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		<title>2 injured trying to ride out wildfire in a backyard hot tub north of Los Angeles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s official says two people tried to ride out the firestorm in Big Tujunga Canyon in a backyard hot tub and were critically burned.

Sheriff&#8217;s spokesman Steve Whitmore said Sunday that the pair &#8220;completely underestimated the fire&#8221; and the hot tub provided &#8220;no protection whatsoever.&#8221;
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		<title>Sheriff&#8217;s deputy in upstate NY defends decision to zap mom with stun gun during traffic stop</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A sheriff&#8217;s deputy in eastern New York has defended his decision to zap a woman with a stun gun during a traffic stop in a Syracuse suburb earlier this year.

Sean Andrews says in an e-mail that a video taken from the dashboard of the Onondaga County officer&#8217;s car &#8220;alone does not look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wildfire near Los Angeles moves north and grows out of control, threatening thousands of homes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raquel Maria Dillon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Wildfire threatened 12,000 suburban homes and rained ash on cars as far away as downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, spreading in all directions in hot, dry conditions. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged those in the fire&#8217;s path to listen to authorities and get out.

Firefighters fixed their attention on the blaze&#8217;s fast-moving northwestern front [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State fairs: Butter sculptures, animal barns, food on sticks _ and for many, badly needed jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nomaan Merchant</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — A year&#8217;s worth of failed job leads prepared Richard Briggs for anything, including night shifts as a Minnesota State Fair custodian.

For $8.50 an hour, the out-of-work financial analyst vacuums and cleans bathrooms in fairground buildings. Briggs, 38, said he&#8217;s &#8220;something of a curiosity&#8221; among his co-workers.
&#8220;You know, they don&#8217;t hire financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Department beset once again by charges of playing politics, this time under Democrats</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Jakes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Besieged during the Bush administration for bending to the White House&#8217;s will, the Justice Department is again accused of playing politics with cases — this time in investigating whether CIA interrogators illegally abused terror suspects.

The new charges were led Sunday by former Vice President Dick Cheney, who called the preliminary probe ordered last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethnic rebels flee Myanmar, abandoning weapons and uniforms for safe haven in south China</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ng Han Guan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MENG PENG, China — Hundreds of ethnic rebels have fled clashes in northeastern Myanmar, surrendering their weapons and uniforms to Chinese border police and crossing to safety after several days of skirmishes with Myanmar government troops.

Myanmar&#8217;s military junta ended a news blackout about the clashes Sunday, saying three days of fighting had killed 26 government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major reshuffle of officials in J and K</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SRINAGAR - In a major administrative reshuffle, Jammu and Kashmir Government has transferred 26 senior officers, including 12 IAS officers.

The decision to transfer the officers was taken on Saturday evening at a meeting of the state Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
A spokesman of the State Government released the details of the cabinet decision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UP ATS hunt 21 students of Lucknow University after Salim&#8217;s arrest</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/up-ats-hunt-21-students-of-lucknow-university-after-salims-arrest-154275/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/up-ats-hunt-21-students-of-lucknow-university-after-salims-arrest-154275/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LUCKNOW - The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh Police is searching for 21 students of Lucknow University who studied with suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist Mohammad Aslam alias Salim.

Salim, who was arrested in Delhi on Tuesday, studied post graduation degree in Arabic studies Department of Lucknow University from 2003-05.
According to sources, the ATS is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life Insurance Corp to set up housing venture capital</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/life-insurance-corp-to-set-up-housing-venture-capital-148342/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/life-insurance-corp-to-set-up-housing-venture-capital-148342/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI - Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) and its associates will hold a majority stake in the real estate venture capital fund to be floated by LIC Housing Finance Ltd, says a top company official.

&#8220;The majority stake will be with the LIC group. However, the actual percentage and other details as to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special school makes NY harbor its classroom while awaiting a waterfront home</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Pope</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — In 1790, the state of New York set aside Governors Island, off the tip of Manhattan, for the benefit of education. For more than two centuries, however, it was in military hands, guarding the country&#8217;s most important harbor.

