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		<title>Tibet monk in hiding tells of interrogation, abuse</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[a Tibetan Buddhist monk, says he had just finished having a pair of shoes mended when four uniformed guards jumped from a white van and dragged him inside. 
Suppressing his calls to a passing nun for help, they shoved a sack over his head and drove him to a guesthouse run by the local paramilitary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street ends mixed on credit concerns, oil</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street closed mixed Friday after playing out a now familiar scenario: Upbeat sentiment about falling oil prices flagged amid ongoing concerns about weak credit markets and the economy. The major indexes also turned in a mixed performance after another volatile week.
Investors were encouraged early in the session as oil&#8217;s pullback lifted the outlook for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former DirecTV head named LA Times publisher</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Times is getting a new publisher.
The paper&#8217;s Web site says Eddy Hartenstein &#8212; the former head of DirecTV &#8212; will assume the post on Monday.
He&#8217;ll be taking over at a newspaper that has cut hundreds of positions as it struggles with falling circulation and declining ad revenues.
The former publisher, David Hiller, resigned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merrill facing NY lawsuit over securities sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Friday he sent a letter to Merrill Lynch &#038; Co. notifying the investment bank that his office will file suit against it imminently as part of an investigation into the collapse of the auction-rate securities market.
&#8220;We have been trying to resolve the matter,&#8221; with Merrill, Cuomo said during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russian forces still entrenched in Georgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian forces built ramparts around tanks and posted sentries on a hill in central Georgia on Saturday, digging in despite Western pressure for Moscow to withdraw its forces under a cease-fire deal signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. 
The United States and France said it appeared Russia was defying the truce already. Russian troops still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dollar rally picks up steam</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dollar extended its rally on Friday, hitting a nearly 2-year high against the pound and gaining further against the euro, amid troubling signs about the global economy.
The dollar has soared against a number of currencies over the past month, most notably the euro. The 15-nation currency slid to $1.4713 in New York from $1.4803 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US-trained Iraqi troops taking over Georgian base</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraqi security forces are taking over checkpoints near the Iranian border previously manned by Georgian troops before they redeployed home following recent fighting with Russia, the U.S. military said Friday. Iraq 
Shiite pilgrims, meanwhile, faced more violence as they headed toward the holy city of Karbala for a major religious festival.
A roadside bomb struck a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A top Russian general said Friday that Poland&#8217;s agreement to accept a U.S. missile interceptor base exposes the ex-communist nation to attack, possibly by nuclear weapons, the Interfax news agency reported. 
The statement by Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn is the strongest threat that Russia has issued against the plans to put missile defense elements in former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West presses for end to Georgia conflict</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Western leaders engaged in intense diplomacy Friday to persuade Russia to pull troops out of Georgia, but regional tensions soared after a top Russian general warned that Poland could face attack over its missile defense deal with the United States. 
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In his strongest declaration of support for Georgia, President Bush declared that America would stand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intel PCs to wake up for phone calls</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet.
Current computers have to be fully on to receive a call, making them impractical and energy-wasters as replacements for the telephone.
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The new component Intel is announcing Thursday will let computers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Korean Air Lines Co. posted a second-quarter net loss amid soaring fuel costs and a weak South Korean currency, it said Thursday.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Korean Air Lines Co. posted a second-quarter net loss amid soaring fuel costs and a weak South Korean currency, it said Thursday.
Korean Air, South Korea&#8217;s biggest airline and the world&#8217;s largest international cargo carrier, recorded a net loss of 289 billion won ($279 million) in the three months ended June 30, the company said in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Economic Miracle Comes Down to Earth</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/chinas-economic-miracle-comes-down-to-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Old China hands have maintained for years that the country&#8217;s economy would stay strong through the Olympics. Well, now the Olympics are almost done, the stock market has crashed, and inflation is out of control. So is this the end?
My guest Philip Pan, former Beijing bureau chief for the Washington Post and author of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analyst: Cablevision not seeking acquisitions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cablevision Systems Corp. executives met with major shareholders this week to talk about strategic options for the company, but while many alternatives remain open they are not seeking to go private again or mount another major acquisition, an analyst said.
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Chris Marangi, a cable and entertainment analyst for Gabelli &#038; Co. who was involved in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil rises to near $117 on falling inventories</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oil prices rose for a second day Thursday in Asia, approaching $117 a barrel after U.S. gasoline supplies fell more than expected in a weekly government report.
