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		<title>Firefighters battle wildfires across parched California; forecast winds spark fear of spread</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Grigsby</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DAVENPORT, Calif. — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged residents to heed mandatory evacuation orders Saturday as more than 7,000 firefighters battled to control nearly a dozen blazes across the parched state.

Schwarzenegger met with firefighters at the Lockheed Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a day after the governor returned to the state from attending the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Specialty cigar shop owners, like the cigarette industry, fret over higher taxes, smoking bans</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sayre</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS —With the world becoming ever less welcoming for tobacco smoke of all kinds, the owners of specialty shops that sell premium cigars have converged on New Orleans with the same concerns as mass-market cigarette manufacturers — higher taxes and anti-smoking laws.

The cigars at the annual trade show of the International Premium Cigar &#038; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US, Angola agree to combat HIV/AIDS; US funding more than doubled</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-angola-agree-to-combat-hivaids-us-funding-more-than-doubled-135552/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LUANDA, Angola —U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton heads to Congo on Monday to target an epidemic of sexual assault in the violence-torn nation after wrapping up a trip to Angola where she pushed democratic reform and announced the country would get more money to fight AIDS.

Clinton, the first secretary of state to visit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama gets gentle with Mexico, finds none in return</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-presses-for-a-new-tone-in-the-us-relationship-with-mexico-but-finds-no-immediate-progress-135233/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Loven</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUADALAJARA, Mexico —President Barack Obama pressed for a new tone in the United States&#8217; relationship with Mexico but found no immediate progress Sunday on the divisions between him and Mexican President Felipe Calderon over the pace of U.S. drug-fighting aid and a ban on Mexican trucks north of the border.

Obama kicked off his second trip [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goa Govt. to invoke Epidemic Act after tourist season begins</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/goa-govt-to-invoke-epidemic-act-after-tourist-season-begins-131397/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/goa-govt-to-invoke-epidemic-act-after-tourist-season-begins-131397/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PANAJI - The Goa Government will invoke the Epidemic Act  only  after  the  tourist season commences  at  the  end  of September.

&#8220;We  do  not intend to invoke the Epidemic Act at this  point  of time. But once the tourist season starts, we will put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jordan to lodge protest with Israel over border fires</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jordan-to-lodge-protest-with-israel-over-border-fires-127839/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMMAN - Jordan would lodge a protest with Israel over fires that started in Israel last month and spread across the border, damaging a number of citrus farms in the Jordan Valley, the official Petra news agency reported Saturday.

&#8220;Jordan will lodge a protest with the Israeli Foreign Ministry tomorrow,&#8221; Petra quoted an official source as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks, markets reopen as calm returns to Nigeria city after days of violence</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/banks-markets-reopen-as-calm-returns-to-nigeria-city-after-days-of-violence-127669/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/banks-markets-reopen-as-calm-returns-to-nigeria-city-after-days-of-violence-127669/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Njadvara Musa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Banks and markets have reopened in this northern Nigerian city after five days of fierce fighting between police and a radical Islamist sect.

The streets of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, have been cleared of bodies and the blood spilled during gunbattles that left at least 200 people dead. Destruction was evident Saturday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haitians wait anxiously to learn if family died in deadly capsizing off Turks and Caicos</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/haitians-wait-anxiously-to-learn-if-family-died-in-deadly-capsizing-off-turks-and-caicos-126035/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/haitians-wait-anxiously-to-learn-if-family-died-in-deadly-capsizing-off-turks-and-caicos-126035/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan M. Katz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAP HAITIEN, Haiti — Dozens of anxious Haitians waited at an airport Thursday to learn whether family members were among the survivors of a sailboat packed with migrants that struck a coral reef and broke apart, killing at least 15 people and leaving dozens missing.

Relatives of the migrants and a few repatriated survivors stood for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work on health overhaul bill resumes in House after deal breaks logjam</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/work-on-health-overhaul-bill-resumes-in-house-after-deal-breaks-logjam-125460/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/work-on-health-overhaul-bill-resumes-in-house-after-deal-breaks-logjam-125460/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Action on a sweeping health care overhaul bill has resumed in the House after a week-and-a-half delay caused by objections from fiscally conservative Democrats.

