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		<title>Huge crowds honor Aquino&#8217;s cortege, conjuring memories of Philippines &#8216;people power&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Huge crowds reminiscent of the 1986 &#8220;people power&#8221; demonstration took to Manila&#8217;s streets Monday to honor the passing of former President Corazon Aquino, who captured the hearts of Filipinos by ousting a brutal dictator and keeping democracy alive in the Philippines.

The flag-draped coffin of Aquino, who died Saturday after a yearlong battle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filipinos pledge to carry on Corazon Aquino&#8217;s legacy at wake by safeguarding democracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Weeping mourners have been paying their respects at the wake of former President Corazon Aquino, with some pledging to carry on her legacy by protecting the democracy she helped install 23 years ago.

Filipinos have been sensitive to any slide back toward autocratic rule since Aquino and Roman Catholic leader Cardinal Jaime Sin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines, world leaders mourn democracy icon, former President Corazon Aquino, dead at 76</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Thousands of Filipinos lined up for hours Sunday to see the body of former President Corazon Aquino — the beloved democracy icon who swept away a dictator and inspired nonviolent resistance to autocratic rule.

Aquino, 76, died early Saturday in a Manila hospital after a yearlong battle with colon cancer.
Thousands trooped to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myanmar&#8217;s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi named Amnesty &#8216;Ambassador of Conscience&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Myanmar&#8217;s long-detained democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is receiving Amnesty International&#8217;s highest honor, U2&#8217;s Bono publicly announced Monday before 80,000 cheering fans.

The human rights watchdog earlier said it hoped the Ambassador of Conscience Award would help protect her as she faces a potential prison sentence.
&#8220;Her crime is that, if she was free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Vietnam deports American who investigated arrests of democracy activists</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-vietnam-deports-american-who-investigated-arrests-of-democracy-activists-120270/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Police have deported an American citizen of Vietnamese origin who had allegedly come to Vietnam to investigate recent arrests of local democracy activists, a state newspaper reported Saturday.

Vo Tan Huan, 25, was deported via the international airport in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday in the presence of U.S. consulate representatives, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mauritania seeks to take one more step on democracy&#8217;s long road</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mauritania-seeks-to-take-one-more-step-on-democracys-long-road-112896/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Pitman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LEMDEN, Mauritania — At the end of a long road that disappears in a scrub-brush desert where camels trek across orange ribbons of sand, the first freely elected president in Mauritania&#8217;s history believes he is watching a democratic revolution unfold.

And so, too, does the man who overthrew him.
This Islamic republic straddling the southern edge of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor embraces Puerto Rican heritage, avoids hot-button issue: statehood vs. independence</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayor-embraces-puerto-rican-heritage-avoids-hot-button-issue-statehood-vs-independence-109711/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Melia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor wrote as a Princeton undergraduate that she supported independence for Puerto Rico — a radical, fringe position, even today.

Three years later, she argued in the Yale Law Review that the island&#8217;s &#8220;inevitable&#8221; march toward statehood should include exclusive rights to its offshore oil and minerals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Text of President Barack Obama&#8217;s speech in Ghana on Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Text of President Barack Obama&#8217;s speech Saturday in Accra, Ghana, as provided by the White House:

OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. It is a great honor for me to be in Accra and to speak to the representatives of the people of Ghana. I am deeply grateful for the welcome that I&#8217;ve received, as are Michelle and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Ghana speech, Obama says Africa needs strong institutions, not strongmen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ACCRA, Ghana — President Barack Obama says governments that respect the will of their people enjoy more prosperity, stability and success than those that don&#8217;t.

In a speech Saturday in Ghana, Obama congratulated the West African nation for its democratic traditions. He said they include choosing &#8220;constitutional rule over autocracy&#8221; and a &#8220;democratic spirit that allows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family says Iranian-American democracy scholar arrested for 2nd time in 2 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desmond Butler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The family of an Iranian-American scholar says he has been arrested by Iranian authorities for the second time in two years.

A relative says security forces arrested Kian Tajbakhsh late Thursday. The relative was in contact with Tajbakhsh&#8217;s wife, who witnessed the arrest.
There was no independent confirmation from Iranian authorities. The relative spoke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama preaches democracy to Moscow Students but says US won&#8217;t impose system on other nations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — President Barack Obama is preaching the gospel of democracy to students in Russia.In a speech on Tuesday at the New Economic School, Obama told students in Moscow that governments that serve their own people &#8220;survive and thrive.&#8221; And the president said independent media and competitive elections are crucial parts of democracy.

The U.S. has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Iranian president: election outcome &#8216;velvet coup&#8217; against democracy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-iranian-president-election-outcome-velvet-coup-against-democracy-96929/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is calling the outcome of disputed elections a &#8220;velvet coup&#8221; against democracy.

Khatami&#8217;s statement comes two days after Iran&#8217;s powerful Guardian Council confirmed that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the landslide winner over Mir Hossein Mousavi in June 12 elections. Mousavi claims fraud robbed him of victory, touching off the worst civil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama dismayed by situation in Honduras, urges peaceful resolution through negotiations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling for all sides in Honduras to respect democracy and the rule of law following the arrest of President Manuela Zelaya and his reported expulsion to Costa Rica.