Light, sweet crude for September delivery rose 75 cents to $116.75 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midday in Singapore. The contract jumped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paula Wagner leaving UA as chief executive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Cruise&#8217;s producing partner Paula Wagner said Wednesday she will leave her job as chief executive of United Artists to produce projects independently.
Wagner will continue to co-own the studio with Cruise and &#8220;be attached to UA&#8217;s most exciting film properties,&#8221; UA and its parent company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. added in a joint statement.
Cruise and Wagner were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN council to reconvene Monday on Georgia fighting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia has gotten its wish for another U.N. Security Council emergency session, just as the former Soviet republic said Russia&#8217;s firepower had effectively split it in half. 
The Monday afternoon session tentatively begins at 5 p.m. EDT as private consultations that Georgia can&#8217;t attend, since it&#8217;s not a member of the 15-nation council. That leaves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia opens new front, drives deeper into Georgia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian tanks roared deep into Georgia on Monday, launching a new western front in the conflict, and Russian planes staged air raids that sent people screaming and fleeing for cover in some towns. 
The escalating warfare brought sharp words from President Bush, who pressed Moscow to accept an immediate cease-fire and pull its troops out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yao has delivered, now it’s China’s turn</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On his way out of the game, Yao Ming thrust his fist through the air, and soon made that long, wobbly walk to the Chinese bench. The end of a brilliant and historic night for basketball, the end of responsibility for Yao. His work is done. Let him rest. 
“The game was a treasure,” Yao [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Reserve finds deepening credit crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More banks are tightening lending standards on home mortgages and other consumer and business loans as a deepening credit crisis exerts a heavier toll on the economy. 
The Federal Reserve said Monday the percentage of banks reporting tighter lending standards rose across various loan types in its July survey. In April, the central bank had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US left with little influence in Georgia crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington has little room for maneuver in the Caucasus conflict amid perceptions that it helped fuel the crisis by over-inflating Georgia&#8217;s hopes of US support for its young democracy, analysts say. 
&#8220;This is probably a conflict where the United States would not be accepted by both sides as a mediator,&#8221; said analyst Steven Pifer, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America&#8217;s Most Overpriced ZIP Codes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In San Jose, Calif., home to Silicon Valley and some of the highest home values in the country, a bumper sticker reads, &#8220;Dear God, one more bubble before I die.&#8221;
Chances are the car&#8217;s driver lives in Willow Glen, a neighborhood with a small-town feel, Spanish-style single family homes and a main street with sidewalk cafes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vehicles With the Highest Resale Value</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can&#8217;t call them &#8220;good investments,&#8221; because they inevitably depreciate. But the models in our ranking of the top 10 vehicles with highest resale value do amount to sensible purchases for the way they minimize the dollar losses associated with owning and maintaining a vehicle.
The models on our list retain a higher percentage of their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US auto sales slump to 16-year low in July</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. auto sales slumped to a 16-year low in July as automakers failed to keep up with consumers&#8217; growing demand for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles. While production changes may help that problem, trouble in the credit and auto leasing markets will continue to take a toll on sales.
General Motors, Ford, Toyota and other automakers said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Olympic ambitions falter with protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The short, catchy film commissioned by the Chinese government was designed to plant a new, positive image of China in foreigners&#8217; minds for the Beijing Olympics. 
But instead of airing worldwide more than two months ago as planned, the 30-second TV spot is only now about to reach viewers, having been delayed repeatedly by Tibetan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palestinian infighting in Gaza escalates, 9 killed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gaza Strip - Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months. 
About 88 people were injured, 12 of them children, hospital officials said.
Loud explosions and gunfire could be heard throughout the day in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Korean fatally shot by North Korean soldier</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A North Korean soldier fatally shot a South Korean tourist Friday at a mountain resort in the communist North, prompting the South to suspend the high-profile tour program just as South Korean&#8217;s new president sought to rekindle strained ties between the divided countries. 
The news of the unprecedented shooting of a 53-year-old woman at Diamond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil surges to record high above $146</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oil jumped more than 3 percent to a record high above $146 a barrel on Friday, boosted by concern of threats to supplies from major oil exporters Iran and Nigeria. 
U.S. crude hit $146 a barrel for the first time and later rose as high as $146.90.
