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<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7670111.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[China withdraws all liquid and powdered milk produced before the tainted milk scandal which broke out last month.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7669570.stm">
<title>Computer fault &#x27;caused jet dive&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7669570.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A fault in a computer caused last week's plunge by a Qantas passenger jet, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/rugby_league/7668702.stm">
<title>Rugby League: NZ&#x27;s Wiki retires</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/rugby_league/7668702.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[New Zealand legend Ruben Wiki retires after turning down lucrative offers from Super League clubs.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7671482.stm">
<title>Eastern saviour</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7671482.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Will China use its foreign reserves to help the West?]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7669109.stm">
<title>Paying the price</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7669109.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Senior Khmer Rouge figure finally behind bars]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7667079.stm">
<title>Job done?</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7667079.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Will the efforts to revive the banking sector work? ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7668154.stm">
<title>Shark attack</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7668154.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A potentially potent new tool to combat cancer ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7665752.stm">
<title>Rebel&#x27;s return</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7665752.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[What role now for Hasan di Tiro in Indonesia's Aceh?]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7668999.stm">
<title>DNA tests on remains in crocodile</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7668999.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Police in Queensland conduct DNA tests on human remains found inside a crocodile feared to have eaten a 62-year-old man.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7670351.stm">
<title>Chinese toy firms forced to close</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7670351.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[More than half of China's toy exporters have been forced out of business this year, officials say.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7668708.stm">
<title>Vietnam trial tests freedoms</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7668708.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two journalists who exposed corruption go on trial in Vietnam, in a case seen as a test for the country's media freedoms.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7668526.stm">
<title>Whale deal falls at last minute</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7668526.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hope for consensus between environmentalists and whalers in Barcelona is derailed by a last-minute Australian intervention.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7668633.stm">
<title>Four jailed for Cambodia deaths</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7668633.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Four ex-members of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge are jailed for their part in the murder of a British mine-clearer and his interpreter.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7666563.stm">
<title>Beijing reintroduces car rules</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7666563.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Traffic restrictions are re-introduced in Beijing, to try to bring back the clear skies seen during the Olympics. ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7662572.stm">
<title>Fear grips global stock markets</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7662572.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Global stocks fall sharply on one of the worst days of trading in 30 years, despite continuing actions to tackle the crisis.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7630812.stm">
<title>Burmese gloom one year on</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7630812.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Burmese are pessimistic one year after protests]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7620382.stm">
<title>Anger over China milk scandal </title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7620382.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[People in China voice their anger and concern over China's baby milk scandal]]></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/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7664064.stm">
<title>What crisis? </title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7664064.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Political face-off overshadows Thai financial woes]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7659606.stm">
<title>Fight for future</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7659606.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Life still hard for 'hero' of East Timor struggle]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7659595.stm">
<title>How Malaysia&#x27;s PM fell from grace</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7659595.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[How Malaysia's PM failed to live up to electoral promise]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7651518.stm">
<title>Slump stirs Japan suicide fears</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7651518.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japan downturn stirs fears of new wave of suicides ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7649374.stm">
<title>S Korea&#x27;s blind masseurs</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7649374.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Blind South Korean masseurs face a court challenge to their exclusive right to the profession, reports the BBC's John Sudworth.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/world/asia/16cambo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>2 Killed on Thai-Cambodian Border</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/world/asia/16cambo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchanged rocket and rifle fire, according to reports from the scene, threatening to escalate a tense confrontation at the border.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/world/asia/16afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Second Taliban Attack Strikes Major Afghan City</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/world/asia/16afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Afghan government troops repulsed a fresh attack late Tuesday by Taliban fighters in southwestern Afghanistan and killed at least 18 of them.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/world/asia/16china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Hint of High-Level Discord on China Land Reform</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/world/asia/16china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chinese leaders have yet to announce details of a rural reform policy, contributing to speculation that officials are in disagreement on major aspects of the policy.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/asia/13india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Hindu Threat to Christians: Convert or Flee</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/asia/13india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Christians in eastern Orissa State in India say they are being forced to leave their faith in exchange for safety.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/asia/08turtle.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Future of Giant Turtle Still Uncertain</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/asia/08turtle.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[An attempt to mate two elderly turtles during this year’s breeding season ended without producing any offspring.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/asia/06bamian.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>In Poverty and Strife, Women Test Limits</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/asia/06bamian.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the Afghan province of Bamian, women are uprooting traditional gender roles by taking up leadership positions.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/business/worldbusiness/15deposits.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Hong Kong Backs Bank Deposits for 2 Years</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/business/worldbusiness/15deposits.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong’s financial regulators announced on Tuesday that they would provide government backing for all of the territory’s $773 billion in bank deposits through 2010.