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		<title>Quayle: Obama&#8217;s biggest challenge taming left wing of Democratic Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[STATELINE, Nev. — Former Vice President Dan Quayle gives President Barack Obama high marks for surrounding himself with quality advisers on national security and the economy. But Quayle says it&#8217;s not yet clear whether Obama&#8217;s Democratic administration will govern more liberally than he campaigned.

&#8220;I think his biggest challenge is to tame the left wing of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil stays above $61 a barrel as jobless numbers drop unexpectedly</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kahn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Oil prices wavered Thursday after the government reported that jobless numbers had dropped unexpectedly.

Benchmark crude for August delivery added 9 cents to $61.63 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent prices fell 14 cents to $62.95 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.
The Labor Department said new applications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil slips further to settle below $60 as demand concerns linger</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices settled under $60 a barrel again Tuesday, with investors still wary about the economy despite as better-than-expected economic and earnings data.

Benchmark crude for August delivery fell 17 cents to settle at $59.52 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Doubts about the strength of the economy have left crude [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renegade Democrat flips support back to party in struggle for control of NY Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gormley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY, N.Y. — New York&#8217;s Senate standoff ended Thursday as it started 31 days ago, with a freshman Democrat shifting the balance of power in the 62-seat chamber by switching sides and getting a powerful leadership post in the majority.

Bronx Sen. Pedro Espada&#8217;s return to the Democratic conference gives Democrats a 32-30 majority for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White paper will be colourful, promises Mamata (Parliament Diary)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The white paper on the performance of Indian Railways over the last five years will not be a black and white one, but a colourful one, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said in the Lok Sabha Thursday.

The maverick politician from West Bengal also tried to pacify the anxieties of her predecessor Lalu Prasad. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former US attorney general to teach political science at Texas Tech</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LUBBOCK, Texas — Alberto Gonzales, who resigned as U.S. attorney general two years ago, is coming to Texas Tech this fall to teach political science.

Texas Tech Unversity System Chancellor Kent Hance confirmed the hiring on Tuesday.
It was first reported on the Austin American-Statesman in its online edition. A senior business assistant in Tech&#8217;s political science [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Bar Association finds Sotomayor well qualified to serve on Supreme Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor earned a &#8220;well-qualified&#8221; rating from the American Bar Association on Tuesday as she prepared for Senate hearings next week.

The ABA committee that reviewed her qualifications came out with that unanimous rating of the federal appeals court judge and released it in a letter to White House lawyer Greg [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saddam gun may become centerpiece of George W Bush library</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A gun found in former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein&#8217;s foxhole when he was seized by Delta Force special troops in 2003 could become the centerpiece of an exhibition at the George W Bush presidential library in Dallas, Texas.

According The Telegraph, the 9mm Glock 18C, presented to then-president Bush by Delta Force agents after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian writer Vasily Aksyonov, a Soviet-era dissident and exile, dies at age 76</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mansur Mirovalev</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Vasily Aksyonov, a prolific Russian writer and one of the last dissidents to be exiled from the Soviet Union, died Monday. He was 76.

Aksyonov died at a Moscow hospital where he was being treated after suffering a stroke last year, his widow Maya told Ekho Mosvky radio.
Aksyonov wrote more than 20 novels during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democrats&#8217; gov&#8217;t health plan would offer premiums 20%-25% less than private insurance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — What if a new health plan set up shop in your town offering coverage at a much lower price than other insurers?

If you could save $2,500 on the $12,700 it costs for an average family plan through an employer, would you take it? That&#8217;s not small change.
Now what if the government offered that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major League Baseball pays tribute to Lou Gehrig on 70th anniversary of luckiest man speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Cohen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Derek Jeter helped Major League Baseball commemorate the 70th anniversary of Lou Gehrig&#8217;s luckiest man speech Saturday, reading the famous line from the icon&#8217;s stirring words during a video tribute before the New York Yankees&#8217; game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Yankees also placed a wreath of red, white and blue flowers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coup between parties in NY Senate chamber leaves critical policy, personal dignity in its wake</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gormley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY, N.Y. — It should have been clear when state Democratic senators resorted to flicking off the chamber lights to try to thwart a shocking Republican power grab that this wouldn&#8217;t be the brightest moment in New York politics.

