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		<title>No kisses from Iran&#8217;s leader, but words of support for embattled president</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s supreme leader bestowed his formal endorsement on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad&#8217;s second term as president on Monday but withheld a powerful symbolic gesture — the kisses and close embrace that portrayed their bond four years ago.

The awkward and halting moment came when Ahmadinejad leaned forward to kiss Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But the supreme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huge crowds honor Aquino&#8217;s cortege, conjuring memories of Philippines &#8216;people power&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Huge crowds reminiscent of the 1986 &#8220;people power&#8221; demonstration took to Manila&#8217;s streets Monday to honor the passing of former President Corazon Aquino, who captured the hearts of Filipinos by ousting a brutal dictator and keeping democracy alive in the Philippines.

The flag-draped coffin of Aquino, who died Saturday after a yearlong battle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filipinos pledge to carry on Corazon Aquino&#8217;s legacy at wake by safeguarding democracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Weeping mourners have been paying their respects at the wake of former President Corazon Aquino, with some pledging to carry on her legacy by protecting the democracy she helped install 23 years ago.

Filipinos have been sensitive to any slide back toward autocratic rule since Aquino and Roman Catholic leader Cardinal Jaime Sin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines, world leaders mourn democracy icon, former President Corazon Aquino, dead at 76</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Thousands of Filipinos lined up for hours Sunday to see the body of former President Corazon Aquino — the beloved democracy icon who swept away a dictator and inspired nonviolent resistance to autocratic rule.

Aquino, 76, died early Saturday in a Manila hospital after a yearlong battle with colon cancer.
Thousands trooped to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines mourns democracy icon, former President Corazon Aquino, dead at 76</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oliver Teves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Military honor guards carried former President Corazon Aquino&#8217;s flag-draped casket to a school gym Saturday for public viewing, as Filipinos mourned the beloved democracy icon who swept away a dictator and fought off seven coup attempts.

The accidental opposition leader — whose rise began only after her husband&#8217;s assassination — died before dawn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippine democracy icon, former President Corazon Aquino, dead at 76 after cancer bout</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/philippine-democracy-icon-former-president-corazon-aquino-dead-at-76-after-cancer-bout-127245/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hrvoje Hranjski</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Former President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator with a &#8220;people power&#8221; revolt and then sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years, died on Saturday, her son said. She was 76.

The uprising she led in 1986 ended the repressive 20-year regime of Ferdinand Marcos and inspired nonviolent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran announces first trials of protesters amid anger over prisoner abuse</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-announces-first-trials-of-protesters-amid-anger-over-prisoner-abuse-124612/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-announces-first-trials-of-protesters-amid-anger-over-prisoner-abuse-124612/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Keath</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — Iran&#8217;s leadership faced sharp criticism Wednesday from top clerics and even conservative supporters over prison abuses, including detainee deaths and the brutal beatings of protesters arrested in the post-election crackdown.

In a move likely to anger the opposition, officials announced the first trials will begin Saturday, with the prosecution of around 20 protesters. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myanmar&#8217;s state media warns against predicting the verdict in trial of opposition leader</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/myanmars-state-media-warns-against-predicting-the-verdict-in-trial-of-opposition-leader-123847/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[YANGON, Myanmar — A day after democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi murmured in court that the verdict in her trial was already &#8220;painfully obvious,&#8221; Myanmar&#8217;s state-run media warned Wednesday that any predictions of the outcome would amount to contempt of court.

On Tuesday, lawyers gave their closing arguments in the high-profile proceedings against Suu Kyi, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American who swam to Suu Kyi&#8217;s defense is unlikely star of her latest battle with dictatorship</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/american-who-swam-to-suu-kyis-defense-is-unlikely-star-of-her-latest-battle-with-dictatorship-123649/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Sudekum Fisher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — He has been called a fool and a madman, an American innocent abroad who swam a lake to meet Myanmar&#8217;s most famous dissident and barged into the midst of her 20-year struggle of wills with the country&#8217;s military dictatorship.

More than two months after John William Yettaw&#8217;s strange late-night swim to the home of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myanmar&#8217;s democracy leader Suu Kyi expresses doubts about verdict set for Friday</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/myanmars-democracy-leader-suu-kyi-expresses-doubts-about-verdict-set-for-friday-123062/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[YANGON, Myanmar — The defense team for Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivered its final arguments Tuesday, closing the case days ahead of a verdict the Nobel laureate softly said will be &#8220;painfully obvious.&#8221;

The high-profile trial that began in May has drawn international condemnation from rights activists, world leaders and celebrities who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN allows gay, lesbian organization to participate in formal meetings; bans Arab group</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley S. Klapper</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA — The United Nations granted official status to a gay and lesbian organization from Brazil on Monday, allowing it to participate in U.N. meetings ranging from health to human rights.

