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		<title>Honduras crisis mediator proposes unity government, early vote and amnesty to end showdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianela Jimenez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Hopes for a quick resolution to Honduras&#8217; political crisis dimmed when its interim government balked at a plan presented in talks Saturday to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya and form a national unity government.

The plan put forward by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, mediator of the U.S.-backed talks, would allow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey extends smoking ban to bars and restaurants; business owners fear ban will hurt them</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzan Fraser</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANKARA, Turkey — Patrons of a usually smoke-filled hookah bar stepped outside to light up Sunday as Turkey extended a ban on indoor public smoking to bars, restaurants and coffeehouses.

The ban in this nation of smokers came into effect at midnight Saturday despite protests from bar and coffeehouse owners who fear it will ruin businesses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honduras crisis talks start, but ousted leader gives them little time to succeed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianela Jimenez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Crucial talks to resolve the leadership crisis in Honduras began Saturday following an ultimatum from ousted President Manuel Zelaya that appeared to leave little room for compromise.

Delegates of both sides arrived at the home of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, who is mediating the U.S.-backed negotiations.
&#8220;The international community has given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Same-sex couples make push for inclusion in coming immigration reform debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Freking</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Judy Rickard took an early retirement and a reduced pension so she could be assured of more time with her partner, a British citizen whose stays in the U.S. are limited to six months.

Rickard, 61, would have preferred to keep working at San Jose State University and sponsor her partner, Karin Bogliolo, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nearing end of confirmation questioning, Sotomayor signals support for Supreme Court TV</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Judge Sonia Sotomayor signaled an openness to television coverage of Supreme Court proceedings Thursday as she neared the end of three grueling days of questioning, all but assured of confirmation.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Judiciary Committee that is holding this week&#8217;s hearings, said he would set a vote for next week. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Younger teens really do care what others think about them</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/younger-teens-really-do-care-what-others-think-about-them-110993/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - They might be fond of chanting &#8216;I don&#8217;t care&#8217; slogans every now and then, but deep down inside younger adolescents or &#8220;tweens&#8221; care a lot about what others think about them, a new study has found.

The study confirmed this using brain-mapping techniques that shed new light on this complex period of social development.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Sotomayor&#8217;s comments at her confirmation hearing compare with Roberts, Alito</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/how-sotomayors-comments-at-her-confirmation-hearing-compare-with-roberts-alito-110977/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse J. Holland</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominees rarely take risky or controversial positions when in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sonia Sotomayor is no exception.

She&#8217;s following a path charted by several nominees before her, including Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, on the questions they&#8217;ve all been asked.
A comparison of what she said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton says Iran has only limited time to accept US engagement offer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday warned Iran it has only a limited time to accept the Obama administration&#8217;s offer for engagement. She also urged Arab nations to take immediate steps to improve ties with Israel to bolster Mideast peace hopes.

In a wide-ranging policy address to the Council on Foreign Relations, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PML-N rules out any Sharif, Zardari meeting in near future</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pml-n-rules-out-any-sharif-zardari-meeting-in-near-future-109827/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD -  The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is not optimistic about any talks between party president Nawaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari in the near future.

Speculations about a thaw in the relationship between both leaders gained momentum when Zardari called Sharif recently.
In his telephonic conversation, Zardari reportedly thanked Sharif for his party&#8217;s unconditional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Darwin and Gender project launched by Cambridge University</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - A groundbreaking new study, supported by The Bonita Trust, that will look at Charles Darwin&#8217;s impact on attitudes to gender and sexuality, has been announced by Cambridge University.

The Darwin and Gender project - funded by a 480,000 donation from The Bonita Trust - will make available for the first time in a single [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education funding, welfare reforms emerge as main sticking points in Calif. budget talks</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/education-funding-welfare-reforms-emerge-as-main-sticking-points-in-calif-budget-talks-107412/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Young</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California&#8217;s top lawmakers on Sunday focused on cost-saving reforms to social welfare programs and how deeply to cut an array of state services as they dove into the complex task of closing the state&#8217;s $26 billion deficit.

Lawmakers on both sides warned that severe cuts to many state programs were unavoidable. But they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia says spy arrest could affect China&#8217;s business</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - Australia&#8217;s Financial Services Minister Chris Bowen has warned that the country&#8217;s business people may not want to work in China in the wake of Australian origin Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu being arrested in the country on espionage charges.

