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		<title>Amnesty International says Indian woman should be compensated for 3 years in prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>E. Eduardo Castillo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — An Indian market vendor who was wrongly convicted of kidnapping and spent three years in prison deserves compensation for the time she was locked away, Amnesty International said Thursday.

&#8220;Nothing will replace the three years she lost, but it is vital that those responsible for this injustice be brought before justice, and that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BJP continues public appeal to Jaswant Singh to quit Public Accounts Committee</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bjp-continues-public-appeal-to-jaswant-singh-to-quit-public-accounts-committee-161793/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - As Jaswant Singh chaired the meeting of the Public Account Committee on Monday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in a tizzy, and Deputy Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj has made a public appeal to the expelled leader to step down from the chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee urging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Van Jones Resigns As The White House Advisor After Facing Criticism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shantanu</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After being in the line of fire for the last couple of weeks, Van Jones has resigned as an advisor to the White House. The startling revelation surfaced on early Sunday morning. The report of Jones&#8217; resignation was confirmed by the White House. In a statement released by Nancy Sutley, thanked Jones &#8220;for his valuable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican state legislature candidate shot dead along with wife, 2 sons in Gulf state of Tabasco</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antonio Villegas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — Gunmen killed a state congressional candidate and his wife and two sons in their home Saturday in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco, in southern Mexico.

Jose Francisco Fuentes Esperon, 43, was found dead along with his wife, 38, and two sons aged 9 and 13, in the state capital, Villahermosa, according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World trade body ruling on Boeing and Airbus harkens back to time before government bailouts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Raum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The World Trade Organization&#8217;s ruling that European loans for Airbus were illegal subsidies is being cheered by U.S. lawmakers loyal to the Boeing Co., even though the preliminary decision may seem quaint in a world where government subsidies, bailouts and takeovers are now commonplace.

Friday&#8217;s ruling reflects the world as it existed five years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Iraqi security personnel to hang for bank robbery that threatens heavy political fallout</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/4-iraqi-security-personnel-to-hang-for-bank-robbery-that-threatens-heavy-political-fallout-157610/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sameer N. Yacoub</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Four members of Iraq&#8217;s security forces were convicted Wednesday of robbing a Baghdad bank and killing eight guards and were sentenced to hang in a trial that could leave behind considerable political fallout.

Critics of the swift judgment in the case say the government is seeking to wrap up the trial quickly to avert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi court sentences 4 members of security forces to death in bank heist</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraqi-court-sentences-4-members-of-security-forces-to-death-in-bank-heist-157123/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraqi-court-sentences-4-members-of-security-forces-to-death-in-bank-heist-157123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — A Baghdad court on Wednesday sentenced four members of Iraq&#8217;s security forces to death for their roles in a bank heist in the Iraqi capital that left eight bank guards dead.

A three-judge panel gave the men a month to appeal the swift sentence in a case that has the potential for political fallout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate experts hope for success of Copenhagen summit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/climate-experts-hope-for-success-of-copenhagen-summit-155860/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/climate-experts-hope-for-success-of-copenhagen-summit-155860/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maitreyee Boruah</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA - Ahead of the much awaited United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, experts from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have expressed hope that the meet will be successful, despite continuing differences among various countries.

The conference is slated from Dec 7-18.	 	
Interacting with a group of visiting Indian journalists at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trial of suspected Baghdad bank robbers disrupted by outbursts from relatives of slain guards</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/trial-of-suspected-baghdad-bank-robbers-disrupted-by-outbursts-from-relatives-of-slain-guards-147604/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/trial-of-suspected-baghdad-bank-robbers-disrupted-by-outbursts-from-relatives-of-slain-guards-147604/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sameer N. Yacoub</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Five members of Iraq&#8217;s security forces charged in a deadly bank robbery went on trial Sunday, as relatives of those killed in the heist beat and spat on the defendants. One relative was dragged away from the courtroom, screaming obscenities.

