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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Dublin</title>
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		<title>Pope accepts resignation of Limerick bishop criticized in child sex abuse scandal in Ireland</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Demilio</dc:creator>
		
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Irish bishop resigns after sex abuse scandal

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Limerick&#8217;s bishop, who was heavily criticized in an Irish investigation of clergy sex abuse of children and a church hierarchy cover-up, the Vatican said Thursday.
The one-line announcement that Monsignor Donal Murray had resigned did not mention the scandal.
It ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pope-accepts-resignation-of-limerick-bishop-criticized-in-child-sex-abuse-scandal-in-ireland-245318/" title="Pope accepts resignation of Limerick bishop criticized in child sex abuse scandal in Ireland">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pope say he will write to Catholics of Ireland on church response to clerical sex abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Pope will write letter to Irish Catholics on abuse

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI is deeply disturbed by a child sex-abuse scandal in Ireland and will write a letter to Catholics there on the church&#8217;s response to a report that found the church shielded more than 100 child-abusing priests from the law, the Vatican said  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pope-say-he-will-write-to-catholics-of-ireland-on-church-response-to-clerical-sex-abuse-242941/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>3 pregnant Irish women challenge Ireland&#8217;s abortion ban at European Court of Human Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
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3 women challenge Irish abortion ban in Euro court

DUBLIN — Three women have contended in a lawsuit that the Irish government has violated the human rights of pregnant women by forcing them to travel abroad for abortions and denying them appropriate medical care at home.
The three women took the case to the European Court of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/3-pregnant-irish-women-challenge-irelands-abortion-ban-at-european-court-of-human-rights-242021/">Read the original article &nbsp;: 3 pregnant Irish women challenge Ireland&#8217;s abortion ban at European Court of Human Rights</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Head of Irish Catholics to meet pope to after report finds bishops covered up priests&#8217; abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Irish Catholic chief, pope to discuss abuse report

DUBLIN — The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland says he will meet Pope Benedict XVI next week to discuss a devastating report that found the church covered up clerical child abuse for decades.
Cardinal Sean Brady says he and Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin would meet the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/head-of-irish-catholics-to-meet-pope-to-after-report-finds-bishops-covered-up-priests-abuse-240451/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Head of Irish Catholics to meet pope to after report finds bishops covered up priests&#8217; abuse</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland&#8217;s Liam Clancy, last of the 1960s folk revivalist Clancy Brothers, dies in Cork aged 74</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Irish folk pioneer Liam Clancy dies in Cork at 74

DUBLIN — Irish balladeer Liam Clancy, last of the Clancy Brothers troupe whose feisty, boozy songs of old Ireland struck a sentimental chord worldwide, died Friday in a Cork hospital. He was 74.
Clancy died in his hospital bed flanked by his wife Kim and daughters Siobhan ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irelands-liam-clancy-last-of-the-1960s-folk-revivalist-clancy-brothers-dies-in-cork-aged-74-240073/">Read : Ireland&#8217;s Liam Clancy, last of the 1960s folk revivalist Clancy Brothers, dies in Cork aged 74</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Major Irish order of Catholic nuns offers euro128 million in reparations to child abuse victims</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Irish nuns offer euro128M for permitting child abuse

DUBLIN — A major Irish order of Roman Catholic nuns, the Sisters of Mercy, is offering to pay victims of child abuse, the government and charities nearly euro128 million ($193.5 million) to compensate for decades of abuse in its schools and orphanages.
Thursday&#8217;s compensation offer is the largest yet .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/major-irish-order-of-catholic-nuns-offers-euro128-million-in-reparations-to-child-abuse-victims-239587/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Major Irish order of Catholic nuns offers euro128 million in reparations to child abuse victims</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Major Irish order of Catholic nuns offers €128 million in reparations to child abuse victims</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Irish nuns offer €128M for permitting child abuse

