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			<title><![CDATA[THE BIGGEST THINGS OF 2005? WAR IN IRAQ AND THE TSUNAMI (Daily Mirror)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 06:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[THE war in Iraq and the Asian tsunami tied in a poll of the most significant events in 2005 in a worldwide poll. Over 32,000 people, quizzed in 27 countries, picked the US hurricanes third and the death of Pope John Paul II fourth.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Briefs: Police beat protesters seeking bodies of kin (International Herald Tribune)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:00:43 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A peaceful year, even if it did not seem so (Bangkok Post)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[First, the good news.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pakistani government rescinded a deadline Dec. 30 requiring all foreign students at religious schools to leave the  (India Daily)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:06:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Pakistani government rescinded a deadline Dec. 30 requiring all foreign students at religious schools to leave the country by the end of 2005, but urged all remaining foreign students to leave as soon as possible.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Briefs (Columbia Star)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:52:57 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Student loans As part of a $40 billion deficit reduction package, Congress recently cut funding for student loans. Over five years federal student loan programs will be cut by $12.7 billion. The Stafford Loan interest rate moves to a 6.8% fixed rate from a variable rate, now about 4.7%. The]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Russia to supply India with Il-38 anti-submarine aircraft (India Daily)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:52:35 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A contract has been signed for the supply of two Il-38 aircraft from the Russian navy's air fleet to India, Interfax-AVN was told today by general director of the Ilyushin aviation plant Viktor Livanov.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[War and tsunami 'most significant' events (u.tv)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:45:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Iraq war and the aftermath of the Asian tsunami have been voted the most significant global events of 2005 in a worldwide poll published today.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Almanac (UPI)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:46:58 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today is Friday, Dec. 30, the 364th day of 2005 with one to follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mercury, Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mars, Uranus and Neptune.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Image problems hamper US on goals abroad (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Stopping Iran's nuclear program. Limiting the growing influence of an increasingly authoritarian Russia over the former Soviet empire. Making more friends than enemies in the Arab world.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[China's military diplomacy helps to build secure environment for country's peaceful development (People's Daily)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:27:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[China's military diplomacy, as part of the country's overall diplomacy, has contributed to building a favorable international security environment for the country's peaceful development, an article said Thursday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thirty dead as landslide buries town (The Sunday Mail)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:52:48 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[AT least 30 Yemenis were killed in an overnight landslide which hit a village on a rocky slope near the capital Sanaa, with officials reporting 100 people still missing.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Image problems hamper US on goals abroad (The Christian Science Monitor)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:31:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Perceived missteps in foreign and domestic policy set diplomacy back for '06.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[LET'S BID THEM ADIEU (San Francisco Chronicle)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:27:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Random, arbitrary and inevitable, the deaths in any year mean what we find in them. We can't resist hunting for the pattern in a carpet that doesn't have one. Or does it? Television, in 2005, was a haunted realm, with the "Tonight Show" deaths of...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[China`s military diplomacy helps to build secure environment for (AngolaPress)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:25:34 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[BEIJING, 12/29 - China`s military diplomacy, as part of the country`s overall diplomacy, has contributed to building a favorable international security environment for the country`s peaceful development, an article said Thursday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[2005: The year in environment (New Scientist)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:56:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[It was a year of natural disasters - the most North Atlantic tropical storms ever recorded and a spate of killer earthquakes - and a growing fear of climate change       ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[LET'S BID THEM ADIEU (San Francisco Chronicle)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:37:05 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Random, arbitrary and inevitable, the deaths in any year mean what we find in them. We can't resist hunting for the pattern in a carpet that doesn't have one. Or does it? Television, in 2005, was a haunted realm, with the "Tonight Show" deaths of...