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<title>Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7662922.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Martti Ahtisaari wins this year's Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation efforts, including in Indonesia's Aceh province.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7664339.stm">
<title>France pulls tainted Chinese food</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7664339.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[France recalls sweets and biscuits made with Chinese dairy after finding high levels of an industrial chemical.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7662548.stm">
<title>Bangkok protest leaders surrender</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7662548.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The leaders of the long-running anti-government protests in Thailand surrender to police, after agreeing a bail deal.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7663132.stm">
<title>&#x27;Arms dealer&#x27; fights extradition</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7663132.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout appears in a Thai court to fight extradition to the US on terrorism charges.
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7661786.stm">
<title>Cambodian couple cut home in half after row</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7661786.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A rowing couple in Cambodia give new meaning to "broken home" by sawing their home in half to avoid the divorce courts.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/7665741.stm">
<title>Australian pair dent Indian hopes</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/cricket/7665741.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Aussies Shane Watson and Brad Haddin share a vital partnership late on the fourth day in Bangalore to stifle a resurgent India in the first Test.]]></description>
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<title>Nick Bryant&#x27;s blog</title>
<link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/thereporters/nickbryant/</link>
<description><![CDATA[Crunch time: Is Australia still Lucky, Lucky, Lucky?]]></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/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/business/7663561.stm">
<title>Is China immune?</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7663561.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[How financial crisis affects world's most populous nation]]></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>Yesterday&#x27;s man</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/7662654.stm">
<title>Thai bus crash kills at least 22</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7662654.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A bus carrying university students in eastern Thailand crashes, killing at least 22 people.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7662186.stm">
<title>Pledge to protect Sumatran forest</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7662186.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Indonesia pledges to stop the loss of forests and species in Sumatra, one of the world's most ecologically important islands.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7660489.stm">
<title>Ginseng jabs kill three in Yunnan</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7660489.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Chinese government says three people have died after receiving herbal ginseng injections in Yunnan province.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7661755.stm">
<title>IAEA &#x27;barred from Yongbyon plant&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7661755.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The UN's nuclear watchdog says its inspectors no longer have any access to North Korea's main nuclear complex at Yongbyon.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7660848.stm">
<title>Colony abuse victims cash ruling</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7660848.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Victims of child sex abuse on Pitcairn Island can apply for compensation, the British government says.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7660444.stm">
<title>N Korea &#x27;to launch 10 missiles&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7660444.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[South Korean media say North Korea is preparing to launch up to 10 short-range missiles, after reports of a test this week.]]></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/business/7656129.stm">
<title>Japan holds interest rate at 0.5%</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7656129.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japan keeps its key interest rate at 0.5% for the 20th consecutive month - amid continued worries about the global financial 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/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://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7643651.stm">
<title>Hong Kong avoids outright panic</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7643651.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong avoids panic seen in US and Europe]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7635466.stm">
<title>China&#x27;s dairy industry turns sour</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7635466.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[What went wrong with the Chinese dairy industry]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7629751.stm">
<title>Tibetan march six months on</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7629751.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tight security in Tibetan regions after March unrest]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7629881.stm">
<title>Resource curse</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7629881.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Will East Timor's oil wealth benefit local people?   ]]></description>
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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 a Deal With the 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. removed the country from a list of terrorism sponsors.    

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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/2008/10/08/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/2008/10/05/world/asia/05korea.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>For All Kinds of Good, Clean Fun, Koreans Turn to Bathhouses</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/world/asia/05korea.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The jjimjilbang, a 24-hours-a-day public bathhouse, is a reflection of South Korea’s relatively newfound wealth, but also a way to satisfy nostalgia.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/world/asia/29kashgar.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Doubt Arises in Account of an Attack in China</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/world/asia/29kashgar.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tourists’ descriptions of an Aug. 4 incident in Kashgar that left 16 officers dead are at odds with officials’ account.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/asia/09nepal.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Plane Crash Near Everest Kills 18</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/asia/09nepal.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A small airplane crashed and caught fire as the pilot tried to land at a tiny fog-shrouded airport near Mount Everest, killing 18 people.    

