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<title>Haider &#x27;was double speed limit&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider was driving at twice the speed limit when he died in a car crash, officials say.]]></description>
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<title>EU to expand e-shoppers&#x27; rights</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The European Commission unveils plans to give more rights to consumers shopping online in the EU.]]></description>
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<title>BA flight makes emergency landing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A British Airways jet bound for Delhi from Heathrow, with 222 passengers on board, lands near Berlin after an electrical fault develops.]]></description>
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<title>Lithuania votes in comeback poll</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7666090.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lithuanians go to the polls in an election which could herald the return of two disgraced ex-leaders.]]></description>
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<title>UK councils seek Iceland cash pledge</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7665683.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[UK councils are to meet the Icelandic ambassador to demand back bank deposits - amid fears of lost staff wages.]]></description>
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<title>Deadly earthquake hits Chechnya</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7665684.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[An earthquake kills at least 13 people and injured 100 more near the Chechen capital Gozny, officials say.]]></description>
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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[Finnish ex-President Martti Ahtisaari wins this year's Nobel Peace Prize for three decades of mediation around the world.]]></description>
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<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/europe/7665307.stm">
<title>Blind Belgian breaks world speed record</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7665307.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Belgian Luc Costermans breaks the world blind road speed record, reaching 308km/h on an airstrip in France.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7662908.stm">
<title>Future&#x27;s bleak for Norwegian MP who called on fortune tellers</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7662908.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Norwegian politician has said she will not seek re-election after running up a £4,590 phone bill ringing fortune-tellers at parliament's expense.]]></description>
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<title>Seve diagnosed with brain tumour</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/golf/7655919.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Golf legend Seve Ballesteros is diagnosed with a brain tumour following tests in a Madrid hospital.]]></description>
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<title>F1 &#x26; Mosley to discuss cash cuts</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7659854.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[FIA president Max Mosley will meet with Formula One teams later this month to discuss new cost-cutting measures for the sport.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7663753.stm">
<title>Gold rush</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7663753.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Austria's mint flat out as investors seek safety]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7665349.stm">
<title>The 2CV at 60</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7665349.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[It was the perfect car for a camping trip to the USSR]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7654721.stm">
<title>Rich ecosystem</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7654721.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The skills which you might need to save the planet]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7662827.stm">
<title>Cod war echoes</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7662827.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[How Britain and Iceland have fallen out again]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/thereporters/markmardell/">
<title>Mardell&#x27;s Europe</title>
<link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/blogs/thereporters/markmardell/</link>
<description><![CDATA[French foreign minister out on the road]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7663675.stm">
<title>&#x27;Just reward&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7663675.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finns welcome Nobel Peace Prize for one of their own]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7663204.stm">
<title>Nato to attack Afghan opium labs</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7663204.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nato allows its troops to attack opium factories for the first time in Afghanistan to help stem the flow of funds to the Taleban.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7662856.stm">
<title>Libya &#x27;to pull Swiss bank assets&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7662856.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Libya is to withdraw an estimated $7m of assets from Swiss banks in a row over the arrest of the Libyan leader's son.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7663573.stm">
<title>&#x27;Deaths&#x27; in Guinea mine protest</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/7663573.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Security forces shoot dead two people during a protest against a Russian mining firm in Guinea, witnesses say.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7662839.stm">
<title>Russia approves $86bn bank rescue</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7662839.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, approves a raft of measures worth $86bn (£51bn) to assist banks.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7663166.stm">
<title>Turkey hits rebel targets in Iraq</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7663166.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Turkish jets bomb suspected Kurdish rebels inside Iraq, the army says, days after the policy is extended.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7662544.stm">
<title>Wing flaps caused Madrid crash</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7662544.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A preliminary report into the Madrid plane crash that claimed 154 lives in August blames faulty wing flaps.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7662149.stm">
<title>Kosovo receives recognition boost</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7662149.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Montenegro and Macedonia recognise Kosovo's independence from Serbia, provoking an angry response in Belgrade.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7661975.stm">
<title>In bloom: growing algae for biofuel</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7661975.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Dutch company cultivates algae for use in biofuel]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7662753.stm">
<title>Call to maintain climate targets</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7662753.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Don't cut emissions targets, UK's new energy sec says]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7659500.stm">
<title>Finns yearn for sharp winter</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7659500.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finns yearn for return of sharp winters]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7658583.stm">
<title>Croatia murder prompts crackdown</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7658583.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mafia-style attacks threaten Croatia's EU bid ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7655692.stm">
<title>War of words in divided Belgium</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7655692.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Battle for identity in the divided heart of Europe]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5425&#x26;edition=2">
<title>Is the credit crisis hitting you?</title>
<link>http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5425&#x26;edition=2</link>
<description><![CDATA[Failure of the US financial  bailout has had a volatile effect on  financial markets. Is the global crisis affecting you?]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7660785.stm">
