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<title><![CDATA[Belfast MPs agree on key transfer of powers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BELFAST: Northern Ireland's MPs have approved a landmark deal transferring crucial powers from London to Belfast, with the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, hailing the agreement as the ''final end'' to decades of conflict.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alexander the great takes Paris by storm - one last time]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[PARIS:  For 15 minutes, in a Paris drawing room flounced with gilt, Alexander McQueen came back to life.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[I knew of abuse but did nothing, says Pope's brother]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ROME:  The Pope's brother, Georg Ratzinger, has admitted slapping boys and failing to report physical abuse as scandal intensifies around sexual abuse in German boarding schools where he taught choir in the 1960s.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Barak's office angry over 'settlement' timing]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM: Israel's Defence Ministry has denounced an announcement that 1600 new settler homes would be built in East Jerusalem, made hours after the US Vice-President, Joe Biden, vowed unyielding support for Israel's security.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[US kept us in the dark on torture: spy chief]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON: US intelligence agencies misled allies, including Britain, about US mistreatment of suspected terrorists, the former head of MI5 has said.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tickle-tattle rocks Washington]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON: It is a terrifying image transfixing Washington: President Barack Obama's bruising enforcer, Rahm Emanuel, naked in a communal shower, berating a congressman over perceived political cowardice.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Travellers warned as fear of violence grows in Bangkok]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK: Australians have been warned about travelling to Bangkok this weekend, as fears grow that huge anti-government protests will turn violent.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Indian bill reserves third of legislative seats for women]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI: Indian MPs have approved a historic bill that sets aside one-third of all legislative seats for women.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bali bomber led new terrorist gang]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[INDONESIAN authorities are in hot pursuit of Umar Patek, the last alumnus of the Bali bombing terrorist cell who remains at large after the death this week of his accomplice Dulmatin.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China 'annihilating Tibetan Buddhism']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[DHARAMSHALA: The Dalai Lama has lashed out at Chinese authorities, accusing them of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet as he commemorated a failed uprising against China's rule over the region.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:06:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[City shifted three metres]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO: The earthquake which struck Chile last month moved the entire city of Concepcion more than three metres to the west, say Chilean and US scientists.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dead toddler thought gun was Wii controller]]></title>
<link>http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/dead-toddler-thought-gun-was-wii-controller/1772284.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A three-year-old US toddler has died after shooting herself with a loaded gun that she mistook for a Wii controller, media reports say.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Aftershocks rock freezing survivors]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[OKCULAR, Turkey: Hundreds of earthquake survivors were huddled in aid tents and around bonfires in eastern Turkey, seeking relief from the winter cold after a strong tremor knocked down stone and mud-brick houses in five villages, killing 51 people.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cattle thefts sparked deadly Nigerian massacre]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[JOS, Nigeria: Nigerian troops were patrolling villages near this northern city yesterday after the massacre of more than 500 Christians sparked international shock and outrage.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa stockpiles condoms for World Cup]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BRITAIN will give South Africa 42 million condoms in response to a request for an extra billion as part of an HIV prevention drive before the World Cup.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Uighur refugee jailed for spying]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM: A 62-year-old Uighur who has lived in Sweden as a political refugee for the past 13 years has been jailed for spying on Uighur expatriates on behalf of China.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bali bomb-maker died in shoot-out, media say]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA: Indonesian police yesterday shot dead a ''big name'' suspected terrorist and are seeking confirmation whether he is Dulmatin, a key figure in the Bali bombings in 2002.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China hardens line on next Dalai Lama]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[SHANGHAI: The Chinese government has said that it, rather than the Dalai Lama, will have the final say on who succeeds him as Tibet's spiritual leader.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Agent Rose, French resistance heroine, dies]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON: A French resistance heroine who saved scores of Allied lives and survived a Nazi firing squad has died at 105 in a British care home, its manager said.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Four sons the price of conflict]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD: When a massive car bomb destroyed the city's celebrated Shabander cafe three years ago, Haj Mohammed al-Khashali lost his four sons and one grandson. "Their blood was mixed with all the books outside," Mr Khashali told the Herald on Monday. "My entire family taken away from me."]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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