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		<title>Top Taliban commander Fazlullah killed in Swat shelling ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RAWALPINDI - Top Taliban commander Mullah Fazlullah may  have been killed in heavy shelling by the  security  forces, sources have said.

Although  the  report  could not be  confirmed,  sources  in  the security forces said that the troops had intercepted a phone call of Fazlullah.
The call indicated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laser  beam  powered optical transistor may  lead  to  ultrafast light-based computers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/laser-beam-powered-optical-transistor-may-lead-to-ultrafast-light-based-computers-97671/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Swiss researchers have made  an  optical transistor  that  uses  one laser beam  to  control  another,  an instrument  that could form the heart of a future  generation  of ultrafast light-based computers.

Conventional computers are based on transistors, which allow  one electrode  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Laser dazzler&#8217; to stop careless drivers without blinding them</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/laser-dazzler-to-stop-careless-drivers-without-blinding-them-97670/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Reports indicate that  the  Pentagon  is developing  a  laser  dazzler that will  force  drivers  to  stop without harming their eyes.

When a vehicle approaches a checkpoint at speed, ignoring warning signs  to  slow down, troops do not know whether  the  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naga ancestral sites dated back to 7th century AD</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DIMAPUR - In a  new  research,  scientists  have chronologically  dated  five ancestral  settlement  sites  within Nagaland as belonging to the 7th century AD.

According  to a report in The Morung Express, based on the  study of oral tradition and folklore of the tribes of Kohima, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NKorea test-fires 2 short-range missiles amid heightened nuclear tensions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jae-soon Chang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles Thursday, South Korea&#8217;s Defense Ministry said, a move that aggravates already high tensions following Pyongyang&#8217;s recent nuclear test and U.N. sanctions imposed as punishment.

The missiles were fired from the eastern coastal city of Wonsan on Thursday afternoon, a ministry official said on condition of anonymity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World markets down ahead of US jobs data, European Central Bank rate decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pan Pylas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — World stocks mostly fell Thursday as investors braced for a crucial U.S. jobs report that is expected to show another rise in unemployment and could give markets renewed direction.

In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 33.54 points, or 0.8 percent, at 4,307.17 while Germany&#8217;s DAX fell 77.23 points, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French investigators to present first Flight 447 crash findings, as black box signals fade</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/french-investigators-to-present-first-flight-447-crash-findings-as-black-box-signals-fade-97648/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Keller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LE BOURGET, France — French investigators on Thursday will present their initial findings into what caused Air France Flight 447 to drop out of the sky in the middle of the Atlantic a month ago, prompting one of history&#8217;s most challenging plane crash investigations.

The Airbus A330-200 plane flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reports: NKorea test-fires 2 short-range missiles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean media report that North Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles.

Yonhap news agency reported Thursday the North fired two ground-to-ship missiles from its eastern coast.
The report gave no further details.
News cable channel YTN carried a similar report.
South Korea&#8217;s Joint Chiefs of Staff could not immediately confirm the reports.
North Korea had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White firefighters prevail in Supreme Court ruling on race and promotions</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-firefighters-prevail-in-supreme-court-ruling-on-race-and-promotions-94822/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.

The ruling could alter employment practices nationwide and make it harder to prove discrimination when there is no evidence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gains in commodities lift energy, industrial shares; Investors await week&#8217;s key data</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gains-in-commodities-lift-energy-industrial-shares-investors-await-weeks-key-data-94759/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Lepro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A jump in oil prices sent investors rushing to put money into the stock market in the final days of the second quarter.

Energy, industrial and materials stocks pulled the market higher in light trading Monday as investors raced to keep up with the gains in oil.
Crude rose $2.33 to settle at $71.49 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US stocks futures modestly higher after Fed statement; investors await GDP, jobless claims</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-stocks-futures-modestly-higher-after-fed-statement-investors-await-gdp-jobless-claims-91815/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madlen Read</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Investors are hoping new data will support the Federal Reserve&#8217;s vote of confidence in the economy.

Stock futures edged higher early Thursday ahead of the government&#8217;s final reading on first-quarter gross domestic product and data on last week&#8217;s unemployment claims.
On Wednesday, the Fed said &#8220;sustainable economic growth&#8221; should gradually resume, and inflation will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make 26/11 report public, Maharashtra opposition demands</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/make-2611-report-public-maharashtra-opposition-demands-91810/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI - Building pressure on Maharashtra&#8217;s Democratic Front government before the assembly elections, the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opposition Thursday met Governor S.C. Jamir and demanded that a probe panel&#8217;s report on the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks be made public.