As Chairman Henry Waxman of California restarted the Energy and Commerce Committee&#8217;s voting session Thursday morning, he warned lawmakers against offering amendments that make the bill more expensive.
Waxman broke the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nigerian Islamists flee army onslaught: Report</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nigerian-islamists-flee-army-onslaught-report-124895/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nigerian-islamists-flee-army-onslaught-report-124895/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI/ABUJA - Nigerian Islamists have fled an army onslaught after four days of fighting that killed over 200 people, media reports said Thursday.

Boko Haram, a group called the Nigerian Taliban, launched a series of attacks on police stations across northern Nigeria Sunday.	 	
The military has since struck back, killing and arresting hundreds.	 	
Troops Wednesday laid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First good shower too little too late for farmers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/first-good-shower-too-little-too-late-for-farmers-122486/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/first-good-shower-too-little-too-late-for-farmers-122486/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joydeep Gupta</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SOHNA - The season&#8217;s first good shower came too late for Mohan Singh&#8217;s rice nursery where the saplings are dead. His bajra crop is ruined too, as his pump could not raise water from the falling aquifer below his farm. He hopes his sugarcane patch will revive now.

Monday&#8217;s shower marginally reduced the 55 percent monsoon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California lawmakers pass budget-balancing plan, send bills to Schwarzenegger</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/california-lawmakers-pass-budget-balancing-plan-send-bills-to-schwarzenegger-120146/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/california-lawmakers-pass-budget-balancing-plan-send-bills-to-schwarzenegger-120146/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Lin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lawmakers on Friday approved a complex package of spending cuts, accounting maneuvers and raids on local government coffers to fill California&#8217;s gigantic budget deficit, providing hope that the state might begin a slow climb out of a deep financial hole.

The action came after a grueling month for the Legislature as the state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polluted rain, snow raises concerns for sensitive landscapes in 16 national parks</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/polluted-rain-snow-raises-concerns-for-sensitive-landscapes-in-16-national-parks-115095/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/polluted-rain-snow-raises-concerns-for-sensitive-landscapes-in-16-national-parks-115095/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stark</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — A pollutant that can slowly trigger changes in the lives of plants and animals is increasingly being found in 16 National Park Service sites, mostly in the Western United States.

Air quality data obtained by The Associated Press shows significant worsening trends for ammonium in several flagship parks, including Yellowstone, Mount Rainier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Angela&#8217;s Ashes&#8217; author McCourt dies at 78</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/angelas-ashes-author-mccourt-dies-at-78-114423/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - US author Frank McCourt, whose 1996 book &#8220;Angela&#8217;s Ashes&#8221; brought him world fame, died Sunday at age of 78, the New York Times reported.

McCourt&#8217;s brother Malachy McCourt, also a writer, said his brother suffered from metastasized melanoma and had become gravely ill with meningitis.	 	
McCourt had been treated in hospital for melanoma, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China says police killed 12 people in Urumqi&#8217;s July 5 rioting, raises death toll to 197</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian Wong</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Chinese police killed 12 people during July 5 rioting in the western city of Urumqi, officials said — a rare acknowledgment by the government that security forces opened fire in the worst ethnic clashes to hit the region in decades.

The unrest began when a peaceful protest by Muslim ethnic minority Uighurs turned violent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US  will  encourage  India, China and Russia  to  tackle  global agenda: Clinton</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Spelling out  the  United  States&#8217; foreign policy initiatives for the immediate future, Secretary of State  Hillary Clinton Wednesday said that Washington  would  put special emphasis on encouraging major and emerging global  powers - China, India, Russia and Brazil, as well as Turkey,  Indonesia, and  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al-Jazeera TV banned from West Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WEST BANK - The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday banned Al-Jazeera television from operating in its territory and threatened legal action over allegations it broadcast against President Mahmoud Abbas.

According to The Telegraph, the Palestine information ministry said the Qatar-based Arabic news channel had spread falsehoods and incited viewers against the authorities that run the Israeli-occupied West [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A penguin mystery: Australia investigates killings of cute flightless birds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristen Gelineau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY — The first battered bodies were found on a small Australian beach, the white sand around them stained crimson with their blood.

A few days later, the killer struck again — this time on the nearby cliffs overlooking Sydney Harbor. The cluster of victims were covered in bite marks, their tiny tummies slashed open.
Through blood-spatter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says US and Russia must show the way toward stopping nuclear proliferation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — President Barack Obama says the United States and Russia must show they&#8217;re &#8220;fulfilling their commitments&#8221; to lead global efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons.

