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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Peter</title>
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		<title>Asian markets hit new highs for year as data suggests US economy growing again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Wright</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — Asian stock markets climbed to new highs for the year Thursday after strong U.S. industrial production data boosted confidence the world&#8217;s largest economy is growing again. European shares were higher.

Oil prices hovered about $72, lifting commodity stocks, while market indexes from Hong Kong to South Korea to Indonesia set new peaks for 2009. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mary Travers of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dead after battle with cancer at 72</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — Mary Travers, one-third of the popular 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary who were perhaps best known for their hit &#8220;Puff (The Magic Dragon),&#8221; died in a Connecticut hospital after battling leukemia for several years. She was 72.

The band&#8217;s publicist, Heather Lylis, said Travers died Wednesday at Danbury Hospital.
Bandmate Peter Yarrow said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barrick Gold sells stake in silver production at mines to Silver Wheaton for $625 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — Barrick Gold Corp., the world&#8217;s biggest gold producer, on Tuesday agreed to sell silver reserves from four of its mines to Silver Wheaton Corp. in a deal worth $625 million.

The transaction will provide Toronto-based Barrick with a source of financing for its Pascua-Lama mining project which is under construction on the border between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spectators ignored warnings before huge wave pulled 3 into sea, Maine park rangers say</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Adams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA, Maine — Rangers at Acadia National Park insisted Monday that they had done all they could to warn visitors before beauty suddenly turned brutal, launching a hurricane-generated wave over a group of gawkers, dragging several into the roiling Atlantic and killing a 7-year-old girl.

Many visitors didn&#8217;t heed alerts Sunday to keep back from huge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian markets fall on renewed doubts about strength of economic recovery; Nikkei down 1.9 pct</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/asian-markets-fall-on-renewed-doubts-about-strength-of-economic-recovery-nikkei-down-19-pct-145695/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Wright</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — Most Asian stock markets sank Friday as mixed economic data from the world&#8217;s largest economy reinforced fears that investors have overestimated the recovery&#8217;s strength.

Knocked by weak exporters, Japan&#8217;s Nikkei 225 stock average fell 145.21 points, or 1.4 percent, to 10,238.20. Hong Kong&#8217;s Hang Seng was down 179.11, or 0.9 percent, to 20,148.56 while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court-ordered parenting classes help divorcing spouses continue to parent together</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Wallace Allen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Sims and Nicole Collier watched their son become nervous during eight years of custody battles. Isaac, now 10, seemed fearful and took to biting his nails.

Then the two separated parents took a six-week class geared toward separated or divorced parents, and everything changed. In the court-ordered class, they learned how to put their anger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family: Eunice Kennedy Shriver, JFK&#8217;s sister and Special Olympics founder, has died at age 88</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/family-eunice-kennedy-shriver-jfks-sister-and-special-olympics-founder-has-died-at-age-88-136402/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — President John F. Kennedy&#8217;s sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family&#8217;s public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died early Tuesday surrounded by relatives at a Hyannis hospital. She was 88.

Shriver had suffered a series of strokes in recent years and died [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sources of Earth&#8217;s &#8220;hum&#8221; pinpointed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A new research has found that the Pacific coasts of North America and Central America are important sources of the Earth&#8217;s low-frequency vibration, or &#8220;hum&#8221;.

Previous studies had found that this hum is excited by infragravity waves, a type of ocean wave that originates in shallow water along coasts, but it was uncertain whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European stocks turn lower as US heads for fall amid modest profit-taking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pan Pylas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — European stock markets fell Tuesday ahead of an expected retreat on Wall Street as the two-week rally appeared to be running out of steam following a mixed batch of corporate earnings.

In Europe, Germany&#8217;s DAX was down 19.94 points, or 0.4 percent, at 5,231.61 while France&#8217;s CAC-40 fell 8.39 points, or 0.3 percent, at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China first big economy to shake off global downturn; stimulus plan works while US one limps</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Raum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — It&#8217;s a tale of two economies, China and the United States.