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/asia/15china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>China Recalls More Milk Items for Testing</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/asia/15china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[China ordered a recall of all milk products produced before Sept. 14 that are still on the shelves so the products can be tested for melamine.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/asia/15tajik.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Shaartuz Journal: In Tajikistan, Debt-Ridden Farmers Say They Are the Pawns</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/asia/15tajik.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cotton is at the core of Tajikistan’s economy and farmers are forced to grow cotton through a complex system of debts and obligations.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/asia/15briefs-DAMAGESSETIN_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: Singapore: Damages Set in Political Case</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/asia/15briefs-DAMAGESSETIN_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Singapore’s High Court ordered a prominent government critic, Chee Soon Juan, his sister and his political party to pay $416,000 in defamation damages to the prime minister and his father.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/asia/15briefs-4CONVICTEDIN_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: Cambodia: 4 Convicted in 1996 Killings</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/world/asia/15briefs-4CONVICTEDIN_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Four former Khmer Rouge rebels were sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for their involvement in the deaths of a British mine clearing expert and his Cambodian interpreter.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/world/asia/14briefs-BANONNUCLEAR_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: North Korea: Ban on Nuclear Inspections Lifted</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/world/asia/14briefs-BANONNUCLEAR_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[North Korea lifted its ban on U.N. inspections of the plant that produced plutonium and announced that it would resume deactivating a related nuclear facility within days.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/world/asia/14briefs-POWERFULGASU_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: Powerful Gas Used in Protests, Study Finds</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/world/asia/14briefs-POWERFULGASU_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thai riot police officers used a cheap Chinese tear gas, which contained an explosive powerful, to disperse protesters, an investigator said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/asia/13afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>General Says He&#x2019;s Hopeful About Taliban War</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/asia/13afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gen. David D. McKiernan, the top American commander in Afghanistan, urged doubters to believe that the war against the Taliban would be won.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/asia/13thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Memo From Ban Huay Chan: In Thai Protests, a Divide Between Urban and Rural</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/asia/13thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the hope of changing the balance of political power, protesters have put forward a reform plan that would weaken rural voices by creating a mostly appointed Parliament.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/asia/13china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>China Announces Land Policy Aimed at Promoting Income Growth in Countryside</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/asia/13china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chinese leaders said they would adopt a rural growth policy aimed at vastly increasing the income of China’s hundreds of millions of farmers by the year 2020.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/asia/13pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Pakistan President to Visit China, a Valued Ally</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/world/asia/13pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit is an effort to reinforce Pakistan’s ties with a traditional ally at a time when relations with the United States have come under considerable strain.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/movies/13arts-ABOLLYWOODST_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Arts, Briefly: A Bollywood Star Is Hospitalized</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/movies/13arts-ABOLLYWOODST_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai for acute abdominal pain, Agence France-Presse reported.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12nkorea.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>North Korean TV Shows Photos of Elusive Leader</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12nkorea.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[More than a month after his absence from an important anniversary parade fueled theories that he had suffered a stroke, Kim Jong-il reportedly inspected a military unit.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12thailand.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Thai Prime Minister&#x2019;s Supporters Rally as Antigovernment Protest Nears</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12thailand.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of supporters of Thailand’s governing coalition gathered in a show of strength, two days before a planned protest by a group hoping to topple the elected government.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12japan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>In Japan, Hope Fades for Disposable Workers</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12japan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Little is being built in Japan’s stagnant economy, and day laborers and part-time workers are having difficulty finding jobs.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Afghan President, Pressured, Reshuffles Cabinet</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Responding to demands for a crackdown on corruption, Hamid Karzai named as his interior minister a former official of Afghanistan’s Communist-era secret police.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12uzbek.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Uzbek Activist Sentenced to 10 Years in Drug Case</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12uzbek.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The sentencing of Solizhon Abdurakhmanov, a human rights activist, prompted calls for extended sanctions on Uzbekistan.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>U.S. Airstrike Said to Kill 5 in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Residents of a Pakistani region regarded as a haven for Al Qaeda and the Taliban said that remotely piloted American aircraft fired two missiles on Saturday, killing at least five militants.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12terror.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>North Korea Is Off Terror List After Deal With U.S.</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/asia/12terror.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Saying North Korea had agreed to adhere to nuclear concessions, the U.S. took it off a list of terrorism sponsors.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/asia/11china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>China May Let Peasants Sell Rights to Farmland</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/asia/11china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The shift could draw hundreds of millions of farmers more firmly into China’s city-centered market economy.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/asia/11nato.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>NATO Agrees to Take Aim at Afghan Drug Trade</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/asia/11nato.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The agreement came after strong pressure from the U.S., which has identified opium trafficking in Afghanistan as a primary target in the battle against the Taliban.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/asia/11pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Bomber Strikes Anti-Taliban Meeting, Killing More Than 40</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/asia/11pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The attack came after elders in a Pakistani tribal area had vowed to push Taliban extremists out of their region, and were planning the details of how to wipe out a Taliban headquarters.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10military.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Joint Chiefs Chairman Is Gloomy on Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10military.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Adm. Mike Mullen said Afghanistan was likely to continue what a nearly completed intelligence assessment called “a downward spiral.”    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10diplo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Nuclear Inspectors Barred From Site in N. Korea</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10diplo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[North Korea increased pressure on the U.S. to conclude a deal on dismantling the country’s plutonium program and announced plans to restart a nuclear complex.    

