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<title>Mudslides bury Philippines homes</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7602818.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[At least 11 people are killed as two landslides triggered by heavy rains bury several houses on Mindanao island in the Philippines.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7599557.stm">
<title>Envoys hold talks on North Korea</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7599557.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Senior officials from the US and China discuss initial moves by North Korea to reverse promised nuclear disarmament.  ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7600762.stm">
<title>Protests in two Chinese cities</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7600762.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Chinese government reportedly sends thousands of soldiers and police to quell unrest in Hunan province.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7599491.stm">
<title>New governor general in Australia</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7599491.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Quentin Bryce is sworn in as Australia's governor general, the first woman to serve as Queen Elizabeth's representative there.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7600603.stm">
<title>Taro Aso announces Japan PM bid</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7600603.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japan's former foreign minister Taro Aso formally announces his bid to succeed Yasuo Fukuda, who resigned as prime minister on Monday.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7600374.stm">
<title>Russia tops Japan defence fears</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7600374.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japan says the Russian military is becoming more active in areas close to its territory, in its annual defence white paper. ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7600177.stm">
<title>Malaysia deploys navy to Somalia</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7600177.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Malaysia sends three navy ships to the coast of Somalia to protect merchant vessels from piracy.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7599398.stm">
<title>Papua New Guinea &#x27;WWII airman&#x27; turns out to be mossy branches</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7599398.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The suspected remains of a WWII airman discovered in the Papua New Guinea jungle are the moss-covered branches of a tree.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7597835.stm">
<title>Elephant beats heroin addiction after stint in rehab</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7597835.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Elephant beats heroin addiction after stint in rehab]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7599977.stm">
<title>Dazzling show opens Paralympics</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/7599977.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chinese President Hu Jintao opens the Paralympic Games in Beijing at a stunning ceremony in the Bird's Nest stadium.
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/7601660.stm">
<title>Australia secure series whitewash</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/7601660.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Australia seal a 3-0 series whitewash against Bangladesh with a 73-run victory in their final one-dayer in Darwin.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7600285.stm">
<title>Wheelchair life</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7600285.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Challenges facing China's disabled as Paralympics loom]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7598668.stm">
<title>Thai scenarios</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7598668.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[As tensions heat up in Bangkok, what might happen next?]]></description>
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<title>Nick Bryant&#x27;s blog</title>
<link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/thereporters/nickbryant/</link>
<description><![CDATA[How the West Wing has blazed a trail for Western politics]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7598382.stm">
<title>Eclipse tourism</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7598382.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Why visitors could overwhelm a tiny Japanese island]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7593251.stm">
<title>Hanoi protests</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7593251.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Church-state land row gathers pace in Vietnam's capital]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7585965.stm">
<title>Ground force </title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7585965.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Australia's minerals at the heart of a corporate battle ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7597908.stm">
<title>China admits quake school defects</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7597908.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[China admits there could have been construction problems with some schools that collapsed during the Sichuan earthquake.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7598344.stm">
<title>Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptops</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7598344.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Electronics firm Sony recalls 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of wiring faults that may cause overheating. ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7597562.stm">
<title>Japanese leadership race hots up</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7597562.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Three ruling party lawmakers indicate they could challenge front-runner Taro Aso to replace Japanese PM Yasuo Fukuda. ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7596901.stm">
<title>US doubts N Korea nuclear claims</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7596901.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Officials in the US express doubt over reports claiming that North Korea is reassembling its nuclear facilities.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7595475.stm">
<title>Drugs scandal hits sumo wrestlers</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7595475.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japan's ancient sport is shaken after two wrestlers test positive for marijuana and another is arrested. ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7597244.stm">
<title>Thai PM plans crisis referendum</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7597244.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thailand's prime minister announces plans to hold a referendum in an effort to defuse the ongoing political crisis.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7595232.stm">
<title>Philippines to scrap peace panel</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7595232.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Philippine government scraps a panel holding peace talks with southern Muslim separatists, in the wake of deadly fighting.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7599756.stm">
