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<title>China admits mismanaged funds</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7585428.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[China's government departments misused, embezzled or mismanaged more than $6.7bn in 2007, the state auditor says.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7585538.stm">
<title>Peacekeepers to stay in Mindanao</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7585538.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Malaysia says its peace monitors will remain in the southern Philippines, after days of fierce fighting there left dozens dead. ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7585417.stm">
<title>Malaysia&#x27;s Anwar sworn in as MP</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7585417.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is sworn in as an MP, then walks out of parliament in protest at a new bill.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7585712.stm">
<title>Two police die in Xinjiang clash</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7585712.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two Chinese policemen have been killed in a clash in the north-west region of Xinjiang, reports say.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7584278.stm">
<title>Exhausted Dalai Lama stops trips</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7584278.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is suffering from exhaustion and has cancelled all international trips, officials say.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7586479.stm">
<title>Shanghai jaywalkers to be publicly shamed by police</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7586479.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jaywalkers in China's bustling commercial capital, Shanghai, face being photographed and publicly shamed by police, a report says.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7586629.stm">
<title>Man Utd release China star Dong</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7586629.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[China striker Dong Fangzhuo is released by Man Utd  after making just three appearances in four years.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/olympics/7583735.stm">
<title>China targets more golds in 2012</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/olympics/7583735.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[China will target sports including cycling, athletics and swimming to increase its gold medal haul at the 2012 Games, China's sports chief says.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/funny_old_game/7584250.stm">
<title>Take the BBC&#x27;s Olympic quiz</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/funny_old_game/7584250.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[How much can you remember about the Olympic Games?]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7582794.stm">
<title>Changing times</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7582794.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Why Japanese temples have to widen their appeal]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7581350.stm">
<title>Olympic legacy</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7581350.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chinese views on how Games changed country]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7584369.stm">
<title>Deep divisions</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7584369.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Why protesters have returned to Bangkok's streets]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7585582.stm">
<title>Bangkok voices</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/7582855.stm">
<title>New direction</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7582855.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[With the Games over, where does China go next?]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7538009.stm">
<title>Market economy?</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7538009.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Signs that the times are changing in North Korea]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7583817.stm">
<title>S Korea accuses refugee of spying</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7583817.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A 35-year-old North Korean woman is arrested in South Korea on suspicion of spying for her homeland.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7586772.stm">
<title>Pirates free ship after engineer death</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7586772.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Somali pirates free an Omani fishing vessel held for nearly eight months during which time the engineer died.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7584232.stm">
<title>Japan worker killed in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7584232.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Japanese aid worker abducted in Afghanistan earlier this week is found shot dead, Afghan officials say.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7583783.stm">
<title>Lake dwellers fear loss of homes</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7583783.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Property developers are filling in a lake in the Cambodian capital, but residents say they will lose their homes and livelihoods. ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7583383.stm">
<title>US to keep N Korea on terror list</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7583383.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The US accuses Pyongyang of violating a six-nation nuclear accord and says North Korea will remain on a terrorism blacklist.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7583913.stm">
<title>Japan auto production picks up</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7583913.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Global output by Japan's top three carmakers picked up in July, reflecting strong demand despite the global economic slowdown.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7585790.stm">
<title>China&#x27;s CNPC seals $3bn Iraq deal</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7585790.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[China's state-oil firm CNPC has agreed a $3bn (£1.63bn) oil services contract for Iraq.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7585444.stm">
<title>Toyota cuts car sales forecasts</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7585444.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japanese carmaker Toyota cuts its vehicle sales forecast for next year by nearly 7% as Western demand softens.]]></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/7313998.stm">
<title>China views on an unblocked BBC</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7313998.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[People in China have been sending in their views of the BBC news website being unblocked.]]></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://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7570501.stm">
<title>Corruption &#x27;threatens China forest&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7570501.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fears that rubber-tapping is wrecking China's rainforest]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7576240.stm">
<title>China&#x27;s push for perfect Games</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7576240.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The casualties of China's drive for a successful Olympics]]></description>
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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/2008/08/29/sports/olympics/29beijing.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>China Defends Its Reviled Soccer Team</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/sports/olympics/29beijing.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The government is taking a step to shore up the reputation of that most dubious of national sports icons: the men’s soccer team.    

