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    <title><![CDATA[Anti-ACTA  Day of Action February 11 Protest Details: Where, When & How to Join the Worldwide Fight]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The anti-ACTA Day of Action is February 11. Protest details, including where, when and how to join the worldwide fight on Saturday, can all be found in this comprehensive breakdown of what is shaping up to be a massive worldwide demonstration.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[$900-Trillion Suit: How Much Money Is That?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[It’s unclear how she arrived at that exalted figure of $900-trillion.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[As ACTA Loses Support in Europe, Opponents Plan New Protests Around the World]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[As ACTA loses support in Europe, where a number of countries are putting the brakes on plans to ratify the controversial treaty, its opponents are planning new protests around the world.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[What is China’s Role in Syria?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Damascus strongman still has at least two powerful allies apparently on his side – Russia and China]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fed May Resume Bond Buying, Fed Pres Says]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco said Wednesday the Fed may resume expanding its balance sheet to boost the U.S. economy if the recovery loses momentum or inflation stays below two percent.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Who is Foster Friess?: 5 Things to Know about the Man Behind Rick Santorum's Super PAC]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Whether or not Rick Santorum is chosen by his party to take on President Obama, Foster Friess, the conservative billionaire who has fueled Santorum’s campaign will most likely continue to exert influence over the 2012 election. Here are five things you should know about the self-dubbed “Man Atop the Horse.”.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sudan Inaugurates New Darfur Regional Government]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Darfur Regional Authority was inaugurated in Sudan on Wednesday. The new regional body will be responsible for governing Darfur, as well as promoting reconciliation, peace, reconstruction and for distributing compensation after the nine-year conflict in the area.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obama 'Runway to Win' 2012 Photos: Fashion Line Features Marc Jacobs, Derek Lam]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Scarlett Johansson and Anna Wintour hosted a glamorous New York City fund-raising event Tuesday night, launching a stylish pro-Obama fashion line of campaign-themed T-shirts, bags and accessories designed by famous designers. Republicans are unsurprisingly in an uproar.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Occupy: Anonymous Hackers Threaten Black Bloc 'Protesters' [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Anonymous collective has issued a warning to protesters using black bloc tactics, promising to reveal their identities should they continue to interfere with the Occupy movement.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[NHS Reforms: Government Lacks Plan B, Lords Told]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Lords increase pressure on coalition to drop controversial health bill amid concerns that reforms already gone too far.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Homs Doctor Pleads for End to Carnage]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Dr Abu Rami al-Homsi tells IBTimes UK humanitarian situation in city under siege reaching crisis point and pleads for outside help.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rick Santorum: Onward to Michigan After Tuesday Trifecta [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Rick Santorum said Wednesday that Michigan is a &quot;great place for us to plant our flag&quot; in the next batch of Republican primary contests.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Navy SEAL Commander Bill McRaven Told to 'Get the Hell Out of the Media']]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The commander of the Navy SEALs, the elite special forces unit who killed Osama Bin Laden and rescued Jessica Buchanan, is being criticized by a retired Lt. General of the armed forces for his  media spotlight and publicizing special operations tactics.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[CIA to Maintain Sizable Presence in Iraq and Afghanistan]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post reports that the CIA has plans to maintain a robust operation in both countries after conventional operations have wound down, underscoring the military&#039;s broader shift towards clandestine, targeted operations undertaken by CIA agents or Special Forces commandos.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iran's War Talk: 'An American Attack on Iran Would be Suicidal']]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Iran issued a verbal warning to the United States on Wednesday, claiming that the country has the military capabilities to attack American forces around the globe.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Janice Voss: Five-Time Shuttle Astronaut Dies at 55]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Former astronaut, Janice Voss, passed away from breast cancer late Monday in Scottsdale, Ariz. Voss was one of only six women to make five trips into space and to serve twice as payload commander. She was 55. As a five-time shuttle astronaut, Voss&#039; career at NASA was one of dedication to scientific research and exploration.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[IMF Cottarelli Warns Some Countries Might be Cutting Debt Too Quickly]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Some countries, including the U.S., could be trying to bring their budget deficit down too quickly, posing a risk for the economic recovery, the head of the International Monetary Fund&#039;s fiscal affairs department warned Wednesday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Kids, Schools, and Sex: Government Taking Over for Parents]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Last month, the school system in New London, Conn., announced it would start distributing free birth control pills to high school girls. It’s another example of the government inserting itself into the private life of kids in order to do the work parents ought to be doing.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ron Paul Second in Republican Poll Despite Neo-Nazi Support]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Despite revelations by Anonymous hacking collective  that white supremacists were backing the US, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, the Texas congressman has seen a surge in the polls.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rick Santorum Foreign Policy: Hawk on Iran]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The former Pennsylvania senator, who surged back into relevancy with wins in Missouri, Colorado and Minnesota, has worked to position himself as the social values-centric conservative alternative to Mitt Romney. But he has also articulated a muscular foreign policy vision centered on his belief that radical Islam, particularly the Iranian regime, poses a dire threat to American security.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Nato Death Toll in Libya 'Cannot be Counted']]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[MPs admit number of civilian deaths in allied campaign to help overthrow Muammar Gaddafi will never be known.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Wisconsin Sisters Allegedly Assaulted Man with Pliers, Forced Him to Drink Their Urine]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Two Wisconsin sisters allegedly sexually assaulted a man with pliers and forced him to drink their urine. The sisters, Valerie Bartkey and Amanda Johnson, have been charged in St. Croix County Court in Somerset, Wisc., with a felony count of second-degree assault by force and two misdemeanor counts of battery and criminal damage to property.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ron Paul Plane Tickets: Report Finds 2012 Hopeful Reimbursed Twice for Flights]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Records indicate that Republican candidate Rep. Ron Paul, a champion of smaller government, was reimbursed twice for flights between Washington, D.C., and his district in Texas with campaign and taxpayer money.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Israel Paralyzed by Nationwide General Strike]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The government contends that strike action is unnecessary and will cost the country’s economy $100-million every day]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Attacking the First Amendment is Defending the First Amendment?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[People who produce dictionaries will need to update their definition of &quot;chutzpah&quot; after three U.S. senators claimed that violating the First Amendment defends the First Amendment.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania House To Decide Natural Gas Fee Legislation]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania lawmakers in the state&#039;s Senate have set a template for the rest of the Northeast U.S. to follow in approving a measure to impose annual fees on natural gas companies for each natural gas well they drill.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Facebook's All-Male Board Hit by Criticism]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Just days after Facebook filed papers to go public, a large California pension fund is criticizing the social media giant for having an all-male board of directors.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Porn Scandal in Indian State Assembly Shocks Country]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Three government ministers from one of India&#039;s conservative political parties resigned on Wednesday after they were caught watching pornography on a cell phone during a session of the Karnataka state assembly.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Syrian Opposition Dismisses Assad’s Promises of Dialogue, Cooperation]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Syrian opposition, after nearly a year of relentless bloodshed, said it’s too late for any negotiations.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Payroll Tax Negotiations Mired in Election-Year Politics]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Republican and Democratic leaders accused each other of bad faith negotiations on Tuesday, as both parties played hardball in talks to extend a tax cut for 160 million workers.]]></description>
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