<title>BHP stops ore output after deaths</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7599756.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[BHP Billiton suspends all iron ore production in Western Australia after the deaths of two workers in the space of ten days.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7593189.stm">
<title>Australia lowers interest rates</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7593189.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Australia's central bank cuts interest rates for the first time in seven years as its economy slows]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7585582.stm">
<title>Thais speak out on protests</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7585582.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Anti-government protests divide Thailand's capital]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7484858.stm">
<title>Eyewitness: Anger in Ulan Bator</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7484858.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[An eyewitness describes the violent protests in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator after elections.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/08/asia_pac_flooding_in_southern_china/html/1.stm">
<title>Flooding in Southern China</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/08/asia_pac_flooding_in_southern_china/html/1.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[In pictures]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7584369.stm">
<title>Deep divisions behind Thai crisis</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7584369.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The BBC's Jonathan Head looks at what is behind Thailand's political crisis - and why ending it could be very hard. ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7538009.stm">
<title>Big changes in N Korea economy</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7538009.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Amid economic crisis and the breakdown of some social controls, elements of market capitalism are emerging in North Korea, reports the BBC's Becky Branford.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7556902.stm">
<title>No leads on Thai disappearance</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7556902.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mystery of Thai island backpacker's disappearance ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7580131.stm">
<title>China delighted with Olympics</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7580131.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[China feels 2008 Games will leave positive legacy]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/world/asia/07zardari.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Bhutto&#x2019;s Widower Wins Pakistani Presidency</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/world/asia/07zardari.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and a controversial politician with little experience, was elected president of Pakistan.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/world/asia/07india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Atomic Club Votes to End Restrictions on India</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/world/asia/07india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The worldwide body that regulates the sale of nuclear fuel and technology approved a landmark deal on Saturday to allow India to engage in nuclear trade for the first time in three decades.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/world/asia/07china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>China Calls for Peaceful Resolution of Nuclear Standoff</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/world/asia/07china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[President Hu Jintao of China urged a negotiated resolution to Iran’s nuclear issue during a meeting with the country’s president.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/world/asia/07afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Suicide Bomber Kills 6</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/world/asia/07afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The attack, which also wounded a lawyer, occurred in the town of Zaranj, on the border with Iran.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/world/asia/06pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>U.S. Missiles Killed at Least Six People on Afghanistan-Pakistan Border, Residents Say</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/world/asia/06pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The strike was the first of what American military officials said could be more raids to attack Taliban insurgents in Pakistan’s tribal region.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/world/asia/06korea.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>International Envoys Discuss North Korea Nuclear Complex</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/world/asia/06korea.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[International envoys from four nations started meetings in Beijing on Friday, seeking clarification on whether North Korea has begun reassembling its main nuclear complex.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/asia/05zardari.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Bhutto Widower With Clouded Past Is Set to Lead</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/asia/05zardari.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari will start his tenure as Pakistan’s president burdened by unproven corruption allegations.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/world/asia/31islands.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Desolate Dots in the Sea Stir Deep Emotions as South Korea Resists a Japanese Claim</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/world/asia/31islands.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A dispute over a cluster of nearly uninhabitable islets and outcroppings administered by South Korea but claimed by Japan has intensified in recent years.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30caste.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Crusader Sees Wealth as Cure for Caste Bias</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30caste.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chandra Bhan Prasad’s argues that India’s economic liberalization is about to destroy the caste system.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/arts/design/13build.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Architecture: In Changing Face of Beijing, a Look at the New China</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/arts/design/13build.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The aura of China’s new architecture has as much to do with intellectual ferment as economic clout.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/world/asia/13mongolia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>A Boy Jockey&#x2019;s Last Ride in Mongolia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/world/asia/13mongolia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Munkherdene, 13, is among a growing number of urban, affluent Mongolians trying to rediscover their nomadic roots by hitting the summer horse-racing circuit.