The victory for the Brazilian Association of Gays, Lesbians and Transsexuals marks the third consecutive year the U.N. Economic and Social Council has overturned a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myanmar&#8217;s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi named Amnesty &#8216;Ambassador of Conscience&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN — Myanmar&#8217;s long-detained democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is receiving Amnesty International&#8217;s highest honor, U2&#8217;s Bono publicly announced Monday before 80,000 cheering fans.

The human rights watchdog earlier said it hoped the Ambassador of Conscience Award would help protect her as she faces a potential prison sentence.
&#8220;Her crime is that, if she was free [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trial of Myanmar&#8217;s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi enters its final phase</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/trial-of-myanmars-pro-democracy-leader-aung-san-suu-kyi-enters-its-final-phase-121458/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[YANGON, Myanmar — The trial of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was adjourned until Tuesday when her defense team will give their reply to final prosecution arguments, Suu Kyi&#8217;s lawyer said.

The 64-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate is charged with violating the terms of her house arrest by harboring an uninvited American man who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revolutionary Guard tightens its hold on Iran during post-election crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hamza Hendawi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — The Revolutionary Guard tightened its already powerful hold over Iran during the post-election turmoil, raising alarm among some Iranians that it is transforming the Islamic Republic into a military state.

The elite force and an affiliated volunteer militia, the Basij, led the crackdown against street protesters who claim mass fraud in the June 12 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Vietnam deports American who investigated arrests of democracy activists</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Police have deported an American citizen of Vietnamese origin who had allegedly come to Vietnam to investigate recent arrests of local democracy activists, a state newspaper reported Saturday.

Vo Tan Huan, 25, was deported via the international airport in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday in the presence of U.S. consulate representatives, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honduras&#8217; leader prepares risky return after coup that threatens democracy in Latin America</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduras-leader-prepares-risky-return-after-coup-that-threatens-democracy-in-latin-america-118967/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Morgan Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ESTELI, Nicaragua — Honduras&#8217; deposed president drove into a Nicaraguan town near his country&#8217;s border Thursday, preparing a risky return home in an attempt to reverse an ouster that is testing the vitality of democracy in Latin America.

The interim government that sent Manuel Zelaya into exile vows to arrest the president if he sets foot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US backtracks on Georgian president&#8217;s request for US weapons in talks with Biden</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TBILISI, Georgia — U.S. officials are now saying Georgia&#8217;s president did not ask U.S. Vice President Joe Biden for advanced U.S. weaponry and unarmed observers to help monitor a cease-fire along the boundaries of two Moscow-backed breakaway regions.

A senior U.S. administration official speaking on condition of anonymity had told reporters that President Mikhail Saakashvili had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia asks Biden for advanced US weapons, observers; US makes no promises on military aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Birch</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TBILISI, Georgia — Georgia&#8217;s president asked U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday for advanced U.S. weaponry, military aid and unarmed observers to monitor a cease-fire along the boundaries of two Moscow-backed breakaway regions, a senior U.S. official said.

Biden made no promises of any U.S. military assistance, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biden to Georgia, Ukraine: US will not recognize Russian &#8217;sphere of influence&#8217; claim</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/biden-to-georgia-ukraine-us-will-not-recognize-russian-sphere-of-influence-claim-117662/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Birch</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TBILISI, Georgia — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged support for efforts by Ukraine and Georgia to break free of Russia&#8217;s orbit, saying Washington would not recognize Kremlin claims to an exclusive sphere of influence over former Soviet states.

Biden&#8217;s assurances in visits to both countries bluntly addressed the most volatile issue dividing Russia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kyrgyzstan&#8217;s presidential election expected to strengthen incumbent&#8217;s hold on power</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kyrgyzstans-presidential-election-expected-to-strengthen-incumbents-hold-on-power-116769/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Leonard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — This Central Asian nation that hosts a key U.S. military air base votes Thursday in a presidential election that is almost certain to tighten the incumbent&#8217;s grip on power in the former Soviet republic.

If re-elected, Kurmanbek Bakiyev is expected to continue his impoverished country&#8217;s policy of playing Moscow against Washington in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rights group: Companies buying minerals fuel 12-year Congo conflict</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddy Isango</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KINSHASA, Congo — International companies are fueling the conflict in eastern Congo by not checking the origins of the minerals they buy, a human rights group said.

