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    <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia PM May Pardon Politicians, Journalists, If Jailed 'Admit Guilt']]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi announced Wednesday that he may pardon journalists, politicians, and dissidents detained under an 2009 anti-terrorism law, while refuting claims that the arrests were politically motivated.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Somalia: Car Bomb in Mogadishu Kills 11]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A suicide car bomb kills 11 outside a Mogadishu cafe.  Al-Shabab claims responsibility.]]></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[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[Europe Freezes: Poor and Homeless Brave Brutal Winter [PHOTOS]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The deadly winter is sweeping the European continent for the past several weeks with many countries in the region recording temperatures much lower than the winter averages.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Frustrations Soar as Greece, EU Seek Elusive Bailout Deal]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Greek parties will try on Wednesday to agree to a reform deal in return for a new EU/IMF rescue to avoid a chaotic default, after repeated delays which have prompted warnings that the euro can live without Athens.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Christian Evangelical Family Network Behind Anti-Gay Bill in Uganda]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[An US-based Christian evangelical organisation has actively lobbied for the re-introduction of the anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda, which was presented in the parliament Tuesday, according to local activists.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[India Trying to Help Debt-Ridden Airlines the Wrong Way?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Two wrongs don&#039;t make a right. India&#039;s beleaguered aviation sector needs a boost. But letting airlines avoid punitive state taxes by directly importing fuel isn&#039;t smart. Some tax is necessary to pay for environmental costs.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Valentine’s Day 2012: Top iPhone Apps to Make the Day Memorable]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Valentine&#039;s Day... Feb. 14... is just around the corner and there must be someone special in your life who deserves love, care and attention on this special day.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Porn in Assembly: 3 Karnataka Ministers Resign, CM Accepts their Resignation]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Three ministers in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled Karnataka government, who were caught on TV watching pornography inside the Assembly on Tuesday, resigned on Wednesday.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rajat Gupta Could be Slapped with Additional Allegations]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Rajat Gupta, a former director of Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble who is the highest-ranking executive charged in a U.S. crackdown on insider trading, could face additional allegations, a federal prosecutor said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Fourteen Hospitals to Pay Over $12 Million to Settle Medicare Fraud Allegations]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Fourteen hospitals from New York, Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington, Indiana, Missouri and Florida have agreed to pay more than $12 million to the United States in order to settle allegations that the health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Valentine’s Day: Top 5 iPhone, iPad Apps to Make Your Day Lovelier!]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Valentine&#039;s Day - the day of love and friendship is knocking your door. Make this Valentine&#039;s Day extra special by downloading some delightful iPhone, iPad apps. Check out the list of top 5 iPhone apps that would make your day more special.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brazil Files Suits Against Twitter Over Accounts That Provide Roadblock Warnings]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The government of Brazil has filed a lawsuit against Twitter, demanding that the firm remove accounts in the country that warn citizens of police speed traps and roadblocks.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rick Santorum Wins Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Republican candidate reinvigorates campaign against frontrunner Mitt Romney with triple victory.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sale of Dollar Bonds Boost South African Reserves Up 5.3%; Kazakhstan, Belarus Also Up]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Boosted by the international sale of its 12-year old bonds early this month, the gold and foreign- currency reserves held by South Africa has risen by 5.3 per cent at end January over the previous month, its most in almost two years, data from the Reserve Bank showed on Tuesday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Symantec Extorted, Verisign Hacked: Are the Security Experts Defensible?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Symantec, the owner of Norton Anti-Virus and other security software brands, said someone claiming to be part of Anonymous attempted to extort $50,000 in return for not posting code.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rare Pictures of Republican Presidential Hopeful Mitt Romney [PHOTOS]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[He is the co-founder of a private equity firm, Bain capital and believes that his experience as a businessman would help him to create more job opportunities for the American citizens.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Kidnapped Chinese Workers Released in Sudan]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The 29 Chinese workers captured in Sudan last month were released on Tuesday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iran Defaults on Rice Payments to India: Traders]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Iranian buyers have defaulted on payments for about 200,000 tonnes of rice from their top supplier India, exporters and rice millers said on Tuesday, a sign of the mounting pressure on Tehran from a new wave of Western sanctions.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Booming Indian Stock Markets May Not Show Its Economic Reality]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Surging capital inflows, booming stock markets and a fast-appreciating currency suggest the India story is again shining after a dismal 2011.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Maldives President Quits; Suspects Coup]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, widely credited with bringing democracy to the hideaway resort islands, resigned on Tuesday after weeks of opposition protests erupted into a police mutiny and what an aide said amounted to a coup.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Yuvraj Singh’s Doctor Optimistic of Speedy Recovery]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Yuvraj Singh&#039;s oncologist Nikesh Rohatagi on Monday said that he feels that the cricketer will commence training in ten weeks. He said the cricketer has a tumor between his lungs, a rare type of seminoma which is completely curable.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Charles Dickens Turns 200; Celebrations Around the Globe]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Had Charles Dickens - the greatest novelist of Victorian period- been alive, he would have celebrated his 200th birth anniversary on Tuesday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Did Top EFG Hermes Banker Pay Thugs in Egypt Football Riot?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The chief executive of the London-listed Arab investment bank EFG-Hermes is under a travel-ban for his alleged role in the &quot;Port Said Massacre&quot;, authorities said.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rahul Gandhi - The Reluctant Young Emperor of India]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[They call him the Yuva Samrat, or young emperor. Yet Rahul Gandhi has so far shown no inclination to claim the throne of the world&#039;s largest democracy.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bombardment of Syrian City of Homs Resumes]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Heavy bombardment of the Syrian city of Homs resumed Tuesday after almost 100 civilians were killed Monday in an offensive to put down a popular revolt against President Bashar al-Assad&#039;s rule.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Greek Prime Minister Papademos Seeks Consensus on Austerity Measures]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The leaders of the three national parties in Greece&#039;s coalition government will meet the Prime Minister, Lucas Papademos to discuss the terms of the proposed bail-out plan.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[India's Economic Growth Estimated at 6.9 Percent this Fiscal Year]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Indian economy is estimated to grow 6.9 percent this fiscal year, its slowest pace in three years, the government said, as tight monetary policy and a logjam in government policy making coupled with weak global conditions stifles investment.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Airbus Confirms A319 Order by Air Namibia Worth $90Million]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The national airline of the Republic of Namibia - Air Namibia - has ordered two new Airbus A319 aircraft, according to a statement issued by Airbus, on Monday.]]></description>
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