The 20-member delegation, led by opposition leaders Ramdas Kadam (Sena, legislative assembly) and Pandurang Phundkar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retired   florist  threatened  with  criminal  prosecution   for planting flowers in car park!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - A retired florist, who planted  a  flower garden  on  a  neglected patch of land in a car  park,  has  been threatened with criminal prosecution by a council.

Jayne  Bailey, 60, had wanted to give the concrete island on  her housing estate a makeover as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Body of Air France pilot identified</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/body-of-air-france-pilot-identified-91779/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS - Authorities have identified the body of the chief pilot of the Air France aircraft that plunged into the Atlantic June 1 with 228 people aboard, the airline said on its web site Thursday.

&#8220;Among the victims found in the sea search, two members of the Air France crew have been identified: the flight captain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah escapes US strike</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakistan-taliban-chief-baitullah-escapes-us-strike-91764/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pakistan-taliban-chief-baitullah-escapes-us-strike-91764/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A US drone strike on a funeral in Pakistan&#8217;s tribal areas narrowly missed Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, an American media report said Thursday.

Mehsud was not at the spot at the time of Tuesday&#8217;s attack, but had gone to pay his respects to a Taliban commander killed in another American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US stocks set for lower open after Fed statement; investors await GDP, jobless claims</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-stocks-set-for-lower-open-after-fed-statement-investors-await-gdp-jobless-claims-91753/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-stocks-set-for-lower-open-after-fed-statement-investors-await-gdp-jobless-claims-91753/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madlen Read</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Investors are looking for more evidence of a recovery after the Federal Reserve&#8217;s vote of confidence in the economy.

Stock futures were narrowly mixed early Thursday, indicating a flat open on Wall Street, ahead of the government&#8217;s final reading on first-quarter gross domestic product and data on last week&#8217;s unemployment claims.
On Wednesday, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil hovers near $69 amid mixed signals from US inventories, Federal Reserve</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-hovers-near-69-amid-mixed-signals-from-us-inventories-federal-reserve-91749/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-hovers-near-69-amid-mixed-signals-from-us-inventories-federal-reserve-91749/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo Gorondi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Oil prices hovered near $69 a barrel Thursday amid mixed signals about crude demand from a weekly U.S. inventory report and a slight rise of the U.S. dollar against the euro.

By mid-afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for August delivery was up 21 cents to $68.88 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saddam  &#8216;bluffed&#8217;  about  WMD&#8217;s out of mortal  fear  of  Iranian attack, reveals FBI file</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/saddam-bluffed-about-wmds-out-of-mortal-fear-of-iranian-attack-reveals-fbi-file-91740/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/saddam-bluffed-about-wmds-out-of-mortal-fear-of-iranian-attack-reveals-fbi-file-91740/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - A secret FBI file  has  revealed  that former  Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had feared an Iranian  attack on his country, more than a US one.

The  secret  file  claims  that  Saddam  had  bluffed  about  his country&#8217;s  &#8216;Weapons  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea vows to enlarge atomic arsenal, warns US of &#8216;fire shower of nuclear retaliation&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/north-korea-vows-to-enlarge-atomic-arsenal-warns-us-of-fire-shower-of-nuclear-retaliation-91739/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/north-korea-vows-to-enlarge-atomic-arsenal-warns-us-of-fire-shower-of-nuclear-retaliation-91739/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jae-soon Chang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea vowed Thursday to enlarge its atomic arsenal and warned of a &#8220;fire shower of nuclear retaliation&#8221; in the event of a U.S. attack, as the regime marked the 1950 outbreak of the Korean War.

The anniversary came as the U.S. Navy followed a North Korean ship suspected of carrying weapons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent misconduct allegations in Arkansas state prisons worry some of return to dark past</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/recent-misconduct-allegations-in-arkansas-state-prisons-worry-some-of-return-to-dark-past-91720/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/recent-misconduct-allegations-in-arkansas-state-prisons-worry-some-of-return-to-dark-past-91720/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Gambrell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Inmates carrying sawed-off shotguns once patrolled the grounds of Arkansas state prisons, keeping other prisoners in line with fear and intimidation. The few guards kept order with 5-foot-long leather straps and a device that sent an electric charge through an offender&#8217;s toe and genitals.

