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		<title>Obama hails chat with Harvard professor and white policeman as &#8216;friendly, thoughtful&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With mugs of beer and a calm conversation, President Barack Obama tried to push himself and the nation beyond a political uproar Thursday, hailing a &#8220;friendly, thoughtful&#8221; conversation with the black professor and white policeman whose dispute had ignited a fierce debate over race in America.

&#8220;I have always believed that what brings us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ready to move on, Obama hails chat with policeman and professor, hopes for &#8216;positive lesson&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With mugs of beer and a calm conversation, President Barack Obama tried to push himself and the nation beyond a political uproar Thursday, hailing a &#8220;friendly, thoughtful&#8221; conversation with the black professor and white policeman whose dispute had ignited a fierce debate over race in America.

&#8220;I have always believed that what brings us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston officer apologizes for slur against black Harvard scholar, says he is not racist</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannie Nuss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — A Boston police officer who was suspended for using a racial slur to describe black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., apologized for his comments and declared he is not a racist.

Boston police put two-year officer Justin Barrett on administrative leave Tuesday, pending a termination hearing. Barrett is a captain in the Massachusetts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House: Apologies aren&#8217;t expected at Obama &#8216;beer summit&#8217; with police officer, professor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama does not expect his &#8220;beer summit&#8221; will be a mediation session for the black professor and the white policeman who arrested him to work out their differences, the White House said Thursday.

Obama invited Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley to join him for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House rejects most Obama weapons cuts, retreats on F-22 fighter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House went along with Defense Secretary Robert Gates&#8217; plans to kill the over-budget F-22 fighter jet, but has rejected his efforts to cut off several other big ticket items.

Despite objections and veto threats from the White House, a $636 billion Pentagon spending bill passed by a 400-30 vote Thursday contains money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suspended Boston officer apologizes for using slur in e-mail about Henry Louis Gates arrest</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/suspended-boston-officer-apologizes-for-using-slur-in-e-mail-about-henry-louis-gates-arrest-125360/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — A suspended Boston police officer apologized for using a racial slur to describe black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. in an e-mail, saying he made a poor choice of words, didn&#8217;t mean to offend anyone and isn&#8217;t racist.

The police commissioner put 36-year-old Justin Barrett on administrative leave pending a termination hearing after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston police officer suspended for allegedly using slur for black Harvard scholar</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/boston-police-officer-suspended-for-allegedly-using-slur-for-black-harvard-scholar-124631/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannie Nuss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — A Boston police officer has been suspended for using a racial slur to describe black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.

After learning of the slur, Commissioner Edward Davis put 36-year-old Justin Barrett on administrative leave pending a termination hearing.
A person with knowledge of the case, speaking on condition of anonymity because the person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston officer suspended for slur against black Harvard scholar; NYC aide resigns for comments</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/boston-officer-suspended-for-slur-against-black-harvard-scholar-nyc-aide-resigns-for-comments-124628/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannie Nuss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — A Boston police officer was suspended Wednesday for allegedly using a racial slur to describe black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., and a New York City government aide resigned after posting Facebook comments about the scholar&#8217;s controversial arrest.

Boston police put two-year officer Justin Barrett on administrative leave pending a termination hearing. Barrett, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deadly raid against Iranian exiles raises questions about Iraq&#8217;s relations with US, Tehran</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Gamel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Iraqi forces clashed with an Iranian opposition group for a second day Wednesday after storming a camp north of Baghdad despite U.S. appeals not to use force against exiles protected for years by American troops.

Tehran cheered the operation, raising worrying questions about how Iraq can balance relations with its two closest allies, Iran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>911 caller in Harvard scholar case says she chose her words carefully; hurt by racist label</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/911-caller-in-harvard-scholar-case-says-she-chose-her-words-carefully-hurt-by-racist-label-124373/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Lindsay</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The woman who dialed 911 to report a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. said Wednesday she was wrongly labeled a racist based on assumptions about her and words she never said and hoped the recently released recording of the call would put the controversy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gates says 1 combat brigade may leave Iraq ahead of schedule, gives no exact timetable</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT — A combat brigade of 5,000 American troops may be brought home early from Iraq if the trend of reduced violence holds, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.