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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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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/asia/10china.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<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/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/2008/10/07/world/asia/07indo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Islamic Group Gains Power in Indonesia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/asia/07indo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Council of Ulemas, whose leaders have increasingly espoused a radical form of Islam — has worked to establish itself as an assertive political force.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/asia/07quake.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Quake Kills at Least 72 in Kyrgyzstan</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/asia/07quake.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The earthquake in Kyrgyzstan measured 6.6 and leveled a remote mountain village. A second tremor hit Tibet, killing nine people.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/asia/07afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Brother of Karzai Denies Links to Heroin</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/asia/07afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ahmed Wali Karzai said the accusations against him were “baseless” and represented political pressure on President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/health/07glob.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Global Update: H.I.V. Spreads in China, Affecting New Populations</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/health/07glob.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Infection with the AIDS virus in China is spreading beyond the country’s original high-risk groups and the virus has spread to all provinces.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/asia/07pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Pakistan to Deport Afghan Refugees</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/asia/07pstan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in a violent tribal region amid a military offensive against fighters from Al Qaeda and the Taliban.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/asia/06rice.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Kazakhstan Seeks to Balance East and West</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/asia/06rice.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The resource-rich Central Asian country has hosted leaders from Russia and the United States in recent weeks.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/asia/06thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Police Detain Protest Leader in Thailand</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/asia/06thai.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Police arrested Chamlong Srimuang, the leader of the antigovernment protesters occupying the grounds of the prime minister’s office.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/asia/06lanka.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Blast Kills Sri Lanka Opposition Leader</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/asia/06lanka.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Sri Lankan suicide bomber killed 22 people including a retired army general who was the provincial leader of the main opposition party, the police said on Monday.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/asia/06milk.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Tainted Chocolates Found in Hong Kong</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/asia/06milk.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Health inspectors found two Cadbury chocolate products containing considerably more of the industrial chemical melamine than the city’s legal limit.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/asia/06quake.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Earthquake Kills 58 in Kyrgyzstan</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/asia/06quake.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[An earthquake on Sunday killed 58 people in Kyrgyzstan and destroyed dozens of houses in the rural south of the Central Asian nation, the emergencies ministry said on Monday.    

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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/2008/10/09/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/~3/418378891/la-me-miura12-2008oct12,0,5552307.story">
<title>

        Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura is found dead in jail cell</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/418378891/la-me-miura12-2008oct12,0,5552307.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[He had just been extradited to Los Angeles to face conspiracy charges in the murder of his wife in 1981. His death is called an apparent suicide.
                        
                    
                    
                        Bringing a dramatic conclusion to a nearly three-decade-long international crime saga, a Japanese businessman accused of conspiring to have his wife murdered 27 years ago in Los Angeles hanged himself in his jail cell hours after returning to face charges, police said Saturday.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/417987256/la-fg-norkor12-2008oct12,0,4273801.story">
<title>

        North Korea removed from U.S. terrorism list after nuclear agreement</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/417987256/la-fg-norkor12-2008oct12,0,4273801.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Conservatives criticize the deal, under which North Korea will permit international inspectors to return, but gives access only to specific sites. Sen. John McCain also expresses reservations.
                        
                    
                    
                        The Bush administration Saturday removed North Korea from its list of  state sponsors of terrorism after Pyongyang agreed to allow inspectors access to declared nuclear sites, in a deal that drew quick criticism from conservatives.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/417817264/la-fg-kimjongil12-2008oct12,0,3658686.story">
<title>

        North Korea releases Kim Jong Il&#x27;s pictures</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/417817264/la-fg-kimjongil12-2008oct12,0,3658686.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[North Korea released pictures of its leader, Kim Jong Il, today for the first time in nearly two months, showing him looking generally well despite reports he recently underwent brain surgery.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/418378892/la-fg-briefs12-2008oct12,0,2719309.story">
<title>

        World Briefing</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/418378892/la-fg-briefs12-2008oct12,0,2719309.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia: Ballistic missile makes record flight, officials say / Ukraine: Power struggle intensifies / China: Scientists sequence giant panda genome
                        
                    
                    Missile reportedly sets record]]></description>
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<title>

        Asian markets plunge after huge Wall Street losses</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/415883974/la-fi-asianmarkets10-2008oct10,0,3502238.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Japan's Nikkei stock average falls 9.6% to 8,276, the worst one-day loss since the crash in 1987.
                        
