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		<title>Indian Mujahideen behind temple desecrations in Goa: BJP</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-mujahideen-behind-temple-desecrations-in-goa-bjp-59124/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 19:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PANAJI - The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa Monday alleged the Indian Mujahideen (IM) was behind the spate of temple desecrations taking place in rural parts of the state.



&#8216;We have said in the past that the IM or the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) or whatever they choose to call it now, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Britain to use national identity cards to check illegal workers&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/britain-to-use-national-identity-cards-to-check-illegal-workers-59088/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 18:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AHMEDABAD - Britain is set to eliminate the problem of illegal workers during the current decade through implementation of its ongoing project on issuing national identity cards to protect jobs for all the legal citizens, a British official said here Monday.



&#8216;Within the current decade the national identity card with a British national will also become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown denies leaking Rihanna&#8217;s photos</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/brown-denies-leaking-rihannas-photos-58917/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 15:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Singer Chris Brown has denied rumours suggesting that he leaked ex-girlfriend Rihanna&#8217;s nude photos on the Internet, insisting he had nothing to do with the scandal.



A set of photographs apparently featuring Rihanna in various states of undress surfaced online Friday.


It was reported that Brown was responsible for leaking the photos following the couple&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murder witness shot dead in Bihar</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/murder-witness-shot-dead-in-bihar-58834/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 12:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PATNA - The main witness of a murder for which Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MP Surajbhan Singh was sentenced to life imprisonment was shot dead along with his grandson by unidentified people in Bihar&#8217;s Begusarai district, police said Monday.



Nago Singh and his grandson were killed near Barauni in Begusarai, about 126 km from here, late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal investigators find no mechanical problems with trolley that crashed in Boston</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 05:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — A spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board says no mechanical problems have been found on a Boston train that crashed into another Friday, injuring about 50 people.

The trolley driver told police he was texting his girlfriend before his train collided with a stopped train on the Green Line.
NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treading where the state does not, Brazil&#8217;s evangelical preachers target drug lords</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 03:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO — It is the scene of an old-time revival, with Pastor Andre Assis laying hands on the young man and diving deep into a religious chant.

&#8220;Burn! Burn! Burn all the bad, all the evil, all the demons inside this boy, in the name of Jesus we&#8217;re burning it &#8230; HEY!&#8221; Assis yells. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cycling champion Boonen suspended after positive cocaine test</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cycling-champion-boonen-suspended-after-positive-cocaine-test-57743/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 22:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS - Former cycling world champion Tom Boonen has been suspended by his Quick Step team and faces a criminal investigation after again testing positive for cocaine, Belgian news reports said Saturday.



The reports said that Boonen tested positive at an out-of-competition test in late April, around two weeks after April 12 winning the Paris-Roubaix Classic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mamata&#8217;s Left challenger increases wealth nearly 19 times since 2004: study</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mamatas-left-challenger-increases-wealth-nearly-19-times-since-2004-study-57692/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mamatas-left-challenger-increases-wealth-nearly-19-times-since-2004-study-57692/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 21:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) candidate Robin Deb may again fail to beat Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee in the Lok Sabha poll for the prestigious Kolkata South seat, but is far ahead of her in terms of assets he has amassed in the past five years.



A study conducted by the West Bengal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Sex sleep&#8217; defence in rape case sees Oz legislators passing new law</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sex-sleep-defence-in-rape-case-sees-oz-legislators-passing-new-law-57679/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sex-sleep-defence-in-rape-case-sees-oz-legislators-passing-new-law-57679/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 20:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - When an Aussie jury found a man not guilty of rape after &#8220;sex sleep&#8221; was used as defence, the Northern Territory has decided to pass new laws.

Leonard Andrew Spencer was acquitted last May of having gotten into his 21-year-old guest&#8217;s bed at his home at Nhulunbuy, northeast Arnhem Land, in the early morning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India among top 10 countries where social stress has increased dating violence</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-among-top-10-countries-where-social-stress-has-increased-dating-violence-57558/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-among-top-10-countries-where-social-stress-has-increased-dating-violence-57558/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 17:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - India is among the top 10 countries that have highest levels of social stress, which has a direct link to increased dating violence, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire.