DUBLIN — A major Irish order of Roman Catholic nuns, the Sisters of Mercy, is offering to pay victims of child abuse, the government and charities nearly €128 million ($193.5 million) to compensate for decades of abuse in its schools and orphanages.
Thursday&#8217;s compensation offer is the largest yet .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/major-irish-order-of-catholic-nuns-offers-e128-million-in-reparations-to-child-abuse-victims-239586/">Original source &nbsp;: Major Irish order of Catholic nuns offers €128 million in reparations to child abuse victims</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts: Dublin bishops covered up Catholic child abuse for decades, shielded priests from law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Experts: Bishops covered up priests&#8217; child abuse

DUBLIN — Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up decades of child abuse by priests to protect the church&#8217;s reputation, an expert commission reported Thursday after a three-year investigation.
Abuse victims welcomed the report on the Dublin Archdiocese&#8217;s mishandling of abuse complaints against its parish priests from  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/experts-dublin-bishops-covered-up-catholic-child-abuse-for-decades-shielded-priests-from-law-236282/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Taleo seeks to raise $132 million in public offering of 6.5 million shares</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Taleo to raise $132 million in offering
DUBLIN, Calif. — Recruitment agency Taleo Corp. said Friday a public stock offering could raise up to $131.6 million.

The Dublin, Calif., company priced an offering of 6.5 million common shares at $20.25 apiece. Underwriters have an option to purchase up to 975,000 shares of Class A common stock to .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/taleo-seeks-to-raise-132-million-in-public-offering-of-65-million-shares-233480/">Source &nbsp;: Taleo seeks to raise $132 million in public offering of 6.5 million shares</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Freed Irish priest says Filipino captors treated him well, dragged him from sea to jungle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Freed priest says Filipino captors wanted money

MANILA, Philippines — A 79-year-old Irish priest said he hiked through jungles, survived raging seas and slept in a swamp under a tarpaulin before his captors released him Thursday after a month, apparently without getting the ransom they demanded.
The Rev. Michael Sinnott said he was never harmed but complained .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/freed-irish-priest-says-filipino-captors-treated-him-well-dragged-him-from-sea-to-jungle-226498/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish priest freed from monthlong captivity in Philippines; governments say no ransom paid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Irish priest freed in Philippines after a month

DUBLIN — A 79-year-old Irish Roman Catholic priest abducted in the Philippines a month ago was freed early Thursday and neither country paid any of the kidnappers&#8217; $2 million ransom demand, Irish and Filipino authorities said.
The Rev. Michael Sinnott said he was not harmed but complained of arduous ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irish-priest-freed-from-monthlong-captivity-in-philippines-governments-say-no-ransom-paid-226393/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Irish priest freed from monthlong captivity in Philippines; governments say no ransom paid</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Catholic priest abducted Oct. 11 in Philippines is free; governments say no ransom paid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Irish priest freed in Philippines after 31 days

DUBLIN — A 79-year-old Irish Catholic priest abducted in the Philippines a month ago has been freed unharmed and neither country paid any of the kidnappers&#8217; $2 million ransom demand, Irish and Filipino authorities announced.
Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said the Rev. Michael Sinnott &#8220;displayed great forbearance &#8230; in  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irish-catholic-priest-abducted-oct-11-in-philippines-is-free-governments-say-no-ransom-paid-226263/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland says Catholic priest abducted 31 days ago in Philippines is free, no Irish ransom paid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Ireland: Kidnapped priest freed in Philippines

DUBLIN — An Irish Catholic priest kidnapped in the Philippines a month ago has been freed unharmed and Irish authorities did not pay any ransom, the government announced Wednesday night.
Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said the Rev. Michael Sinnott &#8220;displayed great forbearance in enduring more than a month in captivity, in ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ireland-says-catholic-priest-abducted-31-days-ago-in-philippines-is-free-no-irish-ransom-paid-226225/">Ireland says Catholic priest abducted 31 days ago in Philippines is free, no Irish ransom paid</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>IRA suspect charged with 1977 murder of undercover British Army intelligence officer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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IRA suspect charged with &#8216;77 murder of British spy

