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		<title>Vietnam&#8217;s tussle with a Zen master raises questions about religious freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Stocking</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOI, Vietnam — Communist Vietnam&#8217;s sometimes edgy relationship with religious freedom is being tested in a dispute over a monastery inhabited by disciples of Thich Nhat Hanh, one of the world&#8217;s most famous Zen masters.

For four years, the Buddhist monks and nuns at Bat Nha monastery in central Vietnam have been quietly meditating and studying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hindus praise Pope for linking environment protection with world peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Bureau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hindus have applauded Pope Benedict for establishing connection between protecting the environment and promoting peace in his message for the 43rd World Day of Peace, which will be celebrated on January one next.

Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, lauded His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for the central theme &#8220;If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musharraf faces exile in Britain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dipankar De Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, who has been ruled guilty of illegally imposing emergency two years ago, faces exile in Britain because his presence may destabilise the country, a British newspaper reported Saturday.

Musharraf, a former military general who was ousted from power in August 2008, has been in Britain for the past two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislator says British secret services may have mistakenly recruited al-Qaida sympathizers</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/legislator-says-british-secret-services-may-have-mistakenly-recruited-al-qaida-sympathizers-127634/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — A legislator has called for an investigation into whether British secret services may have mistakenly recruited people sympathetic to al-Qaida, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Patrick Mercer, a Conservative member of Parliament, says six suspect people were recruited in a rush to beef up intelligence following the suicide bomb attacks in 2005, which killed 52 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parents reluctant to send girls back to &#8216;reopened&#8217; Swat schools citing security fears</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 18:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PESHAWAR - The government of Pakistan&#8217;s NWFP province has announced the opening of schools from Saturday, but most parents are hesitant about sending their daughters to the tent schools without proper security arrangements.

Recently, the Swat Taliban had destroyed 162 girls&#8217; schools calling them anti-Islamic.
Parents have urged the education department to hire buildings for girls&#8217; schools [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines mourns democracy icon, former President Corazon Aquino, dead at 76</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oliver Teves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Military honor guards carried former President Corazon Aquino&#8217;s flag-draped casket to a school gym Saturday for public viewing, as Filipinos mourned the beloved democracy icon who swept away a dictator and fought off seven coup attempts.

The accidental opposition leader — whose rise began only after her husband&#8217;s assassination — died before dawn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loan official: Sens. Conrad and Dodd informed they were getting VIP home loan deals</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/loan-official-sens-conrad-and-dodd-informed-they-were-getting-vip-home-loan-deals-122554/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Two influential Senate committee chairmen were told they were getting special VIP deals when they applied for mortgages, an official who handled their loans told Congress in closed-door testimony. Democratic Sens. Christopher Dodd and Kent Conrad had denied knowing they were getting discounts when they negotiated their loan terms.

Robert Feinberg, who worked in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP source: Obama to host professor and police officer at center of racial dispute over arrest</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-source-obama-to-host-professor-and-police-officer-at-center-of-racial-dispute-over-arrest-122474/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The professor, the policeman and the president are ready to share a beer — and maybe a few thoughts about race and law enforcement in America.

The gathering set for Thursday evening may help President Barack Obama write a sudsy but happy ending to an arrest that triggered a fierce debate over race relations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massa&#8217;s wife asks Brazilians to pray for husband; accident reminds nation of Senna&#8217;s death</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/massas-wife-asks-brazilians-to-pray-for-husband-accident-reminds-nation-of-sennas-death-122022/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO — The wife of Formula One driver Felipe Massa asked Brazilians to pray for her husband, whose condition improved Monday after a high-speed crash in Hungary left him near death for two days.

Massa&#8217;s accident during qualifying Saturday for the Hungarian Grand Prix revived grim memories for many Brazilians. In 1994, three-time F1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French leader Sarkozy leaves hospital after heart check; Docs say no further treatment needed</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/french-leader-sarkozy-leaves-hospital-after-heart-check-docs-say-no-further-treatment-needed-121685/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Seward</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy was discharged Monday from the hospital where he spent the night after collapsing while jogging. Doctors said his illness was due to heat and overwork and ordered the 54-year-old to rest but prescribed no further medical treatment, his office said.