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/world/asia/07pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Bhutto&#x2019;s Widower Wins the Pakistani Presidency</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/world/asia/07pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of the slain former leader Benazir Bhutto, was elected president by a wide margin.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/middleeast/05military.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Plan Would Shift Forces From Iraq to Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/middleeast/05military.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pentagon leaders have recommended a modest shift of U.S. forces by early next year, officials said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/asia/05india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>U.S. Letter Incites Push to Oust India Leader</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/asia/05india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Indian opposition parties say that a secret letter from the State Department shows that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lied about a controversial deal on nuclear power.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/asia/05thailand.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Thai Leader Promises Referendum</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/asia/05thailand.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said he would hold a nationwide referendum to let the public decide how a paralyzing standoff should be resolved.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/asia/05china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>China Admits Building Flaws in Quake</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/asia/05china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chinese officials said Thursday that a rush to build schools might have led to shoddy construction that resulted in student deaths in the May earthquake.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/asia/05korea.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>N. Korea Warned of Reactor Work</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/asia/05korea.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Before hauling disabled parts of its nuclear reactor out of warehouses, North Korea told the United States it planned to reassemble the plant, a South Korean official said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/05nations.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Donors&#x2019; Aid to Poor Nations Declines, U.N. Reports</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/05nations.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Aid to poor nations has slumped even as higher food and energy prices and slowing global economic growth have made such assistance more urgent, according to a report released Thursday.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/europe/05briefs-MAGAZINESHOW_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: France: Magazine Showcases Taliban</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/europe/05briefs-MAGAZINESHOW_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A glossy six-page spread published Thursday by the weekly magazine Paris Match features a group of insurgents who say they killed 10 French soldiers in Afghanistan on Aug. 18.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/asia/05briefs-ADDICTEDELEP_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: China: Addicted Elephant to Go Home</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/asia/05briefs-ADDICTEDELEP_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[An elephant that became addicted to heroin at the hands of illegal traders will return home after three years of rehabilitation, the Chinese state media said Thursday.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/asia/04christians.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Violence in India Is Fueled by Religious and Economic Divide</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/asia/04christians.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Anti-Christian attacks in Orissa, a destitute state in eastern India that has long suffered from government neglect, were among the worst in decades.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/asia/04attack.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>American Forces Attack Militants on Pakistani Soil</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/asia/04attack.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Coalition forces opened fire in a village near the Afghan border, killing seven people, the Pakistani military said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/asia/04pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Pakistan&#x2019;s Prime Minister Unhurt After Shooting</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/asia/04pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Shots were fired at Yousaf Raza Gilani’s motorcade, but the prime minister was not in the procession.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/asia/04korea.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>U.S. Doubts Reports of Work on North Korea Nuclear Site</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/asia/04korea.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. cast doubt on the seriousness of North Koreas’s reported efforts to reassemble its main nuclear complex.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/asia/04tata.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Indian Carmaker Says Local Politics Stopped Factory</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/asia/04tata.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Tata Group said its plans to manufacture the world’s least expensive car were halted when it was caught in the middle of a political dispute in West Bengal State.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/asia/04briefs-USAMBASSADOR_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | United Nations: U.S. Ambassador Discusses Pakistan Contacts</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/world/asia/04briefs-USAMBASSADOR_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Zalmay Khalilzad, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, gave a fuller account on Wednesday of his contacts with Asif Ali Zardari, a potential president of Pakistan .    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/asia/03thailand.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Thai Leader Faces Challenge in Streets and Courts</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/asia/03thailand.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite a state of emergency, protesters seeking the prime minister’s resignation remained near his compound.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/asia/03tata.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Protests Halt India&#x2019;s Plant for Cheapest Car</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/asia/03tata.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tata Motors said that violent political protests over land had compelled it to stop building a plant in eastern India where it was to manufacture its much-awaited Nano model.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/asia/03afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>U.S. Airstrike Inquiry at Odds With Reports of More Afghan Deaths</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/asia/03afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[An investigation found five to seven civilian deaths in an airstrike that U.N. and Afghan officials said killed 90.