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<title>China Bans One Brand of Herbal Drug After 3 Deaths</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[China’s Food and Drug Administration said it had discovered two harmful batches of the medicine and urged people to report any problems with it.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10japan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Memo From Tokyo: Scarred by Past Woes, Japan Sees U.S. Bailout as a First Step</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10japan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japan’s bitter memories of its banking meltdown in the 1990s made it sympathetic to Washington’s bailout efforts and reluctant to lecture America.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10forest.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Indonesian Officials Unveil a Deal to Protect Forests</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10forest.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[All 10 provincial governors of the island of Sumatra agreed to a deal to protect endangered forests, a move that could help control planet-warming emissions.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10karzai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Brother of Afghan President to Give Up Seat in Parliament</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10karzai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The brother, Abdul Qayum Karzai, who has one of the worst attendance records in Afghanistan’s Parliament, cited kidney problems as the cause.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Thai Court Drops Some Charges Against Protesters</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a victory for anti-government demonstrators, a court dropped charges of treason against nine protest leaders, calling evidence against them too “vague.”    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Bomber Hits Police Center in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The attack on the police station in the capital wounded eight people and was carried out despite recent stepped-up security measures.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/asia/09korea.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>North Korea Reportedly Tests Short-Range Missiles</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/asia/09korea.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[North Korea fired short-range missiles off the country’s western coast, South Korean media reported.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/asia/09afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>U.S. Study Is Said to Warn of Crisis in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/asia/09afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A draft report by American intelligence agencies found that Afghanistan is in a “downward spiral.”    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09gates.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Europe Asked to Send Afghanistan More Troops</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09gates.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The call by U.S. defense secretary, Robert M. Gates, came as NATO struggles to combat an emboldened Taliban in the region.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/asia/09pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Pakistani Parliament Briefed by Military</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/asia/09pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[In an extraordinary step in Pakistan, the military gave a classified briefing to a special session of Parliament about its efforts in combating militancy and terrorism.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/asia/09malay.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Malaysian Prime Minister Announces Resignation</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/asia/09malay.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he would step down in March 2009, paving the way for his chosen successor to lead a governing party losing its grip after five decades in power.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/asia/09milk.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Milk Scandal Pushes China to Set Limits on Melamine</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/asia/09milk.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[China said that it had established limits for the allowable trace amounts of melamine in dairy products that officials assured would make the items safe.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/washington/08inquiry.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>30 Civilians Died in Afghan Raid, U.S. Inquiry Finds</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/washington/08inquiry.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A military investigation concluded that recent American airstrikes in western Afghanistan killed more civilians than previously acknowledged.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/washington/08detain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Judge Orders 17 Detainees at Guant&#xE1;namo Freed</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/washington/08detain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Seventeen Uighurs held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, must be freed and allowed into the United States, a federal judge ruled.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/asia/08thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Hundreds Injured in Thai Protests</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/asia/08thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Antigovernment protesters trapped lawmakers inside the Parliament building and fought battles with the police that left one person dead and nearly 400 injured.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/business/worldbusiness/08qantas.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>30 Hurt as Australian Flight Hits Turbulence</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/business/worldbusiness/08qantas.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Qantas passenger jet flying from Singapore to Perth made an emergency landing at a remote Australian airport after the incident, officials said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/arts/music/13bach.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>U.S. Refuge for Singer Fleeing the Taliban</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/arts/music/13bach.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A hostile cultural climate forced Haroon Bacha, a Pashtun musician, to leave his homeland and come to New York.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/arts/design/13tulo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>In Modern China, &#x2018;Little Kingdoms&#x2019; for the People</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/arts/design/13tulo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new exhibition offers further evidence that China has become the most fertile territory on the globe for experimentation by architects.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/asia/09adopt.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Korea Aims to End Stigma of Adoption and Stop &#x2018;Exporting&#x2019; Babies</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/asia/09adopt.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Last year, for the first time, more babies here were adopted by South Koreans than foreigners and the government has set a goal of eliminating foreign adoptions altogether by 2012.    

