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                                                    </description><title>GDACS EMM News Feed</title><item><title><![CDATA[Cheney Expresses American Sorrow to Pakistani Earthquake Victims (U.S. Department of State)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12ju4k1e3/*http%3A//usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Dec/22-531183.html?chanlid=globalissues</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12ju4k1e3/*http%3A//usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Dec/22-531183.html?chanlid=globalissues</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:16:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vice President Cheney, expressing the sorrow of the American people at the tragic earthquake that struck Pakistan in October, said the United States is delighted to be participating in the relief effort. Cheney made the comment in a press availability with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad, Pakistan, December 20.Musharraf said the U.S. assistance in the form of financial ]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051222181608</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Afghanistan, Rumsfeld rejects a quick pullout (International Herald Tribune)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11sqlunqr/*http%3A//www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/22/news/rumsfeld.php</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11sqlunqr/*http%3A//www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/22/news/rumsfeld.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:11:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[While the United States is planning troop reductions in Afghanistan, removing forces too quickly would impede the long-term hunt for terrorists, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in a holiday address Thursday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051222151126</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumsfeld Warns Against Hasty Withdrawals (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11vtg89ep/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051222/ap_on_re_as/rumsfeld_10</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11vtg89ep/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051222/ap_on_re_as/rumsfeld_10</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:46:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ While the United States is planning troop reductions in Afghanistan, removing forces too quickly would impede the long-term hunt for terrorists, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld says.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051222144623</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Save the Children Receives $500,000 Grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation for South Asia Earthquake Response (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=158lf897d/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20051222/pl_usnw/save_the_children_receives500_000_grant_from_the_conrad_n__hilton_foundation_for_south_asia_earthquake_response103_xml</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=158lf897d/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20051222/pl_usnw/save_the_children_receives500_000_grant_from_the_conrad_n__hilton_foundation_for_south_asia_earthquake_response103_xml</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:00:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[           Save the Children today announced that it has received a 1-year, $500,000 grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to address the long-term recovery needs of families, with an emphasis on women and children, affected by the October earthquake that struck Pakistan and India.           ]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051222140051</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumsfeld Against Early Removal of Troops (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11ufsp0ir/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051222/ap_on_re_as/rumsfeld_9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11ufsp0ir/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051222/ap_on_re_as/rumsfeld_9</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:07:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ While the United States is planning troop reductions in Afghanistan, removing forces too quickly would impede the long-term hunt for terrorists, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld says.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051222080741</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quake Relief Efforts Improves U.S. Image in Pakistan (NPR)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12cltvqka/*http%3A//www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5065047&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1004</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12cltvqka/*http%3A//www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5065047&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1004</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:14:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visits a U.S. military hospital in Pakistan treating victims of October's devastating earthquake in Kashmir. The visit came amid signs that the continuing U.S. relief efforts have dramatically improved the image of the United States in Pakistan.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051222011433</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quake Relief Efforts Improves U.S. Image in Pakistan (NPR)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12c7vcqkg/*http%3A//www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5065047&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1001</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12c7vcqkg/*http%3A//www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5065047&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1001</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:52:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld visits a U.S. military hospital in Pakistan treating victims of October's devastating earthquake in Kashmir. The visit came amid signs that the continuing U.S. relief efforts have dramatically improved the image of the United States in Pakistan.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051221235204</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld tours Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Pakistan (AlertNet)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11o6htamh/*http%3A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/pictures/JEY406D.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11o6htamh/*http%3A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/pictures/JEY406D.htm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:52:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (L) tours the Task Force Eagle supporting helicopter operations at Qasim Army Airfield in Pakistan December 21, 2005. Rumsfeld is in the area to survey the areas affected by the Pakistan earthquake and to visit with troops that are assisting in the relief operations and helping the sick and injured.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051221175255</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumsfeld: U.S. to Remain Committed to Afghanistan (Fox News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11mkmkk6t/*http%3A//www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179346,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11mkmkk6t/*http%3A//www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179346,00.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:14:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Donald Rumsfeld, who flew from Pakistan where he toured U.S. humanitarian assistance to earthquake victims, told reporters the United States is not going to abandon Afghanistan.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051221141444</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.36309195"><pubDate>2005-12-21T12:25+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051221</emm:day><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051221/ap_on_re_as/rumsfeld;_ylt=ArZP4G9KkFLlBuOq_G3Wazqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b3JuZGZhBHNlYwM3MjE-</link><source>news-yahoo</source><title>U.S. to Remain Committed to Afghanistan</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>"The United States has assured us of continued support and assistance on all matters," Karzai said at a joint news conference with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld, who flew here from Pakistan where he toured U.S. humanitarian assistance to earthquake victims, told reporters the United States is not going to abandon Afghanistan.</description><category>AlQaedaRKW</category><category>TerroristAttack</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>MilitantIslam</category><category>Migration</category><category>TerrorismBiological</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Afghanistan</category><category>USA</category><category>BangladeshSRKW</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><guid>news-yahoo-1d21b8342aeffd86f573651cefae94b0</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051221122500</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relief work best to improve U.S. image: Cheney (The Hindu News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=120hedh6g/*http%3A//www.hindu.com/2005/12/21/stories/2005122106671500.