The United States, the world&#8217;s largest economy, remains mired in recession as do most of its fellow top industrial powers.
China, poised to pass Japan as the world&#8217;s second-largest economy perhaps by late this year, recently announced its Gross Domestic Product grew by more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU anti-piracy force to move some planes south to counter spread of Somali pirates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI, Kenya — The European Union&#8217;s anti-piracy force will move some surveillance aircraft further south from the Gulf of Aden to help counter the spread of Somali pirates into Indian Ocean waters, the force&#8217;s operation commander said.

The monsoon period ends in four to six weeks and pirate attacks are expected to increase sharply. Earlier this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At the Movies: capsule reviews of &#8216;The Ugly Truth&#8217; and other films this week</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

&#8220;The Answer Man&#8221; — It isn&#8217;t hard to guess, from a comedy with a title like &#8220;The Answer Man,&#8221; that the man in question probably doesn&#8217;t have any answers at all. But the cliches and overly familiar plot points don&#8217;t end there. The debut from writer-director John Hindman features [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget chief says hike in fees for doctors not part of Obama&#8217;s pledge to pay for health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s pledge to make sure health care legislation is fully paid for excludes $245 billion to raise fees for doctors treating Medicare patients, a senior administration official said Tuesday.

Peter Orszag, the budget director, said the administration always had assumed the money would be spent to prevent a cut of more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police continue vigil for 2 officers in &#8216;critical&#8217; condition after NJ gun battle</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-continue-vigil-for-2-officers-in-critical-condition-after-nj-gun-battle-112803/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Two police officers critically wounded in a wild shootout in northern New Jersey never got off a shot in the confrontation, officials said Friday.

Peter Nalbach, deputy chief of the Jersey City Police Department, said suspect Hassan Shakur opened fire with a tactical shotgun from 5 feet away as soon as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bodies stack up in a century of global warfare: Experts disagree on how to count the dead</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bodies-stack-up-in-a-century-of-global-warfare-experts-disagree-on-how-to-count-the-dead-107372/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter James Spielmann</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — War is hell, it&#8217;s long been said. But just how hellish it can be is a more difficult question, judging from disputes among researchers at several highly respected international peace institutes. They cannot agree on whether war is becoming more or less deadly — or even on how to count the dead.

These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown&#8217;s  wife  launches  &#8216;lasagne  offensive&#8217;  to  woo   cabinet members</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/browns-wife-launches-lasagne-offensive-to-woo-cabinet-members-100394/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/browns-wife-launches-lasagne-offensive-to-woo-cabinet-members-100394/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - The otherwise reticent wife of the British Prime  Gordon Brown has come out into the open to battle for  her husband&#8217;s political career.

Sarah  Brown,  44, is the cook behind  the  &#8220;lasagne  offensive,&#8221; which Gordon Brown has launched to improve working  relationships with his cabinet ministers.
Recently, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican announces restoration of chapel with 2 Michelangelo frescoes completed</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/vatican-announces-restoration-of-chapel-with-2-michelangelo-frescoes-completed-95841/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY — The Vatican says the restoration of a chapel that includes two Michelangelo frescoes has been completed.

The Cappella Paolina, or the Pauline Chapel, in the Apostolic Palace is used by the pope and is not open to the general public.
It contains Michelangelo frescoes depicting the Conversion of St. Paul and the Crucifixion of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarod maestro Ali Akbar Khan was a man of great humility (Obituary)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sarod-maestro-ali-akbar-khan-was-a-man-of-great-humility-obituary-86751/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sarod-maestro-ali-akbar-khan-was-a-man-of-great-humility-obituary-86751/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Legendary sarod exponent Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, one of the greatest Indian classical musicians of modern times, was in personal life a man of great compassion, innocence and humility.

He felt that life&#8217;s greatest lessons were either taught by children who knew nothing, or by stalwarts - because the mediocre always found faults. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing climate displaces people around the world</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/changing-climate-displaces-people-around-the-world-79219/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/changing-climate-displaces-people-around-the-world-79219/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joydeep Gupta</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BONN - Sena Alouka from Togo, Peter Triloff from Germany and Ana Romero of Mexico have one thing in common - they all have to deal with farmers who can no longer cope with climate change.

