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		<title>Brave Rukhsana becomes a star for killing LeT terrorist</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SHAHDHARA SHARIEF - Her immensely brave act has turned young Rukhsana Kausar into a heroine and people now see her as a fighter against the &#8220;zulm&#8221; or atrocities of militants. She had taken on a group of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists who barged into her house late Sunday night, snatched an AK-47 from one intruder and shot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delhi  to host fourth S. Asia nuke non-proliferation  commission meet</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/delhi-to-host-fourth-s-asia-nuke-non-proliferation-commission-meet-180608/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI -   The  International  Commission  on uclear  Non-proliferation and Disarmament will hold  its  fourth egional meeting - for South Asia - in New Delhi on October 24.

Participation  in  the  two-day  meeting  will  include   several ommissioners,  a  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Satellite laser readings show &#8216;runaway&#8217; melting in parts of Greenland, Antarctica ice sheets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Borenstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — New satellite information shows that ice sheets in Greenland and western Antarctica continue to shrink faster than scientists thought and in some places are already in runaway melt mode.

British scientists for the first time calculated changes in the height of the vulnerable but massive ice sheets and found them especially worse at their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attorney representing terror suspect assembling seasoned federal team</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/attorney-representing-terror-suspect-assembling-seasoned-federal-team-175897/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P. Solomon Banda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — The attorney representing a Colorado man at the center of a terror probe into an alleged train bombing plot plans to add lawyers to his team after a judge questioned his federal court experience.

Arthur Folsom, attorney for Najibullah Zazi, has been handling divorces, drunk driving and criminal cases over the past 11 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benazir asked me to give nuke know-how&#8217;s to Iran: A Q Khan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/benazir-asked-me-to-give-nuke-know-hows-to-iran-a-q-khan-173663/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/benazir-asked-me-to-give-nuke-know-hows-to-iran-a-q-khan-173663/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - In a chilling revelation, it has been disclosed that it was former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto who had asked disgraced nuclear scientist Dr.Abdul Qadeer Khan to hand over the nuclear know-how&#8217;s to Iran.

According to The Times, Qadeer had written a letter in which he had mentioned everything about how he was made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At 50, Doordarshan beams to a challenging tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/at-50-doordarshan-beams-to-a-challenging-tomorrow-173478/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madhusree Chatterjee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - There was a time when its name was synonymous with television in India. Now, 50 years after Doordarshan first beamed grainy black and white images from a makeshift studio, the public broadcaster looks at the challenges ahead amid a proliferation of private channels and the changing face of the media.

But has the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Variety newspaper to put site behind a &#8216;pay wall&#8217; for subscribers, ending 3-year free service</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/variety-newspaper-to-put-site-behind-a-pay-wall-for-subscribers-ending-3-year-free-service-171685/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/variety-newspaper-to-put-site-behind-a-pay-wall-for-subscribers-ending-3-year-free-service-171685/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Ending a three-year flirtation with free online content, Variety newspaper plans to put some of its Web site content behind a &#8220;pay wall&#8221; that will require a paid annual subscription, its publisher said Thursday.

The changes at the Hollywood trade publication will take place early next year and come with new online features [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators consider ban on upfront payments for loan help; file charges against 2 firms</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/regulators-consider-ban-on-upfront-payments-for-loan-help-file-charges-against-2-firms-171519/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/regulators-consider-ban-on-upfront-payments-for-loan-help-file-charges-against-2-firms-171519/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The head of the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday the agency is considering banning upfront payments to companies that advertise help for borrowers who are in trouble on their home loans.

Government officials say scammers seeking to take advantage of borrowers in danger of default often charge upfront fees of $1,000 to $3,000 for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jharkhand man begs for alms to run orphanage</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jharkhand-man-begs-for-alms-to-run-orphanage-170843/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jharkhand-man-begs-for-alms-to-run-orphanage-170843/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DAMPARA - Kantha Singh, a former motor mechanic, plays good samaritan for 42 orphans from tribal communities and runs an orphanage by begging for alms at Dampara village in Jharkhand.

Started in 2007, the orphanage had just 15 children. These children have been rendered homeless due to reckless alcoholism and polygamy prevalent in the area.
&#8220;They do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ultra-fine fibres can now be strengthened with carbon</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ultra-fine-fibres-can-now-be-strengthened-with-carbon-168673/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ultra-fine-fibres-can-now-be-strengthened-with-carbon-168673/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - Researchers have discovered a way to strengthen plastic nanofibres or ultra-fine fibres, with one of the world&#8217;s strongest materials, carbon. The added strength could lead to new uses of nanofibres.  

