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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Million</title>
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		<title>Deere says 800 workers to leave under voluntary program; 1st-year savings of $75M seen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOLINE, Ill. — Deere &#038; Co. said Tuesday about 800 salaried workers have decided to leave the world&#8217;s largest farm machinery maker under a voluntary separation program.

The number of workers taking the offer was about four times as many as the company expected when it announced the program in April and represents about 3 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian arrested from Kathmandu airport</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-arrested-from-kathmandu-airport-95637/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - An Indian man was arrested from Nepal&#8217;s sole international airport in Kathmandu Tuesday.
According to police, Anil Kumar Sharma, who checked in at the Tribhuvan International Airport in the morning to catch an Indian Airlines flight to New Delhi, was arrested after security forces found 140 currency notes of the denomination of Rs.1,000 each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Udaipur airport gets new face with Maharana Pratap statue</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/udaipur-airport-gets-new-face-with-maharana-pratap-statue-95635/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sahil Makkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UDAIPUR - Udaipur airport Tuesday got a new face when President Pratibha Patil unveiled a large statue of Maharana Pratap just outside the terminal building here and said it would help in promoting tourism.

Patil, who was enroute to Delhi from Mumbai, made a brief halt in Udaipur at the Maharana Pratap Airport to inaugurate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sonia Gandhi opens India&#8217;s first sea bridge</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sonia-gandhi-opens-indias-first-sea-bridge-95634/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI - Billed as an engineering marvel, India&#8217;s first sea bridge was thrown open in this financial and entertainment capital Tuesday, promising to cut travel time by 80 percent, bypassing 23 traffic signals that commuters have to endure otherwise.

United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi inaugurated the gleaming new $325 million bridge, called the Bandra-Worli [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More water to be released from Bhakra Dam</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/more-water-to-be-released-from-bhakra-dam-95617/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHANDIGARH - More water would be released from Bhakra and Pong dams after the level in their reservoirs increased in the last few days, an official said Tuesday much to the relief of Punjab and Haryana paddy farmers.

A spokesman of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), that manages these dams, said the water release was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broadcom raises hostile takeover offer for Emulex to about $912 million from $764 million</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/broadcom-raises-hostile-takeover-offer-for-emulex-to-about-912-million-from-764-million-95598/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:54:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[IRVINE, Calif. — Chip designer Broadcom Corp. has boosted its hostile takeover offer for network gear maker Emulex Corp. to about $912 million from $764 million.

The original offer, which was made in April, amounted to $9.25 per share in cash. The new bid made late Monday raises that amount to $11 per share. The new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profit booking pulls down Sensex 291 points (Roundup)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/profit-booking-pulls-down-sensex-291-points-roundup-95595/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/profit-booking-pulls-down-sensex-291-points-roundup-95595/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI - Indian equities came under selling pressure Tuesday, with a key index falling sharply in the last session to close 291 points lower than its last closing figure.

The benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened at 14,830.97 points, ended trade at 14,493.84 points - 291.9 points or 1.97 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lenovo wants to do a China in India</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lenovo-wants-to-do-a-china-in-india-95585/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lenovo-wants-to-do-a-china-in-india-95585/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Personal computer (PC) manufacturer Lenovo, struggling at the fifth position among PC makers in India, is looking at emulating its China success in other emerging markets including India, a top official said Tuesday.

We have restructured our global business and have divided markets into the emerging and developed market categories. Our thrust remains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi oil licensing round runs into trouble as foreign firms eye bigger cash rewards</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraqi-oil-licensing-round-runs-into-trouble-as-foreign-firms-eye-bigger-cash-rewards-95575/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraqi-oil-licensing-round-runs-into-trouble-as-foreign-firms-eye-bigger-cash-rewards-95575/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sinan Salaheddin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Iraq&#8217;s hopes for an oil-revenue fueled postwar recovery suffered a sharp blow Tuesday as the foreign oil companies it counted on to help develop its vast reserves greeted the country&#8217;s first oil auction in over 30 years with grumbles and just one deal.