Alouka grew up in a village called Tsiko, on the banks of river Wuto in northern Togo. By the time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suburban NY school superintendent who subdued gunman calls incident &#8216;unfortunate distraction&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/suburban-ny-school-superintendent-who-subdued-gunman-calls-incident-unfortunate-distraction-78015/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BLAUVELT, N.Y. — The school superintendent who tackled and disarmed a gunman at a suburban New York middle school says he&#8217;s embarrassed by all the attention he&#8217;s received, calling the incident &#8220;an unfortunate distraction.&#8221;

South Orangetown Central School District Superintendent Ken Mitchell also says he was shaking when it was over, and just wanted to go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese probe set to crash into moon on June 10</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/japanese-probe-set-to-crash-into-moon-on-june-10-76025/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/japanese-probe-set-to-crash-into-moon-on-june-10-76025/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Japan&#8217;s Kaguya lunar orbiter will end its nearly two-year mission when it collides with the moon on June 10.

According to a report in New Scientist, observers may be able to spot a bright flash or plume of dust from the crash, and researchers will study its impact site to watch how radiation and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal prosecutor threatens to sue publisher, alleging errors in book about terrorism cases</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-prosecutor-threatens-to-sue-publisher-alleging-errors-in-book-about-terrorism-cases-75876/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-prosecutor-threatens-to-sue-publisher-alleging-errors-in-book-about-terrorism-cases-75876/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Robinson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — The top federal prosecutor in Chicago is threatening to sue publisher HarperCollins, calling a book about the war on terrorism that focuses in part on cases he handled &#8220;a deliberate lie masquerading as the truth.&#8221;

If HarperCollins publishes the new edition of &#8220;Triple Cross&#8221; by Peter Lance this month &#8220;and it defames me or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India conveys disappointment, to muster global pressure over Saeed&#8217;s release (Roundup)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-conveys-disappointment-to-muster-global-pressure-over-saeeds-release-roundup-70950/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - India Wednesday conveyed to Pakistan its &#8220;disappointment&#8221; over the release of Hafiz Saeed, the suspected mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai attacks, and made it clear that normalisation of relations will be difficult till terrorism flowing from Pakistani soil is stopped. 

India also underlined that it was in touch with the international community, specially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada, Pakistan to resume officer-training program</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 16:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ottawa(Canada),May 20 (ANI): Canada has decided to resume an officer-training program with Pakistan&#8217;s military after it was called-off more than a decade ago.

Confirming the report, Canada Defence Minister Peter MacKay said his country would once again start its military-to-military relations with Pakistan which was detached after Islamabad conducted its first nuclear tests in 1998.
&#8220;It would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changes in the Sun don&#8217;t cause global warming</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/changes-in-the-sun-dont-cause-global-warming-60067/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 16:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - In a new study, scientists have developed a model which has determined that changes in the sun are not causing global warming.

The study was carried out by Carnegie Mellon University&#8217;s Peter Adams, along with Jeff Pierce from Dalhousie University in Halifax, UK.
The hypothesis they tested was that increased solar activity reduces cloudiness by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European, Asian stocks dip as investors turn cautious about recovery prospects</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 17:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Piovano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — European and Asian stocks fell Monday as investors booked gains on last week&#8217;s rally and turned cautious about claims that the global economy is past the worst and ready to recover.

In morning European trading, Britain&#8217;s benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 0.9 percent to 4,421.15, Germany&#8217;s DAX 30 lost 1.0 percent to 4,866.90 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World markets lower as some investors book profits from rally; Hong Kong off nearly 2 pct</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-markets-lower-as-some-investors-book-profits-from-rally-hong-kong-off-nearly-2-pct-59019/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 17:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah Marquez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HONG KONG — Global stock markets retreated Monday, breaking several days of gains, as positive news of fewer job losses in the U.S. was blunted by investors moving to book recent profits.

Most Asian markets closed down, with white-hot Chinese and Hong Kong shares giving back all their gains from early in the session and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winners of the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/winners-of-the-2009-james-beard-foundation-awards-52229/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 09:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The winners of the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards include:

RESTAURANTS AND CHEFS (NATIONAL)
— Outstanding Restaurateur: Drew Nieporent, Myriad Restaurant Group, New York
— Outstanding Chef: Dan Barber, Blue Hill, New York
— Outstanding Restaurant: Jean Georges, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Phil Suarez, New York
— Outstanding New Restaurant: Momofuku Ko, David Chang and Peter Serpico, New York
— Rising Star [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pletcher&#8217;s Derby woes at 0-for-24 following another lost Run for the Roses</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pletchers-derby-woes-at-0-for-24-following-another-lost-run-for-the-roses-49630/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 09:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Graves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Make it 0-for-24 for Todd Pletcher in the Kentucky Derby.

