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		<title>White House welcomes release of journalists, says it&#8217;s &#8216;enormously pleased&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Pace</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama White House said Wednesday that it&#8217;s &#8220;enormously pleased&#8221; with the release of two young journalists by North Korea.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs made the comment as the pair was getting off a private plane near Los Angeles after returning with former President Bill Clinton.
Gibbs, speaking to reporters at the White [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Germany&#8217;s Hitler-style &#8220;youth camp&#8221; closed down</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - The plans of Germany&#8217;s pro-Hitler party to open  a  Third Reich-style &#8220;youth camp&#8221; in a small  village  have been  scrapped  by a court ruling, which  directed  Neo-Nazis  to evict the hotel premises.

A court in Lower Saxony cleared the way for the debt-ridden hotel owner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton&#8217;s North Korea trip may prove costly for the US</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL - An editorial in a South Korean  daily  has warned  that  North Korea could use the release of  two  American journalists as a direct bargaining chip with the United States in the near future.

&#8220;Regardless  of what the US administration says, the  Clinton-Kim meeting signals the start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freed journalists back home in US after Clinton mission to N. Korea wins pardon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Jablon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BURBANK, Calif. — Two American journalists jubilantly reunited with family and friends early Wednesday upon returning to the United States with former President Bill Clinton, whose diplomatic trip to North Korea secured their release nearly five months after their arrests.

The jet carrying Euna Lee and Laura Ling, reporters for Al Gore&#8217;s San Francisco-based Current TV, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities: Fire at Michigan fuel storage facility that prompted evacuations is &#8216;mostly out&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities say crews have contained a fire at a Michigan fuel storage facility where a stubborn blaze caused several oil barrels to explode and prompted area evacuations.

Clio Assistant Fire Chief Kerry Paulson said Wednesday morning the fire was &#8220;mostly out&#8221; at the White Oil Co. facility about 65 miles north of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journalists return to US after N. Korea grants pardon and Bill Clinton helps win release</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/journalists-return-to-us-after-n-korea-grants-pardon-and-bill-clinton-helps-win-release-131218/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Young</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Former President Bill Clinton and two American journalists flew back to the United States on Wednesday for what was expected to be an emotional reunion with family and friends after the reporters spent the last four months detained in North Korea.

Euna Lee and Laura Ling were granted a pardon by North Korea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines bids farewell to late President Aquino, hailed as example of moral leadership</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/philippines-bids-farewell-to-late-president-aquino-hailed-as-example-of-moral-leadership-131077/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Gomez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Former President Corazon Aquino was buried in her family mausoleum Wednesday with hundreds of thousands of supporters wearing her signature yellow color and professing gratitude to the woman who restored democracy at high personal cost.

The flatbed truck carrying Aquino&#8217;s flag-draped coffin reached Manila Memorial Park in the evening after a nearly nine-hour, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate will approve &#8216;cash-for-clunkers&#8217; extension, Democratic and GOP leaders say</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-will-approve-cash-for-clunkers-extension-democratic-and-gop-leaders-say-130918/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-will-approve-cash-for-clunkers-extension-democratic-and-gop-leaders-say-130918/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate has cleared the way for a vote extending the &#8220;cash-for-clunkers&#8221; program, which offers car buyers rebates of up to $4,500 for trading in their gas-guzzlers for new, higher-mileage models, setting aside Republican opposition to the plan.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday he had several very good conversations with Republican Minority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Cash for clunkers&#8217; gains support in the Senate, could end by Friday unless $2 billion added</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cash-for-clunkers-gains-support-in-the-senate-could-end-by-friday-unless-2-billion-added-129727/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration expressed more confidence Tuesday that Senate Democrats can win over enough Republicans to pass a $2 billion extension of a popular rebate program that gives consumers up to $4,500 to trade in their old gas guzzlers for more fuel-efficient vehicles.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the popular program has allowed thousands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slain Border Patrol agent remembered in his hometown as outgoing family man</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/slain-border-patrol-agent-remembered-in-his-hometown-as-outgoing-family-man-127062/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elliot Spagat</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EL CENTRO, Calif. — A Border Patrol agent who was slain in a rugged, remote area along the Mexican border was buried Friday after being remembered as a gregarious family man who dreamed that his 2-year-old son would follow in his footsteps.