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/business/worldbusiness/03birla.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>K. K. Birla, a Leader of Indian Business, Dies at 89</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/business/worldbusiness/03birla.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Birla established one of India’s biggest business conglomerates, with interests in industries like sugar, fertilizers, chemicals, heavy engineering, and many others.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/asia/03china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Uighurs on Both Sides of Conflict in China</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/asia/03china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The slaying of two police officers suggests that some of the violence in Xinjiang could be aimed at Uighurs seen by other Uighurs as collaborators with the ethnic Han Chinese.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/asia/03japan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>In Japan, a Leadership Vacuum</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/asia/03japan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[With the resignation of two prime ministers, Japan looks increasingly incapable of producing strong leadership despite facing a host of pressing issues.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/asia/03pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Pakistan Begins Inquiry Into Deaths of 5 Women</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/world/asia/03pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Reports that five women were buried alive in so-called honor killings in the southwestern Baluchistan Province have set off countrywide protests.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/asia/02afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>NATO Forces and Afghans Kill Children in 2 Attacks</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/asia/02afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The accidental killings further undermine President Hamid Karzai, who has been weakened in recent weeks over the killing of dozens of civilians that have been blamed on foreign troops.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/asia/02india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Half a Million Are Stranded by India Flood</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/asia/02india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities have warned that many victims have gone days without food and that drinkable water is running out in overcrowded camps for the displaced, a week after floods struck northern India.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/asia/02thaksin.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Ex-Premier of Thailand Sells Team in Britain</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/asia/02thaksin.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Thai prime minister, has agreed to sell the Manchester City soccer club, a sign that the fugitive Mr. Thaksin, whose assets Thai authorities have frozen, may need cash.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/arts/design/02arts-ITALIANSCRIT_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Arts, Briefly: Italians Critical of Chinese Gift</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/arts/design/02arts-ITALIANSCRIT_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A cultural exchange has turned into an awkward debate over aesthetics in Italy and China.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/asia/02briefs-MURDERSOFBRI_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Murders of Brides Investigated</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/world/asia/02briefs-MURDERSOFBRI_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The authorities began an investigation Monday into the killing of five women in Baluchistan Province who tried to choose their own husbands.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/world/asia/01pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Cease-Fire by Pakistan in Attacks on Militants</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/world/asia/01pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[An end to air assaults by the Pakistani military has raised concerns about progress in a tribal region where Al Qaeda and Taliban forces have forged ties.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/world/asia/01thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Thai Government Backers Take to Streets</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/world/asia/01thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The action was intended to counter protesters who have been demonstrating against the government for a week.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/world/asia/01china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Toll in China Quake Is Worse Than Feared</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/world/asia/01china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A 6.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Sichuan Province Saturday destroyed more than 100,000 homes and caused at least 28 deaths, China’s state-run media reported.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/world/asia/01phils.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Terrorism Suspect Is Returned to Philippines</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/world/asia/01phils.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ruben Pestano Lavilla Jr., a leader and founder of the Islamic extremist group involved in the 2004 bombing of a passenger ship in the Philippines, was taken into custody there.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/world/asia/01australia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Doctor Accused in Plot Is Cleared</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/world/asia/01australia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[An Indian-born doctor arrested in Australia in July 2007 and accused of aiding in bungled bombings in central London and the Glasgow airport has been cleared of any wrongdoing.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/nyregion/01translator.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>A Kind of Courage That&#x2019;s Hard to Translate</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/nyregion/01translator.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Wounded in a bomb attack, a military translator from Queens is focused on returning to the battlefield.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Millions Are Displaced by Floods in India</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[More than 2.1 million people and over 394 square miles have been affected by the flooding, according to the government.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Joint Inquiry on Deaths of Afghans Is Proposed</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The American commander of the NATO force in Afghanistan offered to conduct a joint investigation on the loss of civilian life in the airstrikes from last week.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Thai Protest of Premier Stops Trains and Planes</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Protesters in Thailand ratcheted up their campaign to oust the government, stopping trains and blocking provincial airports, as well as waging an attack on police headquarters.