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=120hedh6g/*http%3A//www.hindu.com/2005/12/21/stories/2005122106671500.htm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:44:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: United States Vice-President Dick Cheney arrived here on Tuesday on a symbolic visit to express solidarity with Pakistan in managing the crisis thrown up by the October 8 earthquake and pledged continued support from Washington for the relief and rehabilitation efforts.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220214413</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheney meets President Musharraf (The Pakistan Link)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11p8d21gj/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec05/20/01.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11p8d21gj/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec05/20/01.htm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 16:13:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: US Vice President Dick Cheney expressed United States' solidarity and support over October 8 earthquake catastrophe and said Washington would continue to assist Pakistan in its rebuilding efforts in the quake zone.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220171348</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheney visits earthquake victims in Pakistan (USA Today)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=120umgh5k/*http%3A//www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-12-20-pakistan_x.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=120umgh5k/*http%3A//www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-12-20-pakistan_x.htm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:31:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vice President Dick Cheney, representing President Bush in reviewing earthquake relief efforts, waved and smiled at Pakistanis seeking treatment Tuesday as they huddled against a chill wind under a banner proclaiming "From the People of the USA. 212th MASH."]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220163108</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheney visits earthquake victims in Pakistan (USA Today)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11um8n5p7/*http%3A//www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-12-20-cheney_x.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11um8n5p7/*http%3A//www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-12-20-cheney_x.htm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:30:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vice President Dick Cheney visited Pakistan's earthquake zone Tuesday, underscoring the idea that helping Muslims in times of tragedy helps the United States improve its image overseas. But, a Cheney aide said the vice president will cut short his trip so he could return home to participate in session-ending Senate votes.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220143058</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheney cuts short tour (MSNBC)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12ps1cogr/*http%3A//g.msn.com/0MN0RS9/3?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10542216/from/RSS/&amp;&amp;CE=3032524</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12ps1cogr/*http%3A//g.msn.com/0MN0RS9/3?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10542216/from/RSS/&amp;&amp;CE=3032524</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:11:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vice President Dick Cheney decided Tuesday to cut short a tour of the Middle East and Asia to return to the United States to take part in critical session-ending business in the Senate, an aide said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220141125</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice president visiting earthquake victims in Pakistan (ABC Action News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=125m4buvl/*http%3A//www.abcactionnews.com/stories/2005/12/051220pakistan.shtml</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=125m4buvl/*http%3A//www.abcactionnews.com/stories/2005/12/051220pakistan.shtml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:48:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Vice President Dick Cheney visited Pakistan's earthquake zone Tuesday, underscoring the idea that helping Muslims in times of tragedy is one of the best ways the United States can improve its image overseas.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220134855</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[BREAKING NEWS (The Tucson Citizen)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11s3c2gii/*http%3A//www.tucsoncitizen.com/breakingnews/122005pakistan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11s3c2gii/*http%3A//www.tucsoncitizen.com/breakingnews/122005pakistan</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:05:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Vice President Dick Cheney visited Pakistan's earthquake zone today, underscoring the idea that helping Muslims in times of tragedy is one of the best ways the United States can improve its image overseas.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220130545</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[World news (Houston Chronicle)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11t350u1k/*http%3A//www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3536743.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11t350u1k/*http%3A//www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3536743.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:44:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan — Vice President Dick Cheney visited Pakistan's earthquake zone Tuesday, underscoring the idea that helping Muslims in times of tragedy is one of the best ways the United States can improve its image overseas.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220124429</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheney pledges continued support for Pakistan quake victims (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11q1akq1m/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051220/kyodo/d8ejus9gc.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11q1akq1m/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051220/kyodo/d8ejus9gc.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:42:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ _ U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said here Tuesday the United States would continue to assist Pakistan in its efforts to rebuild areas hit by the devastating South Asia earthquake.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220124229</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheney Visiting Quake Victims in Pakistan (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11t0an6bh/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051220/ap_on_re_as/cheney_15</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11t0an6bh/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051220/ap_on_re_as/cheney_15</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:38:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Vice President Dick Cheney visited Pakistan's earthquake zone Tuesday, underscoring the idea that helping Muslims in times of tragedy is one of the best ways the United States can improve its image overseas.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220123840</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheney Visits Pakistan's Earthquake Zone (Fox News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11mo56bm5/*http%3A//www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179243,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11mo56bm5/*http%3A//www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,179243,00.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:44:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vice President heads to the earthquake zone in Kashmir as part of a multinational tour to seek support for the war on terror.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220114444</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheney visits Pakistan to observe quake relief (MSNBC)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12pbar73o/*http%3A//g.msn.com/0MN0RS9/3?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10542216/from/RSS/&amp;&amp;CE=3032506</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12pbar73o/*http%3A//g.msn.com/0MN0RS9/3?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10542216/from/RSS/&amp;&amp;CE=3032506</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:26:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, on a visit to Pakistan on Tuesday, expressed America’s sympathy to President Pervez Musharraf over the loss of more than 73,000 lives in the October earthquake.