About 4,000 people packed a memorial service for Robert Rosas, 30, who was found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials: Leader of Islamist sect blamed for Nigeria violence killed in police custody</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Njadvara Musa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — The leader of the Islamist sect blamed for days of violence in northern Nigeria has been shot and killed while in police custody, officials said Thursday.

The police commander of Borno state announced on state radio that Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of the sect some call the Nigerian Taliban, has &#8220;died in police [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official: Members of NC family that includes terror suspects denied entry to Israel on 07 trip</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-members-of-nc-family-that-includes-terror-suspects-denied-entry-to-israel-on-07-trip-123915/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Baker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. — Israel denied entry two years ago to members of a North Carolina family that includes three men accused of plotting to execute terror attacks in foreign countries, an official said Wednesday.

Daniel Boyd, 39, was arrested Monday with six others, including two sons. Authorities claim Boyd was the ringleader of a group that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House hopes police officer, scholar in racial controversy visit DC for beer with Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House says plans are under way for the police officer and professor at the center of a racial controversy to join President Barack Obama for a beer.

Spokesman Robert Gibbs says he hopes Sgt. James Crowley and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. will have a drink with the president this week.
Crowley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippine President Arroyo vows not to seek fresh term as protesters warn of civil unrest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, faced with the prospect of civil unrest unless she steps down at the end of her term, has vowed not to try to extend her time in office.

In her final state of the nation address Monday, Arroyo defended her record during her turbulent 8 1/2 years in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After his comment about black professor&#8217;s arrest, Obama seeks to dampen uproar and move on</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Benac</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama concedes his words — that a white police officer &#8220;acted stupidly&#8221; when he arrested a black university scholar in his own home — were ill-chosen. But, while he invited both men to visit him at the White House, Obama stopped short of publicly apologizing for his remark.

The president personally telephoned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One obstacle to health care overhaul may be cleared, but others remain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Key House Democrats agreed Friday on steps designed to cut the growth of Medicare, clearing one of numerous obstacles blocking an early vote on health care legislation.

But even as Speaker Nancy Pelosi hailed the agreement as a &#8220;giant step forward&#8221; on President Barack Obama&#8217;s top domestic legislation, leaders struggled without success to ease [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia asks Biden for advanced US weapons, observers; US makes no promises on military aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Birch</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TBILISI, Georgia — Georgia&#8217;s president asked U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday for advanced U.S. weaponry, military aid and unarmed observers to monitor a cease-fire along the boundaries of two Moscow-backed breakaway regions, a senior U.S. official said.

Biden made no promises of any U.S. military assistance, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. policeman who arrested black Harvard scholar Gates insists he won&#8217;t apologize to him</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Salsberg</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NATICK, Mass. — A white police sergeant accused of racism after he arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home insisted Wednesday he won&#8217;t apologize for his treatment of the Harvard professor, but President Barack Obama said police had acted &#8220;stupidly.&#8221;

Gates has demanded an apology from Sgt. James Crowley, who had responded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge rules that NYC discriminates against black, Hispanic firefighter recruits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A federal judge has ruled the predominantly white Fire Department of New York used recruitment exams that discriminate against blacks and Hispanics.

U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis (GAR&#8217;-uh-fis) ruled against New York City on Wednesday, finding the discrimination occurred in written exams given to thousands of firefighter candidates from 1999 to 2007.
Of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New blue light nanocrystals could play role in long-term storage of CO2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - A team of scientists at the Berkeley Lab have produced non-toxic magnesium oxide nanocrystals that efficiently emit blue light and could also play a role in long-term storage of carbon dioxide (CO2), a potential means of tempering the effects of global warming.

In its bulk form, magnesium oxide is a cheap, white mineral used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama hails Apollo 11 crew as &#8216;genuine American heroes&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama welcomed the crew of Apollo 11 to the White House Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of their journey to the moon and called the three men &#8220;genuine American heroes.&#8221;

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to set foot on the lunar surface, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton happy with clout in Obama administration, saying she &#8216;broke my elbow, not my larynx&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is denying she&#8217;s unhappy with her say in foreign affairs in the Obama administration.