                    
                    
                        SHANGHAI &#8212; Panic swept Asian markets today on the heels of Wall Street's selloff, as Japan's stock index plunged nearly 10% and shares throughout the region tumbled.]]></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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<title>

        Military deaths</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/418378893/la-me-wardead12-2008oct12,0,4525574.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq:]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/418378894/la-fg-afghan12-2008oct12,0,4174882.story">
<title>

        Afghanistan thwarts Taliban prison plot</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/418378894/la-fg-afghan12-2008oct12,0,4174882.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The reported plan for Policharki prison involved freeing Taliban and criminal inmates. Meanwhile, a new interior minister is named. Mohamad Hanif Atmar replaces Zarar Ahmad Moqbel.
                        
                    
                    
                        Afghanistan's intelligence service said Saturday that it had broken up a Taliban plot to attack the country's most notorious prison with a wave of suicide bombers, while the government named a new interior minister to lead the country's fledgling police.]]></description>
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<title>

        War casualties</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/418378895/la-me-casualties12-2008oct12,0,708337.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[War casualties   Total U.S. deaths*:  * In and around Iraq:  4,182]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/418378896/la-tr-airfaresbox12-2008oct12,0,2416885.story">
<title>

        LAX to Ho Chi Minh City flight costs $901</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/asia/~3/418378896/la-tr-airfaresbox12-2008oct12,0,2416885.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Asiana is offering a round-trip fare from LAX to Ho Chi Minh City for $901, including tax. Among the restrictions: The deal is good until Nov. 17 and requires a 14-day advance purchase. For more details, see   www.us.flyasiana.com , or call (800) 227-4262.]]></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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<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.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28451&#x26;Cr=Afghan&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>More than 250,000 Afghans returned home this year, reports UN agency</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28451&#x26;Cr=Afghan&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[Over a quarter of a million Afghans have returned home so far this year, according to the United Nations refugee agency, which noted that many of them left neighbouring Pakistan and Iran due to security and economic worries.]]></description>
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<title>Poor access hampering efforts to assess impact of Kyrgyz quake, says UN</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28464&#x26;Cr=Kyrgyz&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[Limited access and communication are making it difficult to assess the full impact of the deadly earthquake that struck a remote, mountainous region of southern Kyrgyzstan on Sunday, according to United Nations relief officials.]]></description>
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<title>DPR Korea: Ban sounds alarm on lack of progress in human rights</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28471&#x26;Cr=DPRK&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has spoken out against the lack of "tangible progress" made by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in addressing serious human rights concerns, with reports from the nation pointing to such actions as torture, public executions and forced labour.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28473&#x26;Cr=Maternal&#x26;Cr1=mortality">
<title>UNICEF highlights new tool to analyze high maternal mortality rates in India</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28473&#x26;Cr=Maternal&#x26;Cr1=mortality</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is spotlighting the introduction of a new tool in India that is designed to help health-care experts, policymakers and local communities across the country understand the root causes of its high rates of maternal mortality.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28456&#x26;Cr=SRI&#x26;Cr1=LANKA">
<title>Ban condemns suicide bombing in Sri Lankan town</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28456&#x26;Cr=SRI&#x26;Cr1=LANKA</link>
<description><![CDATA[Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today deplored the latest suicide bombing in violence-torn Sri Lanka, which has killed many people, including a retired army general, and wounded scores more.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28442&#x26;Cr=Kyrgyz&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>Kyrgyzstan: UN rushes in help after deadly quake rocks region</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28442&#x26;Cr=Kyrgyz&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[United Nations humanitarian agencies are dispatching aid and staff to southern Kyrgyzstan, where dozens of people have been killed and hundreds of homes destroyed after an earthquake struck the remote, mountainous region last night.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28436&#x26;Cr=Afghan&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>UN envoy calls for political &#x91;surge&#x27; to tackle Afghan security, aid needs</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28436&#x26;Cr=Afghan&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today stressed the need for a political "surge" to boost the prospects for peace in the strife-torn nation and to respond to urgent humanitarian concerns such as access for the delivery of vital food aid.]]></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/north.php">
<title>United States and North Korea reach compromise</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/north.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[North Korea welcomed its removal Sunday from Washington's terrorism blacklist and said it would resume disabling its nuclear weapons facilities, allowing U.S. and United Nations monitors back in.]]></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/12indiariots-fw.php">
