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				<title>Obama to visit a China that has become the nucleus of Asia</title>				
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				 President Barack Obama on Air Force One (AP) U.S. President Barack Obama takes off on Thursday for his first Asia tour. The region has seen a formidable transformation fueled by  China&apos;s meteoric rise as a regional power, and a Japan full of ambitio...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:37:07 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Obama will meet with PM Netanyahu at the White House on Monday</title>				
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	On Sunday, the White House announced that President Obama will be meeting with Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu during the his trip to Washington, ending several days of uncertainty over the meeting. Mr. Netanyahu was to arrive in Washing...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:00:49 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Contact Reps Regarding Vote on Goldstone Report</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Richard Goldstone in Gaza ACTION ALERT November 6, 2009 Many of you contacted members of Congress to urge them to vote NO on H. Res. 867, &amp;ldquo;Calling on the President and the Secretary of State to oppose unequivocally any endorsement ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:41:08 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Pakistan a la mode: it&apos;s not only about war - slide show</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;It&apos;s a study in contradictions: Pakistan in the midst of a brutal war against the Taliban and al-Qaeda (and as some Pakistanis believe, against &apos;foreign intervention&apos;) has decided to launch its first ever fashion week, with a cat walk and all!!...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:38:26 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>U.S. pressured Abdullah Abdullah to withdraw from presidential race</title>				
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Abdullah in Kabul
Why did the man who accused Karzai of corruption and contested the Afghan presidential election results as fraudulent voluntarily withdraw from what was to be this weekend&apos;s run-off election?
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				<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:45:27 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Mustafa Barghouti will be a better leader for the Palestinians - video</title>				
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Mustafa Barghouti in London in 2005
If you are wondering about Dr. Barghouti, you&apos;re not alone. As of late, it seems that it takes a serio-comedic show to dismantle the mainstream media when it comes to what matters. I am speaking of Jon Stewart o...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:17:22 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>An unexpected bold proposal from Israeli MK Shaul Mofaz: an immediate Palestinian state</title>				
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Mofaz has a reputation as a tough leader   
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				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:13:45 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Award winning Gaza journalist on tour in US to speak about life</title>				
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				From the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs:Contact: Delinda Hanleynews_editor@wrmea.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view itMOHAMMED OMER&amp;ldquo;The Voice of the Voiceless&amp;rdquo;Award-Winn...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:59:21 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The war in Iraq is not over</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;On Sunday, five people were killed  and 37 were wounded in a popular market in Moussa&amp;iuml;ab, a locality situated 60 km south of Baghdad. while three others were killed in Karbala in two bomb attacks according to Iraqi police.The explosives we...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:23:14 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Abbas rejects Clinton&apos;s call to return to negotations</title>				
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Clinton met with Abbas during her travels to the region this week
Less than a year ago, in March 2009, Hillary Clinton was quoted in the UK&apos;s Daily Mail after she learned of Israel&apos;s demolishing of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem. She said:
&apos;It is...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:45:23 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Irak: the deadliest attack since the invasion of 2003 kills 147 people</title>				
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				 In this photo released by the Iraqi Prime Minister&apos;s office, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, visits the site of a massive bomb attack at the headquarters of the provincial administration in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009. Two pow...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:04:45 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>U.S. foreign policy fails due to lack of understanding history and geography</title>				
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				  Ryan C. Crocker             &amp;nbsp;Ryan Crocker has been weaving in and out of&amp;nbsp; foreign territories for the last two decades. Before becoming U.S. ambassador to Iraq in 2007, he served as the International Affairs Advisor at the National War Co...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:40:57 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Pakistan: &apos;Kerry-Lugar bill is unacceptable&apos; - who is the real enemy?</title>				
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Supporters of a Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami participate in a rally against the recently signed Kerry-Lugar bill, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009 in Karachi, Pakistan. President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a US$7.5 billion aid packa...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:34:43 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Iran: deadly suicide bomber attack blamed on Western elements</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;  The target was the much feared Revolutionary Guard; they had been an invaluable tool, along with the Basij Islamic militants in quashing protest demonstrations that followed the disputed re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:22:01 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Foreign Policy: keep the &apos;red state rock star&apos; away from DC</title>				
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&amp;nbsp; Elizabeth Cheney   
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				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:31:09 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Clinton helps to seal the deal between Turkey and Armenia - slide show</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;As reported in Liberation.fr, reconciliation between Armenia and Turkey was very important to both Russia and the U.S. as underscored by the presence of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister,Sergue&amp;iuml; Lavrov.&amp;nbsp;T...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:28:57 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>al-Qaeda&apos;s Maghreb group out to reclaim Europe&apos;s Granada</title>				
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				Insert photo caption or credit here Related ArticlesWho&apos;s watching Al Qaeda in the Maghreb?Pakistan police official reveals al-Qaeda/Taliban have chemical weaponBreaking News: Algerian daily confirms Mossad training camps for al-Qaida? When we talk a...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:26:06 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Iraq: nothing to celebrate, they&apos;re burning our flag - slide show</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;
The talk these days is all about Afghanistan. It&apos;s understandable. We paused for a day, or maybe two, to contemplate President Obama&apos;s Nobel Peace Prize award, but that cannot take center stage, as there is too much killing going on. Not all ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:43:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Chinese PM Wen Jiabao on eagerly awaited North Korean visit</title>				
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				 				Wen Jiabao, second from left, welcomed to North Korea by Kim Jong Il, third from left (photo AP)On Sunday, North Korea announced it was ready to resume bilateral and multilateral talks on its nuclear program, welcoming Chinese Prime Minister&amp;nbs...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:02:21 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Nobel prize nominations for 2009 coming up next week</title>				
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&amp;nbsp; Number one novelist , Philip Roth. Douglas Healey/AP  
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