&#8220;The Chinese Government will be very aware that it is not good for business certainty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia wants evidence from China on Rio Tinto exec&#8217;s detention, says it could hurt business</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Mcdonald</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Australian officials said Sunday that China has not given them any evidence to support its detention of an Australian mining executive on spying charges and warned that the affair could discourage foreign companies from doing business there.

Foreign Minister Stephen Smith told reporters in western Australia that officials will seek information Monday on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scorecard needed to tell the players as senators consider Sotomayor&#8217;s high court nomination</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/scorecard-needed-to-tell-the-players-as-senators-consider-sotomayors-high-court-nomination-106861/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/scorecard-needed-to-tell-the-players-as-senators-consider-sotomayors-high-court-nomination-106861/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Live from the Capitol, Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s confirmation hearings promise high political theater this week, beamed to the world in dramatic, historic, perhaps comedic glory.

When the curtain rises Monday on Sotomayor&#8217;s nomination to become the Supreme Court&#8217;s first Hispanic justice, a large cast of ambitious players will be ready to explore themes from racial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Java&#8217;s seafarers built their boats in the 6th and 7th centuries</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/how-javas-seafarers-built-their-boats-in-the-6th-and-7th-centuries-106576/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA - The recent discovery of an ancient boat in Indonesia has shed light on how Java&#8217;s seafarers in the 6th and 7th centuries built their boats.

According to a report in The Jakarta Post, the ancient boat, measuring 15.6 meters long and 4 meters wide, was found in Punjulharjo village, Rembang district, in Rembang regency.
A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dialogue only in violence-free atmosphere, India tells Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dialogue-only-in-violence-free-atmosphere-india-tells-pakistan-104561/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dialogue-only-in-violence-free-atmosphere-india-tells-pakistan-104561/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Ahead of the meeting between Indian and Pakistani leaders during a nonaligned summit in Egypt next week, India Thursday made it clear that the dialogue is premised on an atmosphere free of the threat of violence and asked Islamabad to take all steps that are necessary to address the issue of cross-border [...]]]></description>
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		<title>61 killed in West Bengal by Maoists in three years</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/61-killed-in-west-bengal-by-maoists-in-three-years-104450/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/61-killed-in-west-bengal-by-maoists-in-three-years-104450/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA - Suspected Maoists killed 61 people in six districts of West Bengal between 2005 and 2008, while 323 activists of the Left-wing radical group were arrested during the same period, state Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said here Thursday.

Replying to questions in the state Assembly, Bhattacharjee said the extremists killed 32 people in West Midnapore, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil rises above $61 in Asia after weak crude demand, economy spark big weeklong sell-off</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-rises-above-61-in-asia-after-weak-crude-demand-economy-spark-big-weeklong-sell-off-104044/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-rises-above-61-in-asia-after-weak-crude-demand-economy-spark-big-weeklong-sell-off-104044/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Kennedy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE — Oil prices rose above $61 in Asia on Thursday, recouping some losses after tumbling 17 percent since last week as rising U.S. gasoline inventories suggested crude demand remains weak.

Traders predicted oil prices would resume their slide.
Benchmark crude for August delivery was up 89 cents to $61.39 a barrel late afternoon in Singapore in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charity says Canadian investment firm paid $1.68M for lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/charity-says-canadian-investment-firm-paid-168m-for-lunch-with-billionaire-warren-buffett-103402/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/charity-says-canadian-investment-firm-paid-168m-for-lunch-with-billionaire-warren-buffett-103402/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Funk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OMAHA, Neb. — The Canadian investment managers who paid $1.68 million in a charity auction to win lunch with investor Warren Buffett believe the meal will be worth it because of what they might learn from the billionaire.

The Glide Foundation, which receives all the auction proceeds, identified Salida Capital, which is based in Toronto, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At least 646 US military deaths in Afghanistan region since 2001, Defense Department says</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/at-least-646-us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-since-2001-defense-department-says-102389/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/at-least-646-us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-since-2001-defense-department-says-102389/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As of Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at least 646 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Of those, the military reports 479 were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fireworks blasts kill 4 on NC island and 1 in Pa; 25 hurt in Ind. pedestrian bridge collapse</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fireworks-blasts-kill-4-on-nc-island-and-1-in-pa-25-hurt-in-ind-pedestrian-bridge-collapse-100210/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fireworks-blasts-kill-4-on-nc-island-and-1-in-pa-25-hurt-in-ind-pedestrian-bridge-collapse-100210/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OCRACOKE, N.C. — Five people working on Independence Day fireworks shows were killed by explosions, four of them by a single blast that rocked this remote village on the Outer Banks.