Obama told a news conference at the end of the G-8 summit that if the two superpowers demonstrate that they will limit or eliminate these weapons, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin ethics complaint has cost Alaska 1.9 million dollars</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Anchorage  (Alaska,  US),J -  Alaska&#8217;s  response  to ethics  allegations and requests for information  concerning  the conduct of soon-to-be-ex-governor Sarah Palin has cost the  state 1.9 million dollars.

The   expense   of  supplying  information  and   answering   the allegationsis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HHS says if pending studies go well, swine flu vaccinations will probably begin in October</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hhs-says-if-pending-studies-go-well-swine-flu-vaccinations-will-probably-begin-in-october-104512/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says vaccinations against swine flu are likely and probably will begin in mid-October, assuming soon-to-start studies go well.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says no final decision has been made. But she says first in line for shots likely will be school-age children, young adults with conditions such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil falls below $62 amid worries over slower-than-expected recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ernest Scheyder</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Oil prices slumped below $62 per barrel Wednesday as the government reported unused gasoline held in storage surged yet again. Retail gas prices have fallen every day for more than two weeks.

Energy markets are undergoing an extended sell-off, the longest this year, with new economic reports dampening optimism about any economic recovery.
Benchmark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Armed Muslim Uighur and Han Chinese mobs spread ethnic strife in China&#8217;s restive west</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Foreman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — The government imposed a curfew Tuesday night in this regional capital of western China after mobs of Han Chinese with meat cleavers and clubs roamed the streets looking for Muslim Uighurs who had earlier beaten up people in the country&#8217;s worst ethnic violence in decades.

Rioting in the Xinjiang region broke out Sunday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Genes, not beer, lead to &#8216;beer belly&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - It&#8217;s not the beer, but your genes, that cause  that  &#8216;not so loved&#8217; &#8216;beer belly&#8217;,  according  to  British scientists.

In a study of thousands of beer drinkers, it was discovered  that although  regular drinkers had a tendency to put on weight,  they did not necessarily store [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kolkata gets eastern hub of NSG</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - The eastern regional hub of the elite anti-terror force National Security Guard (NSG) was inaugurated in the West Bengal capital Wednesday.

The Kolkata centre of the NSG is one of the four hubs the government had planned after the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack so that anti-terror commandos can be deployed to tackle an emergency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Militants slaughtered 18 of their own wounded men: Pakistani army</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - Militants killed 18 of their own wounded men whom they could not take along while retreating from an area in the restive Swat valley, the Pakistani army has said.

&#8220;We have received information that during the clearance of Biha valley, 18 wounded terrorists who could not be taken to safety were slaughtered by their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to sing the requiem for Agra Gharana?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brij Khandelwal</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AGRA - The Rajputs passed it on to the Mughals, in whose courts the classical Hindustani music of Agra Gharana flourished. Now, however with few patrons and students left in the city of its origin, is it perhaps time to sing the requiem of the musical tradition?

The Agra Gharana flourished from the time of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman to woman: Pratibha Patil to visit Britain Oct 27-29</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/woman-to-woman-pratibha-patil-to-visit-britain-oct-27-29-94586/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dipankar De Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - President Pratibha Patil will visit Britain Oct 27-29 in a state visit showcasing the close ties between India and Britain, officials said.

This is a visit that will reinforce the point that our relations are excellent, said Indian High Commissioner Shiv Shankar Mukherjee after the government and the royal family announced the visit.	 	
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patna runs for communal harmony</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PATNA - In a bid to spread the message of communal harmony and social brotherhood, scores of enthusiasts participated in a run in Patna on Sunday.

Organised by the Prajapati Brahma Kumari Ishwariya, an organisation of celibate women, the run saw the participation of about a thousand participants.
&#8220;The aim of the run is to promote harmony [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama declines to apologize for CIA&#8217;s role in Chilean coups during Oval Office meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he wants a U.S. foreign policy that looks forward, not backward. Especially if it includes talking about the CIA&#8217;s role in Latin and South America.

During a photo opportunity in the Oval Office on Tuesday, a reporter asked Obama if he cared to apologize for CIA interference in Chilean elections. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman alleges rape by policemen, sparks mob anger (Third Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - An angry mob Tuesday hurled bricks and stones at a Delhi police station after a woman accused the station house officer and four constables of raping her. 