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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/2008/08/23/sports/olympics/23hockey.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>A Chinese Hinterland, Fertile With Field Hockey</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/sports/olympics/23hockey.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[For a thousand years, the Daur people of Inner Mongolia have been playing a game called beikou, a close sibling of field hockey.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/sports/olympics/09china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>China&#x2019;s Leaders Try to Impress and Reassure World</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/sports/olympics/09china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Olympic opening ceremonies gave the Communist Party an unfiltered chance to reach a global audience.    

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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/2008/06/24/world/asia/24pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Leadership Void Seen in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/world/asia/24pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Confusion over the lack of leadership is allowing militants to consolidate their sanctuaries along the border area of the country.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/world/asia/09gated.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Inside Gate, India&#x2019;s Good Life; Outside, the Servants&#x2019; Slums</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/world/asia/09gated.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Many members of India’s upper middle class have moved to gated communities, with servants who live in nearby slums.    

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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/2008/08/28/washington/28detain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Military Sending Foreign Fighters to Home Nations</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/washington/28detain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[More than 200 militants captured in Iraq and Afghanistan over two years have been passed to their countries’ intelligence services.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/washington/28policy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>U.S.-Pakistani Brainstorming on Border Violence</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/washington/28policy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The extreme secrecy surrounding talks between the most senior American and Pakistani commanders on Tuesday underscores how gravely the two nations regard the militant threat.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/washington/28military.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>U.S. Officials Describe Afghan Airstrike</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/washington/28military.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[American military officials sought to refute claims that as many as 90 civilians, most of them children, were killed in airstrikes on a village in western Afghanistan last week.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/asia/28zardari.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Switzerland Frees $60 Million in Zardari&#x2019;s Assets</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/asia/28zardari.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The accounts of Asif Ali Zardari, who is expected to become Pakistan’s president, had been frozen in 1997 at the request of Pakistani authorities investigating Mr. Zardari for corruption.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/asia/28thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Protesters Face Police in Thailand</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/asia/28thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of protesters blockaded the prime minister’s office, and their leaders challenged police to arrest them.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/asia/28india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>10 Killed And Family Is Captive In Kashmir</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/asia/28india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Violence in Indian-controlled Kashmir flared anew as gunmen attacked an Army post, waging a daylong battle and holding a family hostage after they had barricaded themselves into a home.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/asia/28elephants.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Indonesia Expands Wildlife Haven</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/asia/28elephants.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The government announced it would expand a national park on the island of Sumatra, which hosts endangered elephants and tigers.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/asia/28briefs-FATALEXPLOSI_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: China: Fatal Explosions at Plant</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/world/asia/28briefs-FATALEXPLOSI_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The death toll from a series of explosions in southwest China rose to 20 on Wednesday, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27kandahar.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Taliban Gain New Foothold in Afghan City</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27kandahar.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A June jailbreak highlighted the Afghan government’s frailty, and the security situation has worsened since.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Thai Protesters Enter Prime Minister&#x2019;s Compound</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of anti-government demonstrators besieged government offices in Bangkok and briefly shut down a television station.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27korea.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>N. Korea Threatens to Restore Plutonium Plant</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27korea.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[North Korea said that it had stopped disabling its main nuclear complex and threatened to restore facilities there, accusing the U.S. of not keeping its promise to take the country off a terrorism blacklist.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27herat.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>U.S. Killed 90, Including 60 Children, in Afghan Village, U.N. Finds</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27herat.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A human rights report said that the air strikes last week were the deadliest case of civilian casualties caused by the U.S. in Afghanistan since 2001.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Front-Runner in Pakistan Has Been Ill, Report Says</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari, who is favored to win the presidency in elections next week, filed medical records in a London courtroom that stated that he suffered from a range of mental illnesses.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27manila.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Rebel Fighting in Philippines Intensifies</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27manila.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fighting in the southern Philippines between government troops and Islamic separatists is growing, with the number of the displaced now reaching 300,000.