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		<title>Sotomayor confronts GOP skeptics, says she&#8217;ll pursue &#8216;impartial justice&#8217; if confirmed to court</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee in history, vowed loyalty to &#8220;the impartiality of our justice system&#8221; Monday, confronting Republican skeptics at Senate hearings suffused with racial politics but all but certain to lead to her confirmation.

&#8220;My personal and professional experiences help me to listen and understand, with the law always [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor says &#8216;impartial justice&#8217; will trump any narrow cause if she&#8217;s confirmed as justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Her confirmation all but assured, Sonia Sotomayor pledged Monday to serve the &#8220;larger interest of impartial justice&#8221; rather than any narrow cause if she becomes the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court.

&#8220;My personal and professional experiences help me listen and understand, with the law always commanding the result in every case,&#8221; Sotomayor told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Senator Graham predicts Sotomayor Supreme Court confirmation &#8216;barring meltdown&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats praised Sonia Sotomayor as a Hispanic pioneer well qualified for the Supreme Court on Monday, but Republicans questioned her impartiality and President Barack Obama&#8217;s views as well at the start of confirmation hearings.

Despite Republican misgivings, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told Sotomayor, &#8220;Unless you have a complete meltdown, you&#8217;re going to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor Supreme Court hearing starts with Democratic praise, doubts from GOP senators</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats praised Sonia Sotomayor as a judicial pioneer, but Republicans questioned her impartiality and President Barack Obama&#8217;s views as well Monday at confirmation hearings for the nation&#8217;s first Hispanic nominee to the Supreme Court.

&#8220;She&#8217;s been a judge for all Americans. She&#8217;ll be a justice for all Americans,&#8221; said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abuse scandal inquiry told that UK troops forced Iraqi detainee to dance like Michael Jackson</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Stringer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — A lawyer claimed Monday that British soldiers forced an Iraqi detainee to dance like Michael Jackson as part of widespread abuse and humiliation of civilians in southern Iraq — actions that resulted in the death in custody of a hotel receptionist.

Lawyers have opened a public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor Supreme Court hearing under way, with Democrat Leahy cheering her on</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — On the cusp of history, Sonia Sotomayor listened intently in a packed Senate hearing room Monday as lawmakers began confirmation hearings on her appointment as the nation&#8217;s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.

&#8220;She&#8217;s been a judge for all Americans. She&#8217;ll be a justice for all Americans,&#8221; said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor hearing under way; senators differ on how activist she would be on Supreme Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor took her seat for Supreme Court confirmation hearings on Monday as Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee renewed their weeks-long debate over her qualifications to render justice impartially.

&#8220;She&#8217;s not far left. She&#8217;s not far right. She&#8217;s mainstream,&#8221; said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., a member of the committee that will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senators differ on how activist Sonia Sotomayor would be as member of Supreme Court bench</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor has arrived for her Senate Supreme Court confirmation hearing.

As the week of hearings begins, Republicans and Democrats on the Judiciary Committee are renewing their debate over her qualifications to render justice impartially.
&#8220;She&#8217;s not far left. She&#8217;s not far right. She&#8217;s mainstream,&#8221; Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday.
But Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading Judiciary Republican charges Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor &#8216;out of mainstream&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor &#8216;out of mainstream&#8217;

WASHINGTON — The leading Judiciary Committee Republican is charging that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is &#8220;out of the mainstream&#8221; of legal thinking and has a very activist judicial profile.
Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama made the assertion just hours before Sotomayor, who would be the third woman to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain begins public inquiry into death of Iraqi man in UK custody</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — A lawyer claimed Monday that British soldiers forced an Iraqi detainee to dance like Michael Jackson as part of widespread abuse and humiliation of civilians in southern Iraq — actions that resulted in the death in custody of a hotel receptionist.

Lawyers have opened a public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor set to enter confirmation hearings for her historic nomination to the Supreme Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor enters confirmation hearings for her historic nomination to the Supreme Court with reason to be confident about the outcome — Democrats have the votes in the Senate to make her the court&#8217;s first Hispanic and third woman justice.

Hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee begin Monday with opening remarks from the panel&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate starts weighing Sotomayor&#8217;s historic nomination to high court in confirmation hearings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor enters confirmation hearings for her historic nomination to the Supreme Court with reason to be confident about the outcome — Democrats have the votes in the Senate to make her the court&#8217;s first Hispanic and third woman justice.

Hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee begin Monday with opening remarks from the panel&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allies&#8217; experiences draw scrutiny as US debates letting gays serve openly in military</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Crary</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — When it comes to dealing with gay personnel in the ranks, the contrasts are stark among some of the world&#8217;s proudest, toughest militaries — and these differing approaches are invoked by both sides as Americans renew debate over the Pentagon&#8217;s &#8220;don&#8217;t ask, don&#8217;t tell&#8221; policy.

In the United States, more than 12,000 service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama declares to Africa: End tyranny; says Ghana the continent is part of world affairs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark S. Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ACCRA, Ghana — An American president who has &#8220;the blood of Africa within me&#8221; praised and scolded the continent of his ancestors Saturday, asserting forces of tyranny and corruption must yield if Africa is to achieve its promise.

&#8220;Yes you can,&#8221; Barack Obama declared, brushing off his campaign slogan and adapting it for his foreign audience. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bin Laden&#8217;s son describes his dad as evil in new memoir</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Al Qaeda chief Osama bin laden&#8217;s son, Omar, has described his father as an evil man in his new memoir.

According to the New York Daily News, Omar says that he first realized the depth of his father&#8217;s evil when his beloved dogs were taken away and gassed in a chemical warfare experiment.
Omar also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-mails show SC gov&#8217;s taxpayer-funded Argentina trip included real estate, free time</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/e-mails-show-sc-govs-taxpayer-funded-argentina-trip-included-real-estate-free-time-105140/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford pushed for a packed schedule but wanted to keep an evening free on the taxpayer-funded trip to Buenos Aires where he says his friendship with an Argentine woman turned physical, e-mails released Thursday show.

Hundreds of e-mails provided by the state Commerce Department through a Freedom of Information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House passes $48.8 billion foreign aid bill after rebuke of Obama on IMF funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A $48.8 billion measure funding foreign aid and the State Department budget has passed the House after lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to force U.S. officials to oppose International Monetary Fund loans to countries that support terrorism.

The bill passed on a 318-106 vote after members voted overwhelmingly to force the Obama administration to abide by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate panel permanently reverses ban on aid to overseas groups that perform abortions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Clare Jalonick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Democrats on a key Senate panel voted Thursday to permanently reverse a policy in effect under recent Republican administrations that banned giving U.S. taxpayer money to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information.

The 17-11 vote by the Appropriations Committee would give the existing policy — set by President Barack Obama by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House passes bill to boost food stamp spending as record numbers need assistance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Clare Jalonick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With rising unemployment forcing millions of additional people onto food stamps, the House on Tuesday passed a bill to boost the program&#8217;s budget by 14 percent.

The Agriculture Department announced this week that a record 33.8 million people — or 1 in 9 Americans — were participating in the food stamp program as of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Armed police, cheered by some locals, watch over China city after days of ethnic rioting</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/armed-police-cheered-by-some-locals-watch-over-china-city-after-days-of-ethnic-rioting-103740/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/armed-police-cheered-by-some-locals-watch-over-china-city-after-days-of-ethnic-rioting-103740/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Foreman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — Security forces kept a firm grip on the tense Xinjiang capital Thursday after days of ethnic violence that killed 156 people, and alarmed Chinese leaders vowed to deal firmly with those behind the attacks.

Crowds of Han Chinese, China&#8217;s dominant ethnic group, cheered as trucks full of police and covered in banners reading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gore to train 19 Indian professionals at the Asia Pacific Summit in Australia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Nineteen professionals have been selected from more than 2000 Australasian applicants to be trained by former US Vice President Al Gore at The Climate Project - Australia Asia Pacific Summit (A-P Summit) in Melbourne from 11 - 13 July.

