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  <title><![CDATA[GCC: Can The Arab Gulf States Form A Political And Economic Union To Rival The EU And Shut Out Iran?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The contemplated union of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain forms only one part of a potentially much wider alliance -- the political, military and economic integration of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which comprise Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 13:30:59 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Jaya Prada Likely To Join BJP After Consulting With Amar Singh]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Actress turned politician Jaya Prada on Saturday said that she will take a decision on joining BJP after consulting with former Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 08:24:50 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[TCS World 10K Bangalore 2012 Free App For iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone [Download Links]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Bangalore is all set for TCS World 10K 2012 race day on Sunday. So there is one technical aspect that you have to update yourself and your device to keep the pace with the upcoming event.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 07:42:25 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bodies of Two Missing Britons Found In Cauvery River]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The bodies of two missing Britons, who went for rafting on the Cauvery river, were recovered on Friday near Mekedatu in Ramanagaram district of Karnataka]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 07:17:06 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Kerala Govt Imposes Complete Ban On Tobacco-Based Products]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Kerala government announced a complete ban on the manufacturing and sale of gutka products in the state in order to control the increasing incidence of gutka-induced diseases like oral cancer]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 06:40:27 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[NDA's Doors Open For Mamata Banerjee: BJP]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[At a time when the West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress head Mamata Banerjee is experiencing unpleasant ties with the UPA, following differences over several policy decisions, the NDA has offered her an open invitation to join alliance.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 05:59:41 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[India Test Fires Akash Missile Again]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Just two days after the successful test firing of Akash missile, India once again test fired its indigenously built surface-to-air missile on Saturday morning at around 11:10 am. The missile was fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Odisha, the same test range from where the earlier trial was conducted.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 05:12:47 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Illegal Assets Case: CBI Begins Questioning Jagan For Second Day]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials began grilling YSR Congress party chief and Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy for the second day on Saturday in the disproportionate assets case against him.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 03:11:48 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Petrol Price Hike: Mamata Banerjee To Take Out Protest March In Kolkata]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee will take out a protest march against the steep petrol price hike with party leaders and supporters in Kolkata on Saturday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 02:45:16 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Air India: Aviation Minister Warns Union Of New Pilot Hires If Strike Continues]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The meeting with officials from the Indian Pilots&#039; Guild (IPG) lasted 90 minutes.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:11:21 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[No Longer Number One: Shipping Crisis Hits China's Once-Roaring Maritime Industries]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[China&#039;s government bet big on shipping in the last decade. For a time, it paid off, even propelling the country to the world&#039;s top spot in shipbuilding. Now a major global slowdown is hurting the sector, and shipyards are in line for closure.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 11:28:03 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Facebook Shares Drop Again On New Probes Despite Morgan Stanley Investor Pledges]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, fell 3.4 percent again Friday, a week after their disastrous debut in their initial public offering.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 11:19:16 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Iran Closer To Nuclear Weapons-Grade Uranium, UN Atomic Agency Says]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.N.&#039;s International Atomic Energy Agency has found evidence of uranium enriched up to levels closer to the threshold needed for developing nuclear warheads at an underground Iranian facility.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:55:48 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[US Treasury Declines To Call China A Currency 'Manipulator']]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Treasury declined Friday to name China as a currency manipulator, a move that is likely to intensify an already hot debate in the U.S. presidential campaigning.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 09:59:07 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[China And Israel Expand Military Ties In Sign Of Growing Cooperation]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Top Chinese and Israeli military officials met in Beijing earlier this week, signaling increased cooperation between the two nations, that formerly regarded each other tepidly.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 09:50:50 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Searching For The American Dream, In A Chinese RV]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[China&#039;s growing hunger for the RV is providing further evidence for the theory that the Middle Kingdom is trying to become more American -- at least in its pastimes.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 09:49:24 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Advani, Sushma Skip BJP Meeting, Rally; Party Clarifies Their Absence]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The absence of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders L.K. Advani and Sushma Swaraj at the party&#039;s National Executive meeting in Mumbai on Friday and their decision to skip the rally in the evening have sparked off speculations that there is rift among the party leaders.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 09:03:04 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mumbai 13/7 Serial Blast: Anti-Terrorism Squad Files 4000-Page Chargesheet]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Maharashtra ATS (Anti-Terrorism Squad) in connection with the 13/7 Mumbai serial blast has filed a chargesheet on Friday. The ATS on Friday filed 4000-page chargesheet in a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court against four accused in the case-Naqi Ahmed Wasi Ahmed Sheikh, Nadeem Akhtar, Kanwar Pathrija and Haroon Rashid Naik.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:31:46 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Petrol Price Hike To Severe Public Health Risk, Favours the Rich: CSE]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Amidst criticism and protest from various political parties and the public over the hike of petrol price by over seven rupees, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has come down heavily on the government, saying that the hike favours the rich and will severe public health.