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		<title>Prime Minister Manmohan Singh&#8217;s birthday celebrated in Amritsar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - Relatives of Prime  Minister  Manmohan Singh and his other well-wishers here on Saturday celebrated  his 77th birthday by distributing sweets and holding prayers for  his long life and good health.

Dr.Singh,  meanwhile, celebrated his birthday on  board  aircraft with  wife  Gursharan Kaur, daughter Amrit and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Limited scope for another stimulus in India: PM</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/limited-scope-for-another-stimulus-in-india-pm-179592/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arvind Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - While he persuaded the G20 leaders not to bring an abrupt halt to their stimulus packages to revive their and the global economy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said there was little scope for another such package in India.

&#8220;Our specific circumstances have to respond to our domestic situation. It is certainly true that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birthday boy Manmohan says he&#8217;s indebted to Indians (Lead, Changing Dateline)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/birthday-boy-manmohan-says-hes-indebted-to-indians-lead-changing-dateline-179591/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arvind Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE - Ever so shy when it comes to his personal life and plaudits, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who turned 77 Saturday, said he was indebted to the people of India for the faith they have reposed in him, even as he treated the accompanying delegation to a cake.

&#8220;I am grateful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I lost touch with stock markets, says Manmohan Singh</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/i-lost-touch-with-stock-markets-says-manmohan-singh-179589/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arvind Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who as finance minister in the 1990s invited criticism for saying he does not lose sleep over the rise or fall of a key equities market index, was cautious Friday night when answering a question on the stock markets.

&#8220;I am now out of touch with what&#8217;s happening in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan must end use of terror as state policy: Manmohan Singh</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakistan-must-end-use-of-terror-as-state-policy-manmohan-singh-179568/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arvind Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said Pakistan must give up the use of terrorism as a &#8220;state policy&#8221; and bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to book, as it will encourage India to &#8220;walk an extra mile&#8221; to improve ties with the neighbour.

Addressing a press conference here at the conclusion of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developing countries to get more voting power at IMF</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/developing-countries-to-get-more-voting-power-at-imf-179200/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xinhua</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - The Group of 20 (G20) nations Friday agreed to increase the voting power of developing countries at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by at least five percent.

&#8220;We are committed to a shift in IMF quota share to dynamic emerging markets and developing countries by at least five percent from over-represented countries to under-represented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says world leaders united and confident after bringing economy out of crisis</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-says-world-leaders-united-and-confident-after-bringing-economy-out-of-crisis-179189/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Raum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — World leaders on Friday issued sweeping promises to fix a malfunctioning global economic system in hopes of heading off future financial meltdowns. President Barack Obama said actions taken so far &#8220;brought the global economy back from the brink.&#8221;

&#8220;We leave here today confident and united,&#8221; Obama said at the conclusion of a two-day gathering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr.  Singh  bats  for stimulus measures, urges  G-20  to  resist protectionism</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dr-singh-bats-for-stimulus-measures-urges-g-20-to-resist-protectionism-179012/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dr-singh-bats-for-stimulus-measures-urges-g-20-to-resist-protectionism-179012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - Making a case  for  the  developing countries  at  the G-20 summit here, Indian  Prime  Minister  Dr.  Manmohan  Singh  made a strong pitch for defending  the  stimulus measures, cautioning the G-20 countries from a premature exit.

Speaking  at  the  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US, France, Britain warn sanctions against Iran (Third Lead)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-france-britain-warn-sanctions-against-iran-third-lead-179011/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-france-britain-warn-sanctions-against-iran-third-lead-179011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - The US, Britain and France Friday charged Iran with defying the UN Security Council and warned of sanctions if Tehran refuses the International Atomic Energy Agency to access a new uranium enrichment facility.

&#8220;This site deepens a growing concern that Iran is refusing to live up to those international responsibilities, including specifically revealing all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World leaders commit to future G20, curbing bank bonuses (Roundup)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-leaders-commit-to-future-g20-curbing-bank-bonuses-roundup-179010/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-leaders-commit-to-future-g20-curbing-bank-bonuses-roundup-179010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - World leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) agreed Friday that the bloc of advanced and emerging countries will permanently replace the long-standing Group of Eight (G8) as the main body to discuss economic issues.