Forty years ago, a federal judge declared Arkansas&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NKorea vows to enlarge atomic arsenal, warns US of &#8216;fire shower of nuclear retaliation&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nkorea-vows-to-enlarge-atomic-arsenal-warns-us-of-fire-shower-of-nuclear-retaliation-91719/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nkorea-vows-to-enlarge-atomic-arsenal-warns-us-of-fire-shower-of-nuclear-retaliation-91719/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jae-soon Chang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea vowed Thursday to enlarge its atomic arsenal and warned of a &#8220;fire shower of nuclear retaliation&#8221; in the event of a U.S. attack, as the regime marked the 1950 outbreak of the Korean War.

The anniversary came as the U.S. Navy followed a North Korean ship suspected of carrying weapons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European markets down as early enthusiasm over Fed statement wanes</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/european-markets-down-as-early-enthusiasm-over-fed-statement-wanes-91713/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/european-markets-down-as-early-enthusiasm-over-fed-statement-wanes-91713/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pan Pylas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — European stock markets fell modestly Thursday as early enthusiasm over the U.S. Federal Reserve&#8217;s latest policy statement dissipated amid concerns that borrowing costs may rise sooner than many investors were predicting.

In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 17.58 points, or 0.4 percent, at 4,262.40 while Germany&#8217;s DAX fell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran reform leader says on Web site that he&#8217;s under pressure to withdraw election challenge</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-reform-leader-says-on-web-site-that-hes-under-pressure-to-withdraw-election-challenge-91704/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-reform-leader-says-on-web-site-that-hes-under-pressure-to-withdraw-election-challenge-91704/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karin Laub</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran&#8217;s opposition leader pledged Thursday not to withdraw his election challenge despite what he said were attempts to isolate and discredit him, while the declared winner of the vote, hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, accused President Barack Obama of meddling in Iran&#8217;s affairs.

Obama, along with other Western leaders, has ratcheted up his criticism of Iran&#8217;s clampdown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian markets gain as Fed says recession easing; European shares open lower</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/asian-markets-gain-as-fed-says-recession-easing-european-shares-open-lower-91667/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/asian-markets-gain-as-fed-says-recession-easing-european-shares-open-lower-91667/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Wright</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — Asian stock markets advanced Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said the world&#8217;s largest economy is shrinking at a slower pace and scotched fears of an inflation threat, underpinning investor hopes for recovery. European shares opened lower.

Benchmarks in Japan and Hong Kong gained 2 percent or more in the wake of the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investigators focus on &#8216;anomalies&#8217; in track circuit near stretch of fatal DC train crash</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/investigators-focus-on-anomalies-in-track-circuit-near-stretch-of-fatal-dc-train-crash-91637/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/investigators-focus-on-anomalies-in-track-circuit-near-stretch-of-fatal-dc-train-crash-91637/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nafeesa Syeed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Commuter rail tracks in the nation&#8217;s capital are studded with devices that detect passing trains and tell them when to stop or slow down. But those devices on the stretch of track near where nine people were killed in a train crash didn&#8217;t pass tests by investigators.

The tests Wednesday raised the possibility that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC Gov. Sanford gives up moral high ground, hope for political agenda after admitting affair</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-gov-sanford-gives-up-moral-high-ground-hope-for-political-agenda-after-admitting-affair-91634/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina&#8217;s governor once cited &#8220;moral legitimacy&#8221; when he was a congressman voting for President Bill Clinton&#8217;s impeachment. He became a darling of fiscal conservatives over his ideological opposition to federal stimulus cash.

Now Mark Sanford has taken a swan dive from the moral high ground.
By admitting to an extramarital affair with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After admitting affair, SC Gov. Sanford gives up moral high ground, hope for political agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faced legal and ethical questions Thursday as he fought to save his job after admitting having an affair with a woman from Argentina.

The state&#8217;s top senator questioned whether Sanford broke the law when he disappeared for several days on trip to South America and didn&#8217;t transfer power [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama not closing door on any health care tax as lawmakers struggle to lower cost of overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With lawmakers trying to crunch the numbers on a $1 trillion health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is leaving the door open to a new tax on employer-provided health care benefits.