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pen pals (San Francisco Bay View)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 07:22:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Speak up for a child in foster care. San Francisco's foster children need your help. Be a Court Appointed Special Advocate. Men and people of color are especially needed. Training provided. Call for upcoming orientations dates and locations, 415-398-8001. Info, www.sfcasa.org.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[25-50-100 years ago (The Aspen Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:38:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[  January 1906     Microfilms of The Aspen Times 1904 1909 are missing from the Colorado Historical Society's archives. These 1905 excerpts are from The Aspen Democrat.   ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[THE PRAIRIE GARDENER: Oh by gosh, by golly, don't forget mistletoe with holly (Grand Forks Herald)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 09:20:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[New Year's Eve celebrations this weekend may prompt you to dig out the mistletoe, if you haven't done so already. This almost is obligatory if you want to mark the arrival of 2006 with a smooch from your sweetie.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kamala Sarup: 2006 Expectation is Peace? (Scoop.co.nz)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:32:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[2006 Expectation is Peace? 2005 passed with war, earthquake, hurricane, terrorism, rainfall, sexual abuse, forced displacement, extreme economic deprivation, global warming and many other difficulties for human beings all over the world, including in Nepal.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Russia gas attack sickens scores; commercial dispute suspected (North County Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 22:44:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- A gas attack in a home-supply store on one of the busiest shopping days of the year sickened scores of people Monday in an incident that police called likely motivated by a commercial dispute or blackmail attempt.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Putin adviser quits, saying Russia 'no longer free' (World Peace Herald)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:22:01 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW -- An economic adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin has resigned in disgust at the Kremlin's takeover of various industries. Andrei Illarionov said Russia was no longer politically free but run by government-controlled corporations, the Times of London reported Tuesday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[10 Lankan soldiers killed in landmine blast (Kaumundi Online)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:16:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO: Ten Sri Lankan soldiers were killed in north Sri Lanka when a claymore mine went off on the Jaffna-Point Pedro road on Tuesday, police said. This is the fourth claymore mine attack in the past two weeks in the northern districts of Mannar and Jaffna.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Govt to give more financial assistance to Malabar Cancer Centre (Kaumundi Online)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:15:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said his government would give financial assistance to the Malabar Cancer centre.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tribune/Barry Kough (The Lewiston Tribune)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:01:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Former Orofino resident Joanne Brandt was recently in the northern Pakistan region of Kashmir, helping victims of a massive earthquake, and will return there soon.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[US eyes big Pakistan, India arms sales in '06 (Financial Express)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:51:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration is manoeuvring to balance possible big new U.S. arms sales to archrivals India and Pakistan in the new year.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Russian rescue service rated one of the best in the world (Pravda)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:36:29 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Russian ministry dealing with civil defense, emergency situations and the liquidation of consequences, caused by natural disasters celebrates its 15th anniversary today, on December 27, 2005. The history of the ministry started on December 27, 1990, when the Council of Ministers signed the decree about the establishment of a group of rescuers.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[World briefs (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:32:47 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A gas attack in a home-supply store on one of the busiest shopping days of the year sickened scores of people Monday in an incident that police called likely motivated by a commercial dispute or blackmail attempt.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chronology of news events in 2005 (Seattle Times)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2005 08:19:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Jan. 1: Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln starts distributing tsunami aid on Sumatra island in Indonesia...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Christmas fires kill 31 (The Tribune)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:51:51 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A Christmas day fire gutted a bar in south China, killing at least 26 persons and injuring another eight, residents and statemedia said today.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Russia gas attack sickens scores Commercial dispute suspected (San Diego Union-Tribune)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 20:42:16 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[World recalls tsunami's fury Associated Press Survivors wept and prayed beside mass graves and at beachside memorials Monday, marking one year since earthquake-churned walls of water crashed ashore in a dozen nations, sweeping away hundreds of thousands of lives and uniting the world in grief and horror. Russia gas attack sickens scores]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Russia Vows Continued Disaster Aid (Radio Free Europe: Radio Library)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 20:33:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[26 December 2005 -- President Vladimir Putin today pledged that Russia will continue to aid disaster relief operations worldwide but lamented the high number of fires and other emergencies within his own country.