Roughly a year in the making, the foreign licensing round was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brink&#8217;s Home Security, recently spun off from Brink&#8217;s Co., renamed Broadview Security</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/brinks-home-security-recently-spun-off-from-brinks-co-renamed-broadview-security-95570/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Obel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The home and commercial security business that The Brink&#8217;s Co. spun off last fall is being renamed Broadview Security, a move that entails increasing advertising spending by as much as $120 million, the company said Tuesday.

Irving, Texas-based Broadview Security, formerly known as Brink&#8217;s Home Security, will increase advertising spending by $70 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Queen to run out of funds by 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - An annual account of the Royal Household&#8217;s expenditure has revealed that Queen will run out of funds by 2012, her Diamond Jubilee year, unless the government increases the Civil List.

The Civil List, which pays for the running of the Royal Household, has not increased in the last 20 years, and at the moment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nina Wang&#8217;s alleged lover claims her multi-billion-dollar fortune</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nina-wangs-alleged-lover-claims-her-multi-billion-dollar-fortune-95534/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nina-wangs-alleged-lover-claims-her-multi-billion-dollar-fortune-95534/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - A man claiming to be the lover of  Asia&#8217;s richest woman, Nina Wang, has insisted that a will that left  her multi-billion-dollar fortune to him was not a forgery.

The document is at the centre of a high-profile court battle over the estate of one of Hong Kong&#8217;s most colorful personalities, Sky [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientific system can predict H1N1 spread, claims study</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/scientific-system-can-predict-h1n1-spread-claims-study-95529/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - A scientific system, designed to rapidly evaluate the world&#8217;s air traffic patterns, can accurately predict how the H1N1 virus would spread around the world, says a new study.

The research has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
St. Michael&#8217;s Hospital scientist and infectious disease physician Dr. Kamran Khan and colleagues analyzed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s jobless rate rises to 5 1/2-year high while household spending edges up</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/japans-jobless-rate-rises-to-5-12-year-high-while-household-spending-edges-up-95527/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko A. Hosaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — Japan&#8217;s jobless rate rose to a five-and-a-half year high in May, the government said Tuesday, possibly delaying a recovery for the world&#8217;s second-largest economy even as manufacturers enjoy a nascent rebound.

The unemployment rate jumped to 5.2 percent from 5 percent in April as the number of jobless rose to nearly 3.5 million.
On the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Cocktail of issues&#8217; behind attacks on Indians, says Australian MP</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cocktail-of-issues-behind-attacks-on-indians-says-australian-mp-95520/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Murali Krishnan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - The disconnect between the &#8220;established Indian order&#8221; and students was a matter of concern, says a prominent Australian parliamentarian who blames a &#8220;cocktail of issues&#8221; for the recent attacks on Indian students in his country.

Basically it is a cocktail of issues that are affecting Indian students. They are socio-economic reasons and security is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walt Disney Co. to boost Hong Kong park with $465 million massive expansion plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/walt-disney-co-to-boost-its-hong-kong-park-with-465-million-expansion-plan-95490/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/walt-disney-co-to-boost-its-hong-kong-park-with-465-million-expansion-plan-95490/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah Marquez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HONG KONG — The Walt Disney Co. and Hong Kong have reached a deal to expand the territory&#8217;s Disneyland at a cost of about $465 million in hopes of boosting the theme park&#8217;s fortunes, officials announced Tuesday. The deal will see the American entertainment giant invest new capital — some 3.5 billion Hong Kong dollars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kerala sees healthy rise in tourist arrivals, revenue</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kerala-sees-healthy-rise-in-tourist-arrivals-revenue-95489/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kerala-sees-healthy-rise-in-tourist-arrivals-revenue-95489/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala Tourism Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Tuesday informed the state assembly that there was a 14.84 percent growth in tourism revenue and a 14.41 percent rise in tourist arrivals in 2008 as compared to 2007.

In reply to a question, Balakrishnan said that the number of domestic tourists visiting the state was 6.27 million in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mumbaikars excited as gates open on India&#8217;s first sea bridge</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mumbaikars-excited-as-gates-open-on-indias-first-sea-bridge-95479/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mumbaikars-excited-as-gates-open-on-indias-first-sea-bridge-95479/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI - Nearly five decades after it was conceived, India&#8217;s first sea bridge opens its toll gates in the country&#8217;s commercial and entertainment capital later Tuesday, promising to cut travel time by 80 percent to just eight minutes, bypassing 23 traffic signals that commuters have to presently endure.