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220112652</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheney to Visit Quake Victims in Pakistan (ABC News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12hnmok9g/*http%3A//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1424058&amp;CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12hnmok9g/*http%3A//abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1424058&amp;CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:08:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vice President Dick Cheney to Visit Earthquake Victims in Pakistan]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220110855</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[World news (Houston Chronicle)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11tr993ov/*http%3A//www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3536659.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11tr993ov/*http%3A//www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3536659.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:59:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Bush says helping Muslims in times of tragedy is one of the best ways the United States can improve its image overseas. Vice President Dick Cheney headed to Pakistan's earthquake zone Tuesday in that spirit.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220105919</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheney to Visit Quake Victims in Pakistan (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11tbbl0q6/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051220/ap_on_re_as/cheney_14</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11tbbl0q6/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051220/ap_on_re_as/cheney_14</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:49:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush says helping Muslims in times of tragedy is one of the best ways the United States can improve its image overseas. Vice President Dick Cheney headed to Pakistan's earthquake zone Tuesday in that spirit.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220104905</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheney to Visit Quake Victims in Pakistan (AP via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11n4gqbar/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051220/ap/d8ejt74g0.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11n4gqbar/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051220/ap/d8ejt74g0.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:49:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ President Bush says helping Muslims in times of tragedy is one of the best ways the United States can improve its image overseas.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220104905</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheney visits ally Pakistan to observe quake relief (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11i4qosb5/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051220/3/2cpxy.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11i4qosb5/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051220/3/2cpxy.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 07:50:10 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday to meet with President Pervez Musharraf, a key ally in Washington's fight against terrorism, and survey the devastation caused by the earthquake in October.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220085010</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheney visits quake-hit Pakistan (BBC News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11uv2irss/*http%3A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/4544466.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11uv2irss/*http%3A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/4544466.stm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 07:43:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[US Vice President Dick Cheney is in Pakistan to tour areas affected by the October earthquake.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051220084341</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Bank Approves $400 Million in Emergency Funds for Pakistan (U.S. Department of State)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=128gplrjg/*http%3A//usinfo.state.gov/sa/Archive/2005/Dec/19-70503.html?chanlid=sa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=128gplrjg/*http%3A//usinfo.state.gov/sa/Archive/2005/Dec/19-70503.html?chanlid=sa</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:04:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The World Bank has approved $400 million in emergency funds to support additional earthquake recovery and reconstruction in Pakistan over a three-year period. The funds are slated to bolster Pakistani government efforts to reduce immediate suffering, reconstruct housing and help finance needed imports, according to a December 15 World Bank news release.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051219230426</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Aid to Pakistani Earthquake Victims Leads to Dramatic Decline in Support for Bin Laden, Increase in Support for  (PR Newswire via Yahoo! 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While the greatest reward for donating to a charity may be in knowing that you have helped someone who is in dire need, your contributions may get you valuable deductions on your income tax returns. [PRWEB Dec 19, 2005]]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051219093206</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ted Turner urges nuclear disarmament on visit to Pakistan (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=1353mlc28/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051219/wl_sthasia_afp/quakesasiapakistanunnuclearmedia_051219080542</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=1353mlc28/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051219/wl_sthasia_afp/quakesasiapakistanunnuclearmedia_051219080542</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:05:42 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ US media mogul and billionaire philanthropist Ted Turner urged India and Pakistan to give up their nuclear arsenals, as he visited areas of Pakistan devastated by a massive earthquake in October.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051219090542</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN Foundation wants mass destruction weapons erased for global peace (Business Recorder)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12r9buf5t/*http%3A//www.brecorder.com/index.php?id=367062&amp;currPageNo=1&amp;query=&amp;search=&amp;term=&amp;supDate=</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12r9buf5t/*http%3A//www.brecorder.com/index.php?id=367062&amp;currPageNo=1&amp;query=&amp;search=&amp;term=&amp;supDate=</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:43:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD (December 19 2005): The United Nations Foundation has called upon all nuclear powers, including the United States and Russia, to destroy their mass destruction weapons (MDWs) and make the world peaceful and secure for the future generations.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051219004309</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egeland: Rich Nations Must Give More Aid (Los Angeles Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=140qd3705/*http%3A//www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-un-year-of-disasters,1,6703475.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=140qd3705/*http%3A//www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-un-year-of-disasters,1,6703475.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:08:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS -- A year of disasters around the world sparked an unprecedented outpouring of aid, but richer nations still are not giving enough money to tackle lingering humanitarian crises, the U.N. humanitarian chief said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051219000800</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ted Turner urges nuclear disarmament on visit to quake-hit Pakistan (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12hn1bv66/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051218/en_afp/quakesasiapakistanun_051218205706</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12hn1bv66/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051218/en_afp/quakesasiapakistanun_051218205706</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:57:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ US media mogul and billionaire philanthropist Ted Turner urged India and Pakistan to give up their nuclear arsenals, as he visited areas of Pakistan devastated by a massive earthquake in October.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051218215706</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muslims Appreciate U.S. Aid, Not Policies (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12gl5asm6/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051218/ap_on_re_as/tsunami_aiding_muslims_ts1_1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12gl5asm6/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051218/ap_on_re_as/tsunami_aiding_muslims_ts1_1</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:18:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Associated Press Correspondent Denis Gray was aboard the first U.S. helicopters that rushed aid to survivors of last year's tsunami in Indonesia. He recently revisited the same devastated coastline communities. Gray also covered the earthquake in Pakistan.