It was the first suggestion that the Obama administration might rethink its decision to keep as many forces in Iraq as possible this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel tells leery US it will do whatever it must to keep Iran from gaining nuclear bomb</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM — Israel hardened its insistence Monday that it would do anything it felt necessary to stop Iran from getting a nuclear bomb, just the ultimatum the United States hoped not to hear as it tried to nudge Iran to the bargaining table.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates reassured Israel that the new Obama administration was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cambridge, Mass., police heard telling dispatcher Gates was uncooperative, &#8216;keep cars coming&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Contreras</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A Cambridge police sergeant who responded to a 911 call about a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. told dispatchers that Gates was being uncooperative and to &#8220;keep the cars coming.&#8221;

Another voice can be heard in the background of the transmission, but it is unintelligible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama envoy: US favors overall Mideast peace accord; Israel hopes to settle disputes with US</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josef Federman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM — President Barack Obama&#8217;s Mideast envoy called on the Arab world to take steps toward normalizing relations with Israel, and Israel&#8217;s prime minister said he hoped his country&#8217;s disputes with the U.S. over West Bank settlement construction would soon be resolved.

Envoy George Mitchell, opening a new round of peace efforts in the region on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gates to address Israel&#8217;s Iranian concern during Jerusalem visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - US Defence Secretary Robert  M.  Gates will  address Israel&#8217;s growing anxiety over Iran&#8217;s  nuclear  work during   his  meetings  with  Israeli  Prime  Minister   Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak in Jerusalem on Monday.

A  senior  American official [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Text of Obama&#8217;s remarks on the arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/text-of-obamas-remarks-on-the-arrest-of-black-scholar-henry-louis-gates-120034/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Text of President Barack Obama&#8217;s remarks at a White House briefing Friday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.

I wanted to address you guys directly, because over the last day and a half, obviously, there&#8217;s been all sorts of controversy around the incident that happened in Cambridge with Professor Gates and the police department there.
I actually just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Henry Louis Gates Jr., the intellectual, has tasted the arena before</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hillel Italie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Decades ago — long before Harvard, long before his books and documentaries — Henry Louis Gates Jr. and some friends nearly set off a brawl trying to integrate a West Virginia club.

Gates and the others were circled by a white mob. The owner screamed at the black students to leave, slamming one of them against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says he should&#8217;ve &#8216;calibrated&#8217; his remarks on arrest of black scholar, phones policeman</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-says-he-shouldve-calibrated-his-remarks-on-arrest-of-black-scholar-phones-policeman-120023/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Trying to tamp down a national uproar over race, President Barack Obama acknowledged Friday he had used unfortunate words in declaring that Cambridge, Mass., police &#8220;acted stupidly&#8221; in arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. &#8220;I could&#8217;ve calibrated those words differently,&#8221; he said.

He stopped short of a public apology. But the president telephoned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton announces transfer of $200 million to Palestinians, to help ease budget crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RAMALLAH, West Bank — The United States has transferred $200 million to the Palestinian government to help ease a growing budget deficit, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday.

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has been struggling in recent months to keep his government afloat, borrowing hundreds of millions of dollars from commercial banks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says he should&#8217;ve &#8216;recalibrated&#8217; his remarks on arrest of black scholar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Trying to tamp down an uproar over race, President Barack Obama said Friday he used an unfortunate choice of words in commenting on the arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and could have &#8220;calibrated those words differently.&#8221;

The president said he had telephoned the white policeman who arrested Gates, and he said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama sides with black scholar Henry Louis Gates in divisive &#8220;racial profiling&#8221; case</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/president-obama-sides-with-black-scholar-henry-louis-gates-in-divisive-racial-profiling-case-119119/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Washington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Making his first foray into a divisive racial issue, President Barack Obama sided with Henry Louis Gates Jr. after the black scholar&#8217;s arrest by a white police officer, a striking departure from Obama&#8217;s &#8220;post-racial&#8221; impartiality.