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		<title>Russia says Briton is spy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russia has accused the British Embassy&#8217;s top trade official in Moscow of espionage, the British Foreign Office confirmed Friday. 
The accusation appears likely to worsen Russian-British relations, already strained in part by the continuing fight for control at the TNK-BP oil company, which is jointly owned by the British company and Russian billionaires.
The Interfax news [...]]]></description>
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		<title>47 Afghan civilians killed by US bombs, group says</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A U.S. military airstrike this week killed 47 civilians traveling to a wedding, the head of an Afghan government commission investigating the incident said Friday. 
The airstrike on Sunday in Deh Bala district of Nuristan province also wounded nine civilians, said Burhanullah Shinwari, the deputy chairman of the Senate, who led the delegation.
The U.S. military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China urges Dalai Lama to back Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China urged the Dalai Lama again on Monday to show support for the Beijing Olympics, in an apparent effort to link the demand more closely with continued talks. 
The statement from a Chinese spokesman to the official Xinhua News Agency included other previously issued conditions for talks: that the spiritual leader renounce support for Tibetan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ATM breaches more likely at stores than banks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When hackers infiltrated Citibank ATMs at 7-Eleven stores, they revived the fear of everyone looking to get out a few bucks for a Slurpee - is using this machine safe?
Experts say the answer is that an ATM&#8217;s safety depends on where it is. If it&#8217;s at a bank, an ATM is somewhat safer than it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil falls below $144 with dollar strengthening</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The price for a barrel of oil shed more $2 Monday with the dollar gaining strength, but traders watched for a further weakening of the greenback and renewed Mideast tensions.
Iranian state media reported Friday that EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iran&#8217;s top nuclear negotiator have agreed to the latest in a series of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G-8 summit opens with spotlight on aid for Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aid for Africa &#8212; and whether enough was coming from the world&#8217;s major economic powers &#8212; was in the spotlight Monday as the Group of Eight nations met with seven African leaders at its annual summit.
Activists have accused some G-8 countries, particularly France, Canada and Italy, of skimping on aid to Africa, and urged them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush: Russia&#8217;s new president is &#8217;smart guy&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ President Bush and new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stood united Monday on issues like Iran and North Korea. But for all their handshakes and smiles, it is clear that thorny issues like missile defense are in a holding pattern until a new U.S. president takes office. 
In their first sit down as heads of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bosox, Cubs each put 7 players on All-Star rosters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps Manny Ramirez, Jonathan Papelbon and several Boston teammates should have stored their gear at Yankee Stadium this weekend.
They’re coming back real soon.
The World Series champion Red Sox will bring seven players to the home of their biggest rival for the All-Star game on July 15. The Chicago Cubs also wound up with seven when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo takes its defense against Icahn to investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo Inc. began pressing a case to major shareholders Monday that its board and management deserve a chance to prove they made the right move when they rejected a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft Corp.
The missed opportunity to sell to Microsoft infuriated many Yahoo shareholders, prompting activist investor Carl Icahn to agitate for replacing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks end difficult first half with quiet session</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street ended an arduous first half quietly Monday, closing mixed as investors again based their trades on what has become the dominant force in the market: the price of oil. The major indexes closed out the first six months of 2008 with double digit declines, and are perilously close to the levels of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mystery blast kills 8 at Pakistan militant base</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An explosion wrecked a militant compound Monday, killing as many as eight people while Pakistani paramilitary forces pushed deeper into a border region where extremists threaten the city of Peshawar and a key supply line for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. 
Pro-Taliban Militants targeted by the offensive in the Khyber tribal area claimed a missile was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing boasts stunning new buildings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This ancient capital city, long known for the architectural splendor of its centuries-old palaces and temples, is getting a new look that could have been plucked from science fiction. 
 A series of landmarks, notable for their futuristic design, will greet visitors to the Olympics. They include an Olympic stadium that looks like a giant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US, NATO deaths in Afghanistan pass Iraq toll</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Militants killed more U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in June than in Iraq for the second straight month, a grim milestone capping a run of headline-grabbing insurgent attacks that analysts say underscore the Taliban&#8217;s growing strength. 
The fundamentalist militia in June staged a sophisticated jailbreak that freed 886 prisoners, then briefly infiltrated a strategic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks up slightly after Fed keeps rates unchanged</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street ended an erratic day with a modest gain after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and issued a mixed assessment of the economy.