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 08:05:19 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Kolkata Joins Slutwalk Protest to Supports Women’s Right [Photos]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Kolkata on Thursday joined a global movement of Slutwalk rally to protest against claims that women&#039;s attire or her behavior provoked rape and sexual assault. Slutwalk is a protest movement against sexual violence that began last year in Toronto when police official commented on women&#039;s attire saying, &quot;women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.&quot;.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345384/20120525/kolkata-joins-slutwalk-protest-supports-women-s.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 07:00:56 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[After 24 Years In Myanmar, New Doors Open For Aung San Suu Kyi]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[When Aung San Suu Kyi left her husband and children in England to visit her ailing mother in Myanmar 24 years ago, she never imagined that she&#039;d be stuck inside the Southeast Asian country for 24 years. Now, she will leave Myanmar for the first time since 1988.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 06:04:38 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[India Warns of Potential Ban on EU Airlines over Carbon Tax Dispute]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[European airlines may risk an embargo from India&#039;s airspace, should Brussels impose sanctions on Indian carriers over carbon emissions. Brussels is facing the heat from several nations, including China, Russia, over an EU carbon emissions trading scheme that called for charging airlines over pollution.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345308/20120525/india-warns-ban-european-airlines-carbon-tax.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 03:55:34 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Jaganmohan Reddy Reaches CBI HQ; Security Beefed Up In AP Fearing Violence]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[YSR Congress chief and Kadapa MP, Jaganmohan Reddy, Friday reached the CBI Headquarters in Hyderabad for an inquiry in connection with a disproportionate assets case against him]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345297/20120525/jaganmohan-reddy-andhra-pradesh-cbi-hyderabad-security.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345297/20120525/jaganmohan-reddy-andhra-pradesh-cbi-hyderabad-security.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 03:37:08 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Senators Act Harsh on Pakistan for Jailing CIA Helper, Cut Aid by $33 Million]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. senators scandalized by Pakistan&#039;s jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden voted on Thursday to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 million - one million for each year in the doctor&#039;s sentence.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 02:28:35 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[BJP National Executive Meet: Yeddyurappa, Modi To Attend]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Former Karnataka chief minister and BJP leader will attend the second day of the national executive meet in Mumbai on Friday]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345237/20120525/bjp-modi-yeddyurappa-executive-meet-nitin-gadkari.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 01:22:49 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[$8.5B Budget Approved For Origin and Conoco Australia's LNG Project]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A group of domestic and international banks has granted in principle the $8.5 billion in project financing needed to finally drumroll the $20 billion Australia Pacific liquefied natural gas (LNG) project of Origin Energy Ltd. and ConocoPhillips.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345223/20120524/lng-united-states-china-sinopec-conocophillips.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 23:51:44 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australia Targets Criminal Operations at Main Waterfront Areas]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Julia Gillard has ordered for a sweeping overhaul of security measures on Australia&#039;s key waterfront areas following reports from police authorities that confirmed the operations of criminal groups in Brisbane and Melbourne.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 23:49:45 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Amnesty International Assails Australia's Intervention among Indigenous Tribes in Northern Territory]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Australia has failed so far in raising the quality of life prevalent among the indigenous people living in the Northern Territory, according to the latest human rights review released this week by Amnesty International (AI) in Australia.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345219/20120524/amnesty-international-assails-australia-s-intervention-indigenous.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 23:39:54 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australian Stock Market Report – Midday 5/25/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Yesterday the Australian share market kicked off the session a little higher for the third time this week, only to start losing ground following some disappointing economic data out from China. The latest HSBC Flash Manufacturing PMI came in at 48.7 down from 49.3 points the month before. By the close of trade the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) fell 12 points to 4,106 points.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 23:32:34 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Swan Dashes Hope of Tax Relief for World’s Wealthiest Woman, but Govt Allows Rinehart’s Company to Bring in Foreign Workers]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Earning $1 million every 30 minutes has its disadvantages too. For Gina Rinehart who was named this week by BRW Magazine as the world&#039;s wealthiest woman with $29 billion to her name, it meant more public scrutiny of her companies as well as her private life, particularly the ongoing family court feud.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345212/20120524/swan-dashes-hope-tax-relief-world-s.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 23:27:35 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Prostitute Linked with Craig Thomson Worked as a Horse Strapper in NSW]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The sex trade worker who claimed to have embattled MP Craig Thomson as her client is real, not an imaginary person created to embarrass the legislator. The Daily Telegraph provided more details of the former prostitute whose tell-all interview with Channel 9&#039;s Current Affairs may be the final nail to Mr Thomson&#039;s crumbling political career.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345184/20120524/prostitute-linked-craig-thomson-worked-horse-strapper.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345184/20120524/prostitute-linked-craig-thomson-worked-horse-strapper.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 19:55:34 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA['All Taste, No Nourishment', Euro Leaders Dinner Fails to Inspire]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Despite solid gains from European indices and mild support for U.S stocks, the overall theme of negativity continued to hold risk assets at bay overnight with intermittent periods of strength quickly overcome, with European drama&#039;s remaining the key directive.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 19:54:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australian Dollar Outlook - 05/25/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Bell FX Currency Outlook: With worries a Greek exit would deepen the euro zone debt crisis and risk aversion continuing to mount this week, the Australian Dollar has continued track new lows.