The research led by Murray Straus, co-director of the UNH Family Research Laboratory and professor of sociology, is based on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Hindu vows fight &#8216;to the end&#8217; for open air cremation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-hindu-vows-fight-to-the-end-for-open-air-cremation-57498/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 16:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Davinder Kumar Ghai, a devout British Hindu whose plea to be cremated in the open was turned down by Britain&#8217;s high court, has vowed to continue his fight, saying the final rites of Hindus &#8216;must be done with dignity&#8217;.



The high court Friday ruled that open-air funeral pyres are illegal in Britain.


&#8216;It looks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nine multimillionaire candidates in Himachal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 13:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SHIMLA - Erstwhile royal and five-time former chief minister Virbhadra Singh of the Congress leads the pack of nine rich Lok Sabha candidates in Himachal Pradesh who have assets worth Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million) or more.



There has been an average increase of 557 percent in the individual assets of eight candidates since they contested the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thornton man convicted of killing transgender woman gets another 60 years in prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 10:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — A man convicted last month of murder and a hate crime in the slaying of a transgender Colorado woman has received another 60 years in prison after being found a &#8220;habitual criminal.&#8221;

Allen Andrade of Thornton was convicted of beating 18-year-old Angie Zapata to death with a fire extinguisher July 17 after discovering she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phone-threat scam targets Chinese-American business owners, professionals in at least 7 states</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/phone-threat-scam-targets-chinese-american-business-owners-professionals-in-at-least-7-states-57216/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 10:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Todt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA — Chinese-American business owners and professionals across the country are being targeted by an anonymous Mandarin-speaking caller seeking money and often threatening them and their families, authorities and business leaders said.

The calls, apparently originating in China from someone with a Taiwanese or Fujianese accent, have targeted people in at least seven states, from California [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY mom charged with harassing daughter&#8217;s rival by posting phony Craigslist ad seeking sex</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ny-mom-charged-with-harassing-daughters-rival-by-posting-phony-craigslist-ad-seeking-sex-57150/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 10:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — A dispute between two 9-year-old girls in New York has led to criminal charges against one of their mothers after police say she posted a Craiglist ad seeking sex and directed respondents to call the other mother.

Police say Margery Tannenbaum of Hauppauge (HAW&#8217;-pawg) on Long Island was cited for aggravated harassment after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sun Microsystems: We may have broken US anti-bribery law; Oracle says it knew before $7.4B bid</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sun-microsystems-we-may-have-broken-us-anti-bribery-law-oracle-says-it-knew-before-74b-bid-2-57111/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sun-microsystems-we-may-have-broken-us-anti-bribery-law-oracle-says-it-knew-before-74b-bid-2-57111/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 10:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sun Microsystems Inc. says it may have broken anti-bribery laws with its actions in an unspecified location outside the United States.

Such a violation could lead to criminal charges or a ban on working with the U.S. government, a major source of Sun&#8217;s revenue.
In a regulatory filing Friday, Sun says it uncovered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ala. Army officer accused in $2.8M bribery scheme with Georgia firm supplying Iraq, Kuwait</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ala-army-officer-accused-in-28m-bribery-scheme-with-georgia-firm-supplying-iraq-kuwait-57027/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ala-army-officer-accused-in-28m-bribery-scheme-with-georgia-firm-supplying-iraq-kuwait-57027/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 09:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Reeves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama Army major and his wife are accused of taking $2.8 million in bribes from a Georgia contractor who received about $21 million for delivering bottled water and building fences in Kuwait and Iraq.

An indictment accused Maj. Eddie Pressley, 39, of Harvest and his 37-year-old wife, Eurica Pressley, of accepting cash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sun Microsystems: We may have broken US anti-bribery law; Oracle says it knew before $7.4B bid</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sun-microsystems-we-may-have-broken-us-anti-bribery-law-oracle-says-it-knew-before-74b-bid-56887/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sun-microsystems-we-may-have-broken-us-anti-bribery-law-oracle-says-it-knew-before-74b-bid-56887/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 09:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan Robertson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sun Microsystems Inc. may have broken anti-bribery laws with its actions in an unspecified location outside the United States, a revelation that would-be acquirer Oracle Corp. knew about before inking its $7.4 billion takeover deal.