The Fed pointed to a few positive signs in the economy, including &#8220;some firming in household spending.&#8221; But it also said persistently rising energy prices are likely to limit growth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea nuclear accounting won&#8217;t include bombs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Korea is expected this week to turn over its long-delayed accounting of its nuclear weapons activities, part of a chain of events leading to a unique photo opportunity: the destruction of the cooling tower at Pyongyang&#8217;s main reactor. 
One item that won&#8217;t make the declaration, which the White House says is due Thursday, will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World condemnation of Zimbabwe grows</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ President Robert Mugabe faced deeper international isolation Wednesday, with African states demanding that a discredited runoff election be postponed and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela rebuking the Zimbabwe leader for the first time. 
Tougher sanctions, sporting bans and economic boycotts could be next — and world support may build for opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US forces face spike in deadly violence in Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roadside bombs killed four U.S. soldiers in northern Iraq, the military said Wednesday, in a spike of violence that pushed to at least nine the number of Americans who have died here this week. 
In the latest attack, one soldier was killed by an explosively formed penetrator, or EFP, about 9 a.m. Wednesday in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SKorea lifts ban on US beef imports</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Korea has lifted a U.S. beef import ban, imposed amid widespread protest over concerns about mad cow disease. 
Public Administration Ministry official Chang Su-wan said his ministry issued a legal notice on the ban Thursday, which was the final step in implementing a new trade accord with the United States.
The new agreement restricts U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Germany scores late to advance</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In one of the wilder finishes of an unpredictable European Championship, it figures that a player struggling to find his game would score the winner.
Philipp Lahm ended Turkey’s storybook run in the tournament on Wednesday with a late goal in a 3-2 semifinal victory that kept Germany on target for a record fourth title.
A stunning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Airlines outlines service cutbacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas - American Airlines will cut back flying later this year at many airports, including hubs in Dallas and Chicago, as it attempts to cope with record high fuel prices. 
The nation&#8217;s largest carrier gave more details Wednesday about capacity reductions it announced last month.
American said it will reduce departures at its Chicago O&#8217;Hare Airport [...]]]></description>
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		<title>345 arrested, kids rescued in prostitution busts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution. 
The Justice Department says it targeted 16 cities as part of its &#8220;Operation Cross Country&#8221; that caps off five years of similar stings nationwide.
Many of the children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil prices edge higher on dollar, supply concerns</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/oil-prices-edge-higher-on-dollar-supply-concerns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oil futures ended an uneven session with a modest gain Tuesday as traders awaited news that could help the market break out of a trading range that has lasted for more than two weeks. Retail gas prices, meanwhile, slid below a national average of $4.07 a gallon.
Some investors were buying in response to another drop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft and Yahoo in Talks, Two Sources Say &#8216;Buyout Not on Table&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/microsoft-and-yahoo-in-talks-two-sources-say-buyout-not-on-table/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) are talking again, say TechCrunch, CNET, and an SAI source.
TechCrunch&#8217;s sources say the two are talking about a full buyout. One of our sources was highly skeptical of this. A second source said &#8220;TechCrunch is 1000% wrong.&#8221;
CNET thinks they&#8217;re talking about just a search deal (presumably the one Yahoo walked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Profits seen off more than 10 percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. corporate profit outlook is deteriorating rapidly, with S&#038;P 500 earnings for the second quarter now seen falling at a double-digit pace from a year earlier, according to Thomson Reuters Proprietary Research released on Tuesday.
Second quarter profits are expected to fall at a rate of 10.2 percent, compared with the Monday estimate for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rockets hit Israel, which says truce broken</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/rockets-hit-israel-which-says-truce-broken/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Palestinian militants on Tuesday fired three homemade rockets into southern Israel, the first such attack since a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza militants took effect last week. 
Israel condemned the attack as a &#8220;gross violation&#8221; of the truce, but did not say whether it would retaliate.
The barrage wounded two people and capped a day of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shaq takes a freestyle swipe at Kobe</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/shaq-takes-a-freestyle-swipe-at-kobe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in case anybody had forgotten that Kobe Bryant has never won an NBA title without Shaquille O’Neal, the big man sent out a reminder.