The decision comes as the G20 leaders began a day of talks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hosted by US President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manmohan Singh meets Brown on sidelines of G-20 summit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/manmohan-singh-meets-brown-on-sidelines-of-g-20-summit-178982/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/manmohan-singh-meets-brown-on-sidelines-of-g-20-summit-178982/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH -  Prime Minister Dr.  Manmohan  Singh today met British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the sidelines of Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh, US.

A  draft  G20  document said on Friday  that  the  world  leaders promised  to  work  as &#8220;quickly as possible&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India will grow at 6.3 percent: Manmohan Singh</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-will-grow-at-63-percent-manmohan-singh-178968/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-will-grow-at-63-percent-manmohan-singh-178968/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arvind Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday predicted a 6.3 percent growth for India during the current fiscal even though he saw a dip in the economic expansion of developing countries as a whole to 1.5 percent.

&#8220;Despite a drought, which will affect agricultural production, we expect to grow by around 6.3 percent in 2009-10,&#8221; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time not ripe to end stimulus: Manmohan Singh</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/time-not-ripe-to-end-stimulus-manmohan-singh-178963/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/time-not-ripe-to-end-stimulus-manmohan-singh-178963/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arvind Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday told the G20 summit that the time was not ripe yet to withdraw the stimulus packages that were announced to stabilise the slowdown-hit global economy, as he raised India&#8217;s concerns over protectionism.

Addressing the plenary session of the G20 Summit here, the prime minister said the current global financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ahmadinejad cancels press conference at UN</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ahmadinejad-cancels-press-conference-at-un-178881/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ahmadinejad-cancels-press-conference-at-un-178881/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Iran&#8217;s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has cancelled a press conference scheduled for later Friday at United Nations headquarters in New York.

No reasons were provided to the UN secretariat, which organises the event for Ahmadinejad each year when he comes to New York to attend the UN General Assembly.	 	
The cancellation coincided with news [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manmohan Singh meets British, Japanese, Australian leaders</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/manmohan-singh-meets-british-japanese-australian-leaders-178874/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - Starting his day early, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from three countries on the margins of the G20 Summit here Friday.

His first meeting was with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 7.30 a.m. at the Omni Penn Hotel where he and his delegation are staying, followed by meetings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran confirms new nuke plant, Obama sees it as not peaceful (Second Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH/VIENNA - Hours after it was confirmed that Iran has a second, previously unknown, nuclear enrichment plant, US President Barack Obama Friday said the size of the new plant was &#8220;inconsistent&#8221; with Iranian claims that it was being used to produce civilian nuclear power.

Speaking at the G20 summit and standing alongside British Prime Minister Gordon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says he is looking forward to Manmohan Singh visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - US President Barack Obama is looking forward to the visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Washington in November, which officials maintain will be the first state visit for any global leader under the new administration.

The US president conveyed this to the prime minister while formally welcoming him and his wife Gursharan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s nuclear plant &#8216;inconsistent&#8217; with peaceful use: Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - US President Barack Obama said Friday the size of a second Iranian nuclear plant revealed this week is &#8220;inconsistent&#8221; with claims that it is being used to produce civilian nuclear power.

Speaking at the G20 summit and standing alongside British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama said the &#8220;disturbing&#8221; news [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G20 to replace G8 as global economic policy forum</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/g20-to-replace-g8-as-global-economic-policy-forum-178731/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - Reflecting the growing economic clout of India, China, Brazil, and other fast-growing developing countries, the G20 will permanently replace G8, the once elite club of rich industrial nations, as a global forum for economic policy.  

The Group of 20 - leaders of 20 countries representing 90 percent of the world&#8217;s economic output [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G20 leaders must provide more money to fight climate change: WWF</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Leaders at the ongoing G20 summit need to agree on a climate financing strategy to open a green pathway out of the global economic crisis, creating jobs, new investment and securing sustainable economic growth, international NGO WWF said Friday. 

