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<description><![CDATA[A French cosmetic surgeon accused of having mutilated dozens of patients is arrested in Spain.]]></description>
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<title>Ceiling woes add to Strasbourg expenses row</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7573021.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two British MEPs say the partial collapse of the European Parliament's ceiling in Strasbourg is a good reason to stop the MEPs' trips there.]]></description>
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<title>Nadal heads seedings for US Open</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rafael Nadal will be the top seed in a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career, in next week's US Open.]]></description>
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<title>Hopes dashed</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7572276.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[How one Czech journalist reported '68 Soviet invasion]]></description>
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<title>Cold front?</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7573686.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Polish missile deal heightens Russia and US tensions ]]></description>
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<title>Driven from home</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7572736.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Georgia's displaced voice anger at the scale of violence]]></description>
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<title>Fact and fiction</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7572969.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Uncovering human rights abuses in the Georgia conflict]]></description>
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<title>French doubts</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7572502.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Press question French Afghan role after heavy loss]]></description>
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<title>Inside Europe</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/in_depth/europe/2003/inside_europe/default.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[An in-depth guide to EU news and institutions]]></description>
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<title>BAA &#x27;should sell three airports&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7571613.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Competition Commission says BAA may have to sell three of its seven UK airports - two in London and one in Scotland.]]></description>
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<title>Karadzic wants UN judge replaced</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7571418.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic asks the UN war crimes tribunal to replace a judge in his genocide case, claiming bias.]]></description>
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<title>Magpies can &#x27;recognise reflection&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7570291.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Magpies can recognise themselves in a mirror, scientists have found.]]></description>
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<title>Car blast at Turkish checkpoint</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7570581.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A vehicle explodes at a checkpoint near the southern Turkish city of Mersin, injuring six policemen, reports say.]]></description>
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<title>Sudan&#x27;s Bashir in visit to Turkey</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7569901.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sudan's president makes his first foreign trip since being accused of war crimes by the international court.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7569348.stm">
<title>Gary Glitter flown out of Vietnam</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7569348.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ex-pop star Gary Glitter is deported from Vietnam after spending almost three years in jail for sexually abusing two girls.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/in_depth/7570977.stm">
<title>Memories of the Prague Spring</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/in_depth/7570977.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Send us your memories of 1968 Soviet crackdown]]></description>
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<title>Seized properties shame Poland</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7568841.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Property claims dating back years haunt Poland]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7562258.stm">
<title>Deal cools Polish-Russian ties</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7562258.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Poland's signing of an deal to host US missile defence system will put its relations with Russia into the freezer, the BBC's Adam Easton says.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7559850.stm">
<title>Georgia&#x27;s virtual war</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7559850.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hackers fan conflict between Russia and Georgia]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5197&#x26;edition=2">
<title>Should Italian troops fight crime?</title>
<link>http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5197&#x26;edition=2</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Italian government has deployed thousands of soldiers in major cities in a new drive against crime. Do you support the move?]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7573160.stm">
<title>BAE in &#xA3;2bn MoD ammunition deal</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7573160.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[BAE Systems signs a 15-year deal with the Ministry of Defence to supply ammunition for UK armed forces.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7569861.stm">
<title>Rate setter warns on UK inflation</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7569861.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A member of the Bank of England's MPC committee says in a newspaper article that inflation has to be controlled.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/europe/21madrid.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>More Than 150 Die in Madrid Plane Crash</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/europe/21madrid.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[More than 150 people were killed when an airliner en route to the Canary Islands swerved off the end of a runway during takeoff, officials said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/europe/21poland.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Georgian Crisis Brings Attitude Change to a Flush Poland</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/europe/21poland.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The events in the Caucasus, and threats of attack after a deal was signed to place an American missile defense base in Poland, have cast a pall of doubt over the country.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/washington/21diplo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Diplomatic Memo: West Baffled by 2 Heads for Russian Government</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/washington/21diplo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[American officials concede that they do not completely understand the balance of power within the new Russian leadership.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/europe/21georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Despite Yielding Ground, Russia Takes Critical Spots</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/europe/21georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russian troops showed no signs of relaxing their grip on critical Georgian areas despite Russian president Dmitri A. Medvedev’s pledge for a withdrawl of forces.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/europe/21france.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Europe Grows Impatient as Delays Pile Up in Georgia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/europe/21france.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Europe does not want to get into a long battle with Russia over a conflict that many believe was initiated by the Georgian government.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/europe/21village.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>South Ossetian Martial Law Creates a No Man&#x2019;s Land</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/europe/21village.