The Phoenix Suns center can be seen rapping that “Kobe couldn’t do without me” in a video posted online at celebrity news and gossip site TMZ.com
During the two-minute video, a grinning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venus Williams, Nadal move into second round</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/venus-williams-nadal-move-into-second-round/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defending champion Venus Williams scraped through a tight first set and then pulled away for a 7-6 (5), 6-1 victory over British teenager Naomi Cavaday to begin her bid for a fifth Wimbledon title.
As reigning champion, Williams was up first on “Ladies Day” on Centre Court Tuesday as the All England Club enjoyed a second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Euro-Spain win shootout to reach semi-finals</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/euro-spain-win-shootout-to-reach-semi-finals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spain beat Italy 4-2 in a penalty shootout after a highly tactical Euro 2008 clash on Sunday to set them up with a semi-final against Russia.
Cesc Fabregas coolly slotted home the decisive penalty after goalkeeper Iker Casillas had saved two of Italy’s spot kicks.
The match had ended goalless after extra time following 120 minutes in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil minister: Saudi willing to increase crude output</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/oil-minister-saudi-willing-to-increase-crude-output/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facing strong U.S. pressure and global dismay over oil prices, Saudi Arabia said Sunday it will produce more crude this year if the market needs it. But the vague pledge fell far short of U.S. hopes for a specific increase and may do little to lower prices immediately. 
For now, the current &#8220;oil shock&#8221; leaves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S. Korea, US agree on beef deal; protests continue</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Korea said it will resume imports of U.S. beef after American and South Korean suppliers agreed to block meat from older cattle, aiming Saturday to soothe health concerns that sparked weeks of demonstrations against new President Lee Myung-bak.
Still, protest leaders argued the plan doesn&#8217;t go far enough and staged the latest of their daily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippines typhoon capsizes boat, 700 missing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rescuers battled huge waves and strong winds Sunday to reach a ferry that capsized during a deadly typhoon in the Philippines a day earlier, but found no immediate signs of the more than 740 passengers and crew. 
Coast guard frogmen who managed to get to the stricken ship got no response when they rapped on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teixeira’s 3 HRs power Braves past Mariners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Teixeira homered three times, connecting from both sides of the plate to lead the Atlanta Braves over the Seattle Mariners 8-3 on Sunday.
Teixeira hit solo drives batting left-handed in the second and fourth innings, and a two-run shot from the right side in the seventh for his 13th homer of the season. It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matsuzaka lasts 1-plus inning in loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daisuke Matsuzaka said he felt fine in his return from the disabled list. He certainly didn’t look fine.
Troy Glaus hit a grand slam and the St. Louis Cardinals rocked Matsuzaka in his return, beating the Boston Red Sox 9-3 on Saturday.
On the DL since May 30 because of a mild strain in his rotator cuff, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Germany upsets Portugal 3-2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bastian Schweinsteiger, coming off a suspension, scored one goal and set up two more Thursday night, leading Germany over Portugal 3-2 and into the European Championship semifinals.
It was the first time Germany moved into the final four since it won Euros in 1996, and the first time Portugal failed to make the semifinals in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China admits taking, burying US POW from Korea</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/china-admits-taking-burying-us-pow-from-korea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After decades of denials, the Chinese have acknowledged burying an American prisoner of war in China, telling the U.S. that a teenage soldier captured in the Korean War died a week after he &#8220;became mentally ill,&#8221; according to documents provided to The Associated Press. 
China had long insisted that all POW questions were answered at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quiet reigns in Israel, Gaza as truce takes hold</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raz Elraz, for the first time, will be able to take his 14-month-old son to a playground in this rocket-scarred Israeli town. A few miles away in Gaza, Palestinian teenagers ride their bicycles, and Hamas guards play pingpong. 
The six-month truce that took effect Thursday was welcomed by both sides, although the Palestinian economy is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citigroup CFO Warns Further Writedowns Possible</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/citigroup-cfo-warns-further-writedowns-possible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citigroup could take substantial write-downs for subprime mortgages, leveraged buyout loans and other assets in the second quarter, the company&#8217;s chief financial officer said on a call with investors.
Shares of Citigroup (NYSE: c) dropped more than 3 percent on the New York Stock Exchange. Before his comments, the shares had been up nearly 1 percent.