Soon, the original terms of that grant will at last be honored, and it seems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AutoNation Inc. hits brakes on Cash for Clunkers early to clear deals by government deadline</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/autonation-inc-hits-brakes-on-cash-for-clunkers-early-to-clear-deals-by-government-deadline-147060/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Veiga</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — AutoNation Inc., the nation&#8217;s largest auto dealership chain, said Saturday it hit the brakes on the popular Cash for Clunkers program three days early because it wants to make sure it can submit the paperwork on thousands of sales to the government before a Monday evening deadline.

Under the rebate program, dealerships need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain under pressure as Gadhafi praises Scotland for decision to free Lockerbie bomber</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danica Kirka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Britain&#8217;s leaders faced strong pressure Saturday to account for any role they might have had in the release of the Lockerbie bomber after Moammar Gadhafi credited senior British officials and members of the royal family for influencing the decision.

Britain has condemned the scenes of jubilation in Tripoli at the return of bomber Abdel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asha Bhosle releases music album in Kolkata</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Legendary singer Asha Bhosle released a music album dedicated to Goddess Durga, a month prior to the Durga Puja festival in Kolkata.

Asha Audio has brought out this music album.
Popular crooner Usha Uttap and music director Babul Bose were present on the occasion.
Bhosle, who is singing devotional (puja) songs after a hiatus of fifteen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I covered up for Advani on Kandahar hijack: Jaswant Singh</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/i-covered-up-for-advani-on-kandahar-hijack-jaswant-singh-146246/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/i-covered-up-for-advani-on-kandahar-hijack-jaswant-singh-146246/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh Friday triggered yet another controversy claiming that he covered up for L.K. Advani 

during the 2009 Lok Sabha campaign by concealing that the party&#8217;s prime ministerial candidate knew of the terrorist-hostage swap during the 1999 plane hijacking.	 	
&#8220;I covered up for Advani&#8230;Advani always knew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Public option&#8217; health plan hatched by liberal academics; Elizabeth Edwards aided acceptance</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/public-option-health-plan-hatched-by-liberal-academics-elizabeth-edwards-aided-acceptance-146239/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The idea of a government medical plan to compete with private insurance has become a litmus test in the health care debate. It could easily have been nothing more than a forgotten proposal gathering dust on some professor&#8217;s bookshelf.

The &#8220;public option&#8221; followed an unlikely path to center stage in national politics. It started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outgoing Indian Navy chief to drop anchor in Goa</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/outgoing-indian-navy-chief-to-drop-anchor-in-goa-146137/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/outgoing-indian-navy-chief-to-drop-anchor-in-goa-146137/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PANAJI - When Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta retires after 42 years of service on August 31, chances are he will permanently drop anchor in Goa, the state his wife belongs to and where his &#8220;roots&#8221; are. 

Speaking to reporters Friday during his farewell visit to the Goa Naval Area, Mehta said he would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air India cuts employees&#8217; incentives</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/air-india-cuts-employees-incentives-145142/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI - Cash-strapped national carrier Air India Thursday decided to cut performance-linked incentives of its employees by 30 to 50 percent. 

The decision was taken at a meeting between the management and employees union leaders and the workers have accepted the cut, an airline official said. 	 	
The incentives, being given to employees in addition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German Islam charged with plotting terror attack tells judge he regrets plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/german-islam-charged-with-plotting-terror-attack-tells-judge-he-regrets-plan-143942/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/german-islam-charged-with-plotting-terror-attack-tells-judge-he-regrets-plan-143942/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUESSELDORF, Germany — The youngest member of an alleged radical Islamic terrorist cell whose plot to attack U.S. targets in Germany was foiled by authorities testified Wednesday he would not repeat his actions.