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The presence of South Ossetian soldiers in Akhalgori gives them de-facto control over a much larger portion of Georgia than acknowledged by Russia thus far.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/asia/21afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Sarkozy Honors the 10 Killed in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/asia/21afghan.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[France’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, honored the 10 French soldiers killed in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan as the political debate about his Afghan policy sharpened.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/europe/21briefs-belarus.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Belarus: Last 2 Political Prisoners Said to Be Released</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/europe/21briefs-belarus.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Belarus released the last two prisoners who the West says were held because of their political beliefs, according to one of the prisoners and the mother of the other.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/europe/21briefs-italy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Cleric to Face Bombing Charges in Morocco</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/world/europe/21briefs-italy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Muslim cleric arrested in Italy has agreed to be extradited to his native Morocco to defend himself against terrorism charges linked to suicide bombings.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/world/europe/20refugee.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Survivors in Georgia Tell of Ethnic Killings</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/world/europe/20refugee.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Now that the fighting between Georgia and Russia has subsided, killings will be grist for competing claims of ethnic cleansing.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/world/europe/20georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Russia Sends Mixed Signs on Pullout From Georgia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/world/europe/20georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia showed the first signs of drawing down some of its troops in Georgia, but the detention of 21 soldiers was a reminder of their continued grip on the country.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/world/europe/20diplo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>News Analysis: Once Its Rationale, Collective Defense Poses New Challenges to a Larger NATO</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/world/europe/20diplo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[After emergency talks, NATO foreign ministers urged Russia to pull its troops out of Georgia immediately, but failed to agree on any specific punitive measures.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/washington/20congress.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Some Democrats Urge Delay in Building a U.S. Missile System in Eastern Europe</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/washington/20congress.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[While Republicans in Congress intend to push for an immediate start of construction, some Democrats say that the system has not been adequately tested.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/world/europe/20italy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Spotlight on Local Laws Turns La Dolce Vita a Bit Sour</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/world/europe/20italy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[What began as a bit of summer fun in the Italian news media spun into an incident after a London newspaper wrote: “Tourists beware: if it’s fun, Italy has a law against it.”    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Spain-Airport-Accident.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Deadly Plane Accident in Madrid</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Spain-Airport-Accident.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[An airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway while departing from Madrid airport Wednesday, Spain's national airport authority said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/world/europe/20briefs-PUBLISHERPUL_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Serbia: Publisher Pulls Novel About Prophet</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/world/europe/20briefs-PUBLISHERPUL_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A novel about the Prophet Muhammad was pulled from bookstores in Serbia to avoid conflict with the country’s Muslim minority, its Serbian publisher, Beobook said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/world/europe/19villages.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>In Battered Villages, Georgians Speak, if They Dare</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/world/europe/19villages.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The tens of thousands of refugees who staggered out to Georgia’s capital recount stories of mass looting, of arson and, on what seems a small scale, of ethnic cleansing.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/world/europe/19rice.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>U.S. Won&#x2019;t Push NATO to Admit Georgia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/world/europe/19rice.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The decision was a tacit admission that America and its European allies lack the stomach for a military fight with Russia.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/world/europe/19copenhagen.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Copenhagen Journal: Making a Caricature of a Nation&#x2019;s Fears</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/world/europe/19copenhagen.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[“The Terror Cell,” a show about a bunch of losers in a gang that can’t shoot straight, is scheduled to debut on Danish television next year.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/world/europe/19briefs-hague.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: The Hague: Protest by Liberian</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/world/europe/19briefs-hague.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, refused to appear on Monday at his war crimes trial in The Hague, in a protest over new security rules.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/washington/18diplo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>U.S. Watched as a Squabble Turned Into a Showdown</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/washington/18diplo.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. seemed to have missed — or gambled it could manage — the depth of Russia’s anger and the resolve of Georgia’s leader to provoke the Russians.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/world/europe/18europe.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>News Analysis: Europe Wonders if It Can Square Its Need for Russia With a Distaste for Putin</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/world/europe/18europe.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Europe’s dilemma: How does it balance its ties to Russia with concerns over the country’s new aggressiveness.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/world/europe/18abkhazia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Abkhazia Wrests Gorge From Preoccupied Georgia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/world/europe/18abkhazia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The loss of the prized Kodori Gorge along Russia’s southwest border likely dashed any hopes in Georgia of taking control of Abkhazia.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/world/europe/18tblisi.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>In Areas Under Russian Control, Limits for Western Media</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/world/europe/18tblisi.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Journalists’ inability to visit villages routed in the conflict make a public accounting of the aftermath of the violence in South Ossetia and northern Georgia all but impossible.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/world/18kafka.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Under &#x2018;Kafkaesque&#x2019; Pressure, Heir to Kafka Papers May Yield Them</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/world/18kafka.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The heir to the papers said a decision on their release will be made soon. But scholars wonder whether they will be kept in Israel or be sent abroad.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/world/europe/17military.