The Heads of State who are meeting in Pittsburgh have the opportunity to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Less aid, more debt for poor nations unless G20 changes situation&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The UN Millennium Campaign has just released figures which show that unless rich countries marshal additional resources at the ongoing G20 summit, they are likely to deliver $33 billion less aid than promised to the poor countries which are hardest hit by the global economic crisis.

At the same time, packages intended to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World markets fall as G20 leaders look to foster healthy recovery; Tokyo down 2.6 pct</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah Marquez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HONG KONG — Global stock markets dropped Friday as leaders of the world&#8217;s 20 largest economies assembled in the U.S. to find ways to foster a healthy economic recovery.

European shares were modestly lower after Asian markets closed down, while the dollar fell against major currencies and oil prices gained slightly after a two-day plunge.
Asia&#8217;s move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G20 summit opens: Developing world &#8216;holds key&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/g20-summit-opens-developing-world-holds-key-178469/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arvind Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - A two-day summit of leaders of 20 leading global economies opened here amid calls by developing countries such as India to have a key role in restoring normalcy in the global financial system and overcoming the current economic downturn.

As hundreds of demonstrators were kept at bay by thousands of policemen in riot gear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India has a &#8216;lot at stake&#8217; at G20 summit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-has-a-lot-at-stake-at-g20-summit-178449/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arvind Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - A two-day summit of leaders of 20 leading global economies opened here amid calls by developing countries such as India to have a key role in restoring normalcy in the global financial system and overcoming the current economic downturn.

While Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who arrived here Thursday via Frankfurt, has already said India [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan to be bridge on nuclear, climate, economic issues: Hatoyama</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/japan-to-be-bridge-on-nuclear-climate-economic-issues-hatoyama-178161/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Japan&#8217;s new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Thursday his government will act as a bridge between nuclear and non-nuclear states because Japan has suffered the devastation of atomic bombs in 1945.

Hatoyama also said Japan will play the same role in economic fora, where the formulation of regulations dealing with financial markets are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On eve of G20 economic summit, nations spar over key issues, US warns about complacency</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Raum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH — On the eve of a summit of the world&#8217;s 20 top economies, the Obama administration pressed leaders on Wednesday to overcome differences and work together more closely in confronting thorny financial and environmental problems.

&#8220;We simply cannot walk away from the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression and not do everything in our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government rubbishes claims that Pohkhran-II was failure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arvind Padmanabhan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE - The government has rubbished the claim by a retired senior scientist that the nuclear tests India conducted 11 years ago were a failure and questioned the timing of his statement.

&#8220;He is a perennial doubter. Why has he waited for five years of the UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarkozy to walk out of G20 if executive bonuses are not capped</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has threatened to walk out of this month&#8217;s meeting of the G20 group of nations if no agreement is found on limiting the bonus of executives, the daily Le Figaro reported Monday.

&#8220;If there is no concrete decision, I will leave,&#8221; Sarkozy was quoted as saying.	 	
The French president already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brace for deceleration of India&#8217;s growth: Mukherjee</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - There is little hope of reversing the slowdown in India&#8217;s merchandise exports in the near term, and the country&#8217;s growth is expected to decelerate in the next two quarters, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Monday.

But a revival of the country&#8217;s economy can be expected from the last quarter of this fiscal, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G20 nations to take counter measures against tax havens from March 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - In order to prevent money laundering and terror financing, G20 countries have decided to take counter measures against non-cooperative tax heavens from March 2010.

Following up on the decisions taken at the summit in April, the meeting of G20 finance ministers, including India, finalized the steps that could enable governments to extract information from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G20 pledges to implement IMF reforms, fight protectionism (Night Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dipankar De Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Finance ministers of the Group of 20 (G20) countries Saturday pledged to give India and other emerging economies a greater voice in the running of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other global financial institutions.

In their final communiqu issued here after Sep 4-5 meetings of the group representing 80 percent of world GDP, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G20 expected to reach agreement on bank bonuses</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/g20-expected-to-reach-agreement-on-bank-bonuses-160717/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xinhua</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Finance ministers of the G-20 countries are expected to reach an agreement on bank bonuses, Britain&#8217;s Sky News reported Saturday.