Daniel Schneider, a 23-year-old German convert to Islam, told the court he was relieved to have been arrested along with three other alleged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editors Guild condemns Delhi Police move to prosecute two journalists</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/editors-guild-condemns-delhi-police-move-to-prosecute-two-journalists-143502/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/editors-guild-condemns-delhi-police-move-to-prosecute-two-journalists-143502/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Editors Guild of India has condemned the move of the Delhi Police to prosecute two journalists who had exposed the cash for questions scam involving Members of Parliament (MPs) through a sting operation.

The Delhi Police have filed a charge sheet naming Aniruddha Bahal and Suhasini Raj of Cobrapost.com.
The journalists had carried [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Liberals say &#8216;no more compromise,&#8217; call for end to one-sided health care negotiation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/analysis-liberals-say-no-more-compromise-call-for-end-to-one-sided-health-care-negotiation-143247/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/analysis-liberals-say-no-more-compromise-call-for-end-to-one-sided-health-care-negotiation-143247/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Frustrated liberals have a question for President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers: Isn&#8217;t it time the other guys gave a little ground on health care? What&#8217;s the point of a bipartisan bill, they ask, if we&#8217;re making all the concessions?

A case in point:
Sen. Charles Grassley, a key Republican negotiator on health care, was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Post shutting down Web site that focused on neighborhood news in Virginia suburbs</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/washington-post-shutting-down-web-site-that-focused-on-neighborhood-news-in-virginia-suburbs-143211/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — In its latest cost-cutting move, The Washington Post&#8217;s owner is scrapping an experimental Web site that provided more news coverage about events happening around the neighborhoods of a Virginia suburb.

LoudounExtra.com will be shut down as an independent Web site this Friday, with some features moving to WashingtonPost.com. The site was focused on Loudoun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announces run for governor, proposes limit of 2, 4-year terms</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sen-kay-bailey-hutchison-announces-run-for-governor-proposes-limit-of-2-4-year-terms-141888/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sen-kay-bailey-hutchison-announces-run-for-governor-proposes-limit-of-2-4-year-terms-141888/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Root</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA MARQUE, Texas — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced her run for Texas governor Monday with a sharp blast at Gov. Rick Perry, saying he has overstayed his welcome with an administration marked by arrogance and &#8220;tragic&#8221; mistakes.

Hutchison, using her old high school about 40 miles southeast of Houston as a backdrop, also proposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NKorea to resume SKorean tours, family reunions in North; could ease tensions on peninsula</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nkorea-to-resume-skorean-tours-family-reunions-in-north-could-ease-tensions-on-peninsula-141745/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nkorea-to-resume-skorean-tours-family-reunions-in-north-could-ease-tensions-on-peninsula-141745/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hyung-jin Kim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday it would restart tours to a scenic mountain resort and allow reunions for families separated since the Korean War — a surprise move that could help ease months of tensions with South Korea over Pyongyang&#8217;s missile and nuclear tests.

The North&#8217;s announcement followed a meeting Sunday between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pashupatinath braces for new storm</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pashupatinath-braces-for-new-storm-140981/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pashupatinath-braces-for-new-storm-140981/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sudeshna Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - One of the holiest Hindu shrines and a Unesco world heritage site, Nepal&#8217;s hallowed Pashupatinath temple now finds itself facing a fresh revolt -being brewed by the former Maoist guerrillas.

The temple, said to have been built in the 3rd century BC, faces a new unrest with its first Nepali chief priest crossing swords [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dera Sacha Sauda plants 68 lakh trees on I-Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dera-sacha-sauda-plants-68-lakh-trees-on-i-day-140611/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dera-sacha-sauda-plants-68-lakh-trees-on-i-day-140611/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHANDIGARH - Followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect Saturday marked the Independence Day by planting a staggering 68 lakh trees in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and the union territory of Chandigarh.

&#8220;Followers of Dera Sacha Sauda have planted nearly 68 lakh plants of different species on a single day. This is our gesture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM announces new measures for women, housing, energy, education</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pm-announces-new-measures-for-women-housing-energy-education-140304/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pm-announces-new-measures-for-women-housing-energy-education-140304/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday announced a series of new schemes for women and for the housing, energy and education sectors.