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051218181843</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pak-Afghan-US Tripartite Commission vows to enhance cooperation (The Pakistan Link)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11mie9v0f/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec05/17.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11mie9v0f/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec05/17.htm</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 15:46:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD : Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States have agreed to continue. ..]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051218164650</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moot on ‘United States of Kashmir’ today (Daily Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12p4s14l6/*http%3A//www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5c12%5c18%5cstory_18-12-2005_pg1_4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12p4s14l6/*http%3A//www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5c12%5c18%5cstory_18-12-2005_pg1_4</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:04:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[RAWLAKOT: The first conference of political parties from both sides of Jammu and Kashmir will be held today in Islamabad to discuss a proposal regarding a ‘United States of Kashmir’. Shaukat Maqbool Butt, the son of Maqbool Butt Shaheed, has convened the meeting arranged by the National Liberation]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051218000454</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[US okays dlrs 698m aid for Pakistan (Islamic Republic News Agency)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=1211egvnv/*http%3A//www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-235/0512172169171410.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=1211egvnv/*http%3A//www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-235/0512172169171410.htm</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:49:26 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pakistan - US aid The United States has approved annual assistance program of dlrs 698 million for the second year just before the formal announcement of President George W. Bush's visit to Pakistan.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217144926</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novato teacher returning to Pakistan with $1,000 in donations for earthquake victims (Marin Independent Journal)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11bp8f6ch/*http%3A//www.marinij.com/marin/ci_3319225</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11bp8f6ch/*http%3A//www.marinij.com/marin/ci_3319225</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:05:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A first-grade teacher at Loma Verde School in Novato has collected $1,000 for earthquake victims in Pakistan and India. 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News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12cf1gafj/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051216/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_foreign_trip_1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12cf1gafj/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051216/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_foreign_trip_1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 23:06:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Vice President Dick Cheney will represent the United States at the opening session of Afghanistan's parliament and assess reconstruction efforts in earthquake-damaged Pakistan during a five-country trip beginning Saturday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217000601</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.36937317"><pubDate>2005-12-16T19:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051216</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6K5NDF?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Transcript of joint press conference by UN SG Kofi Annan and Former U.S. President George H.W. 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I am happy to tell you that I have today appointed former President George Herbert Walker Bush, former President of the United States, as my Special Envoy for the South Asia Earthquake Disaster.</description><category>Pakistan</category><category>USA</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>Echo</category><category>KofiAnnan</category><category>InformationCommunicationsRKW</category><category>ChadSRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>reliefWeb-5d3c73f9310c5f3a5c163d60b769560c</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216194800</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Sailors’ services recognized (Pakistani Newspaper)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11svllrt1/*http%3A//thepakistaninewspaper.com/news_detail.php?id=3768</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11svllrt1/*http%3A//thepakistaninewspaper.com/news_detail.php?id=3768</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:35:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 (SANA): The 140 U.S. Sailors of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 were formally recognized Friday by United States Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan Crocker, and Rear Admiral Mike LeFever, Commander of the U.S. Disaster Assistance Center Pakistan, for their important contributions to the ongoing U.S. earthquake relief efforts in Pakistan.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216193525</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Seabees turnover operations (The Pakistan Link)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11p64nsus/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec05/16/06.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11p64nsus/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec05/16/06.htm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:00:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD Dec 16 : The 140 U.S. Sailors of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 were formally recognized Friday by United States Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan Crocker, and Rear Admiral Mike LeFever, Commander of the U.S. Disaster Assistance Center Pakistan, for their important contributions to the ongoing U.S. earthquake relief efforts in Pakistan.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216170019</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pak-Afghan-US Tripartite Commission vows to enhance cooperation (The Pakistan Link)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11p3p66vi/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec05/16/03.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11p3p66vi/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec05/16/03.htm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:58:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD Dec 16 : Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States have agreed to continue to further enhance cooperation, communication, and intelligence sharing against extremists who threaten the peace, progress and stability in the region.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216165858</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN Urges WTO to Avoid Limiting Food Aid (AP via Yahoo! Finance)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11ssbnjk3/*http%3A//biz.yahoo.com/ap/051216/wto_un_food_aid.html?.v=1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11ssbnjk3/*http%3A//biz.yahoo.com/ap/051216/wto_un_food_aid.html?.v=1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:38:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The United Nations on Friday urged WTO members to refrain from imposing too strict limits on donations of food aid, saying the focus should be on feeding the world's hungry.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216103832</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[India will not allow any changes to a nuclear deal with the United States (India Daily)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11l10edvf/*http%3A//www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/53447.asp</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11l10edvf/*http%3A//www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/53447.asp</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:35:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Parliament on Dec. 15 that he would permit no changes to a nuclear deal with the United States to ensure its passage by the U.S. Congress.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216053548</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Predicting earthquakes still guesswork: experts (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12fcvkj8k/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051216/sc_afp/asiaquakeunscience_051216015534</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12fcvkj8k/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051216/sc_afp/asiaquakeunscience_051216015534</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 01:55:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Earthquake prediction is still much like forecasting life span or investing in the stock market -- data is available, but it's largely guesswork, seismologists and experts say.