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Afghanistan&#x2019;s Opium Harvest Shrinks After Record Crop, U.N. Says</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations said the tide of opium that has engulfed Afghanistan is showing signs of ebbing.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27malaysia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Leader of Opposition Wins Seat in Malaysia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27malaysia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The country’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim easily defeated his opponent from the country’s ruling coalition, making a return to Parliament after a decade-long absence.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27briefs-6DIEINHINDUC_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: India: 6 Die in Hindu-Christian Violence</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27briefs-6DIEINHINDUC_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Six people were killed when Hindu and Christian groups clashed Tuesday in eastern India.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/world/asia/26india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Hindu-Christian Violence Flares in India</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/world/asia/26india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The remote state of Orissa has erupted in tit-for-tat slayings after the murder of a Hindu leader prompted a mob to burn small Christian churches and an orphanage.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/world/asia/26briefs-MANKILLEDINR_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: Bangladesh: Man Killed in Riot</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/world/asia/26briefs-MANKILLEDINR_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Supporters of Bangladesh’s detained former prime minister, Begum Khaleda Zia, went on a rampage in Dhaka on Monday.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/world/asia/26briefs-POLICEKILL4A_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: Kashmir: Police Kill 4 at Rally</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/world/asia/26briefs-POLICEKILL4A_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The police shot and killed four demonstrators who defied curfew to rally in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/sports/olympics/25detain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>China Deports 8 Americans Held in Protests</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/sports/olympics/25detain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Students for a Free Tibet said eight American men were placed on a Los Angeles-bound flight on Sunday evening, just as the closing ceremony was getting under way.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/world/asia/25phils.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Pursuit of Accord With Separatists Poses Risks for Philippine President</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/world/asia/25phils.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[President Macapagal Arroyo faces a difficult choice: salvage peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front or abandon them and rely on force to combat the rebels.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/world/asia/25kyrgyz.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Plane Crash in Central Asia Kills 68</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/world/asia/25kyrgyz.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Members of a high school sports team were among the 68 people killed in a passenger jet crash in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/world/asia/25car.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Tens of Thousands Protest Site of Auto Plant in India</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/world/asia/25car.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[About 40,000 protesters surrounded an Indian factory ready to produce the world’s cheapest car, saying that land for the site had forcibly been taken from local farmers.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/business/media/25marvel.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Superheroes to Be Recast for Japan</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/business/media/25marvel.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Marvel is teaming up with Madhouse, a Japanese animation studio, to create versions of its characters for four series that will premiere in spring 2010 in Japan.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/sports/olympics/25india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Three Medalists Provide Glimpse of a New India</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/sports/olympics/25india.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[India’s three gold medals represent vastly different Indias that today exist side by side, and the intensity of the new aspirations of young Indians.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/world/asia/23briefs-ATLEAST6DIEI_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: At Least 6 Die in Attack on Police</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/world/asia/23briefs-ATLEAST6DIEI_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The police say a suicide bomber used a car laden with explosives to attack a police station in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least six officers.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/world/asia/23briefs-NUCLEARTALKS_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Asia: India: Nuclear Talks End Without Decision</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/world/asia/23briefs-NUCLEARTALKS_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The representatives of 45 nations meeting in Vienna to decide whether to lift a ban on nuclear trade with India ended their talks inconclusively on Friday.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27izumo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Izumo Journal: God&#x2019;s Home Gets Rehab, and Japan Sneaks Peek</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/asia/27izumo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Before renovations began at Izumo Taisha, one of Japan’s oldest and most famous Shinto shrines, it opened to the public for the first time in six decades.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/arts/design/26collect.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Where Tradition Has Ruled, a Home for Contemporary Art</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/arts/design/26collect.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The art that Anupam Poddar and his mother have collected will be exhibited in a new space in what will be, in effect, India’s first contemporary art museum.    

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<title>

        Dalai Lama admitted to hospital in India for tests</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/377525766/la-fg-dalai29-2008aug29,0,6820463.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The   Dalai Lama  was admitted to a hospital in this western Indian city on Thursday to undergo tests for abdominal discomfort, his spokesman said.]]></description>
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<title>

        Putin suggests U.S. may have provoked Georgia conflict</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/377849372/la-fg-georgia29-2008aug29,0,4066830.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russian prime minister's assertions are dismissed by Washington as both nations' diplomats trade barbs at the U.N. China and other Central Asian nations criticize Moscow's action in Georgia.
                        
