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		<title>Maharashtra Election Result 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jayita</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress has won the Maharashtra election defeating BJP. Today&#8217;s victory, which has come six months after the Lok Sabha poll success, was not entirely unexpected, but what is noteworthy is that the win in Maharashtra overcomes anti-incumbency and places the party at the head of a coalition for a third consecutive term. For the Parliamentary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House panel to give states new powers to regulate large national banks to protect consumers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Flaherty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Liberal Democrats struggled Thursday to give states new powers to protect consumers from fraud and abuse, but banks may be able to nix the idea when a financial overhaul bill reaches the House floor.

Banks could ask federal regulators for exemptions from more stringent state laws under a compromise pitched to the House Financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Science Foundation authorizes $29M for initial plan for underground lab in western SD</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/national-science-foundation-authorizes-29m-for-initial-plan-for-underground-lab-in-western-sd-201407/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake Nicholson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Science Foundation has authorized about $29 million to develop a preliminary plan to turn a 1 1/2-mile-deep former gold mine in western South Dakota into the world&#8217;s deepest laboratory.

The foundation says the plan will be a major tool in the decision whether to proceed with the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High stakes: Obama hitting campaign trail amid hints of Democratic money, morale concerns</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Sidoti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The leader who prods his critics to put politics aside is doing anything but these days: President Barack Obama is campaigning for his party&#8217;s future.

Barreling Tuesday into several days of frenetic political activity, Obama the Campaigner has work to do in helping raise money and rally loyalists for lesser-known Democrats.
Dollars aren&#8217;t materializing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate approves transfer of Guantanamo prisoners for US trials, handing Obama a half-victory</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama won a modest victory Tuesday in his continuing effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, allowing the government to continue to transfer detainees at the facility to the U.S. to be prosecuted.

The plan to permit terrorist suspects held at the facility to be shipped to U.S. soil to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposal backed by hospitals would let expert panels _ not juries _ decide malpractice cases</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/proposal-backed-by-hospitals-would-let-expert-panels-_-not-juries-_-decide-malpractice-cases-201344/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s willingness to consider alternatives to medical malpractice lawsuits is providing a boost for taking such cases out of the courtroom and letting experts, not juries, decide their merits.

The idea of appointing neutral experts to sift malpractice facts from allegations appeals to conservatives in both political parties. They want to address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to do with the Uighurs? Supreme Court takes new case on plight of Guantanamo detainees</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether Guantanamo detainees who are considered no threat can be ordered released in the United States — over the objections of the Obama administration and Congress — if the prisoners have nowhere else to go.

The case could further complicate the administration&#8217;s plans to close the Guantanamo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress looks to extend homebuyer tax credit despite more than 100,000 questionable claims</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/congress-looks-to-extend-homebuyer-tax-credit-despite-more-than-100000-questionable-claims-201279/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Ohlemacher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Tuesday it was concerned about the cost of extending a popular tax credit for first-time homebuyers, a program already under scrutiny for fraudulent claims.

The Internal Revenue Service has opened 107,000 examinations of questionable claims and identified 167 criminal schemes involving the tax credit since it was expanded as part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Companies quitting US Chamber of Commerce over climate change stance; NY paper co. is latest</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/companies-quitting-us-chamber-of-commerce-over-climate-change-stance-ny-paper-co-is-latest-201267/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY, N.Y. — A growing number of companies are quitting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its climate change policies.

The latest is a New York paper company. Mohawk Fine Paper says membership in an organization that has been critical of climate change legislation hurts its position as a business with a strong commitment to climate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confronted with $2 billion shortfall, Md. governor tells superintendents to search for savings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Witte</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANNAPOLIS, Md. — With an ominous budget challenge looming again, Maryland Gov. Martin O&#8217;Malley called on school superintendents Tuesday to work together in hunting for ways to save money.