The case of the robbery has threatened to become a political maelstrom in Baghdad, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Veterans Affairs technology employees receive $24 million in bonuses in 2007, 2008</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/veterans-affairs-technology-employees-receive-24-million-in-bonuses-in-2007-2008-145451/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/veterans-affairs-technology-employees-receive-24-million-in-bonuses-in-2007-2008-145451/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly Hefling</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Thousands of technology office employees at the Veterans Affairs Department received a total of $24 million in bonuses over a two-year period, some under questionable circumstances, the agency&#8217;s inspector general said in scathing reports that also detail abuses ranging from nepotism to an inappropriate relationship.

The inspector general accused one recently retired VA official [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals court rules against NY lieutenant gov appointment, calls governor&#8217;s move &#8216;unlawful&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/appeals-court-rules-against-ny-lieutenant-gov-appointment-calls-governors-move-unlawful-145357/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/appeals-court-rules-against-ny-lieutenant-gov-appointment-calls-governors-move-unlawful-145357/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Peltz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — An appeals court Thursday struck down Gov. David Paterson&#8217;s appointment of a lieutenant governor, upholding a constitutional challenge to a move spurred by a paralyzing political drama in the state Senate.

The decision at least temporarily prevents longtime government adviser Richard Ravitch from serving as the state&#8217;s second-highest executive, though the case is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chiranjeevi rubbishes talk of PRP&#8217;s merger with Congress</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chiranjeevi-rubbishes-talk-of-prps-merger-with-congress-144906/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chiranjeevi-rubbishes-talk-of-prps-merger-with-congress-144906/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD - Telugu superstar and Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) chief K. Chiranjeevi Thursday dismissed as &#8216;baseless&#8217; media reports that his party was planning to merge with the ruling Congress party.

Chiranjeevi said he would continue to serve the people &#8212; the mission with which he entered politics a year ago.	 	
His comments came as PRP leaders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FAA, air traffic controllers reach contract agreement, fulfilling an Obama campaign pledge</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/faa-air-traffic-controllers-reach-contract-agreement-fulfilling-an-obama-campaign-pledge-138775/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/faa-air-traffic-controllers-reach-contract-agreement-fulfilling-an-obama-campaign-pledge-138775/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Government air traffic controllers and the Obama administration have reached a tentative contract agreement that both sides said they hope will end years of severely strained relations.

Arbitrators recently decided a handful of remaining issues involving pay and vacation time, clearing the way for Thursday&#8217;s contract announcement by the Federal Aviation Administration and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq sets trial date for 5 presidential guards charged with Baghdad bank robbery</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraq-sets-trial-date-for-5-presidential-guards-charged-with-baghdad-bank-robbery-138504/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraq-sets-trial-date-for-5-presidential-guards-charged-with-baghdad-bank-robbery-138504/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sinan Salaheddin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — A gunfight erupted during an attempted bank heist Thursday in Iraq&#8217;s capital, as a court official announced that five members of Iraq&#8217;s presidential guard will go on trial later this month for their alleged roles in a deadly Baghdad bank robbery.

Crime in Iraq is on the rise, with armed robberies targeting jewelry stores, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tonga police warn ferry toll may rise further as search enters second day</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pesi Fonua</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NUKU&#8217;ALOFA, Tonga — The number of people missing and feared dead after a ferry sank in Tonga rose Friday to more than 60 and could jump further, police said, as the prime minister called the tragedy a &#8220;major disaster&#8221; for his tiny country.

Police Commander Chris Kelly said the latest information was that the Princess Ashika [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official: Members of NC family that includes terror suspects denied entry to Israel on 07 trip</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-members-of-nc-family-that-includes-terror-suspects-denied-entry-to-israel-on-07-trip-123915/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Baker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. — Israel denied entry two years ago to members of a North Carolina family that includes three men accused of plotting to execute terror attacks in foreign countries, an official said Wednesday.

Daniel Boyd, 39, was arrested Monday with six others, including two sons. Authorities claim Boyd was the ringleader of a group that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>B L Joshi to take oath as UP Governor today</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LUCKNOW - Newly appointed Uttar Pradesh Governor B L Joshi will take oath of the office today.