In a nationally broadcast interview that aired Monday morning, Clinton told ABC: &#8220;I broke my elbow, not my larynx.&#8221;
There has been speculation that Clinton was chafing over perceived competition in the national security area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP source: On 40th anniversary of moon landing, Apollo 11 astronauts to be at White House</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seth Borenstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will host the Apollo 11 crew on Monday, the 40th anniversary of man&#8217;s first landing on the moon.

A senior administration official confirmed the plans to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they had not yet been announced.
The event is one of only two that will feature the entire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A GOP appointee, US attorney in NC keeps chasing big-name Dems, whose party won&#8217;t push him out</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Baker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT, N.C. — Having swapped his hip-holstered Blackberry for fishing pliers, the U.S. attorney for eastern North Carolina watches closely from the captain&#8217;s chair aboard the 45-foot &#8220;Jolly Mon&#8221; as his crew prepares for a day on the water.

The team scans satellite images, examines water temperatures, sharpens hooks, packs reels and tests rods.
&#8220;If you get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Much-criticized rural air travel subsidies gain big boost in House spending bill</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/much-criticized-rural-air-travel-subsidies-gain-big-boost-in-house-spending-bill-108518/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A much-criticized subsidy for rural air travel would get a budget increase of more than 40 percent under a spending bill unveiled in the House on Monday.

The legislation approved by a House Appropriations subcommittee would give $173 million in the upcoming budget year to the Essential Air Service, which provides subsidies to small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP source: Holder considering prosecutor to investigate Bush-era interrogation practices</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-source-holder-considering-prosecutor-to-investigate-bush-era-interrogation-practices-106968/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Contrary to White House wishes, Attorney General Eric Holder may push forward with a criminal investigation into the Bush administration&#8217;s harsh interrogation practices used on suspected terrorists.

Holder is considering whether to appoint a prosecutor and will make a final decision within the next few weeks, a Justice Department official told The Associated Press. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Only small crowds greet Obama in Ghana in absence of outdoor events, heavy security</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/only-small-crowds-greet-obama-in-ghana-in-absence-of-outdoor-events-heavy-security-106770/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Pitman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ACCRA, Ghana — The lucky ones saw him waving from behind the bulletproof glass of his passing vehicle for a few fleeting seconds. The others, like the rest of the world, just watched President Barack Obama&#8217;s visit on TV.

Despite the huge excitement and anticipation surrounding Obama&#8217;s first trip to sub-Saharan Africa as president, only relatively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G8 Summit 2009 Day-I Roundup</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-confers-with-world-leaders-at-g8-summit-in-italy-on-economy-climate-trade-more-102771/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Babington</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME — President Barack Obama joined fellow world leaders Wednesday for three days of intense talks on threats to global security and stability at a G-8 summit where climate change, the continuing global economy crisis and world hunger got top billing.

The meetings in Italy may lack the intrigue of Obama&#8217;s sit-downs earlier in the week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea fires 7 ballistic missiles off eastern coast, flouting UN resolutions</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/north-korea-fires-7-ballistic-missiles-off-eastern-coast-flouting-un-resolutions-99498/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Olsen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles Saturday into waters off its east coast in a show of military firepower that defied U.N. resolutions and drew global expressions of condemnation and concern.

The salvo, confirmed by the South Korean government, also appeared to be a slap at the United States as Washington moves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama dispatching officials on summer tour to explore issues of concern to rural America</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-dispatching-officials-on-summer-tour-to-explore-issues-of-concern-to-rural-america-96158/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is dispatching top administration officials and Cabinet members on a &#8220;rural tour&#8221; this summer to explore ways to strengthen rural America.

The tour starts Wednesday in Wattsburg, Pa., where Vice President Joe Biden, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will discuss rural broadband service.
The White House says other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor secretary denounces defacement of gay pride posters at agency headquarters</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Hananel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is denouncing vandals who defaced many of the gay pride posters installed at the agency&#8217;s Washington headquarters.

Solis, the first secretary in the department&#8217;s history to publicly recognize Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, sent an agency-wide e-mail last Friday saying she would not tolerate anti-gay misconduct.
&#8220;It appears, however, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dissension, but not much, possible when Obama meets German Chancellor Merkel on Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel probably will hold to their disparate views on the Afghanistan war and economic policy in the midst of worldwide financial problems during a meeting Friday.

