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		<title>US to shift focus in Afghan funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE - The United States is to shift hundreds of millions of dollars in funding away from efforts to destroy opium poppies in Afghanistan towards policies encouraging farmers to grow other crops, G8 officials said Saturday.

US special envoy to Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke &#8220;announced that the US will reduce its funding for the eradication of poppy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G8 praises Pakistan&#8217;s anti-Taliban offensive</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE - Foreign ministers of the world&#8217;s eight leading industrialised nations praised Pakistan&#8217;s domestic war against Taliban-linked militants at a summit in the Italian city of Trieste Saturday.

&#8220;The G8 supports Pakistan&#8217;s decisive action against violent extremism and militancy and acknowledge Pakistan&#8217;s ongoing counter-terrorism efforts,&#8221; a joint statement, approved after a meeting with the foreign ministers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US to shift Afghan drug eradication funds to interdiction, alternate crops; G-8 praises move</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy — The U.S. is shifting its strategy against Afghanistan&#8217;s drug trade, phasing out funding for opium eradication while boosting efforts to fight trafficking and promote alternate crops, the U.S. envoy for Afghanistan said Saturday.

The aim of the new policy: to deprive the Taliban of the tens of millions of dollars in drug revenues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holbrooke to AP: US shifts money from Afghan drug eradication to interdiction, alternate crops</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy — The U.S. has announced a new drug policy for opium-rich Afghanistan, saying it was phasing out funding for eradication efforts and using the money for drug interdiction and alternate crop programs instead.

The U.S. envoy for Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, told The Associated Press on Saturday that eradication programs weren&#8217;t working and were only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G8 foreign ministers lament corruption in Afghanistan, call for regional cooperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alessandra Rizzo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy — Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight countries meeting in Italy lamented corruption and the lack of basic services such as health and water in Afghanistan, saying Friday that better cooperation among countries in the region was needed to promote stability.

The foreign ministers from the world&#8217;s industrialized nations endorsed Pakistan&#8217;s battle against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign ministers from G8 countries condemn North Korea&#8217;s nuclear and missile tests</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/foreign-ministers-from-g8-countries-condemn-north-koreas-nuclear-and-missile-tests-93083/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy — Foreign ministers from Group of Eight countries on Friday condemned North Korea&#8217;s nuclear and missile tests and urged the country to return to the negotiating table.

After its nuclear explosion last month, the United Nations slapped sanctions on Pyongyang.
&#8220;We condemn in the strongest terms the nuclear tests&#8221; in May, and the April launch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World must help ordinary Palestinians: Blair</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-must-help-ordinary-palestinians-blair-93030/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE - The only way to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict is to help ordinary Palestinians rebuild their economy, especially in Gaza, UN Middle East quartet&#8217;s special envoy to the region Tony Blair said Friday.

&#8220;We are all worried that we support Gaza and then there&#8217;s a further outbreak of conflict, but the best way of preventing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G8 to Israel: end settlement construction, including natural growth, open border crossings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Winfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy — A broad international coalition urged Israel on Friday to freeze all settlement activity in the West Bank and lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip, backing U.S. President Barack Obama&#8217;s Mideast policy.

The Quartet of Mideast negotiators and foreign ministers of the Group of Eight industrialized nations took advantage of what the U.N. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mideast Quartet urges Israel to freeze settlement activity, including &#8216;natural growth&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mideast-quartet-urges-israel-to-freeze-settlement-activity-including-natural-growth-92870/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy — The Quartet of Mideast negotiators has called on Israel to freeze all settlement activity and to lift its blockade on the Gaza Strip.

The Quartet — the United States, Russia, United Nations and European Union — met Friday on the sidelines of a meeting of the Group of Eight foreign ministers, who made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G8 gives Iran until September to respond to US offer</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/g8-gives-iran-until-september-to-respond-to-us-offer-92811/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE - The world&#8217;s eight most powerful nations have given Iran until September to respond to a US offer of direct talks on Tehran&#8217;s nuclear programme, G8 foreign ministers agreed Friday.

The G8&#8217;s leaders are to meet in New York in September on the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly, and that will be &#8220;an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ahead of NAM meet, India asks Pakistan to address terror issue</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ahead-of-nam-meet-india-asks-pakistan-to-address-terror-issue-92792/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE/NEW DELHI - Ten days after the crucial meeting between the leaders of India and Pakistan in Russia, Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Friday told his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi to address the issue of terrorism centrally and fulfill Islamabad&#8217;s pledge of not allowing its territory to be used for anti-India activities. 

The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G8 ministers call for end of violence in Iran, urge Tehran to reflect will of people in vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alessandra Rizzo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy — Group of Eight foreign ministers criticized Iran&#8217;s postelection violence, and urged its ruling clergy on Friday to ensure the outcome of the disputed ballot reflects the will of the Iranian people.

A statement by the ministers from the industrialized countries also said the door must remain open to dialogue on Iran&#8217;s nuclear program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G8 countries condemn NKorea&#8217;s missile tests</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy — Foreign ministers from Group of Eight countries on Friday condemned North Korea&#8217;s nuclear and missile tests and urged the country to return to the negotiating table.

After its nuclear explosion last month, the United Nations slapped sanctions on Pyongyang.
&#8220;We condemn in the strongest terms the nuclear tests&#8221; in May, and the April launch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G8 foreign ministers call for end of violence in Iran, urge Tehran to seek peaceful solution.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy — Foreign ministers from Group of Eight countries meeting in Italy are calling for the immediate end of violence in Iran and are calling on Tehran authorities to seek a peaceful solution.

The officials gathering in Trieste have worked to smooth over differences among themselves and address Iran&#8217;s violent crackdown on protesters following disputed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reports: G8 foreign ministers call for &#8220;democratic dialogue&#8221; in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy — Italian news reports say that foreign ministers from Group of Eight countries meeting in Italy have expressed worry over Iran&#8217;s post-election situation and called for &#8220;democratic dialogue.&#8221;

The officials gathering in Trieste have been working to smooth over differences and hammer out a joint document Friday addressing Iran&#8217;s violent crackdown on protesters following [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G8 foreign ministers meeting in Italy at work to hammer out shared document on Iran</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/g8-foreign-ministers-meeting-in-italy-at-work-to-hammer-out-shared-document-on-iran-92660/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alessandra Rizzo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy — Foreign ministers from Group of Eight countries meeting in Italy were working to smooth over differences and hammer out a joint document Friday addressing Iran&#8217;s violent crackdown on protesters.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said the group was working on a document.
&#8220;It is clear that positions aren&#8217;t the same,&#8221; he was quoted as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low-key Levi Leipheimer looking to contend for Giro title _ just don&#8217;t expect him to say so</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 17:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Dampf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy — Lance Armstrong&#8217;s shout across the room came in handy.

&#8220;You&#8217;re talking to the winner of the Giro, you know that?&#8221; the seven-time Tour de France winner bellowed.
Talking to Levi Leipheimer for a half hour, it could easily have been forgotten that the Montana native has designs on winning the 100th-anniversary edition of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Petacchi outsprints Cavendish to win 2nd stage of Giro; Armstrong gains on Basso, Leipheimer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Dampf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy — Alessandro Petacchi edged Mark Cavendish to win the second stage of the Giro d&#8217;Italia in a mass sprint Sunday, while Lance Armstrong finished in the main pack and gained time on overall race favorite Ivan Basso.

Cavendish, the British standout for Columbia High Road, retained the pink jersey and leads the overall standings [...]]]></description>
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