<title>German exports slump in downturn</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7660785.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[German exports fall 2.5% year-on-year, their biggest fall for five years, as the financial crisis hits the real economy]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7660511.stm">
<title>Iceland nationalises biggest bank</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7660511.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Iceland nationalises its biggest bank  and suspended trade on its stock exchange in an attempt to prevent further panic in the country. ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/business/13europe.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>European Leaders Meet as More Measures Extended</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/business/13europe.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Government leaders from the major European Union members gathered in Paris on Sunday to discuss their collective response to the financial crisis.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/12nations.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>A U.N. Charm Offensive Topped Off by Dessert</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/12nations.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Iceland, locked in a tight race against Austria and Turkey, campaigns for two rotating seats on the Security Council that are reserved for the mostly European bloc.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/europe/12quake.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Strong Earthquake in Caucasus Kills 5</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/europe/12quake.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The earthquake killed at least five people and disrupted power supplies in the Chechnya region of Russia, local news reports said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/europe/12haider.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>J&#xF6;rg Haider, Austrian Rightist, Is Dead at 58</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/world/europe/12haider.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Haider was a controversial and charismatic far-right politician known for his strong anti-immigrant and anti-European Union stances.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11nobel.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Former Finnish President Wins Nobel Peace Prize</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11nobel.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Martti Ahtisaari has worked to end conflicts in troubled spots around the world for more than three decades.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Russian Compliance in Georgia Is Disputed</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[European leaders confirmed Friday that Russians had met a deadline to withdraw troops from buffer zones outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11britain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>British Military Investigates Loss of Hard Drive</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11britain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A portable computer hard drive that may have carried personal details on 100,000 British military service members is missing, the Ministry of Defense said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/business/worldbusiness/11ruble.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Russia to Spend Billions Buying Shares on Stock Exchanges to Bolster Confidence</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/business/worldbusiness/11ruble.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The move would support one of the world’s hardest-hit markets from the credit crisis, as the country suffered fresh blows from plunging commodity prices.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11austria.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Leader of Austrian Right Dies in Crash</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11austria.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jörg Haider, the leader of Austria’s far right, was killed in a car accident, the national news agency APA reported.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11briefs-AGENCYRULEST_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: France: Agency Rules That Burqa Violates Values</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11briefs-AGENCYRULEST_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The French agency devoted to combating discrimination has determined that the burqa inhibits integration into French society.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11briefs-BILLSTOLEGAL_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Portugal: Bills to Legalize Same-Sex Marriages Fail</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/world/europe/11briefs-BILLSTOLEGAL_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Parliament rejected by a large majority on Friday two proposals to allow same-sex marriages.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10ukraine.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Ukraine&#x2019;s Leader Schedules Vote After Disbanding Parliament</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10ukraine.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The move raises uncertainties about Ukraine’s tilt toward the West at a time when the country has become a focal point of rising tensions with Russia.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>A Slow, Wary Return for Georgian Refugees</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Though government officials urged refugees to wait until their villages have been cleared of unexploded ordnance, it was impossible to stop them from heading home.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/10nuke.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Nuclear Aid by Russian to Iranians Suspected</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/10nuke.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[International nuclear inspectors are investigating whether a Russian scientist helped Iran conduct experiments on how to detonate a nuclear weapon.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/business/worldbusiness/10global.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>As Crisis Spreads, Global Approach Weighed</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/business/worldbusiness/10global.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. and Britain appear to be coming to a common solution a day before a meeting of financial leaders.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/business/worldbusiness/10icebank.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Iceland, in Financial Collapse, Is Likely to Need I.M.F. Help</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/business/worldbusiness/10icebank.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Iceland’s financial system collapsed Thursday, and analysts said the country would have to turn to the International Monetary Fund for help.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10briefs-PUNISHMENTFO_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Punishment for a Prisoner</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10briefs-PUNISHMENTFO_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia’s most famous prisoner has been confined to the isolation ward in his Siberian prison after a magazine published his correspondence with a writer.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10briefs-POPEDEFENDSP_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Pope Defends Pius&#x2019;s Efforts During World War II</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10briefs-POPEDEFENDSP_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI said that Pope Pius XII had worked “secretly and silently” to save Jews during World War II, and he said he hoped that Pius’s beatification would “proceed happily.”    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/business/worldbusiness/10estonia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Estonia&#x2019;s Let-It-Be Economy Is Rattled by Worldwide Distress</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/business/worldbusiness/10estonia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Estonia, the former Soviet republic that has embraced capitalism, is reluctantly turning to state intervention as it confronts an economic slowdown.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10briefs-TERRORISMTRI_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Terrorism Trial Begins in London</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10briefs-TERRORISMTRI_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two doctors accused of plotting car bombings in 2007 in London and Glasgow wanted to commit “indiscriminate and wholesale” murder, prosecutors said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Russians Vacate Buffer Zones in Georgia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia removed its last checkpoints from the buffer zones outside the breakaway enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, fulfilling a key requirement of a cease-fire agreement.    