Despite touchy subjects, the two seemed to hit it off well during Obama&#8217;s ceremonial visits this month to the Nazi concentration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama plans news conference in Rose Garden on Tuesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has scheduled his first Rose Garden news conference.

The White House on Monday said Obama would take questions from reporters at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Obama has previously engaged in formal news conferences during prime-time television hours and on international trips. This would be his first extended questioning in the White House&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe&#8217;s PM Morgan Tsvangirai defends decision to share power with Robert Mugabe</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/zimbabwes-pm-morgan-tsvangirai-defends-decision-to-share-power-with-robert-mugabe-88316/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday defended his decision to enter a power-sharing government with President Robert Mugabe, a day after being heckled offstage by protesters in London.

The two bitter rivals joined in a coalition government in February. The move has not gone down well with many Zimbabwean exiles, who blame Mugabe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYC tax preparer accused of sending 2 threatening letters to prosecutor who helped convict him</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nyc-tax-preparer-accused-of-sending-2-threatening-letters-to-prosecutor-who-helped-convict-him-85156/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A New York City tax preparer has been accused of threatening to kill a prosecutor who is handling a grand larceny case against him and supervised his earlier conviction on similar charges.

Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau says Jack Chang was arrested Tuesday. The 54-year-old Queens man is accused of coercion, placing a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says he&#8217;s troubled by situation, votes should be respected</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the world is inspired by the outpouring of Iranian political dissent, but Sen. John McCain said Obama isn&#8217;t speaking out strongly enough.

Obama said Monday an inquiry into the disputed presidential election should go ahead without violence and said he didn&#8217;t know who rightfully won the Iranian balloting, but that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muted reaction of world leaders to Iranian election</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/muted-reaction-of-world-leaders-to-iranian-election-81014/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/muted-reaction-of-world-leaders-to-iranian-election-81014/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - The international reaction to Iran&#8217;s controversial presidential election was muted at best Saturday with few world leaders making any statements on the contested result.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected as Iranian president with more than 62 percent of the vote, sparking accusations of fraud from his main rival Mir-Hossein Moussavi.	 	
There was widespread unrest in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2,510 Brit students set new world record for most people dressed as Smurfs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/2510-brit-students-set-new-world-record-for-most-people-dressed-as-smurfs-77090/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SWANSEA - Britain&#8217;s leading dress costume seller Jokers&#8217; Masquerade and Swansea University have smashed the current Smurf World Record, with an enormous 2,510 Smurfs gathering in the South Wales city.

Guinness itself confirmed the end of the Smurf Wars after almost two years of Universities, towns and villages donning white pointy hats and blue face paint [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sydney-based Indian couple held guilty of daughter&#8217;s death</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sydney-based-indian-couple-held-guilty-of-daughters-death-73728/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sydney-based-indian-couple-held-guilty-of-daughters-death-73728/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neena Bhandari</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - A Sydney-based Indian homeopath and his wife have been found guilty of causing the death of their nine-month-old daughter, Gloria Thomas, by failing to provide her proper medical treatment.

The New South Wales Supreme Court Friday convicted Thomas Sam, 42, and Manju Sam, 37, for gross criminal negligence over the death of baby Gloria, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor divulges details on record, writings, selection as Senate scrutinizes court nominee</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayor-divulges-details-on-record-writings-selection-as-senate-scrutinizes-court-nominee-72419/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House contacted Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor about serving on the high court four days before Justice David Souter announced that he would retire, the judge revealed Thursday, as she sent a Senate panel a massive portfolio of personal details and writings that will shape the debate on her confirmation.

The five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US studies if synthetic playground turf is safe given scientists&#8217; worries</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-studies-if-synthetic-playground-turf-is-safe-given-scientists-worries-72367/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-studies-if-synthetic-playground-turf-is-safe-given-scientists-worries-72367/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rita Beamish</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — For years, the Environmental Protection Agency has endorsed the recycling of ground-up tires to cushion the surfaces of children&#8217;s playgrounds and sports fields — the same material used for the Obama family&#8217;s new White House playground.

