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	<title>Breaking News &#187; North Africa</title>
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		<title>Court upholds 4-year sentence for Egyptian blogger convicted of insulting Islam and president</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Egyptian court upholds 4 years jailing of blogger

CAIRO — Egypt&#8217;s High Appeal Court has upheld the four-year prison sentence given to an Egyptian blogger who was convicted of insulting Islam and Egypt&#8217;s president.
Egypt&#8217;s official news agency said Tuesday that the court rejected 24-year-old Abdel Kareem Nabil&#8217;s last appeal.
Nabil, a former student at Cairo&#8217;s Al-Azhar University, ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/court-upholds-4-year-sentence-for-egyptian-blogger-convicted-of-insulting-islam-and-president-247403/">Court upholds 4-year sentence for Egyptian blogger convicted of insulting Islam and president</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Israel passes counter-demands to Hamas for prisoner swap, details could scuttle deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Israel passes demands in prisoner swap to Hamas

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel delivered its counter-demands Tuesday for a deal with Hamas to exchange about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for a single Israeli soldier held captive by Gaza militants for more than three years.
As families on both sides agonized over the outcome, last-minute differences over who .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/israel-passes-counter-demands-to-hamas-for-prisoner-swap-details-could-scuttle-deal-247388/">Israel passes counter-demands to Hamas for prisoner swap, details could scuttle deal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli Cabinet ministers debate whether to trade 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for lone soldier</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Teibel</dc:creator>
		
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Prisoner swap talks enter critical phase in Israel

JERUSALEM — Israel wrapped up marathon top-level meetings early Tuesday without announcing whether it has agreed to accept Gaza militants&#8217; demand to swap 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for a lone Israeli serviceman.
A decision to pay that lopsided price for 23-year-old Sgt. Gilad Schalit could reshuffle Mideast politics in unpredictable .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/israeli-cabinet-ministers-debate-whether-to-trade-1000-palestinian-prisoners-for-lone-soldier-246968/">Source article &nbsp;: Israeli Cabinet ministers debate whether to trade 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for lone soldier</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN: Ugandan-led Lord&#8217;s Resistance Army attacks in Sudan, Congo may be crimes against humanity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eliane Engeler</dc:creator>
		
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UN: Ugandan rebel attacks may have been war crimes

GENEVA — The U.N. on Monday accused the Ugandan-based Lord&#8217;s Resistance Army of killing, mutilating and raping villagers in Sudan and Congo in what may have been crimes against humanity.
The rebels killed at least 1,200 people and abducted 1,400, including children and women, in northeastern Congo from ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-ugandan-led-lords-resistance-army-attacks-in-sudan-congo-may-be-crimes-against-humanity-246832/">Read more : UN: Ugandan-led Lord&#8217;s Resistance Army attacks in Sudan, Congo may be crimes against humanity</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt antiquities chief says he will ask Berlin to return Nefertiti bust</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Egypt antiquities chief to demand Nefertiti bust

CAIRO — Egypt&#8217;s antiquities chief said Sunday he will formally demand the return of the 3,300-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti from a Berlin museum after confirming it was sneaked out of Cairo through fraudulent documents.
Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt&#8217;s Supreme Council of Antiquities, has been aggressively campaigning to .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/egypt-antiquities-chief-says-he-will-ask-berlin-to-return-nefertiti-bust-246637/">Egypt antiquities chief says he will ask Berlin to return Nefertiti bust</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Official: 2 Italians kidnapped in southern Mauritania</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Mohammed</dc:creator>
		
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Official: 2 Italians kidnapped in Mauritania

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Two Italians were kidnapped in the West African desert nation of Mauritania, a police chief and a security official said Saturday.
The Mauritanian officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media on the subject, said the hostages were taken ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-2-italians-kidnapped-in-southern-mauritania-246441/" title="Official: 2 Italians kidnapped in southern Mauritania">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Reports: Hunger-striking Western Sahara activist flown out of Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Hunger-striking activist flown from Spain
MADRID — Spanish news reports say an activist from the disputed territory of Western Sahara who has been on hunger strike in Spain for more than a month has been flown back home.
Cadena SER radio says Aminatou Haidar was flown out of Lanzarote island airport in the Canary Islands .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/reports-hunger-striking-western-sahara-activist-flown-out-of-spain-245855/">Reports: Hunger-striking Western Sahara activist flown out of Spain</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt retrieves an ancient temple pylon from Cleopatra&#8217;s city, sunken in Alexandria&#8217;s waters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katarina Kratovac</dc:creator>
		
