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		<title>Palestinian official in sex tape scandal, Rafiq Husseini denies he abused his position</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM: A disgraced senior Palestinian official at the centre of a sex tape scandal claims he was entrapped and says he has not abused his position. Rafiq Husseini, who also holds British citizenship, was dismissed last week as President Mahmoud Abbas&#8217;s chief of staff at the end of a long-running scandal. He was shown in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq war crimes: US Apache helicopter doing ‘Collateral Murders’ on video</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/us-army-apache-helicopter-in-baghdad-doing-%e2%80%98collateral-murders%e2%80%99-on-newly-released-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD: The case of &#8220;collateral murder,&#8221; the WikiLeaks today released harrowing until-now secret video of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter in Baghdad in 2007 repeatedly opening fire on a group of men that included a Reuter’s photographer and his driver. This is the most shocking footage to come out of Iraq. None of the members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel closer to death if it attacks Gaza, says Iran&#8217;s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 05:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that world pressure on Iran, including talk of new sanctions, makes the Islamic republic more determined than ever to pursue its nuclear programme. His defiance came after US President Barack Obama vowed to ratchet up global pressure on Tehran to abandon its controversial atomic programme which he said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muslim scholars at Saudi moot denounce &#8216;terrorism&#8217; &amp; urge &#8216;extremists&#8217; to repent</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/muslim-scholars-at-saudi-islamic-conference-denounce-terrorism-urge-extremists-to-repent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RIYADH: Muslim scholars from around the world who met this week in Saudi Arabia&#8217;s holy city Medina have denounced “terrorism” and appealed to “extremists” to repent, a statement said on Thursday. The four-day Islamic conference, sponsored by Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz and organised by the Islamic University of Medina, drew some 500 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>17 Indians sentenced to death in UAE for killing a Pakistani man during a dispute</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBAI: Seventeen Indian nationals have been sentenced to death for killing a Pakistani man in a turf dispute between bootleg liquor gangs in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, local media reported on Monday. The Pakistani man was beaten to death with metal bars in January 2009, while three others were injured in the attack, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel&#8217;s Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses the notion that Obama is &#8220;disaster&#8221; for Israel</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/israeli-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-dismisses-the-notion-that-us-president-barack-obama-is-a-disaster-for-israel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM: Israel&#8217;s PM Benjamin Netanyahu has moved to ease tensions with the US, describing the two countries&#8217; relations as those of &#8220;allies and friends&#8221;. Mr Netanyahu also dismissed reports one of his confidants called US President Barack Obama a &#8220;disaster&#8221; for Israel. The US has criticised the building of Jewish homes in East Jerusalem, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq: Iyad Allawi begins coalition talks after narrow win over Nuri al-Maliki</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/former-iraqi-premier-iyad-allawi-begins-coalition-talks-after-narrow-win-over-nuri-al-maliki/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD: Former premier Iyad Allawi on Saturday began talks which could last months to form a government after narrowly edging out incumbent Nuri al-Maliki in Iraq&#8217;s parliamentary elections. &#8220;There must be a strong government, capable of taking decisions which serve the Iraqi people, and bring peace and stability to Iraq,&#8221; Allawi told a press conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Killed in clashes on Gaza border as Israeli PM Netanyahu mulls US pressure</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/six-killed-in-clashes-on-gaza-border-as-israeli-pm-benjamin-netanyahu-mulls-us-pressure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM: Four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers died in clashes on the Gaza border on Friday, an army general said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu consulted his security cabinet on US pressure on settlement building. “An officer and a soldier were killed and two others slightly wounded in an exchange of fire with terrorists planting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli airstrike on Gaza Strip claimed to hit a weapons store injures 4 Palestinians</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/israeli-airstrike-on-gaza-claimed-to-hit-a-weapons-storage-facility-injures-4-palestinians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/israeli-airstrike-on-gaza-claimed-to-hit-a-weapons-storage-facility-injures-4-palestinians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GAZA CITY: An Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip overnight injured four people, Palestinian security officials and witnesses said Tuesday. The Israeli army confirmed the air raid and said it hit a weapons storage facility. The four casualties, including a woman, were slightly hurt by shell fragments when an Israeli aircraft fired a missile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jalal Talabani &amp; Nouri al-Maliki demand recount in Iraqi parliamentary elections</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/jalal-talabani-nouri-al-maliki-demand-recount-in-this-month%e2%80%99s-tight-parliamentary-elections-of-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD: Iraq’s president on Sunday called for a recount in this month’s parliamentary elections, which have turned into a tight race between the prime minister and a secular rival amid accusations of fraud. A new count could further extend political wrangling in the contentious race. The demand from President Jalal Talabani came a day after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN chief backs Palestinian state branding Israeli settlement activity