&#8220;Our government will make sustained efforts for social and economic empowerment of women. We have decided to launch a National Female Literacy Mission, through which female illiteracy will be reduced by half [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fan sells rare Archie comic for $40K to protest Archie&#8217;s proposal to va-va-voomy Veronica</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Stengle</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS — When comic book store owner Dave Luebke heard that after 67 years, the carrot-topped everyman of the comic world, Archie, was proposing to va-va-voomy rich girl Veronica instead of girl-next-door Betty, he decided to protest by selling his copy of the series&#8217; rare first issue.

Luebke&#8217;s Archie Comics No. 1 sold for $38,837 when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arab League asks EU to support call for Israel to open up its nuclear program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Jahn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA — Arab states are lobbying the European Union for support in their drive to force Israel to open up its secretive nuclear program to international perusal, documents made available to The Associated Press show.

In a letter addressed to Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Amre Moussa, secretary general of the 22-nation League of Arab States, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FAA, air traffic controllers reach contract agreement, fulfilling an Obama campaign pledge</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/faa-air-traffic-controllers-reach-contract-agreement-fulfilling-an-obama-campaign-pledge-138775/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Government air traffic controllers and the Obama administration have reached a tentative contract agreement that both sides said they hope will end years of severely strained relations.

Arbitrators recently decided a handful of remaining issues involving pay and vacation time, clearing the way for Thursday&#8217;s contract announcement by the Federal Aviation Administration and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terrified Taiwanese hauled to safety across raging river; criticism mounts over gov&#8217;t response</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/terrified-taiwanese-hauled-to-safety-across-raging-river-criticism-mounts-over-govt-response-138624/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/terrified-taiwanese-hauled-to-safety-across-raging-river-criticism-mounts-over-govt-response-138624/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Enav</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SINFA, Taiwan — Barefoot and helmeted, the frightened survivors of deadly Typhoon Morakot dangled high over jagged rocks and a raging river as soldiers hauled them to safety one by one along a 100-foot-long cable.

On the far side, a few dozen waited near a hand-painted sign on the craggy foundation of a destroyed bridge: &#8220;32 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Centre to constitute a GoM for aviation sector :Patel</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/centre-to-constitute-a-gom-for-aviation-sector-patel-138401/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/centre-to-constitute-a-gom-for-aviation-sector-patel-138401/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Union Minister of  State  for  Civil Aviation Praful Patel informed on Thursday that the Centre has decided  to set  up a Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into the issue of  jet fuel pricing and demands of the airline industry.

The  Union  Cabinet took the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;miracle&#8217; boy who died 18 times celebrates his first b&#8217;day</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-miracle-boy-who-died-18-times-celebrates-his-first-bday-138323/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-miracle-boy-who-died-18-times-celebrates-his-first-bday-138323/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - A Brit baby boy has defied all odds after he died 18 times and lived to celebrate his first birthday.

Baby Warwick had been born with extreme complications, and his parents Leigh Dumighan, 36, and David Newcombe were told that he would have an appalling life ahead of him if he survived.
His parents were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As VHP leader&#8217;s death anniversary looms, Kandhamal is engulfed with security blanket</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/as-vhp-leaders-death-anniversary-looms-kandhamal-is-engulfed-with-security-blanket-138267/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/as-vhp-leaders-death-anniversary-looms-kandhamal-is-engulfed-with-security-blanket-138267/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PHULBANI - Tight security arrangements have been made in the Orissa&#8217;s Kandhamal District ahead of the first death anniversary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Laxmanand Saraswati.axmananda and four others were killed by Maoists on last year, sparking of a widespread communal violence in parts of Orissa.

The Sangh Parivar has also decided to observe the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Iowa property owners say federal buyout for greenway isn&#8217;t worth leaving flood plain</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/some-iowa-property-owners-say-federal-buyout-for-greenway-isnt-worth-leaving-flood-plain-137993/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/some-iowa-property-owners-say-federal-buyout-for-greenway-isnt-worth-leaving-flood-plain-137993/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Duara</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — After one of the most expensive natural disasters in U.S. history, Cedar Rapids plans to turn a flood-prone strip of land next to the Cedar River into a 220-acre greenway. But a few stubborn homeowners and businesses are refusing to leave.

