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                                                    </description><title>GDACS EMM News Feed</title><item><title><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless (Philstar.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11su5sg4d/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512271502.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11su5sg4d/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512271502.htm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:02:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless. But their stories, though depressing at times, almost always draw out the best in people. 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Terrible disasters challenged religious organizations, and not only financially.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051224101230</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giving shelter (Rutland Herald)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12ohdkg89/*http%3A//www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051224/NEWS/512240307/1038</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12ohdkg89/*http%3A//www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051224/NEWS/512240307/1038</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 08:13:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Some Rotary Clubs in Vermont have found a way to channel contributions to an innovative program that ought to have special resonance this time of year.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051224091333</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baker's 'World' (New York Review of Books)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=119unafc8/*http%3A//www.nybooks.com/articles/18613</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=119unafc8/*http%3A//www.nybooks.com/articles/18613</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 20:50:06 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An article by Russell Baker from The New York Review of Books, January 12, 2006]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051223215006</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless (Philstar.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11sku8cmk/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512241502.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11sku8cmk/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512241502.htm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:15:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless. But their stories, though depressing at times, almost always draw out the best in people. Their stories stir out the spirit of compassion and sharing that others sometimes do not know that they have.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051223171558</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Filipinos still missing close to a year after the tsunami (Asia News Network)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=129vt6uf8/*http%3A//www.asianewsnet.net/level3_template1.php?l3sec=8&amp;news_id=50153</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=129vt6uf8/*http%3A//www.asianewsnet.net/level3_template1.php?l3sec=8&amp;news_id=50153</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:35:07 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Close to a year after a tsunami slammed into Asian coastlines on December 26 last year, five Filipinos remain missing and are presumed killed by the giant waves.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051223103507</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Filipinos still missing close to a year after the tsunami (INQ7.net)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=122od7715/*http%3A//news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=1&amp;story_id=60898</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=122od7715/*http%3A//news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=1&amp;story_id=60898</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:19:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[CLOSE to a year after a tsunami slammed into Asian coastlines on December 26 last year, five Filipinos remain missing and are presumed killed by the giant waves.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051223101916</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Filipinos still missing close to a year after the tsunami (INQ7.net)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12bjbc2v9/*http%3A//news.inq7.net/common/print.php?index=1&amp;story_id=60898&amp;site_id=18</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12bjbc2v9/*http%3A//news.inq7.net/common/print.php?index=1&amp;story_id=60898&amp;site_id=18</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:04:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[CLOSE to a year after a tsunami slammed into Asian coastlines on December 26 last year, five Filipinos remain missing and are presumed killed by the giant waves.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051223100403</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless (Philstar.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11sa0larl/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512231502.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11sa0larl/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512231502.htm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:17:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless. 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Their stories stir out the spirit of compassion and sharing that others sometimes do not know that they have.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051219171756</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan welcomes forthcoming visits by US vice-president, ex-President Bush (India Daily)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11le9vo27/*http%3A//www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/53673.asp</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11le9vo27/*http%3A//www.indiadaily.com/breaking_news/53673.asp</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:50:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pakistan has welcomed the forthcoming visit of UN Secretary-General's special envoy and former US President George Bush senior to Pakistan sometime early next year and US Vice-President Dick Cheney, who will be here around 20 December to assess the ongoing US relief and reconstruction efforts following the earthquake.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051219135018</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.2317365"><pubDate>2005-12-19T09:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051219</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6K8563?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Presentation of contributions from Malaysia to Philippines for the NDCC and presentation of contributions from MPOPC to Pakistan for the South Asian earthquake victims</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Y.B. Dato' Seri Syed Hamid Albar, Minister of Foreign Affairs will present a cheque in the sum of USD100,000 from the Government of Malaysia to the Government of the Republic of Philippines in a ceremony at Wisma Putra at 11.00 a.m on 16 December 2005. 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Their stories stir out the spirit of compassion and sharing that others sometimes do not know that they have.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051218180326</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health (Muzi)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=124po7559/*http%3A//dailynews.muzi.com/news/ll/english/1386147.shtml?cc=10006</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=124po7559/*http%3A//dailynews.muzi.com/news/ll/english/1386147.shtml?cc=10006</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:15:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[BRISBANE, Australia - Countries across the Asia-Pacific region coping with an outbreak of bird flu plan to stage a mock disease outbreak next year to gauge how well they would respond to a pandemic or other major health threat, an Australian official said Tuesday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051218101522</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guidelines for buildings (New Straits Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12t1ui0uq/*http%3A//www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/National/20051218084142/Article/indexb_html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12t1ui0uq/*http%3A//www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/National/20051218084142/Article/indexb_html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:08:30 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NOT many may know this, but the issue of whether our buildings were quake-proof was raised before Dec 26, 2004.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051218020830</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless (Philstar.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11sqjasts/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512181502.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11sqjasts/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512181502.htm</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:02:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless. But their stories, though depressing at times, almost always draw out the best in people. Their stories stir out the spirit of compassion and sharing that others sometimes do not know that they have.