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Scores sickened after gas released in St. Petersburg store Commercial dispute suspected (San Diego Union-Tribune)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 19:12:16 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[World recalls tsunami's fury Associated Press Survivors wept and prayed beside mass graves and at beachside memorials Monday, marking one year since earthquake-churned walls of water crashed ashore in a dozen nations, sweeping away hundreds of thousands of lives and uniting the world in grief and horror. Scores sickened after gas released in St. Petersburg store]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[US eyes big arms sale to India in '06 (Central Chronicle)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 19:10:41 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Washington, Dec 26 The Bush administration is maneuvering to balance possible big new US arms sales to archrivals India and Pakistan in the New Year.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[President Vladimir Putin calls for creation emergency response system in 2006 (Itar-Tass)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=125qfjvjj/*http%3A//www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=2754223&amp;PageNum=0</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:34:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NOVOGORSK, December 26 (Itar-Tass) - President Vladimir Putin said the creation of a single national emergency response system must be completed in 2006.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Putin says number of emergencies in Russia remains big (Itar-Tass)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:19:20 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NOVOGORSK, Moscow region, December 26 (Itar-Tass) - President Vladimir Putin said the number of emergencies in Russia remains big.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nationalists’ opposition to KBD makes no difference: Pagara (The Pakistan Link)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=11mdudk7p/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec05/25.htm</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:01:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[KARACHI: Spiritual leader of Hurs Pir Pagara Sunday said that Sindh nationalist parties’ opposition to Kalabagh dam project wouldn’t have any impact on construction of the dam..]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[US lead up to Pakistan-India card (Pravda Ru)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:16:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[17:34 2005-12-26 The Bush administration is maneuvering to balance possible big new U.S. arms sales to India and Pakistan in the new year.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chicago Tribune | ALMANAC (Chicago Tribune)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12u0bd9e0/*http%3A//www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/nearnorthwest/chi-0512260001dec26,1,7484888.story</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 12:04:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On Dec. 26, 1776, the British suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War. In 1862 38 Santee Sioux Indians were hanged in Mankato, Minn., for their roles in an uprising that had claimed the lives of hundreds of white settlers.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chicago Tribune | ALMANAC (Chicago Tribune)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:44:05 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On Dec. 26, 1776, the British suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War. In 1862 38 Santee Sioux Indians were hanged in Mankato, Minn., for their roles in an uprising that had claimed the lives of hundreds of white settlers.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF (Washington Post)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2005 07:29:30 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano staged a spectacular pre-dawn explosion Sunday, sending a column of ash two miles into the air and spewing red-hot lava.    ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Opponents plan suit to stop New Orleans demolitions (The Charlotte Observer)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12tahbbr3/*http%3A//www.thestate.com/mld/charlotte/news/13483459.htm?source=rss&amp;channel=charlotte_news</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 23:55:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The city is ready to demolish some 2,500 houses deemed threats to public safety because of damage from Hurricane Katrina, but opponents said Saturday they will sue to stop the work to make sure homeowners' rights are respected.City officials said inspectors had examined roughly 128,000 homes on New Orleans' east bank of the Mississippi River. About 4 percent, or 5,534 homes, were marked with red ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. Hopes For Big Arms Sales To India, Pakistan (Free Internet Press)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 20:32:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration is maneuvering to balance possible big new U.S. arms sales to archrivals India and Pakistan in the new year. In the past week, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have made separate visits, not announced in advance, to Pakistan, a key ally in the U.S.-declared war on terrorism.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[US eyes big Pakistan, India arms sales (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 18:32:53 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Bush administration is maneuvering to balance possible big new U.S. arms sales to archrivals India and Pakistan in the new year.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[2005 a terrible year: Queen (Herald Sun)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12o58goqd/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17663931%255E23109,00.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 17:45:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[BRITAIN'S Queen Elizabeth described 2005 as a "terrible year" for many in her Christmas message overnight, focusing on natural disasters and the London bomb attacks.