Senior senators said Wednesday the benefits tax could be essential for the complex plan to be fully financed.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to prejudge what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: What is it with the seeming rash of philandering politicians?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Sidoti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — What is it with philandering politicians?

Why do men in power — the ones on pedestals — think they are above us and can get away with cheating on their spouses, particularly when media scrutiny is so intense and peccadilloes are arguably more politically damaging than in the past?
There&#8217;s a long list of those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web site of Iran opposition leader Mousavi: 70 professors detained after meeting him</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Seventy university professors were detained in Iran in a widening government crackdown on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Sinopec seeks crucial capacity, coveted reserves with $7.2B Addax bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elaine Kurtenbach</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SHANGHAI — Sinopec, with its $7.2 billion bid for Addax Petroleum, is seeking crucial production capacity and coveted reserves in West Africa and the Middle East to help balance its heavy reliance on crude oil processing.

News that Addax&#8217;s board had approved the offer by Sinopec, formally known as China Petroleum &#038; Chemical Corp., helped push [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NTSB report: Truck driver involved in close call at Boston airport didn&#8217;t know runway was open</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — Federal investigators say a truck driver who crossed a runway at Boston&#8217;s Logan International Airport seconds before a jet took off behind him told them he didn&#8217;t know the runway was open.

The preliminary report filed by the National Transportation Safety Board last week says the driver wasn&#8217;t in contact with air traffic controllers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NKorea condemns US nuclear protection of SKorea, warns of &#8216;fire shower of nuclear retaliation&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jae-soon Chang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea vowed Thursday to enlarge its atomic arsenal and warned of a &#8220;fire shower of nuclear retaliation&#8221; in the event of a U.S. attack, as the regime marked the 1950 outbreak of the Korean War.

The anniversary came as the U.S. Navy trailed a North Korean ship suspected of carrying weapons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Kim doles out luxury cars to win support for 26-year-old son as NKorea&#8217;s next leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jae-soon Chang</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il doled out foreign-made cars to senior intelligence officials to ensure their loyalty to his youngest son when he put the 26-year-old in charge of the country&#8217;s powerful spy agency, a report said Wednesday.

The appointment is part of Kim&#8217;s plan to anoint the son, Kim Jong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air France flight recorders located in Atlantic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ria Novosti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW - Signals from the flight data recorders of the Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic killing all 228 people on board have been located, a media report said Tuesday.

The Le Monde newspaper said French naval vessels had picked up a weak signal from the flight recorders at the site of the June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel releases senior Hamas politician, prompting speculation of deal to free soldier</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Lavie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM — Israel on Tuesday freed the most senior of dozens of Hamas politicians in custody, prompting speculation it was a prelude to a deal for the release of an Israeli soldier held by Palestinians for three years.

However, Israeli officials insisted the Palestinian parliament speaker, Abdel Aziz Duaik, was let go because his three-year sentence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air France crash: &#8216;black box signals located&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS - Signals from the flight data recorder,  or the  black boxes of the Air France flight that crashed  into  the Atlantic  ocean  killing  all 228 passengers  onboard,  has  been located.

&#8220;A French naval vessel has detected a weak signal from the flight data recorders, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NKorean ship suspected of carrying illicit arms spotted off Chinese coast, heading to Myanmar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hyung-jin Kim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — A North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons cruised through waters off Shanghai on Tuesday en route to Myanmar, a news report said, as regional military officials and a U.S. destroyer kept a close eye on the vessel.

Washington&#8217;s top military commander in South Korea, meanwhile, warned that the communist regime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chargesheet against Varun Gandhi ready: police</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chargesheet-against-varun-gandhi-ready-police-89460/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LUCKNOW - A chargesheet is ready against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi, say police in Uttar Pradesh after forensic experts confirmed that three CDs of the hate speeches he allegedly delivered in Pilibhit constituency ahead of elections were genuine.

&#8220;The chargesheet against Varun is ready and we are waiting for the government&#8217;s nod to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NKorean ship sailing off Chinese coast en route to Myanmar with illicit arms on board</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nkorean-ship-sailing-off-chinese-coast-en-route-to-myanmar-with-illicit-arms-on-board-89455/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hyung-jin Kim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — A North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons was plying the waters off Shanghai on Tuesday en route to Myanmar, a news report said, as regional military officials and a U.S. destroyer kept a close eye on the vessel&#8217;s movements.