Minoo Naebe from Deakin University, whose research resulted in the discovery, said: 	 	
Although polymer nanofibres have a certain strength, they have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: White House postponing fight over more troops for Afghanistan war</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/analysis-white-house-postponing-fight-over-more-troops-for-afghanistan-war-168606/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/analysis-white-house-postponing-fight-over-more-troops-for-afghanistan-war-168606/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is holding off major decisions that could put its military forces on a firmer war footing in Afghanistan even as doubts grow about whether the United States can win there.

Many military and diplomatic leaders have urged President Barack Obama to send thousands more Marines, soldiers and pilots to try to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manhattan to pick 1st new DA since 1975 to prosecute corporate titans, celebs and mobsters</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/manhattan-to-pick-1st-new-da-since-1975-to-prosecute-corporate-titans-celebs-and-mobsters-167010/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/manhattan-to-pick-1st-new-da-since-1975-to-prosecute-corporate-titans-celebs-and-mobsters-167010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — One is a former hard-nosed judge so known for her stiff sentences that drug dealers named a brand of heroin after her. Another enjoys the iconic incumbent&#8217;s support and a political pedigree. A third is a noted gun-control advocate who boasts backers known for turning out voters.

They&#8217;re vying for arguably the nation&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orissa&#8217;s sand sculptor pays tribute to 9/11 victims</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/orissas-sand-sculptor-pays-tribute-to-911-victims-165960/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/orissas-sand-sculptor-pays-tribute-to-911-victims-165960/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Puri Beach (Orissa): Sudarsan Pattnaik, an internationally acclaimed sand artist, sculpted a gigantic model of the new United States Tower of Freedom in sand here on Friday.

Pattnaik&#8217;s artistic tribute was created on the eighth anniversary of the attack.
Pattnaik created a seven feet high replica of the twin towers of the World Trade Centre with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pennsylvania city in Amish country blankets streets with surveillance cameras</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pennsylvania-city-in-amish-country-blankets-streets-with-surveillance-cameras-164207/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pennsylvania-city-in-amish-country-blankets-streets-with-surveillance-cameras-164207/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Walters</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LANCASTER, Pa. — Horses drawing buggies regularly clop down the roads approaching Lancaster, a peaceful city in the heart of Amish country that had only three murders last year and relatively low crime.

But if the community sounds reminiscent of the past, it also has some distinctly modern technology: 165 surveillance cameras that will keep watch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US signing anti-piracy agreement at UN to help lead protection of vessels off Somalia</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-signing-anti-piracy-agreement-at-un-to-help-lead-protection-of-vessels-off-somalia-164145/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-signing-anti-piracy-agreement-at-un-to-help-lead-protection-of-vessels-off-somalia-164145/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Heilprin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — The United States and four other nations signed onto an international plan to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia, committing Wednesday to playing a leadership role in protecting one of the world&#8217;s busiest shipping routes.

The so-called &#8220;New York Declaration&#8221; signed by U.S. Deputy Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo and her counterparts from Britain, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fla. Sen. Martinez touches on Cuba, immigration, public service in farewell speech</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fla-sen-martinez-touches-on-cuba-immigration-public-service-in-farewell-speech-163845/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez left Washington on Wednesday with some regrets, some proud accomplishments and some frustration with a process he believes often puts politics ahead of policy.

Martinez gave a final speech 16 months before his first term was to expire, reflecting to colleagues about the pride of being the first Cuban-American to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American students should study more maths: Hillary Clinton</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/american-students-should-study-more-maths-hillary-163456/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gnn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[New York, Sept 9 (IBNS)While hosting &#8220;My Education, My Future&#8221; Event at the Manhattan Charter School , US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said American students should study more maths and science.

“When I was in fifth grade, we had a president by the name of President Eisenhower. Now President Eisenhower gave us a very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Reserve says consumers slash borrowing by record $21.6 billion in July</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-reserve-says-consumers-slash-borrowing-by-record-216-billion-in-july-162809/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-reserve-says-consumers-slash-borrowing-by-record-216-billion-in-july-162809/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Consumers slashed their borrowing in July by the largest amount on record as job losses and uncertainty about the economic recovery prompted Americans to rein in their debt.

