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      <title><![CDATA[Iran Picks Italy To Negotiate Israeli Soldiers' Return]]></title>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 08:22:24</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Iran has reportedly singled out Italy as the third party it would like to see negotiate with Hezbollah over the return of two abducted Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers. Italian Senator Sergio De Gregorio said Monday that Iranian national security adviser Ali Larijani told him Tehran would...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Israeli Air Strike Destroys The Home Of A Militant]]></title>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 07:22:14</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[An Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip destroys the home of a militant belonging to Islamic Jihad. The Associated Press identifies the militant as Hashem Asliya. His son apparently broke his leg while jumping out of the house to escape the missile strike....]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Philippine's Worst Oil Spill Threatens Panay Island]]></title>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 07:22:14</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[The Philippine's worst oil spill from a sunken tanker is threatening to reach a second island in the central Philippines. Poor villagers of Guimaras have dispersed on the beaches and mangroves in an attempt to contain the mess. Foreign contractors are expected to arrive to survey the tanker....]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ustad Bismillah Khan, Dead At 91]]></title>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 07:22:14</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Ustad Bismillah Khan, the  popular  Indian musician, has died. He was 91. According to the Indo-Asian News Service, Bismillah Khan, who received the nation's highest civilian award of Bharat Ratna in 2001, died early Monday of cardiac arrest at a Varanasi hospital....]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[French economy grows 1.1 percent in 2Q 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 08:22:57</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[AP - France's economy grew 1.1 percent in the second quarter as consumer spending rose 0.7 percent, national statistics agency Insee said Tuesday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chinese company fined for junk email 
    (Reuters)
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 08:22:57</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - A Shenzhen company has been fined for 
sending bulk junk email in what is believed to be the first 
case of its kind in China where more than 50 billion spam 
messages are received a year, state media said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Australia's Coles Myer says it won't be pressured on takeover bid 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 08:22:57</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AFP - Australia's Coles Myer has said it would not be pressured into accepting a &quot;highly conditional&quot; takeover bid from private equity funds potentially worth 15 billion dollars (11.25 billion US).  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Elusive Russian recluse declines top mathematics prize 
    (AFP)
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 08:07:53</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AFP - A Russian recluse who solved a complex riddle has won the mathematics world's version of a Nobel prize, but true to form refused to accept the honour nor attend the royal awards ceremony.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Italian tourists kidnapped on Niger-Chad border 
    (Reuters)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?138105</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 08:07:53</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Twenty-one Italian tourists have been 
kidnapped on the border between Niger and Chad, the Italian 
foreign ministry said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart marks progress in Japan market 
    (AP)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?138106</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 08:07:53</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - Wal-Mart's Japanese subsidiary said Tuesday its first-half losses grew fivefold, but the unit's chief executive reaffirmed his commitment to Japan even as the U.S. retailer abandons the German and South Korean markets.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indonesia to hold Aceh elections Dec. 11 
    (AP)
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 07:52:53</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[AP - Officials said Tuesday that  Indonesia  will hold landmark elections in Aceh province on Dec. 11, paving the way for former rebels to take part in the political process.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AP Blog: Candy protocol in Iraqi towns 
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 07:52:52</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - AP Correspondent Robert H. Reid covers  Iraq  events from Baghdad. AP Correspondent Rebecca Santana is embedded with the First Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division. Antonio Castaneda is embedded with the U.S. Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Regiment.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Israeli police search president's home 
    (AP)
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 07:38:10</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - Police raided the official residence of Israeli President Moshe Katsav as part of a sexual harassment investigation, seizing computers and documents, officials said Tuesday.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bomb hits Canadian convoy in Afghanistan 
    (AP)
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      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 07:38:10</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - A suicide car bomber hit a Canadian military convoy in  southern   Afghanistan  on Tuesday, witnesses and a police officer said. There was no immediate word on casualties.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[EU reinforces troops in Congo as fighting flares 
    (Reuters)
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      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 07:38:10</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    Reuters - The European Union rushed more 
peacekeepers to Congo on Tuesday as the U.N. and foreign 
leaders struggled to end fighting between soldiers loyal to 
President Joseph Kabila and supporters of his election rival.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[China's urban water supplies face severe test 
    (Reuters)
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 07:22:33</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Pollution and poor management have 
worsened the quality of China's increasingly scarce urban water 
supplies, but in the next five years the government will spend 
$125 billion on the problem, an official said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Saudi Police Kill 2 Men During Gun Battle]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?138068</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 07:22:14</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Saudi police kill two men during a gun battle in the Red Sea port of Jeddah. The Saudi Press Agency says police followed a group of men to an apartment building and ran into heavy gunfire.
                    
                
                
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      <title><![CDATA[Italy Ready For "Significant" Role In Lebanese Peacekeeping Mission]]></title>
      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?138069</link>
      <source>AHN</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 07:22:14</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has pledged a "significant" contribution to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan as the world leader continues to seek support for the cease-fire in Lebanon. Prime Minister Prodi tells the UN that "Italy is ready to command the UN mission," in a letter faxed to the...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Some 427,000 eastern Europeans come to UK to work 
    (AFP)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?138058</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 07:07:32</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AFP - More than 427,000 people from the eight EU member states in eastern  Europe  have come to work in the UK since the bloc's enlargement in May 2004, according to government figures.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Police: Bomb found, defused in Sri Lanka 
    (AP)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?138059</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 07:07:32</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - Police acting on a tip discovered and defused a powerful bomb planted in a box of vegetables on a bicycle in a busy shopping district in the Sri Lankan capital Tuesday, an official said.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[UK may cut Iraq force in half by mid-2007: commander 
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?138043</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 06:38:21</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Britain may cut its force in Iraq in 
half by the middle of next year after handing over security 
responsibility for the south of the country to Iraqis within 
nine months, a senior British commander said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Royal Dutch Shell signs Ukrainian gas deal with JKX 
    (AFP)
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      <link>http://livepress.com/go/?138038</link>
      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 06:37:28</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AFP - London-listed energy group JKX Oil and Gas has said that its Ukrainian unit had signed a deal to supply gas to Anglo-Dutch giant Royal Dutch Shell.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lack of change blights Zimbabwe currency switch 
    (AFP)
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 06:37:28</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AFP - Shoppers and commuters in Zimbabwe have been left out of pocket as a severe lack of low denomination banknotes blighted the first day of a new currency.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defendants: Anfal mission targeted Kurds 
    (AP)
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 06:23:03</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - Defendants in the second Saddam Hussein trial insisted on Tuesday that Iraq's military was attacking Iranian troops and Kurdish rebels only when it launched the Anfal campaign in the 1980s in which tens of thousands of Kurds were killed.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Over 500 Iraqis join police in Anbar 
    (AP)
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      <source>YAHOO</source>
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      <pubDate>2006-08-22 06:23:03</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - More than 500 Iraqi men have joined the police in restive Anbar province &#151; a focal point of the Sunni Arab insurgency &#151; in the most successful recruiting drive by U.S. and Iraqi forces in the country, the U.S. military said Tuesday.  ]]></description>
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