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			<title><![CDATA[Amended Iraq election law still angers Sunnis]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:19:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD (AP) &mdash; Iraq's parliament on Monday amended the country's vetoed election law with a new version that doesn't address the concerns of the country's aggrieved Sunnis, prompting predictions of further vetoes and delayed elections.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Afghan provinces get millions to reduce poppies]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:19:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[KABUL (AP) &mdash; The U.S. on Monday agreed to hand out millions of dollars in development aid to provinces in Afghanistan that have eliminated or reduced the production of opium poppies, the raw ingredient in making heroin.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Report: Russian billionaire buys Hitler's car]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:18:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BERLIN (AP) &mdash; A German newspaper is reporting that Adolf Hitler's original Mercedes has been sold to an unidentified Russian billionaire for several million euros.<br>
Express daily wrote Monday that a middleman for the billionaire approached Duesseldorf-based vintage car dealer Michael Froehlich and asked him to track down the dictator's dark-blue 770 K model.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Big Bang atom smasher sends beams in 2 directions]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:18:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[GENEVA (AP) &mdash; The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[4 US service members die in Afghan attacks]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:13:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[KABUL (AP) &mdash; Bomb attacks and a firefight killed four U.S. troops in 24 hours in Afghanistan, the military said Monday, adding to the growing toll as NATO and the U.S. consider whether to send more forces to the war.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Saudi: 4 pilgrims die of swine flu before hajj]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:19:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) &mdash; Saudi health officials announced the first deaths from swine flu of this year's annual pilgrimage to Mecca, as four pilgrims succumbed to the disease soon after arriving in Saudi Arabia.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[At least 87 dead in mine blast]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[HARBIN (AP) &mdash; Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese coal mine jumped to 87.<br>
The pre-dawn blast Saturday at the state-run Xinxing mine in Heilongjiang province near the border with Russia was the latest to hit China's mining industry &mdash; the world's deadliest. Authorities say parlous safety was improving, but hundreds still die in major accidents each year.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[US ship repels pirates with gunfire, sound blasts]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:16:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI, Kenya (AP)&mdash; Guards aboard the Maersk Alabama used guns and a sound blaster yesterday to repel the second pirate attack in seven months on the U.S. vessel at a time when ships are increasingly hiring armed security teams to thwart hijackings.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Toll bridge over Thames up for sale in Britain]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LONDON (AP) &mdash; A toll bridge built in 1769 across the River Thames will be auctioned next month, offering buyers a tax-free investment with a bit of historic charm.<br>
The Swinford bridge brings in about 190,000 pounds (US$320,000) in toll payments from about 4 million vehicle crossings a year, and the bridge's owner can pocket all the income without paying tax.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[US military: Iraqi troop drawdown on track]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:44:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD (AP) The top U.S. commander in Iraq says the timetable for an American troop withdrawal is still on track despite a dispute over a key election law that could delay national elections slated for January.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Maersk Alabama repels 2nd pirate attack with guns]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:44:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) &mdash; Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[School bus crash kills girl, 8, in Puerto Rico]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:43:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) &mdash; Authorities in Puerto Rico say a school bus has fallen off an overpass, killing an 8-year-old girl near the capital of the U.S. Caribbean territory.<br>
Police officer Erick Aponte says the bus was carrying at least nine people when the driver lost control and it fell off an overpass Wednesday morning in suburban Guaynabo.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Germany to extend Afghanistan mission another year]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:42:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BERLIN (AP) &mdash; Germany will extend its mission in Afghanistan for another year, the government said Wednesday, despite the growing unpopularity of the war at home.<br>
The decision, to be announced later in the day, requires parliamentary approval, and that is expected before the current mandate expires in Dec. 13. Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition enjoys a comfortable majority in parliament.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[UK war criminal: Troops kicked and punched Iraqis]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:23:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LONDON (AP) &mdash; A British soldier convicted of a war crime said Monday some troops in Iraq frequently punched and kicked prisoners.<br>
Former Cpl. Donald Payne, who was jailed for a year in the death of hotel receptionist Baha Mousa and is now free, said that he had downplayed some of the abuses allegedly committed by his unit out of a sense of "misguided loyalty."]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[UN: Once-secret Iran nuclear site to start in 2011]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[VIENNA (AP) &mdash; Iranian technicians have moved highly sophisticated technical equipment into a previously secret uranium enrichment site in preparation for starting it up in 2011, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a new report Monday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Swine flu infects Ukraine's presidential elections]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:21:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[KIEV, Ukraine (AP) &mdash; In Ukraine, swine flu is causing electoral fever.<br>
In a hard-fought presidential campaign, critics of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko accuse her of stirring up panic to grab the spotlight from rivals by closing all schools and banning mass gatherings to combat what experts say is a relatively moderate outbreak of the disease.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Germany launches databases on fate of POWs]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:21:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BERLIN (AP) &mdash; A new database with the names of some 70,000 Soviet prisoners of war held in Germany during the Third Reich is now available online, the Saxony state government said in a statement Monday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[EU officials question Afghan gov't competence]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:20:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS (AP) &mdash; European Union officials questioned Monday whether Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government can face up to the country's challenges but did not echo a U.S. pledge to withhold civilian aid without more accountability.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama prods China to take global role on climate]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:12:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BEIJING (AP) &mdash; Aiming beyond mere rivalry, President Barack Obama declared Monday in his first visit to China that the U.S. and the Chinese carry a "burden of leadership" as he meets with President Hu Jintao to confront climate change, nuclear proliferation and other urgent global problems. Economic and trade tensions shadowed their talks.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[9 killed, 80 injured when train derails in India]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:04:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[JAIPUR, India (AP) &mdash; A speeding train derailed in western India early Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 80.<br>
Fifteen cars of the New Delhi-bound train flew off the tracks and rolled onto their sides when the driver suddenly applied the brakes because of poor visibility in the region, said Vipin Kumar Pande, superintendent of police.]]></description>
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