Economists expect consumers will continue to spend less, save more and trim debt to get household finances decimated by the recession into better shape. Such behavior, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McDonald&#8217;s loses eight-year trademark battle against Malaysian restaurant McCurry</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mcdonalds-loses-eight-year-trademark-battle-against-malaysian-restaurant-mccurry-162421/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mcdonalds-loses-eight-year-trademark-battle-against-malaysian-restaurant-mccurry-162421/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Zappei</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — U.S. fast food giant McDonald&#8217;s lost an eight-year trademark battle to prevent local restaurant McCurry from using the &#8216;Mc&#8217; prefix in a precedent-setting judgment by Malaysia&#8217;s highest court.

The Federal Court ruled Tuesday that McDonald&#8217;s cannot appeal against another court&#8217;s verdict that had allowed McCurry to use &#8216;Mc&#8217; in its name. The owner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient mystery of red hats on giant Easter Island statues solved</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ancient-mystery-of-red-hats-on-giant-easter-island-statues-solved-161444/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - A team of archaeologists has solved the ancient mystery of why the odd-looking statues on the Easter Island statues wear red hats.

Up to one thousand years ago, the islanders started putting giant red hats on the statues.
According to a report by BBC News, the research team, from the University of Manchester and University [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coroner: More tests needed to determine cause of death for Pa. boy, 4, found in septic tank</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/coroner-more-tests-needed-to-determine-cause-of-death-for-pa-boy-4-found-in-septic-tank-161290/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOOKSTOWN, Pa. — An autopsy was performed Sunday on the body of a 4-year-old boy found stuffed in a septic tank, but a coroner said more tests are needed to determine how he died. Police are calling it a homicide investigation.

Wyatt Smitsky was reported missing by his family around 7:30 p.m. Friday.
His body was found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York City official: Pills found in DJ AM&#8217;s stomach, apparent OxyContin in throat</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-york-city-official-pills-found-in-dj-ams-stomach-apparent-oxycontin-in-throat-157706/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen Long</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — DJ AM had prescription pills in his stomach and one in his throat when police found him dead in his apartment, a New York City official said Wednesday.

The official told The Associated Press that six pills were found in the celebrity disc jockey&#8217;s stomach and that the pill in his throat appeared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Fritzl-victim&#8217;s daughters&#8217; &#8216;minds are blank&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-fritzl-victims-daughters-minds-are-blank-157096/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - The two daughters of Jaycee Lee Dugard, victim of US Fritzl Phillip Garrido, were &#8220;starved of information&#8221; by their father for years, say cops.

Jaycee had Starlite, 15, and Angel, 11, while she was held captive by Phillip for 18 years in his secret evil garden, reports The Sun.
A senior officer in California revealed: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAPITAL CULTURE: President Barack Obama&#8217;s Portuguese water dog settling in to White House life</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/capital-culture-president-barack-obamas-portuguese-water-dog-settling-in-to-white-house-life-156476/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Superville</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — He has torn through magazines and stray socks, even sunk his teeth into the president&#8217;s gym shoes. Charm school taught him to sit, heel and shake a paw on command. He spent his first summer vacation on breezy Martha&#8217;s Vineyard.

That&#8217;s just a scoop of the poop on Bo&#8217;s first few months as First [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US general says new Afghan strategy needed to defeat Taliban but says success &#8216;achievable&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-general-says-new-afghan-strategy-needed-to-defeat-taliban-but-says-success-achievable-155445/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Straziuso</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — The commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan called Monday for a new strategy against the Taliban in an assessment of the 8-year-old conflict, saying the situation is serious but victory was achievable.

NATO officials disclosed that Gen. Stanley McChrystal is expected to separately request more forces to fight an increasingly deadly insurgency.
Explosions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soap bubbles may soon improve cars&#8217; fuel efficiency</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/soap-bubbles-may-soon-improve-cars-fuel-efficiency-154942/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON -  Engineers  at   automotive   research consultants  Mira in Nuneaton, UK, are developing a  system  that uses  soap  bubbles  filled  with  helium  to  improve  the  fuel efficiency of future cars.

The 3-millimetre bubbles swirl around cars in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan opposition party election victory could cause US headaches</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/japan-opposition-party-election-victory-could-cause-us-headaches-153428/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Foster Klug</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A projected resounding victory for Japan&#8217;s opposition party could cause headaches for the U.S. as it tries to confront both North Korea&#8217;s nuclear ambitions and China&#8217;s increasing military presence in Asia.

The Obama administration will be watching closely how the Democratic Party of Japan will govern should it gain power after Sunday&#8217;s vote. All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Gov. Charlie Crist picks ex-chief of staff to replace retiring US Sen. Mel Martinez</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/florida-gov-charlie-crist-picks-ex-chief-of-staff-to-replace-retiring-us-sen-mel-martinez-152614/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan Farrington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Charlie Crist is giving Florida a preview of what he&#8217;d be like as a senator by picking his former chief of staff to fill the remainder of Republican Sen. Mel Martinez&#8217; first term.

