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		<title>Suicide truck bomber attacks police station in northwestern Pakistan, killing 3 people</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riaz Khan</dc:creator>
		
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Bombing at police station in Pakistan kills 3

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A pickup truck laden with explosives attacked a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 3 people in an area that has become the focal point for militant retaliation against a recent army offensive.
Suspected militants have killed more than 300 civilians and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police say a suicide car bomber has attacked a police station in NW Pakistan, killing 2 people</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Bombing at police station in Pakistan kills 2

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A police official says a suicide car bomber has attacked a police station in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least two people and injuring 14 others.
Liaqat Ali Khan says police opened fire on the vehicle as it approached a checkpoint in front of a police station [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Militants stage pair of attacks against anti-Taliban figures in NW Pakistan, killing one</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riaz Khan</dc:creator>
		
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Pakistan: Militants attack 2 anti-Taliban figures

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Militants staged a pair of attacks against anti-Taliban figures in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing one of the men as part of an escalating campaign to weaken the country&#8217;s resolve to fight Islamic extremism.
Suspected militants have killed more than 300 civilians and security personnel in the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police say suicide bomber kills 3 in Pakistan&#8217;s northwestern city of Peshawar, 5 wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riaz Khan</dc:creator>
		
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Police say suicide bomber kills 3 in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber in a rickshaw detonated his explosives near a group of policemen in northwest Pakistan&#8217;s main city of Peshawar on Monday, killing three people, police said.
The attack was the latest in a string of strikes that has killed more than 300 people over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As army wages offensive in S. Waziristan, Pakistan pressured to devise post-conflict plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nahal Toosi</dc:creator>
		
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Pakistani gov&#8217;t pressured on post-offensive plan

ISLAMABAD — As Pakistan&#8217;s army plows ahead with its offensive in South Waziristan, its success is at risk because the government has yet to come up with a plan to run and rebuild the lawless territory so that the Taliban and al-Qaida don&#8217;t re-emerge.
The Pakistani army launched a ground offensive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police say suicide attack in goat market in northwest Pakistan kills 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Police: Suicide attack in Pakistan kills 8
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Police say a suicide bomber has attacked a goat market in northwest Pakistan, killing eight people.
The Sunday morning attack appeared to be aimed at a local mayor. It occurred in the Adazi area, 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of the main northwest city of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan says 12 militants killed in gunbattles in Taliban sanctuary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Asif Shahzad</dc:creator>
		
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Pakistan: 12 militants killed in offensive
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan.
The military said while the army has taken control of two former strongholds — Sararogha and Ladha [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: US must reverse course with Indians, end poverty, unemployment, marginalization</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama: US must reverse course with Indians
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama assured American Indians on Thursday that they have a place in his White House and on his agenda, telling tribal leaders their marginalized community deserves more from its government.
&#8220;I get it. I&#8217;m on your side,&#8221; Obama told the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligence officials say suspected US missile strike kills 2 in NW Pakistan tribal region</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Officials: Alleged US missile kills 2 in Pakistan

MIR ALI, Pakistan — Intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed two alleged militants in Pakistan&#8217;s North Waziristan tribal region.
Two intelligence officials say the drone-fired missiles struck Naurak village early Thursday.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials: Pakistan soldiers enter key Taliban stronghold; at least 30 militants killed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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Officials: Pakistan army enters Taliban stronghold

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani soldiers battled Taliban fighters Wednesday in the streets of a key militant stronghold, officials said, as government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan.
The soldiers were fighting street by street through the mountainous town of Ladha, the military said in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani militants ambush van, kill 2 women teachers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Pakistan militants kill 2 women teachers
KHAR, Pakistan — A group of militants ambushed a van Wednesday as it traveled near Khar, the main town in the Bajur tribal region, killing two women teachers and wounding two other passengers.