Joshi was previously Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi from 2004 to 2007, Governor of Meghalaya in 2007, and Governor of Uttarakhand from October 2007 to July 2009.
Joshi served as the Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi from June 9, 2004 to April 9, 2007. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dispute between Treasury, Fed on consumer protection oversight goes to Capitol Hill on Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Flaherty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke are squaring off in a public dispute over who should become the nation&#8217;s top consumer watchdog.

Geithner wants to strip the Fed of its consumer protection duties and create a new federal agency designated solely to such a mission. Bernanke says those responsibilities should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D.C. landmark Watergate Hotel, part of complex in Nixon scandal, set to go on auction block</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dc-landmark-watergate-hotel-part-of-complex-in-nixon-scandal-set-to-go-on-auction-block-115929/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Watergate Hotel that is part of a complex made famous by a presidential scandal is heading to the auction block.

Alex Cooper Auctioneers is scheduled to start the sale of the landmark at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday. According to the company&#8217;s Web site, a $1 million deposit will be required at the time of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A GOP appointee, US attorney in NC keeps chasing big-name Dems, whose party won&#8217;t push him out</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Baker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT, N.C. — Having swapped his hip-holstered Blackberry for fishing pliers, the U.S. attorney for eastern North Carolina watches closely from the captain&#8217;s chair aboard the 45-foot &#8220;Jolly Mon&#8221; as his crew prepares for a day on the water.

The team scans satellite images, examines water temperatures, sharpens hooks, packs reels and tests rods.
&#8220;If you get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers call for investigation of Chinese interrogation of Uighurs at US detention facility</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Foster Klug</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Thursday called for an investigation into why the Bush administration allowed Chinese agents to interrogate 22 Muslim Uighurs at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in 2002.

A lawyer for the men provided lawmakers with Uighur statements that described Americans depriving them of food and sleep before the Chinese visit, holding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin says she&#8217;s planning to jump back into fray of national politics after leaving statehouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she&#8217;s not only staying involved in national politics, but she plans to jump back into the national scrum when she leaves office at the end of the month.

The former Republican vice presidential nominee said she plans to write a book, campaign for political candidates from coast to coast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alloy sleeves, passport covers urged to block identity thieves and hackers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Lewan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[To protect against skimming and eavesdropping attacks, federal and state officials recommend that Americans keep their e-passports tightly shut and store their RFID-tagged passport cards and enhanced driver&#8217;s licenses in &#8220;radio-opaque&#8221; sleeves.

That&#8217;s because experiments have shown that the e-passport begins transmitting some data when opened even a half inch, and chipped passport cards and EDLs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEC calls for California IOUs to be regulated as securities</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sec-calls-for-california-ious-to-be-regulated-as-securities-105075/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sec-calls-for-california-ious-to-be-regulated-as-securities-105075/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The recipients of billions of dollars in IOUs being issued by California soon may be able to sell them on a regulated market, following action taken Thursday by federal regulators.

Some of the nation&#8217;s largest banks say that, starting Friday, they will no longer accept the IOUs. The banks want to pressure the state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chidambaram visits Orissa amid Maoist violence (Second Lead)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BHUBANESWAR - Maoist guerrillas Thursday blew up a railway building and damaged three mobile phone towers in Orissa&#8217;s Koraput, hours before Home Minister P. Chidambaram visited the district to review security preparedness, officials said.

At least 125 villages in the district have been cut off from the rest of the state since June 16 after Maoists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suspected militants torch CPI (M) offices</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JHARGRAM - As Central  paramilitary forces along with local police continue action against Maoists in Lalgarh area of West Bengal&#8217;s Medinipur district, ultras and some anti-social  elements  elsewhere in the region attacked  and  set afire the office premises of the ruling Communist Party of  India (Marxist) on Monday.

The  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spokesman says SC gov plans to return from secretive hike Wednesday, surprised at attention</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — A spokesman for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says the Republican checked in with his staff and was surprised by the attention given to his secretive vacation.