<title>Rioters burn 6 to death in southern India</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/12indiariots-fw.php</link>
<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/12afghan-fw.php">
<title>More than 100 Taliban killed in Afghan clashes</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/12afghan-fw.php</link>
<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/japan.php">
<title>A leftover city of day laborers in Japan faces grim future</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/japan.php</link>
<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/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/pakistan.php">
<title>5 killed in suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/pakistan.php</link>
<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/china.php">
<title>New Chinese policy draws farmers into market economy</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/china.php</link>
<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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<title>Scarred by past woes, Japan sees U.S. bailout as a first step</title>
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<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.]]></description>
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<title>NATO allows strikes on Afghan drug sites</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Signaling a major shift in strategy for the trans-Atlantic alliance, NATO defense ministers agreed Friday to allow direct attacks on Afghanistan's drug networks.]]></description>
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<title>U.S. military leader sees Afghan situation worsening</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Afghanistan is very likely to continue what a new intelligence assessment called "a downward spiral.]]></description>
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<title>Brother of Afghan president to give up seat in Parliament</title>
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<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.]]></description>
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<title>U.S. and India sign nuclear deal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The United States and India have signed an accord that allows U.S. businesses to sell nuclear fuel, technology and reactors to India.]]></description>
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<title>Thai protest leaders freed from jail</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Seven leaders of a protest movement seeking to unseat the Thai government were released Friday just hours after turning themselves in on criminal charges.]]></description>
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<title>Court drops treason charges against 9 Thai protesters</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Charges of inciting unrest were upheld, however. A protest leader, Chamlong Srimuang, was awarded bail.]]></description>
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<title>Indonesian officials unveil a deal to protect forests</title>
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<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.]]></description>
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<title>10,000 Chinese children still hospitalized from tainted milk</title>
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<description><![CDATA[More than 10,000 children remain hospitalized in China's tainted milk scandal, Chinese health officials revealed, while the country defended its dairy products Thursday at a meeting of the World Trade Organization.]]></description>
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<title>Mourners mark 6th anniversary of Bali suicide attacks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Survivors, relatives and tourists remembered victims of the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings on their sixth anniversary Sunday.]]></description>
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<title>United States and North Korea reach compromise</title>
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<description><![CDATA[North Korea welcomed its removal Sunday from Washington's terrorism blacklist and said it would resume disabling its nuclear weapons facilities, allowing U.S. and United Nations monitors back in.]]></description>
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<title>Afghan president reshuffles cabinet posts</title>
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<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/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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<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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<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/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/pakistan.php">
<title>5 killed in suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/pakistan.php</link>
<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/china.php">
<title>New Chinese policy draws farmers into market economy</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/asia/china.php</link>
<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/2008/10/10/asia/10japan.php">
<title>Scarred by past woes, Japan sees U.S. bailout as a first step</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/10/asia/10japan.php</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.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/10/asia/nato.php">
<title>NATO allows strikes on Afghan drug sites</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Signaling a major shift in strategy for the trans-Atlantic alliance, NATO defense ministers agreed Friday to allow direct attacks on Afghanistan's drug networks.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/09/asia/nato.php">
<title>U.S. military leader sees Afghan situation worsening</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/09/asia/nato.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Afghanistan is very likely to continue what a new intelligence assessment called "a downward spiral.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/10/asia/10karzai.php">