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216025534</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.40982276"><pubDate>2005-12-15T23:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051215</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6K4TVP?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>South Asia: Annan appoints former US President GHW Bush as envoy for quake recovery</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed former United States President George Herbert Walker Bush as his Special Envoy for the South Asian Earthquake Disaster, representing the UN system in the national and international response to the destruction of 8 October.</description><category>Pakistan</category><category>USA</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>KofiAnnan</category><category>India</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>reliefWeb-2f6b4ceadb09957588e4fdb8c810e787</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215234800</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[GHW Bush appointed as Envoy for Quake Recovery (Scoop.co.nz)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11krv69oi/*http%3A//www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0512/S00287.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11krv69oi/*http%3A//www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0512/S00287.htm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:38:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed former United States President George Herbert Walker Bush as his Special Envoy for the South Asian Earthquake Disaster, representing the UN system in the national and international response to the destruction of 8 October.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215223827</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security & Terrorism (UPI)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12fnbutg2/*http%3A//www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20051215-114001-1453r</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12fnbutg2/*http%3A//www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20051215-114001-1453r</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:47:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Pakistan's Air Force announced Tuesday that it has received the first two of the F-16 fighters the United States agreed to sell it earlier this year.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215214708</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunday Night Lights (Bangkok Post)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=1276l37vt/*http%3A//www.bangkokpost.com/en/151205_Horizons/15Dec2005_hori002.php</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=1276l37vt/*http%3A//www.bangkokpost.com/en/151205_Horizons/15Dec2005_hori002.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:42:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Denver, Colorado - When the stadium is shaking with sound so loud you can't even hear yourself talk, you know an American National Football League game is about to begin. But the experience of American football, the most popular sport in the United States, starts long before the kickoff.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215204239</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Residents denounce mass murders in Darfur (Montclair Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11lb3bjc1/*http%3A//www.montclairtimes.com/page.php?page=10955</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11lb3bjc1/*http%3A//www.montclairtimes.com/page.php?page=10955</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:08:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The United States and the world have been deluged by horrific occurrences.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215160834</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS (Houston Chronicle)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11qp9ts3p/*http%3A//www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/3526011.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11qp9ts3p/*http%3A//www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/3526011.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 06:45:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[LONDON - Hundreds of millions of children suffer exploitation and discrimination but are virtually invisible, according to a UNICEF report published Wednesday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215074555</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunday Night Lights (Bangkok Post)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=120rvveo0/*http%3A//www.bangkokpost.com/en/Horizons/15Dec2005_hori002.php</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=120rvveo0/*http%3A//www.bangkokpost.com/en/Horizons/15Dec2005_hori002.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:11:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Denver, Colorado - When the stadium is shaking with sound so loud you can't even hear yourself talk, you know an American National Football League game is about to begin. 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But the experience of American football, the most popular sport in the United States, starts long before the kickoff.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215030310</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DECLARES HAWAI`I THE FIRST TSUNAMIREADY STATE IN THE UNITED STATES (NOAA News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11maeo3mo/*http%3A//www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2545.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11maeo3mo/*http%3A//www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2545.htm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:13:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[“It is with great pride that we announce Hawai`i as the first TsunamiReady state in America,” said U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye. “Hawai`i has experienced more tsunami threats than any other state in the union and we know how devastating they can be.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051214191357</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong earthquake jolts Pakistan (The Pakistan Link)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11mg4g563/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec05/13.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11mg4g563/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec05/13.htm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:46:29 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: A strong earthquake of 6.7 magnitude struck upper Pakistan, Punjab province and Muzaffarabad at 2.51 am on early Tuesday. ..]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051214164629</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superpower vulnerability (Asia Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11lpkp7sc/*http%3A//atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GL14Aa01.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11lpkp7sc/*http%3A//atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GL14Aa01.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:37:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[That the US is now the world's sole remaining superpower is above challenge. This status has affected the United States' approach to formulating foreign and domestic policies in the post-Cold War era.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051214133705</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan receives two F-16s fighter planes (People's Daily)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=122k3tp7h/*http%3A//english.people.com.cn/200512/14/eng20051214_227847.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=122k3tp7h/*http%3A//english.people.com.cn/200512/14/eng20051214_227847.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:27:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pakistan on Tuesday received two F-16 fighter jets from the United States, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) said in a statement.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051214012714</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.2924401"><pubDate>2005-12-13T20:47+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051213</emm:day><link>http://bangkokpost.net/News/14Dec2005_news22.php</link><source>BangkokPost</source><title>Environmental security in a post-tsunami world</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>It's been a tough year of natural disasters. Since last year's Sumatran earthquake and subsequent tsunami wreaked havoc on Asia and parts of east Africa, killing hundreds of thousands of people and displacing millions from their homes, we have seen the likes of Hurricane Katrina in the southern states of the United States, as well as heavy floods in Europe, extensive forest fires in Spain and Portugal, and mega-earthquakes in Indonesia and Pakistan. The human dimensions of these tragedies cannot be underplayed and the economic costs are still being calculated. But is there anything we could have done to soften these blows?