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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Unacceptable</title>
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		<title>Italian aid worker for Red Cross freed in Philippines after being held hostage for 6 months</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oliver Teves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Al-Qaida-linked militants freed an ailing Italian Red Cross worker Sunday from six months of jungle captivity in the southern Philippines, officials said.

Eugenio Vagni, 63, appeared to be in good health but tired as Abu Sayyaf gunmen handed him over to a provincial vice governor shortly after midnight in jungle near Maimbung township [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama picks parks chief enmeshed in oyster flap with California senator, shellfish farmer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rita Beamish</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama on Friday tapped Jon Jarvis to head the National Park Service, turning to a 30-year-veteran who oversees the national parks across the Western states, and who also has angered a powerful U.S. senator and backers of a Northern California oyster farm.

Jarvis is a biologist who told The Associated Press recently that his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G8-G5 summit: World powers accept warming limit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA - Developed and developing nations have agreed that global temperatures should not rise more than two degrees Celsius above 1900 levels, a G8 summit declaration has said.

That is the level above which, the UN says, the Earth&#8217;s climate system would become dangerously unstable.
US President Barack Obama said the countries had made important strides in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pennsylvania agency looking into allegations of discrimination at Philly-area swim club</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Todt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission will investigate allegations of racial discrimination against a Philadelphia-area swim club accused of kicking out black and Hispanic children.

Commission Chairman Stephen A. Glassman says his agency will launch an immediate probe Thursday into allegations that The Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley discriminated against the Creative Steps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bombs easily sneaked past government guards at high security US government buildings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - An investigative arm of the US Congress has revealed that bomb parts were sneaked past guards and assembled inside several US government buildings by undercover agents.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed that these undercover agents carried liquid explosives and detonators, and were able to pass undetected through security checkpoints at 10 buildings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sikh clergy decree against solemnizing gay marriages</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMRITSAR - The Sikh clergy has issued a decree to the community not to solemnize any gay marriage, terming it as unacceptable in the faith.

The directions were issued after a meeting of five Akal Takht priests in Amritsar.
The meeting was attended by Jathedar (head cleric) of Akal Takht, Gyani Gurbachan Singh, Jathedar of Takht Damdama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democrats consider surtax on the wealthy as option to pay for health care legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — An income tax surcharge on highly paid Americans emerged as the leading option Wednesday night as House Democrats sought ways to pay for health care legislation that President Barack Obama favors, several officials said.

As discussed in the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, the surtax would apply to individuals with adjusted gross income [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surtax on the wealthy emerges as leading option in House health care bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — An income tax surcharge on highly paid Americans emerged as the leading option Wednesday night as House Democrats sought ways to pay for health care legislation that President Barack Obama favors, several officials said.

As discussed in the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, the surtax would apply to individuals with adjusted gross income [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G-8 deplores violence in the aftermath of Iran&#8217;s election</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Vandore</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Group of Eight leaders said Wednesday that they deplored the violence in the aftermath of Iran&#8217;s disputed election last month, but added they remained committed to seeking a diplomatic solution to Iran&#8217;s contentious nuclear program.

In a series of declarations on global security threats, the G-8 also condemned &#8220;in the strongest terms&#8221; North [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Partisan differences plague health care bill in Senate, raise doubts about timetable</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/partisan-differences-plague-health-care-bill-in-senate-raise-doubts-about-timetable-103522/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats edged away Wednesday from their goal of passing ambitious health care legislation by early August amid heightening partisan controversy over tax increases and a proposed new government role in providing insurance to consumers.

&#8220;I think the ultimate goal is to have a bill by the end of this year&#8221; that is signed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK man banned from getting drunk for 7yrs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - A man, who committed a series of drunk and disorderly offences, has been banned from getting drunk anywhere in England and Wales for the next seven years.

Unemployed David Peers has also been ordered by Justices at South East Surrey Magistrates&#8217; Court not to act abusively, enter public houses or social clubs in Reigate, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tackle climate change now, top scientists urge world leaders</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tackle-climate-change-now-top-scientists-urge-world-leaders-101547/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - As leaders of the world&#8217;s 13 major countries prepare to meet at the G8+5 summit in Italy this week, 24 leading scientists from these countries have appealed to them to take immediate action to combat climate change.