The Eclipse Award-winning trainer&#8217;s Derby drought continued Saturday when his three horses — Join in the Dance, Dunkirk and Advice — finished well behind upset winner Mine That Bird at muddy Churchill Downs.
Join in the Dance, a late entry and considered simply a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACT beats Queensland Reds 52-13 to stay in hunt for Super 14 semifinal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/act-beats-queensland-reds-52-13-to-stay-in-hunt-for-super-14-semifinal-49103/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 19:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRISBANE, Australia — Captain Stephen Hoiles scored a pair of tries and the ACT Brumbies maintained their dominance over the Queensland Reds to stay on track for a semifinal playoff spot with a seven-try, 52-13 Super 14 rugby win Saturday.

The Brumbies improved their record to 14-1 against the Reds, with the last Queensland win coming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack  Nicholson  gives  acting tips to  students  at  daughter&#8217;s university</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jack-nicholson-gives-acting-tips-to-students-at-daughters-university-42111/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Jack Nicholson handed out acting  advice to students at his daughter&#8217;s university campus on April 25.

The  Departed  star joined the panel including  producers  Robert Evans,  Brad Grey and former studio chief Peter Bart for the  Ivy League Film Festival session at Rhode Island&#8217;s Brown University.
According  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jordan, Peter Andre to celebrate London Marathon run with sex!</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jordan-peter-andre-to-celebrate-london-marathon-run-with-sex-38455/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - With just a day left for the London Marathon, Katie Price a.k.a Jordan and Peter Andre can&#8217;t wait to finish it off and head straight to the bedroom for some long-awaited action between the sheets.

The celebrity couple is running the 26.2-mile course together for the NSPCC and Vision charities.
&#8220;If everyone who has pledged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manchester United back on top after win over Portsmouth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Manchester United returned to the top of the English Premier League table thanks to a 2-0 win over Portsmouth.



Goals from Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick secured victory for the champions at Old Trafford, Wednesday, and took them back above Liverpool. With six games to go to Liverpool&#8217;s five, United are three points clear.


United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obituaries in the news</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obituaries-in-the-news-34550/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Frederick Wirth Jr.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Dr. Frederick &#8220;Fred&#8221; Wirth Jr., the physician to America&#8217;s first test-tube baby, has died, his family said Friday. He was 68.

Wirth died Monday of pancreatic cancer in Carson City, said his wife, Linda Wirth. He gained national attention as the neonatologist who cared for Elizabeth Jordan Carr after her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dennis Quaid to portray Bill Clinton in new HBO film</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dennis-quaid-to-portray-bill-clinton-in-new-hbo-film-21584/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Dennis Quaid is all set to  play  the role  of former US President Bill Clinton in HBO&#8217;s  &#8216;The  Special Relationship&#8217;.

The  film  will also see Michael Sheen portraying  British  Prime Minister  Tony Blair and Julianne Moore enacting the role of  ex-First Lady Hillary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India win toss, decide to bat</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-win-toss-decide-to-bat-17440/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AUCKLAND - Indian skipper Mahendra Singh won the toss and decided to bat in the rain-delayed fifth and final One-Day International (ODI) cricket match against New Zealand at Eden Park here Saturday.



The match had been shortened to 43 overs with the three powerplays being reduced to nine, four and four overs. Three bowlers can bowl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marsh and McDermott junior in Australia under-19 squad</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/marsh-and-mcdermott-junior-in-australia-under-19-squad-14343/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - Mitchell Marsh and Alister McDermott are ready to carry on the legacy of their famous cricketing fathers with both being selected for the 15-man under-19 Australian squad for the series against India next month.



The 17-year-old Mitchell, son of famous Australian batsman Geoff Marsh, is a right-hand batsman and the youngest Marsh to represent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beckham recalled by England for Spain friendly</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/beckham-recalled-by-england-for-spain-friendly-625/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - England manager Fabio Capello recalled David Beckham to his squad for Wednesday&#8217;s friendly international against Spain.