In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goldman Sachs 2Q earns fall but beats expectations</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/goldman-sachs-2q-earns-fall-but-beats-expectations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the world&#8217;s largest investment bank, on Tuesday said second-quarter earnings fell about 10 percent, but still easily beat lowered Wall Street expectations on higher fees from asset management and stock underwriting.
The company reported a profit of $2.05 billion, or $4.58 per share, for the three months ended May 30 compared to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank economists say home prices yet to bottom</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. home prices are only about halfway through their decline and most of the further erosion should occur this year, major bank economists said Tuesday.
The 10 economists, including those from Wells Fargo Bank and JPMorgan Chase &#038; Co., also cited the negative overall tone of the economy, with consumer spending curbed, spiking fuel and food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks fall as data show drag of higher oil</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stocks declined Tuesday as a worrisome reading on wholesale inflation underscored the drag of elevated energy prices on the economy.
A brief jump in crude oil only added to investors&#8217; inflation worries. While crude fell back below $134 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, it remains near record levels. Wall Street is worried that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giant panda habitat devastated by China quake</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/giant-panda-habitat-devastated-by-china-quake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Chinese forestry official said Tuesday that giant panda habitat in China&#8217;s Sichuan province, the endangered animal&#8217;s main preserve, was devastated by last month&#8217;s massive earthquake. 
The world-renowned Wolong Nature Reserve and 48 others created in the province to protect the pandas and other endangered species were damaged by the quake, said Cao Qingyao, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Military judge dismisses charges in Haditha case</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/military-judge-dismisses-charges-in-haditha-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A military judge dismissed charges Tuesday against a Marine officer accused of failing to investigate the killings of 24 Iraqis. 
 Col. Steven Folsom dismissed charges against Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani after finding that a four-star general overseeing the case was improperly influenced by an investigator probing the November 2005 shootings by a Marine squad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helicopter saves sandbaggers from Midwest flooding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rising Mississippi River interrupted travel on two bridges between Iowa and Illinois and forced the helicopter rescue of more than a dozen people sandbagging a levee before it broke, threatening to deluge thousands of acres. 
The break also forced the closure of the Great River Bridge that connects Gulfport to Burlington, Iowa, via U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car bomb kills more than 50 people in Baghdad</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A car bomb tore through a market area in a mainly Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing more than 50 people and wounding dozens, officials said, the deadliest such attack in more than three months. 
The attack occurred just before 6 p.m. as the market in the northwestern Hurriyah neighborhood was packed with shoppers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush ends Europe trip with good news</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/bush-ends-europe-trip-with-good-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[British Prime Minister Gordon Brown handed President Bush good news on two fronts Monday: a modest increase in Britain&#8217;s troops for the tough Afghanistan fight and a fresh European effort to squeeze Iran&#8217;s nuclear ambitions. 
The deeply unpopular prime minister seemed to calculate he had more to gain politically by being hawkish than he risked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil hits new record, then reverses on worries</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/oil-hits-new-record-then-reverses-on-worries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crude oil futures swung wildly on Monday, rising to a record and then tumbling as investors wrestled with whether they should put stock in Saudi Arabia&#8217;s promise to boost production. Retail gas prices rose to a record $4.08 a gallon.
Light, sweet crude for July delivery fell 25 cents to settle at $134.61 a barrel on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taliban take over villages near Kandahar</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/taliban-take-over-villages-near-kandahar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of Taliban fighters invaded villages just outside Afghanistan&#8217;s second-largest city Monday, forcing NATO and Afghan troops to rush in while frightened residents fled. 
The Taliban assault on the outskirts of Kandahar is the latest display of prowess by the militants despite a record number of U.S. and NATO troops in the country.
The push into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU nations agree on need for more Iran sanctions</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/eu-nations-agree-on-need-for-more-iran-sanctions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[European Union nations agreed Monday on the need for a new round of sanctions to discourage Iran from developing nuclear weapons, targeting the country&#8217;s oil and gas sectors in what would be the strongest punishment yet. 
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced earlier Monday at a London news conference with President Bush that Britain will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi violence down and gov&#8217;t confidence rising</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Signs are emerging that Iraq has reached a turning point. Violence is down, armed extremists are in disarray, government confidence is rising and sectarian communities are gearing up for a battle at the polls rather than slaughter in the streets. 
Those positive signs are attracting little attention in the United States, where the war-weary public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gore endorses Obama</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/gore-endorses-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Gore is endorsing Barack Obama and promising to help the Democrat achieve what eluded him — the presidency. 