Approximately 10 militants hid on both sides of a rural road and sprayed the van with automatic weapons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani Taliban denies losses, says &#8216;We are prepared for a long war&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Pakistan Taliban: &#8216;We are prepared for a long war&#8217;

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A Taliban spokesman denied Tuesday that Pakistan has won a series of battlefield victories in its offensive in tribal South Waziristan, saying the militants are drawing government soldiers into a trap.
&#8220;We are prepared for a long war,&#8221; Azam Tariq told an Associated Press reporter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rodney Butler elected chairman of Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Mashantucket Pequots elect new chairman
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council has elected Rodney Butler as chairman of the panel, which governs the eastern Connecticut tribe and oversees its two casinos.

Butler was elevated from treasurer to chairman by fellow council members Sunday after he won a third three-year term to the council. He replaces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani security forces kill 7 militants in fighting in Taliban stronghold, officials say</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zarar Khan</dc:creator>
		
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Pakistan security forces kill at least 7 militants

ISLAMABAD — Security forces fighting their way through a mountainous Taliban stronghold killed at least seven militants Sunday and injured several more, officials said, while Pakistan&#8217;s foreign minister said the offensive in tribal South Waziristan should finish sooner than originally expected.
As part of the government&#8217;s ramping up of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At least 7 militants killed in fighting with Pakistan security forces, officials say</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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At least 7 militants killed in Pakistan fighting

ISLAMABAD — Security forces battling pockets of resistance in a mountainous Taliban stronghold killed at least seven militants Sunday and injured several more, officials said, as militants kidnapped and killed a prominent pro-government activist in another tribal area where the government claims to have near-total control.
Militants also blew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan says its forces are closing in on 2 major Taliban bases; PM vows to defeat militants</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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Pakistan says soldiers close in on Taliban bases

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani soldiers closed in on two major Taliban strongholds in South Waziristan on Saturday, officials said, as government jets pounded insurgent hide-outs and the prime minister said the country had no choice but to defeat the militants.
&#8220;We are at war,&#8221; Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suspected Taliban bomb kills 7 soldiers in Pakistan as president vows to eliminate militants</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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ISLAMABAD — Suspected Taliban militants set off a roadside bomb that killed seven paramilitary soldiers Saturday in a rugged tribal region of northwestern Pakistan, while government jets pounded Taliban hideouts elsewhere and killed at least 15 fighters, officials said.
Pakistan&#8217;s prime minister said the government, which is in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roadside bomb kills 7 paramilitary soldiers in northwestern Pakistan tribal region</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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ISLAMABAD — A government official says seven paramilitary soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in a tribal region of northwestern Pakistan.
Ghulam Farooq Khan says the vehicle was moving Saturday when it was hit in the Khyber region, famed for the pass that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani army pushes into remote militant haven, finding passports linked to 9/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nahal Toosi</dc:creator>
		
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Passports linked to 9/11 found along Afghan border

SHERWANGAI, Pakistan — Pakistani soldiers battling their way into a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border have seized passports that may be linked to 9/11 suspects, as they confront an enemy skilled in operating in a mountainous terrain with endless ways to wage a guerrilla war.
The military on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navajo Nation Council votes to place tribal president on administrative leave</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Felicia Fonseca</dc:creator>
		
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Navajo lawmakers place tribal president on leave

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Navajo lawmakers have placed the tribe&#8217;s president on administrative leave, pending an investigation into allegations of ethical, civil or criminal involvement with two companies that had been operating on the reservation.
The Tribal Council voted 48-22 in favor of the measure during a special session Monday in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Indian college president faces backlash over tuition; students demand free education</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Scher Zagier</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAWRENCE, Kan. — Linda Sue Warner had big ambitions when she arrived in 2007 as president of Haskell Indian Nation University, the only four-year college operated by the federal government for American Indians. Now she wonders whether those ambitions could cost her the job.