</description><category>Thailand</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>ExternalAffairs</category><category>EconomicForecastingEU</category><category>SriLanka</category><category>ClimateChange</category><category>TransportationInfrastructureRKW</category><category>Switzerland</category><category>Energy</category><category>ACCENT</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>Katrina</category><category>Environment</category><category>Portugal</category><category>USA</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>ChadSRKW</category><category>Indonesia</category><category>EnergyMiningRKW</category><category>Spain</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>BangkokPost-536d28c4b2ad8daa2d1ba6db482023c8</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213204700</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tories open to missile defense, not to Iraq (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12eog6oj8/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051213/wl_canada_nm/canada_politics_ca_col_25</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12eog6oj8/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051213/wl_canada_nm/canada_politics_ca_col_25</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:17:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Conservative government would be open to co-operation between Canada and the United States on missile defense, but would still not send troops to Iraq, party leader Stephen Harper said on Tuesday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213181748</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN asks donors to save Pakistani quake survivors from cold (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12kqgimun/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051213/sc_afp/quakesasiapakistanunaid_051213131816</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12kqgimun/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051213/sc_afp/quakesasiapakistanunaid_051213131816</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:18:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The United Nations appealed for immediate funds to protect some 1.9 million Pakistani earthquake survivors facing the bitter Himalayan winter.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213141816</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN asks donors to rush money to save Pakistani quake survivors from cold (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12srvv35e/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051213/wl_sthasia_afp/quakesasiapakistanunaid_051213125107</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12srvv35e/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051213/wl_sthasia_afp/quakesasiapakistanunaid_051213125107</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:51:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The United Nations appealed for immediate funds to protect some 1.9 million Pakistani earthquake survivors facing the bitter Himalayan winter.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213135107</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATION & WORLD DIGEST (San Francisco Chronicle)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12tmqtsjb/*http%3A//www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/13/MNG50G73S01.DTL&amp;feed=rss.news</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12tmqtsjb/*http%3A//www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/13/MNG50G73S01.DTL&amp;feed=rss.news</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:43:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[2,000 Colombian fighters disband Otu, Colombia -- About 2,000 right-wing paramilitary fighters, including a warlord considered a major drug trafficker by the United States, turned in weapons and helicopter gunships Monday in one of Colombia's largest...]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213124321</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.59329313"><pubDate>2005-12-13T10:47+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051213</emm:day><link>http://www.afghannews.net/index.php?action=show&amp;type=news&amp;id=3804</link><source>myafghan</source><title>Afghanistan hit by strong quake</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>BBC - A strong earthquake has hit north-eastern Afghanistan, the United States Geological Survey has said.</description><category>USA</category><category>AlQaedaRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Afghanistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><guid>myafghan-224c896e3feeb1d3228dff8716716664</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213104700</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Time to Rebuild America (Washington Post)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=13k0nsj7t/*http%3A//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/12/AR2005121201263.html?nav=rss_business/government</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=13k0nsj7t/*http%3A//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/12/AR2005121201263.html?nav=rss_business/government</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:27:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two recent, very different events on opposite sides of the United States serve as startling examples of our unwillingness to support needed public investment or to consider the consequences of failing to do so.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213092745</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.3705554"><pubDate>2005-12-13T06:08+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051213</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6K24JG?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>U.S. response to Pakistan's earthquake disaster 12 Dec 2005</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC American Contributions: - The United States responded immediately and generously to Pakistan's call for assistance following the tragic and devastating earthquake of October 8. 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News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11va7s895/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051212/wl_nm/quake_afghan_dc_3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11va7s895/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051212/wl_nm/quake_afghan_dc_3</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:14:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A strong earthquake struck the sparsely populated Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan early on Tuesday, close to a region in northern Pakistan and Kashmir devastated by a quake two months ago.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213001455</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Afghanistan hit by strong quake (BBC News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11u0nait9/*http%3A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/4523250.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11u0nait9/*http%3A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/4523250.stm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:00:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A strong earthquake hits north-eastern Afghanistan, the US Geological Survey says.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213000048</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[- DAWN - Latest Stories; December 12, 2005 (Dawn)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11emokfb1/*http%3A//www.dawn.com/2005/12/12/welcome.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11emokfb1/*http%3A//www.dawn.com/2005/12/12/welcome.htm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:52:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Quake hits Afghan Hindu Kush, residents flee homes ISLAMABAD, Dec 13 (Reuters) - An earthquake of 6.7 magnitude struck the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan early on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212235248</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quake hits Afghan Hindu Kush (Reuters via Yahoo! 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HERNANDEZ (The Harvard Crimson)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11kqk4hf6/*http%3A//www.thecrimson.com/writer.aspx?id=1202015</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11kqk4hf6/*http%3A//www.thecrimson.com/writer.aspx?id=1202015</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:04:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A crowded Sanders Theatre echoed with laughter as comedians hailing from Saturday Night Live, the Tonight Show, and Curb Your Enthusiasm performed in Comedy for a Cause Saturday night, raising almost $10,000 for earthquake relief efforts in Pakistan.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212070418</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analysis: 'Zombie' NATO Springs To Life By Gareth Harding UPI Chief European Correspondent Brussels (UPI) Dec 09, 2005 (Space War)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11hsol33d/*http%3A//www.spacewar.com/news/europe-05zp.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11hsol33d/*http%3A//www.spacewar.com/news/europe-05zp.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 03:25:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["A zombie organization," is how former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar described NATO in an interview with United Press International last week.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212042553</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pacific Quake Prompts Tsunami Warning (New York Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=125j1ul14/*http%3A//www.nytimes.com/2005/12/12/international/asia/12quake.