Obama says any disputes must be settled peacefully through negotiations that are free from outside interference.
White House officials say Obama spoke with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Albania votes in parliamentary election seen as crucial test for democracy, EU ambitions</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/albania-votes-in-parliamentary-election-seen-as-crucial-test-for-democracy-eu-ambitions-93960/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nebi Qena</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TIRANA, Albania — Albanians were voting Sunday in parliamentary elections seen as a crucial test of democracy to prove the Balkan country is ready for EU membership.

Albania is under international pressure to make sure the vote is fair and free of the reports of fraud that have marred previous elections. Albania joined NATO on April [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican president says future of democracy at stake in fight against corruption, drug gangs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday the future of Mexican democracy is at stake in the government&#8217;s fight against official corruption and organized crime, and he criticized politicians who he said want to return to the era when gangs were tolerated.

Calderon also called for making legislators more accountable to the public, including reducing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnamese authorities arrest 3 pro-democracy activists</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/vietnamese-authorities-arrest-3-pro-democracy-activists-85745/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Authorities in Vietnam have arrested three pro-democracy activists, accusing them of colluding with a prominent civil rights attorney to sabotage the communist government, state media reported Thursday.

The three allegedly violated Article 88 of the Penal Code, which bans spreading false propaganda about the state, the official Vietnam News Agency said. It said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranians in US: faced with a choice between Ahmadinejad and rivals, some long for Shah</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranians-in-us-faced-with-a-choice-between-ahmadinejad-and-rivals-some-long-for-shah-83185/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaya Tayefe Mohajer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — While thousands protest in Iran over the disputed presidential election, a small minority of Iranian expatriates believes it has a solution for what troubles their homeland — a democratically elected government and a return of a Shah.

Nostalgic for life before the Islamic Revolution toppled the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 30 years ago, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hungary honors reburial of anti-Soviet 1956 revolutionaries, milestone on road to democracy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hungary-honors-reburial-of-anti-soviet-1956-revolutionaries-milestone-on-road-to-democracy-82792/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hungary-honors-reburial-of-anti-soviet-1956-revolutionaries-milestone-on-road-to-democracy-82792/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo Gorondi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUDAPEST, Hungary — Twenty years ago, Hungarians were finally allowed to honor the executed leaders of their 1956 anti-Soviet revolution. On Tuesday, they commemorated that turning point on the road to freedom.

President Laszlo Solyom and Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai joined veterans of the 1956 protests and relatives of those killed in laying wreaths in Budapest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US calls for release of Vietnamese pro-democracy advocate and lawyer</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-calls-for-release-of-vietnamese-pro-democracy-advocate-and-lawyer-82516/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-calls-for-release-of-vietnamese-pro-democracy-advocate-and-lawyer-82516/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stocking</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam expressed deep concern Tuesday about the arrest of a prominent lawyer known for his pro-democracy writings and defense of human rights activists.

Le Cong Dinh, 41, was arrested Saturday at his home in Ho Chi Minh City and accused of violating Article 88 of Vietnam&#8217;s criminal code, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medvedev says Russia moving toward &#8220;more democratic&#8221; system, touts reforms</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/medvedev-says-russia-moving-toward-more-democratic-system-touts-reforms-78817/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/medvedev-says-russia-moving-toward-more-democratic-system-touts-reforms-78817/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Gutterman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that Russia is taking steps toward greater democracy, defending electoral reforms that Kremlin critics dismiss as window-dressing.

Medvedev met with leaders of three small political parties and offered hope they will someday win seats in parliament, which is dominated by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin&#8217;s United Russia party.
Medvedev has spoken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China thwarts dissent in Tiananmen Square on anniversary; in Hong Kong, thousands remember</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-thwarts-dissent-in-tiananmen-square-on-anniversary-in-hong-kong-thousands-remember-72418/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah Marquez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — In Tiananmen Square, police were ready to pounce at the first sign of protest. In Hong Kong, a sea of candles flickered in the hands of tens of thousands who vented their grief and anger.

Two starkly contrasting faces of China were on display Thursday, the 20th anniversary of the military&#8217;s bloody crackdown on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New report criticizes China&#8217;s use of &#8216;no strings attached&#8217; aid to further their interests</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-report-criticizes-chinas-use-of-no-strings-attached-aid-to-further-their-interests-72287/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Schweid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A joint report by a human rights group and U.S.-funded broadcast services accuses China of deceptively distributing billions of dollars in aid to Africa and other regions in no-strings-attached packages that promote Chinese power while subverting human rights.

The report on the use of aid by foreign governments also accuses Russia, Iran and Venezuela [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: no country should try to impose a system of government on another nation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — President Barack Obama says no country should try to impose a system of government on another nation.

It was a direct rebuke to efforts by his predecessor — George W. Bush — to spread democracy worldwide. And, it signaled to Muslim nations that Obama&#8217;s administration won&#8217;t follow suit.
Obama says America doesn&#8217;t presume to know [...]]]></description>
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