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/sports/olympics/30china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>No Voice Is Too Small for a China Still Nervous About Dissent</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/sports/olympics/30china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[China’s decision to detain petitioners reflected the extreme irritability to even minor protest actions that gripped the capital during the Olympics.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30afghan-002.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>3 Civilians Killed at Checkpoint in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30afghan-002.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Three civilians were killed in Afghanistan when a group of security forces, including German soldiers, opened fire at a checkpoint, Germany’s Defense Ministry said Friday.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30qantas.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Oxygen Cylinder Cited in Qantas Explosion</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30qantas.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Australian investigators confirmed that an exploding oxygen cylinder blew a hole in the side of a Qantas airliner last month, but they are still unsure about why.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30brief-ADOPTIONABUS_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: Nepal: Adoption Abuses Seen</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30brief-ADOPTIONABUS_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The abduction and sale of children in purported adoptions are rife in Nepal, a United Nations study released on Friday said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30brief-WORKSTOPSATA_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: India: Work Stops at Auto Plant</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30brief-WORKSTOPSATA_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Work at a factory that would make the Nano, promoted as the world’s cheapest car, stopped Friday after thousands of employees failed to turn up for work after protests by farmers.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/asia/29pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Car Bombing of Police Bus Kills 8 in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/asia/29pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The bombing followed a pattern of Taliban attacks against government security installations in retaliation for a fierce Pakistani campaign against Islamic militants.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30brief-POLICEKILL6I_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: China: Police Kill 6 in Xinjiang</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30brief-POLICEKILL6I_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chinese police investigating a spate of attacks this month in the Xinjiang autonomous region killed six suspects and arrested three others, state media reported.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/asia/29india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Faiths Clash, Displacing Thousands in East India</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/asia/29india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Days of Christian-versus-Hindu retaliatory violence sparked by the killing of a Hindu leader has left at least 3,000 people, most of them Christians, homeless.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/asia/29china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Report Accuses Officials In China of Embezzlement</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/asia/29china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A report from China’s top auditor says that ten central government departments “misused or embezzled” more than $660 million last year.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/middleeast/29iraq.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Iraq Signs Oil Deal With China Worth Up to $3 Billion</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/middleeast/29iraq.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The contract was the first major oil deal the Iraq government has made with a foreign country since 2003.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/asia/29briefs-DALAILAMAADM_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: India: Dalai Lama Admitted to Hospital</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/asia/29briefs-DALAILAMAADM_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Dalai Lama, 73, has been hospitalized in Mumbai to undergo tests on Friday for “abdominal discomfort,” his spokesman said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/asia/29briefs-120000EVACUA_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: India: 120,000 Evacuated From Flooding</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/asia/29briefs-120000EVACUA_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Indian troops helped evacuate more than 120,000 people from monsoon-related flooding in eastern India, officials said Thursday.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/asia/29briefs-OFFICERSKILL_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: China: Officers Killed in Uighur Clash</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/asia/29briefs-OFFICERSKILL_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chinese police clashed with members of the Uighur ethnic minority in the far western region of Xinjiang, authorities and an activist said Thursday.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/asia/29briefs-Qantas.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: Australia: Cause Cited in Qantas Blast</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/world/asia/29briefs-Qantas.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Air safety investigators say a pressurized oxygen cylinder set off the blast that blew a large hole in the side of a Qantas jet last month, forcing an emergency landing.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07pakistan-t.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Right at the Edge</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/magazine/07pakistan-t.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Taliban and Al Qaeda have established a haven in Pakistan’s tribal areas along the Afghan border. This is where the war on terror will be fought  and possibly lost.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/books/review/Meyer-t.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Chinese Characters</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/books/review/Meyer-t.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[In these oral histories, Liao Yiwu records conversations with a feng shui master, a professional mourner, a safecracker and other denizens of Sichuan.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/asia/05japan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>From Ghost Town to Boom Town</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/world/asia/05japan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The designation of a Japanese silver mine as a World Heritage site has sparked debate over the value of the Unesco label and whether it can do more harm than good in preservation.    