                    
                    
                        The United States and Russia on Thursday traded some of their sharpest words over the conflict in Georgia, including a suggestion by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that Washington provoked the fighting to sway the outcome of the U.S. presidential race.]]></description>
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<title>

        Thai protesters defy court order to leave compound</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thousands of demonstrators -- some armed with golf clubs, batons and bamboo sticks -- defied a court order to end their occupation of the prime minister's office compound today, vowing to remain until the country's leaders resign.]]></description>
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<title>

        Toyota Motor Corp., seeing tougher road ahead, cuts 2009 sales forecast</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/377849373/la-fi-cars29-2008aug29,0,3090667.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Although the U.S. economy is mainly to blame for the 7% drop, 300,000 of the revision comes from international markets, including a 150,000 cut in Asia.
                        
                    
                    
                        For several years, carmakers have been reaping the benefits of explosive growth in emerging global markets, even as U.S. sales have tanked.]]></description>
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<title>

        World Briefing</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/377849374/la-fg-briefs29-2008aug29,0,6717012.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Guatemala: Abducted child freed / Brazil: Oil-tainted penguins found dead / Britain: Hacking suspect to be extradited /Australia: Burst tank caused jet blast / Indian Ocean: U.S., Pakistan meet
                        
                    
                    Abducted American girl, 3, freed]]></description>
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        U.S. says review backs its reported toll in Afghanistan airstrike</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The U.S. military finding contradicts reports by the U.N. and Afghan officials, who say 90 civilians were killed.
                        
                    
                    
                        A review by the U.S. military of an airstrike last week in western Afghanistan corroborates its earlier report that 25 militants and five civilians were killed, Pentagon officials said Thursday, a finding that starkly contradicts reports by the United Nations and Afghan officials.]]></description>
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        Baby born on flight from Hong Kong to Australia</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/377849376/la-trw-babyboy-2008aug29,0,1920349.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Four doctors on Cathay Pacific flight helped in the birth
                        
                    
                    
                        An Indian woman gave birth to a healthy boy aboard a jet airliner while flying to Australia to reunite with her husband.]]></description>
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        Arrest warrants issued for Thai protest leaders</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/376264094/la-fg-thailand28-2008aug28,0,2198481.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Arrest warrants for insurrection were issued today for leaders of the Thai protest movement whose members occupied the office compound of Prime Minister  Samak Sundaravej , seeking to topple his government.]]></description>
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<title>

        Georgia looks for the silver lining</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/376882969/la-fg-georgia28-2008aug28,0,3280396.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite devastating losses from the war with Russia, leaders think the West now sees Moscow's true colors and will redouble support.
                        
                    
                    
                        Many of this small onetime Soviet republic's most dreaded nightmares have come, suddenly, to pass.]]></description>
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        Top Marine wants to shift troops from Iraq to Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/376882971/la-fg-iraq28-2008aug28,0,5646571.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gen. James Conway says the insurgent threat in Iraq's Anbar province has decreased and the forces could better serve in violent regions of Afghanistan.
                        
                    
                    