But that&#8217;s how the saga began more than two weeks ago. Since then, the words farce, circus, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Netanyahu defends proposal for demilitarized Palestinian state, says it&#8217;s gaining ground</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Weizman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after meeting the leaders of France and Italy on Wednesday, said his bid for a demilitarized Palestinian state is gaining international ground and is the only solution for Mideast peace.

Netanyahu also was meant to meet in Paris with Washington&#8217;s top Mideast envoy, George Mitchell, but Israel&#8217;s government postponed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Correction: Peru-Bolivia</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/correction-peru-bolivia-87252/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LIMA, Peru — In stories May 11 and May 12 about Peru granting asylum to two Bolivian officials, The Associated Press erroneously reported that genocide charges were not filed against former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada and members of his cabinet until after Evo Morales became president in 2006. Bolivia&#8217;s congress ratified charges against Sanchez [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Obama&#8217;s popularity may be threatened by federal deficit now approaching $2 trillion</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/analysis-obamas-popularity-may-be-threatened-by-federal-deficit-now-approaching-2-trillion-86155/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Sidoti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The solid armor of President Barack Obama&#8217;s popularity may have a crack — a nearly $2 trillion-sized one.

There&#8217;s continued and considerable public restiveness over eye-popping federal budget deficits, a potential danger for both Obama&#8217;s ambitious agenda and his political fortunes.
About $1.3 trillion when Obama took office, this year&#8217;s deficit now is on track [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small plane, 3rd body recovered from bottom of NY river; victim was brother of Indian TV actor</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/small-plane-3rd-body-recovered-from-bottom-of-ny-river-victim-was-brother-of-indian-tv-actor-82356/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/small-plane-3rd-body-recovered-from-bottom-of-ny-river-victim-was-brother-of-indian-tv-actor-82356/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica M. Pasko</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/small-plane-3rd-body-recovered-from-bottom-of-ny-river-victim-was-brother-of-indian-tv-actor-82356/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[GLENVILLE, N.Y. — Police say divers searching an eastern New York river where a small plane went down have recovered the body of the third person who died, the brother of Indian actor Tom George Kolath (KOH&#8217;-laht).

The plane crashed Sunday afternoon into the Mohawk River shortly after takeoff from a Schenectady (skeh-NEHK&#8217;-ta-dee) County airport.
On Monday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas prices rise for 45th straight day; oil prices fall as dollar bounces back</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gas-prices-rise-for-45th-straight-day-oil-prices-fall-as-dollar-bounces-back-80164/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gas-prices-rise-for-45th-straight-day-oil-prices-fall-as-dollar-bounces-back-80164/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kahn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Gas prices rose Friday for the 45th consecutive day as summer travelers hit the highways and refineries hold back on fuel production.

Pump prices added less than a penny overnight to a new national average of $2.639 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service.
Crude prices are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former President George H.W. Bush skydives over Maine coast to celebrate 85th birthday</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-president-george-hw-bush-skydives-over-maine-coast-to-celebrate-85th-birthday-80087/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-president-george-hw-bush-skydives-over-maine-coast-to-celebrate-85th-birthday-80087/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Former President George H.W. Bush has celebrated his 85th birthday by skydiving over the coast of Maine.

Bush made a tandem jump Friday with a member of the Army&#8217;s Golden Knights parachute team onto a landing zone near a church in Kennebunkport, where Bush has a summer home.
All of Bush&#8217;s children, including former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil prices fall below $72 per barrel with the dollar bouncing back to end the week</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-prices-fall-below-72-per-barrel-with-the-dollar-bouncing-back-to-end-the-week-80037/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-prices-fall-below-72-per-barrel-with-the-dollar-bouncing-back-to-end-the-week-80037/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kahn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Gas prices rose Friday for the 45th consecutive day as summer travelers hit the highways and refineries hold back on fuel production.

Pump prices added less than a penny overnight to a new national average of $2.639 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service.
Crude prices are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former President Jimmy Carter says Mideast peace not possible without Hamas</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-president-jimmy-carter-says-mideast-peace-not-possible-without-hamas-78819/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-president-jimmy-carter-says-mideast-peace-not-possible-without-hamas-78819/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert Aji</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DAMASCUS, Syria — Former President Jimmy Carter Thursday reiterated that there can be no peace between Israel and the Palestinians without involving the militant group Hamas.