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Monument lifted from Cleopatra&#8217;s underwater city

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — Egyptian archaeologists on Thursday lifted an ancient granite temple pylon out of the waters of the Mediterranean, where it had lain for centuries as part of the palace complex of Cleopatra, submerged in Alexandria&#8217;s harbor.
The pylon, which once stood at the entrance to a temple of Isis, ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/egypt-retrieves-an-ancient-temple-pylon-from-cleopatras-city-sunken-in-alexandrias-waters-245421/">Egypt retrieves an ancient temple pylon from Cleopatra&#8217;s city, sunken in Alexandria&#8217;s waters</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient pharaonic paintings that sparked feud between Egypt and the Louvre to return to Luxor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Ancient Egyptian wall paintings to return to Luxor

CAIRO — Egypt&#8217;s antiquities chief says the wall paintings that caused a feud between Egypt and the Louvre Museum will be returned to their original location in a tomb south of Egypt.
In a statement Wednesday, Zahi Hawass says the ancient pieces will be restored by experts and replaced ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ancient-pharaonic-paintings-that-sparked-feud-between-egypt-and-the-louvre-to-return-to-luxor-244837/">Ancient pharaonic paintings that sparked feud between Egypt and the Louvre to return to Luxor</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient pharaonic wall paintings that caused feud between Egypt and the Louvre arrive in Cairo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Ancient wall paintings return to Egypt from France

CAIRO — An Egyptian airport official says the wall paintings that caused a feud between Egypt and the Louvre Museum have returned home.
Ahmed al-Rawi of the customs authority said that the ancient artwork arrived to Cairo on a flight from Paris on Tuesday evening and were handed over ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ancient-pharaonic-wall-paintings-that-caused-feud-between-egypt-and-the-louvre-arrive-in-cairo-244410/" title="Ancient pharaonic wall paintings that caused feud between Egypt and the Louvre arrive in Cairo">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>France returns wall paintings sought by Egypt after feud</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamey Keaten</dc:creator>
		
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France returns wall paintings sought by Egypt

PARIS — Fragments of an ancient wall painting that caused a feud between Egypt and the Louvre Museum are heading home.
France returned the ancient artwork to Egyptian officials after President Hosni Mubarak inspected one of the fragments following a visit with his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy. The pockmarked slab ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/france-returns-wall-paintings-sought-by-egypt-after-feud-243893/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : France returns wall paintings sought by Egypt after feud</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Al-Qaida&#8217;s deputy leader lashes out at Obama; vows group will remember 9/11 mastermind</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Salah Nasrawi</dc:creator>
		
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CAIRO — Al-Qaida&#8217;s deputy leader said Barack Obama has deceived Arabs about his efforts to restart Mideast peace talks, and claimed in a message posted Monday that the American president has done nothing for the region so far.
Ayman Al-Zawahri also vowed the terror network will not ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/al-qaidas-deputy-leader-lashes-out-at-obama-vows-group-will-remember-911-mastermind-243853/">Al-Qaida&#8217;s deputy leader lashes out at Obama; vows group will remember 9/11 mastermind</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guinea&#8217;s No. 2 to travel to Morocco to check health of wounded junta leader, diplomat says</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rukmini Callimachi</dc:creator>
		
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Guinea&#8217;s No. 2 to visit wounded leader in Morocco

DAKAR, Senegal — A bodyguard close to Guinea&#8217;s No. 2 leader and a retired diplomat say the country&#8217;s vice president plans to travel to Morocco to assess the health of the junta&#8217;s wounded president.
The two say Gen. Sekouba Konate is making the trip Tuesday to determine for .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guineas-no-2-to-travel-to-morocco-to-check-health-of-wounded-junta-leader-diplomat-says-243848/">Source article &nbsp;: Guinea&#8217;s No. 2 to travel to Morocco to check health of wounded junta leader, diplomat says</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hamas anniversary rally draws huge crowd, showing group still has strong support after war</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karin Laub</dc:creator>
		
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Hamas rally shows it still has strong Gaza support

