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Transcript THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: We are bringing the world to your classroom. Tthis is CNN Student News! Hello, everyone, and welcome on this Friday, May 6th.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 01:46:00 +0200</pubDate><source url="http://edition.cnn.com/">cnn</source><iso:language>en</iso:language><guid isPermaLink="false">cnn-24b0b5d876446d1c10ac43aac79d4400</guid></item><item><title>Refugees recount brutal crackdown in western Syria (The Christian Science Monitor)</title><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110501/wl_csm/380708</link><description>The Christian Science Monitor - Hundreds of residents of Tel Kalakh in western Syria have escaped an intensifying siege by the Syrian army by slipping across the nearby border with Lebanon.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 00:19:00 +0200</pubDate><source url="http://news.yahoo.com/">news-yahoo</source><iso:language>en</iso:language><guid isPermaLink="false">news-yahoo-8cd0581db1c757cebb403c76764d1157</guid><georss:point>33.5193 36.3135</georss:point></item><item><title>Timeline: Osama bin Laden, over the years</title><link>http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/9WdfCeNvuUo/index.html</link><description>A look back at some key moments in the life of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, including attacks that he was purportedly behind and messages attributed to him, based on information from U.S. authorities and other official government sources.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 21:47:00 +0200</pubDate><source url="http://edition.cnn.com/">cnn</source><iso:language>en</iso:language><guid isPermaLink="false">cnn-16c7b45c4eca9ece1eab7b5c193fb7b6</guid></item><item><title>Refugees recount brutal crackdown in western Syria</title><link>http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0501/Refugees-recount-brutal-crackdown-in-western-Syria</link><description>Accounts from refugees who fled to Lebanon from western Syria highlight the repressive tactics used by President Bashar al-Assad's regime as it struggles to stifle a pro-democracy uprising.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 19:23:00 +0200</pubDate><source url="http://www.csmonitor.com/">csmonitor</source><iso:language>en</iso:language><guid isPermaLink="false">csmonitor-cc914755183e44475c7d2f52187b9073</guid><georss:point>33.5193 36.3135</georss:point></item><item><title>Four Killed in Hasaka due to Heavy Rains and Torrents</title><link>http://sana.sy/eng/21/2011/05/01/344278.htm</link><description>Hasaka, North Syria, (SANA) Heavy rains and floods hit al-Hasaka Province on Saturday killing two people while five others disappeared after the bridge of al-Mailbieh on the road of al-Hasaka-Deri Ezzor collapsed, and a car fell down.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 19:16:00 +0200</pubDate><source url="http://www.sana.sy">Sana-en</source><iso:language>en</iso:language><guid isPermaLink="false">Sana-en-db30d1993f4a963ed19130d591c7080c</guid><georss:point>15.36144 44.209499</georss:point></item><item><title>Thousands of Syrians flood streets on 'day of rage'</title><link>http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/thousands-of-syrians-flood-streets-on-day-of-rage-20110429-1e0h8.html</link><description>Thousands of Syrians poured into the streets for a "day of rage" after Friday Muslim prayers, defying warnings by President Bashar al-Assad's regime of a harsh crackdown on demonstrations.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:47:00 +0200</pubDate><source url="http://www.smh.com.au">smh</source><iso:language>en</iso:language><guid isPermaLink="false">smh-4f14f8d00cc3a2f985d27c66bfbbd324</guid></item><item><title>The belated battle to revive the dying Dead Sea</title><link>http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/the-belated-battle-to-revive-the-dying-dead-sea-1.358526?localLinksEnabled=false</link><description>Last Thursday, hearing a petition by the Dead Sea Hotels Association, Supreme Court Justice Eliezer Rivlin voiced concern that the state had its own ideas about the pace of things. The state's representative asked not to be forced to make a decision before May. "Madam said May but didn't say which year," gibed Justice Asher Grunis.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:36:00 +0200</pubDate><source url="http://www.haaretz.com/">haaretz</source><iso:language>en</iso:language><guid isPermaLink="false">haaretz-a5a95e10de58a52fbb5a78e43cb7ccf1</guid></item><item><title>CNN Student News Transcript: April 26, 2011</title><link>http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/yJg0MMxuKm0/index.html</link><description>April 26, 2011 Download PDF maps related to today's show:

Transcript THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. 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