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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/385117127/la-fg-spy7-2008sep07,0,5246499.story">
<title>

        New light on Korean spy mystery</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/385117127/la-fg-spy7-2008sep07,0,5246499.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Kim Soo-im was executed in 1950 as a Northern agent, but declassified papers show the case was flimsy and trumped up.
                        
                    
                    
                        Back in the days of Red scares, blacklists, suspicion and smear, Kim Soo-im was singled out as a one-woman axis of evil, a villainess without peer.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/385600276/la-fg-pakistan7-2008sep07,0,3374742.story">
<title>

        Zardari is Pakistan&#x27;s new president</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/385600276/la-fg-pakistan7-2008sep07,0,3374742.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers overwhelmingly vote to replace Pervez Musharraf with Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir Bhutto's widower. Many Pakistanis wonder whether the political novice can deal with the country's problems.
                        
                    
                    
                        The ascension of Benazir Bhutto's widower to the presidency marked an emotional moment Saturday for the slain leader's supporters, but many Pakistanis wondered whether a political novice such as Asif Ali Zardari could successfully tackle the country's daunting problems.]]></description>
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<title>

        Bolivia&#x27;s Morales faces a challenge from fellow Indian</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/385600277/la-fg-savina7-2008sep07,0,3563279.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Indigenous activist Savina Cuellar, governor in the key province of Chuquisaca, has fallen out with the president and become a figurehead for those opposed to his socialist policies.
                        
                    
                    
                        Renowned as the cradle of Bolivian independence, this colonial town in the south-central highlands has become a front line in a new battle that is threatening to rip this South American nation asunder.]]></description>
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<title>

        Marine Lance Cpl. Ivan Wilson, 22, Clearlake; killed in explosion in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/385600278/la-me-wilson7-2008sep07,0,1513290.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The opening line of Ivan Wilson's last letter home to his mother had a poignant resonance at his memorial service.]]></description>
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        International alliance approves U.S.-India nuclear deal</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/385600279/la-fg-usindia7-2008sep07,0,3337937.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Nuclear Suppliers Group supports selling goods and services to India, but the agreement could face resistance in Congress.
                        
                    
                    
                        A landmark deal to improve nuclear cooperation between the United States and India moved forward Saturday with the approval of an international regulatory group, but U.S. officials who have promoted the accord acknowledged that they may run out of time to push it through a balky Congress before President Bush leaves office.]]></description>
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        Woman&#x27;s body found in suitcase in Tokyo hotel</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/385046559/la-fg-tokyo7-2008sep07,0,619919.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The dead body of an unidentified woman was found curled up in a suitcase in a Tokyo hotel room, a day after the foul smell of her body prompted the evacuation of dozens of guests, police said today.]]></description>
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        New artifacts unearthed at site of L.A.&#x27;s first train station</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/385600280/la-me-rail7-2008sep07,0,718760.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[A full excavation is done at three spots where sonar found materials buried underneath a state park under development near Chinatown.
                        
                    
                    
                        Archaeologists have unearthed artifacts at the first train station to connect Los Angeles to the rest of the nation at the site of a state park under development near Chinatown, officials said Saturday.]]></description>
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        World Briefing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Armenia: Turkish president's visit draws protests / Italy: In Rome, Cheney criticizes Russia / Spain: Labor minister denies any move to cut work visas
                        
                    
                    ARMENIA  Protests held over Turkish leader's visit]]></description>
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        Paralympic Games open to roars of approval in Beijing</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/385600282/la-fg-paralympics7-2008sep07,0,2707822.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The international Paralympic Games opened Saturday in Beijing in spectacular fashion, launching an event China's leaders hope will show their country in a compassionate light.]]></description>
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        LPGA bows to pressure, reverses course on English rule</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/384403432/la-me-lpga6-2008sep06,0,5441947.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[After sparking an uproar, the group says it will not suspend players who don't speak the language adequately. Many saw the proposal as unjust, but some said it made good marketing sense.
                        
                    
                    