&#8220;We come together to call on our government leaders to recognise both the unacceptable risks that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran frees a British embassy employee, another still held</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-frees-a-british-embassy-employee-another-still-held-100594/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - One of the last two British Embassy employees, held in Iran on the alleged charges of being behind last month&#8217;s post-election violence in the country, has been released.

The British Foreign Office on Monday confirmed the news, but added that embassy&#8217;s chief political analyst Hossein Rassam is still under detention. ine staff were originally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Honduran president vows to try again after plane blocked from landing in homeland</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/ousted-honduran-president-vows-to-try-again-after-plane-blocked-from-landing-in-homeland-100292/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Honduras&#8217; interim government closed its main airport to all flights on Monday after blocking the runway to prevent the return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Clashes with his supporters caused the first death in a week of protests.

Police and soldiers blanketed the streets of the capital early Monday, enforcing a sunset-to-sunrise curfew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dalits (Scheduled Caste) in India Deprieved of Rs.72,500 crore by UPA Government: Study</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/23-for-sunday-upa-failed-to-use-rs72500-crore-for-dalits-study-99783/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/23-for-sunday-upa-failed-to-use-rs72500-crore-for-dalits-study-99783/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darshan Desai</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) may wax eloquent about empowering the downtrodden, but in the last five years it has denied the Scheduled Castes (SCs) a whopping Rs.72,500 crore ($15.16 billion) that should have been earmarked for them under a special scheme.

This has been underlined by voluntary organisation National Campaign on Dalit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INSIDE WASHINGTON: With many items missing, is National Archives good record-keeping steward?</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/inside-washington-with-many-items-missing-is-national-archives-good-record-keeping-steward-99439/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/inside-washington-with-many-items-missing-is-national-archives-good-record-keeping-steward-99439/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — National Archives visitors know they&#8217;ll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building&#8217;s magnificent rotunda in Washington. But they won&#8217;t find the patent file for the Wright Brothers&#8217; Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory.

Many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is US National Archive compromising on your important and confidential information?</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/inside-washington-is-national-archives-a-good-record-keeping-steward-many-items-missing-99409/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — National Archives visitors know they&#8217;ll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building&#8217;s magnificent rotunda in Washington. But they won&#8217;t find the patent file for the Wright Brothers&#8217; Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory.

Many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next generation fireworks turn out to be a whole lot &#8216;greener&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/next-generation-fireworks-turn-out-to-be-a-whole-lot-greener-99172/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/next-generation-fireworks-turn-out-to-be-a-whole-lot-greener-99172/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A team of scientists is working on a new generation of eco friendly pyrotechnics that produce less smoke and use fewer toxic metals.

Fireworks are fun and exciting, but the flashing displays can harm the environment and pose risks to human health.
According to a report in ABC Science, researchers at the Los Alamos National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Railways to set up cold storages, run fruit-vegetable trains</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/railways-to-set-up-cold-storages-run-fruit-vegetable-trains-98838/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/railways-to-set-up-cold-storages-run-fruit-vegetable-trains-98838/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Indian Railways have decided to run special trains for perishables and set up cold storages and temperature-controlled cargo centres in an effort to eliminate food wastage and contribute to India&#8217;s second green revolution. 

&#8220;Railways will encourage creation of facilities of setting up cold storage and temperature-controlled perishable cargo centres and its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aborigine child abuse six times higher than non-Aborigine  child abuse in Australia: Report</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/aborigine-child-abuse-six-times-higher-than-non-aborigine-child-abuse-in-australia-report-98650/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/aborigine-child-abuse-six-times-higher-than-non-aborigine-child-abuse-in-australia-report-98650/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DARWIN - The latest two-yearly study of the  Australian  Government&#8217;s Productivity  Commission  damningly reveals  that  indigenous children are six times more  likely  to suffer abuse or neglect than non-indigenous children and 28 times more likely to wind up in jail.

According  to  The Australian, the report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Before holidays, British schools told to watch out for forced marriages</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/before-holidays-british-schools-told-to-watch-out-for-forced-marriages-97682/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/before-holidays-british-schools-told-to-watch-out-for-forced-marriages-97682/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - British schools were Thursday urged to look out for signs of forced marriages ahead of school holidays.

&#8220;All children have the right to grow up safe from harm, Baroness Delyth Morgan, minister for young people, said. 	 	
&#8220;As the end of the school year nears, it&#8217;s vital that we get the message out that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report on indigenous Australians shows widening gap in child abuse; few social improvements</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-on-indigenous-australians-shows-widening-gap-in-child-abuse-few-social-improvements-97436/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-on-indigenous-australians-shows-widening-gap-in-child-abuse-few-social-improvements-97436/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanalee Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY — Children in Australia&#8217;s Aboriginal communities are six times as likely to be abused or neglected than the country&#8217;s non-indigenous children, a government report said Thursday.