O&#8217;Malley largely has protected education from budget cuts since he took office in 2007, but he put superintendents on notice during a meeting in Annapolis that he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Blagojevich aide pleads guilty to corruption, may testify against ousted governor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — A former chief of staff and longtime friend of ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich pleaded guilty to wire fraud Tuesday and promised to cooperate with federal prosecutors in their corruption case against the former governor.

Alonzo &#8220;Lon&#8221; Monk, 51, said that as Blagojevich&#8217;s top aide he had witnessed efforts to shake down roadbuilders, a hospital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court takes new case weighing judges&#8217; power to order release from Guantanamo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will hear a new case about the rights of Guantanamo detainees, this time involving prisoners who remain in custody even after the Pentagon determines they&#8217;re not a threat to the United States.

The high court said it will take a challenge from Chinese Muslims at the U.S. naval [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US increases pressure on Honduras, to decide next week whether to cut humanitarian aid</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-increases-pressure-on-honduras-to-decide-next-week-whether-to-cut-humanitarian-aid-157838/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Mendoza</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — The United States is increasing pressure on the interim Honduras government, threatening to cut off millions of dollars promised for farming and transportation projects if the ousted president isn&#8217;t returned to power.

The U.S. — Honduras&#8217; top trade partner and source of foreign aid — has been supporting President Manuel Zelaya since military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama using 5 measures to assess Afghan report, expected call for more troops</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-using-5-measures-to-assess-afghan-report-expected-call-for-more-troops-157823/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven R. Hurst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is weighing an expected request for more U.S. troops against concerns that an expanded American presence could be perceived by Afghan civilians as an occupation army and not a liberating force battling a determined and bloody Taliban resurgence.

As the president took a newly finished review of military strategy in Afghanistan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Airways pilots union says pension agency ignoring claims of misconduct in retirement plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-airways-pilots-union-says-pension-agency-ignoring-claims-of-misconduct-in-retirement-plan-157802/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-airways-pilots-union-says-pension-agency-ignoring-claims-of-misconduct-in-retirement-plan-157802/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Hananel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The pilots union for US Airways filed suit Wednesday against the federal government&#8217;s pension agency, claiming it is not doing enough to investigate charges that the airline&#8217;s pension plan was mismanaged.

The U.S. Airline Pilots Association wants the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. removed as trustee for the plan and replaced with someone who will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geithner says global economy still needs stimulus until clearer signs of recovery</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/geithner-says-global-economy-still-needs-stimulus-until-clearer-signs-of-recovery-157782/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/geithner-says-global-economy-still-needs-stimulus-until-clearer-signs-of-recovery-157782/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday that efforts by the United States and other nations to fight a worldwide economic crisis have been able to pull the global economy &#8220;back from the abyss.&#8221;

But countries must continue to provide sizable amounts of support until there are clearer signs of recovery to avoid a classic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama sets health care address for Sept. 9 before Congress</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-sets-health-care-address-for-sept-9-before-congress-157743/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-sets-health-care-address-for-sept-9-before-congress-157743/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Babington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will deliver a major prime-time address to Congress next week on his plans to overhaul the nation&#8217;s health care system, opening an urgent autumn push to gain control of the debate that has been slipping from his grasp under withering Republican-led attacks.

Scheduling of the speech next Wednesday night, just a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Ohio congressman James Traficant freed from prison after serving 7 years</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-ohio-congressman-james-traficant-freed-from-prison-after-serving-7-years-157502/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-ohio-congressman-james-traficant-freed-from-prison-after-serving-7-years-157502/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROCHESTER, Minn. — Former Ohio Rep. James Traficant walked out of a Minnesota prison Wednesday morning after serving a seven-year sentence for bribery and racketeering.

The nine-term Democrat from Youngstown left the Federal Medical Center in Rochester and stepped into a waiting cab.
Traficant, who wore a gray T-shirt, white shorts, white knee-high socks and had his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US extends Iraq air support contract for Blackwater subsidiary</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-extends-iraq-air-support-contract-for-blackwater-subsidiary-157411/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-extends-iraq-air-support-contract-for-blackwater-subsidiary-157411/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The State Department said Wednesday it has extended a contract for protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq with a subsidiary of the security firm once known as Blackwater USA even though the company doesn&#8217;t have a license to operate in the country.

