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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Militias</title>
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		<title>Prosecutors: Rwandan Hutu extremist group leaders arrested in Germany</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Hutu extremist group leaders arrested in Germany

BERLIN — Two top leaders of a mostly ethnic Hutu militia were arrested in Germany Tuesday on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity in Congo.
Experts in the region called the arrests a major blow to one of the most brutal rebel groups in Africa.
German federal police arrested Ignace Murwanashyaka, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan&#8217;s future imperiled by ex-warlords in government amid pressure to end corruption</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Afghan future threatened by ex-warlords in gov&#8217;t

KABUL — Warlords helped drive the Russians from Afghanistan, then shelled Kabul into ruins in a bloody civil war after the Soviets left.
Now they are back in positions of power, in part because the U.S. relied on them in 2001 to help oust the Taliban after the Sept. 11 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide bombing in crowded Pakistani market kills anti-Taliban mayor, 11 others</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riaz Khan</dc:creator>
		
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Pakistan bomb kills anti-Taliban mayor, 11 others

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday in a market in northwest Pakistan crowded with shoppers ahead of a Muslim holiday, killing 12 people, including a mayor who once supported but had turned against the Taliban, officials said.
In the heavily guarded capital, police shot and killed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rival Somali pirates, militias fight for custody of British couple, say commander, elder</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Rival Somali groups fight over British couple

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Rival pirates and militia groups have fought for control over a British couple held hostage for more than a week, an Islamic militia commander and a local elder said Monday. The couple were not injured in the fighting.
Meanwhile, a U.S.-flagged cargo vessel with 21 Americans aboard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutor reopens prelim probe into Colombian VP&#8217;s meetings with far-right militias</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOGOTA — Colombia&#8217;s acting chief prosecutor is reopening a preliminary investigation into Vice President Francisco Santos over meetings the politician held with far-right militia leaders as a journalist.

A probe was opened in 2007 after a jailed paramilitary boss said he met with Santos in the 1990s. It was shelved last year.
The prosecutor, Guillermo Mendoza, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human rights groups: More than 1,000 killed and 900,000 displaced in eastern Congo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG — More than 1,000 civilians have been killed and nearly 900,000 displaced in eastern Congo by Rwandan Hutu militiamen and Congolese forces since January, humanitarian groups said Tuesday.

The report released by a coalition of 84 organizations said that many of the killings were carried out by Rwandan Hutu militiamen. Congolese government soldiers also have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suspect accused of orchestrating killings of thousands in Rwanda&#8217;s 1994 genocide is arrested</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rukmini Callimachi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KAMPALA, Uganda — A top suspect wanted for orchestrating the killings of thousands of people in Rwanda&#8217;s 1994 genocide — including children, hospital patients, priests and even an elderly and revered African queen — has been captured, police said Tuesday.

Former Rwanda Deputy Intelligence Chief Idelphonse Nizeyimana was arrested Monday in Uganda, police said, under an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran replaces head of feared Basij militia with officer under UN sanctions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s supreme leader has replaced the head of the feared militia at the center of the postelection crackdown with a senior military officer under U.N. sanctions for links to the country&#8217;s ballistic missile program, state media reported Monday.

The Basij militia — who operate in plain clothes and often armed with sticks and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s supreme leader replaces head of feared militia as part of military reshuffle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s state news agency is reporting that the country&#8217;s supreme leader has named several new military commanders, including a new head of the militia force at the center of the postelection crackdown.

The forces of the Basij militia were blamed for much of the violence against crowds protesting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad&#8217;s disputed June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Splits in Somali insurgency deepen as Somali Islamist groups fight over port city, killing 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU, Somalia — Fighting between rival Islamist factions over control of a key Somali port city killed at least five people on Thursday, residents and medical staff said, in the first concrete sign of a major split in the Islamist alliance threatening the fragile U.N.-backed government.