It&#8217;s unclear what Sun&#8217;s admission Friday will mean for the company.
Sun said in a regulatory filing that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuelan NGOs warn proposed law could clamp down on critical organizations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuelan-ngos-warn-proposed-law-could-clamp-down-on-critical-organizations-56359/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuelan-ngos-warn-proposed-law-could-clamp-down-on-critical-organizations-56359/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 06:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Toothaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CARACAS, Venezuela — Prominent Venezuelan nongovernmental organizations warned Thursday that a bill being drafted by lawmakers loyal to President Hugo Chavez could be used to financially strangle groups that criticize the government.

Ruling-party lawmakers argue the proposed law is necessary to increase oversight of foreign funding destined for NGOs, although they&#8217;ve promised to hear concerns from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen kill Darfur peacekeeper during carjacking, 15th UN-AU peacekeeper killed since 2008</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-kill-darfur-peacekeeper-during-carjacking-15th-un-au-peacekeeper-killed-since-2008-56250/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-kill-darfur-peacekeeper-during-carjacking-15th-un-au-peacekeeper-killed-since-2008-56250/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 05:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Sarah El Deeb</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — Gunmen shot and killed an unarmed peacekeeper outside his home in Sudan&#8217;s war-ravaged Darfur region, the spokesman for the joint U.N.-African Union mission said Friday.

The military observer, whose nationality and name were not released, was the 15th peacekeeper killed in Darfur since the mission began in January 2008 and the second since an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 ACORN workers charged with voter registration irregularities in Pa.</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/7-acorn-workers-charged-with-voter-registration-irregularities-in-pa-56115/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/7-acorn-workers-charged-with-voter-registration-irregularities-in-pa-56115/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 05:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Mandak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — Seven Pittsburgh-area ACORN workers were charged with falsifying voter registration forms, with six accused of doing so to meet the group&#8217;s alleged quota system before last year&#8217;s general election.

District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. said he&#8217;s hoping the workers charged Thursday will help authorities determine whether Allegheny County ACORN officials will be charged with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FIFA official says Asian soccer chief acting like lunatic crime boss ahead of key election</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fifa-official-says-asian-soccer-chief-acting-like-lunatic-crime-boss-ahead-of-key-election-55611/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fifa-official-says-asian-soccer-chief-acting-like-lunatic-crime-boss-ahead-of-key-election-55611/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 02:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vijay Joshi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The enmity between the two most powerful men in Asian soccer plunged into new depths Thursday when FIFA&#8217;s vice president said his rival was suffering mental problems and acting like a criminal.

Mohamad Bin Hammam, the Asian Football Confederation president, is facing a challenge for his seat on FIFA&#8217;s executive committee from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Austrian cycling federation calls for harsher punishment for athletes caught doping</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/austrian-cycling-federation-calls-for-harsher-punishment-for-athletes-caught-doping-55370/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/austrian-cycling-federation-calls-for-harsher-punishment-for-athletes-caught-doping-55370/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 00:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA — The Austrian cycling federation has called for doping to be classified as a criminal offense, leading to harsher punishment for riders who use banned substances.

&#8220;It&#8217;s totally clear that the current degree of penalty is not sufficient,&#8221; federation president Otto Flum told national broadcaster ORF on Thursday.
Flum spoke out a day after Austrian national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sudan says US aid organizations will be considered to replace groups expelled from Darfur</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sudan-says-us-aid-organizations-will-be-considered-to-replace-groups-expelled-from-darfur-55335/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sudan-says-us-aid-organizations-will-be-considered-to-replace-groups-expelled-from-darfur-55335/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 00:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KHARTOUM, Sudan — The Sudanese government said Thursday that it would consider applications from American aid organizations to replace more than a dozen groups that were expelled from Darfur earlier this year.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir expelled 13 international aid groups and three local ones in March after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goa health minister charge sheeted for threaning lawyer</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/goa-health-minister-charge-sheeted-for-threaning-lawyer-55187/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/goa-health-minister-charge-sheeted-for-threaning-lawyer-55187/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 19:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PANAJI - Goa Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane was Friday formally charged  by the police for threatening to kill activist lawyer Aires Rodrigues.



The one paragraph charge sheet was filed by the the Goa Police  in a court here only after Aires Rodrigues approached the Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court claiming police inaction.