Sarkozy, dressed in a dark suit and tie, walked hand-in-hand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French leader Sarkozy leaves hospital after undergoing heart check; No irregular heartbeat</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/french-leader-sarkozy-leaves-hospital-after-undergoing-heart-check-no-irregular-heartbeat-121654/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Seward</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy has been discharged from the military hospital where he spent the night and his office says the French leader&#8217;s collapse while jogging was due to heat and overwork.

A statement by the Elysee Palace says medical tests on Sarkozy&#8217;s heart conducted Monday show no signs of irregular heartbeat and no long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cooking blamed for northeast Philadelphia row house fire that killed 2, injured 5</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cooking-blamed-for-northeast-philadelphia-row-house-fire-that-killed-2-injured-5-121243/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia fire officials say cooking sparked a weekend row house fire that killed a woman and a boy and injured five others.

The blaze in the three-story building in the Frankford section of northeastern Philadelphia was reported at 7:31 a.m. Saturday.
Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers says Debbie Hatchett, who was in her 40s, and seven-year-old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A year on, 37 accused in Ahmedabad blasts still absconding</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AHMEDABAD - It&#8217;s been exactly a year since 22 bomb blasts ripped through this Gujarat city leaving 59 dead and over 100 injured. But after a Rs.9-lakh investigation bill, the police still are unable to trace down 37 suspects in the case.

The investigating agencies say they are yet to put all the pieces of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radical cleric Sufi Mohammad resurfaces in Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/radical-cleric-sufi-mohammad-resurfaces-in-pakistan-120898/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - A radical Islamic cleric who brokered a peace deal with the Taliban in Pakistan and went missing during a military offensive has resurfaced in Peshawar city, media reports said Sunday.

Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad was seen Saturday for the first time since the military operation was launched April 26.	 	
He was caught on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dodd boasts about angering lobbyists but cashes in with their campaign checks</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/dodd-boasts-about-angering-lobbyists-but-cashes-in-with-their-campaign-checks-120434/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Miga</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Facing the toughest re-election fight of his nearly 30 years in the Senate, Sen. Christopher Dodd boasts about snubbing lobbyists.

Yet even as he touts his independence, the embattled Connecticut Democrat is still cashing lobbyist campaign checks and rubbing shoulders with them at fundraisers and party gatherings.
Dodd, perhaps the most vulnerable Senate Democrat 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>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-his-comment-about-black-professors-arrest-obama-seeks-to-dampen-uproar-and-move-on-120421/</link>
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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>American police unions demand apology from Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - President Barack Obama has been urged by American police unions to tender an apology after he accused an officer of &#8220;acting stupidly&#8221; by arresting leading Black scholar, Professor Henry Louis Gates.

Police representatives queued up at a press conference to insist race had played no part in the incident and the president should retract [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Border Patrol agent shot to death while chasing suspects in remote area of San Diego County</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/border-patrol-agent-shot-to-death-while-chasing-suspects-in-remote-area-of-san-diego-county-119812/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/border-patrol-agent-shot-to-death-while-chasing-suspects-in-remote-area-of-san-diego-county-119812/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO — A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot to death in a remote area of San Diego County as he tracked suspected illegal immigrants or drug smugglers, authorities said Friday.

The agent was identified as Robert Wimer Rosas in a statement from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The Border Patrol declined to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reliance tie up with Spielberg for joint production ventures with Bollywood</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Bureau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[India&#8217;s Reliance group has pledged $325 million financing to Steven Spielberg and made production agreements with George Clooney and Julia Roberts&#8217; production houses, according to reports.

Indo-Americans have welcomed this Hollywood-Bollywood tie-up. Acclaimed Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement today, said that they hoped that films being very effective communication tool world over, this collaboration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope calls for common good in prestigious Caritas in Veritate document</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Bureau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hindus have lauded Pope for his call regarding working for the &#34;common good&#34; in his long awaited encyclical &#8220;Caritas in Veritate&#8221; (Charity in Truth) issued in Rome.

Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, commended His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI&#8217;s criticism of growing divide between poor and rich and abuse of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Julia Roberts to scrub temple floors</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/julia-roberts-to-scrub-temple-floors-118589/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Bureau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Oscar winner Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman) will play writer Elizabeth Gilbert whose spirituality memoir &#8220;Eat, Pray, Love&#8221; is reportedly being made into a feature film.

In the book with the tagline- &#8220;One woman&#8217;s search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia&#8221;, Pushcart Prize winner Gilbert scrubs the temple floors as part of her devotional duty; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hindus urge President Obama to visit Hindu temple also in case of rotation of churches</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hindus-urge-president-obama-to-visit-hindu-temple-also-in-case-of-rotation-of-churches-118583/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hindus-urge-president-obama-to-visit-hindu-temple-also-in-case-of-rotation-of-churches-118583/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Bureau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Hindus urged US President Barack Obama to put a Hindu temple also on his list, if possible, in case he decided to attend a number of different churches in rotation.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that President Obama was most welcome to visit any Hindu temple he selected in/around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hindus and Jews ask for special session of European Parliament to end Roma apartheid</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hindus-and-jews-ask-for-special-session-of-european-parliament-to-end-roma-apartheid-118581/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Bureau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Perturbed over the continued maltreatment of European Roma and inaction by the concerned authorities, Hindus and Jews have asked for an urgent special session of European Parliament to discuss Roma apartheid issue.

Commissioner for Human Rights of Council of Europe, Thomas Hammarberg, wrote on his website on July six: &#8220;There are Roma in a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No rest for Nepal&#8217;s royal ghosts</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/no-rest-for-nepals-royal-ghosts-118128/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/no-rest-for-nepals-royal-ghosts-118128/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sudeshna Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - More than eight years after its royal family perished in a shocking massacre in the tightly guarded palace and 14 months after the kingdom of Nepal gave the coup de grace to its once-revered institution of monarchy, the royal ghosts have been resurrected with the new government announcing it would rebuild the  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. policeman who arrested black Harvard scholar Gates insists he won&#8217;t apologize to him</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-policeman-who-arrested-black-harvard-scholar-gates-insists-he-wont-apologize-to-him-117869/</link>
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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>Obama says health care bill key to strong economic recovery in prime-time news conference</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-says-health-care-bill-key-to-strong-economic-recovery-in-prime-time-news-conference-117864/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday night that Medicare and Medicaid are the &#8220;biggest driving force behind&#8221; massive federal deficits, and must be tamed as part of any health care legislation.

At a prime-time news conference marking six months in office, Obama said health care legislation was key to a strong economic recovery, and he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama urges faster action on health care overhaul, says &#8216;this is not a game&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-urges-faster-action-on-health-care-overhaul-says-this-is-not-a-game-117798/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-urges-faster-action-on-health-care-overhaul-says-this-is-not-a-game-117798/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Feller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to cast the intensifying health care debate in terms that matter to ordinary people, promising to offer more savings, security and treatment to millions. Assailing his critics, he declared, &#8220;This debate is not a game.&#8221;

In remarks prepared for the start of his prime-time news conference, Obama said he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funding no issue for $70-bn highway projects: Kamal Nath</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Funding will not be a problem as India gets ready to execute over 150 projects worth some $70 billion to spruce up its network of highways and roads in the next three years, said Road, Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath here Wednesday.

The minister, who is personally overseeing all road shows to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5000 employees quit TCS; reasons unknown</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/5000-employees-quit-tcs-reasons-unknown-116954/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soumya Sinha</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When everyone is trying hard to save their back from being spanked in this recession, 5000 gentlemen have thought otherwise and left TCS by their own. Well, it might sould awefully surprising for you but the truth is even internally TCS has confirmed the news. These facts may or not interest you, but just for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jurors listen to Phoenix Serial Shooter suspect&#8217;s apology to survivors of random attacks</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jurors-listen-to-phoenix-serial-shooter-suspects-apology-to-survivors-of-random-attacks-116379/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Lee Myers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PHOENIX — Jurors mulling the death penalty for one of two men convicted in a series of random shooting deaths that terrified Phoenix listened Tuesday to his letter to a victim, in which he apologized but said he would make &#8220;no cries for mercy.&#8221;

Samuel Dieteman, 33, faces death or life in prison for his role [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands throng to tiny village in eastern India to witness rare solar eclipse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Indrajit Kumar Singh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TAREGNA, India — Scientists, students and nature enthusiasts prepared Tuesday for the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, while millions planned to shutter themselves indoors, giving in to superstitious myths about the phenomenon.