Crist was placed in the thorny position of having to replace Martinez while at the same time running for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi prince vows to fight terrorism after first assassination attempt on royal in decades</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/saudi-prince-vows-to-fight-terrorism-after-first-assassination-attempt-on-royal-in-decades-152417/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abdullah Al-shihri</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Hours after being lightly wounded by a suicide bomber, a senior Saudi prince largely credited with the kingdom&#8217;s aggressive anti-terrorism efforts said Friday he was more determined than ever to fight militants in the country.

The bombing was the first assassination attempt against a member of the royal family in decades and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ky. military contractor accused of threatening witnesses amid investigation of faulty repairs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ky-military-contractor-accused-of-threatening-witnesses-amid-investigation-of-faulty-repairs-151547/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Barrouquere</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A military contractor under investigation on allegations he overbilled and did faulty repair work on Navy and Army aircraft has been charged with threatening to kill witnesses in the case, according to a complaint unsealed Thursday.

Keith E. Shaw, owner of Shaw Aero Instruments in Louisville, traveled to Tennessee to buy explosives as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Late Senator Edward M. Kennedy (Ted Kennedy): Brief Biography</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A chronology of the life of Sen. Edward Kennedy
Highlights in the life of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy:

— Feb. 22, 1932: Edward Moore &#8220;Ted&#8221; Kennedy is born in Boston, the youngest of nine children of Joseph P. and Rose Kennedy.
— May 1951: Is caught cheating on an exam and leaves Harvard College. Enlists in the Army [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trees   colonize   new  territories  in   response   to   higher temperatures</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Reports indicate that trees around  the world  are  colonizing  new territories  in  response  to  higher temperatures, all thanks to global warming.

From  the US west coast to northern Siberia and south-east  Asia, trees  are growing at higher elevations, and at higher  latitudes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thieves kill rare tiger in Indonesian zoo, steal most of its body</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/thieves-kill-rare-tiger-in-indonesian-zoo-steal-most-of-its-body-147462/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA, Indonesia — A group of thieves killed an endangered tiger in an Indonesian zoo and stole most of its body, zoo officials said Sunday, a theft police suspect was motivated by the animal&#8217;s valuable fur and bones.

The remains of the female Sumatran tiger were found by staff Saturday at the Taman Rimba Zoo in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heavy rains bring Delhi to a halt</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/heavy-rains-bring-delhi-to-a-halt-146131/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Heavy rains lashed Delhi Friday evening, bringing the national capital to a virtual halt with familiar scenes of waterlogged roads, chocked sewers and long lines of vehicles in traffic snarls.

The heavy showers started around 2.30 p.m. and according to the Met Office, Delhi received 74 mm of rainfall in just two hours. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;We took out Mehsud,&#8217; says Obama</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/we-took-out-mehsud-says-obama-145902/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - While the US officials have  maintained that there is 90 percent chance that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud  has been killed in a drone strike earlier this month, President  Barack Obama, it seems, has no doubt about the Taliban chieftain&#8217;s  death.

During a live radio broadcast from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s president nominates loyalists for new Cabinet, drawing fire from fellow conservatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Lawmakers criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad&#8217;s nominees for his new government as inexperienced cronies and threatened on Thursday to reject some of them, setting the stage for a new fight between the hard-line leader and rivals with his conservative camp.

Ahmadinejad is forming his new government while still under a cloud from claims by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At the Movies: capsule reviews of &#8216;Inglourious Basterds&#8217; and other films this week</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

&#8220;Inglourious Basterds&#8221; — If only Quentin Tarantino the director weren&#8217;t so completely in love with Quentin Tarantino the writer, this might have been a great movie rather than a good movie with moments of greatness. Everything that&#8217;s thrilling and maddening about his films coexists and co-mingles here: the visual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lead poisoning that sickened hundreds of children stokes tensions in Chinese town</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHANGQING, China — Farmer Wang Zhifan jabs a stubby finger toward the sprawling smelter blamed for poisoning hundreds of local children with lead. He bares his yellowed teeth and spits hard.

&#8220;That thing is like a nuclear bomb for us,&#8221; the 61-year-old says in a voice that seems to carry down the steep slope and into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andhra government reluctant to declare drought</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD - With the southwest monsoon triggering heavy rains in parts of Andhra Pradesh and reviving hopes of the farmers, the Congress government is reluctant to declare the state drought hit.