Some companies that source minerals in electronics such as mobile phones and computers purchase the materials from traders who work with rebels and soldiers who exploit civilians in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s election dispute escalates into the halls of ruling clerical powers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Keath</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s election dispute has moved beyond the drama of mass street protests to a new phase: a fight for power within the ruling religious establishment itself.

The conflict escalated as the country&#8217;s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, backed by hard-line clerics and the Revolutionary Guard, issued a warning to the opposition in general [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monitors say Mauritania&#8217;s vote free of anomalies but critics call it a &#8220;electoral coup&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Pitman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — International observers found no major problems with Mauritania&#8217;s presidential election, French officials said Monday, countering opposition claims that the landslide win by the country&#8217;s former junta leader was a fraudulent &#8220;electoral coup.&#8221;

Although observers did not uncover blatant fraud in Saturday&#8217;s vote in the former French protectorate, France stopped short of acknowledging the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran supreme leader issues strong warning to opposition after call for referendum</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-supreme-leader-issues-strong-warning-to-opposition-after-call-for-referendum-114762/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s supreme leader issued a tough warning Monday to the opposition to back down after a pro-reform former president called for a referendum on the government&#8217;s legitimacy, a sign of the movement&#8217;s growing boldness in challenging the country&#8217;s clerical rulers.

The exchanges between the opposition on one side and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mauritania coup leader wins presidency, opposition claims fraud</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mauritania-coup-leader-wins-presidency-opposition-claims-fraud-114379/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Pitman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Nearly a year after seizing power in a military putsch that ousted Mauritania&#8217;s first freely elected leader, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz won the presidency Sunday in a landslide vote his opponents decried as a fraudulent &#8220;electoral coup.&#8221;

The poll was officially held to restore civilian rule, but critics say little is likely to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myanmar authorities detain dozens of opposition party members on Martyr&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[YANGON, Myanmar — Authorities in military-run Myanmar detained dozens of opposition party members Sunday as they returned from ceremonies marking the death of the father of jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, witnesses said.

The arrests came after riot police set up barricades around the Martyr&#8217;s Mausoleum where the official ceremony took place to commemorate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New clashes in Iran, tens of thousands in opposition hear top cleric criticize leadership</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-clashes-in-iran-tens-of-thousands-in-opposition-hear-top-cleric-criticize-leadership-113142/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — In a sign of endurance for Iran&#8217;s protest movement, demonstrators clashed with police Friday as one of the nation&#8217;s most powerful clerics challenged the supreme leader during Muslim prayers, saying country was in crisis in the wake of a disputed election.

The turnout of tens of thousands of worshippers for former President Akbar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mauritania seeks to take one more step on democracy&#8217;s long road</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mauritania-seeks-to-take-one-more-step-on-democracys-long-road-112896/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Pitman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LEMDEN, Mauritania — At the end of a long road that disappears in a scrub-brush desert where camels trek across orange ribbons of sand, the first freely elected president in Mauritania&#8217;s history believes he is watching a democratic revolution unfold.

And so, too, does the man who overthrew him.
This Islamic republic straddling the southern edge of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tens of thousands of Iranian opposition pack prayer sermon as top cleric criticizes leadership</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tens-of-thousands-of-iranian-opposition-pack-prayer-sermon-as-top-cleric-criticizes-leadership-112661/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Tens of thousands of government opponents packed Iran&#8217;s main Islamic prayer service Friday, chanting &#8220;freedom, freedom&#8221; and other slogans as their top clerical backer Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani delivered a sermon bluntly criticizing the country&#8217;s leadership over the crackdown on election protests.

Outside, police and pro-government Basiji militiamen fired tear gas and charged thousands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor embraces Puerto Rican heritage, avoids hot-button issue: statehood vs. independence</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayor-embraces-puerto-rican-heritage-avoids-hot-button-issue-statehood-vs-independence-109711/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Melia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor wrote as a Princeton undergraduate that she supported independence for Puerto Rico — a radical, fringe position, even today.