Washington&#8217;s top military commander in South Korea, meanwhile, warned that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which way to San Francisco Bay? Baby sea lion rescued on freeway is malnourished but alert</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — A baby sea lion wandered onto a busy San Francisco Bay area freeway Monday morning but, after a ride in the back seat of a police car, was safe and resting at a marine center later in the day.

Drivers on Interstate 880 started calling authorities around 5:45 a.m. to report the animal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ore. attorney general clears Portland mayor of criminal wrongdoing in affair with teenager</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ore-attorney-general-clears-portland-mayor-of-criminal-wrongdoing-in-affair-with-teenager-88922/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALEM, Ore. — There&#8217;s no credible evidence that Portland Mayor Sam Adams broke the law in his 2005 relationship with a teenager, Oregon&#8217;s attorney general said Monday.

Adams, who is openly gay, has admitted that while campaigning for mayor, he lied about his relationship with Beau Breedlove, but he denies they were involved in a sexual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest round of attacks in southern Thailand revives specter of Muslim-Buddhist conflict</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/latest-round-of-attacks-in-southern-thailand-revives-specter-of-muslim-buddhist-conflict-88899/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grant Peck</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — Ten Muslim villagers killed by gunmen firing assault rifles into a mosque during evening prayers. A 53-year-old Buddhist rubber tapper shot, decapitated and limbs cut from his torso, his head impaled on a stick.

The circumstances and brutality of those attacks this month have revived fears that a long-running insurgency in Thailand&#8217;s south could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court sides with Texas district in narrow ruling on voting rights law</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/supreme-court-sides-with-texas-district-in-narrow-ruling-on-voting-rights-law-88755/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Voting Rights Act, the government&#8217;s chief weapon against racial discrimination at polling places since the 1960s, survived a Supreme Court challenge Monday in a ruling that nevertheless warned of serious constitutional questions posed by part of the law.

Major civil rights groups and other defenders of the landmark law breathed a sigh of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 killed in Iran unrest</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/10-killed-in-iran-unrest-88162/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN - While Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continued to ignore the protests against the outcome of the June 12 presidential elections, state television reported Sunday that at least 10 people were killed in Saturday&#8217;s clashes.

The news network Khabar quoted the police as saying that at least 10 were killed and several injured in the unrests. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rape victim has left for Britain: police</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rape-victim-has-left-for-britain-police-88030/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SHIMLA - An 18-year-old British volunteer teacher, who was allegedly raped by two taxi drivers in Palampur town of Himachal Pradesh, has left for Britain, police said Sunday.

The charity worker, who was on an exchange teaching programme and was staying on the outskirts of Palampur in Kangra district along with a few other British nationals, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faster, more energy efficient electronics comes closer to reality</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/faster-more-energy-efficient-electronics-comes-closer-to-reality-88015/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - You may see smaller, faster, more powerful, and less energy consuming electronic devices emerge in future, thanks to a new discovery by researchers at the Department of Energy&#8217;s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Describing their work in the journal Science, the researchers have revealed that it involves a method to measure intrinsic conducting properties of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton thanks Pakistan, Afghanistan for aid in return of NYT reporter who escaped captivity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is thanking the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan for their assistance in ensuring a New York Times reporter&#8217;s safe return.

David Rohde was abducted Nov. 10 along with an Afghan reporter and a driver south of the Afghan capital of Kabul. He and Afghan reporter Tahir Ludin escaped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Military: 3 US airstrikes didn&#8217;t follow rules, probably killed 26 Afghan civilians, 78 Taliban</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A U.S. warplane failed to follow all operational rules in a complex battle in Afghanistan last month that killed an estimated 26 civilians and 78 Taliban fighters, the U.S. military concluded in a report released Friday.

The deaths last month raised the stakes in a growing battle for the good will of Afghan civilians, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maoists hold out against forces on day 2 of Lalgarh operation (Roundup)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LALGARH - Maoist rebels put up stiff resistance to the advancing security forces in Lalgarh, carrying out surprise attacks and engaging them in heavy gunbattles on the second day of a massive operation launched by the West Bengal government to free the area of the leftwing radicals. 

Two security personnel were injured in a landmine [...]]]></description>
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