His comments came shortly before he met with the militant group&#8217;s Syrian-based leader, Khaled Mashaal. Carter met with Mashaal twice under the Bush administration, angering some in the U.S. government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pastor says Kan. church brings in counselors, begins healing after abortion provider&#8217;s slaying</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pastor-says-kan-church-brings-in-counselors-begins-healing-after-abortion-providers-slaying-71272/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pastor-says-kan-church-brings-in-counselors-begins-healing-after-abortion-providers-slaying-71272/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WICHITA, Kan. — The church where late-term abortion provider George Tiller was killed is bringing in counselors to help members and has received supportive messages from around the world, the senior pastor said.

The Rev. Lowell Michelson of Reformation Lutheran Church said crisis intervention experts will help people through group and individual counseling.
&#8220;That&#8217;s certainly not going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kerry blames clerical error for $819,848 IRS tax lien on his 2004 presidential campaign</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kerry-blames-clerical-error-for-819848-irs-tax-lien-on-his-2004-presidential-campaign-71025/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kerry-blames-clerical-error-for-819848-irs-tax-lien-on-his-2004-presidential-campaign-71025/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Miga</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has filed a $819,848 tax lien against Sen. John Kerry&#8217;s 2004 presidential campaign, but Kerry on Wednesday blamed IRS clerical error for the claim and said his campaign owes no tax penalties.

The Massachusetts Democrat said the IRS mishandled payroll tax forms that he said were correctly filed by his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton hails Cuban decision to resume immigration, mail service talks</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/clinton-hails-cuban-decision-to-resume-immigration-mail-service-talks-68404/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/clinton-hails-cuban-decision-to-resume-immigration-mail-service-talks-68404/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Cuba has agreed to resume talks with the Obama administration on legal immigration of Cubans to the United States and direct mail service between the two countries in a move welcomed by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

&#8220;These talks are part of our effort to forge a new way forward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to retain military tribunals for terrorism trials: Report</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-to-retain-military-tribunals-for-terrorism-trials-report-63089/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-to-retain-military-tribunals-for-terrorism-trials-report-63089/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 15:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama will continue to use military tribunals to put suspected terrorists on trial, The New York Times reported Friday.



Obama will retain the military commissions first established for terrorism trials by his predecessor, president George W. Bush. But Obama plans to seek congressional approval for an expansion of defendant rights under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defense chief says general&#8217;s firing isn&#8217;t related to repeated troops requests</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/defense-chief-says-generals-firing-isnt-related-to-repeated-troops-requests-62001/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 04:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said his decision to fire the top U.S. general in Afghanistan was not a result of disagreement over the general&#8217;s repeated requests for more forces.

&#8220;A commander in the field should never feel constrained from asking for what he needs,&#8221; Gates told a House committee hearing.
Gen. David McKiernan was named [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CBS golf funnyman apologizes for military quip aimed at Congressional leaders</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cbs-golf-funnyman-apologizes-for-military-quip-aimed-at-congressional-leaders-58695/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 05:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Ferguson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — CBS Sports golf analyst David Feherty apologized Sunday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for a morbid joke that went bad in a Dallas magazine.

Feherty, one of the most popular golf analysts for his sharp wit and self-deprecating humor, was among five Dallas residents who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress, BJP are haunted by past misdeeds (Comment)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/congress-bjp-are-haunted-by-past-misdeeds-comment-57444/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 15:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amulya Ganguli</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s excessive enthusiasm for winning new friends for the Congress has landed his party in some trouble.



Several constituents of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by the Congress have not been amused by this search for partners since it suggests that the party no longer has much faith in the alliance.


True, the UPA is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan&#8217;s nukes safe, need help in war against terror: Zardari</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakistans-nukes-safe-need-help-in-war-against-terror-zardari-55233/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakistans-nukes-safe-need-help-in-war-against-terror-zardari-55233/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 22:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Seeking to reassure the US that Pakistan had full control of its nuclear weapons and that a military operation against extremists would continue till normalcy was restored, President Asif Ali Zardari also made a forceful plea for international help in the war against terror.



Zardari also hoped to build better relations with India after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police release new sketches of UGA professor accused of killing wife, 2 others outside theater</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-release-new-sketches-of-uga-professor-accused-of-killing-wife-2-others-outside-theater-54568/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 03:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Ga. — Investigators have released new sketches of a University of Georgia professor suspected of killing his wife and two others outside a community theater last month.