Three years later, she argued in the Yale Law Review that the island&#8217;s &#8220;inevitable&#8221; march toward statehood should include exclusive rights to its offshore oil and minerals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Into Africa: Obama openly embraces continent of ancestors, trumpets Ghana&#8217;s success</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ACCRA, Ghana — America&#8217;s president and Africa&#8217;s son, Barack Obama dashed with pride onto the continent of his ancestors Saturday, challenging its people to shed corruption and conflict in favor of peace. Campaigning to all of Africa, he said &#8220;Yes you can.&#8221;

&#8220;I say this knowing full well the tragic past that has sometimes haunted this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Text of President Barack Obama&#8217;s speech in Ghana on Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Text of President Barack Obama&#8217;s speech Saturday in Accra, Ghana, as provided by the White House:

OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. It is a great honor for me to be in Accra and to speak to the representatives of the people of Ghana. I am deeply grateful for the welcome that I&#8217;ve received, as are Michelle and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Ghana speech, Obama says Africa needs strong institutions, not strongmen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ACCRA, Ghana — President Barack Obama says governments that respect the will of their people enjoy more prosperity, stability and success than those that don&#8217;t.

In a speech Saturday in Ghana, Obama congratulated the West African nation for its democratic traditions. He said they include choosing &#8220;constitutional rule over autocracy&#8221; and a &#8220;democratic spirit that allows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family says Iranian-American democracy scholar arrested for 2nd time in 2 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desmond Butler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The family of an Iranian-American scholar says he has been arrested by Iranian authorities for the second time in two years.

A relative says security forces arrested Kian Tajbakhsh late Thursday. The relative was in contact with Tajbakhsh&#8217;s wife, who witnessed the arrest.
There was no independent confirmation from Iranian authorities. The relative spoke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honduran rivals show no signs of budging in post-coup talks; set stage for protracted dialogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Hopes for a quick resolution to the post-coup leadership crisis in Honduras have dimmed, with the two rivals fighting over the presidency refusing to meet. They emerged from talks in Costa Rica showing no signs of budging from hard-line positions.

Negotiating teams from both sides huddled behind closed doors again in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suu Kyi trial resumes in Myanmar after UN chief&#8217;s failed effort to free her</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/suu-kyi-trial-resumes-in-myanmar-after-un-chiefs-failed-effort-to-free-her-105202/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/suu-kyi-trial-resumes-in-myanmar-after-un-chiefs-failed-effort-to-free-her-105202/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[YANGON, Myanmar — A Myanmar official says the trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has resumed.

The proceedings started up again a week after Myanmar&#8217;s ruling generals blocked efforts by the U.N. chief to save her from a possible five-year prison term. The Myanmar official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honduran rivals meet with Costa Rican president, beginning post-coup negotiation process</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduran-rivals-meet-with-costa-rican-president-beginning-post-coup-negotiation-process-105036/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduran-rivals-meet-with-costa-rican-president-beginning-post-coup-negotiation-process-105036/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Talks to resolve the leadership crisis in Honduras began without a breakthrough Thursday, as both rivals emerged from meetings with a mediator showing no signs of relinquishing their claims to the presidency following a divisive coup.

The hoped for face-to-face meeting in Costa Rica between ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indonesia&#8217;s re-elected president will need bold new team to tackle country&#8217;s corruption woes</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indonesias-re-elected-president-will-need-bold-new-team-to-tackle-countrys-corruption-woes-104726/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indonesias-re-elected-president-will-need-bold-new-team-to-tackle-countrys-corruption-woes-104726/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zakki Hakim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA, Indonesia — The next challenge for Indonesia&#8217;s president, after winning re-election in a likely landslide, will be assembling a government that is bold enough to take on persistent corruption, poverty and human rights violations seen to be holding back the young democracy.

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a 59-year-old retired general and the first directly elected head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gloom in Yangon as Myanmar junta&#8217;s trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi resumes</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gloom-in-yangon-as-myanmar-juntas-trial-of-opposition-leader-aung-san-suu-kyi-resumes-104686/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Heilprin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[YANGON, Myanmar — Along the shores of artificial Inya Lake, the empty compound of Aung San Suu Kyi lies within plain sight as couples stroll the path. Her home also is a curious attraction to onlookers from a hotel a minute&#8217;s walk away.

But it is her absence from it that has been on people&#8217;s minds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Iran&#8217;s leaders impose grip, unprecedented discontent among clerics remains a challenge</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-irans-leaders-impose-grip-unprecedented-discontent-among-clerics-remains-a-challenge-103271/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-irans-leaders-impose-grip-unprecedented-discontent-among-clerics-remains-a-challenge-103271/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Keath</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s supreme leader has imposed his will on the streets with security forces that crushed mass protests over the country&#8217;s disputed election. But he faces an unprecedented level of behind-the-scenes political discontent among the Muslim clerics who form the theological bedrock of the Islamic Republic.