                        Responding to protests, the Ladies Professional Golf Assn. announced Friday that it would back down on suspending golfers who do not speak adequate English, reversing a controversial decision that had thrown the organization smack into the nation's long-running culture wars.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27956&#x26;Cr=india&#x26;Cr1=nepal">
<title>UN health agency scales up assistance to flood victims in India, Nepal
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is working to curb the risk of disease outbreaks and help millions affected by deadly floods in India and Nepal.
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<title>Top UN envoy travels to Beijing for Paralympics</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Wilfried Lemke, the Secretary-General&#39s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace, attended the opening ceremony of the Paralympics today in Beijing, China, acting as the Secretary-General&#39s Special Envoy at the event.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27944&#x26;Cr=telecommunication&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>UN agency wraps up Asia telecom conference looking to the future</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations telecommunications agency closed the door today on their annual conference, attended by government ministers from the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on new business opportunities to sustain growth in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27948&#x26;Cr=india&#x26;Cr1=flood">
<title>UNICEF concerned at &#x91;grim&#x27; situation in north-east India following floods</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) expressed grave concern today over the worsening humanitarian situation in Bihar, where more than 3 million people have been uprooted and at least 60 killed in the worst flooding to hit north-east India in 50 years.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27925&#x26;Cr=Myanmar&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>UN envoy briefs General Assembly President on Myanmar visit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[United Nations Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari has briefed the President of the General Assembly on his recent visit to Myanmar, during which he held talks with a range of people on issues such as national reconciliation and how to help the South-East Asian nation tackle its socio-economic challenges.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27941&#x26;Cr=cambodia&#x26;Cr1=aids">
<title>Cambodian women with HIV receive boost from fashion designer and UN agency</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27941&#x26;Cr=cambodia&#x26;Cr1=aids</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), renowned fashion designer Bibi Russell and Cambodian women living with HIV have joined forces to launch a new line of contemporary bags.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27931&#x26;Cr=sri&#x26;Cr1=lanka">
<title>Sri Lankan rice production wins support from UN-backed project</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced plans today to boost rice production in districts of Sri Lanka hit hard by recent floods or conflict and by the soaring cost of many basic foods.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27921&#x26;Cr=nepal&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>Nepal: UNICEF working to address needs of women and children flood victims</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is working with its humanitarian partners in Nepal to address some of the specific needs of women and children who have been displaced by the recent floods in the country's east.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27913&#x26;Cr=escap&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>UN agency provides technology training for Asia-Pacific officials</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27913&#x26;Cr=escap&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific policymakers are undergoing a new information and communication technology (ICT) training workshop run by the United Nations, aimed at using ICTs to achieve social and economic development goals as well as bridging the digital divide.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27914&#x26;Cr=sri&#x26;Cr1=lanka">
<title>Sri Lanka: UN officials stress need to help civilians caught up in fighting</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27914&#x26;Cr=sri&#x26;Cr1=lanka</link>
<description><![CDATA[United Nations officials in Sri Lanka have acknowledged the Government's announcement that it will take extra steps to improve the freedom of movement of thousands of civilians affected by recent fierce fighting in the north of the country.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/06/asia/07pstan.php">
<title>Bhutto&#x27;s widower elected in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/06/asia/07pstan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of the slain former leader Benazir Bhutto, was elected president by a wide margin.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/06/asia/07india.php">
<title>Atomic club removes ban on trade with India</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/06/asia/07india.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Nuclear Suppliers Group removed a major obstacle to a landmark nuclear deal between the United States and India.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/07/asia/space.php">
<title>China to launch manned spaceflight this month</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/07/asia/space.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The launching, including a planned spacewalk, would be between Sept. 25 and 30 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/07/asia/hong.php">
<title>Hong Kong votes in legislative elections</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/07/asia/hong.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ordinary citizens were expected to cast fewer votes for pro-democracy candidates than in the last legislative race, in 2004.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/06pstan.php">
<title>U.S. missile strike said to have killed at least 6 on Afghan-Pakistani border</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/06pstan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The strike from a pilotless reconnaissance aircraft was the first of what U.S. military officials said could be more raids to attack Taliban insurgents in the tribal regions of Pakistan.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/pakistan.php">
<title>Air of corruption dogs Pakistani leader</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/pakistan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto, is set to become president Saturday, an accidental ascent for a man known more as a wheeler-dealer than a leader.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/05japan.php">
<title>In Japan, a ghost town becomes a boom town</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/05japan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The designation of a Japanese silver mine as a World Heritage site has sparked debate over the value of the Unesco label and whether it can do more harm than good in preservation.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/africa/05military.php">
<title>U.S. plan would shift troops from Iraq to Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/africa/05military.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pentagon leaders have recommended a modest shift of U.S. forces by early next year, officials said.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/asia/china.php">