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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/421837388/la-fg-thaicambodia16-2008oct16,0,2345560.story">
<title>

        Deadly fighting erupts at Thai-Cambodian border</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/421837388/la-fg-thaicambodia16-2008oct16,0,2345560.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[An tense border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia erupted into a gunbattle that killed two soldiers today, but officials from both sides downplayed the violence and called for resolving the conflict through talks, not bullets.]]></description>
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<title>

        China land reform disappears from radar</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/421294510/la-fg-land15-2008oct15,0,80599.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Leaders in Beijing were expected to enact a bold program allowing farmers to eventually buy, sell or lease their fields. But the issue wasn't even mentioned in the meeting's closing statement.
                        
                    
                    
                        A funny thing happened on the way to the Third Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee, where China's Communist Party leaders were expected to finally enact a bold land reform program allowing farmers eventually to buy, sell or lease their fields.]]></description>
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<title>

        World Briefing</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/421294511/la-fg-briefs15-2008oct15,0,5078611.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Southeast Asia: Thailand, Cambodia trade threats / El Salvador: U.S. pledges funds for gang control   / Britain: One less test for schoolchildren
                        
                    
                    Thailand, Cambodia trade threats]]></description>
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<title>

        FDA&#x27;s lax approach to China comes back to bite us</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/421294508/la-fi-lazarus15-2008oct15,0,6276687.column</link>
<description><![CDATA[If we've learned anything watching our 401(k)s go down the toilet and the stock market take a pistol-whipping, it's that too-lax regulation and the nowhere-to-hide nature of the global economy leave us vulnerable to all sorts of shenanigans.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/421294509/la-me-vietvote15-2008oct15,0,4460089.story">
<title>

        Vietnamese American politicians are coming of age in Westminster</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/421294509/la-me-vietvote15-2008oct15,0,4460089.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sixteen years after Tony Lam became the first Vietnamese American elected to public office in the U.S., descendants of refugees could form a majority on the Westminster City Council.
                        
                    
                    
                        The first Vietnamese American in the country was elected to public office 16 years ago when Tony Lam won a seat on the Westminster City Council, making history for a refugee group that fled after the Vietnam War and settled in Orange County.]]></description>
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<title>

        Korean firm to invest $100 million in Grand Avenue project</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/421294512/la-me-grand15-2008oct15,0,5889177.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Honua Group is the second foreign investor to inject funds into the $2-billion planned downtown development. The project has been stalled by financial troubles.
                        
                    
                    
                        The developer of the massive Grand Avenue project in downtown Los Angeles said Tuesday that it had secured an additional financial partner for the long-delayed project.]]></description>
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<title>

        Pakistanis worry they&#x27;re at risk in global crisis</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/420268658/la-fg-pakeconomy14-2008oct14,0,52984.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[There is concern the worldwide financial storm could badly shake a country already under stress from insurgency and a poor economic showing.
                        
                    
                    
                        Take a restive, nuclear-armed nation with an untested new government, an escalating Islamic insurgency, long-standing tensions with its neighbors and an economy in free fall for months.]]></description>
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<title>

        Indonesia council presses for anti-pornography bill</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/420268659/la-fg-porn14-2008oct14,0,5440778.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Mujahedin Council wants to put an end to what it sees as Western depravity, including racy ads and beauty contests. But opponents say the bill threatens free expression.
                        