DUBLIN — A suspected Irish Republican Army man was charged Wednesday with the murder of a British Army intelligence agent on the Northern Ireland border 32 years ago, a surprising turn in one of the conflict&#8217;s most mysterious killings.
Northern Ireland state prosecutors levied the unexpected new charge .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ira-suspect-charged-with-1977-murder-of-undercover-british-army-intelligence-officer-226019/">IRA suspect charged with 1977 murder of undercover British Army intelligence officer</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cardinal Health takes loss on CareFusion spinoff costs, but adjusted results beat estimates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Cardinal Health posts 1Q loss on spinoff expenses

DUBLIN, Ohio — Drug distributor Cardinal Health Inc. said Thursday it took a loss in its fiscal first quarter due to expenses from the spinoff of a former business, medical technology company CareFusion Corp.
For the three months ended Sept. 30, Cardinal Health said it lost $38.2 million, or .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cardinal-health-takes-loss-on-carefusion-spinoff-costs-but-adjusted-results-beat-estimates-219433/">Cardinal Health takes loss on CareFusion spinoff costs, but adjusted results beat estimates</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Small number of IRA veterans aiding dissidents in Northern Ireland attacks, report says</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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IRA veterans aid NIreland dissidents, report says

DUBLIN — Irish Republican Army dissidents are posing their greatest security threat in Northern Ireland since the province&#8217;s peace accord 11 years ago — and are receiving help from a handful of IRA veterans in plotting gun and bomb attacks, an expert panel found Wednesday.
The Independent Monitoring Commission, which .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/small-number-of-ira-veterans-aiding-dissidents-in-northern-ireland-attacks-report-says-217626/" title="Small number of IRA veterans aiding dissidents in Northern Ireland attacks, report says">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts: IRA dissidents pose threat to N.Ireland, small number of IRA veterans aiding attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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Report: IRA dissidents pose threat to N.Ireland

DUBLIN — Irish Republican Army dissidents pose their greatest security threat in Northern Ireland since the province&#8217;s peace accord 11 years ago and are being helped by a handful of IRA veterans in plotting attacks, an expert panel said Wednesday.
The Independent Monitoring Commission, which reports regularly on the underground ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/experts-ira-dissidents-pose-threat-to-nireland-small-number-of-ira-veterans-aiding-attacks-217565/" title="Experts: IRA dissidents pose threat to N.Ireland, small number of IRA veterans aiding attacks">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts: &#8216;Small number&#8217; of IRA veterans aiding dissidents in plotting Northern Ireland attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Experts: Few IRA veterans aid NIreland dissidents

DUBLIN — An expert panel says Irish Republican Army dissidents are posing their greatest security threat in Northern Ireland since the province&#8217;s peace accord 11 years ago — and are receiving help from a handful of IRA veterans in plotting gun and bomb attacks.
Wednesday&#8217;s findings from the Independent Monitoring ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/experts-small-number-of-ira-veterans-aiding-dissidents-in-plotting-northern-ireland-attacks-217485/" title="Experts: &#8216;Small number&#8217; of IRA veterans aiding dissidents in plotting Northern Ireland attacks">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Supreme Court rules Dublin golf club can keep barring women from membership</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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Irish Supreme Court upholds men-only golf club

DUBLIN — A premier Dublin golf club can continue to bar women from membership, the Irish Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a discrimination case inspired by similar protests against men-only clubs in the United States.
In a split 3-2 judgment, Ireland&#8217;s top court ruled that Portmarnock Golf Club was not ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irish-supreme-court-rules-dublin-golf-club-can-keep-barring-women-from-membership-216472/">Irish Supreme Court rules Dublin golf club can keep barring women from membership</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy birthday, world traveler: At 1, this baby&#8217;s practically a frequent flier</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Dad to baby: Happy 1st birthday, world traveler