Now, the agency is having second thoughts.
EPA scientists are worried that they don&#8217;t have enough information about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debris found in mid-Atlantic confirms crash of Air France Flight 447; daunting recovery begins</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/debris-found-in-mid-atlantic-confirms-crash-of-air-france-flight-447-daunting-recovery-begins-70237/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Federico Escher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil — An airplane seat, a fuel slick and pieces of white debris scattered over three miles of open ocean marked the site in the mid-Atlantic on Tuesday where Air France Flight 447 plunged to its doom, Brazil&#8217;s defense minister said.

Brazilian military pilots spotted the wreckage, sad reminders bobbing on waves, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minn. Gov. Tim Pawlenty won&#8217;t seek 3rd term in 2010; possible prez candidate in 2012</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/minn-gov-tim-pawlenty-wont-seek-3rd-term-in-2010-possible-prez-candidate-in-2012-69987/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/minn-gov-tim-pawlenty-wont-seek-3rd-term-in-2010-possible-prez-candidate-in-2012-69987/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Bakst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he won&#8217;t seek a third term, a decision that may pave the way for a Republican presidential bid in 2012.

Pawlenty said Tuesday in St. Paul that it&#8217;s time to give someone else a chance in the state&#8217;s government.
Pawlenty is widely thought to be a possible presidential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama decries violence, says killing of Tiller &#8216;heinous&#8217; act</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-decries-violence-says-killing-of-tiller-heinous-act-68378/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-decries-violence-says-killing-of-tiller-heinous-act-68378/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he is shocked and outraged over the killing of an abortion provider at a Kansas church.

Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed Sunday morning while he was serving as an usher at a church in Wichita, Kan. The White House released a statement from the president Sunday evening.
Obama says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prince Harry to get time for fun in NYC charity polo match on 2nd day of official US trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 15:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Verena Dobnik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Prince Harry has been all business on his first official trip to the United States, but he&#8217;ll have an opportunity for fun before wrapping up his two-day visit to New York.

On Saturday afternoon, the 24-year-old prince is to participate in a polo match on Governors Island in New York Harbor, facing off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House tightens some curbs on lobbying for economic stimulus projects, loosens others</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-tightens-some-curbs-on-lobbying-for-economic-stimulus-projects-loosens-others-67465/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 07:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Fram</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House issued new rules Friday broadening some of its restrictions on lobbying for projects in the economic stimulus package, but retreating on others.

All people will now be forbidden to have oral conversations with administration officials about some of the projects they are seeking from the $787 billion package. Under rules that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grief, anger as mourners fill Seoul streets in farewell to &#8216;people&#8217;s president&#8217; Roh Moo-hyun</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/grief-anger-as-mourners-fill-seoul-streets-in-farewell-to-peoples-president-roh-moo-hyun-66956/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 19:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kwang-tae Kim</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea — A sea of wailing mourners filled the streets of Seoul for the funeral Friday of former President Roh Moo-hyun, whose suicide six days earlier amid a deepening corruption probe plunged South Korea into grief and anger.

Heads bowed, thousands took part in a solemn ceremony in the courtyard of the 14th-century Gyeongbok [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama names Timothy Roemer as envoy to India</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-names-timothy-roemer-as-envoy-to-india-66386/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 11:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has named Democratic former congressman Timothy Roemer to be his envoy in India, the White House said.

Roemer served on the blue-ribbon commission investigating the Sep 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States and on a key committee to prevent nuclear proliferation. He represented a district from the mid-western state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India finds no mention in Clinton&#8217;s new &#8217;smart power&#8217; diplomacy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-finds-no-mention-in-clintons-new-smart-power-diplomacy-64539/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 13:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arun Kumar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - With US &#8216;concentrating on working hard&#8217; to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan and Pakistan, India apparently takes a low priority in Secretary of State Hillary Clinton&#8217;s exercise of &#8217;smart power&#8217; in diplomacy.



Clinton made no reference to ties with New Delhi as she Tuesday outlined the Obama administration&#8217;s foreign policy initiatives at what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broadway producer Rocco Landesman nominated as chairman for National Endowment for the Arts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 12:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Broadway producer Rocco Landesman has been nominated as the next chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.

The White House announced Landesman&#8217;s nomination Tuesday. His appointment must be approved by Congress.
President Barack Obama&#8217;s decision to choose the 61-year-old Landesman could shake things up at the NEA, which provides funds to arts groups throughout [...]]]></description>
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