                        Marines in western Iraq's Anbar province no longer face a serious threat from insurgents and would be better used in increasingly violent regions of southern Afghanistan, the top Marine Corps officer said Wednesday.]]></description>
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<title>UNICEF rushes aid in wake of destructive floods in north-eastern India</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is helping to alleviate the situation in Bihar state in north-eastern India, where 1.4 million people have been affected by severe flooding.]]></description>
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<title>Philippines: UN agency boosting food aid to over 200,000 displaced by conflict</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it is scaling up food assistance to more than 220,000 people displaced by fighting in southern Mindanao between Philippine Government troops and forces of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.]]></description>
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<title>Ban applauds States for tackling terrorism and extremism in Eurasia</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today praised an intergovernmental organization for its commitment to combating terrorism and extremism, as well as confronting the complex challenges posed by separatism across Eurasia.]]></description>
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<title>Afghan repatriation tops agenda of UN refugee chief&#x27;s visit to Pakistan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The top United Nations refugee official today wrapped up a three-day visit to Pakistan, during which the Government agreed to revise a plan for the repatriation of the nearly 2 million remaining Afghan refugees in the country that was due to end next year.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27864&#x26;Cr=nepal&#x26;Cr1=unmin">
<title>Nepal&#x27;s &#x91;remarkable&#x27; peace needs international support - UN envoy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nepal deserves credit for the "remarkable" success of its peace process since its civil war ended two years ago, but now its energies must focus on overcoming poverty and discrimination, the chief United Nations official in the Asian country said today.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27835&#x26;Cr=human+rights&#x26;Cr1=casualties">
<title>Amid violent protests, UN urges restraint in Indian-administered Kashmir</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has voiced its concern about the recent violent protests in Indian-administered Kashmir that have reportedly led to civilian casualties and restrictions to the right to freedom of assembly and expression.]]></description>
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<title>UN relief agencies respond to Nepal&#x27;s flood crisis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations food agency in Nepal announced today that it was mobilizing emergency aid for the 50,000 people forced to flee their homes by last week's severe flooding in the eastern region of the Asian nation.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27838&#x26;Cr=pakistan&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>Unilever staff in Pakistan fund UN programme with new payroll scheme</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations food agency today announced the launch of a joint venture with the employees of industrial giant Unilever, who will donate a percentage of their pay to help combat child hunger in Pakistan.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27840&#x26;Cr=trafficking&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>South Asian countries must toughen their laws to protect children, UNICEF says</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27840&#x26;Cr=trafficking&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called on South Asian governments to strengthen their laws to tackle child trafficking, a neglected form of the wider scourge of human trafficking.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27841&#x26;Cr=afghan&#x26;Cr1=civilian">
<title>Afghanistan: UN child rights official voices alarm at high civilian death toll</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27841&#x26;Cr=afghan&#x26;Cr1=civilian</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations envoy for children and armed conflict has strongly condemned the deaths of a large number of civilians, mostly children, as a result of recent military operations in Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/island.php">
<title>A fierce Korean pride in a lonely group of islets</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/island.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nowhere do South Koreans' historical grievances turn more emotional than in the friction over what South Korea calls Dokdo and Japan calls Takeshima.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/letter.php">
<title>From matters of the flesh to the stars, India finds a way</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/letter.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Whether it's finding a compromise about staying a vegetarian or creating an online way to make a holy offering, India is surfacing as an island of hybridization in a globalized sea of homogeneity.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/30india.php">
<title>Floods in India may displace Millions</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/30india.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI -- Millions of destitute farmers and their families may be displaced for months after severe floods in northern India wiped out crops and homes, leaving hundreds of villages under several feet of water.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/30qantas.php">
<title>Oxygen cylinder cited in Qantas explosion</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/30qantas.php</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.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/thai.php">
<title>Thai protesters scuffle with the police</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/thai.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thai police officers trying to deliver a  court order muscled through crowds of anti-government demonstrators in Bangkok on Friday,  leading to scuffles that left several people with minor injuries.]]></description>
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<title>Bhutto&#x27;s widower changes homes over security fears</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/29/asia/AS-Pakistan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pakistan's presidential front-runner has moved into a tightly guarded government compound over security fears, officials said Friday as militants stepped up their campaign against the government in the volatile northwest.]]></description>
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<title>Attack on police bus kills at least 8 in Pakistan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A car bomb apparently planted by Taliban insurgents blew up a police bus in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least six policemen, security officials said.]]></description>