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Military Analysis: Russians Melded Old-School Blitz With Modern Military Tactics</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/world/europe/17military.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Russian military borrowed a page from classic Soviet-era doctrine: Moscow’s commanders sent an absolutely overwhelming force into Georgia.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/world/europe/17ossetia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>After the Battle, Anger Follows Ethnic Lines</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/world/europe/17ossetia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The violence in South Ossetia has mostly subsided, but it it is unclear who is in charge. The answer will have important ramifications for an entire region’s future.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/world/europe/17ukraine.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>In Ukraine, Fear of Being a Resurgent Russia&#x2019;s Next Target</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/world/europe/17ukraine.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The countries along the border with the former Soviet Union are rethinking the idea that the days of Russian dominance are over.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/world/europe/17francenuke.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>France Reaffirms Its Faith in Future of Nuclear Power</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/world/europe/17francenuke.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[On the Normandy coast, France is building its first nuclear reactor in 10 years.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/world/europe/17arctic.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>A Push to Increase Icebreakers in the Arctic</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/world/europe/17arctic.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A growing array of military leaders, Arctic experts and lawmakers say the United States is losing its ability to patrol and safeguard Arctic waters.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/world/europe/17belarus.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Belarus Frees Opposition Politician From Prison</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/world/europe/17belarus.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[An opposition figure was freed after months of pressure from the United States and the European Union on Belarus’s president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/world/europe/16georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Rice, in Georgia, Calls on Russia to Pull Out Now</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/world/europe/16georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[As the secretary of state tried to fix a loophole that Russia could use to justify its advance, Russian armor moved within 25 miles of Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/washington/16assess.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>News Analysis: No Cold War, but Big Chill Over Georgia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/washington/16assess.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia’s Georgian offensive shattered the strategy of three U.S. administrations to coax Russia into an alliance with the West.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/world/europe/16armored.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>For Russian Armor, Even With Rice in Georgia, Cease-Fire Is Not a Red Light</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/world/europe/16armored.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The blockage of Georgia’s main highway by Russian soldiers appeared to be a symbolic military rebuke to President Bush.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/world/europe/16europe.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>News Analysis: As Russian Tanks Roll, Europe Reassesses</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/16/world/europe/16europe.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[European leaders find themselves asking a question: How far will or can Russia go, and what should the response be?    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/europe/16poland.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Russia Lashes Out on Missile Deal</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/europe/16poland.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The deal to place a U.S. missile defense base on Polish territory “cannot go unpunished,” said a senior Russian defense official.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/europe/15policy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Bush Aides Say Russia Actions in Georgia Jeopardize Ties</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/europe/15policy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia’s military offensive in Georgia has punctuated a stark turnabout in the American view of Vladimir V. Putin, whom President Bush has called a friend.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/europe/15russia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Russians Confident That Nation Is Back</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/europe/15russia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Many Russians think that Russia’s actions in Georgia are nothing to get excited about, just the ordinary business of a great power in its traditional backyard.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/europe/15gori.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>After Days of Fighting, Cooperation Is Strained</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/europe/15gori.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[In Gori on Thursday, Russians and Georgians tried to take tentative steps away from further fighting and to adhere to the framework of a cease-fire brokered on Wednesday.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/europe/15ethnic.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Signs of Ethnic Attacks in Georgia Conflict</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/europe/15ethnic.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A pattern of violence by ethnic Ossetians against ethnic Georgians is emerging and has been confirmed by some Russian authorities.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/business/worldbusiness/15ruble.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Russia&#x2019;s Conflict Worries Wall Street</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/business/worldbusiness/15ruble.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[As a military conflict between Russia and Georgia ends its first week, a number of big Wall Street banks are beginning to reassess the stability of their businesses in Russia.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/business/worldbusiness/15euroecon.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Economy in Europe Contracted in Second Quarter</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/business/worldbusiness/15euroecon.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gross domestic product in the 15-nation euro area declined 0.2 percent in the April-June period compared with the first quarter, according to reports on Thursday.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/europe/15briefs-turkey.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Turkey: Energy Cooperation With Iran</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/world/europe/15briefs-turkey.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Iran and Turkey have agreed to increase their cooperation on trading energy, President Abdullah Gul of Turkey said Thursday.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/world/europe/12georgiaqanda.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Q &#x26; A on Georgia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/world/europe/12georgiaqanda.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[With Clifford J. Levy, Moscow bureau chief, and James Traub, a contributing writer for the Times Magazine.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/weekinreview/17keller.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Cold Friends, Wrapped in Mink and Medals</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/weekinreview/17keller.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The autocratic regimes in Beijing and Moscow that seemed so surely bound for the ash heap in 1989 have reinvigorated themselves.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/nyregion/thecity/17disp.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Dispatches: When the President of Georgia Was a Star Student at Columbia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/nyregion/thecity/17disp.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the 1990s, Mikheil Saakashvili attended Columbia University to pursue a master of laws degree.    

