomic bomb attack.

In April, Obama said that the United States — the only nation that has deployed atomic bombs in combat — has a &#8220;moral [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top UN official in Afghanistan calls for talks with Taliban leadership, not just rank-and-file</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fisnik Abrashi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — The top U.N. official in Afghanistan called Sunday for talks with Taliban leaders at the highest level, another indication that parts of the international community are reaching out to the top echelons of the radical Islamist movement.

Kai Eide did not name Taliban leader Mullah Omar in his call for negotiations, but he dismissed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rita Bahuguna meets Prime Minister</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Uttar Pradesh  Congress  chief  Rita Bahuguna Joshi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Monday.

She  apprised  him of the events after she was arrested  for  her remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati.
Joshi apprised the Prime Minister about the burning of her  house by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer for American student challenges murder charge over Hong Kong taxi crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Min Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HONG KONG — A drunken American university student challenged a murder charge Monday after being accused of causing the crash of a Hong Kong taxi and death of its driver before commandeering the vehicle and slamming it into another cab.

Prosecutors said California State University, Chico student Kelsey Michael Mudd was more than three times over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds arrest mayors of 3 NJ cities, 2 lawmakers, several rabbis in broad corruption sweep</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/feds-arrest-mayors-of-3-nj-cities-2-lawmakers-several-rabbis-in-broad-corruption-sweep-118773/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Porter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWARK, N.J. — An investigation into the sale of black-market kidneys and fake Gucci handbags evolved into a sweeping probe of political corruption in New Jersey, ensnaring more than 40 people Thursday, including three mayors, two state lawmakers and several rabbis.

Even for a state with a rich history of graft, the scale of wrongdoing alleged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now the tough part: Calif.&#8217;s budget deal must be sold to lawmakers, who will hear objections</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/now-the-tough-part-califs-budget-deal-must-be-sold-to-lawmakers-who-will-hear-objections-116317/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Lin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California&#8217;s legislative leaders on Tuesday began lobbying their rank-and-file members to vote for a compromise designed to close the state&#8217;s $26 billion shortfall even as advocates objected to health care, transportation and public safety cuts.

The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Assembly and Senate began briefing their caucuses on a plan backed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pak need not worry about my India visit: Clinton</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has  said Pakistan need not worry about the outcome of her  India visit.

Clinton, who is on a five-day visit to India arrived in Mumbai on Friday,  and  expressed  hope that the talks  between  India  and Pakistan which took place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s nuclear chief resigns</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-nuclear-chief-resigns-111405/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-nuclear-chief-resigns-111405/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN - The head of Iran&#8217;s Atomic Energy Organisation, Gholam-Reza Aqazadeh, has resigned, the ISNA news agency reported Thursday.

Aqazadeh, who also served as an Iranian vice president, submitted his resignation letter for the combined vice presidential and nuclear chief post to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad three weeks ago, ISNA said.	 	
No reason was given for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Institute of Management Bangalore selects SunGard Higher Education solution</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-institute-of-management-bangalore-selects-sungard-higher-education-solution-111263/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-institute-of-management-bangalore-selects-sungard-higher-education-solution-111263/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGALORE - The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) has selected SunGard Higher Education&#8217;s Banner Unified Digital Campus (UDC) solution to help increase efficiencies in course administration, improve student services, and enhance capabilities for collaboration with institutions in India and worldwide.

&#8220;SunGard truly understands the global language of higher education,&#8221; said Professor Pankaj Chandra, Director, Indian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China riot-hit city still tense a day after police shoot dead 2 Uighur men</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-riot-hit-city-still-tense-a-day-after-police-shoot-dead-2-uighur-men-108592/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-riot-hit-city-still-tense-a-day-after-police-shoot-dead-2-uighur-men-108592/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian Wong</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — Security tightened Tuesday in the capital of China&#8217;s western Xinjiang region, where paramilitary police blocked access to a Uighur neighborhood where two Uighurs were fatally shot a day earlier, the latest violent clash in the wake of last week&#8217;s ethnic riots.

Security forces with shields and rifles lay a band of spikes across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal grand jury indicts 2 on terror charges in Minnesota missing Somalis case</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-grand-jury-indicts-2-on-terror-charges-in-minnesota-missing-somalis-case-108526/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Forliti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS — Two men are accused of supporting terrorism in a grand jury indictment unsealed Monday, the first charges in an investigation into the disappearances of several young Somali men who activists believe were recruited from the Minneapolis area by radical elements in Somalia.

At least one of the men, Salah Osman Ahmed, traveled to Somalia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: Health providers&#8217; deals with lawmakers widening split with business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Fram</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Health care providers have been crowing in recent days about deals they&#8217;ve cut with lawmakers to help pay for President Barack Obama&#8217;s health care overhaul. Those agreements have been announced in flashy White House ceremonies — but off camera and quietly, business lobbyists have been stewing.

Their concern: The many billions in savings health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frederick Douglass heritage center lacks staff to officially open in Rochester, NY</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Dobbin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Passers-by frequently peer into the window at the new center honoring former slave, famed orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. And if they knock on the door, they can get a quick tour guided by the Rev. Errol Hunt and his son Gerry.

After decades of failed efforts, the latest venture to create a [...]]]></description>
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