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters thronged downtown Gaza City Monday to mark the 22nd anniversary of the group&#8217;s founding, a massive display that showed the Islamic militants still enjoy broad support despite years of rule that have led to war, poverty ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hamas-anniversary-rally-draws-huge-crowd-showing-group-still-has-strong-support-after-war-243822/" title="Hamas anniversary rally draws huge crowd, showing group still has strong support after war">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: 2,000 killed this year as humanitarian crisis worsens in south Sudan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Report: 2,000 killed in 2009 south Sudan violence

NAIROBI,Kenya — Officials from an international medical group say more than 2,000 people have died and 250,000 have fled their homes this year because of fighting in southern Sudan.
Officials from Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, say the violence is the worst seen in the south since ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-2000-killed-this-year-as-humanitarian-crisis-worsens-in-south-sudan-243754/">Read more : Report: 2,000 killed this year as humanitarian crisis worsens in south Sudan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Al-Qaida&#8217;s deputy leader lashes out at Obama; urges Arabs, Palestinians to holy war</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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CAIRO — Al-Qaida&#8217;s deputy leader on Monday accused President Barack Obama of deceiving the Arab world and failing to advance Middle East peace talks, and said the militants&#8217; struggle against the United States and its allies is &#8220;a war between Muslims and infidels.&#8221;
In a .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/al-qaidas-deputy-leader-lashes-out-at-obama-urges-arabs-palestinians-to-holy-war-243745/">Al-Qaida&#8217;s deputy leader lashes out at Obama; urges Arabs, Palestinians to holy war</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hamas celebrates anniversary of 1987 founding with rallies amid Gaza&#8217;s poverty and war damage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karin Laub</dc:creator>
		
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Hamas celebrates anniversary in war-damaged Gaza

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters thronged downtown Gaza City Monday to mark the 22nd anniversary of the group&#8217;s founding, in a massive display that showed the Islamic militants still enjoy broad support despite years of rule that have led to war, poverty and isolation.
Gaza ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hamas-celebrates-anniversary-of-1987-founding-with-rallies-amid-gazas-poverty-and-war-damage-243646/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Hamas celebrates anniversary of 1987 founding with rallies amid Gaza&#8217;s poverty and war damage</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Human Rights Watch says Libyan dissidents still targeted despite some expansion of freedoms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Rights group says Libya still behind on freedoms

TRIPOLI, Libya — A leading human rights group says Libya continues to subject political dissidents to arbitrary detention and unfair trials despite limited improvements in freedom of expression since the country began to shed its pariah status in 2003.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch announced its report Saturday ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/human-rights-watch-says-libyan-dissidents-still-targeted-despite-some-expansion-of-freedoms-243332/">Read more : Human Rights Watch says Libyan dissidents still targeted despite some expansion of freedoms</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>American Al-Qaida member says militant group not behind bombings against civilians</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Al-Qaida denies killing civilians in Pakistan

CAIRO — Al-Qaida issued a new English-language video Saturday denying it was behind a series of bombings in Pakistan that have killed hundreds of civilians, calling such attacks un-Islamic.
U.S.-born al-Qaida operative Adam Gadahn, who commonly delivers the organization&#8217;s English messages, said the extremist network was being framed for the bloodshed ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/american-al-qaida-member-says-militant-group-not-behind-bombings-against-civilians-243196/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : American Al-Qaida member says militant group not behind bombings against civilians</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP sources: FBI questions some of US students held in Pakistan, conspiracy charge weighed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lolita Baldor</dc:creator>
		
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AP sources: FBI questions students, eyes charges

WASHINGTON — FBI agents have questioned some of the young Americans arrested in Pakistan as U.S. investigators gather evidence that could lead to a conspiracy charge against them, an American official and another person familiar with the case said Friday.
Agents are working to see if there is enough evidence ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-sources-fbi-questions-some-of-us-students-held-in-pakistan-conspiracy-charge-weighed-243082/" title="AP sources: FBI questions some of US students held in Pakistan, conspiracy charge weighed">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Worried parents at heart of terror probe after 5 missing Americans caught in Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Hess</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — When five young American Muslims were arrested in Pakistan over possible links to terrorism, a key break in the case came not from federal agents or spies, but parents worried their sons may have made a terrible decision.
The families, based in .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/worried-parents-at-heart-of-terror-probe-after-5-missing-americans-caught-in-pakistan-242379/">Source &nbsp;: Worried parents at heart of terror probe after 5 missing Americans caught in Pakistan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Al-Qaida offshoot that claimed kidnapping 4 Europeans says hostages are in good health</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maamoun Youssef</dc:creator>
		