The ministers were nearing an agreement under which banks would be forced to disclose the pay of their top earners, it reported.	 	
The row over bank pay-outs had been expected to dominate the meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BRIC nations demand greater say in global financial system (Roundup)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bric-nations-demand-greater-say-in-global-financial-system-roundup-160669/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dipanker De Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - India, China, Russia and Brazil have opposed protectionism, while demanding greater say in the global financial architecture and equitable voting rights for emerging economies in institutions like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

&#8220;Protectionism remains a real threat to the global economy and should be avoided, both in direct and indirect forms,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BRIC nations demand greater say in global financial structure</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bric-nations-demand-greater-say-in-global-financial-structure-160657/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - India, China, Russia and Brazil have opposed protectionism, while demanding a much greater say in the running of global financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

&#8220;Protectionism remains a real threat to the global economy and should be avoided, both in direct and indirect forms,&#8221; said a communiqu by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gordon Brown warns G20 against stimulus rollback</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gordon-brown-warns-g20-against-stimulus-rollback-160598/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gordon-brown-warns-g20-against-stimulus-rollback-160598/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Group of 20 (G20) finance ministers and central bankers Saturday against moving too hastily to roll back the $5-trillion fiscal stimulus plans governments launched to counter fallout from the recession.

Brown told the top G20 finance officials from the world&#8217;s leading economies meeting in London that scaling back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM congratulates trade ministers for Delhi &#8216;breakthrough&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pm-congratulates-trade-ministers-for-delhi-breakthrough-159812/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday applauded the breakthrough reached at the mini-ministerial meeting here of some 40 members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that would lead to resumption of talks to conclude the Doha round of negotiations.

&#8220;This will uplift the animal spirit of economic agents all over the world,&#8221; an official [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Left-wing activists protest against WTO meet</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/left-wing-activists-protest-against-wto-meet-159749/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Hundreds of left-wing activists protested against the ongoing ministerial meet of key World Trade Organization (WTO) member states aimed at breathing fresh life into the stalled global trade talks here today.

Carrying banners and placards slamming the global trade body,  activists of the Left-wing Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) shouted anti-WTO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian economy shrinks at slower 3.4 pct pace in 2Q, expands in month of June</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/canadian-economy-shrinks-at-slower-34-pct-pace-in-2q-expands-in-month-of-june-155384/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/canadian-economy-shrinks-at-slower-34-pct-pace-in-2q-expands-in-month-of-june-155384/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Gillies</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO — The Canadian economy contracted at a 3.4 percent annual pace in the second quarter, an improvement from the first three months of the year, the government said Monday.

Statistics Canada said the economy actually grew in June by 0.1 percent, the first monthly increase in almost a year. Canada&#8217;s central bank and many analysts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian envoys&#8217; meet to focus on Pakistan, economic diplomacy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-envoys-meet-to-focus-on-pakistan-economic-diplomacy-139774/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-envoys-meet-to-focus-on-pakistan-economic-diplomacy-139774/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - With India&#8217;s neighbourhood seething in turmoil and major multilateral summits in the offing, the external affairs ministry has called around 120 Indian envoys later this month for a conclave in New Delhi to brainstorm on key foreign policy challenges.

This will be the first such exercise after the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India to get $4.78 bn in SDRs to battle recession</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-to-get-478-bn-in-sdrs-to-battle-recession-139275/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-to-get-478-bn-in-sdrs-to-battle-recession-139275/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arun Kumar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - India will get the equivalent of about $4.78 billion as its share of International Monetary Fund&#8217;s (IMF) Special Drawing Rights (SDR) worth $250 billion to provide liquidity to the recession hit global economic system.

IMF will make the general SDR allocation on Aug 28 following formal approval by its board of governors last week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to visit the White House Sept. 16</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/canadian-prime-minister-stephen-harper-to-visit-the-white-house-sept-16-133781/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/canadian-prime-minister-stephen-harper-to-visit-the-white-house-sept-16-133781/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit the White House next month to meet with President Barack Obama.