Minister for Revenue and Relief D. Prasad Rao told the assembly Tuesday that though the government had not officially declared the state drought hit, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HeartWare announces $60M proceeds from stock sale</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/heartware-announces-60m-proceeds-from-stock-sale-142163/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Heart pump maker HeartWare International Inc. said Monday it grossed $60 million from a sale of 2.7 million shares of common stock.

The company, which is based in Framingham, Mass., said it offered the stock at $22 per share. The company didn&#8217;t say how much it earned after deducting expenses.
About 1.39 million of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water  rationing in Jharkhand to ensure water supply  till  next monsoon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RANCHI - Authorities in Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand  State,  which has been declared a drought  hit  State, have  issued orders for water rationing to ensure adequate  water supply till next monsoons.

There  has  been less than 50 per cent of rainfall this  year  in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hotel chain executives tour landmark Watergate Hotel to determine renovation costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The lender holding the $40 million note on the closed Watergate Hotel says at least six potential buyers are interested in acquiring the landmark property.

PB Capital took back the property after no one entered a bid during an auction last month. Bidding opened at $25 million.
Kurt Sachs, senior managing director at PB Capital, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide car bombing strikes near NATO headquarters in Afghan capital as election looms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert H. Reid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — A suicide car bomber struck near the front gate of NATO headquarters in Kabul killing seven people and wounding nearly 100 in a brazen daylight attack less than a week before Afghanistan&#8217;s landmark presidential election.

Also Saturday, U.S. Marines pushed deeper into the strategic Helmand province town of Dahaneh for a fourth straight day, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY Senate hires DJ to Prince, Prada as &#8216;creative director&#8217; during fiscal crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY, N.Y. — Christopher Sealey has spent days in his young life as a marketing guru for liberal causes and many of his nights as a DJ or clubbing in Manhattan in ensembles that would cost an average New Yorker a month&#8217;s pay.

His DJ Web site touts his &#8220;high-energy mix of tasteful and foward-thinking music [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 dead in Gaza gunbattle between Islamic radicals and Hamas security forces</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/5-dead-in-gaza-gunbattle-between-islamic-radicals-and-hamas-security-forces-139951/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibrahim Barzak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Islamic radicals from an al-Qaida-inspired group battled Hamas security in the Gaza Strip Friday in a shootout that killed five people.

The fighting began when Hamas forces surrounded a mosque in the southern Gaza town of Rafah where about 100 members of Jund Ansar Allah, or the Soldiers of the Companions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chhattisgarh Maoist massacre report fake: police</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chhattisgarh-maoist-massacre-report-fake-police-139889/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RAIPUR - The reported massacre of eight members of a family, including two minor girls, over a property dispute in a Chhattisgarh village was a fake complaint, intended to lure security personnel into a Maoist ambush, police said Friday.

&#8220;None of the eight people of a family was killed, we confirmed earlier. A man narrated a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now,  even  prisoners  get to  fill  out  customer  satisfaction forms!</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/now-even-prisoners-get-to-fill-out-customer-satisfaction-forms-139656/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON -  There  was  a  time   when   customer satisfaction forms were usually handed out only to guests staying at  hotels, but now even prisoners are being given the  privilege to describe their stay behind bars.

Suspects  are  being quizzed about the food,  the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Express warns some cardholders that their account data was stolen by an employee</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/american-express-warns-some-cardholders-that-their-account-data-was-stolen-by-an-employee-138996/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 04:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Some American Express card members&#8217; accounts may have been compromised by an employee&#8217;s recent theft of data, the company said Thursday.

American Express Co. spokeswoman Susan Korchak said a &#8220;relatively small portion&#8221; of card members was involved, but declined to be more specific. The former employee has been arrested and the company is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Key senators excluding end-of-life provision from health overhaul bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Key senators are excluding a provision on end-of-life care from health overhaul legislation after language in a House bill caused a furor.

Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said in a statement Thursday that the provision had been dropped from consideration because it could be misinterpreted or implemented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican paper praises Swiss-US deal on secret bank accounts as step toward &#8216;ethical finance&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/vatican-paper-praises-swiss-us-deal-on-secret-bank-accounts-as-step-toward-ethical-finance-138774/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY — The Vatican&#8217;s newspaper on Thursday praised as a step toward &#8220;ethical finance&#8221; a deal announced by the Swiss and U.S. governments to settle American demands for the identities of suspected tax dodgers.

L&#8217;Osservatore Romano said the deal marks &#8220;significant progress in the fight against tax evasion and in the direction of a more [...]]]></description>
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