The woman, who had remained untraceable for hours after the alleged incident Monday, went to the Crime Branch office Tuesday evening to record her statement. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP ENTERPRISE: Hundreds of Africans turn to US hoop teams in hopes of a better life</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-enterprise-hundreds-of-africans-turn-to-us-hoop-teams-in-hopes-of-a-better-life-88942/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-enterprise-hundreds-of-africans-turn-to-us-hoop-teams-in-hopes-of-a-better-life-88942/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Newberry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MARIETTA, Ga. — Growing up in Nigeria, Robert Ojeah fretted over the demands of everyday life, the sort of things that shouldn&#8217;t be a burden to a child.

Would he have a roof over his head that night? What was he going to do for money? Where was his next meal coming from? He bounced around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A lion task: second home for Gir&#8217;s big cats remains mired</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-lion-task-second-home-for-girs-big-cats-remains-mired-88430/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-lion-task-second-home-for-girs-big-cats-remains-mired-88430/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sanjeeb Baruah</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - India&#8217;s Asiatic lions are the most vulnerable of all the big cats as they live in a single area in Gujarat, making them prone to diseases as well as other threats,  and yet calls for creating a second home by the scientific community have been repeatedly ignored, say experts.

The sprawling Gir [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bernanke urges community development firms to take steps to emerge from crisis stronger</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bernanke-urges-community-development-firms-to-take-steps-to-emerge-from-crisis-stronger-84268/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bernanke-urges-community-development-firms-to-take-steps-to-emerge-from-crisis-stronger-84268/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday urged financial institutions that specialize in community development and banking to the poor to take steps to ensure they emerge from the financial crisis stronger.

The Fed chief, in prepared remarks to a financial literacy conference here, spoke hours before President Barack Obama planned to unveil a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A look at the world&#8217;s flu pandemics: 3 in the 20th century, 1 in the 21st century</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-look-at-the-worlds-flu-pandemics-3-in-the-20th-century-1-in-the-21st-century-79072/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-look-at-the-worlds-flu-pandemics-3-in-the-20th-century-1-in-the-21st-century-79072/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Flu pandemics — epidemics on a global scale — have struck three times in the 20th century and once in the 21st century, varying widely in their severity. Here&#8217;s a look at the world&#8217;s flu pandemics.

— The 1918 Spanish flu: This pandemic may have been the deadliest outbreak ever, with experts estimating it killed between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Impact of new UN sanctions could mainly pinch North Korean weapons exports</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Burns</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The United Nations&#8217; newly toughened penalties on North Korea for its nuclear defiance could hit hardest in an area that worries American officials the most: the North&#8217;s illicit exports of nuclear and missile technologies.

Proposed new sanctions demand that North Korea give up its nuclear weapons, stop launching missiles and return to an international [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Families start burying tiny coffins of 38 children killed in Mexican day care fire</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/families-start-burying-tiny-coffins-of-38-children-killed-in-mexican-day-care-fire-74560/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olga R. Rodriguez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HERMOSILLO, Mexico — Grieving parents buried their children Sunday after a devastating daycare fire killed 38 infants and toddlers in a tragedy that stunned Mexico and prompted its president to promise a thorough investigation.

Funeral processions drove slowly to churches in the northwestern city of Hermosillo decorated with balloons and flowers.
The family of 2-year-old Maria Magdalena [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico day care fire kills 35 children; father rams pickup through to reach babies, toddlers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olga R. Rodriguez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HERMOSILLO, Mexico — Sobbing relatives waited outside a morgue Saturday to claim the bodies of 35 children killed in a day care fire in northern Mexico despite desperate attempts to evacuate babies and toddlers through the building&#8217;s only working exit. One father crashed his pickup truck through the wall to rescue his child.

One family buried [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tibetan  protest  in  2008, the  result  of  genuine  grievances against China: Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - The Tibetan riots and protests of  March 2008  were  the  result of genuine grievances  brought  about  by failed Chinese Government policies, and not through a plot of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.

A  group  of prominent Chinese lawyers and  legal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani army set for long haul in northwest: Editorial</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani army might have the Taliban on the run in the country&#8217;s restive northwest but it is in for a long haul as the true battle will begin once peace is restored, an editorial in a leading English daily said Saturday.