City officials say an important step in recovery from the June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kashmir government ready for CBI probe into double rape-murder</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SRINAGAR - The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday said it was ready to recommend a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the rape and murder of two women of Shopian district amid reports of the alleged tampering of DNA samples of the victims.

The alleged fudging of forensic evidences rocked the state assembly with opposition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>J and K Government to hand over Shopian murder case to CBI</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/j-and-k-government-to-hand-over-shopian-murder-case-to-cbi-137600/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/j-and-k-government-to-hand-over-shopian-murder-case-to-cbi-137600/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SRINAGAR -  The Jammu and  Kashmir  Government  on Wednesday decided to handover the controversial Shopian rape  and murder  case  involving  two  women  to  the  Central  Bureau  of Investigation (CBI).

Sources  said  the State Cabinet unanimously  took  the  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ga. suspect tells jurors: &#8216;I was not then, and am not now, a terrorist.&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ga-suspect-tells-jurors-i-was-not-then-and-am-not-now-a-terrorist-136815/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ga-suspect-tells-jurors-i-was-not-then-and-am-not-now-a-terrorist-136815/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Bluestein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — A 23-year-old accused of using a video camera to scout national landmarks for terror attacks told jurors Tuesday that he never helped terrorists, nor plotted to do so.

Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, who&#8217;s representing himself during his trial on charges of supporting overseas terrorists, said during closing arguments that video shot during a trip with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7-time champion Michael Schumacher calls off Formula One comeback due to head, neck injuries</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/7-time-champion-michael-schumacher-calls-off-formula-one-comeback-due-to-head-neck-injuries-136268/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN — Michael Schumacher on Tuesday announced he has called off his much-anticipated Formula One comeback because of lingering injuries from a motorcycling crash earlier this year.

The seven-time world champion was to fill in for injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa and hoped to return at this month&#8217;s European Grand Prix in Valencia, Spain.
Schumacher said on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks slide after rally; traders look to retail earnings, Federal Reserve&#8217;s two-day meeting</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-slide-after-rally-traders-look-to-retail-earnings-federal-reserves-two-day-meeting-135848/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Paradis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK —With the stock market in a bit of a news lull, investors decided to lock in some profits.

Stocks fell modestly Monday in the absence of any major corporate or economic developments. Investors were cautious ahead of a two-day meeting of the Federal Reserve that starts Tuesday, and they&#8217;re waiting for retail earnings reports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil dipps below $71 a barrel ahead of US retail reports due later this week</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-dipps-below-71-a-barrel-ahead-of-us-retail-reports-due-later-this-week-135782/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-dipps-below-71-a-barrel-ahead-of-us-retail-reports-due-later-this-week-135782/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Oil prices fell below $71 a barrel Monday ahead of this week&#8217;s U.S. consumer spending data that could shed light on the strength of the economic recovery.

Benchmark crude for September delivery fell 33 cents to settle at $70.60 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The government this week will report July retail sales, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski steps down; board of directors to be reduced to 3 from 9</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nortel-ceo-mike-zafirovski-steps-down-board-of-directors-to-be-reduced-to-3-from-9-135684/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Gillies</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO —Nortel Networks CEO Mike Zafirovski is stepping down from the troubled telecommunications company, saying a &#8220;a natural transition point&#8221; has been reached as the company proceeds with plans to liquidate.

