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    <title><![CDATA[Worsening Greek Crisis Clouds Euro’s Future]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A Greek sovereign default has always been a talismanic scare for the euro stakeholders. It would put the common currency under the greatest pressure  since its creation, and shake the foundations of the currency bloc.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 07:44:58 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[CIA Foils Al Qaeda By Planting Double Agent In Airline Bomb Plot]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The would-be bomber in the terror plot hatched by al Qaeda affiliates, which sought to bring down a Western airliner on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden&#039;s death, had either turned informant or was planted in the terror cell.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 03:12:56 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Twin Blasts Kill 12 In Russia's Troubled North Caucasus Region]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A double car bombing in Russia&#039;s troubled North Caucasus region killed 12 people and wounded more than 100, authorities said Friday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 06:09:41 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Taliban Suicide Bombing Kills 15 In Pakistan's Tribal Region]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A suicide bombing at a police checkpoint in Pakistan&#039;s north-western tribal area killed at least 15 people on Friday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 04:54:32 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[South Korea to Shoot Down North Rocket; Obama Asks China to Rein in Pyongyang]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[South Korea wrested one-upmanship from the belligerent North on Monday by issuing a stern warning that it might shoot down a rocket that Pyongyang is planning to launch next month.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 04:48:52 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Will Obama Release Oil From Strategic Reserve to Control Gas Prices?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[With political pressures mounting, talk about the release of the strategic oil reserves has come back. Will the President decide to release the country&#039;s reserves in a last gasp effort to stem the gas price spike? And if he does, what kind of impact will it have on prices?.]]></description>
    <guid>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/319103/20120325/will-obama-release-oil-strategic-reserve-control.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:42:14 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Gold Breakout Round the Corner, Price Could Hit $3,000: Dollar Doomsayers]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[To talk bullish on gold looks like a risky proposition at the moment -- last Wednesday, gold saw one of the most brutal routs in a year when it tumbled five percent. It indeed recovered 1.5 percent the next day, broadly symbolizing the roller-coaster ride of bullion in recent times.]]></description>
    <guid>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/308692/20120304/gold-breakout-round-corner-price-hit-3.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pakistan Formally Seeks Musharraf's Arrest and Extradition; Interpol Alerted]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Pakistani government has set the ball rolling for the arrest and extradition of former President Pervez Musharraf.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 08:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Will Keystone XL Pipeline Increase Gasoline Prices?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Gas prices are a potent weapon in an election year. TransCanada Corp&#039;s proposed $7-billion Keystone XL pipeline, which would move 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta, Canada, to the Texas Gulf, has suddenly become an inalienable part in the election rhetoric.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Super Tuesday States Update: How do Romney, Santorum, Gingrich and Ron Paul Stack up?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Republican presidential primary is nearing the defining moment of the Super Tuesday. While Mitt Romney looks to throw rivals out of the park with emphatic wins in major Super Tuesday states, for the others, the future of their race will be decided no later than March 6.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 03:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Russia's Putin Set to Win Election: Stalin-Like Legacy Unfolding?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[When the Soviet era political permafrost melted gradually over the ten years after the 1991 collapse of the red star, the relic -- the holy relic -- that emerged was Vladimir Putin, the successor chosen by Boris Yeltsin at the end of a senselessly chaotic decade.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. Scores Surprise Soccer Win Over Italy: A Feather on Klinsmann's Cap?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[American soccer relished a historical win on Wednesday when superpower Italy were beaten 1-0 in a friendly, with Clint Dempsey scoring in the 55th minute.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Slaughter of Shiites on the Rise in Pakistan]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The sectarian underpinning of the Pakistani society has been clear from the time of the country&#039;s origin in 1947, but the conflict worsened during the reign of military strongman General Zia-ul-Haque in the eighties -- a time when the radical islamization of the society took place.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Yemen's New Leadership Struggles With Old Set of Problems]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Hours after Yemen’s new President Abdurabu Mansur Hadi took office, al-Qaeda network launched a massive suicide bomb attack in the country to signal the arrival of the new, &quot;democratic&quot; era in the strife-torn country.]]></description>
    <guid>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/305770/20120228/yemen-s-new-leadership-struggles-old-set.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Taliban Suicide Bombing Kills 6 at Jalalabad Airport]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A suicide car bombing killed at least six people early Monday at Jalalabad airport in Afghanistan.]]></description>
    <guid>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/304919/20120227/taliban-suicide-bombing-kills-6-jalalabad-airport.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rise and Rise of U.S. Gasoline Prices: Wall Street and Big Oil to Blame?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Everyone agrees the days of cheap gasoline are over. The pain at the pump is forcing people to cut down gasoline usage, and there has been a big drop in gasoline demand in the country. At the same time, domestic production is booming, with the number of rigs just in U.S. oil fields more than quadrupling in the past three years.]]></description>