Sanford spokesman Joel Sawyer says the governor called his chief of staff Tuesday morning. His last known contact with staff was five days earlier.
Sawyer says the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC governor takes Appalachian hike away from toils of office, but colleagues left in dark</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-governor-takes-appalachian-hike-away-from-toils-of-office-but-colleagues-left-in-dark-89419/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — A dayslong absence by South Carolina&#8217;s governor left fellow state leaders scratching their heads.

The lieutenant governor couldn&#8217;t figure out where Gov. Mark Sanford was. Calls from a state senator and close friend rolled to voice mail. Even his wife said she hadn&#8217;t talked to him for several days.
The explanation came Monday night [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eight-year-old booked under gangster act in Uttar Pradesh</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/eight-year-old-booked-under-gangster-act-in-uttar-pradesh-87493/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/eight-year-old-booked-under-gangster-act-in-uttar-pradesh-87493/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LUCKNOW - An eight-year-old boy has been booked under the Goonda Act - a tough anti-gangster law, in Uttar Pradesh. The police Saturday promised an inquiry into the matter.

Jagannath, a resident of Baghauli village in Hardoi district, was booked under the law about four months ago after his family was involved in a row with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial crisis seen increasing Asia&#8217;s global role, business leaders say</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/financial-crisis-seen-increasing-asias-global-role-business-leaders-say-85265/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Olsen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — Asia&#8217;s power is likely to grow in the wake of the global financial crisis and the region has the chance to take a position of leadership in the world economy, business and economic leaders said Thursday.

The comments came at the annual World Economic Forum on East Asia, a gathering of business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama sends Congress sweeping update of nation&#8217;s financial regulations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-sends-congress-sweeping-update-of-nations-financial-regulations-84559/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-sends-congress-sweeping-update-of-nations-financial-regulations-84559/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Kuhnhenn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama proposed new &#8220;rules of the road&#8221; for the nation&#8217;s financial system Wednesday, casting the changes as an essential response to the economic crisis and the greatest regulatory transformation since the Great Depression.

Obama blamed the crisis on &#8220;a culture of irresponsibility&#8221; that he said had taken root from Wall Street to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin nominates Daniel S. Sullivan to be Alaska&#8217;s attorney general</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/palin-nominates-daniel-s-sullivan-to-be-alaskas-attorney-general-83428/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/palin-nominates-daniel-s-sullivan-to-be-alaskas-attorney-general-83428/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Joling</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SOLDOTNA, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin on Tuesday appointed a former Anchorage lawyer with White House and State Department service to be Alaska&#8217;s new attorney general after her earlier choice was rejected by state lawmakers.

Daniel S. Sullivan, a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State in the Bush administration, must be confirmed by the Legislature but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ahmadinejad brushes off violence over Iran election dispute, challenger wants vote canceled</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ahmadinejad-brushes-off-violence-over-iran-election-dispute-challenger-wants-vote-canceled-81382/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Protesters set fires and smashed store windows Sunday in a second day of violence as groups challenging President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad&#8217;s re-election tried to keep pressure on authorities. Anti-riot police lashed back and the regime blocked Internet sites used to rally the pro-reform campaign.

Ahmadinejad dismissed Tehran&#8217;s worst unrest in a decade as &#8220;not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cell phone service appears to have been cut in Tehran, Iran&#8217;s capital, after disputed election</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cell-phone-service-appears-to-have-been-cut-in-irans-capital-after-disputed-election-80920/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cell-phone-service-appears-to-have-been-cut-in-irans-capital-after-disputed-election-80920/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Cell phone service down after disputed Iran vote
TEHRAN, Iran — Cell phone service appears to have been cut in Iran&#8217;s capital after a disputed election that the government said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won.

There was no immediate comment from Iran&#8217;s Telecommunications Ministry. But when users tried to call cell phones, a message appeared on their phones [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide bombers hit Pakistan mosque, religious school after Friday prayers; at least 2 dead</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-bombers-hit-pakistan-mosque-religious-school-after-friday-prayers-at-least-2-dead-79658/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babar Dogar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAHORE, Pakistan — Friday prayers had just ended when the suicide bomber walked into the seminary office of a popular anti-Taliban cleric and detonated his explosives.