The eclipse will first be sighted at dawn Wednesday in India&#8217;s Gulf of Khambhat, just north of the metropolis of Mumbai, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clinton cites concerns about possible military links between NKorea and military-run Myanmar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that the Obama administration is concerned by the possibility that North Korea, with a history of illicit sales of missiles and nuclear technology, is developing military ties to Myanmar.

She also held out the possibility of offering North Korea a new set of incentives to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Barry, former CEO who helped WD-40 become household name, dies at 84 in La Jolla</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/john-barry-former-ceo-who-helped-wd-40-become-household-name-dies-at-84-in-la-jolla-115254/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO — John S. Barry, the former president and chief executive of WD-40 Co. Inc., who is credited with helping turn the rust-preventer for missiles into a household brand, has died. He was 84.

Barry died of pulmonary fibrosis on July 3 at a skilled nursing facility in La Jolla, his widow, Marian, said Monday.
In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donor or not, I remain a Labour man: Swraj Paul</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/donor-or-not-i-remain-a-labour-man-swraj-paul-114838/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dipankar De Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Steel magnate Lord Swraj Paul Monday clarified that he will continue to support Britain&#8217;s ruling Labour party despite government-backed legislation that would stop him from funding the party.

I have no doubt that Gordon Brown is the best prime minister and Labour the best party for the UK. Gordon has given an international lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hillary meets Sonia, discusses terrorism, bilateral relations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hillary-meets-sonia-discusses-terrorism-bilateral-relations-114832/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday called on Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her residence here and discussed several issues, including cross-border terrorism and Indo-US relations.

Clinton went to Gandhi&#8217;s residence at 10, Janpath, after meeting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani. 	 	
Sonia Gandhi&#8217;s son, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enter the new dans of Nepali politics</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/enter-the-new-dans-of-nepali-politics-114672/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Nepal&#8217;s President Ram Baran Yadav and Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal are amongst the top leaders with a new martial feather in their caps. They all have been conferred honorary dans &#8212; the traditional black belt in taekwondo. 

Prime Minister Nepal, the soft-spoken, diminutive communist leader, is now a formidable eighth dan &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian art market gets a reality check</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madhusree Chatterjee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - If there were a brighter side to recession, it&#8217;s in the Indian art market right now. The bubble has burst, sifting out the investors from the collectors and bringing back that crucial connect between artistic achievements and prices.

Art magazines and publications - a spate of which has flooded the market - are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Linkenholt, an English village, gets sold</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia Chandran</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LINKENHOLT - Going once, going twice. Sold. This picture postcard village in Hampshire, over 100 km from central London, is now owned by 61-year-old Swedish billionaire Stefan Persson.

Famous for its natural beauty, Linkenholt is in the rolling countryside of North Wessex Downs. It has a very small community of just 40 people, with 22 cottages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honduras crisis talks deadlocked over exiled president&#8217;s return, sides to meet again Sunday</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduras-crisis-talks-deadlocked-over-exiled-presidents-return-sides-to-meet-again-sunday-113994/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marianela Jimenez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Talks to resolve Honduras&#8217; political crisis deadlocked over a proposal to reinstate the ousted president and form a national unity government, leading the mediator to appeal for more flexibility when negotiations resume Sunday.

Exiled President Manuel Zelaya had threatened to declare the negotiations in Costa Rica a failure if a deal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Same-sex couples make push for inclusion in coming immigration reform debate</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/same-sex-couples-make-push-for-inclusion-in-coming-immigration-reform-debate-113703/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Freking</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Judy Rickard took an early retirement and a reduced pension so she could be assured of more time with her partner, a British citizen whose stays in the U.S. are limited to six months.