    <guid>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/304040/20120224/rise-u-s-gasoline-prices-wall-street.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez' Cancer Reappears; End of His 13-Year Reign in Venezuela on Cards?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[President Hugo Chavez told Venezuelans Tuesday that a cancerous tumor has probably repapered and that he was doubtful if he still had the energy to run a successful re-election race, dropping hints for the first time that his reign at the front row of Latin American politics might be near its end.]]></description>
    <guid>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/302664/20120222/cancer-comes-back-end-hugo-chavez-13.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iran Stops IAEA Inspectors: Protecting Site of Tests Linked to Nuclear Explosive?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Iran denied International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors access to its Parchin military base, where high-explosive tests linked to nuclear bomb had been reportedly conducted.]]></description>
    <guid>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/302630/20120222/iran-stops-iaea-inspectors-protecting-site-tests.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Will U.S. Arm Syrian Rebels?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham threw the Syrian gauntlet down to President Barack Obama, saying that anti-Assad protesters should be armed by the U.S.]]></description>
    <guid>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/302606/20120222/will-u-s-arm-syrian-rebels-homs.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Yemen Goes to Polls Today: Will New Regime Help U.S. Fight al-Qaeda Better?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Yemen is holding an election to rubber-stamp Vice-President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi as the new leader, after three-decade ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh stood down under a deal brokered by Gulf nations and left for the United States in January.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Why a Greek Debt Restructuring Deal Could Still Collapse]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Eurozone finance ministers are expected to formally endorse Greece&#039;s second bailout package on Monday. The final deal to funnel a rescue package worth 130 billion euros ($170.9 billion) is an important lifeline to the debt-hit country, for without it, Greece will default on a 14.5-billion-euro bond redemption due on March 20.]]></description>
    <guid>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/301286/20120220/why-greek-debt-restructuring-deal-still-collapse.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[North Korea Silent on South Korean Live-Fire Drills]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[South Korea conducts live-fire military drills in disputed area despite warnings from Pyongyang of &#039;premeditated military provocation&#039;.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pre-emptive Move: Iran Stops Selling Crude to French, British Companies]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Iran would not wait for the European Union oil embargo to start on July 1. In a stern retaliatory move, Tehran announced on Sunday it will stop selling crude to French and British oil companies.]]></description>
    <guid>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/301072/20120219/pre-emptive-move-iran-stops-selling-crude.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Gasoline Prices Hit Record Seasonal High, Could Touch $4.25 by April]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Gas prices in the U.S. have gone past $3.50 a gallon, the highest price this time of the year, ticking panic among people who have begun to see the price rises as &quot;oppressive.&quot;]]></description>
    <guid>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/301060/20120219/gasoline-prices-hit-record-seasonal-high-touch.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 08:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[India-Ukraine Prostitution Row: Who Should Apologize?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A group of young, semi-clad Ukrainian women gate crashed into the Indian embassy in Ukraine&#039;s capital Kiev last month, tore down the Indian flag and threw it on the ground.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 07:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Whose War is it in Syria? Al-Qaeda Distorts Field as Big Powers Stand Divided]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[In an interesting turn of events, will the entry of al-Qaeda comically twist the balance as it will be naturally pitted against the Hezbollah, the feared Shia militia actively supported and patronized by Iran? Assad&#039;s promise of a regional conflict could come true then!.]]></description>
    <guid>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/300367/20120217/whose-war-syria-al-qaeda-distorts-field.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Latest Reports: Federal Agent Dies in Long Beach Shooting, Another Injured]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A federal immigration agent died and another was injured in a shootout that followed a confrontation between the U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) officers in Long Beach, California, the latest reports said.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iran Defies West Again, Unveils New Generation Nuclear Centrifuges]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Iranian State television said a new generation of faster and more efficient uranium enrichment centrifuges will be unveiled on Wednesday, signaling that Tehran cares little for the international sanctions and that the country would go ahead with its nuclear plans defying all odds.]]></description>
    <guid>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/298964/20120215/iran-defies-west-again-unveils-new-generation.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Wu Ying: Will China Spare the Life of Ex-Billionaire Woman on Death Row?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The life of Wu Ying, a 31-year-old ex-rich list woman now on death row, is in balance. Wu, a secondary school dropout who stitched together a 4-billion yuan business empire before she turned 27, was accused of engaging in illegal fund-raising and sentenced to death in 2009.]]></description>
    <guid>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/298850/20120215/will-china-spare-life-ex-billionaire-woman.htm</guid>
    <link>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/298850/20120215/will-china-spare-life-ex-billionaire-woman.htm</link>
    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mexico Arrests Meth Man Jaime Herrera; Joaquin Guzman (El Chapo) Next?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The hunt for elusive drug cartel leader Joaquin Guzman, known as El Chapo, got a shot in the arm Tuesday with the arrest of infamous meth producer Jaime Herrera in Mexico&#039;s Pacific coast state of Sinaloa.]]></description>
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    <link>http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/298782/20120215/mexico-arrests-meth-man-jaime-herrera-el.htm</link>
    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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