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Al-Qaida says 4 European hostages in good health

CAIRO — An al-Qaida offshoot that has claimed responsibility for kidnapping three Spaniards and a Frenchman in West Africa last month said Wednesday the four Europeans were in good health and treated according to Islamic laws.
The group&#8217;s demands would be announced later, Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb said.
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		<title>Sensitive security guidelines for airport screening accidentally posted on the Internet</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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Sensitive air security doc posted in error on Net

WASHINGTON — The federal government improperly posted an internal guide to its airport passenger screening procedures on the Internet in a way that could offer insight into how to sidestep security.
The document outlines who is exempt from certain additional screening measures, including members of the U.S. armed  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sensitive-security-guidelines-for-airport-screening-accidentally-posted-on-the-internet-241714/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Commando units loyal to wounded junta leader arrest civilians in Guinea</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Commando units arrest civilians in Guinea
CONAKRY, Guinea — Commando units loyal to the wounded leader of Guinea&#8217;s military junta have swept through neighborhoods near the capital, arresting civilians believed to have ties with the soldier that tried to assassinate him.

The arrests come as the ruling junta tried to reassure the population about the president&#8217;s health, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/commando-units-loyal-to-wounded-junta-leader-arrest-civilians-in-guinea-241168/">Read more : Commando units loyal to wounded junta leader arrest civilians in Guinea</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guinea minister says hospitalized president is awake, speaking, and mentally sound</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Schemm</dc:creator>
		
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Guinea FM says president awake and mentally alert

RABAT, Morocco — Guinea&#8217;s military strongman, hospitalized in Morocco with a gunshot wound, is conscious and speaking, the country&#8217;s foreign minister said Monday as he tried to tamp down speculation that Capt. Moussa &#8220;Dadis&#8221; Camara is badly hurt.
Alexandre Cece Loua told The Associated Press he has spoken with .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guinea-minister-says-hospitalized-president-is-awake-speaking-and-mentally-sound-241030/">Guinea minister says hospitalized president is awake, speaking, and mentally sound</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen kill 3 Rwandan peacekeepers in ambush in Sudan&#8217;s Darfur region</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Gunmen kill 3 peacekeepers in Darfur ambush

CAIRO — A spokesman for the peacekeeping force in Darfur says gunmen have killed three Rwandan soldiers in an ambush in the western Sudanese region.
Kemal Saiki says the ambush took place Friday near a market and a government checkpoint in the northern town of Saraf Umra. Saiki says the .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-kill-3-rwandan-peacekeepers-in-ambush-in-sudans-darfur-region-240415/">Gunmen kill 3 Rwandan peacekeepers in ambush in Sudan&#8217;s Darfur region</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt official: No one reported missing, drowned in boat collision</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maamoun Youssef</dc:creator>
		
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Egypt official: No one missing in boat collision

CAIRO — An Egyptian official says it appears nobody drowned after two passenger boats collided on the Nile.
The official said the search was continuing Saturday but rescuers have not found any bodies and police are not reporting anybody missing. The official works in the Beheira province governor&#8217;s office. ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/egypt-official-no-one-reported-missing-drowned-in-boat-collision-240367/">Original article on  : Egypt official: No one reported missing, drowned in boat collision</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi oil minister calls current global oil prices at around $75 a barrel &#8216;perfect&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarek El-tablawy</dc:creator>
		
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Saudi oil minister: oil prices &#8216;perfect&#8217;
CAIRO — Saudi Arabia&#8217;s oil minister says the current global oil price is &#8220;perfect&#8221; and the market is stable.

Ali Naimi&#8217;s remarks Saturday came as key Arab OPEC ministers indicated the oil producing bloc was unlikely to change its production quotas when it meets Dec. 22 in Angola.
Naimi told reporters &#8220;the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/saudi-oil-minister-calls-current-global-oil-prices-at-around-75-a-barrel-perfect-240326/">Original article &nbsp;: Saudi oil minister calls current global oil prices at around $75 a barrel &#8216;perfect&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi oil minister says global oil prices &#8216;perfect&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarek El-tablawy</dc:creator>
		
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Saudi oil minister: Oil price &#8216;perfect&#8217;
CAIRO — Saudi Arabia&#8217;s oil minister says the current global oil price is &#8220;perfect&#8221; and the market is stable.