The fighting between the al-Shabab militia and members of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombian prosecutors, military unearth 35 bodies of peasants, rebels in separate mass graves</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libardo Cardona</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOGOTA — The chief prosecutor&#8217;s office said Friday it has unearthed the remains of 17 peasants tortured and killed at a ranch that belonged to the since-slain, far-right militia leader Carlos Castano in Colombia&#8217;s northwest.

In the southern jungles, meanwhile, the Colombian military said it had discovered a mass grave holding 16 rebels believed killed in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI investigates allegations American youth was Somali suicide bomber</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malkhadir M. Muhumed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI, Kenya — FBI agents are investigating whether an American teenager detonated one of two stolen U.N. vehicles packed with explosives at a peacekeepers base in Somalia, killing 21 people last week.

The investigation highlights a disturbing trend of Somali-American youths returning to their ancestral homeland to fight for an Islamic militia that the U.S. government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligence officials say suspected US missile attack kills 12 in northwestern Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rasool Dawar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MIR ALI, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed 12 people in northwestern Pakistan, intelligence officials said — the latest in a spate of attacks close to the Afghan border that have squeezed al-Qaida and the Taliban.

Such strikes have killed high-ranking militant commanders, including Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, but have also killed civilians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligence officials say suspected US missile attack kills 4 in northwestern Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rasool Dawar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MIR ALI, Pakistan — A suspected U.S. missile strike killed four people in northwestern Pakistan late Thursday, intelligence officials said — the latest in a spate of attacks close to the Afghan border that have squeezed al-Qaida and the Taliban.

Such strikes have killed high-ranking militant commanders, including Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, but have also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligence officials say suspected US drone attack kills 4 in northwestern Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rasool Dawar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MIR ALI, Pakistan — Intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed four people in northwestern Pakistan.

Two intelligence officials confirmed the strike, which was near the town of Mir Ali in North Waziristan tribal region close to the Afghan border. They gave no more details and spoke on condition of anonymity because they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taliban ambush convoy, killing 4 prominent tribal elders, 2 others in northwest Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riaz Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Militants ambushed a convoy of prominent anti-Taliban tribal elders in volatile northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, spraying their cars with gunfire and killing nine people, police said.

The members of the anti-Taliban citizens&#8217; group were traveling from the Machikhel area to meet security officials in Bannu district when their three-vehicle convoy was attacked by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rwandan accused of diverting international donations to genocide militia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARUSHA, Tanzania — A former Rwandan minister is accused of diverting funds from international donors to murderous militias during the 1994 genocide that killed more than 500,000 people, a prosecutor at a U.N.-backed court said Wednesday.

Augustin Ngirabatware was charged with genocide and crimes against humanity in October 2008 and has pleaded not guilty.
But lawyer Wallace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan official says bomb blast kills 2 people at security checkpoint in country&#8217;s northwest</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A Pakistani official says a bomb blast has killed two people at a security checkpoint in the country&#8217;s northwest.

Local government official Aslam Khan says the explosion occurred in Dara Adam Khel. The area is near the tribal regions and is famous for its illegal arms bazaar.
Khan says police are still investigating if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan police say they raided US-contracted security firm for illegal weapons possession</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nahal Toosi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — Police raided a Pakistani security firm that helps protect the U.S. Embassy on Saturday, seizing 70 allegedly unlicensed weapons and arresting two people. The incident follows a series of scandals surrounding American use of private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The raid on two offices of the Inter-Risk company is especially sensitive because of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Witness says 2 large explosions rock African Union peacekeepers base in Mogadishu</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU, Somalia — Two suicide car bombs bearing U.N. logos exploded at the main base of African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu, sending plumes of black smoke into the air, witnesses and officials said Thursday. There was no immediate word on casualties.

A security officer at the airport, where the base is located, said the explosions were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan welcomes former Taliban fighters in battle against militant network</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Brummitt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — They wear their hair and beards long, Taliban style, and support attacks on U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan. Yet the fighters are tolerated and — many believe — backed by Pakistan because they share a common enemy: the country&#8217;s most deadly terror network.