Rickard, 61, would have preferred to keep working at San Jose State University and sponsor her partner, Karin Bogliolo, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pak need not worry about my India visit: Clinton</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has  said Pakistan need not worry about the outcome of her  India visit.

Clinton, who is on a five-day visit to India arrived in Mumbai on Friday,  and  expressed  hope that the talks  between  India  and Pakistan which took place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fireman at Sotomayor hearing embodies struggle to right racial wrongs without harm to whites</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Benac</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — He spoke, this 35-year-old firefighter, to frustrations that still ripple in an undercurrent across the nation.

Frank Ricci, who is white, sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday and spoke in a steady, deliberate voice about how he studied hard, played by the rules, and was denied a promotion because of the color [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYC auction to sell items related to the first manned lunar landing, other missions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Marking the 40th anniversary of man&#8217;s first lunar landing, more than 50 items related to the Apollo 11 mission are to go on the auction block Thursday.

Bonhams New York said many of the articles were acquired directly from the astronauts or were originally in their collections.
Among the highlights from the historic July [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India should take global climate change lead: British expert</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/india-should-take-global-climate-change-lead-british-expert-111282/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - India, which has a strong new government and moral authority&#8221;, should now lead global negotiations on climate change, a leading British expert has urged.

India&#8217;s low emissions and its challenge of poverty reduction give her moral authority on climate change. And with its strong new government and fine analysts, India is well-placed to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal&#8217;s defence minister to visit India</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - Nepal&#8217;s Defence Minister Vidya Bhandari will be going to India Monday.
According to Bhandari&#8217;s secretariat, the minister, who is recuperating from blood cancer, will be undergoing a check-up at New Delhi&#8217;s Apollo Hospital after her arrival.	 	

Bhandari, who belongs to the ruling Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (UML), has been told that she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experts: Killings at Indonesian gold mine likely stem from rivalry between police, military</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/experts-killings-at-indonesian-gold-mine-likely-stem-from-rivalry-between-police-military-109700/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Deutsch</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA, Indonesia — Deadly ambushes at the world&#8217;s largest gold mine likely stem from rival Indonesian police and military forces who are competing for millions in illegal profits for protecting the industry, analysts said.

Three people died and another seven were injured in weekend ambushes on a private road leading to the mountain mining town of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official identifies 12 slain in Western Mexico as off-duty federal agents</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-identifies-12-slain-in-western-mexico-as-off-duty-federal-agents-109347/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gustavo Ruiz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MORELIA, Mexico — Twelve people tortured and killed in a cartel-plagued Mexican state were federal agents investigating organized crime, the government said Tuesday, marking one of the boldest attacks on federal forces since President Felipe Calderon launched his war on drugs.

Mexico&#8217;s national security spokesman, Monte Alejandro Rubido, said the 11 men and one woman were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia&#8217;s Taylor takes stand, says war crimes case against him based on lies, misinformation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/liberias-taylor-takes-stand-says-war-crimes-case-against-him-based-on-lies-misinformation-108770/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Corder</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor testified at his war crimes trial Tuesday that the case against him was built on lies and misinformation, and he denied he had commanded and armed rebels who killed and tortured tens of thousands of civilians.

Taylor, the first African leader to stand trial for war crimes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberia&#8217;s Taylor takes stand at The Hague to defend against murder, rape charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Charles Taylor has taken the stand in his own defense at his war crimes trial and says the case against him is built on lies.

The former Liberian president is charged with 11 counts of murder, torture, rape, sexual slavery, using child soldiers and spreading terror during Sierra Leone&#8217;s 1991-2002 civil war.
Prosecutors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India asks Pakistan to take action against Mumbai terror attack perpetrators</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO -  External Affairs Minister S.M Krishna has said that New Delhi would like a visible response from Islamabad, which should have commitment to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks.

Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Sharm-al Shaikh here last night, Krishna [...]]]></description>
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