Building on the work of The Climate Project - Australia, the A-P Summit will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter, Internet play a key role in China&#8217;s latest bout of ethnic unrest</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/twitter-internet-play-a-key-role-in-chinas-latest-bout-of-ethnic-unrest-102081/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexa Olesen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — The brawl between Han Chinese and Uighurs in southern China was scarcely covered by state media, but accounts and photos spread quickly via the Internet and became a spark that helped ignite deadly riots thousands of miles away in the Uighur homeland.

Even in tightly controlled China, relatively unfettered commentaries and images circulating on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Gitmo prisoner claims abuse during detention and says the United States has photos</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner says the United States has photographs of him being beaten during his detention and has asked a judge to preserve the evidence.

Binyam Mohamed says guards at the U.S. facility beat him in May 2006 after he refused to come out of his cell for fingerprinting and an eye [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truth commission report recommends barring Liberian president, dozens of others from office</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/truth-commission-report-recommends-barring-liberian-president-dozens-of-others-from-office-101696/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Paye-layleh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia&#8217;s truth and reconciliation commission has recommended barring President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and 50 other high-profile figures from public office for three decades for supporting armed groups in the country&#8217;s civil wars.

If the legislature approves the recommendations and they become law before the 2011 presidential poll, it would block the chance of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robert S. McNamara, Pentagon chief who directed the Vietnam War despite doubts, dies at 93</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/robert-s-mcnamara-pentagon-chief-who-directed-the-vietnam-war-despite-doubts-dies-at-93-101204/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Robert S. McNamara, the brainy Pentagon chief who directed the escalation of the Vietnam War despite private doubts the war was winnable or worth fighting, died Monday at 93.

McNamara revealed his misgivings three decades after the American defeat that some called &#8220;McNamara&#8217;s war.&#8221;
&#8220;We of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations acted according to what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK orders new inquiry into allegations Iraqis were tortured and killed by British troops</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Stringer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Britain&#8217;s defense ministry ordered an inquiry Monday into allegations that Iraqi civilians were tortured and killed by British troops following a fierce gunbattle in Iraq in 2004.

Armed Forces Minister Bill Rammell said in a statement the study will examine events that followed clashes near the southern Iraqi town of Majar al-Kabir.
Six Iraqi civilians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robert S. McNamara, defense secretary during Vietnam war, dies in Washington</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/robert-s-mcnamara-defense-secretary-during-vietnam-war-dies-in-washington-100761/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Yost</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defense vilified for his role in escalating the Vietnam War, a disastrous conflict he later denounced as &#8220;terribly wrong,&#8221; died Monday. He was 93.

McNamara died at 5:30 a.m. at his home here, his wife Diana told The Associated Press. She said he had been in failing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mysterious  crop circle depicting giant hummingbird  appears  in British barley field</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mysterious-crop-circle-depicting-giant-hummingbird-appears-in-british-barley-field-100442/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Reports indicate that a  mysterious  crop circle  depicting a 300 feet-long hummingbird has appeared  in  a barley field in Wiltshire, a county in England.

Crop circles are patterns created by the flattening of crops such as wheat, barley, rapeseed, rye, corn, linseed and soy.
Various hypotheses have been offered to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book debunks the myth that there are only two sexes</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/book-debunks-the-myth-that-there-are-only-two-sexes-100319/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - A Colorado State University  expert  has debunked the myth that there are only two sexes.

Gerald  Callahan,  an associate professor of immunology  and  the public  understanding  of science at Colorado  State  University, writes in &#8216;Between XX and XY: Intersexuality and the myth of  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palin resigns as Alaska governor, leaves future presidential run shrouded in mystery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Doro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASILLA, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.

Palin, 45, and her staff kept her future plans shrouded in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attorney: Debbie Rowe still deciding whether to seek custody of kids she had with Jackson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Mccartney</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Deborah Rowe, the ex-wife of Michael Jackson and the mother of two of his children, has not reached a final decision on whether to seek custody of the children, a lawyer said Thursday.

Attorney Eric M. George made the disclosure on a telephone conference call but declined to take questions.
&#8220;The truth is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Dept delaying release of CIA report on detention, interrogation program until Sept</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Thursday that it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency&#8217;s secret detention and interrogation program before making it public, drawing criticism from civil libertarians who say it&#8217;s past time for Americans to know how its government treated terrorism suspects.