There was little doubt this was a targeted assassination of a moderate religious leader who had openly challenged militancy and extremism, called suicide bombings un-Islamic and denounced the Taliban as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investigation into former Ohio AG, who resigned amid sensational scandal, ends with $1K fine</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/investigation-into-former-ohio-ag-who-resigned-amid-sensational-scandal-ends-with-1k-fine-79266/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/investigation-into-former-ohio-ag-who-resigned-amid-sensational-scandal-ends-with-1k-fine-79266/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Carr Smyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio — The long-running case against former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann, accused of running his state office like &#8220;Animal House&#8221; and spending campaign money on goodies for himself and his family, ended Thursday with a fine and no criminal charges.

Dann resigned a year ago after what began as a sexual harassment complaint against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Va. state senator, a bit rough around the edges, beats party star in Dem primary for governor</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/va-state-senator-a-bit-rough-around-the-edges-beats-party-star-in-dem-primary-for-governor-78032/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/va-state-senator-a-bit-rough-around-the-edges-beats-party-star-in-dem-primary-for-governor-78032/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Lewis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RICHMOND, Va. — For four years, Democratic state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds has coped with losing the closest statewide race in modern Virginia history to Republican Bob McDonnell.

Now that the rumpled, rough-around-the-edges country lawyer whipped former legislator Brian J. Moran and master Clinton fundraiser Terry R. McAuliffe in Tuesday&#8217;s Democratic gubernatorial primary, Deeds has the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Despite Pentagon claims military in charge, report says security firm oversees for-hire guards</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/despite-pentagon-claims-military-in-charge-report-says-security-firm-oversees-for-hire-guards-77430/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Lardner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A major security contractor is running an office overseeing armed guards in Afghanistan, a situation at odds with the Pentagon&#8217;s claim that military officers would be in charge of such sensitive work.

A new report on wartime spending to be made public Wednesday at a congressional hearing says the contractor, Aegis Defense Services, has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German exports plunge in April amid global economic slump</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/german-exports-plunge-in-april-amid-global-economic-slump-76063/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN — Germany, Europe&#8217;s largest economy, saw its exports plunge nearly 30 percent in April as the global economic crisis continued to hurt demand for its products, the Federal Statistical Office reported Tuesday.

The country saw exports drop to euro63.8 billion ($88.47 billion) in April, compared with euro89.5 billion in the same month the previous year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian-origin man named Australian envoy to India (Second Lead)</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-origin-man-named-australian-envoy-to-india-second-lead-75304/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - In an apparent move to placate India, Australia Monday named Indian-origin Peter Varghese, considered the country&#8217;s top spy, its next envoy to New Delhi.

Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Varghese - an ethnic Malayali who heads the Office of National Assessments (ONA) - will be &#8220;a very good high commissioner&#8221; for what is &#8220;a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oz-Indian Peter Varghese appointed new Australian envoy to India</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oz-indian-peter-varghese-appointed-new-australian-envoy-to-india-75118/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE J - Peter Varghese, Australia&#8217;s top spy has been appointed the new high commissioner to India.

Varghese will take over from John McCarthy, who will retire from the post in August.
He is currently the head of the Office of National Assessments (ONA).
While announcing Verghese&#8217;s appointment, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Australia&#8217;s ties with India was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC Legislative manual uses terms &#8216;Negro&#8217; and &#8217;scalawag&#8217; for some former officeholders</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-legislative-manual-uses-terms-negro-and-scalawag-for-some-former-officeholders-67260/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 03:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Collins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — The official manual of South Carolina&#8217;s Legislature continues to label some of the state&#8217;s former politicians as &#8220;Negro&#8221; or &#8220;scalawag&#8221; — apparent remnants of disgruntlement over Reconstruction that are drawing fresh scrutiny.