Ali Naimi&#8217;s remarks Saturday came as key Arab OPEC ministers indicated the oil producing bloc was unlikely to change its production quotas when it meets Dec. 22 in Angola.
Naimi told reporters &#8220;the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/saudi-oil-minister-says-global-oil-prices-perfect-240322/">Original article &nbsp;: Saudi oil minister says global oil prices &#8216;perfect&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Egyptian official says 2 motorboats collide in river Nile, leaving dozens missing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah El Deeb</dc:creator>
		
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Egypt: 2 boats collide in Nile; dozens missing

CAIRO — An Egyptian security official says two motorboats have collided in the Nile in northern Egypt and dozens of passengers are missing.
The official says it is not clear how many people were on board, but witnesses reported between 50 and 60 passengers. The official says 13 passengers .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/egyptian-official-says-2-motorboats-collide-in-river-nile-leaving-dozens-missing-240187/">Egyptian official says 2 motorboats collide in river Nile, leaving dozens missing</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutor: Iran doctor who reported prison torture died from overdose of a drug in his salad</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Keath</dc:creator>
		
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Iran whistleblower died from drug-laden salad

CAIRO, Egypt — A top Iranian prosecutor says a doctor who blew the whistle on the torture of jailed opposition protesters in Iran died of poisoning from an overdose of an anti-hypertension drug in his salad.
Tehran&#8217;s public prosecutor Abbas Dowlatabadi says investigators are trying to determine whether his death was ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutor-iran-doctor-who-reported-prison-torture-died-from-overdose-of-a-drug-in-his-salad-238748/">Prosecutor: Iran doctor who reported prison torture died from overdose of a drug in his salad</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Official: 3 kidnapped Spanish aid workers being transferred to Mali from Mauritania</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Mohammed</dc:creator>
		
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Official: 3 Spanish hostages being taken to Mali

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Three Spanish aid workers kidnapped in the West African desert nation of Mauritania are being taken by their captors to neighboring Mali, a Mauritanian official said Wednesday.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media on .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-3-kidnapped-spanish-aid-workers-being-transferred-to-mali-from-mauritania-238634/">Official: 3 kidnapped Spanish aid workers being transferred to Mali from Mauritania</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Italy may accept more detainees from Gitmo after arrival of 2 linked to Milan al-Qaida base</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor L. Simpson</dc:creator>
		
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Italy may accept more Gitmo detainees
ROME — Italy is considering taking in other prisoners from Guantanamo to help President Barack Obama close down the prison, the country&#8217;s foreign minister said Tuesday, a day after Italy accepted two former detainees.

Premier Silvio Berlusconi promised Obama at a White House meeting in June that Italy would accept three .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/italy-may-accept-more-detainees-from-gitmo-after-arrival-of-2-linked-to-milan-al-qaida-base-238353/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2 Tunisians held at Guantanamo and released to Italy linked to Milan al-Qaida base</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor L. Simpson</dc:creator>
		
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ROME — Italy is considering taking in other prisoners from Guantanamo to help President Barack Obama close down the prison, the country&#8217;s foreign minister said Tuesday, a day after Italy accepted two former detainees.
Premier Silvio Berlusconi promised the U.S. president at a White House meeting in .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-tunisians-held-at-guantanamo-and-released-to-italy-linked-to-milan-al-qaida-base-238198/">Source &nbsp;: 2 Tunisians held at Guantanamo and released to Italy linked to Milan al-Qaida base</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2 Tunisians held at Guantanamo arrive in Italy, to be tried on unspecified charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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ROME — Two Tunisians who had been detained at Guantanamo arrived in Italy late Monday and will be tried on international terrorism charges for having allegedly recruited fighters for Afghanistan, officials said.
Adel Ben Mabrouk, 39, and Mohamed Ben Riadh Nasri, 43, are suspected of being members of a .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-tunisians-held-at-guantanamo-arrive-in-italy-to-be-tried-on-unspecified-charges-237788/">2 Tunisians held at Guantanamo arrive in Italy, to be tried on unspecified charges</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>3 aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania, Spanish minister suspects al-Qaida-linked militants</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Mohammed</dc:creator>
		