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rs 140m Swiss aid for quake-affected areas (The Pakistan Link)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 14:31:47 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The Swiss government will provide Rs 140 million to the UNDP to support the emergency housing programme in the earthquake-affected areas. Pak cable operators shut down Indian channels LAHORE: Pakistani cable operators throughout the country shut down 35 channels, including most Indian channels...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Queen's Christmas message (Herald Sun)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12ol5ise3/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17660975%255E23109,00.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[QUEEN Elizabeth II has used her Christmas message to urge the world to work together for friendship and peace. "The day after my last Christmas message was broadcast, the world experienced one of the worst natural disasters ever recorded.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Queen's Christmas message (Herald Sun)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:32:28 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[QUEEN Elizabeth II has used her Christmas message to urge the world to work together for friendship and peace. "The day after my last Christmas message was broadcast, the world experienced one of the worst natural disasters ever recorded.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Opponents plan suit to stop New Orleans demolitions (The Charlotte Observer)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12umqbj6p/*http%3A//www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/13483459.htm?source=rss&amp;channel=charlotte_news</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:13:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The city is ready to demolish some 2,500 houses deemed threats to public safety because of damage from Hurricane Katrina, but opponents said Saturday they will sue to stop the work to make sure homeowners' rights are respected.City officials said inspectors had examined roughly 128,000 homes on New Orleans' east bank of the Mississippi River. About 4 percent, or 5,534 homes, were marked with red ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Study: Lice put bite on Napoleon in Russia (Seattle Times)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12sbp5j5g/*http%3A//seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002703312_lice25.html?syndication=rss</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:08:16 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Louse-borne diseases such as typhus and trench fever devastated Napoleon Bonaparte's army during his ill-fated invasion of Russia in 1812...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[White House plans to prevent tsunami (Deccan Herald)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12gkij7ob/*http%3A//www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec252005/foreign17174720051224.asp</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2005 03:34:08 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Hoping to protect US shores from being hammered by a tsunami, the White House has directed federal agencies to increase earthquake and volcano monitoring systems, deep ocean buoys and other high-tech means of alerting oceanside communities.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Killer tsunami showcases India disaster skills, global ambitions (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12of08dau/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051224/wl_sthasia_afp/asiaquake1yearindia_051224051014</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 05:10:14 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Within hours of the killer tsunami slamming into its shores last December, India sent naval ships neighbouring to Sri Lanka to help in relief efforts.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tsunami donations around $13 billion (AlertNet)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:06:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Dec 23 (Reuters) - Government and multilateral agencies have pledged more than $7.3 billion in aid for nations hit by the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean, while global private donations amount to more than $5.7 billion.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Terrorism in numerous cities tops 2005's biggest int'l news (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=11qqbg8hu/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051223/kyodo/d8elqu1g1.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:02:21 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ _ Terrorist attacks on the London underground system and subsequent attacks in Egypt, Indonesia, India and Jordan were ranked as the top international news story of 2005, according to a Kyodo News poll released Friday.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Queen to praise humanitarian acts (The Sunday Mail)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12r3q22hr/*http%3A//www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17649230%255E1702,00.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:26:48 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[BRITAIN'S Queen Elizabeth II is set to praise the generous humanitarian response shown to victims of natural disasters and terrorism in her traditional Christmas Day message, officials said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pen pals (San Francisco Bay View)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:37:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Speak up for a child in foster care. San Francisco's foster children need your help. Be a Court Appointed Special Advocate. Men and people of color are especially needed. Training provided. Call for upcoming orientations dates and locations, 415-398-8001. Info, www.sfcasa.org.