Saying that the white sergeant acted &#8220;stupidly&#8221; in arresting Gates, Obama inflamed an already volatile topic. Although he backed off that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officer who arrested black Harvard scholar &#8216;disappointed&#8217; Obama said he acted &#8217;stupidly&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/officer-who-arrested-black-harvard-scholar-disappointed-obama-said-he-acted-stupidly-118605/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Salsberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NATICK, Mass. — A white police sergeant who arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. said Thursday he&#8217;s disappointed President Barack Obama said officers acted &#8220;stupidly,&#8221; despite acknowledging he didn&#8217;t know all the facts.

Sgt. James Crowley responded to Gates&#8217; home near Harvard University last week to investigate a report of a burglary and demanded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black scholar arrested after reported break-in at Mass. home; colleagues claim profiling</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/black-scholar-arrested-after-reported-break-in-at-mass-home-colleagues-claim-profiling-115379/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Trujillo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — Supporters of a prominent Harvard University black scholar who was arrested at his own home by police responding to a report of a break-in say he is the victim of racial profiling.

Henry Louis Gates Jr. had forced his way through the front door of his home because it was jammed, his lawyer said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US fighter jet crashes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 2 onboard, US military says</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — A U.S. military spokesman says an F15E fighter jet has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing both crewmembers.

Col. Greg Julian says the incident happened early Saturday, and is not believed to be a result of enemy fire.
The U.S. Air Force says the jet was conducting coalition operations at the time of the crash.
THIS IS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jet showdown: Pentagon chief says veto threat is real in squabble with Congress over funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Jakes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Pentagon and Congress all but dared each other Thursday to a showdown over funding for fighter jets in a multimillion-dollar squabble that each side said they were fighting in the interests of U.S. security.

The Democratic chairman of a key House Appropriations panel said he&#8217;s confident that plans to add $369 million to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French auto workers threaten to blow up factory in extreme example of resistance to cost cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helene Goupil</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHATELLERAULT, France — Laid-off auto-parts workers huddled Thursday around gas canisters tied to an electrical cable, threatening to blow up a factory in the latest example of extreme French resistance to cost-cutting in the economic downturn.

Other French workerss have kidnapped their bosses, blocked ports and barricaded factories to try to save jobs in France&#8217;s worst [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CBI probe recommended into missing Babri files</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharat Pradhan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LUCKNOW - The Uttar Pradesh government has recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the disappearance of 23 files relating to the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmbhoomi case, Chief Minister Mayawati said Friday.

Given the seriousness of the case, we have recommended a CBI probe into the disappearance of the files, Mayawati told reporters here Friday evening.	 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. agency to investigate allegations of racial discrimination at suburban Philadelphia pool</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pa-agency-to-investigate-allegations-of-racial-discrimination-at-suburban-philadelphia-pool-105288/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pa-agency-to-investigate-allegations-of-racial-discrimination-at-suburban-philadelphia-pool-105288/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Todt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. — State officials will investigate accusations of racial discrimination against a suburban Philadelphia swim club that allegedly reacted to a visiting group of minority children by asking them not to return.

The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission will immediately open an investigation into the actions of The Valley Club in the leafy suburb of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honduran rivals meet with Costa Rican president, beginning post-coup negotiation process</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Talks to resolve the leadership crisis in Honduras began without a breakthrough Thursday, as both rivals emerged from meetings with a mediator showing no signs of relinquishing their claims to the presidency following a divisive coup.

The hoped for face-to-face meeting in Costa Rica between ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zelaya leaves talks in home of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias insisting on his restoration</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Talks to resolve the leadership crisis in Honduras finally got on track Thursday, with both sides showing up at the home of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias for closed-door meetings.

Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya appeared first, and left shortly before the arrival of the man who replaced him after a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Passport snafu and Gaza closure leave family with American children stranded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Hubbard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — In blockaded Gaza, even an American passport isn&#8217;t a sure ticket to freedom.

Two boys, ages 5 and 6, are stranded because one has a U.S. passport that expired and the other&#8217;s is about to.
The U.S. offers no consular services in Gaza, and Israel&#8217;s border closure of the Hamas-ruled territory prevents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honduran president calls his arrest, expulsion, a military coup; soldiers surround palace</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Soldiers seized the national palace and sent President Manuel Zelaya into exile in Costa Rica on Sunday, hours before a disputed constitutional referendum. Zelaya, a leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, said he was victim of a coup.

The Supreme Court said it was supporting the military in what it called a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stone-throwing demonstrators attack Iranian Embassy in Sweden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM — Demonstrators attacked the Iranian Embassy outside the Swedish capital Friday, throwing stones and trying to force themselves in, police said.

About 150 protesters, some masked, rushed the embassy gates, but it was not immediately clear if any managed to get inside the building, police said.
&#8220;It was chaotic out there,&#8221; police officer Jan Hedlund told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO commander predicts violent uptick as Afghan elections approach</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Jakes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Despite the thousands of U.S. troops headed to southern Afghanistan this summer, a NATO commander said Thursday they&#8217;ll fall short of the numbers historically needed to defeat insurgents.

Maj. Gen. Mart de Kruif said the influx of troops will let coalition forces pressure parts of the Taliban-infested region where extremists have not yet been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pak, Afghanistan based terrorists pose potent threat to Persian Gulf countries : Gates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The US Secretary of Defence, Robert Gates has warned that the terror threat emanating from Pakistan and Afghanistan is dangerous for the Gulf countries as well.

Speaking at a conference of Defence Chiefs of 11 Gulf countries here, Gates warned that the middle-east countries cannot afford to neglect the threat posed by different extremist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pentagon terms North Korea&#8217;s threat to wipe out US as &#8217;silliness&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The US Defence Ministry has shrugged off a threat from North Korea to wipe America off the map, as silly on the part of the Communist regime of the country.

North Korea made the threat as a US destroyer trailed a North Korean ship suspected of transporting illicit weapons to Myanmar in what could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National parks aim to reduce emissions from both millions of visitors and their own operations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/national-parks-aim-to-reduce-emissions-from-both-millions-of-visitors-and-their-own-operations-89497/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phuong Le</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — Karen Lasch and her family recently pulled over their car near a glacier-fed creek in Mount Rainier National Park, piling out for a glimpse of the snowcapped peak in the distance.

But she hadn&#8217;t given much thought to the impact that she, millions of other tourists and the national parks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medvedev: Washington must ease Russian concern about missile defense to proceed with nuke cuts</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/medvedev-washington-must-ease-russian-concern-about-missile-defense-to-proceed-with-nuke-cuts-87690/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Max</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM — Russia is ready for deep cuts of strategic nuclear weapons in a new deal with the United States if the U.S. eases Moscow&#8217;s concerns about plans for a missile defense system, President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday.

Medvedev lifted hopes for progress when President Barack Obama visits Moscow July 6-9 for talks focusing on replacing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gates says US concerned North Korean might fire missile toward Hawaii, defenses in place</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The United States has positioned more missile defenses around Hawaii as a precaution against a possible North Korean launch across the Pacific, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.

&#8220;We do have some concerns if they were to launch a missile to the west in the direction of Hawaii,&#8221; Gates said.
Gates told reporters at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karzai tells incoming US commander in Afghanistan to protect civilians</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Straziuso</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — President Hamid Karzai told the incoming commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan on Sunday that the most important part of his new mission was to protect Afghan civilians.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal takes up his command on Monday. The four-star U.S. general, a former special forces commander, is expected to bring a fresh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gorilla escapes and injures worker at SC zoo, then returns to enclosure after 5 minutes out</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 390-pound gorilla grabbed some low-hanging bamboo to scale a wall at a South Carolina zoo Friday, escaping his enclosure and tackling a worker before returning to his pen about five minutes later.