The fifth died after an explosion at a fireworks show in Pennsylvania, police said.
In another holiday accident, a pedestrian bridge collapsed in Indiana as fans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian chartered accountants sign exchange programme with Australia</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-chartered-accountants-sign-exchange-programme-with-australia-99321/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-chartered-accountants-sign-exchange-programme-with-australia-99321/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AGRA - Indian chartered accountants can now practise in Australia with the inking of an agreement between the chartered accountants institutes of India and Australia at an event here.

The agreement, signed Friday evening, will facilitate exchange of accounting professionals of the two countries.	 	
The agreement was signed by Institute of Chartered Accountants in India (ICAI) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployed seek solace, guidance from God in church-based unemployment support groups</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/unemployed-seek-solace-guidance-from-god-in-church-based-unemployment-support-groups-98969/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/unemployed-seek-solace-guidance-from-god-in-church-based-unemployment-support-groups-98969/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY, Mass. — Her fellow job seekers offer knowing groans as Diane Castro recalls the day she was laid off: The fear of being summoned to the front office. The phones in nearby cubicles going off like grenades. Finally, a ring at her desk.

Every member of the unemployment support group meeting has their own story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air  India  employees  to  go  on  strike  over  non-payment  of salaries</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/air-india-employees-to-go-on-strike-over-non-payment-of-salaries-97901/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/air-india-employees-to-go-on-strike-over-non-payment-of-salaries-97901/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Employees of India&#8217;s flagship  carrier Air India have announced they will be on strike for two hours  on Friday in protest against the non-payment of salaries.

Air  India  has  said it will not be able  to  pay  the  salaries tomorrow  as scheduled. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Factory orders rise more than expected in May, post largest increase in 11 months</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/factory-orders-rise-more-than-expected-in-may-post-largest-increase-in-11-months-97900/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/factory-orders-rise-more-than-expected-in-may-post-largest-increase-in-11-months-97900/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Orders to U.S. factories jumped in May by the largest amount in nearly a year, another sign that the nosedive in manufacturing is nearing an end.

The Commerce Department said Thursday that total orders rose 1.2 percent in May, better than the 0.8 percent increase that economists had expected. The April performance was revised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t  fool  people  by  claiming  &#8220;premature&#8221;success  in   Swat operation : former PAF official</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dont-fool-people-by-claiming-prematuresuccess-in-swat-operation-former-paf-official-96513/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - While the Pakistan government has  been claiming that the Swat military offensive has been successful and nearing its end, a former Pakistan Air Force (PAF) top  official, Air Marshal (retired) Masood Akhter has raised questions over the claims  by  saying that people shouldn&#8217;t be fooled  through  such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virage Logic expands presence in India to serve growing market demand for broad IP portfolio</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/virage-logic-expands-presence-in-india-to-serve-growing-market-demand-for-broad-ip-portfolio-96352/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FREMONT - Virage Logic Corporation, the semiconductor industry&#8217;s trusted IP partner, announced it has expanded its presence in India with the appointment of CoreEL as its sales representative.

CoreEL joins a growing global network of sales representatives that complement and expand the reach of Virage Logic&#8217;s direct sales channel.
CoreEL&#8217;s more than 15 years experience working with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Special Forces asked to gear up for Mumbai-like attacks</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-special-forces-asked-to-gear-up-for-mumbai-like-attacks-95713/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-special-forces-asked-to-gear-up-for-mumbai-like-attacks-95713/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Britain must strengthen its elite Special Forces to deal with a Mumbai-style terrorist attack, according to a sweeping independent review of British national security published Tuesday.

The report of a commission chaired by former defence minister George Robinson and former leader of the Liberal Democrats party Paddy Ashdown said Special Forces should be increased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to sing the requiem for Agra Gharana?</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/time-to-sing-the-requiem-for-agra-gharana-95232/</link>
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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>Seeking to keep the focus on energy, Obama announcing new lighting efficiency standards</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/seeking-to-keep-the-focus-on-energy-obama-announcing-new-lighting-efficiency-standards-94789/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Sidoti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Aiming to keep the focus on climate change legislation, President Barack Obama put a plug in for administration efforts to make lamps and lighting equipment use less energy.

&#8220;I know light bulbs may not seem sexy, but this simple action holds enormous promise because 7 percent of all the energy consumed in America is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berlusconi boosts international diplomacy as problems mount at home over starlet scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Winfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME — Premier Silvio Berlusconi is expanding his presence on the world stage leading into next week&#8217;s Group of Eight summit with a flurry of diplomacy aimed, at least in part, in part at diverting attention from the starlet scandal that has engulfed him at home.