Called the Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL), the 5.6-km [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will identify bogus employees soon, says embarrassed MCD</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/will-identify-bogus-employees-soon-says-embarrassed-mcd-95474/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/will-identify-bogus-employees-soon-says-embarrassed-mcd-95474/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - After it was revealed that a huge chunk of employees of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) were fake, civic body&#8217;s standing committee chairperson Vijender Gupta Tuesday said the bogus work force will be identified soon.

&#8220;We have more than 100,000 employees but there was no streamlined system to check how many were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Mumbai bridge to open after a decade of delay as India struggles to improve infrastructure</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-mumbai-bridge-to-open-after-a-decade-of-delay-as-india-struggles-to-improve-infrastructure-95471/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erika Kinetz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI, India — One of India&#8217;s most ambitious infrastructure projects — a $335 million bridge that cuts across a bay to link Mumbai with its fast-growing suburbs — opens Wednesday after being delayed for years by a thicket of lawsuits and bureaucratic wrangling.

More than a decade in the making, the 5.6 kilometer (3.5 mile) Bandra-Worli [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German unemployment rate dips to 8.1 percent in June</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/german-unemployment-rate-dips-to-81-percent-in-june-95389/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/german-unemployment-rate-dips-to-81-percent-in-june-95389/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT — Germany&#8217;s jobless rate edged down to 8.1 percent in June, official figures showed Thursday, posting a weak seasonal improvement as programs to put workers on shorter hours helped stabilize employment amid a serious recession.

The Federal Labor Agency said the unadjusted jobless rate was down from 8.2 percent in May, with the total number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Khmer Rouge survivor describes having toenails pulled and brutal beatings at S-21 prison</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/khmer-rouge-survivor-describes-having-toenails-pulled-and-brutal-beatings-at-s-21-prison-95329/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sopheng Cheang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — One of three living survivors from the Khmer Rouge&#8217;s main torture center testified Tuesday that he endured beatings, electric shocks and had his toenails pulled out but was spared execution because he knew how to fix cars.

Weeping as he spoke, 79-year-old Chum Mey said he cries every night and any mention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SKorean defense chief says questions remain about successor to NKorean leader Kim</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/skorean-defense-chief-says-questions-remain-about-successor-to-nkorean-leader-kim-95324/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kwang-tae Kim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — The decision on who will become North Korea&#8217;s next leader may not be final despite reports that Kim Jong Il has tapped his youngest son to succeed him, South Korea&#8217;s defense chief said.

Who will take over as ruler of nuclear-armed North Korea after Kim has been the focus of intense speculation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran declares election fight over, vote valid, paving way for Ahmadinejad&#8217;s second term</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-declares-election-fight-over-vote-valid-paving-way-for-ahmadinejads-second-term-95312/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-declares-election-fight-over-vote-valid-paving-way-for-ahmadinejads-second-term-95312/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Weissenstein</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.

Supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad celebrated Tuesday after Iran&#8217;s highest electoral authority proclaimed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jackson&#8217;s mother fires first salvo to control the billion-dollar-plus fortune of &#8216;King of Pop&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jacksons-mother-fires-first-salvo-to-control-the-billion-dollar-plus-fortune-of-king-of-pop-95173/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jacksons-mother-fires-first-salvo-to-control-the-billion-dollar-plus-fortune-of-king-of-pop-95173/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Nakashima</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — So, who gets Michael Jackson&#8217;s riches?

His mother took the first step Monday when she petitioned the Superior Court of California to be named the administrator of the late singer&#8217;s estate. Katherine Jackson said in the filing she was acting to ensure Michael Jackson&#8217;s three children are the beneficiaries.
It&#8217;s the opening salvo in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After all the Obama administration&#8217;s big spending, Republicans urge fiscal restraint</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-all-the-obama-administrations-big-spending-republicans-urge-fiscal-restraint-93822/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-all-the-obama-administrations-big-spending-republicans-urge-fiscal-restraint-93822/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Lester</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Republicans concerned about the Obama administration&#8217;s big spending on economic stimulus, energy and health care are asking, &#8220;Where are the jobs?&#8221;

&#8220;The president and Democrats in Congress claim this spending binge is necessary to put Americans back to work,&#8221; House Republican leader John Boehner said Saturday in the Republican radio and Internet address. &#8220;They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Moussavi rejects partial vote recount</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-moussavi-rejects-partial-vote-recount-93796/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-moussavi-rejects-partial-vote-recount-93796/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN - Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi Saturday refused to support a panel set up by the electoral watchdog Guardian Council to conduct a partial recount of votes in the disputed presidential election, a media report said. 