Pro-government militias like this one on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myanmar says tip-off from China led to border clash with ethnic forces</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar troops were acting on a tip-off from China when they seized an illegal arms factory last month, triggering several days of clashes with an ethnic militia that sent more than 30,000 refugees fleeing across the border into China, an official said.

Myanmar&#8217;s ruling military junta secured the northeastern region of Kokang late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethnic rebels flee Myanmar, abandoning weapons and uniforms for safe haven in south China</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ng Han Guan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MENG PENG, China — Hundreds of ethnic rebels have fled clashes in northeastern Myanmar, surrendering their weapons and uniforms to Chinese border police and crossing to safety after several days of skirmishes with Myanmar government troops.

Myanmar&#8217;s military junta ended a news blackout about the clashes Sunday, saying three days of fighting had killed 26 government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting in Myanmar sending refugees to China, underscoring Beijing&#8217;s border woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — China has told Myanmar to put an end to fighting with an ethnic militia that has sent 10,000 people fleeing across their border, a strong response underscoring the Communist country&#8217;s concerns about potential instability.

People were continuing to cross from Myanmar&#8217;s mostly ethnic Chinese Kokang region into China&#8217;s Yunnan province late Friday, according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing urges Myanmar to end fighting in border area as refugees flee into China</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Beijing has called on neighboring Myanmar to end combat operations in a border area after at least 10,000 people fled into China in recent days.

China hopes Myanmar can &#8220;properly deal with its domestic issue to safeguard the regional stability in the China-Myanmar border area,&#8221; Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a statement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10,000 refugees flood China&#8217;s Yunnan province after fleeing fighting in Myanmar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — About 10,000 people have fled northern Myanmar for China to escape fighting between the military and ethnic minority militias, the government in China&#8217;s Yunnan province said Friday.

On Thursday, militants who have long fought for autonomy for Myanmar&#8217;s Kokang minority, attacked a police post along the border with China near the town of Laogai, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay men in Iraq targeted in brutal campaign of torture and murder, human rights group says</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Gamel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Militiamen are torturing and killing gay Iraqi men with impunity in a systematic campaign that has spread from Baghdad to several other cities, a prominent human rights group said in a report.

Human Rights Watch called on the Iraqi government to act urgently to stop the abuses, warning that so-called social cleansing poses a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ecuador says civilian defense committees must protect &#8216;revolution&#8217; from Honduras-style coup</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ecuador-says-civilian-defense-committees-must-protect-revolution-from-honduras-style-coup-139173/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeanneth Valdivieso</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador wants to create local citizen committees that would defend the government and its &#8220;revolution&#8221; — sparking criticism that the president aims to control opponents in a system reminiscent of Cuba or Venezuela.

Citizen Participation Minister Doris Soliz told Ecuador TV on Thursday that local citizen groups are needed to defend against coups [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Officials see rise in militia groups across the country, similar to the &#8217;90s movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Militia groups with gripes against the government are regrouping across the country and could grow rapidly, according to an organization that tracks such trends.

The stress of a poor economy and a liberal administration led by a black president are among the causes for the recent rise, the report from the Southern Poverty Law [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan hires 10,000 tribesmen for security at polling stations in presidential election</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahim Faiez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — Authorities have hired some 10,000 Afghan tribesmen to protect this month&#8217;s presidential election, an Afghan official said Tuesday, raising the possibility that village militias could be enlisted to fight against the Taliban.

The hired guns highlight attempts by authorities to bolster security in Afghanistan&#8217;s insurgency-hit provinces but also underscore a renewed focus on raising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back in their destroyed homes, Pakistanis form militias against lurking Taliban fighters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elena Becatoros</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SULTANWAS, Pakistan — Village leaders in a former Taliban stronghold are rebuilding their own militia to protect the area from militants holding out in nearby hills after fleeing the Pakistani army&#8217;s offensive last spring.