 In a letter to be e-mailed to Obama supporters, the former vice president and Nobel Prize winner wrote, &#8220;From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mediate gets one more chance to rock</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/mediate-gets-one-more-chance-to-rock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rocco Mediate knows he’ll be the answer to a trivia question someday.
Which trivia question? That’s still up for grabs.
He’ll either go down as the first player to beat Tiger Woods one on one in a major, or the first one to lose to Woods in an 18-hole playoff at the U.S. Open.
The way Mediate sees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush, French president united against Iran</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/bush-french-president-united-against-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran rejected a six-nation offer of incentives to stop enriching uranium on Saturday, prompting President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to jointly warn Tehran anew against proceeding toward a nuclear bomb. 
&#8220;Our allies understand that a nuclear-armed Iran is incredibly destabilizing, and they understand that it would be a major blow to world peace,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan official: 870 inmates escaped from prison</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/afghan-official-870-inmates-escaped-from-prison/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. and NATO troops aided Afghan forces with reconnaissance in a hunt Saturday for 870 inmates who escaped prison after a sophisticated Taliban assault that even NATO conceded was a success for the militants. 
A roadside bomb, meanwhile, killed four U.S. Marines sent to southwestern Afghanistan to help train the country&#8217;s fledgling police. The deadliest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sudoku addicts halt drugs trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Australian drugs trial lasting more than three months and costing taxpayers over A$1 million ($947,000) has been aborted after a number of jurors were found to have spent up to half the time playing Sudoku puzzles. 
Sydney District Court Judge Peter Zahra cancelled the trial of two men on drugs conspiracy charges after the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi oil chief to address reports of oil increase</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/saudi-oil-chief-to-address-reports-of-oil-increase/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia&#8217;s oil minister on Sunday will address reports that the world&#8217;s largest oil-producing country is set to raise production by about 500,000 barrels per day, his adviser said. 
The increase would bring Saudi Arabia&#8217;s oil production to 10 million barrels a day, the country&#8217;s highest ever, according to reports by The New York Times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appleby leads at US Open, Woods 1 shot off</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/appleby-leads-at-us-open-woods-1-shot-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everybody knows how good Tiger Woods is. Now, the world gets to find out if the players chasing him are ready for prime time, too. 
Woods&#8217; quest for a 14th major title continues later Saturday at Torrey Pines in the third round of the U.S. Open, which will end in prime time on the East [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul McCartney gives charity concert in Ukraine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of people braved heavy rain and thunder Saturday night to see Paul McCartney perform a charity concert on Kiev&#8217;s central Independence Square. 
The outdoor show, the first in Ukraine for the former Beatle, was billed as the biggest concert ever in the former Soviet republic. It was broadcast live on national television [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cedar Rapids flood recedes; Des Moines levee fails</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dark, filthy water that inundated the entire downtown of Iowa&#8217;s second-largest city was receding Saturday after forcing 24,000 people to flee, but those who remained were being urged to take draconian measures to avoid overwhelming the city&#8217;s only remaining drinking water source. 
A sandbagging siege saved the last of the city&#8217;s four collection wells [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crews search for missing in Japan&#8217;s 7.2 quake</title>
		<link>http://news-topics.s021.net/crews-search-for-missing-in-japans-72-quake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rescue squads and military helicopters raced to find 11 people missing after an earthquake in mountainous northern Japan sent hillsides crashing down Saturday, killing at least six and injuring more than 140. 
 The 7.2-magnitude quake triggered several major landslides, blocking roads and stranding about 100 bathers at a hot spring resort. Crews searching for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says he would cut taxes for middle class</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrat Barack Obama told voters Saturday he would push an aggressive economic agenda as president: cutting taxes for the middle class, raising taxes on the wealthy, pouring money into &#8220;green energy&#8221; and requiring employers to set up retirement saving plans for their workers. 
Campaigning in Pennsylvania, a key battleground in the fall campaign, Obama said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush criticizes Iran decision on nuclear program</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Bush said Saturday that Iran has isolated its people and put the world in danger by rejecting a deal aimed at halting the country&#8217;s uranium enrichment program. 