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<title>

        Russia to keep soldiers in Georgia</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/370204629/la-fg-georgia21-2008aug21,0,1529330.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Moscow plans to set up 18 checkpoints, some in Georgia proper, a Kremlin official says. The plan appears to violate the terms of a cease-fire.
                        
                    
                    
                        Russia plans to establish a long-term presence in Georgia and one of its breakaway republics by adding 18 checkpoints, including at least eight within undisputed Georgian territory outside the pro-Russian enclave of South Ossetia, a ranking Russian military official told reporters Wednesday.]]></description>
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<title>

        NATO calls Russia&#x27;s use of force in Georgia &#x27;disproportionate&#x27;</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/369736525/la-fg-georgia20-2008aug20,0,742896.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Diplomatic moves to isolate Moscow come as Russian troops continue to show little sign of abiding by an agreement to withdraw from Georgia.
                        
                    
                    
                        The Western military alliance Tuesday began curtailing ties with Russia for its "disproportionate" use of force in Georgia, but the foreign ministers at an emergency gathering of North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries stopped short of agreeing to rearm the beleaguered state or to take other such tough measures.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/369736526/la-fg-media20-2008aug20,0,2658369.story">
<title>

        Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili seems to take over TV news</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/369736526/la-fg-media20-2008aug20,0,2658369.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[It's been hard to miss the besieged leader on U.S. news shows, railing about Russia's invasion of his country.
                        
                    
                    
                        He is the leader of a small country that was, until recently, not on the radar of most Americans. But it's been hard to turn on a news channel this month without encountering the angry, brooding glare of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, railing against the Russian troops pouring across his country's borders, doing his best to turn a military disaster into a media victory.]]></description>
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<title>

        In Afghanistan, a deadly Taliban trend emerges</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/369736528/la-fg-afghan20-2008aug20,0,4988925.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Militants' new reach and power are demonstrated in attacks on U.S. and French troops.
                        
                    
                    
                        In the worst  loss of life for Western troops in ground combat with Taliban forces in Afghanistan, insurgents ambushed and killed 10 French soldiers and wounded 21 in a sustained assault outside the capital, military officials said Tuesday.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/369736529/la-fg-russblogsweb20-2008aug20,0,7706904.story">
<title>

        Anger focused on West</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/369736529/la-fg-russblogsweb20-2008aug20,0,7706904.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[In much of the West, the conflict between Russia and Georgia has been portrayed as a case of Russian aggression against a small democratic state. But in Russia, where television coverage hews close to the government line, almost all the opinion aired on blogs and online forums paints the United States and Georgia as the villains. Some samples:]]></description>
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<title>

        Turkey urges Sudan to end Darfur suffering</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/370189920/la-fg-bashir20-2008aug20,0,7928863.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Visiting Istanbul, Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir is told that his government should work to end the violence.
                        
                    
                    
                        Turkey's president said Tuesday that he had urged Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir to act responsibly and end the suffering in the devastated Darfur region.]]></description>
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<title>

        &#x27;Mr. Fix-It&#x27; of terrorism sentenced to 12 years in Britain</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/370189921/la-fg-terror20-2008aug20,0,7905895.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Aabid Hussain Khan, who recruited young people, was convicted this week along with accomplice Sultan Muhammad.
                        