Harper spokesman Dimitri Soudas said Friday that Harper has accepted an invitation to visit the White House on Sept. 16. The two leaders have already met several times but it will be Harper&#8217;s first official trip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Squatters spark fury staging sex sessions on empty tower roof!</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/squatters-spark-fury-staging-sex-sessions-on-empty-tower-roof-126536/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - A group of squatters in Britain are  said to  have sparked fury after they took over an empty tower  block, and began staging sex sessions on its roof.

Couples could be seen performing sex acts in broad daylight after carrying  a  sofa to the top of the five-storey  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India looking forward to hosting September trade talks: Anand Sharma</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-looking-forward-to-hosting-september-trade-talks-anand-sharma-124013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said he was looking forward to hosting the September meeting among global trade ministers to put the derailed global trade talks back on track.

India had proposed to host the mini-ministerial meeting of the 153-member World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the G20 Summit in London, which was attended by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No James Bond: Varghese heads as Australia&#8217;s envoy to India</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/no-james-bond-varghese-heads-as-australias-envoy-to-india-120905/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/no-james-bond-varghese-heads-as-australias-envoy-to-india-120905/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Usha Arvind</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - Peter Joseph Noozhumurry Varghese used to head Australia&#8217;s spy agency, the Office of National Assessments. The mild-mannered but very articulate man of Indian origin, who will be Canberra&#8217;s next envoy to New Delhi, however does not see himself as a James Bond. He prefers to be called a diplomat.

This August, Varghese will take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India presses for anti-terror convention, to sign ASEAN FTA in October (Roundup)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-presses-for-anti-terror-convention-to-sign-asean-fta-in-october-roundup-117483/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-presses-for-anti-terror-convention-to-sign-asean-fta-in-october-roundup-117483/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manish Chand</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PHUKET - At the meeting of foreign ministers of the ASEAN and East Asia region here Wednesday, India reminded the world of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and the recent Jakarta bombings, as it pressed for greater intelligence sharing and an early adoption of a UN convention on international terrorism to defeat the scourge.

Imparting a fresh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Jewish Congress urges EU to be tougher with Iran</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-jewish-congress-urges-eu-to-be-tougher-with-iran-111718/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS - The president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) here Thursday called on the European Union (EU) to take a harder line on Iran to prevent the country from acquiring nuclear weapons.

WJC head Ronald S. Lauder was in Brussels to hold talks with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, European Commission President Jose Manuel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Treasury Secretary Geithner sees &#8216;durable, very important signs&#8217; of confidence, stability</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-treasury-secretary-geithner-sees-durable-very-important-signs-of-confidence-stability-111353/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Vandore</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday he saw &#8220;durable, very important signs&#8221; of recovery in the financial system — but he warned against repeating the mistakes of the 1930s and withdrawing stimulus too soon.

Geithner, in Paris on the last leg of a tour that has taken him from London to Saudi Arabia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Treasury Secretary Geithner discusses economic stimulus plans with French PM</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-treasury-secretary-geithner-discusses-economic-stimulus-plans-with-french-pm-111240/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is discussing economic stimulus plans with French officials in talks that also touch on the question of sanction againt Iran.

The office of Prime Minister Francois Fillon says the two men reviewed the size and efficiency of the plans to help the economy during the downturn and, looking forward, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama hopes for progress after Afghan elections</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-hopes-for-progress-after-afghan-elections-109284/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama expressed hope Tuesday that Afghanistan can enter a &#8220;different phase&#8221; after elections take place in August.

Obama said any exit strategy for US and NATO forces would have to be met with the Afghan people taking on greater responsibility for security and governing.	 	
&#8220;My hope is that we will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The world&#8217;s &#8216;G&#8217; order - G5, G8, G14, G20</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-worlds-g-order-g5-g8-g14-g20-105494/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaideep Sarin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA - It can be termed as the new &#8216;G&#8217; order of the world where the presence of nations proclaims their international political and economic status.

The latest to join the &#8216;G&#8217; ranks is G14 - a term used for the first time at the G8-G5 summit being held in this quake-hit Italian town, about 100 [...]]]></description>
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