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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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			<title><![CDATA[Sweden returns 22 human skulls to Hawaii]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM (AP) &mdash; With a solemn ceremony in Stockholm's antiquities museum, Sweden marked the return of 22 skulls looted from a native Hawaiian community more than a century ago.<br>
The symbolic ceremony on Saturday &mdash; attended by guests from Hawaii and the Nordic countries' own indigenous Sami population &mdash; was part of Sweden's increased efforts to return indigenous remains collected by scientists across the world.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[In Asia, Obama pushing arms control with Russians]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE (AP) &mdash; A major pact within tantalizing reach, President Barack Obama aims to nudge forward an arms-control deal in talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.<br>
The 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum brought Obama to Singapore, but he is focusing on individual meetings Sunday with Medvedev and with Indonesia's Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, president of the world's largest Muslim nation and Obama's home as a boy. The U.S.-Russia meeting takes place as the nations seek a successor to a Cold War-era agreement.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Toyota surprises with profit, boosts forecast]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:14:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (AP) &mdash; Toyota Motor Corp. announced Thursday a surprise profit last quarter and trimmed its projected red ink for the year, underlining the gradual recovery under way for Japan's giant automakers.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Afghan president's brother denies getting CIA pay]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[KABUL (AP) &mdash; Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president, on Wednesday denied reports that he has received regular payments from the CIA for much of the past eight years.<br>
The New York Times, citing current and former American officials, reported Tuesday the CIA pays Karzai for a variety of services, including helping to recruit an Afghan paramilitary force that operates at the CIA's direction in and around Kandahar.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kuwait: Headscarf not a must for female lawmakers]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[KUWAIT CITY (AP) &mdash; Kuwait's highest court ruled Wednesday that women lawmakers are not obliged by law to wear the headscarf, a blow to Muslim fundamentalists who want to fully impose Islamic Sharia law in this small oil-rich state.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Halloween etiquette: Trick-or-treat but be polite]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:11:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[LONDON (AP) &mdash; Trick-or-treaters beware: Manners count &mdash; even on Halloween.<br>
Britain's authority on etiquette, Debrett's, issued its first guidance Wednesday on how to behave during the uber-American holiday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[French vessel exchanges fire with Somali pirates]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:03:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) &mdash; Somali pirates fired on a French fishing vessel and guards on board returned fire, prompting a military helicopter and warship to rush to the scene, authorities said Wednesday. Seven Somali pirates were arrested.]]></description>
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