The company also announced Monday that its board of directors will be reduced to three, from nine.
Zafirovski, named CEO in 2005 after serving as an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US troops who have died while serving in Iraq and Kuwait</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-troops-who-have-died-while-serving-in-iraq-and-kuwait-135464/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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US troops killed in Iraq and Kuwait
Army Spc. Paul E. Andersen

On paper, Paul E. Andersen was a devoted military man who spent about 25 years with the Army Reserve. At heart, he was a kid.
The 49-year-old from Dowagiac, Mich., enjoyed slurping strawberry milkshakes, tinkering with machines and putting up lots of lights at Christmas. To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq veterans shred combat uniforms to turn reminders of war into therapeutic works of art</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraq-veterans-shred-combat-uniforms-to-turn-reminders-of-war-into-therapeutic-works-of-art-132334/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Bynum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAVANNAH, Ga. — Tired of taking pills prescribed to suppress his pain, Zach Choate decided to wrestle head-on with the trauma that followed him home from Iraq. He began by using a razor to shred his Army uniform to bits.

&#8220;I&#8217;m hoping I come out of this a little more whole, a little bit more at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India-Nepal land dispute threatens tiger reserve</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-nepal-land-dispute-threatens-tiger-reserve-131118/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanjeeb Baruah</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SUSTA - The presence of illegal settlers is threatening wildlife in the Susta region of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve as forest staff don&#8217;t patrol the area because of a territorial dispute between India and Nepal, say officials and conservationists.

&#8220;The (Susta) area is actively used by criminals for timber and cane smuggling; wildlife poaching takes place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two globe-trotters on a mission: The tag team of Bill and Hillary Clinton is in motion again</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin Woodward</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Bill Clinton&#8217;s North Korean negotiations cast fresh light on a Byzantine, mysterious power that Americans may never fully understand.

The Clintons.
Sure, North Korea is a complicated place, too.
But the history of Bill and Hillary Clinton — their partnership, their marriage, their way of one stepping forward while the other steps back — is lined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Young MPs to train as soldiers of Territorial Army</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/young-mps-to-train-as-soldiers-of-territorial-army-130115/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/young-mps-to-train-as-soldiers-of-territorial-army-130115/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Donning the olive green uniform was a childhood dream for some. For others, weapons training was the main attraction. Whatever their reasons, many of India&#8217;s young MPs will soon join the Territorial Army, which enables civilians to help strengthen the country&#8217;s defence.

Around 30-odd MPs Tuesday thronged the defence ministry to attend a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kirori Mal College expels 2 students involved in ragging</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kirori-mal-college-expels-2-students-involved-in-ragging-129117/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kirori-mal-college-expels-2-students-involved-in-ragging-129117/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Kirori Mal College on Monday decided to expel two students for their involvement in a ragging episode.

Two final year students, Akshay Chaudhary and Hani Mohammad, allegedly ragged and vulgarly harassed first year student Ashutosh in the college hostel on Sunday.
Later, the victim complained to the hostel warden.
Acting on the complaint, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nevada Supreme Court to hear arguments on releasing OJ Simpson pending appeal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nevada-supreme-court-to-hear-arguments-on-releasing-oj-simpson-pending-appeal-128994/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nevada-supreme-court-to-hear-arguments-on-releasing-oj-simpson-pending-appeal-128994/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Lawyers for O.J. Simpson and a former golfing buddy hope to persuade a Nevada Supreme Court panel to spring the two men from prison while the justices review their convictions in a gunpoint hotel room heist.

Simpson and convicted co-defendant Clarence &#8220;C.J.&#8221; Stewart won&#8217;t be in a Las Vegas courtroom Monday for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank employees to strike work Aug 6-7</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bank-employees-to-strike-work-aug-6-7-128627/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Employees of state-run banks have decided to go ahead with their proposed strike Thursday and Friday following failure of talks with the government over hike in wages and other demands. 

Our talks were inconclusive. We are meeting again on Tuesday. But as of now we are going ahead with the strike based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orissa tribesmen re-distribute land seized from non-tribals</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/orissa-tribesmen-re-distribute-land-seized-from-non-tribals-127962/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANDHUGAON - In an attempt to exercise their rights, tribals in Orissa are on a land acquiring spree, albeit peacefully.

After creating unrest, instigated allegedly by the Maoists, earlier in Bandhugaon and Narayanpatna regions of the state, the tribals in Bandhugaon, have now decided to shed violence and adopt peaceful means to get lands from the [...]]]></description>
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