                    
                    
                        A Briton described by prosecutors as a terrorism "Mr. Fix-It" who recruited young people to Al Qaeda's ideology over the Internet was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison, and one of his accomplices was sentenced to a 10-year term.]]></description>
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<title>

        World Briefing</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/369736531/la-fg-briefs20-2008aug20,0,3533352.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rocket fired from Strip into Israel / Rebels, troops clash in Philippines / Afghanistan president to seek reelection / Poland promises asylum for Iraq employees / India ring tone promotes condom use
                        
                    
                    Rocket from  Gaza closes  checkpoints]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/370189922/la-tr-films24-2008aug24,0,5116590.story">
<title>

        A stroll through Paris history</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/370189922/la-tr-films24-2008aug24,0,5116590.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[PARIS  Slide show Adrian Kalvinskas, owner of the Distant Lands travel bookstore, will present "Paris: Walking Tours of the Historic Areas."]]></description>
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<title>

        Soccer fan in Italy smelled a possible payday</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/369736533/la-sp-briefing20-2008aug20,0,72519.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[He is granted $2,200 settlement over banners.
                        
                    
                    
                        The judicial system operates a little differently in Italy, especially when it comes to trash talk.]]></description>
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<title>International Criminal Court monitoring events in Georgia,  Prosecutor says</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27759&#x26;Cr=Georgia&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court confirmed today that his Office is analysing information related to alleged crimes committed in Georgia in recent weeks that fall under the Court's jurisdiction.]]></description>
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<title>UN agencies continue to rush aid to Georgia</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27769&#x26;Cr=georgia&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations is continuing to send much-needed assistance to the Georgian city of Gori, most of whose population has fled since the start of the conflict in the Caucasus nation.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27740&#x26;Cr=Georgia&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>UN refugee chief begins mission to Georgia</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27740&#x26;Cr=Georgia&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The top United Nations refugee official arrived today in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, to assess humanitarian operations and meet some of the people displaced by last week's fighting - now estimated to be around 158,700.]]></description>
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<title>Fresh talks on former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia name issue - UN</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27752&#x26;Cr=macedonia&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The envoy charged with mediating efforts by the United Nations to resolve the long-running dispute between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over the latter's name heads to the region this week for a fresh round of talks.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27757&#x26;Cr=georgia&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>Georgian peace accord must be fully implemented, Security Council hears</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27757&#x26;Cr=georgia&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The full implementation of the principles enshrined in last week's peace plan that ended fighting in Georgia remains the best way to defuse tensions, find a lasting solution to the conflict and allow humanitarian assistance to those in need, the top United Nations political official told the Security Council today.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27727&#x26;Cr=unep&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>Toyota among six companies to join UN scheme to cut greenhouse gas emissions</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27727&#x26;Cr=unep&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The European branch of the world's largest car maker, Toyota, today became one of six companies to join the Climate Neutral Network (CN Net), a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) initiative bringing together organizations which pledge to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27731&#x26;Cr=georgia&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>UN seeking nearly $59 million to aid Georgian conflict victims</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27731&#x26;Cr=georgia&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations and its humanitarian partners today appealed for $58.6 million to meet the needs for the next six months of almost 130,000 people affected by the recent crisis in Georgia.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27722&#x26;Cr=georgia&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>Secretary-General confers with advisers, diplomats on Georgia</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27722&#x26;Cr=georgia&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today in New York met with his top advisers regarding the United Nations&#39 approach to the current situation in Georgia.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27710&#x26;Cr=Georgia&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>Georgia: UN continues to press for humanitarian access to victims</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27710&#x26;Cr=Georgia&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[As urgent supplies continue to arrive for those affected by the conflict in Georgia, the United Nations refugee agency has repeated its call for free and unhindered humanitarian access and safe passage for uprooted civilians and the aid workers trying to help them.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27721&#x26;Cr=KOSOVO&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>Significant downsizing foreseen for UN mission in Kosovo, says envoy</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27721&#x26;Cr=KOSOVO&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The reconfiguration of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) will lead to a major reduction in staff levels, among other changes, a senior official with the world body said today.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21madrid.php">
<title>More than 150 die in Madrid plane crash</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21madrid.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[An airliner en route to the Canary Islands swerved off the end of a runway during takeoff, officials said.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/business/poland.php">