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217180239</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hamid meets Burmese officials to discuss Asean visit (Asia News Network)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=1292qdjv6/*http%3A//www.asianewsnet.net/level3_template1.php?l3sec=8&amp;news_id=49784</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=1292qdjv6/*http%3A//www.asianewsnet.net/level3_template1.php?l3sec=8&amp;news_id=49784</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 00:25:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar has met officials from Burma to work out details over the proposed visit by an official Asean delegation to the junta-ruled country.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217012527</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syed Hamid: Much expected of Myanmar visit (The Star Online)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12kft9cmq/*http%3A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/17/nation/12892785&amp;sec=nation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12kft9cmq/*http%3A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/17/nation/12892785&amp;sec=nation</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 00:20:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar has met Myanmar officials to work out details over the proposed visit by an official Asean delegation to Myanmar.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051217012051</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless (Philstar.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11sro3u32/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512171502.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11sro3u32/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512171502.htm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:33:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless. But their stories, though depressing at times, almost always draw out the best in people. Their stories stir out the spirit of compassion and sharing that others sometimes do not know that they have.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216173319</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syed Hamid Yet To Fix A Date For Myanmar Visit (Bernama)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11tcg599i/*http%3A//www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=171432</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11tcg599i/*http%3A//www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=171432</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[PUTRAJAYA, Dec 16 (Bernama) -- Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar Friday said that he had yet to fix a date for his Myanmar visit as its terms were still being worked out with the Myanmar authorities.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216104049</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nude Squat Incident An Isolated Case, Says Syed Hamid (Bernama)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11tl1b9mq/*http%3A//www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=171397</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11tl1b9mq/*http%3A//www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=171397</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 07:40:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[PUTRAJAYA, Dec 16 (Bernama) -- Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar says, the nude-squat video clip controversy is an isolated case and does not reflect Malaysia as a country which truly welcomes foreign visitors.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216084049</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[ADB approves $1.33bn quake aid package (Dawn)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11besiolb/*http%3A//www.dawn.com/2005/12/16/top7.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11besiolb/*http%3A//www.dawn.com/2005/12/16/top7.htm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 03:47:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MANILA, Dec 15: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Thursday it had approved $1.333 billion in grants and loans for Pakistan to rebuild quake-hit areas and for other infrastructure and development projects.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216044734</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[$20m shelter appeal by UN (Gulf Daily News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12h8u1hpm/*http%3A//www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=130033&amp;Sn=WORL&amp;IssueID=28271</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12h8u1hpm/*http%3A//www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=130033&amp;Sn=WORL&amp;IssueID=28271</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:04:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NAIROBI: The UN yesterday launched an urgent appeal for more than $20 million (BD8m) to build shelter for people left homeless in Pakistan by a devastating earthquake and in Zimbabwe by a controversial demolitions campaign.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216000421</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless (Philstar.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11srur2d6/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512161502.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11srur2d6/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512161502.htm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:32:38 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless. But their stories, though depressing at times, almost always draw out the best in people. Their stories stir out the spirit of compassion and sharing that others sometimes do not know that they have.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215173238</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[ADB approves 1.33 billion-dollar aid package for Pakistan (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=13bv55u6b/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051215/wl_sthasia_afp/quakesasiapakistanaidinfrastructureadb_051215120655</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=13bv55u6b/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051215/wl_sthasia_afp/quakesasiapakistanaidinfrastructureadb_051215120655</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:06:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Asian Development Bank said it had approved 1.333 billion dollars in grants and loans for Pakistan to rebuild quake-hit areas and for other infrastructure and development projects.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215130655</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Minefield of South Korean-U.S. Relations (Ohmynews)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12f9g7v6n/*http%3A//www.ohmynews.com/function/rss_ArticleView.asp?lng=eng&amp;at_code=298826</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12f9g7v6n/*http%3A//www.ohmynews.com/function/rss_ArticleView.asp?lng=eng&amp;at_code=298826</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:31:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[      Pan-Korean nationalism is the term I use to describe the sense of Korean nationalism in South Korea that embraces north and south. Anti-Great Power-ism refers to the desire of Koreans to escape...   ]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215043119</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italian minister to visit Aceh (Jakarta Post)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=125fnrmi0/*http%3A//www.thejakartapost.com/detailworld.asp?fileid=20051215.J01</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=125fnrmi0/*http%3A//www.thejakartapost.com/detailworld.asp?fileid=20051215.J01</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:02:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[JAKARTA: With the first anniversary of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami approaching, senior officials from donor countries are beginning to visit Aceh to witness the progress that has been made in reconstruction.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215040231</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless (Philstar.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11shf17el/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512151502.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11shf17el/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512151502.htm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:47:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless. But their stories, though depressing at times, almost always draw out the best in people. Their stories stir out the spirit of compassion and sharing that others sometimes do not know that they have.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051214174739</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superpower vulnerability (Asia Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11lpkp7sc/*http%3A//atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/GL14Aa01.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+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[Red Cross, Red Crescent Relief Teams Work around the Clock as Winter Sets In (American Red Cross)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11t51lmes/*http%3A//www.redcross.org/article/0,1072,0_312_4987,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11t51lmes/*http%3A//www.redcross.org/article/0,1072,0_312_4987,00.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:24:51 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tuesday, December 13, 2005 — BATA KUNDI, Pakistan – “It was severe, every single building collapsed in our little town,” said Ejaz Ahmed Khan, a 52-year-old Pakistan Red Crescent volunteer from the Harripur branch.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213202451</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless (Philstar.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11sbqu5gl/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512141502.