She envisioned major campus improvements and an expansion of the college&#8217;s programs. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Both sides claim success in Pakistan army offensive; Taliban vow fight to &#8216;last drop of blood&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ishtiaq Mahsud</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani troops and the Taliban fought fierce battles in a militant sanctuary near the Afghan border, with both sides claiming early victories in an army campaign that could shape the future of the country&#8217;s battle against extremism.

The offensive in South Waziristan was expected to be a key topic of discussion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official: Anti-Taliban tribal leader fatally shot by suspected militants in northwest Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Habib Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KHAR, Pakistan — Suspected Taliban militants fatally shot a tribal elder Saturday in volatile northwestern Pakistan as he traveled to discuss anti-militancy efforts with government authorities, an official said.

The dead body of a man accused of spying for the U.S. also turned up in the Bajur tribal region.
Bajur was the focus of an intense six-month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hopi lawmakers, Navajo president say environmentalists harming tribes&#8217; economies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Felicia Fonseca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The leader of the country&#8217;s largest Indian reservation threw his support behind the neighboring Hopi Tribe, whose lawmakers declared environmental groups unwelcome on the reservation.

Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr. and Hopi lawmakers say environmentalists&#8217; efforts could hurt the tribes&#8217; struggling economies by slowing or stopping coal mining.
Shirley said Wednesday that he will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan officials hide, or quit, because of increasing Taliban assassination attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — During his two years as a provincial governor in Afghanistan, Arsalah Jamal survived four suicide attacks.

Once, a Taliban bomber dressed as a doctor struck as Jamal dedicated a hospital wing. Twice, car bombs slammed into his convoy. Another time, an attacker blew himself up at a funeral Jamal was attending for a fellow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge dismisses dress code lawsuit filed by SD tribe; parents may file a new one</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-judge-dismisses-dress-code-lawsuit-filed-by-sd-tribe-parents-may-file-a-new-one-171680/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chet Brokaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ABERDEEN, S.D. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to prevent a South Dakota school district from imposing a dress code.

U.S. District Judge Charles Kornmann took the action Thursday after learning that the Cheyenne River Sioux tribal council, which filed the suit, had withdrawn its support.
He also said there was no proof [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tribal leader: 87 killed in Yemen airstrike on camp for those fleeing government-rebel war</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmad Al-haj</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN&#8217;A, Yemen — Nearly 87 civilians were killed in a strike by government warplanes that hit a camp of people fleeing fighting in northern Yemen, a tribal leader said Thursday. It was a sign of increasing bloodiness in a remote war against Shiite rebels in this turmoil-ridden Arab nation.

The Yemeni government has said it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP IMPACT: Indian reservation smoke shops face a crackdown over sale of untaxed cigarettes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David B. Caruso</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — After doing time for possession and an accidental killing, crack dealer Rodney Morrison decided he was finished with drugs. He threw himself a &#8220;retirement&#8221; party in 1993 and got into a new line of work: tax-free cigarettes.

It was a business operating in a gray area of the law, and the riches were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian man, SD woman charged with murder in 1975 slaying of American Indian Movement member</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carson Walker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A Canadian man and a South Dakota woman were charged in the 1975 slaying of a fellow American Indian Movement member, who prosecutors say was killed because the group&#8217;s leaders suspected she was a government informant.

John Graham, of the Southern Tutchone tribe in Canada&#8217;s Yukon territory, and Thelma Rios, of Rapid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysia government report says loggers raped Borneo tribal girls in remote jungle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Yoong</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Indigenous tribal girls have been sexually abused by loggers in remote jungles on Borneo island, a Malaysian government report said, in the first official verification of rape accusations involving timber companies.

The report made public this week bolsters claims by the Penan tribal community of mistreatment by the timber industry, which activists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yurok tribe works for return of condor to Northwest to help fix world gone wrong</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/yurok-tribe-works-for-return-of-condor-to-northwest-to-help-fix-world-gone-wrong-2-140694/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ORICK, Calif. — The tribes of the lower Klamath River have since ancient times decorated themselves with condor feathers when they performed the dances designed to heal a world gone wrong.