The report, meant to measure social and economic improvements among Australia&#8217;s most disadvantaged minority, instead highlights the continuned — and in some cases growing — discrepancies between their lives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amnesty accuses Israel, Hamas of war crimes in Gaza offensive</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/amnesty-accuses-israel-hamas-of-war-crimes-in-gaza-offensive-97301/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/amnesty-accuses-israel-hamas-of-war-crimes-in-gaza-offensive-97301/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Teibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM — Amnesty International accused Israel and Palestinian militants of war crimes Thursday in the most comprehensive report on the recent Gaza war. Both sides rejected the findings.

Israel used excessive force in violation of international laws of war, killing hundreds of Palestinian civilians and destroying thousands of Gaza homes, the human rights group claimed. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Express gives up on money-losing London-Edinburgh rail franchise</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/national-express-gives-up-on-money-losing-london-edinburgh-rail-franchise-96361/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/national-express-gives-up-on-money-losing-london-edinburgh-rail-franchise-96361/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Barr</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — National Express Group PLC said Wednesday that it will give up its money-losing franchise to operate passenger service on the London-Edinburgh rail line, blaming the recession.

The company also braced for a fight with the government to hold on to another rail franchise in eastern England and announced that its chief executive, Richard Bowker, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberal-leaning religious groups launch radio ads supporting effort to overhaul health care</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/liberal-leaning-religious-groups-launch-radio-ads-supporting-effort-to-overhaul-health-care-95834/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/liberal-leaning-religious-groups-launch-radio-ads-supporting-effort-to-overhaul-health-care-95834/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Fram</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Liberal-leaning religious groups are launching radio ads in five states this week in which local pastors urge senators to back efforts to overhaul the nation&#8217;s health care system.

In the ads, the religious leaders discuss the moral reasons for making health care more affordable. They are being sponsored by national and local groups including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats warn Republicans not to overplay their health care cards in name of bipartisanship</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/democrats-warn-republicans-not-to-overplay-their-health-care-cards-in-name-of-bipartisanship-95036/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/democrats-warn-republicans-not-to-overplay-their-health-care-cards-in-name-of-bipartisanship-95036/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Babington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Mainstream Democrats close to Barack Obama are warning Republicans about insisting on too many changes to the president&#8217;s health care overhaul, saying the Democratic-controlled Congress will move ahead without GOP input if they do.

A strong-arm partisan approach may be unpleasant, these prominent Democrats say, but it is better than letting Republicans dictate spending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holocaust conference says caring for survivors is matter of &#8220;utmost urgency&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/holocaust-conference-says-caring-for-survivors-is-matter-of-utmost-urgency-94813/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/holocaust-conference-says-caring-for-survivors-is-matter-of-utmost-urgency-94813/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karel Janicek</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PRAGUE — An international conference assessing efforts to return property and possessions stolen by the Nazis to their rightful owners or heirs said Monday that caring for Holocaust survivors is a matter of the &#8220;utmost urgency.&#8221;

The five-day meeting attended by Holocaust survivors, Jewish groups and government officials was a follow-up to a 1998 meeting in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BJP asks government to stick to stand on trade talks</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bjp-asks-government-to-stick-to-stand-on-trade-talks-94709/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bjp-asks-government-to-stick-to-stand-on-trade-talks-94709/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition party in parliament, Monday asked the government not to succumb to pressure from the developed world and change its stand on agriculture subsidies ahead of the mini trade talks to be held here later this year.

Commerce Minister Anand Sharma had Saturday said he hoped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Angry UK terms arrest of embassy staff in Iran unacceptable</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/angry-uk-terms-arrest-of-embassy-staff-in-iran-unacceptable-94402/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - The Gordon Brown Government in Britain has reacted to the arrest of at least eight Iranians working for the British Embassy in Tehran, calling the move unacceptable &#8220;harassment and intimidation&#8221;.