Happy first birthday, world traveler.
Alexander&#8217;s six teeth only number one more than the total of countries he&#8217;s rolled, crawled or walked in (including the U.S.)
He&#8217;s logged nearly enough air miles to circle the globe. He&#8217;s been to mountains and the beach and sailed in the Caribbean. The little ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/happy-birthday-world-traveler-at-1-this-babys-practically-a-frequent-flier-215114/">Read more : Happy birthday, world traveler: At 1, this baby&#8217;s practically a frequent flier</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Remains of 1,000 people recovered from one of Ireland&#8217;s  largest medieval cemeteries</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN - The skeletal remains of more  than  a thousand people have been recovered from what experts believe was one of Ireland&#8217;s largest medieval cemeteries.

According  to a report in the Irish Examiner, the  ancient  bones have produced evidence of several suspected murders and one  case of leprosy - an .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/remains-of-1000-people-recovered-from-one-of-irelands-largest-medieval-cemeteries-214611/">Remains of 1,000 people recovered from one of Ireland&#8217;s  largest medieval cemeteries</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish aid worker says Darfur kidnappers terrorized her, Ugandan friend with &#8216;mock&#8217; executions</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — A freed Irish aid worker held captive for three months in Darfur said Monday that her captors terrorized her and a Ugandan friend by repeatedly staging their mock executions using live gunfire.

Sharon Commins and colleague Hilda Kuwuki, who both worked for Irish aid agency GOAL, were abducted July 3 and freed without harm .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irish-aid-worker-says-darfur-kidnappers-terrorized-her-ugandan-friend-with-mock-executions-199823/" title="Irish aid worker says Darfur kidnappers terrorized her, Ugandan friend with &#8216;mock&#8217; executions">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland&#8217;s parliament speaker defiant as he&#8217;s forced from office over lavish expenses, travel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — The speaker of Ireland&#8217;s parliament resigned Tuesday after his years of lavish expenses and foreign travel were exposed.

John O&#8217;Donoghue delivered a defiant, bitter parting speech that accused his fellow lawmakers of hypocrisy. He became the first speaker in the 87-year history of the parliament to be ousted.
&#8220;I will accept the verdict of informed .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irelands-parliament-speaker-defiant-as-hes-forced-from-office-over-lavish-expenses-travel-194847/">Ireland&#8217;s parliament speaker defiant as he&#8217;s forced from office over lavish expenses, travel</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton: Extremists growing threat in Pakistan, no threat now to country&#8217;s nuclear arsenal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clinton downplays threat to Pakistan nuke arsenal

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday the Taliban siege of Pakistan&#8217;s army headquarters showed extremists are a growing threat in the nuclear-armed American ally, but she contended they don&#8217;t pose a risk to the country&#8217;s atomic arsenal.
Clinton, in London on the second .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/clinton-extremists-growing-threat-in-pakistan-no-threat-now-to-countrys-nuclear-arsenal-193244/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Clinton: Extremists growing threat in Pakistan, no threat now to country&#8217;s nuclear arsenal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>IRA breakaway Irish National Liberation Army says it&#8217;s renouncing violence, may disarm soon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — The Irish National Liberation Army, an IRA splinter group responsible for some of the most notorious killings of the Northern Ireland conflict, renounced violence Sunday and signaled it could hand over weapons soon to disarmament officials.

Eleven years after calling a leaky cease-fire, the outlawed INLA said it would observe &#8220;exclusively peaceful means&#8221; and ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ira-breakaway-irish-national-liberation-army-says-its-renouncing-violence-may-disarm-soon-193201/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : IRA breakaway Irish National Liberation Army says it&#8217;s renouncing violence, may disarm soon</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>IRA splinter group Irish National Liberation Army says it&#8217;s renouncing violence, will disarm</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — The Irish National Liberation Army, an IRA splinter group responsible for some of the most notorious killings of the Northern Ireland conflict, said Sunday it is formally renouncing violence and plans to hand over weapons to disarmament officials.