&#8220;It can soar the highest, so we figured that was the one to get our prayers to heaven when we were asking for the world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yurok tribe works for return of condor to Northwest to help fix world gone wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ORICK, Calif. — The tribes of the lower Klamath River have since ancient times decorated themselves with condor feathers when they performed the dances designed to heal a world gone wrong.

&#8220;It can soar the highest, so we figured that was the one to get our prayers to heaven when we were asking for the world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligence officials say clashes between rival Pakistani militant groups kill at least 70</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ishtiaq Mahsud</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Clashes between Taliban militants and a pro-government group in northwestern Pakistan&#8217;s tribal belt on Wednesday have left at least 70 fighters dead, two intelligence officials and a militant commander said.

Turkistan Bitani, a tribal warlord allied with the government, claimed Taliban militants attacked his men in the Jandola area, just outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karzai invites Taliban to tribal council, despite militant assault on city that kills 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rahim Faiez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL —President Hamid Karzai said Monday that if he wins re-election as Afghan president this month he will invite Taliban and other militants to a grand tribal council — but said they would have to lay down their weapons first.

His invitation came despite the latest, bold militant assault on an Afghan city. At least four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US, Pakistan increasingly believe Mehsud dead; reports of bloody succession feud unclear</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elena Becatoros</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD —The U.S. and Pakistan are almost certain a U.S. missile strike killed the head of Pakistan&#8217;s Taliban and that his death led to a fierce power struggle among his deputies, officials said Sunday, despite claims and counterclaims as to the fate of the country&#8217;s most wanted man.

Government and intelligence officials, as well as some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US, Pakistan increasingly believe Mehsud dead; reports of bloody succession feud unclear</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elena Becatoros</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD —The U.S. and Pakistan are almost certain a U.S. missile strike killed the head of Pakistan&#8217;s Taliban and that his death led to a fierce power struggle among his deputies, officials said Sunday, despite claims and counterclaims as to the fate of the country&#8217;s most wanted man.

Government and intelligence officials, as well as some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death of Taliban commander seen as possible boost to US-Pakistan cooperation against militants</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 03:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nahal Toosi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — Pakistan&#8217;s Taliban chief was killed by a CIA missile strike, a militant commander confirmed Friday — a severe blow to extremists threatening the stability of this nuclear-armed nation and a possible boost to U.S.-Pakistani cooperation in fighting insurgents who wreak havoc along the Afghan border.

Pakistani officials vowed to dismantle the rest of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate panel examines increased gang activity in Indian communities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — American Indian communities are being overwhelmed by gang violence and drug trafficking, tribal leaders told lawmakers Thursday, appealing for help with problems more commonly found in big cities.

Tribal law enforcement officials, testifying before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, described severely undermanned police departments that must patrol reservations the size of small states, allowing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democrats boost non-military programs 11 percent in new round of spending bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supporters of government subsidies to help the poor with their heating bills and small towns get clean water used to have to scratch and claw to stave off former President George W. Bush&#8217;s budget cuts.

Not any more.
Democrats now fully in charge in Washington are reshaping the budget landscape, raising Cabinet agencies&#8217; budgets by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mohawks v. Canada: Standoff over arming guards brings NY bridge closure, loss of business</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mohawks-v-canada-standoff-over-arming-guards-brings-ny-bridge-closure-loss-of-business-100083/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Kates</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. REGIS MOHAWK NATION, N.Y. — Melinda Walk needs her Canadian customers back — so much so that she&#8217;s willing to give them full value for their currency at her convenience store-gas station just over the U.S.-Canadian border, even at a loss of 12 cents on the dollar.

Walk is among border merchants caught in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani warplanes strike Taliban positions, killing at least 12 militants in NW</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riaz Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani warplanes and helicopter gunships pounded Taliban positions in the country&#8217;s volatile northwest on Saturday, killing at least 12 suspected insurgents, security officials said, as the government kept up pressure on Islamist militants along the Afghan border.