The Justice Department had originally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Austrian university launches online database to honor students, teachers expelled by Nazis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Veronika Oleksyn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA — Kurt Elias vividly remembers the day in 1938 when the Nazis barred him from entering the University of Vienna because he was Jewish.

&#8220;I had to send someone else in to get my dissection kit and coat,&#8221; said the 90-year-old Elias, a medical student at the time.
Shortly thereafter, the Vienna native left Austria with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Boyfriend&#8217; of model in Berlusconi sex-scandal was &#8216;fake&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - The sex scandal swirling  around  Silvio Berlusconi  took a fresh turn when a reality TV  show  contestant claimed that he had only posed as the boyfriend of aspiring model Noemi  Letizia,  after  the Italian  premier  attended  her  18th birthday party in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former lightweight champion, Managua mayor Alexis Arguello found dead at his home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Alexis Arguello, who fought in one of boxing&#8217;s most classic brawls and reigned supreme at 130 pounds, was found dead at his home early Wednesday.

Coroners were conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Sandanista Party&#8217;s Radio Ya and other local media were reporting it appeared to be a suicide.
The La [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN formally opens probe into assassination of former Pakistan PM Bhutto</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-formally-opens-probe-into-assassination-of-former-pakistan-pm-bhutto-96725/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Brummitt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The United Nations formally began a six-month investigation Wednesday into the slaying of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a process that the government hopes will lead to her killers being brought to justice.

The three-member U.N. commission is being led by Chile&#8217;s U.N. Ambassador Heraldo Munoz, a dissident during the dictatorship of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vanity Fair critique on Palin sparks off GOP feud</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/vanity-fair-critique-on-palin-sparks-off-gop-feud-96596/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/vanity-fair-critique-on-palin-sparks-off-gop-feud-96596/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The hard-hitting Vanity Fair piece  on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has touched off a blistering exchange of  insults  among high-profile Republicans, tearing  open  fresh wounds about leaks surrounding Palin.

Rival  factions  close to the McCain campaign have  been  feuding since  last  fall over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disgraced  US Senator Edwards struck deal with aide to  pose  as his love child&#8217;s father</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/disgraced-us-senator-edwards-struck-deal-with-aide-to-pose-as-his-love-childs-father-96514/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -  Andrew  Young,  a  close  aide   of controversial  former US senator John Edwards, is set to write  a tell-all  book and reveal how President Barack Obama&#8217;s rival  for the  democratic candidature last year asked him to pretend to  be the father [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Military board says gay NY National Guard officer should be discharged</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/military-board-says-gay-ny-national-guard-officer-should-be-discharged-96181/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A military administrative board recommended Tuesday that a National Guard officer who publicly announced he&#8217;s gay should be discharged for violating the military&#8217;s &#8220;don&#8217;t ask, don&#8217;t tell&#8221; policy.

Lt. Dan Choi would be the first New York National Guard member discharged for violating the policy against homosexual conduct, said Lt. Col. Paul Fanning, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC gov&#8217;s affair with Argentine woman changes political landscape for would-be successors</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-govs-affair-with-argentine-woman-changes-political-landscape-for-would-be-successors-95154/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara Lush</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Mark Sanford&#8217;s bombshell admission of an affair with an Argentine woman has touched off a delicate political dance among fellow Republicans vying to replace him when his term ends.

The most awkward shuffle is being done by Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer — Sanford&#8217;s second-in-command but not his ally — who would get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After 20 years, &#8216;Do The Right Thing&#8217; still poses burning questions for race relations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-20-years-do-the-right-thing-still-poses-burning-questions-for-race-relations-94106/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Washington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Twenty years later, the trash can is still crashing through America&#8217;s window.