Police say the sketches, done by a Georgia Bureau of Investigation artist, show what 57-year-old George Zinkhan would look like without a beard and without hair to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Armstrong, Mellow Johnny&#8217;s teammates miss pile up on second to last lap of Tour of Gila stage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 09:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Montoya Bryan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SILVER CITY, N.M. — Lance Armstrong didn&#8217;t disappoint the fans who traveled to this sleepy mining town from as far as the Netherlands to see him take on a speedy — and potentially dangerous — race around 1-mile downtown course in the Tour of the Gila.

Returning from a broken collarbone, Armstrong had said before the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Progressive magazine celebrates 100 years as &#8216;freest place&#8217; in American journalism</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-progressive-magazine-celebrates-100-years-as-freest-place-in-american-journalism-40565/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan J. Foley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MADISON, Wis. — The Progressive magazine has a century&#8217;s worth of battles under its belt.

Through internal disputes, money troubles, a First Amendment clash over nuclear secrets and more, the fixture of the American left celebrates its 100-year anniversary still fighting for peace and social justice.
Founded in 1909 by progressive Wisconsin Sen. Robert &#8220;Fighting Bob&#8221; La [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent polls by AP, others show far more people call themselves Democrats than Republicans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Fram</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has a built-in advantage when it comes to his popularity these days — there are simply more Democrats than Republicans.

Yet as George W. Bush painfully learned, that can change.
An Associated Press-GfK poll released this week — it shows a strongly optimistic public — underscores Obama&#8217;s partisan advantage. Of the 1,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kerala stockbrokers renamed Geojit BNP Paribas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Leading Kerala-based retail stockbroking firm Geojit Financial Services Ltd was Thursday renamed Geojit BNP Paribas.



BNP Paribas, the Paris-based banking group said it has become the largest shareholder of Geojit Financial Services, and that all 500 Geojit offices in India will change their name and bear the colours of BNP Paribas.


Olivier Le Grand, head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polling for second phase of Lok Sabha elections on Thursday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections will be held on Thursday.
In this phase, the election will be held in 141 Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 13 states and Union Territories.

Polling is underway for the Inner Manipur (valley districts) Lok Sabha seat constituency.
The elections will also be completed in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intel director says high-value info gained in tough questioning of terror suspects</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/intel-director-says-high-value-info-gained-in-tough-questioning-of-terror-suspects-32613/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration&#8217;s top intelligence official privately told employees last week that &#8220;high value information&#8221; was obtained in interrogations that included harsh techniques approved by former President George W. Bush.

&#8220;A deeper understanding of the al-Qaida network&#8221; resulted, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said in the memo, in which he added, &#8220;I like to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Kathleen Sebelius&#8217; nomination to head health and human services sent to full Senate</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gov-kathleen-sebelius-nomination-to-head-health-and-human-services-sent-to-full-senate-2-32306/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Kathleen Sebelius won Senate committee approval as health secretary over Republican opposition Tuesday, putting her on track for a final Senate vote in coming days. Her expected confirmation would complete President Barack Obama&#8217;s Cabinet, which held its first formal meeting Monday without Sebelius there.

The Senate Finance Committee voted 15 to 8 in favor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>97-year-old becomes Britain&#8217;s oldest parachutist</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/97-year-old-becomes-britains-oldest-parachutist-25341/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Shortly before his 98th birthday, pensioner George Moyse has become Britain&#8217;s oldest parachutist.



The native of Dorset, on England&#8217;s south coast, jumped out of an aeroplane some 3,000 metres into the wide blue yonder.


Moyse, who was strapped to his instructor in the tandem jump, was in a free fall for the first 1,500 metres, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian family murder-suicide in US: Family problems suspected</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-family-murder-suicide-in-us-family-problems-suspected-24081/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-family-murder-suicide-in-us-family-problems-suspected-24081/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arun Kumar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - US police has ruled out financial problems as the motive behind the apparent murder-suicide of six Indians in California, suggesting the crime was likely related to &#8216;family dynamics and personal relationships.&#8217;



Santa Clara, California police Tuesday identified the victims and alleged gunman in the grisly murder-suicide Sunday night and provided a glimpse into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US says it values relationship with India as Menon begins dialogue</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-says-it-values-relationship-with-india-as-menon-begins-dialogue-15909/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-says-it-values-relationship-with-india-as-menon-begins-dialogue-15909/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arun Kumar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The United States declared it values the relationship with India as Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon began the first high-level interaction with President Barack Obama&#8217;s administration with meetings with his chief diplomat and other top aides.