A spokesman for the state&#8217;s lieutenant governor, who is eyeing a run for the top office, has sent a letter asking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress civic chief murdered in Maharashtra</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/congress-civic-chief-murdered-in-maharashtra-66133/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/congress-civic-chief-murdered-in-maharashtra-66133/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 22:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONAVALA - The civic chief of Lonavala township in Mahashtra was killed and another civic leader seriously wounded, when two unidentified persons barged into their office Tuesday afternoon and attacked them with swords and choppers, police said.

Lonavala Municipal Council chairman Bhupendra alias Raju Choudhary, of the Congress, was killed on the spot while education committee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress-led UPA set to form government again</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/congress-led-upa-set-to-form-government-again-63412/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/congress-led-upa-set-to-form-government-again-63412/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 15:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Congress-led UPA is set to form  the government at the Centre again, as it is leading the BJP-led NDA.

A party spokesman said the alliance would get a &#8220;safe majority&#8221;.
Meanwhile,  the party headquarters here wore a festive look  with supporters burning crackers, dancing to drum beats as they hailed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: Impact of administration curbs is uneven as lobbyists hunt ways to cope</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-influence-game-impact-of-administration-curbs-is-uneven-as-lobbyists-hunt-ways-to-cope-60012/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-influence-game-impact-of-administration-curbs-is-uneven-as-lobbyists-hunt-ways-to-cope-60012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Fram</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Lobbyist Elizabeth Moeller knew Energy Department officials wouldn&#8217;t let her press them for an economic stimulus project for a California company hoping to turn algae into energy.

So she did the next best thing: After a lot of coaching, she sent the client.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve told them to stay really focused on the substance of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Only two, not five iconic skyscrapers for New York&#8217;s World Trade Center</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/only-two-not-five-iconic-skyscrapers-for-new-yorks-world-trade-center-59139/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/only-two-not-five-iconic-skyscrapers-for-new-yorks-world-trade-center-59139/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 19:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - The incredible shrinking World Trade Center will be cut back from five iconic skyscrapers to just two signature towers under a new Port Authority plan, the Daily News has learned.

Bludgeoned by recession and a war with developer Larry Silverstein, the Port Authority is proposing halving the office space it will build at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andhra CID begins probe into secretariat fire</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/andhra-cid-begins-probe-into-secretariat-fire-55182/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/andhra-cid-begins-probe-into-secretariat-fire-55182/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 19:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD - Amid a political row over the cause of a fire in the Andhra Pradesh state secretariat which destroyed some official records, the crime branch of the state police and forensic experts Friday launched a probe.



The fire that broke out Thursday on the second and third floors in the D-block of the secretariat, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hillary Clinton beats Obama in job approval ratings</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hillary-clinton-beats-obama-in-job-approval-ratings-51095/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hillary-clinton-beats-obama-in-job-approval-ratings-51095/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 16:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - After finishing 100 days in the office, US Secretary of state Hilary Clinton has trumped President Barack Obama in job approval ratings.

A recent polls shows Clinton having an approval rating of 71 percent, while the the President has a 65 percent approval rating.
&#8220;She&#8217;s acting like a statesman and diplomat and representing her President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal plunges into political crisis as PM fires army chief and protesters take to the streets</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 00:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Binaj Gurubacharya</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal&#8217;s prime minister fired the army chief Sunday after a struggle over admitting former Maoist rebel fighters to the military, sparking mass protests and jeopardizing the survival of the country&#8217;s first elected government.

President Ram Baran Yadav, meanwhile, rejected the government decision and wrote to the army chief, Rookmangud Katawal, to continue in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela approves law to transfer funds from opposition mayor to government</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuela-approves-law-to-transfer-funds-from-opposition-mayor-to-government-44898/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fabiola Sanchez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela&#8217;s National Assembly has approved a law that gives control over the budget of an opposition-run city to an official appointed by President Hugo Chavez.

Under the law passed by the predominantly pro-Chavez assembly late Tuesday, nearly all of Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma&#8217;s budget and services will be transferred to a new federal [...]]]></description>
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