Another editorial maintained that the damage done by past blunders can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama arrives in Paris for D-Day commemorations, reunion with wife and daughters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — President Barack Obama has arrived in Paris.

Obama landed in the French capital on Friday. He is to meet Saturday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and help commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Allies&#8217; D-Day invasion in France.
Obama is also reuniting with his family in Paris.
First lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama calls for redoubling efforts for Israeli-Palestinian peace, says &#8216;the moment is now&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark S. Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WEIMAR, Germany — President Barack Obama toured a World War II concentration camp Friday after prodding the international community to redouble efforts toward separate Israeli and Palestinian states in hopes of resolving a conflict fueled by the Jewish nation&#8217;s post-Holocaust creation.

&#8220;These sites have not lost their horror with the passage of time,&#8221; Obama said after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India threatened by changes to the monsoon: Greenpeace</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-threatened-by-changes-to-the-monsoon-greenpeace-71955/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mumbai, June 4, 2009 (IANS) The Indian monsoon, the country&#8217;s lifeline, will be significantly affected by climate change, says a report released by the NGO Greenpeace on the eve of World Environment Day.

The report, Monsoon Wager: Climate change and the Indian Monsoon, says climate change could bring about significant change to the intensity, geographic distribution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In ancient seat of Islamic learning, Obama seeks new beginning in US ties with Muslims</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-ancient-seat-of-islamic-learning-obama-seeks-new-beginning-in-us-ties-with-muslims-71795/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark S. Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — President Barack Obama called for a &#8220;new beginning between the United States and Muslims&#8221; Thursday and said together, they could confront violent extremism across the globe and advance the timeless search for peace in the Middle East.

&#8220;This cycle of suspicion and discord must end,&#8221; Obama said in a widely anticipated speech in one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Netanyahu rejects US calls for West Bank settlement freeze as &#8216;unreasonable&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/netanyahu-rejects-us-calls-for-west-bank-settlement-freeze-as-unreasonable-68873/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Teibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVAT GILAD, West Bank — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected President Barack Obama&#8217;s demand for a freeze on West Bank Jewish settlement construction, but his government&#8217;s move to dismantle some squatter camps set off a rampage by Jewish settlers against Palestinians.

It was a violent reminder that Netanyahu is caught between his own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political solution should follow Swat offensive: Pakistani PM</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/political-solution-should-follow-swat-offensive-pakistani-pm-63279/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 23:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday called for a political solution to restore peace in the country&#8217;s restive northwest after the military concludes its operations to eliminate the Taliban in the area.



&#8216;The situation is not normal, militants have threatened the very fabric of our society, by trying to impose their will through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US wants to seize Pakistan&#8217;s atomic program: Riaz Khokhar</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-wants-to-seize-pakistans-atomic-program-riaz-khokhar-60315/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-wants-to-seize-pakistans-atomic-program-riaz-khokhar-60315/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 22:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAHORE - Former Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar  has said  that  US can never be Pakistan&#8217;s friend as it wants  is  to seize the atomic program by creating unrest here and proving that Pakistan is a failed state.

Giving a lecture here in Aiwan Karkunan-e-Tehreek-e-Pakistan,  he said the US wants the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Swine flu may be up to 23,000 in Mexico; Castro blasts Mexico for slow response</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/study-swine-flu-may-be-up-to-23000-in-mexico-castro-blasts-mexico-for-slow-response-60143/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 17:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — The swine flu virus spread to more countries Tuesday as scientists estimated the new strain could have sickened 23,000 people in Mexico alone before anyone realized it was an epidemic.

Fidel Castro, meanwhile, accused Mexico of hiding the epidemic until after President Barack Obama visited last month.
Mexican Health Secretary Jose Cordova said his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special security arranged ahead of polls in Coimbatore</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 14:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COIMBATORE - With a view to ensure free and fair polling during the fifth and last phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 13, over 1,500 policemen took out a flag march in Coimbatore.

The flag march was conducted to infuse confidence among voters that adequate security measures are in force to ensure a peaceful casting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope kicks off trip to Israel, Palestinian areas in bid to improve interfaith relations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEL AVIV, Israel — Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Israel on an emotion-charged visit to the Holy Land hoping to improve relations with Jews and Muslims.

Benedict landed at Israel&#8217;s international airport in Tel Aviv on Monday after spending three days in neighboring Jordan.
Israeli leaders, including President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, are [...]]]></description>
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