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Egeland: Rich nations must give more aid (Kansas City Star)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:49:53 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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Minor earthquake hits Dagestan (Russian Information Agency Novosti)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:43:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ROSTOV-ON-DON, December 22 (RIA Novosti, Ilya Livada) - A minor earthquake rattled the republic of Dagestan in southern Russia Thursday morning, the regional Emergency Situations Ministry office said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chinese expert warns of rising security threats around world (People's Daily)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:48:52 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A Chinese expert in international security warned of increased security threats on Wednesday, saying China continues to pursue cooperation with other nations that pursue peaceful development.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stalin wanted ‘ape-humans’ (The Star Online)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12i7sbke6/*http%3A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/22/world/12937843&amp;sec=world</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:25:22 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[EDINBURGH: Soviet dictator Josef Stalin once ordered a scientist to try to cross apes with humans to create an army of Planet of the Apes -style soldiers, a British newspaper has reported.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rumsfeld visits Afghanistan (Northern Territory News)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:46:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Afghanistan today for a brief visit that will include talks with President Hamid Karzai, the president's office said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[CompAmerica Announces ORCA X2 Dual-Core, 4800+ MHz, 17” Laptop: the New Most Powerful Laptop on Earth (PR Web)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=11pms5pju/*http%3A//www.prweb.com/releases/2005/12/prweb325059.htm</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:17:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[CompAmerica’s new ORCA X2 takes its place next to the Pentium 4 based ORCA 9098: now CompAmerica is offering the TWO Most Powerful Laptops on earth. Starting at only $2499, product features the new 3000+ to 4800+ AMD Athlon 64 X2, a dual core CPU that represents previously unheard of performance. http://www.compamerica.com. [PRWEB Dec 21, 2005]]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Earthweek: A Diary of a Planet (Free Lance)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12e39ccvd/*http%3A//www.freelancenews.com/lifestyles/contentview.asp?c=175200&amp;siteID=33</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 06:05:40 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Earth's magnetic north pole has begun moving so rapidly during the past several decades that it could drift from Arctic Canada to Siberia within the next 50 years.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA['No tsunami impact' on Africa aid (Herald Sun)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12o4fsffv/*http%3A//www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17631018%255E23109,00.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2005 01:45:51 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[FUNDING for relief aid to Africa broke all records this year and did not suffer from the unprecedented outpouring of international donations for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami, according to a senior UN official.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Natural Disasters, Terrorism and Political Change – a Look Back at 2005 (Voice of America)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=11n0cp83c/*http%3A//www.voanews.com/english/2005-12-20-voa61.cfm</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:47:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Nature's fury -- from ravaged Indian Ocean coastlines to devastated South Asian mountain villages -- brought tragedy and united the world in recovery efforts in 2005.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Interview: Howard Lee, author of bestseller children's novel Jamshid and the lost Mountain of Light (Payvand Iran News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=11gvod7fr/*http%3A//www.payvand.com/news/05/dec/1157.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 16:21:21 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[British author Howard Lee certainly belongs to this category of gifted writers. Jamshid and the lost mountain of light is one of the most enchanting children books (chosen as most popular children's book by cafepress.com amongst 38 current titles) to have caught attention of English readers of English, American or Iranian origin. -Darius KADIVAR]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ LOTTERY FIGHTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS THIS XMAS (Government News Network)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12ah7e8rj/*http%3A//www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=182490&amp;NewsAreaID=2</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:51:08 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The struggle for human rights is an international concern and one that is never far from the top of the global agenda. It is very often in the world's poorest countries that people are denied justice and their human rights.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[World records 136 tremors between Dec 9 and 16 (Hindustan Times)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=123c3vslp/*http%3A//www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1577881,000900040001.htm</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:18:51 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At least 136 tremors were recorded all over the world by seismologists between December 9 and 16 and these shocks were concentrated all along plate boundaries and majority of along the Pacific and Indian ones.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Earthweek: A Diary of the Planet (Independent Record)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=127lfhrvf/*http%3A//www.helenair.com/articles/2005/12/20/health/d01122005_03.txt</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:56:42 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Which way Is north? Earth's magnetic north pole has begun moving so rapidly during the past several decades that it could drift from Arctic Canada to Siberia within the next 50 years.