The bitterness could represent a deeper, long-term challenge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some key facts on Indonesia&#8217;s presidential election</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/some-key-facts-on-indonesias-presidential-election-102001/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/some-key-facts-on-indonesias-presidential-election-102001/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Indonesia, the world&#8217;s third-largest democracy with 235 million people, held its second direct presidential election Wednesday.

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WHAT&#8217;S AT STAKE: Predominantly Muslim Indonesia is experiencing newfound stability after the end of Suharto&#8217;s 32-year dictatorship, but is struggling to overcome deep-rooted corruption and widespread poverty. The incumbent, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, is aiming for a first round victory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama preaches democracy to Moscow Students but says US won&#8217;t impose system on other nations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-preaches-democracy-to-moscow-students-but-says-us-wont-impose-system-on-other-nations-101509/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-preaches-democracy-to-moscow-students-but-says-us-wont-impose-system-on-other-nations-101509/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — President Barack Obama is preaching the gospel of democracy to students in Russia.In a speech on Tuesday at the New Economic School, Obama told students in Moscow that governments that serve their own people &#8220;survive and thrive.&#8221; And the president said independent media and competitive elections are crucial parts of democracy.

The U.S. has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says Russian people must be part of effort to reset U.S.-Russian relations</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-says-russian-people-must-be-part-of-effort-to-reset-us-russian-relations-101504/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — President Barack Obama has already met with Russian leaders and now he&#8217;s speaking directly to the Russian people.

In a speech Tuesday at Moscow&#8217;s New Economic School, the president said any &#8220;reset&#8221; in U.S.-Russian relations requires understanding and cooperation, not just between leaders but between the peoples of the two nations.
Obama pointed to U.S.-Russian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran opposition leader vows to continue campaign against regime, stops short of protest call</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-opposition-leader-vows-to-continue-campaign-against-regime-stops-short-of-protest-call-101102/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi made his first public appearance in a week Monday, vowing to continue his campaign against a government that he said lacks legitimacy. But his comments suggested he is abandoning massive street protests after they were quashed by a tough crackdown.

Mousavi&#8217;s statements, reported on an pro-opposition news [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran releases Greek reporter held for over 2 weeks</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-releases-greek-reporter-held-for-over-2-weeks-99998/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has released a Greek journalist that had been held for more than two weeks following the disputed presidential election, Iran&#8217;s state television reported Sunday.

State television quoted a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Hasan Qashqavi, as saying that Iason Athanasiadis had been released in, what he described as the framework of Tehran-Athens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Son of Iranian revolutionary icon calls for election results to be cancelled</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — The son of an Iranian revolutionary icon called on parliament to dismiss President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from his post, as the country&#8217;s conservative political establishment upped pressure Sunday on the reformists.

Ali Reza Beheshti, 47, a close Mousavi ally and son of one of the main leaders of the 1979 Islamic revolution, also urged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN chief arrives in Myanmar to lobby for Suu Kyi&#8217;s release, political reconciliation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-chief-arrives-in-myanmar-to-lobby-for-suu-kyis-release-political-reconciliation-98438/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[YANGON, Myanmar — Officials say the U.N. secretary-general has arrived in Myanmar for a two-day mission aimed at winning the release of jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Ban Ki-moon&#8217;s arrival in Myanmar on Friday comes the same day that Suu Kyi&#8217;s widely criticized trial resumes.
Officials speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Iranian president: election outcome &#8216;velvet coup&#8217; against democracy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-iranian-president-election-outcome-velvet-coup-against-democracy-96929/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is calling the outcome of disputed elections a &#8220;velvet coup&#8221; against democracy.

Khatami&#8217;s statement comes two days after Iran&#8217;s powerful Guardian Council confirmed that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the landslide winner over Mir Hossein Mousavi in June 12 elections. Mousavi claims fraud robbed him of victory, touching off the worst civil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Main media arm of Chinese government to launch English-language TV service</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/main-media-arm-of-chinese-government-to-launch-english-language-tv-service-96299/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Mcdonald</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — The main media arm of the Chinese government said Wednesday it had launched a trial run for an international English-language television news service as part of a drive to boost the country&#8217;s image and global media influence.

The Xinhua News Agency said its reporters across China and in more than 110 countries will produce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP interview: Interim Honduran leader says he will not resign despite international pressure</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-interview-interim-honduran-leader-says-he-will-not-resign-despite-international-pressure-96154/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The interim Honduran leader says he will not resign despite mounting international pressure to restore the president ousted in a military coup.

Robert Micheletti tells The Associated Press that he will not step down no matter how intense the pressure from the world becomes.
&#8220;No. I was appointed by Congress, which represents the Honduran [...]]]></description>
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