According to The Times, the eight, who are thought to work in the embassy&#8217;s political section, are accused of playing a &#8220;significant role&#8221; in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police, protesters clash anew in Iran as EU condemns arrests of British Embassy staff</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-protesters-clash-anew-in-iran-as-eu-condemns-arrests-of-british-embassy-staff-94166/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William J. Kole</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Several thousand protesters — some chanting &#8220;Where is my vote?&#8221; — clashed with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Witnesses say Iranian police fire tear gas in clashes with up to 3,000 protesters in Tehran</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/witnesses-say-iranian-police-fire-tear-gas-in-clashes-with-up-to-3000-protesters-in-tehran-94116/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William J. Kole</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Riot police clashed with up to 3,000 protesters near a mosque in north [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign policy chief Javier Solana says EU keen to restart nuclear talks with Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Slobodan Lekic</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CORFU, Greece — The European Union wants to restart talks on Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, the bloc&#8217;s top foreign policy official said Sunday, even as its foreign ministers condemned the country for its crackdown on demonstrators and rights groups.

&#8220;The EU urges the Iranian government to restore and respect the freedom of media, press and all instruments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran detains local staff at British Embassy; Britain angrily complains of &#8216;harassment&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-detains-local-staff-at-british-embassy-britain-angrily-complains-of-harassment-94043/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karin Laub</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Iranian authorities have detained several local employees of the British Embassy in Tehran, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solana: EU keen to restart nuclear talks with Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CORFU, Greece — The European Union wants to restart talks on Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, an official said Sunday, even as Tehran ratcheted up tensions with the bloc by detaining Iranian employees of the British Embassy.

Earlier this month, the EU&#8217;s 27 leaders unanimously condemned Teheran&#8217;s treatment of the hundreds of thousands of protesters who have rallied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran detains local staff at British embassy; Britain complains of &#8216;harassment&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-detains-local-staff-at-british-embassy-britain-complains-of-harassment-94010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karin Laub</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

Iranian authorities have detained several local employees of the British Embassy in Iran, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain calls detention of UK embassy employees in Iran &#8216;harassment and intimidation&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/britain-calls-detention-of-uk-embassy-employees-in-iran-harassment-and-intimidation-94004/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CORFU, Greece — Britain&#8217;s foreign secretary categorically denied Sunday that his country had helped foment postelection discontent in Iran.

David Miliband, who is on the Greek island of Corfu for a meeting of foreign ministers&#8217; from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, condemned the detention of British Embassy employees in Iran, which he said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miliband: Detention of British Embassy staff in Tehran unacceptable</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/miliband-detention-of-british-embassy-staff-in-tehran-unacceptable-93990/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CORFU, Greece — Britain&#8217;s foreign secretary says the government is &#8220;deeply concerned&#8221; at the arrest and detention of British Embassy employees in Tehran.

David Miliband, who is on the Greek island of Corfu for a foreign ministers&#8217; meeting, said Britain has protested to the Iranian authorities about the arrests, which he said occurred Saturday.
The foreign secretary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italy hopes G8 ministers will rebuke Iran at Trieste; US and Moscow measure response</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Winfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TRIESTE, Italy — Foreign ministers of Group of Eight countries are seeking to find a common position on Iran&#8217;s violent crackdown on protesters as they open a meeting in this northeastern Italian city.

Italy, the host of the meeting, said Thursday it wanted to send a tough message, but Italian officials in Trieste also stressed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1,000 transportation safety recommendations await action for lack of money, will or technology</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/1000-transportation-safety-recommendations-await-action-for-lack-of-money-will-or-technology-91311/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Sniffen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Has the National Transportation Safety Board become the government&#8217;s &#8220;I-told-you-so&#8221; agency?

After this week&#8217;s deadly subway collision in Washington, board member Debbie Hersman pointed to safety recommendations the NTSB made years earlier to replace older subway cars, which might have saved lives — if they had been followed.
A commuter airliner crash near Buffalo, N.Y., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Netanyahu defends proposal for demilitarized Palestinian state, says it&#8217;s gaining ground</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/netanyahu-defends-proposal-for-demilitarized-palestinian-state-says-its-gaining-ground-91069/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Weizman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after meeting the leaders of France and Italy on Wednesday, said his bid for a demilitarized Palestinian state is gaining international ground and is the only solution for Mideast peace.