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<title>China defends its soccer team</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/sports/29beijing.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The government is taking a step to shore up the reputation of that most dubious of national sports icons: the men's soccer team.]]></description>
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<title>Thousands homeless after Hindu-Christian violence in India</title>
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<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.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/china.php">
<title>Chinese audit cites widespread misuse of government funds</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/china.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The auditor's report said 10 central government departments, including the powerful Ministry of Finance, "misused or embezzled" $660 million.]]></description>
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<title>Dalai Lama admitted to Indian hospital</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/dalai.5-326732.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Tibetan spiritual leader was to undergo tests for abdominal discomfort, according to his spokesman.]]></description>
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<title>A fierce Korean pride in a lonely group of islets</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/island.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nowhere do South Koreans' historical grievances turn more emotional than in the friction over what South Korea calls Dokdo and Japan calls Takeshima.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/letter.php">
<title>From matters of the flesh to the stars, India finds a way</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Whether it's finding a compromise about staying a vegetarian or creating an online way to make a holy offering, India is surfacing as an island of hybridization in a globalized sea of homogeneity.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/30india.php">
<title>Floods in India may displace Millions</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/30india.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI -- Millions of destitute farmers and their families may be displaced for months after severe floods in northern India wiped out crops and homes, leaving hundreds of villages under several feet of water.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/30qantas.php">
<title>Oxygen cylinder cited in Qantas explosion</title>
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<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.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/thai.php">
<title>Thai protesters scuffle with the police</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/thai.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Thai police officers trying to deliver a  court order muscled through crowds of anti-government demonstrators in Bangkok on Friday,  leading to scuffles that left several people with minor injuries.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/29/asia/AS-Pakistan.php">
<title>Bhutto&#x27;s widower changes homes over security fears</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/29/asia/AS-Pakistan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pakistan's presidential front-runner has moved into a tightly guarded government compound over security fears, officials said Friday as militants stepped up their campaign against the government in the volatile northwest.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/29pstan.php">
<title>Attack on police bus kills at least 8 in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/29pstan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[A car bomb apparently planted by Taliban insurgents blew up a police bus in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least six policemen, security officials said.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/sports/29beijing.php">
<title>China defends its soccer team</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/sports/29beijing.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The government is taking a step to shore up the reputation of that most dubious of national sports icons: the men's soccer team.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/29india.php">
<title>Thousands homeless after Hindu-Christian violence in India</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/29/asia/29india.php</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.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/china.php">
<title>Chinese audit cites widespread misuse of government funds</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/china.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The auditor's report said 10 central government departments, including the powerful Ministry of Finance, "misused or embezzled" $660 million.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/dalai.5-326732.php">
<title>Dalai Lama admitted to Indian hospital</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/dalai.5-326732.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Tibetan spiritual leader was to undergo tests for abdominal discomfort, according to his spokesman.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/taliban.php">
<title>Taliban prison break exposes security weakness in Afghan city</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nearly 900 prisoners escaped, 350 of them members of the Taliban, who scored a major propaganda coup with the attack.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/military.php">
<title>U.S. and Pakistan meet secretly to discuss border violence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The extreme secrecy surrounding talks between the most senior U.S. and Pakistani commanders underscores how gravely the two nations regard the militant threat.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/thai.php">
<title>Thai protesters defy court order to disperse</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/28/asia/thai.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The criminal court issued warrants for the arrest of the nine People's Alliance for Democracy leaders on charges of insurrection, conspiracy, illegal assembly and refusing orders to disperse.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/kashmir.php">
<title>Gunmen take 5 hostages in Indian Kashmir</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/kashmir.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tensions in Jammu and Kashmir State worsened Wednesday as gunmen barricaded themselves in a house on the outskirts of Jammu city and held five civilians hostage, including four children.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/dalai.php">
<title>Dalai Lama, exhausted, cancels all travel for three weeks</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/dalai.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The declaration of fatigue should raise an alarm, to both the Chinese authorities and the millions of Tibetan Buddhists worldwide who consider him their spiritual leader.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/afghan.php">
<title>U.S. airstrike did kill 90 civilians, UN finds</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/afghan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[If the assertion proves to be correct, it would almost certainly be the deadliest case of civilian casualties caused by any U.S. military operation in Afghanistan since 2001.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/skorea.php">