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Almanac (UPI)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:46:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today is Monday, Dec. 26, the 360th day of 2005 with five to follow. This is the first day of Hanukah. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mercury, Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mars, Uranus and Neptune.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Anatomy of nation building (Pakistani Newspaper)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=11scf4d6f/*http%3A//thepakistaninewspaper.com/news_detail.php?id=3799</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 01:35:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[by Ahsan Iqbal Pakistan, created on 14th August, 1947 through a democratic struggle of millions of Muslims of South Asia under the dynamic leadership of a great leader whose belief in constitutionalism and democracy was sacrosanct, has completed six years of yet another nation building experience at the hand of its fourth Martial Law Surgeon, General Pervez Musharraf, who soon after his military ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[UN considering long term engagement in relief activities (The Pakistan Link)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=11p7a8fl3/*http%3A//www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec05/19/05.htm</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:44:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 : The Founder of United Nations Foundation and Chairman of Turner Enterprises, Inc., Ted Turner has said that the UN is considering long term engagement in the relief activities in the quake-hit areas.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[2012 catastrophy eminent - World records 136 tremors in one week of Dec (India Daily)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=11gh0gtlk/*http%3A//www.indiadaily.com/editorial/5987.asp</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:05:19 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The number of seismic tremors precursor to massive earthquakes is increasing exponentially as the world moves towards 2012.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[World records 136 tremors in one week of Dec (Express India)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=11qlra8tn/*http%3A//www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=60182</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:11:26 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Atleast 136 tremors were recorded all over the world by seismologists between December 9 and 16 and these shocks were concentrated all along plate boundaries and majority of them along the Pacific and Indian ones.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[World records 136 tremors between Dec 9-16 (The Times of India)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 10:33:17 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Atleast 136 tremors were recorded all over the world by seismologists between December 9 and 16.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[World records 136 tremors between Dec 9 and 16 (Outlook India)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=11m6h5453/*http%3A//www.outlookindia.com/pti_news.asp?id=342825</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 10:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Atleast 136 tremors were recorded all over the world by seismologists between December nine and 16 and these shocks were concentrated all along plate boundaries and majority of along the Pacific and Indian ones.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leading Turkish Novelist's Trial on Hold (Ohmynews)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12forff5b/*http%3A//www.ohmynews.com/function/rss_ArticleView.asp?lng=eng&amp;at_code=299388</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:31:17 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[      The controversy comes at a time when Turkey is lobbying to be the next member of the European Union. Pamuk was charged under Article 301 of the Turkish penal code that punishes those who defame the...   ]]></description>
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			<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/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=1353mlc28/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051219/wl_sthasia_afp/quakesasiapakistanunnuclearmedia_051219080542</link>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Killer tsunami showcases India disaster skills, global ambitions (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12omh4u0f/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051219/wl_sthasia_afp/asiaquake1yearindia_051219074714</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 07:47:14 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Within hours of the killer tsunami slamming into its shores last December, India sent naval ships neighbouring to Sri Lanka to help in relief efforts.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Three ways to act locally and give globally (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=128sa6sfo/*http%3A//seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/252558_joel19.html?source=rss</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 07:25:55 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Defying the notion of "compassion fatigue," the holiday season is a time to give shelter, for working families in Seattle and sick children in St. Petersburg and villagers in far-off Kashmir.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Minor earthquake hits Russian Far East (Russian Information Agency Novosti)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=11jehmtrb/*http%3A//en.rian.ru/russia/20051219/42549868.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 06:58:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[PETRPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, December 19 (RIA Novosti, Oksana Guseva) - A minor earthquake hit the Far East of Russia on Monday morning, local seismologists said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Egeland: Rich Nations Must Give More Aid (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12a7uq8oi/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/ap_on_re_us/un_year_of_disasters_2</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:54:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ 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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Egeland: Rich Nations Must Give More Aid (San Francisco Chronicle)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=135r0hqig/*http%3A//www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/12/18/national/a150231S39.DTL&amp;feed=rss.news</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[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. Jan Egeland said, for example, that as many...