<title>With Russia rising, Poland looks west</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/business/poland.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The events in the Caucasus, and threats of a nuclear attack after Poland signed a missile defense agreement with the U.S., have cast a pall of doubt over the country.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21prexy.php">
<title>Bush calls Georgia &#x27;under siege&#x27;</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21prexy.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[President George W. Bush connected the conflict in the Caucuses with the battle against terrorists and U.S. efforts to aid the rise of free societies.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21missile.php">
<title>Rice signs missile deal with Poland</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21missile.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The agreement to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory is fiercely opposed by Russia.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21georgia.php">
<title>Despite yielding ground, Russia takes critical spots</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21georgia.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russian troops showed no signs of relaxing their grip on critical Georgian areas despite Russian president Dmitri Medvedev's pledge for a withdrawl of forces.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/america/21diplo.php">
<title>West baffled by 2 heads for Russian government</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/america/21diplo.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[American officials concede that they do not completely understand the balance of power within the new Russian leadership.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/europe/georgia.php">
<title>Georgia starts to feel economic repercussions of Russian assault</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/europe/georgia.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russian officials say they will soon pull their forces out of Georgia, but some people there say they fear the cease-fire that halted the fighting was settling into a partial blockade of Tbilisi, the capital.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/europe/letter.php">
<title>Merkel and Georgia: The pressure&#x27;s on her</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/europe/letter.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[East European countries hope Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany will use her influence with President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to pull its troops out of Georgia.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/asia/21afghan.php">
<title>Sarkozy, honoring the French dead, vows to fight on</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/asia/21afghan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, honored the 10 French soldiers killed in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan as the political debate about his Afghan policy sharpened.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/journal.php">
<title>Comedy show plays on Danes&#x27; fears of Islam and terrorism</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/journal.php</link>
<description><![CDATA["The Terror Cell" is largely the work of Omar Marzouk, a Muslim who is one of the best-known stand-up comics in Denmark. He chides the Danes for avoiding hard questions about immigration and the country's role in the Middle East.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/13/europe/denmark.php">
<title>Cartoons of Muhammad reprinted as Denmark protests plot to murder artist</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/13/europe/denmark.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The papers said they wanted to show their commitment to freedom of speech after the arrest of three people accused of plotting to kill Kurt Westergaard, one of the artists who drew the cartoons.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/italy.php">
<title>No clogs in Capri, and no British scoffing welcome</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/italy.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Italians took note this summer of a string of quirky municipal rules in their county - and took offense when a British newspaper weighed in on them.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/18/mideast/kafka.php">
<title>A &#x27;Kafkaesque&#x27; fight over his papers</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/18/mideast/kafka.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[In Israel and out, scholars have passionate ideas on what Franz Kafka represents. The guardian of his papers is in the middle of the debate.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/18/arts/17bader.php">
<title>Kafka himself gets a Metamorphosis</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/18/arts/17bader.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[A "porn" stash may show little but how each age shapes its idols.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21madrid.php">
<title>More than 150 die in Madrid plane crash</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21madrid.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[An airliner en route to the Canary Islands swerved off the end of a runway during takeoff, officials said.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/business/poland.php">
<title>With Russia rising, Poland looks west</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/business/poland.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The events in the Caucasus, and threats of a nuclear attack after Poland signed a missile defense agreement with the U.S., have cast a pall of doubt over the country.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21prexy.php">
<title>Bush calls Georgia &#x27;under siege&#x27;</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21prexy.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[President George W. Bush connected the conflict in the Caucuses with the battle against terrorists and U.S. efforts to aid the rise of free societies.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21missile.php">
<title>Rice signs missile deal with Poland</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21missile.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The agreement to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory is fiercely opposed by Russia.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21georgia.php">
<title>Despite yielding ground, Russia takes critical spots</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21georgia.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russian troops showed no signs of relaxing their grip on critical Georgian areas despite Russian president Dmitri Medvedev's pledge for a withdrawl of forces.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/america/21diplo.php">
<title>West baffled by 2 heads for Russian government</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/america/21diplo.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[American officials concede that they do not completely understand the balance of power within the new Russian leadership.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/europe/georgia.php">
<title>Georgia starts to feel economic repercussions of Russian assault</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/europe/georgia.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russian officials say they will soon pull their forces out of Georgia, but some people there say they fear the cease-fire that halted the fighting was settling into a partial blockade of Tbilisi, the capital.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/europe/letter.php">