<title>China hints at building defects in quake study</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/asia/china.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[A government committee said Thursday that a rush to build schools might have led to shoddy construction that resulted in the deaths of thousands of students during a devastating earthquake in May.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/asia/thai.php">
<title>Prime minister proposes Thai referendum</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/asia/thai.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The prime minister of Thailand has proposed a nationwide referendum to seek a resolution to anti-government protests that have paralyzed his government for the past 10 days.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/asia/north.php">
<title>North Korea notified U.S. of plans to restore plant</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/asia/north.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The notification made it less likely that the activities at the Yongbyon nuclear plant might just be posturing aimed at extracting American concessions.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/asia/india.php">
<title>Religious violence in India also has economic undertones</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/asia/india.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Recent violence in Orissa, which left at least 16 dead, was among the worst in decades against Christians in this Hindu-dominated nation and appears to have been fueled, at least in part, by discontent at a time when the gap between India's haves and have-nots is growing.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/06/asia/07pstan.php">
<title>Bhutto&#x27;s widower elected in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/06/asia/07pstan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of the slain former leader Benazir Bhutto, was elected president by a wide margin.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/06/asia/07india.php">
<title>Atomic club removes ban on trade with India</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/06/asia/07india.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Nuclear Suppliers Group removed a major obstacle to a landmark nuclear deal between the United States and India.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/07/asia/space.php">
<title>China to launch manned spaceflight this month</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/07/asia/space.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The launching, including a planned spacewalk, would be between Sept. 25 and 30 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/07/asia/hong.php">
<title>Hong Kong votes in legislative elections</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/07/asia/hong.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ordinary citizens were expected to cast fewer votes for pro-democracy candidates than in the last legislative race, in 2004.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/06pstan.php">
<title>U.S. missile strike said to have killed at least 6 on Afghan-Pakistani border</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/06pstan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The strike from a pilotless reconnaissance aircraft was the first of what U.S. military officials said could be more raids to attack Taliban insurgents in the tribal regions of Pakistan.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/pakistan.php">
<title>Air of corruption dogs Pakistani leader</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/pakistan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto, is set to become president Saturday, an accidental ascent for a man known more as a wheeler-dealer than a leader.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/05japan.php">
<title>In Japan, a ghost town becomes a boom town</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/05japan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The designation of a Japanese silver mine as a World Heritage site has sparked debate over the value of the Unesco label and whether it can do more harm than good in preservation.]]></description>
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<title>U.S. plan would shift troops from Iraq to Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/africa/05military.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pentagon leaders have recommended a modest shift of U.S. forces by early next year, officials said.]]></description>
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<title>China hints at building defects in quake study</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A government committee said Thursday that a rush to build schools might have led to shoddy construction that resulted in the deaths of thousands of students during a devastating earthquake in May.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/asia/thai.php">
<title>Prime minister proposes Thai referendum</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/asia/thai.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The prime minister of Thailand has proposed a nationwide referendum to seek a resolution to anti-government protests that have paralyzed his government for the past 10 days.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/asia/north.php">
<title>North Korea notified U.S. of plans to restore plant</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The notification made it less likely that the activities at the Yongbyon nuclear plant might just be posturing aimed at extracting American concessions.]]></description>
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<title>Religious violence in India also has economic undertones</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/asia/india.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Recent violence in Orissa, which left at least 16 dead, was among the worst in decades against Christians in this Hindu-dominated nation and appears to have been fueled, at least in part, by discontent at a time when the gap between India's haves and have-nots is growing.]]></description>
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<title>Zardari is elected Pakistan&#x27;s president</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/06/asia/07zardari.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and a controversial politician with little experience, was elected president of Pakistan.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/pakistan.php">
<title>Air of corruption dogs Pakistani leader</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/pakistan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto, is set to become president Saturday, an accidental ascent for a man known more as a wheeler-dealer than a leader.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/05india.php">
<title>U.S. letter incites push to oust India leader</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/asia/05india.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Indian opposition parties say that a secret letter from the State Department shows that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh lied about a controversial deal on nuclear power.]]></description>
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<title>After U.S. raid, Pakistan says it will defend territorial integrity</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/04/asia/pakistan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United States, a major source of aid to nuclear-armed Pakistan, has not officially commented on the raid but there is little, if any, doubt it was carried out by U.S. troops.]]></description>
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<title>NATO accused of civilian deaths inside Pakistan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Coalition forces opened fire in a village near the Afghan border, killing seven people, the Pakistani military said.]]></description>
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