                    
                    
                        A beauty queen in a full-length evening gown is enough to make Abu Mohammed Jibril's blood boil.]]></description>
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<title>

        Sony BMG split-up gives Sony more options</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/420268660/la-fi-sony14-2008oct14,0,647460.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Japanese giant moves to make its music and electronics divisions more complementary.
                        
                    
                    
                        Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that has been badly out of sync.]]></description>
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<title>

        U.S. kills 21 militants in southern Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/415883973/la-fg-afghan10-2008oct10,0,2602014.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[U.S.-led coalition troops killed 21 militants in two separate clashes in southern Afghanistan, while insurgents killed 10 civilians in the same area, the U.S. military said today.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28575&#x26;Cr=CAMBODIA&#x26;Cr1=THAI">
<title>Secretary-General urges restraint as Cambodian-Thai border row turns deadly</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28575&#x26;Cr=CAMBODIA&#x26;Cr1=THAI</link>
<description><![CDATA[Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed deep concern about the exchange of gunfire today along the Cambodian-Thai border near a disputed ancient temple that has reportedly led to the deaths of at least two people.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28578&#x26;Cr=migration&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>Ban to embark on four-nation tour of Asia later this month</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28578&#x26;Cr=migration&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will depart for Asia later this month on a four-country tour whose itinerary includes stops in the Philippines, India, Nepal and Bangladesh.]]></description>
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<title>UN refugee agency musters aid for thousands displaced by Pakistani fighting</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28554&#x26;Cr=PAKISTAN&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations refugee agency is trying to provide urgent shelter and other aid for some 190,000 people who have been displaced from Pakistan's Bajaur agency bordering Afghanistan since fighting started in mid-August.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28569&#x26;Cr=afghanistan&#x26;Cr1=eide">
<title>Top UN envoy warns deadly Afghan attacks on increase as situation worsens</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28569&#x26;Cr=afghanistan&#x26;Cr1=eide</link>
<description><![CDATA[The number of violent attacks in Afghanistan in the last few months has been the highest since 2002 as the insurgency spreads beyond the south and east of the country, the top United Nations envoy told the Security Council today.]]></description>
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<title>UN assisting Afghan authorities to respond to diarrhoea outbreak</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28541&#x26;Cr=afghan&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[United Nations agencies are helping authorities to respond to a diarrhoea outbreak in Afghanistan, where only about a quarter of the population has access to safe drinking water and 20 per cent of child deaths is attributed to the easily preventable disease.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28543&#x26;Cr=DPRK&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>Ban welcomes nuclear agreement between DPR Korea and United States</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28543&#x26;Cr=DPRK&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the agreement between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States on denuclearization verification measures, saying the accord will allow the Six-Party Talks progress and related activities to resume.]]></description>
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<title>Afghanistan: top UN envoy welcomes cabinet reshuffle</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28535&#x26;Cr=Eide &#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has welcomed the changes announced by President Hamid Karzai to his 26-member cabinet, stating that they reflect the priorities set by the Government and its people.  ]]></description>
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<title>Head of UN agency promoting press freedom condemns murder of Thai journalist </title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28529&#x26;Cr=UNESCO&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has deplored the murder of Thai journalist, while stressing that it is vital for the future of press freedom in the South-East Asian nation for the perpetrators of the attack to be brought to justice.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28484&#x26;Cr=Kyrgyz&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>Relief efforts continue in quake-hit Kyrgyzstan, UN reports</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28484&#x26;Cr=Kyrgyz&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[United Nations humanitarian agencies are continuing their relief efforts in the mountains of southern Kyrgyzstan, where an earthquake on Sunday night killed more than 70 people and displaced hundreds of families, as they work to bring aid before the expected arrival of the first snowfalls of the season.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28483&#x26;Cr=Myanmar&#x26;Cr1=Human+Rights">
<title>Myanmar: UN expert outlines steps for improving human rights</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28483&#x26;Cr=Myanmar&#x26;Cr1=Human+Rights</link>
<description><![CDATA[Improving the situation of human rights in Myanmar is still a challenging task, according to the independent United Nations expert on the issue, who has outlined a series of measures for the South-East Asian as it proceeds with its "road map to democracy" announced earlier this year.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/16cambo.php">
<title>2 killed on Thai-Cambodian border</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/16cambo.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchanged rocket and rifle fire, according to reports from the scene, threatening to escalate a tense confrontation at the border.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/tajik.php">
<title>Tajik farmers enslaved where cotton is king</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/tajik.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Farmers are shackled to the land - "like slaves," one European official says - and forced to grow cotton through a system of debts and obligations.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/milk.php">
<title>China assures Taiwan of &#x27;serious approach&#x27; to milk scandal</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/milk.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[China sought to reassure Taiwanese consumers on Wednesday that its dairy products were safe, as a government spokesman said a "serious approach" was being taken in an investigation into the tainted-milk scandal.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/buddhist.php">