According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress decision to drop my candidature unfortunate: Tytler</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/congress-decision-to-drop-my-candidature-unfortunate-tytler-54845/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/congress-decision-to-drop-my-candidature-unfortunate-tytler-54845/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 19:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Criticising the Congress for dropping him as candidate, senior party leader Jagdish Tytler Thursday said the decision was unfortunate and that the &#8217;shoe incident was just an excuse&#8217;.



&#8216;It was an unfortunate thing done to me by the party,&#8217; Tytler said after casting his vote at the Rakabganj polling station in New Delhi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress decision to drop my candidature unfortunate: Tytler</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/congress-decision-to-drop-my-candidature-unfortunate-tytler-54844/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 19:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Criticising the Congress for dropping him as candidate, senior party leader Jagdish Tytler Thursday said the decision was unfortunate and that the &#8217;shoe incident was just an excuse&#8217;.



&#8216;It was an unfortunate thing done to me by the party,&#8217; Tytler said after casting his vote at the Rakabganj polling station in New Delhi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A three-way tie for first lady at Zuma&#8217;s inauguration: Report</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-three-way-tie-for-first-lady-at-zumas-inauguration-report-54820/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 19:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG - After months of speculation over who will be South Africa&#8217;s next first lady, local media reported Thursday that president-elect Jacob Zuma, a polygamist, will be accompanied by both his wives and a third female companion at his inauguration Saturday.



The Star newspaper reported that Zuma, 67, had invited his first wife Sizakele, 69, his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress-led  UDF  calls for shutdown in  Kerala  over  Pinarayi clean chit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/congress-led-udf-calls-for-shutdown-in-kerala-over-pinarayi-clean-chit-54788/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/congress-led-udf-calls-for-shutdown-in-kerala-over-pinarayi-clean-chit-54788/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 17:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[THIRUVANANTHAPURAM -  The  Congress-led   United Democratic Front (UDF) called for a statewide shutdown in  Kerala today to protest against the State Government&#8217;s decision to  deny the  prosecution of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM)  state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in the multi-billion SNC Lavalin case.

The shutdown was called to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sexting may land teens in legal trouble</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sexting-may-land-teens-in-legal-trouble-54664/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 14:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Police officials in Virginia have warned that sexting-a term used to describe the act of sending sexually explicit photos by cellular phones-may land teens in legal fix.

The warning comes in the wake of a recent scandal in Fairfax County, in which the police discovered a cache of images of naked girls in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon police say father accused of using a dog shock collar on his children</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 03:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. — A father was accused of using a dog shock collar on his four children. Salem Police Lt. Dave Okada said the 41-year-old man was jailed Tuesday on charges of criminal mistreatment. He said the father acknowledged putting the electronic dog collar on his four children and shocking all of them at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY comptroller sues Aldus Equity over Dallas firm&#8217;s role in pay-to-play scandal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ny-comptroller-sues-aldus-equity-over-dallas-firms-role-in-pay-to-play-scandal-54561/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ny-comptroller-sues-aldus-equity-over-dallas-firms-role-in-pay-to-play-scandal-54561/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 03:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David B. Caruso</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — New York state&#8217;s comptroller is suing a company accused of paying illegal kickbacks in exchange for a big investment from the state pension fund.

Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli filed the suit Wednesday in Albany as part of his effort to sever all ties with the Dallas firm, Aldus Equity Partners.
The attorney general filed criminal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP IMPACT: Mexico holds huge stash of seized weapons, but it makes tracing weapons painstaking</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-impact-mexico-holds-huge-stash-of-seized-weapons-but-it-makes-tracing-weapons-painstaking-54522/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 02:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Roberts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Deep inside a heavily guarded military warehouse, the evidence of Mexico&#8217;s war on drug cartels is stacked two stories high: tens of thousands of seized weapons, from handguns and rifles to AK-47s, some with gun sights carved into the shape of a rooster or a horse&#8217;s head.

The vault nestled in a Mexican [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wal-Mart agrees to pay $2M to avoid charges in probe of stampede death at Long Island store</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 23:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Eltman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MINEOLA, N.Y. — Wal-Mart agreed Wednesday to pay nearly $2 million and improve safety at its 92 New York stores as part of a deal with prosecutors that avoids criminal charges in the trampling death of a temporary worker.

Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, who began a criminal investigation shortly after last November&#8217;s customer stampede [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To heavy cheers, South African parliament elects Jacob Zuma as national president</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/to-heavy-cheers-south-african-parliament-elects-jacob-zuma-as-national-president-54337/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/to-heavy-cheers-south-african-parliament-elects-jacob-zuma-as-national-president-54337/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 23:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clare Nullis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa&#8217;s parliament elected Jacob Zuma as president Wednesday, celebrating with cheers the astonishing rise of a self-educated teenage goatherder who transformed himself into the charismatic leader of Africa&#8217;s economic powerhouse.

Zuma will be inaugurated Saturday, the culmination of a remarkable comeback for the former underground leader who survived prison under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South African parliament elects Jacob Zuma as national president</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/south-african-parliament-elects-jacob-zuma-as-national-president-54263/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/south-african-parliament-elects-jacob-zuma-as-national-president-54263/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 22:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa&#8217;s parliament elected Jacob Zuma as president Wednesday, celebrating the astonishing rise of a self-educated teenage goatherd who transformed himself into the charismatic leader of Africa&#8217;s economic powerhouse.

Zuma will be inaugurated Saturday, the culmination of a remarkable comeback for the former underground leader who survived prison under the former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human rights group calls on Ethiopia for information on alleged coup plotters held secretly</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/human-rights-group-calls-on-ethiopia-for-information-on-alleged-coup-plotters-held-secretly-54150/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/human-rights-group-calls-on-ethiopia-for-information-on-alleged-coup-plotters-held-secretly-54150/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 20:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita Powell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Ethiopian government must release the names and whereabouts of 35 people being held in a secret location after they were arrested last month over an alleged coup plot, a human rights group said.

Amnesty International said late Tuesday the suspects&#8217; families have not been informed of their whereabouts.
Ethiopian officials could not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oz homeopath dad admits that he &#8216;failed&#8217; his eczema afflicted baby</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oz-homeopath-dad-admits-that-he-failed-his-eczema-afflicted-baby-53963/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 16:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - A homeopath has admitted he failed his baby daughter by continuing to treat her chronic eczema with alternative instead of conventional medicine, a court has heard.

According to The Australian, Thomas Sam allegedly told police in an interview after his nine-month-old daughter Gloria Thomas died from an infection: &#8220;I could have done better. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newspaper columnist shot to death in front of his home in northern Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 09:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Olson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Gunmen killed a columnist for a newspaper in a northern Mexican state plagued by kidnappings and drug violence, authorities said Tuesday. A motive hadn&#8217;t been determined.

At least four gunmen confronted Carlos Ortega on Sunday when he got out of his car in front of his home in the small town of Santa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking the budget could mean prison for RI public servants under lawmaker&#8217;s plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/breaking-the-budget-could-mean-prison-for-ri-public-servants-under-lawmakers-plan-53427/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 04:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Henry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Hand-wringing, not handcuffs, normally awaits public servants who blow their budgets and need more cash.

But a Rhode Island legislator now wants to make it a misdemeanor for officials to knowingly overspend their budgets, in what would apparently be a first among states.
Violators would be punished with up to a year in prison [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain names &#8216;least wanted&#8217; visitors</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/britain-names-least-wanted-visitors-53166/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 00:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Islamic extremists, white supremacists and leaders of a Russian skinhead gang were among people barred from entering Britain on the grounds that they would promote hatred, terrorist violence or serious criminal activity, the government said Tuesday.



In an unprecedented move, the Home Office published some of the names on Britain&#8217;s list of &#8216;least wanted&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>164 candidates with criminal records in round four of polls</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/164-candidates-with-criminal-records-in-round-four-of-polls-53019/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/164-candidates-with-criminal-records-in-round-four-of-polls-53019/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 22:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The candidates for the fourth phase of polls Thursday is a mixed bag  - 164 have criminal records and 259 are millionaires, a survey said Tuesday.



According to the study by the National Election Watch (NEW), &#8216;12 percent of the total 1,306 candidates in fray for the fourth phase have criminal records&#8217;.