Spokesman Ian Kelly said the contract with Presidential Airways to provide air support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karat should step down: Chatterjee</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/karat-should-step-down-chatterjee-63710/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/karat-should-step-down-chatterjee-63710/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat should consider quitting the post owning responsibility for the party&#8217;s dismal show in the Lok Sabha polls, Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who was last year expelled from the party, said here Saturday.



&#8216;I can&#8217;t advise him (Karat) because I am no longer in the party, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With a 289 margin, Punjab EVM develops snag</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/with-a-289-margin-punjab-evm-develops-snag-63709/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOSHIARPUR - Counting for the Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat went through several tense hours Saturday afternoon when an electronic voting machine (EVM) developed a snag at a time when one candidate was leading over another by just 289 votes.



Engineers and election officials continued to grapple with the EVM for several hours.


The problem for the poll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPA&#8217;s clear victory makes president&#8217;s job easier</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/upas-clear-victory-makes-presidents-job-easier-63708/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/upas-clear-victory-makes-presidents-job-easier-63708/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manish Chand</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - It was projected to be President Pratibha Patil&#8217;s toughest test since she assumed office 22 months ago.  But a clear verdict in favour of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has spared her much anxiety and made her job a lot easier.



Patil is now expected to call the Congress, the single [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pranab Mukherjee wins from Jangipur</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pranab-mukherjee-wins-from-jangipur-63706/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pranab-mukherjee-wins-from-jangipur-63706/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - External Affairs Minister and Congress veteran Pranab Mukherjee was Saturday re-elected from Jangipur in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.



Mukherjee won by a margin of 128,149 votes over his nearest rival, Mriganka Bhattacharya of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).


He won his first Lok Sabha election five years back from Jangipur near the India-Bangla [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DMK&#8217;s hold on Congress likely to tighten</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dmks-hold-on-congress-likely-to-tighten-63705/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dmks-hold-on-congress-likely-to-tighten-63705/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venkatachari Jagannathan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHENNAI - The poor showing of the Congress in the Lok Sabha elections from Tamil Nadu will enable its ally DMK to further tighten its hold on the former, say political analysts.



Many leading lights of the Congress, including union ministers like E.V.K.S. Elangovan and Mani Shankar Aiyar, have lost in the elections. Even union Home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Father-son, maternal uncle-niece in Lok Sabha from Bengal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/father-son-maternal-uncle-niece-in-lok-sabha-from-bengal-63704/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/father-son-maternal-uncle-niece-in-lok-sabha-from-bengal-63704/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Besides giving their verdict against the state&#8217;s ruling Left Front, people of West Bengal have also sent to the Lok Sabha a father-son duo and a maternal uncle-niece combine.



While Trinamool Congress veteran Sisir Adhikari won from Kanthi, his son Subhendu Adhikari was elected from neighbouring Tamluk - which also includes troubled Nandigram - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mamata wins Kolkata South</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mamata-wins-kolkata-south-63703/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mamata-wins-kolkata-south-63703/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee registered her sixth consecutive victory from the Kolkata South Lok Sabha seat, trouncing her nearest rival, Rabin Deb of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) by 219,571 votes.



Banerjee, who has been winning from this seat since 1991, had defeated Deb in 2004 also.


Banerjee, who created a sensation by stunning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India votes for stability, Manmohan PM again</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-votes-for-stability-manmohan-pm-again-63702/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-votes-for-stability-manmohan-pm-again-63702/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - India Saturday delivered a resounding verdict for stability giving the ruling Congress-led coalition five more years to rule the world&#8217;s largest democracy with economist Manmohan Singh at the helm. The margin of victory stunned pundits, although two exit polls Friday had predicted a large Congress victory that many disbelieved.



As the Congress party [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landslide victory for Patnaik in Orissa</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/landslide-victory-for-patnaik-in-orissa-63701/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/landslide-victory-for-patnaik-in-orissa-63701/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BHUBANESWAR - Orissa&#8217;s Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday scored a landslide victory securing over 100 seats in the 147-member assembly.