Elsewhere in the northwest, clashes between tribesmen and Taliban fighters left 16 people dead in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials say 12 tribesmen, 4 Taliban killed in clashes in restive northwest Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/officials-say-12-tribesmen-4-taliban-killed-in-clashes-in-restive-northwest-pakistan-99234/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riaz Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants left 16 people dead in Pakistan&#8217;s northwest on Saturday, officials said, in the latest violence between pro-government tribal militias and insurgents.

Also Saturday, the Taliban said it shot down a helicopter that crashed Friday in the northwest, killing 26 government troops. The government blamed it on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials: 12 tribesmen, 4 Taliban militants killed in clashes in restive northwest Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riaz Khan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Clashes between tribesmen and Taliban militants left 16 people dead in Pakistan&#8217;s northwest on Saturday, officials said, in the latest violence between pro-government tribal militias and insurgents.

The fighting took place in remote Mohmand region, part of the lawless tribal belt along Pakistan&#8217;s border with Afghanistan, killing 12 tribal militiamen and 4 militants.
Islamabad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Militants in Pakistan tribal area say they&#8217;re scrapping peace deal with government</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/militants-in-pakistan-tribal-area-say-theyre-scrapping-peace-deal-with-government-95291/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MIR ALI, Pakistan — Taliban militants in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan say they&#8217;re scrapping a peace deal with the government.

The decision by insurgents in North Waziristan raises the prospect of wider unrest now that the army is stepping up offensives against the Taliban.
The peace pact was reached in February 2008, but few details [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deadly US attack in Pakistan suggests cooperation in targeting Taliban leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rohan Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — What appeared to be the deadliest U.S. missile attack ever on Pakistani soil brought an unusual reaction Wednesday in a country that has previously denounced such strikes as an affront to its sovereignty — silence.

Tuesday&#8217;s attack killed 80 people, Pakistani officials said, but missed its chief target, Baitullah Mehsud. He is the country&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assassination of Taliban factional leader exposes rifts among militants in Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Gannon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The assassination of the leader of a renegade Pakistani Taliban faction by one of his own men Tuesday underscores a growing rift in the ranks of the militant group as it braces for an impending army assault in the volatile northwest.

Qari Zainuddin&#8217;s killing sets back government hopes of exploiting these internal divisions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recording industry vows to prove Minnesota woman illegally shared 24 songs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Karnowski</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS — The recording industry began its second attempt at proving that a Minnesota woman engaged in illegal sharing of copyrighted music on the Internet and should be held accountable.

Attorney Tim Reynolds told a jury Monday that the record companies would prove that Jammie Thomas-Rasset, 32, of Brainerd, illegally shared songs on the Kazaa network. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PROMISES, PROMISES: For many American Indians, free health care is a treaty promise not kept</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CROW AGENCY, Mont. — Ta&#8217;Shon Rain Little Light, a happy little girl who loved to dance and dress up in traditional American Indian clothes, had stopped eating and walking. She complained constantly to her mother that her stomach hurt.

When Stephanie Little Light took her daughter to the Indian Health Service clinic in this wind-swept and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan public opinion turns against Taliban, giving army upper hand against militants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Alexander</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — The footage was chilling — a woman crying out in pain, held face-down on the ground, as a man with a long beard flogged her in front of a crowd.

It could be the video that changed Pakistan.
That two-minute clip, purportedly shot in the Swat Valley where the Taliban held sway until a recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal government agrees to restore recognition to Northern California tribe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Lawrence</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A small band of Indians whose ancestors settled in Northern California thousands of years ago is an official tribe again, a half century after Washington took away the group&#8217;s federal recognition.

U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel on Monday announced his approval of a settlement that restores federal recognition to the Wilton Rancheria, [...]]]></description>
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