The military operation in the Swat Valley and surrounding areas is winding down, but sporadic fighting persists — a sign that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US military says 3 troops killed in southern Iraq as bomb kills 2 Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb Riechmann</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — The U.S. military said Friday that three of its soldiers were killed in the south in an attack on a base outside Iraq&#8217;s second largest city of Basra.

Also, three Iraqis were killed and more than 40 others were injured in bombings in Baghdad as huge crowds of pilgrims gathered to commemorate a revered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>23 militants killed in clashes with tribal militia in northwest Pakistan, official says</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Habib Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KHAR, Pakistan — Pro-government tribesmen killed 23 militants in clashes in Pakistan&#8217;s northwest in the latest violence between tribal militias and Taliban insurgents, a government official said Tuesday.

Elsewhere in the volatile northwest, suspected militants attacked an oil tanker carrying fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan, killing two people, an official said.
The clashes between militants and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official says 23 militants killed in clashes with tribal militia in NW Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Habib Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KHAR, Pakistan — Pro-government tribesmen killed 23 militants in clashes in Pakistan&#8217;s northwest in the latest violence between tribal militias and Taliban insurgents, a government official said Tuesday.

Elsewhere in the volatile northwest, suspected militants attacked an oil tanker carrying fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan, and Taliban fighters exchanged fire with U.S. and Afghan troops [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official: 23 militants killed in clashes with tribal militia in northwest Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Habib Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KHAR, Pakistan — Pro-government tribesmen killed 23 militants in clashes in Pakistan&#8217;s northwest in the latest violence between tribal militias and Taliban insurgents, a government official said Tuesday.

Elsewhere in the volatile northwest, suspected militants attacked an oil tanker carrying fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan, killing two people, an official said.
The clashes between militants and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official: 23 militants killed in clashes with tribal militia in NW Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-23-militants-killed-in-clashes-with-tribal-militia-in-nw-pakistan-108572/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Habib Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KHAR, Pakistan — Pro-government tribesmen killed 23 militants in clashes in Pakistan&#8217;s northwest in the latest violence between tribal militias and Taliban insurgents, a government official said Tuesday.

Elsewhere in the volatile northwest, suspected militants attacked an oil tanker carrying fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan, killing two people, an official said.
The clashes between militants and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani warplanes strike Taliban positions, killing at least 12 militants in NW</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riaz Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani warplanes and helicopter gunships pounded Taliban positions in the country&#8217;s volatile northwest on Saturday, killing at least 12 suspected insurgents, security officials said, as the government kept up pressure on Islamist militants along the Afghan border.

Elsewhere in the northwest, clashes between tribesmen and Taliban fighters left 16 people dead in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials say 12 tribesmen, 4 Taliban killed in clashes in restive northwest Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/officials-say-12-tribesmen-4-taliban-killed-in-clashes-in-restive-northwest-pakistan-99234/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riaz Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants left 16 people dead in Pakistan&#8217;s northwest on Saturday, officials said, in the latest violence between pro-government tribal militias and insurgents.

Also Saturday, the Taliban said it shot down a helicopter that crashed Friday in the northwest, killing 26 government troops. The government blamed it on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials: 12 tribesmen, 4 Taliban militants killed in clashes in restive northwest Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riaz Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants left 16 people dead in Pakistan&#8217;s northwest on Saturday, officials said, in the latest violence between pro-government tribal militias and insurgents.

The fighting took place in remote Mohmand region, part of the lawless tribal belt along Pakistan&#8217;s border with Afghanistan, killing 12 tribal militiamen and 4 militants.
Islamabad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bombings ahead of US withdrawal from cities make June deadliest month for Iraqis this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Gamel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — At least 447 Iraqi civilians were killed in June, double the toll from the previous month, according to an Associated Press tally, as insurgents took aim at crowded areas to maximize the number of casualties.