The BJD rivals - the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - came distant second and third respectively.


As per the results declared till Saturday evening for 134 assembly constituencies, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House would welcome Manmohan Singh&#8217;s return: WSJ</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-would-welcome-manmohan-singhs-return-wsj-63699/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The return of &#8216;low-key&#8217; Manmohan Singh as prime minister after a &#8216;high-profile victory&#8217; in general elections is likely to be welcomed by President Barack Obama&#8217;s administration, the Wall Street Journal said Saturday.



&#8216;He has been a big driver of improved relations between the US and India after decades of mutual suspicion as India tilted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPA to continue with its economic reforms: Congress</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/upa-to-continue-with-its-economic-reforms-congress-63698/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Enthused by the poll win, the Congress party Saturday said that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will continue with its economic policies, but not at the cost of the public sector.



&#8216;We will continue with the economic reforms, but not at the cost of the public sector,&#8217; Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress-led front sweeps polls in Kerala</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) swept the polls winning 16 of 20 seats in Kerala as the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) faced one of its worst electoral drubbings.



In 2004, CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) had bagged 19 seats capturing 50 percent of the votes polled. But this time its vote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress to stick to allies for government formation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Congress party Saturday said it will continue with its allies within the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) to form the government after its Lok Sabha election victory.



&#8216;First of all, we will sit with our UPA allies. There were some allies who contested elections separately but they have always said that they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People have taught us a lesson: Left Front</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 23:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - West Bengal&#8217;s ruling Left Front admitted defeat in the polls Saturday and said that the people of the state had taught them a lesson.



&#8216;We are accepting the results of this poll. People have taught us a lesson. We will try to analyse why we lost by such margins. We will take up correctional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All four former Jharkhand chief ministers win elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RANCHI - The election results day Saturday was a good day for Babulal Marandi, Shibu Soren, Arjun Munda and Madhu Koda - the four men who have at different times occupied the chief minister&#8217;s post since the formation of Jharkhand nine years ago.



The first chief minister of the state and president of the Jharkhand Vikas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress sweeps Delhi 7-0 on development plank</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Congress made it a clean sweep in the national capital Saturday winning all the seven Lok Sabha seats. And party leaders are attributing it to &#8216;good governance&#8217; and its development plank - the victory coming six months after the party scored a thumping win in last year&#8217;s assembly elections.



According to Congress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advani congratulates Manmohan, Sonia as BJP concedes defeat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday conceded defeat in the Lok Sabha elections and congratulated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for their victory even as it top leader L.K. Advani offered to step down as leader of opposition.



As the results made it clear that the Congress-led United Progressive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some film stars shone in polls, others bit the dust</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Bollywood actors Shatrughan Sinha and Jaya Prada emerged victorious in the Lok Sabha elections among a list of Indian film personalities  who contested the polls. However, many, including Vinod Khanna, Nafisa Ali and Ambareesh lost.



A list of film personalities who contested the Lok Sabha elections:


Shatrughan Sinha - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TRS chief wins, TDP&#8217;s Yerran Naidu loses</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD - Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao was again elected to Lok Sabha Saturday but senior leader of Telugu Desam Party K. Yerran Naidu suffered a surprising defeat.



KCR, as the TRS chief is popularly known, won the Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha seat, defeating D. Vittal Rao of Congress party by 19,961 votes. TRS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Euphoria in Congress headquarters, gloom over BJP&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The mood in the headquarters of the two national parties told its own tale Saturday.



In one the rich and resounding beat of dhol-nagadas rent the air to usher in an aura of festivity as the news of the sweeping victory poured into the Congress headquarters at 24, Akbar Road.


Congress supporters thronged in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BJP has itself to blame in Jammu (News Analysis)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JAMMU - The Congress&#8217; being part of the state government helped it clinch both the parliamentary seats in the Jammu region while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost owing to its choice of candidates, say residents and political activists alike.