The end result? A poll published Sunday showed Berlusconi&#8217;s popularity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Booze linked to sexual assault among women in college</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/booze-linked-to-sexual-assault-among-women-in-college-93855/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/booze-linked-to-sexual-assault-among-women-in-college-93855/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed that nearly 20 percent of undergraduate American women are sexually assaulted during their time in college and that the majority of incidents occurred while they were under the influence of alcohol.

Researchers suggest that college campuses need more integrated substance use and sexual victimization risk reduction and prevention programming.
&#8220;The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European leaders mark 1989 fall of Iron Curtain, a key episode leading to end of communism</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/european-leaders-mark-1989-fall-of-iron-curtain-a-key-episode-leading-to-end-of-communism-93597/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/european-leaders-mark-1989-fall-of-iron-curtain-a-key-episode-leading-to-end-of-communism-93597/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo Gorondi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BUDAPEST, Hungary — European leaders marked the 20th anniversary of the symbolic fall of the Iron Curtain, often described as the first crack in the Berlin Wall and one of the key episodes leading to the end of communism in Eastern Europe, in Budapest on Saturday.

The presidents of Germany, Austria, Finland, Slovenia and Switzerland, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dad accused of beating son into coma on Father&#8217;s Day had begged for visitation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dad-accused-of-beating-son-into-coma-on-fathers-day-had-begged-for-visitation-92257/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Lavoie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — Leslie Schuler once pleaded with a judge for visitation with the 7-year-old son he&#8217;d never known, so he could &#8220;become the child&#8217;s father, not just a paycheck once a week.&#8221;

Now little Nate Turner lies brain dead after being savagely beaten on Father&#8217;s Day, prosecutors say, by the very man who claimed he wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mission against Mehsud will continue, vows assassinated rival leader&#8217;s successor</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mission-against-mehsud-will-continue-vows-assassinated-rival-leaders-successor-91589/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mission-against-mehsud-will-continue-vows-assassinated-rival-leaders-successor-91589/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - Cracks within the Taliban are getting wider, with the younger brother of Qari Zainuddin, Misbahuddin Mehsud, vowing to continue the fight against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud until the Taliban warlord is killed.

Misbahuddin Mehsud, who was appointed the new chief of the Abdullah Group, a breakaway Taliban organization, said he would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials say Pakistani Taliban chief just missed suspected US missile that killed 80</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Munir Ahmad</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — The head of Pakistan&#8217;s Taliban had joined a funeral procession targeted in a suspected U.S. missile strike, but left before the attack that killed 80 people mourning those struck down by an earlier barrage on a militant training camp, intelligence officials said Wednesday.

A top Taliban aide denied Baitullah Mehsud was anywhere near the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calif. Legislature to vote on Democratic budget plan, even as governor warns he won&#8217;t sign it</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Judy Lin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lawmakers scheduled a Wednesday vote on a Democratic proposal to close part of California&#8217;s $24.3 billion budget deficit, but the plan appears doomed to fail.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Republicans criticize it as not addressing the full deficit and raising taxes.
Even calling the session Wednesday is &#8220;wasting time,&#8221; Schwarzenegger Communications Director Matt David [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPI(M): Withdrawal of support from UPA on nuke deal was right</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cpim-withdrawal-of-support-from-upa-on-nuke-deal-was-right-88775/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cpim-withdrawal-of-support-from-upa-on-nuke-deal-was-right-88775/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Monday said that that its decision to withdraw support to  the United Progressive Alliance government on the nuclear deal  issue last year was a correct decision.

CPI  (M)  General Secretary Prakash Karat,  having  analyzed  the Election  results,  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karunakaran turns 91, still dabbles in politics</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/karunakaran-turns-91-still-dabbles-in-politics-87554/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/karunakaran-turns-91-still-dabbles-in-politics-87554/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[THRISSUR - Veteran Congress leader and former chief minister K. Karunakaran, who turned 91 Saturday, demonstrated despite his advanced age he was abreast of current political  affairs.

Karunakaran, who is tipped to be appointed a governor, advised the state Congress leadership not to displease the Nair Service Society (NSS), the social organisation of the Nair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CII to showcase Indian education at Kuala Lumpur</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cii-to-showcase-indian-education-at-kuala-lumpur-87186/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - At a time when scores of foreign educational institutions are queuing up to woo Indian students,  leading industry lobby Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Friday said it will showcase Indian higher education and its rich variety at Kuala Lumpur.