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11sbqu5gl/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512141502.htm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:33:20 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless. But their stories, though depressing at times, almost always draw out the best in people. Their stories stir out the spirit of compassion and sharing that others sometimes do not know that they have.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213183320</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former gang leader executed (Herald Sun)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12oa451ns/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17558477%255E23109,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12oa451ns/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17558477%255E23109,00.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:52:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[CALIFORNIA prison officials executed Stanley Tookie Williams, 51, the ex-leader of the Crips gang who brutally killed four people in 1979, early today after top courts and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected final appeals to spare his life.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213095247</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[City braces for transport strike chaos (Herald Sun)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12o2np3ga/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17553590%255E23109,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12o2np3ga/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17553590%255E23109,00.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 02:45:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MILLIONS of New York commuters are girding themselves for a transport strike that could shut down the country's largest transit system, plunging the city into chaos at a cost of millions of dollars.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213034532</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[WHO rules 'to help fight bird flu' (Herald Sun)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12os19e5k/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17552782%255E23109,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12os19e5k/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17552782%255E23109,00.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2005 01:15:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[REGULATIONS aimed at making it easier for countries to share information about disease outbreaks would help fight avian influenza, a senior World Health Organization official said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213021532</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil depot blaze battle set to resume (Herald Sun)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12ondamn8/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17552179%255E23109,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12ondamn8/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17552179%255E23109,00.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:30:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[FIREFIGHTERS battling Europe's biggest peacetime inferno, at a key fuel depot northwest of London, were poised to move back up to the flames overnight after being forced to pull back for fear that another fuel tank might blow up.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213003041</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vitamin D linked to healthier lungs (Herald Sun)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12olbmlt8/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17552132%255E23109,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12olbmlt8/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17552132%255E23109,00.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:15:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[HIGHER amounts of vitamin D could help make it easier to breathe, according to findings released yesterday. They offer possible good news for smokers, asthmatics and other people with respiratory problems.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051213001531</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oil prices soar on US cold weather (Herald Sun)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12ohs1jit/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17551823%255E23109,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12ohs1jit/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17551823%255E23109,00.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:30:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[OIL prices jumped overnight as forecasts for deepening cold weather in the US north-east offset a decision by the OPEC cartel to maintain its output quota.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212233041</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[JI 'could be ready to attack' (Herald Sun)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12o8vdrba/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17551825%255E23109,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12o8vdrba/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17551825%255E23109,00.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:30:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[THE latest warnings from Australia and the US against travel to Indonesia could indicate Jemaah Islamiah (JI) is ready to strike again, a US intelligence group said today.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212233031</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[GM faces $6.6bn loss in US: S&P (Herald Sun)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12oehblgm/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17551670%255E23109,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12oehblgm/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17551670%255E23109,00.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:45:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[STANDARD & Poor's downgraded the credit rating of General Motors overnight even deeper into "junk" status and said the outlook for the struggling car maker was negative.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212224541</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[25 arrested in French terror probe (Herald Sun)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12o4scj9p/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17551671%255E23109,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12o4scj9p/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17551671%255E23109,00.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:45:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[FRENCH police detained 25 people suspected of raising funds for Islamic terrorists in a series of raids in the Paris region early Monday, judicial sources said today.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212224532</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq democracy 'a Mideast turning point' (Herald Sun)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12o0usvbu/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17551595%255E23109,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12o0usvbu/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17551595%255E23109,00.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:01:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[US President George W. Bush acknowledged setbacks today in efforts to create a democracy in Iraq but said elections this week will help the country mark a turning point in the Middle East.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212200124</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Muslims say no to condom machines (Herald Sun)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12o4cf234/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17551599%255E23109,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12o4cf234/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17551599%255E23109,00.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:00:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[PLANS to install 500 condom vending machines in the capital of one of India's worst HIV/AIDS-affected states have angered Muslim groups so much they have taken to the streets to protest a "condom culture".]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212200043</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thatcher back after health scare (Herald Sun)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12oj1ekkf/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17551600%255E23109,00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=12oj1ekkf/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17551600%255E23109,00.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:00:33 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[FORMER British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was back out in public today to reopen a top London hotel just four days after a brief stay in hospital.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212200033</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless (Philstar.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11sgk1u2t/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512131502.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Philippines+Earthquake/SIG=11sgk1u2t/*http%3A//www.philstar.com/philstar/damayan200512131502.htm</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:47:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tales of people trapped in sickness or extreme poverty or victimized by calamities seem endless. 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