Beckham&#8217;s performances in his loan spell with AC Milan of late clearly impressed Capello, who also coached the former England captain at Real Madrid.


Should he play against Spain, Beckham will equal the record of 108 outfield appearances for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British government unveils new economic aid package</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-government-unveils-new-economic-aid-package-6507/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - The British government announced a new aid package Wednesday to unlock the credit squeeze by offering loan guarantees to small and medium-sized businesses.



The measures, worth 20 billion pounds ($29.6 billion), are aimed at reducing the risks of banks lending to companies struggling in the current economic downturn.


Publication of the aid package coincided with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM makes merry while Nepal suffers 18-hour blackout</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pm-makes-merry-while-nepal-suffers-18-hour-blackout-10948/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pm-makes-merry-while-nepal-suffers-18-hour-blackout-10948/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sudeshna Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Before Ram Kumari Phuyal came to live in Kathmandu five years ago, she remembers getting up in her village home in western Gorkha district at 3 a.m. to store water since the limited water supply would peter out in an hour.



Now under the new Maoist government, she has to undergo even greater hardship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warne rubbishes rumours of taking up England coach&#8217;s job</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/warne-rubbishes-rumours-of-taking-up-england-coachs-job-9293/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - Australian spin wizard Shane Warne Friday rubbished rumours that he is in line for the job of England cricket team coach after the sacking of Peter Moores.



England captain  Kevin Pietersen Wednesday stepped down from the captaincy after a  long strife with coach Moores.


The sacking of Moores sparked rumours that Pietersen had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moody can consider coaching England cricket team</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/moody-can-consider-coaching-england-cricket-team-9386/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Tom Moody, currently in charge of Western Australia, said he could consider coaching the England cricket team if an offer is made to him.



England coach Peter Moores was sacked Wednesday following his fall-out with skipper Kevin Pietersen.


Former Sri Lanka coach Moody said Friday that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hayden dropped for Twenty20s and one-dayers against South Africa</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hayden-dropped-for-twenty20s-and-one-dayers-against-south-africa-9554/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hayden-dropped-for-twenty20s-and-one-dayers-against-south-africa-9554/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - Matthew Hayden&#8217;s future with Australian cricket was in doubt Thursday after the left-handed batsman was left out from the squad for the two Twenty20 matches and the one-day series against South Africa.



National Selection Panel chairman Andrew Hilditch said that Hayden&#8217;s omission had nothing to do with the batsman&#8217;s  woeful form during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists map epidemic trigger zones</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/scientists-map-epidemic-trigger-zones-1623/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - Scientists have identified and mapped potential zones that can trigger deadly outbreak of plagues and epidemics, with devastating consequences.



&#8216;A study has revealed a number of global hot-spots where new and unknown diseases are most likely to erupt - and it turns out that one of the hottest is spread in an arc to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City dumped, Chelsea held in day of FA Cup shocks (Roundup)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/city-dumped-chelsea-held-in-day-of-fa-cup-shocks-roundup-977/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/city-dumped-chelsea-held-in-day-of-fa-cup-shocks-roundup-977/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - The third round of the FA Cup, England&#8217;s foremost football cup competition, is famous for delivering shocks as teams from the lower leagues upset the big names of the Premier League.



The 2009 competition proved no different Saturday as big-spending Manchester City were dumped out of the Cup in a 3-0 defeat at Eastlands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian will face a stern test in Sydney: Warne</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/australian-will-face-a-stern-test-in-sydney-warne-10715/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - A member of the Australian cricket&#8217;s invincible era, Shane Warne believes the present team will face an acid test after their series loss to South Africa.



Warne said one of the biggest challenges facing the Australian players was team harmony as they worried about their own Test careers.


&#8216;The real team spirit will be tested. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proteas win second Test, Australia lose home series after 15 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - Australia&#8217;s domination of world cricket seems to be nearing the end as they lost their first home series since 1992-93, following South Africa&#8217;s nine-wicket win in the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here Tuesday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match rubber.



Graeme Smith hit a cool 75 while Neil [...]]]></description>
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