Netanyahu also was meant to meet in Paris with Washington&#8217;s top Mideast envoy, George Mitchell, but Israel&#8217;s government postponed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarkozy calls for immediate halt to construction of Jewish settlements in talks with Netanyahu</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Weizman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Wednesday for an immediate halt to construction of Jewish settlements, standing firm in talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu, speaking to journalists in the French presidential palace courtyard, pledged that no new settlements would be built — but suggested existing colonies would be allowed to develop.
Making his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murtha wants White House to salvage some of $3.2 billion spent on president helicopter</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/murtha-wants-white-house-to-salvage-some-of-32-billion-spent-on-president-helicopter-90956/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly Hefling</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The chairman of a powerful House subcommittee that oversees the military said Wednesday he hopes at least some of the $3.2 billion spent for a new fleet of presidential helicopters can be salvaged.

The military stopped production of the heavily over-budget VH-71 helicopter program, estimated to now cost $13 billion, at the White House&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: Grumbling gets louder as unveiling of health bills gives lobbyists targets</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-influence-game-grumbling-gets-louder-as-unveiling-of-health-bills-gives-lobbyists-targets-90430/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Fram</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — For President Barack Obama, the MRIs and other medical scans for Medicare patients that cost the government billions are prime targets for cuts to help finance health care overhaul.

The response from physicians and industry: a lobbying counterattack accusing Obama of denying patients the lifesaving tools they need.
Patients, rural doctors and advocacy groups who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Britain expels Iranian diplomats in tit-for-tat move</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/britain-expels-iranian-diplomats-in-tit-for-tat-move-89906/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Britain would expel two Iranian diplomats after the Iranian government ordered two British diplomats to leave the country, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday.

Brown told parliament that the allegations made against the two British diplomats were &#8220;absolutely without foundation&#8221;.	 	
The expulsions mark a worsening in relations between Britain and Iran, already strained by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico&#8217;s president refuses to let Frenchwoman convicted of kidnapping serve time in France</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexicos-president-refuses-to-let-frenchwoman-convicted-of-kidnapping-serve-time-in-france-89285/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexicos-president-refuses-to-let-frenchwoman-convicted-of-kidnapping-serve-time-in-france-89285/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Monday that a Frenchwoman convicted of kidnapping will have to serve her 60-year sentence in Mexico, rejecting appeals by France to send her home.

Calderon said his government decided against returning Florence Cassez because France wouldn&#8217;t guarantee that she would serve the full sentence.
&#8220;The French government said it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEC says investors bilked of $11 million by Neb., Fla., Texas business partners; assets frozen</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sec-says-investors-bilked-of-11-million-by-neb-fla-texas-business-partners-assets-frozen-89180/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Gambrell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas prisoner nearly died after guards left him in his own waste for a weekend, and while probing that incident corrections officials found that guards apparently received lap dances while on the job, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.

The prison system fired Lt. John Glasscock, who supervised guards on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU rejects Iranian accusations, condemns violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS - The European Union (EU) Monday dismissed as &#8220;baseless and unacceptable&#8221; Iranian claims that some of the bloc&#8217;s biggest members are trying to topple its regime.

&#8220;The EU considers the accusations made by various Iranian authorities towards the EU and its member states concerning European interference in the Iranian elections as baseless and unacceptable. All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian police use tear gas, fire in the air to disperse hundreds of demonstrators</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-police-use-tear-gas-fire-in-the-air-to-disperse-hundreds-of-demonstrators-88735/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — Riot police attacked hundreds of demonstrators with tear gas and fired live bullets in the air to disperse a rally in central Tehran Monday, carrying out a threat by the country&#8217;s most powerful security force to crush any further opposition protests over the disputed presidential election.

Britain, accused by Iran of fomenting post-election unrest, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s elite Revolutionary Guard threatens to crush any further opposition protests</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-elite-revolutionary-guard-threatens-to-crush-any-further-opposition-protests-88647/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — Iran&#8217;s most powerful security force threatened Monday to crush any further opposition protests over the disputed presidential election, warning demonstrators to prepare for a &#8220;revolutionary confrontation&#8221; if they take to the streets again. It was the sternest warning yet from the elite Revolutionary Guard.

An Iranian woman who lives in Tehran said there was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard threatens to crush any further opposition protests</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-revolutionary-guard-threatens-to-crush-any-further-opposition-protests-88619/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Heintz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard is threatening to crush any further opposition protests over the disputed presidential election and warns demonstrators to prepare for a &#8220;revolutionary confrontation&#8221; if they take to the streets again.

The country&#8217;s most powerful military force ordered demonstrators to &#8220;end the sabotage and rioting activities&#8221; and said their resistance is a [...]]]></description>
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