<title>Monks rally in Seoul against alleged discrimination</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/skorea.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Discontent among Buddhists has been brewing for months over President Lee Myung Bak's alleged favoritism toward Christianity.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/delhi.php">
<title>A legend only grows as police kill New Delhi gangster</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/delhi.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bunty, the notorious gang leader who terrorized New Delhi from astride a motorcycle, died in a predawn shootout with the police.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/explode.php">
<title>Death toll reaches 20 after explosion at chemical plant in China</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/explode.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The government evacuated 11,500 residents in case of further blasts and chemical leaks.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/cartwheel.php">
<title>School rethinking its ban on cartwheels</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A school in northern Australia banned cartwheels and other tumbling on the playground, saying such activities risked injury, but it has encountered a parental backlash.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/spy.php">
<title>North Korean accused of spying by South</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The woman is accused of using "sex as a tool for her spy activity" and plotting to assassinate South Korean intelligence agents with poisoned needles has been arrested.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/siberia.php">
<title>Quake shakes Irkutsk and briefly halts Siberia rail service</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Russian television channel NTV reported that the quake had caused thousands of frightened residents at apartment compounds and other buildings in Irkutsk to run into the streets.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/malay.php">
<title>Dissidents in Malaysia governing party attack prime minister</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A veteran government lawmaker who wants to challenge for the leadership of the party said the results of a local election Tuesday meant that "what scraps of credibility" the prime minister had left "are gone."]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/india.php">
<title>India flood victims riot over lack of food</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/india.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[One person was killed in Madhepura district when angry villagers fought over limited supplies of food and medicines.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/chinatour.php">
<title>China to add jobs in tourism industry</title>
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<description><![CDATA[China wants to increase employment in labor-intensive industries because the demand for jobs in the world's most populous nation exceeds supply by about 20 million a year.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/27/asia/nkorea1.php">
<title>Russia &#x27;regrets&#x27; North Korea&#x27;s halt in nuclear disablement</title>
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<description><![CDATA[North Korea said Tuesday it had stopped disabling its Yongbyon nuclear complex.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/26/asia/korea.php">
<title>North Korea says it has stopped disabling main nuclear complex</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The declaration complicates Bush's hopes of achieving a breakthrough in North Korean nuclear disarmament before he leaves office.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/26/asia/myanmar.php">
<title>Opposition leader in Myanmar refuses food aid</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Aung San Suu Kyi has rejected food delivered to her home amid speculation that she is on a hunger strike to protest the government's refusal to hold talks on democratic reforms.]]></description>
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<title>Protesters besiege government offices in Bangkok</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thousands gathered outside several ministries, entered the grounds Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's office, and briefly shut down a television station in an effort to bring down the government.]]></description>
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<title>Gunmen attack U.S. diplomat in Pakistan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Three gunmen fired at the car of Lynne Tracy, the principal officer at the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan; she was unhurt in the attack Monday.]]></description>
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<title>U.S. envoy&#x27;s contacts with Pakistani raise questions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Zalmay Khalilzad, the UN ambassador, is under scrutiny for his relationship with Asif Ali Zardari, a contender to succeed Pervez Musharraf as president of Pakistan.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/26/asia/afghan.php">
<title>&#x27;Opium floodwaters&#x27; receding in Afghanistan, UN says</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Afghan opium harvest has dropped from last year's record high, the UN reported.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/26/asia/malay.php">
<title>Anwar wins big in Malaysian by-election</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The victory sets the stage for Anwar Ibrahim to try and carry out his promise to win over enough members of the governing coalition by mid-September and become prime minister.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/26/asia/phils.php">
<title>Fighting worsens in Philippines, displacing 300,000 on Mindanao</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fighting in the southern Philippines between government troops and Islamic separatists is getting worse by the day, with the number of displaced people now reaching 300,000, officials and disaster volunteers said Tuesday.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/26/asia/indoquake.5-325444.php">
<title>Earthquake rattles Indonesia</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A strong earthquake shook central Indonesia on Tuesday, causing tall buildings in the capital to sway and briefly prompting a tsunami alert.]]></description>
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<title>China frees activist after 16 years</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hu Shigen was arrested in 1992 for planning to commemorate victims of the military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.]]></description>
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<title>Hindu-Christian violence flares in India</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The remote state of Orissa has erupted in tit-for-tat slayings after the murder of a Hindu leader prompted a mob to burn small Christian churches and an orphanage.]]></description>
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