<title>Religious peace threatened in South Korea</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/buddhist.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Buddhists are voicing alarm over the expansion of conservative Protestant churches and a perceived favoritism by the government.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/afghan.php">
<title>As Iraq cools, rebels go to Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/afghan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. military successes in Iraq have prompted well-trained "foreign fighters" to join the insurgency in Afghanistan instead.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/15vietjrnFW.php">
<title>Vietnamese journalist sentenced to 2 years in jail</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/15vietjrnFW.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Vietnamese journalist was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for writing inaccurate stories about one of the country's most high-profile corruption cases.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/korea.php">
<title>Japan insists North Korea clear up mystery around abductees</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/korea.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japan will maintain its ban on economic aid to North Korea until there is progress in a dispute over the fate of Japanese citizens abducted by Pyongyang decades ago, Prime Minister Taro Aso said.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/china.php">
<title>China sentences 8 monks in Tibet bombing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Eight Buddhist monks convicted of bombing a government building in Tibet during an anti-government uprising in March have been sentenced to prison, two of them for life terms, a judge said Tuesday.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/qantas.php">
<title>Automatic system error blamed in Qantas jet drop</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/qantas.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The glitch, which occurred in a device that feeds information to the aircraft's main computer, had never been encountered during any previous A330-300 flights, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/orissa.php">
<title>Hinduism vs. Christianity in India</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/orissa.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Christian families say they are being forced to abandon their faith in exchange for their safety.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/thai.php">
<title>In Thai heartland, anger over protests</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/thai.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[People in rural Thailand feel insulted by the leaders of an anti-government protest in Bangkok who have called them misguided and ignorant.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/13/asia/AS-Thailand-Political-Unrest.php">
<title>Thai police used tear gas with powerful explosive</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thai police used a cheap Chinese tear gas that contained an explosive powerful enough to rip craters in the ground to disperse protesters last week, an investigator said Monday.]]></description>
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<title>2 killed on Thai-Cambodian border</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/16cambo.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thai and Cambodian soldiers exchanged rocket and rifle fire, according to reports from the scene, threatening to escalate a tense confrontation at the border.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/tajik.php">
<title>Tajik farmers enslaved where cotton is king</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/tajik.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Farmers are shackled to the land - "like slaves," one European official says - and forced to grow cotton through a system of debts and obligations.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/milk.php">
<title>China assures Taiwan of &#x27;serious approach&#x27; to milk scandal</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/milk.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[China sought to reassure Taiwanese consumers on Wednesday that its dairy products were safe, as a government spokesman said a "serious approach" was being taken in an investigation into the tainted-milk scandal.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/buddhist.php">
<title>Religious peace threatened in South Korea</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/buddhist.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Buddhists are voicing alarm over the expansion of conservative Protestant churches and a perceived favoritism by the government.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/afghan.php">
<title>As Iraq cools, rebels go to Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/afghan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. military successes in Iraq have prompted well-trained "foreign fighters" to join the insurgency in Afghanistan instead.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/15vietjrnFW.php">
<title>Vietnamese journalist sentenced to 2 years in jail</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/15vietjrnFW.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Vietnamese journalist was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for writing inaccurate stories about one of the country's most high-profile corruption cases.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/korea.php">
<title>Japan insists North Korea clear up mystery around abductees</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/korea.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japan will maintain its ban on economic aid to North Korea until there is progress in a dispute over the fate of Japanese citizens abducted by Pyongyang decades ago, Prime Minister Taro Aso said.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/china.php">
<title>China sentences 8 monks in Tibet bombing</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/china.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Eight Buddhist monks convicted of bombing a government building in Tibet during an anti-government uprising in March have been sentenced to prison, two of them for life terms, a judge said Tuesday.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/qantas.php">
<title>Automatic system error blamed in Qantas jet drop</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/qantas.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The glitch, which occurred in a device that feeds information to the aircraft's main computer, had never been encountered during any previous A330-300 flights, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/orissa.php">
<title>Hinduism vs. Christianity in India</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/orissa.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Christian families say they are being forced to abandon their faith in exchange for their safety.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/thai.php">