<title>Brother of Afghan president to give up seat in Parliament</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/10/asia/10karzai.php</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.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/10/asia/10nukeind.php">
<title>U.S. and India sign nuclear deal</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/10/asia/10nukeind.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United States and India have signed an accord that allows U.S. businesses to sell nuclear fuel, technology and reactors to India.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/10/asia/thai.php">
<title>Thai protest leaders freed from jail</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/10/asia/thai.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Seven leaders of a protest movement seeking to unseat the Thai government were released Friday just hours after turning themselves in on criminal charges.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/09/asia/thai.php">
<title>Court drops treason charges against 9 Thai protesters</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/09/asia/thai.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Charges of inciting unrest were upheld, however. A protest leader, Chamlong Srimuang, was awarded bail.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/10/asia/10forest.php">
<title>Indonesian officials unveil a deal to protect forests</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/10/asia/10forest.php</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.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/09/asia/09milk.php">
<title>10,000 Chinese children still hospitalized from tainted milk</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/09/asia/09milk.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[More than 10,000 children remain hospitalized in China's tainted milk scandal, Chinese health officials revealed, while the country defended its dairy products Thursday at a meeting of the World Trade Organization.]]></description>
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<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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<title>North Korea reports another appearance by 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 was reported by state media to have inspected a military unit.]]></description>
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<title>China may draw farms into market economy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Chinese leaders are expected to allow peasants to buy or sell land-use rights for the first time.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/10/asia/korea.php">
<title>U.S. closer to nuclear deal with North Korea</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/10/asia/korea.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. officials said they believed they were close to a deal to end a stalemate with North Korea over its nuclear program, even as Pyongyang stepped up pressure by barring international inspectors from all parts of a key nuclear complex.]]></description>
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<title>NATO allies reach deal on attacking Taliban drug trade</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The NATO operations commander, General John Craddock, has asked for the alliance force in Afghanistan to be allowed to attack laboratories, trafficking networks and drug lords to stem a trade that helps finance the Taliban insurgency.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/10/asia/10karzai.php">
<title>Brother of Afghan president to give up seat in Parliament</title>
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<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.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/09/asia/nato.php">
<title>U.S. military leader sees Afghan situation worsening</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/09/asia/nato.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Afghanistan is very likely to continue what a new intelligence assessment called "a downward spiral.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/09/asia/09afghan.php">
<title>U.S. study is said to warn of crisis in Afghanistan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A draft report by U.S. intelligence agencies casts serious doubt on the ability of the Afghan government to stem the rise of the Taliban.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/09/asia/pakistan.php">
<title>Suicide bombing of Pakistan police wounds 8</title>
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<description><![CDATA[There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack on headquarters in Islamabad, and it was unclear whether the bomber had died in the explosion.]]></description>
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<title>North Korea presses U.S. on nuclear deal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It announces it prepares to restart Yongbyon facility and it bars international inspectors.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/09/asia/china.php">
<title>After 3 deaths, China bans an herbal treatment</title>
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<description><![CDATA[China has suspended the sale and use of an injectable herbal product - it uses an extract of an herb called ciwujia - after three people died and three others suffered adverse reactions.]]></description>
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<title>China&#x27;s leaders address land reform and economy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[China's Communist Party began a four-day meeting Thursday to discuss agricultural reforms, as the government seeks to maintain growth and guard against the effects of the global economic crisis.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/09/asia/thai.php">
<title>Court drops treason charges against 9 Thai protesters</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Charges of inciting unrest were upheld, however. A protest leader, Chamlong Srimuang, was awarded bail.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/09/asia/09adopt.php">
<title>South Korea aims to end stigma of adoption</title>
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<description><![CDATA[As South Koreans become more accepting of adoptive families, the government is pushing aggressively to decrease what officials consider the shameful act of sending babies overseas for adoption.]]></description>
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