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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/business/worldbusiness/09icebank.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Meltdown of Iceland&#x2019;s Financial System Quickens</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/business/worldbusiness/09icebank.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The country was on the verge of going bankrupt as the government shut down the stock market and seized control of its last major independent bank.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09turkey.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Turkey Authorizes Extension of Military Strikes in Iraq</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09turkey.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The approval, by a vote of 497 to 18, had been largely expected, and came amid a flurry of attacks in the country’s largely Kurdish southeast.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09nations.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Serbia Wins Bid to Review Independence of Kosovo</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/world/europe/09nations.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a polarized vote in the U.N. General Assembly, Serbia won a bid to have the World Court review the manner in which Kosovo declared its independence.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08unity.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Facing a Financial Crisis, European Nations Put Self-Interest First</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08unity.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[As the financial storm spread, some of the 27 nations that make up the European Union have broken ranks to protect their own citizens and banks.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08albania.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Speculation Surrounds Case of Albanian Whistle-Blower&#x2019;s Death</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08albania.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Kosta Trebicka, who uncovered evidence of public corruption in the export of ammunition from the Communist era, was found dead on a rural roadside.    

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<title>Three Physicists Share Nobel Prize</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/science/08nobel.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The prize was awarded to an American and two Japanese physicists for their work exploring the hidden symmetries among elementary particles.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08italy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>U.N. Says Biofuel Subsidies Raise Food Bill and Hunger</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08italy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a new report, the United Nations joined a number of environmental groups in calling for an end to — or at least an overhaul of — subsidies for biofuels.    

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<title>Gates, in Kosovo, Highlights U.S. Balancing Act on Russia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08gates.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Robert M. Gates’s visit was the first by a U.S. cabinet member since Kosovo’s independence declaration and the first of an American defense secretary since 2001.    

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<title>Russia Gives Israel No Firm Word on Arms Sales</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08russia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel apparently failed to win a firm pledge that Moscow would halt advanced weapons sales to Israel’s enemies.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08germany.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Germany Frees 2 Terrorism Suspects</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08germany.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The authorities have released two men who were arrested at the Cologne airport last month on suspicion that they were planning to take part in terrorist attacks.    

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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Greece: Broad 24-Hour Strike Planned</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08briefs-BROAD24HOURS_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Major transportation disruptions were expected after the country’s biggest labor union called for a strike over plans by the government to privatize Olympic Airlines.    

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<title>News Media Feel Limits to Georgia&#x2019;s Democracy</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Georgia’s critics cite a lack of press freedom as an example of the shortfalls in the country’s democratic standards.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07russia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Russia Says Georgia Tries to Provoke New Conflict</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07russia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia accused Georgia of “seeking to provoke new hostilities” even as Russian peacekeepers were dismantling checkpoints outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/health/07nobel.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Discoverers of AIDS and Cancer Viruses Win Nobel</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/health/07nobel.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Three European scientists who discovered viruses behind two devastating illnesses, AIDS and cervical cancer, will share the Nobel Prize in Medicine.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07ossetians.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>South Ossetians Complain to Court</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07ossetians.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The European Court of Human Rights has received nearly 2,000 applications from South Ossetians complaining of illegal treatment at the hands of Georgia.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07germany.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Germany Seeks Wider Role for Army</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07germany.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The German government said that it would seek to change the Constitution to give a larger domestic role to the army in the fight against terrorism.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/europe/06georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Russian Forces Begin to Shut Georgia Checkpoints</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/europe/06georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russian peacekeeping forces dismantled one checkpoint inside Georgia and were at work removing several others on Sunday, five days ahead of a deadline.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/business/06markets.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Financial Crises Spread in Europe</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/business/06markets.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The growing crisis has underlined the difficulty of taking concerted action in Europe because its economies are far more integrated than its governing structures.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/science/space/06gap.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>The Long Countdown: One Way Up: U.S. Space Plan Relies on Russia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/science/space/06gap.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[From 2010 to 2015, the U.S. will have to rely upon Russia to carry its astronauts in to space.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/europe/06putin.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Chechen Avenue Is Named for Putin</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/world/europe/06putin.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A central avenue in Grozy, the capital of the Chechnya region of Russia, was named after Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin on Sunday.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/books/10nobel.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>French Writer Wins Nobel Prize</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/books/10nobel.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio was praised by the Swedish Academy as an “author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy.”    