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 19:48:08 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Global Markets Overview - 05/25/2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[U.S. stocks finished mostly higher after late afternoon comments from the Italian premier boosted confidence that Greece would stay in the euro zone. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 34 points, or 0.3%, at 12530, after bouncing back from a 0.6% slide.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 19:24:47 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[HP Shares Gain Slightly On Whitman’s Job Cuts]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shares of Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), the No. 1 computer maker, rose about 3 percent to $21.77 on Thursday, following the announcement it would fire 27,000 employees by 2014.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Dead Whale, A School Cafeteria And A Chinese Mystery]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A school cafeteria in China&#039;s Shandong province may have attempted to serve whale meat to students -- an illegal act that came to light when the whale&#039;s carcass was discovered in the kitchen. It has since disappeared, and so has the cafeteria&#039;s manager.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[“Ethical iPhone”? SumofUs Says No]]></title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 14:21:54 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Philippine Govt.: Chinese Ships In Naval Standoff Outnumber Us 100 To 2]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Philippines say China has now deployed a large fishing and coast guard fleet to their disputed shoal in the South China Sea, but China says the development is in line with precedents.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Facebook's Shares Recover, But IPO Wounds Fester]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, rose $1.03 to close at $33.03 on Thursday. A week ago, they were priced at $38 for the IPO.]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Baghdad Nuclear Talks With Iran Hit A Snag]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Iran rejected a proposal to curb uranium enrichment during the second day of nuclear talks with Western powers in Baghdad Thursday.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345043/20120524/iran-nuclear-talks-u-n-baghdad-sanctions.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 11:40:21 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[How’s Facebook Faring On Thursday?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, are up six cents to $32.06 in late morning trading on Thursday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345029/20120524/facebook-shares-ipo-zuckerberg-value.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/345029/20120524/facebook-shares-ipo-zuckerberg-value.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 11:22:15 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Congress Against Petrol Price Hike; Govt Considers Partial Rollback: Sources]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The latest media reports suggested that the government is contemplating a partial rollback in the recent steep petrol price hike. According to the sources the government might slash about Rs 2 to 2.50 per litre, while the Congress party is demanding to scale down about Rs 3 to 5 in the latest hike.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344953/20120524/petrol-price-hike-congress-upa-protest-rollback.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 09:27:05 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Woman, 68, Buried Alive By Drunk Couple In China After Car Accident]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Police in China arrested a young couple they say buried a 68-year-old woman alive because they believed they killed her in a drunk-driving crash.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344951/20120524/woman-buried-alive-drunk-couple-china-accident.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 09:25:14 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[How Much Value Has Facebook Lost In A Week?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shareholders of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, already know: priced a week ago at $38, shares once hit $45 but closed Wednesday at $32.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344942/20120524/facebook-ipo-value-loss.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:54:33 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Aarushi-Hemraj Murder Case: Rajesh, Nupur Talwar Charged With Murder]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Ghaziabad court Thursday rejected the petition of Talwars and charged them for murder, conspiracy, misleading the court and destruction of evidence.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344928/20120524/aarushi-talwar-hemraj-murder-case-parents-rajesh.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344928/20120524/aarushi-talwar-hemraj-murder-case-parents-rajesh.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:37:38 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[India Opposition Calls For Nationwide Strike To Protest Rising Petrol Price]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[In 2010, the Indian government permitted state-owned oil companies to establish the price of petrol.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344925/20120524/india-petrol-prices-protest-government-strike-bjp.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:35:52 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Iran Rejects West's Proposal On Nuclear Curbs, Talks Come To A Standstill]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The talks between world powers and Iran over Tehran&#039;s nuclear program came to a standstill Thursday as it accused the P5+1 group (five permanent members of the UN and Germany) of &quot;creating a difficult atmosphere hindering talks.&quot;.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:12:10 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Gina Rinehart: World's Wealthiest Woman Made Her Children Weed Garden at Perth Mansion [VIDEO]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Gina Rinehart, an Australian mining tycoon has leap-frogged Walmart heiress Christy Walton as the world&#039;s richest woman with a daily income of £32m.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344902/20120524/gina-rinehart-australian-mining-tycoon-richest-woman.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344902/20120524/gina-rinehart-australian-mining-tycoon-richest-woman.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 08:07:51 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[New Zealand to become First Smoke Free Country?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The government hikes taxes on tobacco products in order to become the first smoke free country in 2025.]]></description>
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  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/344878/20120524/smoking-new-zealand-tobacco-products-taxes-display.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 07:20:33 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[World’s Largest and Deepest Pool At Chile's San Alfonso del Mar Resort [PHOTOS]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The world’s largest swimming pool, The Crystal Lagoon at the San Alfonso Del Mar Resort, is bigger than 20 Olympic-sized pool put together. The huge pool is set halfway up the country&#039;s Pacific coast, in the city of Algarrobo, Chile, about 100 kilometers west of the capital Santiago. The pool holds the Guinness World Record for the largest and deepest pool.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 06:58:10 EDT</pubDate>
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