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[UN Foundation wants mass destruction weapons erased for global peace (Business Recorder)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12r9buf5t/*http%3A//www.brecorder.com/index.php?id=367062&amp;currPageNo=1&amp;query=&amp;search=&amp;term=&amp;supDate=</link>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Egeland: Rich Nations Must Give More Aid (AP via Yahoo! News)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12aka9ifh/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051218/ap_on_re_us/un_year_of_disasters_1</link>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 23:02:31 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ 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>
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			<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/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12hn1bv66/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051218/en_afp/quakesasiapakistanun_051218205706</link>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[Health (Muzi)]]></title>
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			<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>
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			<title><![CDATA[2006 film festival lineup (Palm Springs and Coachella Valley Local News and Guides)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12mhfcfpd/*http%3A//www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051215/EVENTS01/312150001</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 12:16:05 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The 17th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival will launch Jan. 5 with “The New World,” starring Colin Farrell, Q’orianka Kilcher, Christian Bale and Christopher Plummer.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Azmi Bishara: State Of Decay (The Palestine Chronicle)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=11vd0i70o/*http%3A//www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=12170513116</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 06:33:14 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA["What is taking place in Israel's parliamentary democracy is the subordination of the political party to the political personality.." The furious switching of Israeli politicians between parties is a sign of the degeneration not only of Israeli politics, but Israeli society as a whole.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[World/Nation Briefs (South Coast Today)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 05:41:35 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- 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 today.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wind of Change for Armenian Energy Sector (Institute for War and Peace Reporting)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 01:48:09 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The first efforts to provide alternative energy of a country heavily reliant on nuclear power. A new wind power plant in northern Armenia marks the country’s intent to develop renewable energy sources, but it will be a long time before it offers a real alternative to nuclear power.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Work starts on tsunami monitor (The Sunday Mail)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12r1foiv2/*http%3A//www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17595011%255E1702,00.html</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 00:56:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WORK has begun on a tsunami monitoring system on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean almost one year since an earthquake off Indonesia produced the Boxing Day tsunami which claimed so many lives across South and South-East Asia.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[On this day (Brisbane Courier Mail)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:14:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[1531 – Pope Clement VII introduces the Inquisition to Portugal. 1538 – Pope Paul III excommunicates England's King Henry VIII. 1638 – Pere Joseph Francois de Tremblay, Cardinal Richelieu's secret agent, dies.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[On this day (The Mercury)]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:05:40 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[1531 – Pope Clement VII introduces the Inquisition to Portugal. 1538 – Pope Paul III excommunicates England's King Henry VIII. 1638 – Pere Joseph Francois de Tremblay, Cardinal Richelieu's secret agent, dies.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Balkan Defense Overview: Developments and Prospects (seeurope.net)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=11vsi3tst/*http%3A//www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=56871&amp;LangID=1</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:04:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At this time the Balkans is one of the most heavily armed areas in Europe and it remains one of the crucial regions for geo-strategic analysis, as far as the international balance of power is concerned.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Indian, Pakistani friend organize benefit for survivors (Town Online)]]></title>
			<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Russia+Earthquake/SIG=12egd7nr5/*http%3A//www.townonline.com/billerica/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=390324</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:55:50 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Neelam Wali is from the Indian-controlled area of the mountainous region of Kashmir. Her friend, Neelum Dad, is from the part of Kashmir under Pakistani jurisdiction.]]></description>
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