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3 Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Army teams and planes searched the desert nation Monday for three Spanish volunteers kidnapped by gunmen, and Spain&#8217;s interior minister said he suspected al-Qaida-linked Islamists were behind the attack.
The three aid workers were in a 4-wheel drive vehicle at the very back end of a convoy .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/3-aid-workers-kidnapped-in-mauritania-spanish-minister-suspects-al-qaida-linked-militants-237568/">3 aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania, Spanish minister suspects al-Qaida-linked militants</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Southern Sudanese teenage girl receives 50 lashes for wearing &#8220;indecent&#8221; skirt</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Sudanese teen flogged for wearing indecent skirt

CAIRO — A 16-year old Christian girl from southern Sudan has been lashed 50 times for wearing a skirt deemed indecent by authorities in the north who enforce a strict version of Islamic law.
Silva Kashif said Friday she was arrested by a plain-clothed policeman in a Khartoum market last ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/southern-sudanese-teenage-girl-receives-50-lashes-for-wearing-indecent-skirt-236693/">Southern Sudanese teenage girl receives 50 lashes for wearing &#8220;indecent&#8221; skirt</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Imprisoned Iranian-American scholar faces new charges of espionage in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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New spy charge against jailed Iranian-American

CAIRO — Iran brought new espionage charges against an Iranian-American scholar who was already convicted of spying and sentenced to 15 years in prison in the country&#8217;s crackdown following disputed presidential elections, a human rights group said Thursday.
The move raises the possibility of a harsher penalty against Kian Tajbakhsh, a .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/imprisoned-iranian-american-scholar-faces-new-charges-of-espionage-in-iran-236189/">Original source &nbsp;: Imprisoned Iranian-American scholar faces new charges of espionage in Iran</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss adventurer ditches in sea while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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Jet-winged adventurer ditches in Atlantic, unhurt

ATLANTERRA, Spain — A Swiss adventurer trying to soar from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings ditched safely into the Atlantic on Wednesday after hitting turbulence and clouds so thick he could not tell if he was flying up or down.
The bad weather — rather than a mechanical malfunction, as .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/swiss-adventurer-ditches-in-sea-while-trying-to-fly-from-morocco-to-spain-on-jet-powered-wings-235900/" title="Swiss adventurer ditches in sea while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UK officials say Iran, Libya were top security concerns for Britain before Iraq war</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Quinn</dc:creator>
		
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Officials say Iraq not UK&#8217;s main worry before war

LONDON — Iran and Libya, not Saddam Hussein&#8217;s Iraqi regime, were Britain&#8217;s main security concerns before the invasion of Iraq, Foreign Office officials testified Wednesday at an inquiry probing Britain&#8217;s role in the war.
William Ehrman, the Foreign Office&#8217;s director of international security from 2000 to 2002, said ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/uk-officials-say-iran-libya-were-top-security-concerns-for-britain-before-iraq-war-235841/">UK officials say Iran, Libya were top security concerns for Britain before Iraq war</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Inquiry hears Iran, Libya more concerning for Britain than Saddam ahead of Iraq conflict</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Quinn</dc:creator>
		
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Iraq was not UK&#8217;s main worry prior to invasion

LONDON — Iran and Libya, not Saddam Hussein&#8217;s regime in Iraq, were Britain&#8217;s main security concerns before the invasion of Iraq, Foreign Office officials testified Wednesday at an inquiry probing Britain&#8217;s role in the war.
William Ehrman, the Foreign Office&#8217;s director of international security from 2000 to 2002, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/inquiry-hears-iran-libya-more-concerning-for-britain-than-saddam-ahead-of-iraq-conflict-235772/" title="Inquiry hears Iran, Libya more concerning for Britain than Saddam ahead of Iraq conflict">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss adventurer hits sea while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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Jet-winged adventurer ditches in Atlantic, unhurt

ATLANTERRA, Spain — A Swiss adventurer ditched safely into the chilly waters between Morocco Spain Wednesday after a technical malfunction ended the first attempted intercontinental crossing on jet-powered wings.
A rescuer helicopter winched Yves Gossy to safety from the wind-swept Atlantic.
Rossy, a 50-year-old former fighter pilot, had taken off from Tangiers ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/swiss-adventurer-hits-sea-while-trying-to-fly-from-morocco-to-spain-on-jet-powered-wings-235766/" title="Swiss adventurer hits sea while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sudanese woman praised by French foreign minister for fighting pants law</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Sudanese woman praised for fighting pants law