The CII, with the support of the high commission of India, is organising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama touts responsible fathering, tells young men to &#8216;be there for your child&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-touts-responsible-fathering-tells-young-men-to-be-there-for-your-child-87013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, who barely knew his own father, had personal advice Friday for young men who become dads: &#8220;Even if your father was not there, you can be there for your child.&#8221;

Two days before Father&#8217;s Day, Obama was spending the afternoon promoting the importance of mentors and engaged parents.
He spoke at Year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. in dilemma over response to Iran unrest</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-in-dilemma-over-response-to-iran-unrest-85643/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is faced with a twin dilemma vis-a-vis the unrest in Iran - To keep quiet to pursue a nuclear deal with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country&#8217;s supreme leader, or heed calls to respond more supportively to the protesters there &#8212; and risk alienating the Shiite cleric.

According to the Washington Post, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Obama in a box, conflicting need to support Iranian reformers, engage Islamic regime</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/analysis-obama-in-a-box-conflicting-need-to-support-iranian-reformers-engage-islamic-regime-84397/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven R. Hurst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is in a box over Iran, caught between affinity for emboldened reformists and caution about further alienating a hard-line Islamic regime he wants to dissuade from seeking nuclear weapons.

The president&#8217;s dilemma showed clearly on Tuesday, when he said he shared the world&#8217;s &#8220;deep concerns about the election&#8221; but asserted that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi forces arrest suspect in killing of a prominent Sunni lawmaker, general says</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraqi-forces-arrest-suspect-in-killing-of-a-prominent-sunni-lawmaker-general-says-84278/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Iraqi commandos swept into a western Baghdad neighborhood Wednesday and arrested a reputed al-Qaida in Iraq leader suspected of plotting the assassination of a prominent Sunni lawmaker.

Officials said the suspect was also a member of a government-backed Sunni paramilitary group that has joined forces with the Americans against al-Qaida, but that could not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge allows Reagan&#8217;s shooter long stays away from mental hospital, can get driver&#8217;s license</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-allows-reagans-shooter-long-stays-away-from-mental-hospital-can-get-drivers-license-83378/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — John Hinckley, who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan nearly three decades ago, is being allowed by a federal judge to spend more time away from his psychiatric hospital and apply for a driver&#8217;s license.

U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ruled Tuesday that Hinckley&#8217;s health will probably improve with more freedom and that he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s supreme leader calls for national unity after rallies for, against clerical regime</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-supreme-leader-calls-for-national-unity-after-rallies-for-against-clerical-regime-83264/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — State television says Iran&#8217;s supreme leader has called for national unity during a meeting with representatives of the four candidates in disputed presidential elections.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for Iranians to unite behind the cleric-led ruling system despite rival demonstrations and street clashes between supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Lugar endorses cautious stance by Obama administration in reacting to disputed election</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sen-lugar-endorses-cautious-stance-by-obama-administration-in-reacting-to-disputed-election-82814/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain charged Tuesday that President Barack Obama is not talking tough enough on the disputed presidential election in Iran.

McCain, who lost to Obama in last year&#8217;s presidential election, said the president &#8220;should speak out that this is a corrupt, flawed, sham of an election and that the Iranian people have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ahmadinejad attends security summit in Russia amid turmoil over election at home</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ahmadinejad-attends-security-summit-in-russia-amid-turmoil-over-election-at-home-82518/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[YEKATERINBURG, Russia — Russia welcomed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday on his first trip abroad since his bitterly disputed re-election, a show of support for a leader facing massive protests at home and questions from the West about the legitimacy of the vote count

Ahmadinejad arrived in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg and sat down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama &#8216;deeply troubled&#8217; by Iran violence after elections</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-deeply-troubled-by-iran-violence-after-elections-82503/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said he was &#8220;deeply troubled&#8221; by Iran&#8217;s violent protests brought on by a disputed election, but said the Islamic country was free to pick its own president.

Speaking for the first time since Iran&#8217;s election Friday, Obama said it would have been wrong for him to remain &#8220;silent&#8221; amid the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ahmadinejad&#8217;s pro-reform challenger calls on Iranian authorities to cancel disputed election</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ahmadinejads-pro-reform-challenger-calls-on-iranian-authorities-to-cancel-disputed-election-81299/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad&#8217;s main challenger is calling on authorities to cancel Friday&#8217;s presidential election, saying it is the only way to restore public trust.

Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has accused authorities of election fraud, urged his supporters to continue their &#8220;civil and lawful&#8221; opposition to results showing Ahmadinejad won by a landslide. He [...]]]></description>
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