The gorilla at Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens ran into a pizza-stand employee who curled up and played dead to try [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeans prohibited on Kanpur college campuses (Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LUCKNOW - Four Kanpur colleges have banned students from wearing jeans, saying it will keep eve-teasing in check. Students are livid about the decision. 

Dayanand Degree College (DDC), Acahrya Narendra Dev College (ANDC), Sen Balika College (SBC) and Johari Degree College (JDC) - all affiliated with Kanpur University - have prohibited their students from wearing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gates Foundation doesn&#8217;t do fundraising, but took in $10.4M in donations last year</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gates-foundation-doesnt-do-fundraising-but-took-in-104m-in-donations-last-year-73621/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — The Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation&#8217;s annual report says it brought in $10.4 million in individual donations in 2008, without making an effort at fundraising.

That dollar amount does not include new money from Bill or Melinda Gates or their friend Warren Buffett, who gave the world&#8217;s richest foundation&#8217;s trust about $1.8 billion worth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgian officials in Washington warn of Russian military buildup in breakaway Georgia area</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desmond Butler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Georgia&#8217;s defense minister is warning about Russia&#8217;s military buildup as he meets with Obama administration officials in Washington this week.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Defense Minister Vasil Sikharulidze and Georgia&#8217;s ambassador to Washington, Batu Kutelia, said that Russia has vastly improved communication and supply lines on breakaway Georgian territory since the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani court orders Islamist leader accused in Mumbai attacks to be freed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — The founder of the group India blames for last year&#8217;s Mumbai siege was ordered freed in a court ruling Tuesday that raised new tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors and drew criticism of Pakistan&#8217;s commitment to fighting terrorism.

The ruling to end the six-month house arrest of Hafiz Mohammed Saeed comes at a time when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain calls for release of Myanmar&#8217;s Suu Kyi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 11:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE - Britain challenged Sunday Myanmar&#8217;s military rulers to release imprisoned opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and implement democratic reforms in the isolated state.

&#8220;Now is the time for transition to democracy starting with the release of Aung San Suu Kyi,&#8221; Britain&#8217;s Minister for International Defence and Security Ann Taylor told a summit on Asian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to the future: India chooses the middle path (Comment)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 10:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amulya Ganguli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Congress&#8217; victory in successive elections, and that too with more seats and higher voting percentage on the second occasion, means that the country has returned to  the safe and sound middle path.

Both the earlier lurch to the right  and the recent dogmatism of the Left have  been  negated. Instead, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parents of slain NFL star call for review of general named to lead war in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 06:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lara Jakes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The parents of slain Army Ranger and NFL star Pat Tillman voiced concerns Tuesday that the general who played a role in mischaracterizing his death could be put in charge of military operations in Afghanistan.

In a brief interview with The Associated Press, Pat Tillman Sr. accused Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal of covering up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US commander in Afghanistan sacked as part of new approach to Afghan War</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has sacked the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David D. McKiernan as part of an initiative to bring a more aggressive and innovative approach to a worsening seven-year war in that landlocked country.

Gates announced the decision in terse comments at the Pentagon, saying that &#8220;fresh eyes were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gates fires top general in Afghanistan as war worsens, saying new leadership is needed</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gates-fires-top-general-in-afghanistan-as-war-worsens-saying-new-leadership-is-needed-59691/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 04:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pauline Jelinek</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama fired the top U.S. general in Afghanistan on Monday, replacing him with a former special forces commander in a quest for a more agile, unconventional approach in a war that has gone quickly downhill. With the Taliban resurgent, Obama&#8217;s switch from Gen. David McKiernan to Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal suggests [...]]]></description>
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