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    <title><![CDATA[GE commits $15 billion for environmental R&D]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[GE releases annual reports on its commitment to environment in line with many top companies which are now ecology-centric.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:02:23 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[One year after, Jackson's estate turns around finances]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Gearing up for Jackson&#039;s anniversary, Glendale police said they will allow fans to walk by the front of the Holly Terrace area of the Great Mausoleum, where Jackson is interred, to leave flowers and tributes.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:54:19 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Microfinance emerges beyond conventional markets]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Numerous microfinance institutions, some within the Grameen model and others following self-help group model emerged in the last three decades to provide microcredits, some of them connecting borrowers and lenders online like Kiva.org.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:34:06 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Study: Violent Videogames Harmless For Most Kids]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Violent videogames can increase aggression and hostility in some players but they can also benefit others by honing their visual/spatial skills and improving social networking ability, scientists said.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:24:02 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Facebook rolls out simplified privacy settings]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The social networking site has introduced simplified controls to give users control over what personal information is available to others.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:55:14 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Americans prefer drugs for depression: survey]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Americans prefer drugs to talk therapy for depression, with nearly 80 percent taking a pill for the condition, Consumer Reports said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:51:03 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[BP spill now biggest ever in U.S., flow rate estimate grows]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from BP&#039;s Macondo in the Gulf of Mexico well is now the largest in the U.S. history, surpassing 1989&#039;s ExxonValdez tanker spill in Alaska in 1989, based on calculations from data released by the head of the U.S. Geological Survey on Thursday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 17:16:47 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Microsoft to launch 'Halo: Reach' for Xbox series in Sept]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Priced around $59.99 for standard version, the limited and legendary editions of the game will retail for $79.99 and $149.99 respectively.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 17:16:58 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pakistan bans Facebook]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued a notice to all internet service providers in the country to block Facebook till May 31, 2010 or until further orders.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 10:54:53 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[US housing market index rises to 2-year high]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[HMI gained 3 points to 22 in May from 19 points in April. Sales expectations for the next six months continued to gain]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:48:21 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Housing Market Index Rises To 2-year high]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[HMI gained 3 points to 22 in May from 19 points in April. Sales expectations for the next six months continued to gain]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:48:21 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Study shows consistent benefit of early daycare]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Parents worried about putting very young children into daycare got some reassuring answers on Friday -- children who have high-quality care see academic benefits lasting into high school.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 12:29:03 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Personal conflicts biggest cause of murders in U.S.]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The first systematic, in-depth look at murder and suicide in the United States shows that personal conflicts are the major factor in such deaths, as opposed to random violence or other crime.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 12:19:15 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Don't like your diagnosis? Maybe you should move]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Doctors in some parts of the United States are more likely to tell Medicare patients they are sick than in other parts, researchers said on Wednesday in a finding that could explain regional differences in health spending.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 12:07:25 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. arrests three in Times Square bomb probe]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Investigators arrested three people linked to the suspect in the failed Times Square bombing during raids on Thursday in suburbs of New York, Boston and Philadelphia but officials said there was no new threat.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 11:54:40 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Nearly a quarter of U.S. homes only use cellphones]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Nearly a quarter of U.S. homes have abandoned land lines and use only a cellphone, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 12:17:24 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Memo to boss: 11-hour days are bad for the heart]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[People working 10 or 11 hours a day are more likely to suffer serious heart problems, including heart attacks, than those clocking off after seven hours, researchers said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 11:45:03 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Starbucks sued over hot tea alleged to cause burns]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Starbucks Corp has been sued by a customer who allegedly suffered second-degree burns after being served tea that was too hot.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 18:24:58 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mexico sends ex-governor to U.S. to face drug charges]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Mexico extradited a former state governor to the United States on Saturday to face charges he helped move hundreds of metric tones of Colombian cocaine into America via the Caribbean tourist resort of Cancun.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 11:46:01 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[New workers flood U.S. jobs market]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[U.S. employers are starting to hire more workers but instead of relief, a flood of new job seekers is putting greater pressure on the jobs market.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 21:02:46 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bailed out homebuilders collect fat paychecks]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[No one rode the U.S. housing bubble higher than the company that calls itself &quot;America&#039;s Builder,&quot; D.R. Horton Inc.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 12:18:45 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. seeks Pakistan ties to talkative bomb suspect]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The United States pushed Pakistan Thursday to investigate possible ties between the Times Square bomb suspect and the Taliban, U.S. officials said, as the suspect provided more information to U.S. investigators.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 11:32:18 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Vaccine may trigger early start of infant epilepsy]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Childhood vaccines may trigger early onset of a severe form of infant epilepsy. Anne McIntosh of the University of Melbourne&#039;s Epilepsy Research Centre and colleagues examined the medical records of 40 Dravet syndrome patients with the genetic mutation who had been vaccinated against whooping cough, or pertussis.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 19:48:16 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Calm U.S. Gulf weather aids spill fight, for now]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Oil spill workers raced against time in the Gulf of Mexico, hoping to seize on at least one more day of calm in their fight to contain a huge and growing slick before winds turn against them.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 11:19:24 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. has 71 million unused flu vaccine doses]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The United States still has 71 million doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine that have not been used, but it is not yet time to throw them out, the federal government said on Monday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 12:20:34 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rise in NYC income tax revs shows brighter economy]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[New York City&#039;s income tax revenue rose slightly in April, a financial source said on Monday, an indication hiring could be gaining as the city fights a string of multibillion dollar budget deficits over several years.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 12:09:42 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Flooding hits Tennessee, nearby states]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A weekend deluge burst rivers and creeks from their banks across Tennessee and neighboring U.S. states on Monday, killing at least 22 people and forcing thousands to evacuate homes and hotels.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 11:59:11 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Judge orders U.S. militia members released on bond]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Nine members of a Christian militia group accused of plotting to kill police and wage war on the U.S. government were ordered freed on bond on Monday by a judge who said prosecutors failed to show they posed a real threat.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 11:54:43 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. arrests Pakistani-American over failed car bomb]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A Pakistani-American man has been arrested for allegedly driving a bomb-laden car into New York&#039;s Times Square on Saturday night, U.S. authorities said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 11:51:41 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Investigators hunt New York car bomb culprits]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Investigators combed through security video and other evidence on Monday in the hunt for suspects in a failed car bombing in New York&#039;s Times Square and officials expressed optimism that the culprits will be found.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 11:54:12 +0100</pubDate>
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