<title>In Thai heartland, anger over protests</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/thai.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[People in rural Thailand feel insulted by the leaders of an anti-government protest in Bangkok who have called them misguided and ignorant.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/13/asia/AS-Thailand-Political-Unrest.php">
<title>Thai police used tear gas with powerful explosive</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/13/asia/AS-Thailand-Political-Unrest.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thai police used a cheap Chinese tear gas that contained an explosive powerful enough to rip craters in the ground to disperse protesters last week, an investigator said Monday.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/border.php">
<title>Gunfire erupts in Thai-Cambodia border dispute</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/border.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tensions over a disputed 900-year-old temple flared into a gunfight  as Thai and Cambodian soldiers deployed on the border exchanged rocket and rifle fire for about an hour, according to reports from the scene.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/15china.php">
<title>China recalls more dairy products</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/15china.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[China ordered a recall of all milk products produced before Sept. 14 and still on the shelves so the products can be tested for the chemical melamine.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/14/asia/border.php">
<title>Clash averted on Thai border</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thai troops retreated from a disputed border zone Tuesday, a Cambodian general said. The Thai military denied any withdrawal.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/14north-fw-348373.php">
<title>North Korea allows nuclear inspectors</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/14north-fw-348373.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The move was a strong indication that Pyongyang was making good on its pledge to return to a deal meant to strip it of its nuclear program.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/aceh.php">
<title>Legendary Aceh leader returns to a tense province</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/aceh.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hasan di Tiro, the founder of Aceh Province's now-disbanded separatist group, returned home after 30 years of exile to a part of Indonesia that is still tense despite a peace settlement.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/afghan.php">
<title>U.S. commander rejects reports of Afghan war being lost</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/afghan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[General David McKiernan, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and head of NATO forces there, rejected pessimistic views of the war and urged doubters to believe that the fight against the Taliban would be won.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/pakistan.php">
<title>Pakistani president to visit China</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/pakistan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[President Asif Ali Zardari was scheduled to visit China for four days starting Tuesday, in an effort to reinforce Pakistan's ties with a traditional ally.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/13/asia/protest.php">
<title>Opposition grows against proposed chemical plant in China</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Residents of a Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, are mobilizing against a proposed chemical plant that they say will harm their health, with some urging marches against the plan.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/japan.php">
<title>A leftover city of day laborers in Japan faces grim future</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Little is being built in Japan's stagnant economy, and many of the men left in the Airin district of Osaka, on average just shy of 60 years old and with no family ties, are waiting to die.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/12bali-fw-347439.php">
<title>Mourners mark 6th anniversary of Bali suicide attacks</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/12bali-fw-347439.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Survivors, relatives and tourists remembered victims of the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings on their sixth anniversary Sunday.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/china.php">
<title>New Chinese policy draws farmers into market economy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Chinese leaders approved  a policy that will in theory allow peasants to buy and sell their land rights, a move that sets in motion the nation's biggest economic reform in many years.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/12indiariots-fw.php">
<title>Rioters burn 6 to death in southern India</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rioters in southern India killed six members of a Muslim family by setting fire to their home after earlier clashes between Hindus and Muslims left four others dead and 15 injured in the same village, officials said Sunday.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/pakistan.php">
<title>5 killed in suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Pakistani officials said Sunday that five people were killed in what was thought to be the latest in a barrage of U.S. missile strikes in the northwest region bordering Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/12phil-fw.php">
<title>Philippine president faces new impeachment bid</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/12phil-fw.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's opponents said their impeachment complaint is over alleged corruption, vote-rigging and human rights violations.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/12afghan-fw.php">
<title>More than 100 Taliban killed in Afghan clashes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Taliban militants launched a surprise attack on a southern Afghan town, sparking a battle that killed about 60 insurgents. A second clash in the same region killed another 40 militants.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/afghan.php">
<title>Afghan president reshuffles cabinet posts</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/afghan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The changes are a response to demands for a crackdown on corruption coming from Western nations that sustain President Hamid Karzai's government with troops and billions of dollars in aid.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/12nkorea.php">
<title>North Korean TV shows photos of elusive leader</title>
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<description><![CDATA[More than a month after his absence from an important anniversary parade fueled theories that he had suffered a stroke, Kim Jong-il reportedly inspected a military unit.]]></description>
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