<title>Merkel and Georgia: The pressure&#x27;s on her</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/europe/letter.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[East European countries hope Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany will use her influence with President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to pull its troops out of Georgia.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/asia/21afghan.php">
<title>Sarkozy, honoring the French dead, vows to fight on</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/asia/21afghan.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, honored the 10 French soldiers killed in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan as the political debate about his Afghan policy sharpened.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/journal.php">
<title>Comedy show plays on Danes&#x27; fears of Islam and terrorism</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/journal.php</link>
<description><![CDATA["The Terror Cell" is largely the work of Omar Marzouk, a Muslim who is one of the best-known stand-up comics in Denmark. He chides the Danes for avoiding hard questions about immigration and the country's role in the Middle East.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/13/europe/denmark.php">
<title>Cartoons of Muhammad reprinted as Denmark protests plot to murder artist</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/13/europe/denmark.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The papers said they wanted to show their commitment to freedom of speech after the arrest of three people accused of plotting to kill Kurt Westergaard, one of the artists who drew the cartoons.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/italy.php">
<title>No clogs in Capri, and no British scoffing welcome</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/italy.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Italians took note this summer of a string of quirky municipal rules in their county - and took offense when a British newspaper weighed in on them.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/18/mideast/kafka.php">
<title>A &#x27;Kafkaesque&#x27; fight over his papers</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/18/mideast/kafka.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[In Israel and out, scholars have passionate ideas on what Franz Kafka represents. The guardian of his papers is in the middle of the debate.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/18/arts/17bader.php">
<title>Kafka himself gets a Metamorphosis</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/18/arts/17bader.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[A "porn" stash may show little but how each age shapes its idols.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/europe/georgia.php">
<title>Georgia starts to feel economic repercussions of Russian assault</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/europe/georgia.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russian officials say they will soon pull their forces out of Georgia, but some people there say they fear the cease-fire that halted the fighting was settling into a partial blockade of Tbilisi, the capital.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/america/21diplo.php">
<title>West baffled by 2 heads for Russian government</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/america/21diplo.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[American officials concede that they do not completely understand the balance of power within the new Russian leadership.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21missile.php">
<title>Rice signs missile deal with Poland</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21missile.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The agreement to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory is fiercely opposed by Russia.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21prexy.php">
<title>Bush calls Georgia &#x27;under siege&#x27;</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/21/europe/21prexy.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[President George W. Bush connected the conflict in the Caucuses with the battle against terrorists and U.S. efforts to aid the rise of free societies.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/europe/killings.php">
<title>Some in Georgia were killed because of their ethnicity</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/europe/killings.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Now that the fighting between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia has subsided, targeted killings will be grist for competing claims of ethnic cleansing.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/europe/20diplo.php">
<title>NATO warns Russia, no &#x27;business as usual&#x27;</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/20/europe/20diplo.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[After emergency talks, NATO foreign ministers on Tuesday urged Russia to pull its troops immediately out of Georgia.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/georgia.php">
<title>Russians parade Georgia prisoners</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/georgia.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Even as Russia began to withdraw some of its troops from central Georgia on Tuesday, its forces bound and blindfolded 21 Georgian soldiers at the Black Sea port of Poti, displaying them along with five seized U.S. Humvees as a pointed reminder of their grip on the country.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/kouchner.php">
<title>French foreign minister sees limits of  Western power</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/kouchner.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[France has no illusions about the aggressive new Russia, says the foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, but it also has few illusions about what can realistically be done to keep Moscow in line and make it withdraw its troops from Georgia.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/villages.php">
<title>Grief, violence and crime face ethnic Georgians</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/villages.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Villages behind Russian Army lines remained sealed off but contended with looters and violence. Georgia has claimed the area endured organized intimidation and ethnic cleansing.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/20diplo.php">
<title>NATO ministers hold talks on Georgia</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/europe/20diplo.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The emergency meeting will seek a response to the Russian invasion of Georgia and a way to show that the alliance can stand up to Moscow.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/18/europe/assess.php">
<title>How a spat became a showdown in Georgia</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/18/europe/assess.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The story of how a low-grade conflict in the Caucasus erupted into the most serious post-Cold War showdown between the United States and Russia is one of miscalculation, missed signals and overreaching.]]></description>
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