Two officials — one a member of the outlawed paramilitary group, the other a member of ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ira-splinter-group-irish-national-liberation-army-says-its-renouncing-violence-will-disarm-193049/">IRA splinter group Irish National Liberation Army says it&#8217;s renouncing violence, will disarm</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland&#8217;s Green Party votes to stay in government, back &#8216;bad bank&#8217; plans and emergency budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Members of Ireland&#8217;s environmentalist Green Party voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to stay in Prime Minister Brian Cowen&#8217;s coalition government as it battles a runaway deficit, surging unemployment and crippled banks.

Defeat for the Green leaders&#8217; pro-government motion at a special party conference would have torpedoed Cowen&#8217;s 2-year-old coalition and forced Ireland into an early .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irelands-green-party-votes-to-stay-in-government-back-bad-bank-plans-and-emergency-budget-192736/" title="Ireland&#8217;s Green Party votes to stay in government, back &#8216;bad bank&#8217; plans and emergency budget">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Green Party votes on whether to stay in Irish government; rejection would mean early election</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Several hundred members of Ireland&#8217;s environmentalist Green Party voted Saturday on whether to stay in Prime Minister Brian Cowen&#8217;s coalition government or trigger an early election in a country reeling from rising debt and unemployment.

The vote is on a new program of government policies and goals negotiated over the past week between the ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/green-party-votes-on-whether-to-stay-in-irish-government-rejection-would-mean-early-election-192621/" title="Green Party votes on whether to stay in Irish government; rejection would mean early election">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland&#8217;s 2 government parties strike new agreement to avoid collapse, but face immediate test</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — The two parties in Ireland&#8217;s coalition government announced a hard-fought agreement on policies Friday night following more than a week of negotiations — but the deal faces an immediate test that, if it fails, could trigger the government&#8217;s collapse.

Negotiators from Prime Minister Brian Cowen&#8217;s Fianna Fail and the much smaller Green Party — ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irelands-2-government-parties-strike-new-agreement-to-avoid-collapse-but-face-immediate-test-192101/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Ireland&#8217;s 2 government parties strike new agreement to avoid collapse, but face immediate test</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Dissident IRA gunmen fire volley over comrade&#8217;s coffin in Northern Ireland act of defiance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Three masked Irish Republican Army dissidents fired a volley of gunfire over a dead comrade&#8217;s coffin Thursday in the most public display of paramilitary defiance Northern Ireland has seen in years.

The militant tribute was paid to John Brady, a 40-year-old IRA veteran who hanged himself last weekend in police custody. Such funeral displays .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/dissident-ira-gunmen-fire-volley-over-comrades-coffin-in-northern-ireland-act-of-defiance-191060/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>IRA dissidents shoot Northern Ireland man in legs; supporters hit policeman in head with stone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Police and politicians say Irish Republican Army dissidents have shot a Northern Ireland man in both legs in a so-called &#8220;punishment&#8221; attack, and police who responded were attacked with bricks, bottles and other makeshift weapons. One policeman was hospitalized with a head wound.

Police say a masked gang shot the 23-year-old man Wednesday night ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ira-dissidents-shoot-northern-ireland-man-in-legs-supporters-hit-policeman-in-head-with-stone-190368/">IRA dissidents shoot Northern Ireland man in legs; supporters hit policeman in head with stone</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Catholic bishops meet leaders of child-abuse victims, face demands for compensation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Ireland&#8217;s senior Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday met leading campaigners for thousands of children assaulted, terrorized or molested while in church care — but didn&#8217;t address the victims&#8217; key demand for the church to admit its responsibility for overseeing decades of abuse.