The spike in violence reflects the stiff challenges facing Iraqi security forces following the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Basij militia asks for investigation into opposition leader&#8217;s role in street protests</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-basij-militia-asks-for-investigation-into-opposition-leaders-role-in-street-protests-96556/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Iran&#8217;s feared Basij militia asked the country&#8217;s chief prosecutor Wednesday to investigate embattled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan minister calls for disbanding of private security forces after killing of police chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noor Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghanistan&#8217;s interior minister called Tuesday for the disbanding of private security forces after a group of guards that has worked for the U.S. military was involved in the killing of a provincial police chief in the country&#8217;s south.

In eastern Afghanistan, meanwhile, a suicide bomber wearing a burqa killed a police officer and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police and security forces kill at least 20 militants in latest anti-Taliban operations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — Pakistani security forces raided a Taliban hideout in the southern city of Karachi Saturday and pounded suspected militant training camps in the northwest, killing at least 20 people and underscoring the nationwide challenge of eradicating insurgents.

Police officials said the foray in Karachi thwarted plans for terrorist attacks in Pakistan&#8217;s largest city, while the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest clashes in Pakistan leave more 30 dead, including 7 killed by civilian militia</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/latest-clashes-in-pakistan-leave-more-30-dead-including-7-killed-by-civilian-militia-88275/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Alexander</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — Military jets and artillery pounded suspected militant hide-outs in two towns in Pakistan&#8217;s northwest on Sunday, killing 27 fighters, officials said. Elsewhere in the volatile region, a citizens&#8217; militia killed seven suspected militants.

As the violence raged, President Asif Alil Zardari claimed the entire country backs the battle against the extremists.
The military has stepped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police say 7 militants killed by citizens militia in northwest Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Alexander</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — A citizens&#8217; militia trying to drive out the Taliban killed seven militants in a two-hour clash in Pakistan&#8217;s troubled northwest, police said Sunday, as the president claimed the entire country backs the battle against the extremists.

Ejaz Ahmed, police chief in the Upper Dir region, said another militant was wounded in the fighting late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tehran protesters clash with police after warning of &#8216;bloodshed&#8217; from country&#8217;s supreme leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Thousands of protesters defied Iran&#8217;s highest authority Saturday and marched on waiting security forces that fought back with baton charges, tear gas and water cannons as the crisis over disputed elections lurched into volatile new ground.

In a separate incident, a state-run television channel reported that a suicide bombing at the shrine of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feared Basij militia could turn Iran&#8217;s post-election showdown into all-out street fight</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/feared-basij-militia-could-turn-irans-post-election-showdown-into-all-out-street-fight-87301/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Keyser</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — They&#8217;re the most feared men on the streets of Iran.

The pro-government Basij militia has held back its full fury during this week&#8217;s street demonstrations. But witnesses say the force has unleashed its violence in shadowy nighttime raids, attacking suspected opposition sympathizers with axes, daggers, sticks and other crude weapons.
At least once, the militiamen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s leader warns opposition: End street protests or be accountable for &#8216;bloodshed&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s supreme leader sought to end the deepening crisis over disputed elections with one decisive speech — declaring the vote will almost certainly stand and sternly warning opposition leaders to end street protests or be held responsible for any &#8220;bloodshed and chaos&#8221; to come.

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		<title>Hundreds of thousands rally in Tehran to mourn dead, defy Iran&#8217;s highest power</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Hundreds of thousands of protesters wearing black and carrying candles filled the streets of Tehran again Thursday, joining opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to mourn demonstrators killed in clashes over Iran&#8217;s disputed election.

The massive protest openly defied Iran&#8217;s supreme leader, despite a government attempt to placate Mousavi and his supporters by inviting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many thousands of protesters rally in Tehran to mourn dead, defying Iran&#8217;s highest power</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Tens of thousands of protesters wearing black and carrying candles filled the streets of Tehran again Thursday, joining opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to mourn demonstrators killed in clashes over Iran&#8217;s disputed election.

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