Refusing to be cowed by attacks on his party offices, Moussavi again demanded for fresh polls.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands of girls take to streets protesting against abortions</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-of-girls-take-to-streets-protesting-against-abortions-91931/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-of-girls-take-to-streets-protesting-against-abortions-91931/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COIMABATORE -  Thousands  of  girls Girls  of various schools and colleges along with  volunteers  of different    anti-abortion    from    different     international organisations  took  out  a rally holding  placards  and  raising slogans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People have to pay more for water, ADB tells India</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/people-have-to-pay-more-for-water-adb-tells-india-91825/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/people-have-to-pay-more-for-water-adb-tells-india-91825/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prashant K. Nanda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE - Even as India reels under chronic water shortages in its cities, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Thursday urged it to increase existing water tariff, which it said was &#8220;too low&#8221;, and invite foreign investment to improve the country&#8217;s water infrastructure.

&#8220;Water tariff in India is too low. People there pay 20 times more for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Markets close on tame note, Sensex down 77 points (Roundup)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/markets-close-on-tame-note-sensex-down-77-points-roundup-91800/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/markets-close-on-tame-note-sensex-down-77-points-roundup-91800/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI - A key index of the Indian equities markets closed on a disappointing note Thursday, shutting shop 77 points below its previous close after rising 156 points during the day&#8217;s trading.

The benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the Sensex, which opened at 14,476.15 points, ended trade at 14,345.62 points - 77.11 points [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kyrgyz lawmakers unanimously back deal to allow US to continue using air base</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kyrgyz-lawmakers-unanimously-back-deal-to-allow-us-to-continue-using-air-base-91685/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kyrgyz-lawmakers-unanimously-back-deal-to-allow-us-to-continue-using-air-base-91685/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leila Saralayeva</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan&#8217;s parliament unanimously approved a deal Thursday allowing the U.S. to continue using an air base crucial to military operations in Afghanistan, sharply shifting course months after ordering American forces out by August.

Lawmakers voted 75-0 to ratify the agreement, providing a much-needed boost to the U.S.-led coalition as it ramps up military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monsoon delay threatening Chhattisgarh paddy output</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/monsoon-delay-threatening-chhattisgarh-paddy-output-91676/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RAIPUR - The delay in the arrival of monsoon is threatening paddy cultivation in over 3.5 million hectares in Chhattisgarh, officials here said.

Last year, paddy yield was around 57 million tonnes in the state. In all likelihood, it is going to be much less this season.	 	
&#8220;The longer heat wave spell due to delay in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H&amp;M 2Q profit rises 6.4 percent, helped by new store openings and weaker Swedish krona</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hm-2q-profit-rises-64-percent-helped-by-new-store-openings-and-weaker-swedish-krona-91666/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hm-2q-profit-rises-64-percent-helped-by-new-store-openings-and-weaker-swedish-krona-91666/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Swedish fashion chain Hennes &#038; Mauritz on Thursday said net profit in its latest fiscal quarter rose 6.4 percent, helped by new store openings and a weaker Swedish krona.

Europe&#8217;s second-largest fashion retailer said net profit in the three months to May 31, its fiscal second quarter, increased to 4.2 billion kronor ($534 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vizhinjam port must go ahead, say Kerala parties</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/vizhinjam-port-must-go-ahead-say-kerala-parties-91563/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/vizhinjam-port-must-go-ahead-say-kerala-parties-91563/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala&#8217;s ruling and opposition parties joined hands  Thursday to say that the Rs.53.48 billion port in Vizhinjam must go ahead, a day after the developer who had won the bid to build the project pulled out on grounds of delays and legal tangles.