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<title>Putin&#x2019;s Tips for What to Do When Negotiations Collapse</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/world/europe/08putin.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is flexing his muscles again, this time in an instructional martial arts video.    

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<title>Strasbourg Journal: A Pro-Church Law Helps a Mosque</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07alsace.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[While France is a model for the centralized state, Alsace-Moselle is different, especially on the question of politics and religion.    

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<title>

        Austrian right leader Joerg Haider killed in car crash</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/417806670/la-me-haider12-2008oct12,0,7011363.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Austrian politician Joerg Haider, whose far-right rhetoric at times sounded sympathetic to the Nazis and contemptuous of Jews and led to months of international isolation for the Alpine republic, died today in a car accident. He was 58.]]></description>
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<title>

        Italy: Art springs to life in gardens near Rome</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/418387091/la-tr-gardens12-2008oct12,0,1047613.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Renaissance artistry blooms at Villa Lante, Bomarzo, Ninfa and other elaborate landscapes just a drive away from the Vatican.
                        
                    
                    Bagnaia, Italy]]></description>
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<title>

        World championship match will be short, rich</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/418387092/la-ca-chess12-2008oct12,0,3833440.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Position No. 6024:  White to play and win. From the game Atila Figura-Roeland Pruijssers, Germany 2008.]]></description>
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<title>

        Timeless French fashion chic sweeps down the Paris runway</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/418387093/la-ig-paris12-2008oct12,0,5916810.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chanel's beauty shines through, while spring styles look grown-up and pared-down, with graphic designs, and tribal and fringe accessories.
                        
                    
                    
                        NOT EVEN a global credit crisis can compromise the enduring value of French chic. That was the message from Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld, the reigning godfather of Paris fashion. With a stunning, life-size reproduction of the original Chanel Rue Cambon boutique behind the runway, and Madness' "Our House" on the soundtrack, Lagerfeld played up the brand's heritage for all it was worth, presenting one of the most strikingly beautiful collections of this challenging season.]]></description>
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        In Russia, grim financial news doesn&#x27;t keep the rich from spending</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/418387094/la-fg-spend12-2008oct12,0,84098.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow will take care of itself, shoppers say. As long as there's cash in hand, the rubles will keep flowing at luxury shops.
                        
                    
                    
                        Money or no money, Eduard Strizhev wanted his Porsche.]]></description>
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        Even in Europe&#x27;s welfare states, financial crisis raises anxiety</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/418387095/la-fg-euromood12-2008oct12,0,3606887.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bankers, workers and small-business owners in places such as Rome and Paris worry about the future, especially for the younger generation.
                        
                    
                    
                        Like most people these days, the pasta maker gets bombarded by the media heralds of doom.]]></description>
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        North Korea removed from U.S. terrorism list after nuclear agreement</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/418387096/la-fg-norkor12-2008oct12,0,168054.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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<title>

        For L.A. shoe designers, the world&#x27;s at their feet</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/418387097/la-ig-shoes12-2008oct12,0,1980052.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Joe Ponce, Jerome Chouinard-Rousseau, Mike  &   Chris and plenty of others find success at home and abroad. Watch out, Italy.
                        
                    
                    
                        LOS ANGELES is the international capital of the red carpet event and has plenty of designers peddling sumptuous evening wear. But as far as footwear goes, the city probably has been best known for skate shoes, sneakers and flip-flops.]]></description>
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        Top-ranked Spain shuts out Estonia in World Cup qualifying</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/418387098/la-spw-soccer12-2008oct12,0,3393121.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The victory extends the reigning European champion's unbeaten streak to 26 games in all competitions.
                        