Representatives from four victims groups spent three hours talking with the bishops .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irish-catholic-bishops-meet-leaders-of-child-abuse-victims-face-demands-for-compensation-189675/" title="Irish Catholic bishops meet leaders of child-abuse victims, face demands for compensation">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Speaker of Irish parliament to resign rather than face no-confidence vote in expenses scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — The embattled speaker of Ireland&#8217;s parliament says he will resign rather than face a no-confidence vote demanded by opposition leaders over his lavish spending on staff and travel.

John O&#8217;Donoghue says he will step down next week as the neutral moderator of parliament. His concession came hours after the two major opposition parties declared ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/speaker-of-irish-parliament-to-resign-rather-than-face-no-confidence-vote-in-expenses-scandal-188779/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Speaker of Irish parliament to resign rather than face no-confidence vote in expenses scandal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic priest Finucane who braved Biafran war, led Irish aid to Third World dies in Dublin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — The Rev. Aengus Finucane, a Roman Catholic missionary and Irish aid pioneer who braved civil wars and learned he must &#8220;fight like hell to do any good,&#8221; died Tuesday, his charity announced. He was 77.

&#8220;There can be few Irish people of his generation, or of any other generation, who have contributed as much ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/catholic-priest-finucane-who-braved-biafran-war-led-irish-aid-to-third-world-dies-in-dublin-188238/">Original article on  : Catholic priest Finucane who braved Biafran war, led Irish aid to Third World dies in Dublin</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish voters approve EU&#8217;s Lisbon Treaty in second referendum</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irish-voters-approve-eus-lisbon-treaty-in-second-referendum-186092/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN - Irish voters approved the European Union&#8217;s Lisbon Treaty in a second referendum with 67.13 percent voting &#8220;Yes&#8221;, final official results showed Saturday.

A majority of voters in 41 of Ireland&#8217;s 43 constituencies voted for the treaty in Friday&#8217;s plebiscite, according to the results released by Ireland&#8217;s electoral office. 	 	
Observers believe the higher turnout ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irish-voters-approve-eus-lisbon-treaty-in-second-referendum-186092/">Irish voters approve EU&#8217;s Lisbon Treaty in second referendum</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland overwhelmingly endorses EU reform treaty on 2nd try; premier foresees &#8216;better Europe&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Ireland&#8217;s recession-hit voters have overwhelmingly approved the European Union&#8217;s ambitious and long-delayed reform plans, electoral chiefs announced Saturday in a referendum result greeted with wild cheers in Dublin — and nervous sighs of relief in Brussels.

Ireland had been the primary obstacle to ratifying the EU Lisbon Treaty, a mammoth agreement designed to modernize ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ireland-overwhelmingly-endorses-eu-reform-treaty-on-2nd-try-premier-foresees-better-europe-186058/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Ireland overwhelmingly endorses EU reform treaty on 2nd try; premier foresees &#8216;better Europe&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland approves EU reform treaty in bitterly fought referendum re-run</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Ireland&#8217;s electoral office has confirmed overwhelming voter approval for the EU Lisbon Treaty, with two-thirds voting &#8220;yes&#8221; to the long-delayed blueprint for reform of the 27-nation bloc.

The official result from Friday&#8217;s referendum puts the European Union&#8217;s ambitious plans back on course following Ireland&#8217;s unexpected initial &#8220;no&#8221; last year. The Irish were the only ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ireland-approves-eu-reform-treaty-in-bitterly-fought-referendum-re-run-186002/" title="Ireland approves EU reform treaty in bitterly fought referendum re-run">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Dublin officials: Early returns point to victory for EU&#8217;s reform treaty in Irish referendum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Ireland&#8217;s voters have embraced &#8220;a stronger, fairer and better Europe&#8221; by decisively backing the European Union&#8217;s long-delayed reform treaty, Prime Minister Brian Cowen declared Saturday as the final result was still being calculated.