Minister of Ports M. Vijayakumar said in the assembly that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Language problems hold up Asians on net</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/language-problems-hold-up-asians-on-net-91442/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/language-problems-hold-up-asians-on-net-91442/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederick Noronha</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PENANG - Asians were the most numerous internet users worldwide as of 2001. Yet, access to the net and computing are still largely restricted to those with knowledge of the English language.

A Pakistani localisation expert, working on solutions here, has suggested that the market is overlooking the computing needs of a number of smaller Asian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acxiom forecasts sharp decline in fiscal 1st-qtr revenue, sees profit below Street view</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/acxiom-forecasts-sharp-decline-in-fiscal-1st-qtr-revenue-sees-profit-below-street-view-91293/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/acxiom-forecasts-sharp-decline-in-fiscal-1st-qtr-revenue-sees-profit-below-street-view-91293/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Interactive marketing consultant Acxiom Corp. on Wednesday said it expects its fiscal first-quarter revenue to fall as much as 21 percent as clients delay or cancel marketing programs.

The forecast falls well below Wall Street expectations, and sent shares tumbling in aftermarket electronic trading.
For the three months ending on Tuesday, the company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Key Democrat blasts conservatives for adding money for 12 Lockheed F-22&#8217;s amid deficit worries</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/key-democrat-blasts-conservatives-for-adding-money-for-12-lockheed-f-22s-amid-deficit-worries-90222/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/key-democrat-blasts-conservatives-for-adding-money-for-12-lockheed-f-22s-amid-deficit-worries-90222/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Borak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A key House Democrat on Tuesday criticized so-called fiscal conservatives for approving millions of dollars for an outdated weapon system, while complaining about ballooning deficits.

&#8220;I am of course struck that so many of my colleagues who are so worried about the deficit apparently think the Pentagon is funded with Monopoly money that somehow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama health czar served on several health care company boards</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-health-czar-served-on-several-health-care-company-boards-90178/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-health-czar-served-on-several-health-care-company-boards-90178/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Theimer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s White House health care czar earned at least $2.3 million working for health care companies in 2008 and early 2009, including several that lobby in Washington.

Nancy-Ann DeParle disclosed compensation for her service on the boards of directors of Cerner Corp., Boston Scientific Corp., and Medco Health Solutions Inc. She also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British release secret manual civil servants used to rehearse for World War III</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-release-secret-manual-civil-servants-used-to-rehearse-for-world-war-iii-90051/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-release-secret-manual-civil-servants-used-to-rehearse-for-world-war-iii-90051/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Lawless</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — It&#8217;s October 1968, and the Soviet Union has just landed cosmonauts on the moon. Warsaw Pact troops are massing on the Austrian border, and nuclear showdown looms between east and west.

This scenario never happened — except in planning exercises by British civil servants, who meticulously rehearsed how they would govern Britain in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA holding hearings on plan to deal with huge DDT deposit on seafloor off Southern California</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/epa-holding-hearings-on-plan-to-deal-with-huge-ddt-deposit-on-seafloor-off-southern-california-89964/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/epa-holding-hearings-on-plan-to-deal-with-huge-ddt-deposit-on-seafloor-off-southern-california-89964/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — The Environmental Protection Agency plans to hold its first public hearing on a proposal targeting a vast, long-neglected deposit of the pesticide DDT on the ocean floor off Southern California&#8217;s Palos Verdes Peninsula.

The estimated $36 million proposal, to be discussed Tuesday, would place a cap of sand and silt over the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union leaders meeting with employers over UK refinery strike</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/union-leaders-meeting-with-employers-over-uk-refinery-strike-89936/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/union-leaders-meeting-with-employers-over-uk-refinery-strike-89936/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Union leaders met with construction bosses Tuesday in an effort to resolve an acrimonious industrial dispute that has led to walkouts across the British energy sector.

The UNITE union said it was in talks with the companies contracted to work at Total&#8217;s Lindsey Oil Refinery in northern England, where more than 600 workers were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern Baptist Convention presidents urges more missions, minority members</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/southern-baptist-convention-presidents-urges-more-missions-minority-members-89864/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/southern-baptist-convention-presidents-urges-more-missions-minority-members-89864/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Southern Baptists are facing a membership decline that could shrink the nation&#8217;s largest Protestant denomination by nearly half in 40 years, its convention president said Tuesday.

