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			<title><![CDATA[Pakistani jets pound Taliban hide-outs; 17 killed]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) &mdash; Pakistani fighter jets pounded Taliban hide-outs near the Afghan border yesterday, killing 17 insurgents, local officials said.<br>
The hide-outs were in the village of Mero Bak in the Taliban stronghold of the Lower Orakzai tribal region, said Rasheed Khan, an Orakzai official. The air attack killed nine militants, he added.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[3 with ties to US consulate killed in Mexican city]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) &mdash; A U.S. consulate employee and her husband were shot to death as they drove in this drug-plagued Mexican city with their baby in the back seat, minutes after gunmen killed the husband of another consular employee and wounded his two children, officials said yesterday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[At least 2 snowmobilers die in Canadian avalanche]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[REVELSTOKE, British Columbia (AP) &mdash; An avalanche that killed at least two people at an informal snowmobile rally in Canada's Rocky Mountains may have been triggered by three daredevil sledders who apparently unleashed a deadly wall of snow on up to 200 people below, witnesses said yesterday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Protesters surge into Bangkok wanting new election]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:41:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK (AP) &mdash; Thousands of red-shirted protesters surging into the Thai capital from impoverished rural areas Saturday gave the government an ultimatum to "return power to the people" or face mass marches in key locations.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Suicide attack in northwest Pakistan kills 13]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SAIDU SHARIF, Pakistan (AP) &mdash; A renewed wave of violence struck Saturday in small-town Pakistan when a suicide bomber on a motorized rickshaw killed 13 people at a security checkpoint, raising fears the nation is sliding back into a period of relentless bloodletting.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Israeli troops, Palestinians clash near Jerusalem]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM (AP) &mdash; Several dozen Palestinian women scuffled with Israeli troops on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Saturday amid rising religious and political tensions in the disputed city.<br>
The confrontation erupted at the Qalandiya crossing between the West Bank and Jerusalem.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Iraq's election goes smoothly second-largest city]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BASRA, Iraq &mdash; With an air of practiced efficiency, Iraqis strolled down the potholed, trash-strewn streets of this oil rich city to vote yesterday.<br>
Far from the explosions that marred voting in Baghdad, the mood in Iraq's second largest city was much like the day's weather: bright and full of sunshine.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chileans reject post-quake looting speculators]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[CONCEPCION, Chile (AP) &mdash; The officers came with bullhorns to impoverished neighborhoods near the epicenter of Chile's devastating earthquake, warning looters to return what they stole or face police raids.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Death toll in Chilean quake soars past 700]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[CONCEPCION, Chile (AP) &mdash; Heroism and banditry mingled on Chile's shattered streets yesterday as rescuers braved aftershocks digging for survivors and the government sent soldiers and ordered a nighttime curfew to quell looting. The death toll climbed to 708 in one of the biggest earthquakes in centuries.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chile struck by one of strongest earthquakes ever]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:05:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[TALCA, Chile (AP) &mdash; One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded tore apart houses, bridges and highways in central Chile on Saturday and sent a tsunami racing halfway around the world. Chileans near the epicenter were tossed about as if shaken by a giant, and the head of the emergency agency said authorities believed at least 300 people were dead.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Iraq reinstates 20,000 former Saddam-era army officers]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:19:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD (AP) &mdash; Iraq yesterday reinstated 20,000 former army officers dismissed after the U.S.-led invasion, a landmark gesture at reconciliation ahead of the March 7 elections.<br>
It's a move designed to allay some of the bitterness that still rankles Iraq &mdash; years after the Bush administration first made the controversial decision to dismantle Saddam Hussein's army.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[UN nuke agency worried Iran may be working on arms]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:51:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[VIENNA (AP) &mdash; The U.N. nuclear agency on Thursday expressed concern for the first time that Iran may currently be working on ways to turn enriched uranium into a nuclear warhead, instead of having stopped several years ago.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[WHO: Add swine flu to regular flu vaccine]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:50:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LONDON (AP) &mdash; The World Health Organization is recommending that swine flu be added to regular flu vaccines next season.<br>
The swine flu pandemic virus, or H1N1, emerged too late last year to be added to the regular flu vaccine, and a separate vaccine was needed.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Armed soldiers storm Niger presidential palace]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:49:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[DAKAR, Senegal (AP) &mdash; Renegade soldiers in armored vehicles stormed Niger's presidential palace with a hail of gunfire during broad daylight Thursday in an apparent coup attempt in the uranium-rich West African nation.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[US: NATO controls Marjah's key roads, govt centers]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:49:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) &mdash; U.S. and Afghan forces have taken control of the main roads, bridges and government centers of the Taliban haven of Marjah, the top Marine commander in southern Afghanistan said Thursday, though he added that pockets of insurgents remain.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dubai blames Mossad for Hamas commander's slaying]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:48:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) &mdash; Dubai's police chief accused Israel's spy agency in the methodical stalking and killing of a Hamas commander, saying Thursday he was nearly "100 percent" certain the Mossad directed the alleged hit squad.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Palestinians question US on reviving peace talks]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:38:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[CAIRO (AP) &mdash; The Palestinians have asked the Obama administration to clarify a U.S. envoy's proposal to restart long-stalled peace talks with Israel indirectly by shuttling between the two sides, the Palestinian president said Saturday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Shiite militants kidnap American in Iraq]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:38:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD (AP) &mdash; A missing Iraqi-American contractor was kidnapped by Shiite militiamen who lured him into central Baghdad by promising to help him find distant relatives, an Iraqi defense official said Saturday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[G-7 seeks to calm global markets, sustain rebound]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:37:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[IQALUIT, Nunavut (AP) &mdash; Top finance officials of the world's seven major industrial countries pledged Saturday to work to calm global markets and maintain government stimulus to sustain an economic rebound.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Latrines added to Haiti's crisis list]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:11:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) &mdash; Relief officials are scrambling to confront a sanitation crisis that could spread malaria, cholera and other deadly diseases throughout the chaotic camps packed with hundreds of thousands of Haitian earthquake survivors.]]></description>
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