At the climax of Spike Lee&#8217;s 1989 drama &#8220;Do The Right Thing,&#8221; the eternal battle between love and hate teeters on a razor&#8217;s edge. The young black man Radio Raheem has been choked to death by white police after a fight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farah Pandith play leading role engaging Muslims: Clinton</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/farah-pandith-play-leading-role-engaging-muslims-clinton-93628/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arun Kumar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that as US special representative to Muslim communities Farah Pandith, a Kashmiri-origin woman, will &#8220;play a leading role&#8221; in US efforts to engage Muslims around the world.

&#8220;I am pleased to announce the appointment of Farah Pandith to serve as Special Representative to Muslim Communities,&#8221; she said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 10 questions that are making Berlusconi&#8217;s life a living hell</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-10-questions-that-are-making-berlusconis-life-a-living-hell-93561/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-10-questions-that-are-making-berlusconis-life-a-living-hell-93561/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - The ongoing saga involving Silvio Berlusconi and his alleged sexcapades has taken a fresh turn after a leading Italian newspaper asked the Prime Minister ten questions about his relationship with 18-year-old aspiring model Noemi Letizia.

For weeks La Repubblica has repeatedly printed the questions, and yesterday it updated them, reports The Times.
They are:
1 When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Had  Musharraf  not  toppled my Govt, Kashmir  would  have  been solved by now: Sharif</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAHORE - Former Pakistan  Prime  Minister  Nawaz Sharif  has said that the long pending Kashmir issue  would  have been  resolved long ago, had his government not been  toppled  by  former military chief General Pervez Musharraf in 1999.

In  an  interview  to a leading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Millions of Americans get stimulus payments in May, but money goes into savings, not spending</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/millions-of-americans-get-stimulus-payments-in-may-but-money-goes-into-savings-not-spending-93215/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Crutsinger</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Households raised their savings rate to the highest level in more than 15 years in May as many used a big boost in money from the government&#8217;s stimulus program to bolster nest eggs rather than to spend more. Still, with consumer spending expected to stay subdued, a sustained economic recovery seems doubtful anytime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swat Taliban deputy commander&#8217;s death &#8216;unconfirmed&#8217;: NWFP minister</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR - The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain has said that reports about the death of Taliban Swat chapter deputy leader, Shah Durran, had not been confirmed yet.

&#8220;We&#8217;ve heard reports of Shah Durran&#8217;s death, and his consequent funeral and burial, but we cannot officially confirm it unless we have concrete evidence,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SC gov says he&#8217;s focused on family after affair, shakes his head no when asked if he&#8217;ll resign</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-gov-says-hes-focused-on-family-after-affair-shakes-his-head-no-when-asked-if-hell-resign-92344/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford tells reporters staking out his beach home that he&#8217;s focusing on his family right now.

He emerged briefly Thursday from the Sullivans Island home and rolled down the window of his car to talk. Asked if he&#8217;s planning to resign, he shook his head no.
Sanford publicly admitted Wednesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RNC member asks for unfaithful SC governor to resign to spare party, practice his rhetoric</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/rnc-member-asks-for-unfaithful-sc-governor-to-resign-to-spare-party-practice-his-rhetoric-92202/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — A top South Carolina Republican leader says philandering Gov. Mark Sanford should resign and practice the philosophy he&#8217;s preached of holding GOP leaders accountable.

Glenn McCall is one of the state&#8217;s two national representatives to the Republican National Committee. He&#8217;s also a county party chairman and said Thursday that party members want Sanford [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For SC governor, year of concealing affair ends with e-mails revealed, shame confessed</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/for-sc-governor-year-of-concealing-affair-ends-with-e-mails-revealed-shame-confessed-92155/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen G. Breed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — Six bronze stars punctuate the smooth granite walls of the copper-domed State House. Each marks a scar left by the cannons of invading Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman&#8217;s bombardment of the capital in the final months of the Civil War.

By last Thursday, Gov. Mark Sanford was feeling much like the building in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kashmiri-origin woman is Clinton aide for Muslims</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kashmiri-origin-woman-is-clinton-aide-for-muslims-91812/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Farah Pandith, a Kashmiri-origin woman, has been appointed as special representative to Muslim communities in the US State Department.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has appointed Pandith  as in charge of a new office that is responsible for outreach with Muslims around the world, according to a notice of the State Department. [...]]]></description>
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