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=125j1ul14/*http%3A//www.nytimes.com/2005/12/12/international/asia/12quake.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:41:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted an area off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific on Monday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212034119</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corrugated sheets sans "made in India" marking for PoK (The Hindu News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=120butphn/*http%3A//www.hindu.com/2005/12/12/stories/2005121206201200.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=120butphn/*http%3A//www.hindu.com/2005/12/12/stories/2005121206201200.htm</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:44:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The United Nations will soon place orders with India for import of five lakh corrugated sheets for construction of shelters to thequake-affected in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and in parts of the North West Frontier Province.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051211204439</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyoto rejection 'a costly mistake' (The Advertiser)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12rh8hfua/*http%3A//www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17537884%255E1702,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12rh8hfua/*http%3A//www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17537884%255E1702,00.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 17:23:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[THE Australian Greens said the Federal Government is making a multibillion dollar mistake by rejecting the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. A United Nations conference in Canada at the weekend ended with a deal to extend the life of Kyoto.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051211182347</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyoto rejection 'a costly mistake' (The Sunday Mail)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12r696qri/*http%3A//www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17537884%255E1702,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12r696qri/*http%3A//www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17537884%255E1702,00.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 17:11:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[THE Australian Greens said the Federal Government is making a multibillion dollar mistake by rejecting the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. 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News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=126ii5g30/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051210/ap_on_re_as/south_asia_quake_2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=126ii5g30/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051210/ap_on_re_as/south_asia_quake_2</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 13:19:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Earthquake survivors are digging graves before the ground freezes in anticipation of the deaths that the long Himalayan winter may bring, the aid agency Oxfam said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051210141949</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oxfam: Only a quarter of needed quake-relief has come through for Pakistan (CNews)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=1206h3b3q/*http%3A//cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2005/12/10/1347118-ap.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=1206h3b3q/*http%3A//cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2005/12/10/1347118-ap.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:07:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Aid agency Oxfam made an urgent appeal on Saturday for money to help Pakistan's earthquake survivors, warning of a second disaster with thousands of people already suffering from respiratory ailments as the long Himalayan winter sets in.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051210130759</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Cross talks with US over detainees (Sydney Morning Herald)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=1394o1rjf/*http%3A//www.smh.com.au/news/World/Red-Cross-talks-with-US-over-detainees/2005/12/10/1134086830776.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=1394o1rjf/*http%3A//www.smh.com.au/news/World/Red-Cross-talks-with-US-over-detainees/2005/12/10/1134086830776.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 04:07:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Red Cross is pressing the United States to give it access to prisoners held in secret jails as part of the US war on terror. -]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051210050703</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musharraf backs new initiatives, claims Mirwaiz (Dawn)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11brnq1em/*http%3A//www.dawn.com/2005/12/10/top1.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11brnq1em/*http%3A//www.dawn.com/2005/12/10/top1.htm</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 03:23:08 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, Dec 9: All Parties’ Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Friday that President Gen Pervez Mushrraf had assured him of Islamabad’s support for the idea of ‘united states of Kashmir’ as part of efforts to resolve the dispute with India.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051210042308</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hilton Foundation Awards $500,000 to Islamic Relief for Short-Term and Long-Term Shelter for Pakistan Earthquake Victims (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11o4ghs3q/*http%3A//biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051209/laf048.html?.v=26</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11o4ghs3q/*http%3A//biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051209/laf048.html?.v=26</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 03:14:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to Islamic Relief to help Pakistan earthquake victims with short-term and long-term shelter.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051210041400</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Cross in talks with US over detainees (RedNova)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=13lj3nhp8/*http%3A//www.redorbit.com/news/general/326306/red_cross_in_talks_with_us_over_detainees/index.html?source=r_general</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=13lj3nhp8/*http%3A//www.redorbit.com/news/general/326306/red_cross_in_talks_with_us_over_detainees/index.html?source=r_general</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 02:02:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The Red Cross said on Friday it was pressing the United States to give it access to prisoners held in secret jails as part of the U.S.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051210030247</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road Next To Quarry To Be Abandoned (WXIA-TV Atlanta)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11pggamsb/*http%3A//www.11alive.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=73045</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11pggamsb/*http%3A//www.11alive.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=73045</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:35:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There is an area of Forsyth County that looks like it has been hit by an earthquake. County officials have closed Ronald Reagan Boulevard near Georgia highway 20 and the Northside Hospital campus.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051210013533</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Cross in talks with US over detainees (Reuters via Yahoo! 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Jo Ann Emerson doesn't think Southeast Missouri is ready for a major earthquake, and she believes the pharmaceutical industry “owns Congress.”]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051209223757</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intl. Intelligence (UPI)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12nr2816a/*http%3A//www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20051209-023927-9570r</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12nr2816a/*http%3A//www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20051209-023927-9570r</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:31:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- While Central Asia struggles to undo economic, political and social shortcomings nearly 15 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, a U.N. report says Kazakhstan shows the most promise to overcome these challenges.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051209213159</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Besides China, Little Progress in Reducing Hunger (OneWorld.net via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12eku5deb/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20051209/wl_oneworld/45361237471134149833</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12eku5deb/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20051209/wl_oneworld/45361237471134149833</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:37:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ UNITED NATIONS, Dec 9 (OneWorld) - Though nearly one billion people worldwide still do not get enough to eat, there is some hope for some of them, a new study suggests.