With most ballots counted from Friday&#8217;s referendum, an overwhelming two-thirds of voters were supporting the Lisbon Treaty, a painstakingly negotiated blueprint .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/dublin-officials-early-returns-point-to-victory-for-eus-reform-treaty-in-irish-referendum-185796/">Dublin officials: Early returns point to victory for EU&#8217;s reform treaty in Irish referendum</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Yes&#8221; side claims lead in Irish referendum on Lisbon Treaty</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN - The &#8220;Yes&#8221; side was claiming that an exit poll showed strong support for the European Union&#8217;s Lisbon Treaty as vote-counting in Ireland&#8217;s second Lisbon Referendum got under way Saturday.

Opposition Fine Gael, who campaigned for a &#8220;Yes&#8221; vote, has claimed that an exit poll shows there has been strong support for the treaty, Ireland&#8217;s ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/yes-side-claims-lead-in-irish-referendum-on-lisbon-treaty-185766/">&#8220;Yes&#8221; side claims lead in Irish referendum on Lisbon Treaty</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland parties say voters likely to have approved EU&#8217;s reform treaty as ballot count begins</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ireland-parties-say-voters-likely-to-have-approved-eus-reform-treaty-as-ballot-count-begins-185747/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Irish voters appear on course to approve the European Union reform treaty, political parties said Saturday as ballot-counting began.

The result from Friday&#8217;s national referendum was to be announced within hours at Dublin Castle. Unofficial exit polling by the two major political parties suggested a &#8220;yes&#8221; majority had been achieved.
At stake is the painstakingly ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ireland-parties-say-voters-likely-to-have-approved-eus-reform-treaty-as-ballot-count-begins-185747/">Original article on  : Ireland parties say voters likely to have approved EU&#8217;s reform treaty as ballot count begins</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Slow start to Irish vote over EU Lisbon Treaty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN - Voting got off to a slow start Friday as Ireland went to the polls to decide &#8212; for the second time &#8212; on the European Union&#8217;s Lisbon Treaty.

Several polling stations in Sligo in the north-west of the country were reporting &#8220;a very slow start&#8221; to voting with very low numbers turning out so ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/slow-start-to-irish-vote-over-eu-lisbon-treaty-184997/">Original article on  : Slow start to Irish vote over EU Lisbon Treaty</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>European Union reform at stake as Ireland mounts 2nd referendum on Lisbon Treaty</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — The future of the European Union hung in the balance Friday as Ireland&#8217;s voters decided once again whether to ratify a treaty aimed at making the 27-nation body more decisive and effective.

As polls closed following 15 hours of voting, the pro-treaty opposition party Fine Gael said its own national survey indicated a 60 .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/european-union-reform-at-stake-as-ireland-mounts-2nd-referendum-on-lisbon-treaty-184772/">European Union reform at stake as Ireland mounts 2nd referendum on Lisbon Treaty</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland&#8217;s prime minister asks voters to accept EU treaty, warns defeat would mean uncertainty</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Ireland&#8217;s voters would inflict &#8220;extraordinary uncertainty&#8221; on the European Union if they fail to ratify the 27-nation bloc&#8217;s reform treaty, Prime Minister Brian Cowen said Thursday.

Cowen said he was confident a majority would vote Friday for the Lisbon Treaty, a painstaking negotiated 2006 agreement already backed by the parliaments of all other EU ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irelands-prime-minister-asks-voters-to-accept-eu-treaty-warns-defeat-would-mean-uncertainty-184133/">Original article on  : Ireland&#8217;s prime minister asks voters to accept EU treaty, warns defeat would mean uncertainty</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Chevron names John S. Watson chairman and CEO; David O&#8217;Reilly retires after 41 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN RAMON, Calif. — Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. oil company, said Wednesday that its board has promoted vice chairman John S. Watson to chairman and chief executive.