illegal</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/un-chief-ban-ki-moon-backs-palestinian-state-branding-israeli-settlement-activity-illegal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/un-chief-ban-ki-moon-backs-palestinian-state-branding-israeli-settlement-activity-illegal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAMALLAH: UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday that the international community &#8220;strongly supports&#8221; Palestinian efforts to build a state and branded all Israeli settlement activity illegal. He kicked off a two-day visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel aimed at restarting peace talks by meeting Palestinian premier Salam Fayyad in the West Bank political [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At least 11 injured as Israeli aircraft hits a disused airport in southern Gaza</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/israeli-aircraft-hits-a-disused-airport-in-southern-gaza-injuring-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM: Israeli aircraft hit a disused airport in southern Gaza on Friday night, injuring 11 people, two of them seriously, Palestinian medical officials and witnesses said. Four missiles hit the site, the witnesses said. The injured were all in the vicinity of the airport, near the town of Rafah. The facility itself has long been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riots erupt and US peace envoy cancels its visit as anger grows at Jerusalem plan</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/riots-erupt-and-us-peace-envoy-cancels-visit-as-anger-grows-at-jerusalem-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM: Riots broke out in Jerusalem and the West Bank yesterday as Palestinians staged a “day of rage” in protest at Israeli plans to build 1,600 new homes in the disputed east of the city. The announcement of the planned construction caused the worst diplomatic crisis in decades between Israel and its most important ally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran arrests 30 members of a &#8216;US-funded cyber network group&#8217; linked to opposition</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/iran-arrests-30-members-of-a-us-funded-cyber-network-group-linked-to-opposition-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN: Iran has busted what it says was a US-funded cyber network group linked to an exiled opposition movement that collected data on its nuclear scientists, state media reported on Saturday. Thirty members of the network with links to the outlawed People&#8217;s Mujahedeen and monarchists have been arrested, Fars news agency said, quoting a statement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq Elections: Early results show very tight race, Nouri al-Maliki claims early lead</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/iraq-elections-early-results-suggest-very-tight-race-fraud-charges-to-deepen-splits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD: Iraq’s major coalitions were locked in a surprisingly close race on Thursday, in initial results from elections that deepened divisions across a fractured landscape. Candidates were quick to charge fraud, heightening concerns whether Iraq’s fledgling institutions were strong enough to support a peaceful transfer of power. The day was the most tumultuous since Sunday’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dubai accuses Israel&#8217;s intelligence agency Mossad of ‘vast falsification’ of passports</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/new-suspect-named-in-dubai-assassination-of-hamas-leader-in-his-luxury-hotel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBAI: Dubai&#8217;s police chief has accused Israel of “vast falsification” of travel documents, noting that dozens of false passports were uncovered following a Hamas leader&#8217;s murder in the emirate. “I ring alarm bells. Israel is falsifying Western passports on a large scale. We discover forged passports on a daily basis,” Dahi Khalfan told AFP. “The world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September 11, 2001 attacks on United States a &#8216;big lie&#8217;: Mahmud Ahmadinejad</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/september-11-2001-attacks-on-united-states-a-big-lie-mahmud-ahmadinejad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ibn-e-Umeed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN: Iran&#8217;s President Mahmud Ahmadinejad on Saturday dismissed the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States as a &#8220;big lie,&#8221; state media reported. Ahmadinejad has on several occasions questioned the accepted version of the terror strikes on New York and Washington carried out by Al-Qaeda militants, which killed nearly 3,000 people. &#8220;September 11 was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Western sanctions draft targets Iran&#8217;s banks abroad, urges central bank&#8217;s vigilance</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/western-sanctions-draft-targets-irans-banks-abroad-and-urges-vigilance-against-its-central-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS: A Western proposal for fresh UN sanctions on Iran includes a call for restricting new Iranian banks abroad and urges “vigilance” against the Islamic Republic&#8217;s central bank, diplomats said on Friday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, Western diplomats familiar with negotiations on the draft proposal — which Washington worked on with Britain, France [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was sedated before being suffocated: Dubai police</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/mahmoud-al-mabhouh-was-sedated-before-being-suffocated-dubai-police/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBAI: The Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was injected with a strong sedative before being suffocated in his hotel room by suspected Mossad agents, Dubai police have revealed. The results of a toxicology report released today show that the Hamas commander was paralysed by an injection of succinylcholine, a fast-acting muscle relaxant. He was then suffocated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two suicide attacks near Baghdad ahead of Iraq polls kill 31, leaving 48 wounded</title>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/two-suicide-attacks-near-baghdad-ahead-of-iraq-polls-kill-31-leaving-another-48-wounded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD: Suicide bombers attacked two police stations and a hospital in a city northeast of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 31 people and wounding 48 others before a parliamentary election. The attacks were the bloodiest in the immediate run-up to a parliamentary election on Sunday that is seen as pivotal for the war-scarred nation [...]]]></description>
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