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051209183713</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[US, Jordan join hand for quake aid delivery (The Pakistan Link)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11mhui4dm/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec05/08.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11mhui4dm/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec05/08.htm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:31:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The United States partnered with Jordan to help bring aid for earthquake affectees of Hazara division and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. ..]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051209163150</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Papua New Guinea In Depth (ABC Asia Pacific)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12abici3i/*http%3A//abcasiapacific.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1527994.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12abici3i/*http%3A//abcasiapacific.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1527994.htm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:32:13 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale has struck off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. There have been no immediate reports of casualties or damage.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051209093213</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Papua New Guinea In Depth (ABC Radio Australia)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11i61hkoc/*http%3A//abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1527994.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11i61hkoc/*http%3A//abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1527994.htm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:26:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale has struck off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051209092624</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top US radar system for Indian defence (DefenceIndia)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11mcrf5fa/*http%3A//www.defenceindia.com/05-dec-2k5/news23.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11mcrf5fa/*http%3A//www.defenceindia.com/05-dec-2k5/news23.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:46:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The United States may offer India advanced Raytheon Co, RTN.N radar as part of a bid for a multi-billion-dollar fighter-jet contract, the head of the Pentagon agency handling the matter said on Wednesday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051209044646</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA["Operation Walk Tall" Provides Shoes for Afghan children (Fulda Free Press)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=125lr2916/*http%3A//www.fuldafreepress.net/default.asp?storyid=24587&amp;secid=101</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=125lr2916/*http%3A//www.fuldafreepress.net/default.asp?storyid=24587&amp;secid=101</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 22:33:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sergeant First Class Mike Ramerth is serving a year with the United States Army at the Bagram Air Field, Bagram, Afghanistan. A career military man, Ramerth has served the United States in several of the most recent conflicts.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051208233314</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rice Urges Ukrainian Students To Defend, Protect Their Democracy (U.S. State Department)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12hdcb7p7/*http%3A//usinfo.state.gov/dhr/Archive/2005/Dec/08-575505.html?chanlid=democracy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12hdcb7p7/*http%3A//usinfo.state.gov/dhr/Archive/2005/Dec/08-575505.html?chanlid=democracy</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:24:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It is now up to the people of Ukraine to secure and defend the democracy they won a year ago in the Orange Revolution, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told university students in Kiev, Ukraine, December 7. “The United States now imagines a Ukraine that serves as an anchor of democratic stability in Europe and Eurasia,” she tells the students at Shevchenko University.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051208202422</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metes & Bounds: Losing the edge (Sonoma West Times and News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12nao3cbe/*http%3A//www.sonomawest.com/articles/2005/12/08/sonomawest/letters_opinions/edt-3.txt</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=12nao3cbe/*http%3A//www.sonomawest.com/articles/2005/12/08/sonomawest/letters_opinions/edt-3.txt</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 18:07:45 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Somewhere between my childhood and senior citizen status, some very important changes took place. The image of the United States of America as an ideal democracy dedicated to freedom, justice and opportunity for all appears to have become a tarnished remnant of a noble dream.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051208190745</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan earthquake felt at home (Jackson County Pilot)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11vmr8679/*http%3A//www.jacksoncountypilot.com/news/news.asp?ItemID=6218</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11vmr8679/*http%3A//www.jacksoncountypilot.com/news/news.asp?ItemID=6218</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:40:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Overshadowed slightly by the devastation and aftermaths of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the United States was the earthquake that rocked parts of Pakistan on Oct. 8, killing to date over 73,000 people. 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(Phayul)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=15d0cnrhp/*http%3A//www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=11379&amp;article=Boulder+Seismologist+Suggests+Parts+Of+Himalaya+Could+Suffer+Even+Larger+Earthquake+Sooner+Than+Expected&amp;t=1&amp;c=1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=15d0cnrhp/*http%3A//www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=11379&amp;article=Boulder+Seismologist+Suggests+Parts+Of+Himalaya+Could+Suffer+Even+Larger+Earthquake+Sooner+Than+Expected&amp;t=1&amp;c=1</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 07:47:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[While the rupture zones of recent major earthquakes are immune to similar-sized earthquakes for hundreds of years, they could be vulnerable to even bigger destructive temblors sooner than scientists suspect, according to analysis by University of Colorado seismologist Roger Bilham.]]></description><sortelement 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scientists suspect, according to analysis by University of Colorado seismologist Roger Bilham.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051208084652</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[US mulls lethal radar for India's fighter-jet bid (Express India)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11q2dvmv7/*http%3A//www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=59672</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11q2dvmv7/*http%3A//www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=59672</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:26:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The United States may offer India advanced Raytheon Co. radar as part of a bid for a multibillion-dollar fighter-jet contract, the head of the Pentagon agency handling the matter said on Wednesday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051208072654</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[India may get top radar from US in fighter-jet bid (Hindustan Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11v2rsgro/*http%3A//www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1567909,00050001.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11v2rsgro/*http%3A//www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1567909,00050001.htm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 04:58:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The United States may offer India advanced Raytheon Co radar as part of a bid for a multibillion-dollar fighter-jet contract, the head of the Pentagon agency handling the matter said on Wednesday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051208055853</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Al Qaeda calls for attacks on oil targets in Muslim states (Dawn)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/United+States+Earthquake/SIG=11ct8cv4j/*http%3A//www.dawn.com/2005/12/08/top10.htm</link><guid 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