Watson, 52, will succeed David J. O&#8217;Reilly, who is retiring from the company after 41 years, including 10 years as chairman and CEO.
O&#8217;Reilly, 62, led two of the ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/chevron-names-john-s-watson-chairman-and-ceo-david-oreilly-retires-after-41-years-182582/" title="Chevron names John S. Watson chairman and CEO; David O&#8217;Reilly retires after 41 years">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2 Uzbeks from Guantanamo prison arrive in Ireland; Amnesty asks other EU nations to do more</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Two Uzbeks imprisoned since 2002 in the Guantanamo Bay prison have arrived in Ireland, and Amnesty International is appealing to other European Union nations to deliver on pledges to give new homes to U.S. terror detainees.

Justice Minister Dermot Ahern appealed Sunday for the media to give privacy to the Uzbeks. They were arrested ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-uzbeks-from-guantanamo-prison-arrive-in-ireland-amnesty-asks-other-eu-nations-to-do-more-180892/">Read more : 2 Uzbeks from Guantanamo prison arrive in Ireland; Amnesty asks other EU nations to do more</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland plans to double its pioneering tax on supermarkets&#8217; plastic bags</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ireland-plans-to-double-its-pioneering-tax-on-supermarkets-plastic-bags-177391/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Ireland was the first nation to tax plastic bags as a way to stop them littering the countryside. Now the Emerald Isle plans to double its levy to a punitive 44 euro cents (59 U.S. cents) per bag.

The 7-year-old policy has already generated more than euro120 million ($175 million). It also has sharply .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ireland-plans-to-double-its-pioneering-tax-on-supermarkets-plastic-bags-177391/">Source &nbsp;: Ireland plans to double its pioneering tax on supermarkets&#8217; plastic bags</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tiny Dr Pepper bottler in Dublin, Texas, still using pure sugar, as it has for 118 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN, Texas — For Dr Pepper drinkers, this is mecca.

Tens of thousands of people trek to tiny Dublin in north-central Texas each year to buy cases of the popular soft drink from a bottling company that uses real sugar in its flagship product. No high fructose corn syrup in sight.
It&#8217;s been that way since 1891, .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tiny-dr-pepper-bottler-in-dublin-texas-still-using-pure-sugar-as-it-has-for-118-years-177159/">Tiny Dr Pepper bottler in Dublin, Texas, still using pure sugar, as it has for 118 years</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Ireland raises alert against IRA dissidents as new police chief begins 1st day on job</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Pogatchnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Police in the British territory of Northern Ireland mounted increased checkpoints and patrols Tuesday as their new commander began his first day&#8217;s work under the shadow of Irish Republican Army dissidents.

&#8220;The threat is real,&#8221; said Chief Constable Matt Baggott, who previously commanded a smaller police force in the English county of Leicestershire. &#8220;The .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/northern-ireland-raises-alert-against-ira-dissidents-as-new-police-chief-begins-1st-day-on-job-175059/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities set up archaelogical-style dig at Calif. home where kidnapped girl spent 18 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Collins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANTIOCH, Calif. — Signs of disturbed soil and the discovery of bone fragments on the property where Jaycee Dugard was held captive for 18 years could indicate something is buried on a site where authorities have been searching and cadaver dogs earlier picked up a scent.

Authorities have spent days combing the land to see if .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/authorities-set-up-archaelogical-style-dig-at-calif-home-where-kidnapped-girl-spent-18-years-172780/" title="Authorities set up archaelogical-style dig at Calif. home where kidnapped girl spent 18 years">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Calif. woman kidnapped 18 years ago has not provided any clues to other abductions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANTIOCH, Calif. — A woman kidnapped 18 years ago has so far not offered any clues in two other child abductions in Northern California in the 1980s, police said Friday.

Hayward and Dublin authorities said they have not directly interviewed Jaycee Dugard, who was snatched outside her South Lake Tahoe home in 1991, but have asked ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/northern-calif-woman-kidnapped-18-years-ago-has-not-provided-any-clues-to-other-abductions-172486/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Northern Calif. woman kidnapped 18 years ago has not provided any clues to other abductions</a>.]]></description>
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