 In Tehran, European Union diplomat Javier Solana presented Iran a modified package of economic, technological and political incentives on behalf of the United States, Germany, Britain, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At least 3 dead, 10 missing in Japan&#8217;s 7.2 quake</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A magnitude 7.2 earthquake ripped across mountains and rice fields in northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least three people as it sheared off hillsides, jolted buildings and shook nuclear power plants. At least 10 people were missing. 
Military helicopters swarmed the quake zone 250 miles north of Tokyo, ferrying in supplies and flying injured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq PM: Security deal talks at &#8216;dead end&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Iraq&#8217;s prime minister said Friday that talks with the U.S. on proposals for a long-term security pact have reached an impasse over objections that Iraq&#8217;s sovereignty is at stake, but held out hope that negotiators could still reach a compromise plan. 
In his strongest comments yet on the debate, Nouri al-Maliki echoed concern by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil slips below $136 though supply concern ongoing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oil prices slipped Friday in volatile markets, with traders anticipating prices will rise on demand concerns.
The price for a barrel of oil has swung back and forth in a $10 range over the past week.
&#8220;There is no driver out there to cause prices to break out of this range yet,&#8221; said Victor Shum, an energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo seeks Google&#8217;s aid after Microsoft talks die</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo Inc. became Microsoft Corp.&#8217;s takeover prey largely because Google Inc. established such a commanding lead in the Internet&#8217;s lucrative search advertising market.
But after eluding Microsoft&#8217;s grasp, Yahoo is now turning to Google to help squelch a rebellion among its shareholders who believe it should have accepted Microsoft&#8217;s $47.5 billion buyout offer while it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil soars on dollar, Energy Department report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oil prices regained their stunning upward momentum Wednesday, rising as crude&#8217;s biggest drivers &#8212; a weak dollar and supply concerns &#8212; brought buyers back in force. At the pump, gas prices rose to a new record over $4.05 a gallon.
Oil futures that were falling a week ago on concerns about declining gasoline consumption have dramatically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks tumble as oil prices surge; Dow falls 205</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street tumbled Wednesday as oil prices rebounded, fanning concerns that inflation will further pinch consumers and lead central banks to raise interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 200 points to its lowest close since mid-March.
Investors are uneasy about oil prices, which on Wednesday traded as high as $138.30 a barrel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Reserve blames high energy, food prices for a weak economy heading into summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The economy remained &#8220;generally weak&#8221; heading into summer as rising costs for energy and food pounded consumers and forced some companies to push their own prices higher.
The Federal Reserve&#8217;s new snapshot of business conditions, released Wednesday, underscored two big sore spots for the country: listless economic activity coupled with high energy and food prices. Those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China refugees move again 1 month after quake</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As China marked Thursday&#8217;s one-month anniversary of its deadly earthquake, some weary survivors were once again on the move, setting up tents and shelters on city sidewalks away from a threatened flood. 
Soldiers in Mianyang, the largest urban area directly under threat from the Tangjiashan quake-formed lake, helped survivors move their belongings yet again while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deadly Sudan jet fire survivor: &#8216;It was panic&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abdel-Menem Hassanein remembers the jetliner landing, and then the chaos — the blast of an explosion, flames at the front of the plane, screams and the sounds of passengers uttering their last prayers. 
The 75-year-old soon realized: the flight attendant at the back of the plane where he and his wife sat could not open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor leaders abused in Zimbabwe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labor leaders in Zimbabwe are increasingly being arrested and harassed by police as this month&#8217;s presidential election approaches, union representatives from the region said Wednesday. 
Federations of national labor unions representing as many as 15 million people in 11 southern African countries said the abuse of labor activists&#8217; rights has multiplied since the first round [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nepal&#8217;s deposed king leaves palace forever</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nepal&#8217;s deposed king gave up his crown of peacock feathers, yak hair and jewels on Wednesday and left his palace forever. 
Former King Gyanendra&#8217;s departure closed the final chapter on the world&#8217;s last Hindu monarchy, but a remnant stayed behind: the 94-year-old mistress of the deposed monarch&#8217;s grandfather, who died more than a half-century ago.
Few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bush doesn&#8217;t rule out military strike in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Bush on Wednesday raised the possibility of a military strike to thwart Tehran&#8217;s presumed nuclear weapons ambitions, speaking aggressively even as he admitted having been unwise to have done so previously about Iraq. 
Bush&#8217;s host in two days of meetings at a baroque castle, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, made clear her views on the [...]]]></description>
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