The Rev. Johnny Hunt, a megachurch pastor from Woodstock, Ga., told convention members gathered in Louisville that Southern Baptists need to give more to worldwide missions and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran says it expelled 2 British diplomats for &#8216;unconventional behavior&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-says-it-expelled-2-british-diplomats-for-unconventional-behavior-89839/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karin Laub</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — Iran says it has expelled two British diplomats for what it called &#8220;unconventional behavior.&#8221;

The confirmation came after Britain announced it sent two Iranian diplomats home in response to Iran&#8217;s expulsions.
Iran&#8217;s official news agency, IRNA, is quoting Foreign Ministry spokesman Hasan Qashqavi as saying the diplomats were expelled on Tuesday. Qashqavi did not give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Census: World&#8217;s older population will triple by 2050, adding stress to government programs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/census-worlds-older-population-will-triple-by-2050-adding-stress-to-government-programs-89781/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope Yen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The world&#8217;s 65-and-older population will triple by mid-century to 1 in 6 people, leaving the U.S. and other nations struggling to support the elderly.

The number of senior citizens has already jumped 23 percent since 2000 to 516 million, according to census estimates released on Tuesday. That&#8217;s more than double the growth rate for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spokesman: Attention to SC Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s secretive vacation will bring him home early</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/spokesman-attention-to-sc-gov-mark-sanfords-secretive-vacation-will-bring-him-home-early-89737/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — After a political mystery — &#8220;Where in the World is South Carolina&#8217;s Governor?&#8221; — Mark Sanford&#8217;s aides said he was stunned by all the fuss over his five-day absence and would cut short a secretive hike along the Appalachian Trail.

State officials and even his wife said they had no idea where he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Existing home sales rose 2.4 percent in May; prices plunge 16.8 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/existing-home-sales-rose-24-percent-in-may-prices-plunge-168-percent-89712/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Zibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sales of previously occupied homes rose modestly from April to May, the third monthly increase this year, but signs of a housing recovery are fragile at best.

The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that home sales rose 2.4 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.77 million, from a downwardly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NKorean ship suspected of carrying illicit arms spotted off Chinese coast, heading to Myanmar</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nkorean-ship-suspected-of-carrying-illicit-arms-spotted-off-chinese-coast-heading-to-myanmar-89587/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hyung-jin Kim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — A North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons cruised through waters off Shanghai on Tuesday en route to Myanmar, a news report said, as regional military officials and a U.S. destroyer kept a close eye on the vessel.

Washington&#8217;s top military commander in South Korea, meanwhile, warned that the communist regime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC governor takes Appalachian hike away from toils of office, but colleagues left in dark</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-governor-takes-appalachian-hike-away-from-toils-of-office-but-colleagues-left-in-dark-89419/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — A dayslong absence by South Carolina&#8217;s governor left fellow state leaders scratching their heads.

The lieutenant governor couldn&#8217;t figure out where Gov. Mark Sanford was. Calls from a state senator and close friend rolled to voice mail. Even his wife said she hadn&#8217;t talked to him for several days.
The explanation came Monday night [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indonesian scientists reconstructing rare, giant elephant skeleton</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indonesian-scientists-reconstructing-rare-giant-elephant-skeleton-89273/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niniek Karmini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANDUNG, Indonesia — Indonesian scientists are reconstructing the largest, most complete skeleton of a prehistoric giant elephant ever found in the tropics, a finding that may offer new clues into the largely mysterious origins of its modern Asian cousin.

The prehistoric elephant is believed to have been submerged in quicksand shortly after dying on a riverbed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Station Casinos gets fourth extension on debt plan, new deadline July 17 to OK restructuring</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/station-casinos-gets-fourth-extension-on-debt-plan-new-deadline-july-17-to-ok-restructuring-89054/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Station Casinos Inc. says it is continuing to negotiate a restructuring plan with bondholders and has extended its deadline to next month.

The Las Vegas-based private casino operator said in a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that its new deadline is July 17.
Station Casinos proposed a prepackaged bankruptcy plan in [...]]]></description>
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