The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lao government says British drug suspect&#8217;s pregnancy means she will not face death penalty</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lao-government-says-british-drug-suspects-pregnancy-means-she-will-not-face-death-penalty-52866/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lao-government-says-british-drug-suspects-pregnancy-means-she-will-not-face-death-penalty-52866/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 20:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/lao-government-says-british-drug-suspects-pregnancy-means-she-will-not-face-death-penalty-52866/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — A pregnant British woman accused of trafficking heroin in Laos will not face the death penalty because the law bans executing expectant convicts, a government spokesman said Tuesday.

The trial of 20-year-old Samantha Orobator would not be held until next week so that an &#8220;appropriate lawyer&#8221; could be found to defend her, Foreign Ministry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laid off from factory job, Missouri senior citizen trains to walk thin blue line</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/laid-off-from-factory-job-missouri-senior-citizen-trains-to-walk-thin-blue-line-52708/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 18:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Scher Zagier</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, Mo. — Laid-off factory worker Dorie Clark had a choice: settle into a life of leisure whittling wood or lazing around the fishing hole, or find a new job.

At 65, his employment options were limited. But as the guardian and caretaker of a 6-year-old boy whose mother (Clark&#8217;s ex-girlfriend) is unable to care for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professional, educated and aspiring to be politician</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/professional-educated-and-aspiring-to-be-politician-52321/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 11:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nabeel A. Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - If you thought politics was the preserve of the corrupt or the criminal, think again. The 15th Lok Sabha polls boast of a new breed of candidates who are professionals, well educated and motivated people the middle class can identify with.



Bankers, doctors and graduates of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Masked gunmen kill 45 in attack on wedding in Turkey, up to 20 injured</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/masked-gunmen-kill-45-in-attack-on-wedding-in-turkey-up-to-20-injured-52133/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/masked-gunmen-kill-45-in-attack-on-wedding-in-turkey-up-to-20-injured-52133/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 07:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Selcan Hacaoglu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANKARA, Turkey — Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45 people and wounding 20 others. Two girls survived after the bodies of slain friends fell on top of them during the onslaught.

NTV television quoted Deputy Gov. Ferhat Ozen of Mardin province as saying the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Masked gunmen kill 44 in attack on wedding in Turkey, up to 20 injured</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/masked-gunmen-kill-44-in-attack-on-wedding-in-turkey-up-to-20-injured-52114/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/masked-gunmen-kill-44-in-attack-on-wedding-in-turkey-up-to-20-injured-52114/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 07:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Selcan Hacaoglu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANKARA, Turkey — Masked assailants attacked a wedding ceremony in southeastern Turkey with automatic weapons, killing 44 people, including the bride and groom, and wounding six others. Two girls survived after the bodies of slain friends fell on top of them.

Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Tuesday security forces had detained eight suspected gunmen following the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago boy accused of impersonating police officer is charged with taking car from dealership</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chicago-boy-accused-of-impersonating-police-officer-is-charged-with-taking-car-from-dealership-52060/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chicago-boy-accused-of-impersonating-police-officer-is-charged-with-taking-car-from-dealership-52060/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 06:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — The Chicago teenager who was arrested after dressing up like a police officer and going on patrol earlier this year is in trouble with the law again after allegedly dressing like an adult to steal a car from a dealership.

Chicago Police spokesman Roderick Drew says the 15-year-old donned a suit and went to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former RAW official given bail</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-raw-official-given-bail-51760/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-raw-official-given-bail-51760/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 01:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - A former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer accused of disclosing classified information through a book on India&#8217;s external intelligence agency was released on bail Monday.



Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja allowed interim bail to Maj. Gen. (retd) V.K. Singh, former joint secretary of RAW, on personal and two surety bonds of Rs.100,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election Commission for the Right not to vote: V.S.Sampath</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/election-commission-for-the-right-not-to-vote-vssampath-51638/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/election-commission-for-the-right-not-to-vote-vssampath-51638/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 23:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SHIMLA - Election Commissioner V. S. Sampath on Monday advocated an elector&#8217;s right not to vote, while saying, but this would have to be given shape through a legislation.

&#8220;ECI is in support of providing citizens the right not to vote like their democratic right to vote &#8230; but a separate legislation is required to enforce [...]]]></description>
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