Before separate meetings with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the State Department and national security advisor, Gen James [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama in the footsteps of George Washington</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-in-the-footsteps-of-george-washington-13299/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arun Kumar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - In addressing a joint session of the US Congress, President Barack Obama Tuesday followed a tradition started by George Washington who delivered the first &#8216;annual message&#8217; on Jan 8, 1790, at the Federal Hall in New York.



Washington and his successor, John Adams, delivered their annual messages as speeches before Congress. Thomas Jefferson, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten technologies which MIT sees as impacting lives</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Technology Review, the magazine of innovation brought out by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Tuesday announced its annual list of 10 top emerging technologies, seen to impact the way we live and do business.



&#8216;These revolutionary innovations - each represented by a researcher whose vision and work is driving the field - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama widens missile strikes inside Pakistan: NYT</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-widens-missile-strikes-inside-pakistan-nyt-11797/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - The Obama administration has expanded the covert war run by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) inside Pakistan by attacking a militant network seeking to topple the Pakistani government, the New York Times reported Saturday.



Two missile strikes over the last week, on training camps run by Baitullah Mehsud, represent a broadening of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second IPL auction as it unfolded</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/second-ipl-auction-as-it-unfolded-795/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PANAJI -  Bangladesh fast bowling spearhead Mashrafe Mortaza turned out to be the showstopper just when the second Indian Premier League (IPL) players&#8217; auction was heading towards a drab end. Here is how the auction unfolded Friday:



The auction started at 10.45 am at the historical Fort Aguada Resort and lasted a little over two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final list of players sold in IPL auction</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/final-list-of-players-sold-in-ipl-auction-614/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PANAJI - The following is the list of 16 players sold at the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction here Friday:



Sixteen out of the available 17 slots were bought by the eight IPL franchisees in the auction that lasted a little over two hours.


Players-Country-Team-Price


Kevin Pietersen (England) Bangalore Royal Challengers, $1.55 million


Andrew Flintoff (England) Chennai Super Kings, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge rebuffs Obama; refuses to suspend Gitmo hearing</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-rebuffs-obama-refuses-to-suspend-gitmo-hearing-3291/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A military judge in Gutananamo Bay Thursday denied a request by the Obama administration to suspend the proceedings against a Yemeni suspected of plotting the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole.



The Washington Post reported online that the Army judge, Colonel James Pohl, found the reasoning to suspend the proceedings for 120 days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Treasury places new restrictions on financial rescue plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The US Treasury Department Tuesday unveiled new rules that will govern its efforts to stabilise the crumbling US financial sector, including clamping down on lobbyists&#8217; influence and prioritising bank lending to the wider economy.



The announcement offered some fresh indications of how President Barack Obama&#8217;s administration will manage the $700-billion financial rescue package approved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU torn over taking on Guantanamo inmates</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/eu-torn-over-taking-on-guantanamo-inmates-10350/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS - The notorious Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba epitomized for many Europeans the arrogance with which former president George W. Bush trampled on basic civil rights in the name of his nebulous &#8216;war on terrorism&#8217;.



Now that Barack Obama has announced his intention of shutting it down, European Union governments are being urged to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama faces stormy waters as 44th US president</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-faces-stormy-waters-as-44th-us-president-3326/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - No US president in recent memory has entered office facing such huge crises or such enormous expectations as Barack Obama.



The Democratic president-elect is to be inaugurated Jan 20 as the country&#8217;s 44th president, elected with a strong 53 percent majority by voters disillusioned with eight years of Republican George W. Bush.


The American public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds still hiding in forests of violence-scarred Kandhamal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BHUBANESWAR - Hundreds of people are still hiding in the forests of Orissa&#8217;s volatile Kandhamal district since August although the communal conflict that erupted in the aftermath of a Hindu leader&#8217;s murder subsided in October, an official said Friday.



&#8216;Hundreds of tribals haven&#8217;t returned home after the riots. Most of them are Hindus. They are hiding [...]]]></description>
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