The Congress, which partners the National Conference government in Jammu and Kashmir, had fielded its sitting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Projecting Advani as PM candidate was mistake: BJP MP</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAIPUR - Projecting L.K. Advani as the Bharatiya Janata Party&#8217;s prime ministerial candidate was a mistake, veteran BJP leader from Chhattisgarh Baliram Kashyap said Saturday as the party lost the Lok Sabha elections.



&#8216;Projecting Advani as the PM candidate was a mistake and it was one of the reasons behind the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance&#8217;s (NDA) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jaipal Reddy, three other ministers win, Renuka Chowdary loses</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD - Four out of five central ministers from Andhra Pradesh were re-elected to the Lok Sabha Saturday.



Senior Congress leader and Minister for Urban Development S. Jaipal Reddy, Minister of State for Human Resources D. Purandareswari, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Pannabaka Lakshmi and Minister of State for Defence Pallam Raju were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DMK-led front bags 28 seats in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHENNAI - The DMK-Congress-VCK alliance won 27 of the 39 parliamentary seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry&#8217;s sole Lok Sabha seat, Election Commission officials announced Saturday.



The AIADMK-led front comprising the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the MDMK bagged 12 seats.


The final tally: DMK 18, Congress 8 (including Puducherry), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the people&#8217;s victory, says Andhra chief minister</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who led the Congress party to power in the state once again Saturday, termed the election result the &#8216;people&#8217;s victory&#8217;.



Talking to reporters at Gandhi Bhavan, the party headquarters, he thanked every citizen of the state for reposing faith in the Congress party and vowed to continue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Bengal results show no confidence in Left government: Mamata</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Describing the poor showing of the ruling Left front in West Bengal as a &#8216;no confidence&#8217; vote by the people and eager to capitalise on its own spectacular Lok Sabha poll win, the Trinamool Congress Saturday demanded that the state assembly polls slated for 2011 be advanced.



&#8216;We will try to pre-pone the assembly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Modi magic&#8217; fails to sweep Gujarat, again</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/modi-magic-fails-to-sweep-gujarat-again-63675/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GANDHINAGAR/NEW DELHI - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, named by some as the Bharatiya Janata Party&#8217;s (BJP) next prime ministerial candidate, failed to make a clean sweep in his state with the party adding only one seat to its 2004 tally.



Out of the 26 seats in the state, the BJP won 15, notwithstanding Modi&#8217;s supposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wives of criminal-turned-politicians lose in Bihar</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/wives-of-criminal-turned-politicians-lose-in-bihar-63674/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PATNA - Four prominent criminal-turned-politicians of Bihar were barred from this Lok Sabha contest by courts. They put up their wives instead. But the voters firmly rejected them, as all four women lost the elections.



Jailed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammad Shahabuddin&#8217;s wife Heena Sahab, contesting from Siwan, was defeated by an independent candidate Om [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political crisis cost us dear: Shibu Soren</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/political-crisis-cost-us-dear-shibu-soren-63673/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RANCHI - Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren Saturday admitted that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) failed to perform well in the elections in Jharkhand and said it was due to the &#8216;political crisis&#8217; in the state.



&#8216;Political crisis caused poor performance of the UPA in the state. In politics, drought and famine come and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Badals win Bathinda, Congress gains in Punjab</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/badals-win-bathinda-congress-gains-in-punjab-63672/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHANDIGARH - The prestige fight between Punjab&#8217;s leading political families of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and former Congress Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat was Saturday won by the Badals even though the Congress had the upper hand on eight out of the state&#8217;s 13 parliamentary seats.



Harsimrat Kaur, the daughter-in-law [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress sweeps Delhi, wins seven seats</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 22:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Congress made it a clean sweep in the national capital winning all the seven seats.



Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit&#8217;s son and Congress candidate Sandeep Dikshit defeated Bharatiya Janata Party&#8217;s (BJP) Chetan Chauhan, a former Test cricketer, by a whopping 241,051 votes.


Congress&#8217; Ramesh Kumar and Krishna Tirath won from the South Delhi [...]]]></description>
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