PARIS — France&#8217;s foreign minister has praised the courage of a journalist who has led a fight against a law in Sudan allowing for women to be flogged for wearing pants.
Bernard Kouchner says Lubna Hussein — who was released in September after two months behind bars — is a ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sudanese-woman-praised-by-french-foreign-minister-for-fighting-pants-law-235042/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Sudanese woman praised by French foreign minister for fighting pants law</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Israel, Hamas move closer to deal on swapping Palestinian prisoners for captive soldier</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josef Federman</dc:creator>
		
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Israel, Hamas near swap of prisoners for soldier

JERUSALEM — Hamas leaders raced to Egypt on Monday amid signs of progress on a deal to swap hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for a captive Israeli soldier held by the Islamic militant group for more than three years.
The exchange could boost Hamas at the expense of its key ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/israel-hamas-move-closer-to-deal-on-swapping-palestinian-prisoners-for-captive-soldier-234736/">Read more : Israel, Hamas move closer to deal on swapping Palestinian prisoners for captive soldier</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Israel and Hamas move closer to deal on swapping Palestinian prisoners for captive soldier</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diaa Hadid</dc:creator>
		
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Israel, Hamas near swap of prisoners for soldier

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel and Hamas are close to a deal to swap 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held for more than three years by the Islamic militant group, a Palestinian familiar with the talks said Monday.
Israeli President Shimon Peres, who met with Egypt&#8217;s .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/israel-and-hamas-move-closer-to-deal-on-swapping-palestinian-prisoners-for-captive-soldier-234631/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Israel and Hamas move closer to deal on swapping Palestinian prisoners for captive soldier</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>20 years after UN pact to protect children, some successes alongside a long list of woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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20 years after UN pact, many children still suffer
EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE — The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds of millions of children still suffer from violence, hunger and disease. Associated Press correspondents around the globe interviewed children who illustrate the remaining challenges, along ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/20-years-after-un-pact-to-protect-children-some-successes-alongside-a-long-list-of-woes-233335/">Read : 20 years after UN pact to protect children, some successes alongside a long list of woes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek binding UN resolution to protect religion from blasphemy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Jordans</dc:creator>
		
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AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban
GENEVA — Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-exclusive-muslim-countries-seek-binding-un-resolution-to-protect-religion-from-blasphemy-232694/">AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek binding UN resolution to protect religion from blasphemy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Egypt, Algeria in a growing diplomatic row caused by their bitter soccer rivalry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maamoun Youssef</dc:creator>
		
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Egypt, Algeria soccer tiff grows
CAIRO — Egypt has recalled its ambassador to Algeria for consultations as part of a growing diplomatic row caused by a bitter soccer rivalry between the two Arab nations.

The Egyptian foreign ministry also summoned Algeria&#8217;s ambassador in Cairo to express to him its &#8220;extreme dismay&#8221; over attacks on Egyptian fans in  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/egypt-algeria-in-a-growing-diplomatic-row-caused-by-their-bitter-soccer-rivalry-232637/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Officials: Nuclear physicist with suspected al-Qaida contacts discussed targeting French army</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicolas Vaux-montagny</dc:creator>
		
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Suspect physicist discussed attacks on French army

PARIS — A French nuclear physicist discussed possible terrorist attacks targeting France&#8217;s army in e-mail exchanges with North Africa&#8217;s al-Qaida branch before his arrest last month, the Paris prosecutor&#8217;s office said Tuesday.
Adlene Hicheur, a 32-year-old Frenchman of Algerian origin, had worked on the Large Hadron Collider — the world&#8217;s .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/officials-nuclear-physicist-with-suspected-al-qaida-contacts-discussed-targeting-french-army-231219/">Officials: Nuclear physicist with suspected al-Qaida contacts discussed targeting French army</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>UN defends removal of poster critical of censorship in China at Internet conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tarek El-tablawy</dc:creator>
		
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UN defends removal of China poster at Net event

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt — The United Nations is defending the removal of a poster criticizing China&#8217;s censorship of the Web at an Internet conference.
Free speech advocates from the OpenNet Initiative had placed a poster at the Internet Governance Forum decrying what they called China&#8217;s Great Firewall. An .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-defends-removal-of-poster-critical-of-censorship-in-china-at-internet-conference-230653/">here</a>.]]></description>
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