                    
                    
                        None of soccer's big names crashed to earth  Saturday, but that didn't mean that the dozens of qualifying matches played worldwide for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa were without incident or goals.]]></description>
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<title>

        A Hitchcock sampler</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/418387099/la-ca-secondlook12-2008oct12,0,3788534.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new DVD collection from MGM combines three of his British films with five from his first decade in the U.S.
                        
                    
                    
                        AT THIS point there is probably no major filmmaker better represented on DVD than Alfred Hitchcock. Universal's 14-film Masterpiece Collection, which includes the crown jewels "Vertigo," "Psycho," "The Birds" and "Rear Window," remains the best value for the money, though Warner's nine-film Signature Collection is perhaps the gold standard, with top-notch transfers of such essential titles as "Strangers on a Train," "The Wrong Man" and "North by Northwest." Lionsgate's Collector's Edition compiles five of his early British titles, providing a glimpse of Hitchcockian themes and motifs in embryonic form.]]></description>
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<title>UN, Dutch university partner to reach development goals</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has joined forces with a Dutch university to promote education and research in developing countries to build momentum towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight ambitious anti-poverty targets with a 2015 deadline.]]></description>
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<title>Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders agree on weekly meetings - UN</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities met today to continue talks on the reunification of the Mediterranean island nation, and agreed to meet on a weekly basis to keep up the momentum of the negotiations, according to a senior United Nations envoy.]]></description>
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<title>UN urges European Union to end violence against women in conflict zones</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28533&#x26;Cr=women&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) today urged European Union (EU) Member States to take practical steps in preventing sexual violence against women in conflict and post-conflict situations.]]></description>
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<title>Security Council renews UN observer mission in Georgia for four months</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Security Council today extended for another four months the 14-year-old United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) entrusted with overseeing the ceasefire accord between the Government and Abkhaz separatists in the country's north-western region.]]></description>
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<title>UN World Court to give opinion on legality of Kosovo&#x27;s independence</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28492&#x26;Cr=Kosovo&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The General Assembly voted today to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a non-binding advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia.]]></description>
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<title>UN tribunal upholds 35-year jail term for leader of breakaway Croatian Serb state</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The United Nations war crimes tribunal set up after the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today upheld a 35-year jail sentence of a former political leader of rebel Serbs in Croatia who was convicted for his role in a campaign of ethnic cleansing.]]></description>
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<title>Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: UN envoy offers new ideas on name</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28491&#x26;Cr=Macedonia&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[A United Nations envoy tasked with mediating the long-running dispute between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over the latter's official name today presented a new set of ideas to the two sides during talks in New York.]]></description>
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<title>UN World Court to rule next week on Georgian claim against Russia</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28468&#x26;Cr=Georgia&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will deliver a ruling next week on Georgia's claim against Russia that it has breached a global pact against racial discrimination.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28441&#x26;Cr=Roma&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>UNICEF chief spotlights plight of Roma children during visit to Albania</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28441&#x26;Cr=Roma&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has highlighted the plight of Albania's Roma children, especially the poor rates of school enrolment among the minority community, during a two-day visit to the South-Eastern European country.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28437&#x26;Cr=Georgia&#x26;Cr1=">
<title>UN mission in Georgia thrown into uncertainty by recent conflict - Ban</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28437&#x26;Cr=Georgia&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dramatic changes due to the Russian-Georgian conflict in South Ossetia have cast a veil of uncertainty over the future function of the 14-year-old United Nations mission entrusted with overseeing the ceasefire accord between the Government and Abkhaz separatists in north-western Georgia, according to the latest UN report on the region.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/news/12barry.php">
<title>A specter&#x27;s shadow returns to haunt Moscow</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/news/12barry.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fifteen years after Communists failed to reverse history, can a credit crunch succeed?]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/12/business/imf.php">
<title>Global leaders meet to stop financial rout</title>
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<description><![CDATA[While Britain lumbered under the weight of imperial overreach, as the historian Niall Ferguson has written, the United States will be shackled primarily by its financial overreach.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Inspectors are investigating whether a Russian scientist helped Iran conduct experiments on how to detonate a nuclear weapon, according to officials.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Libya will withdraw assets held in Swiss banks and end economic cooperation with Switzerland to protest against poor treatment of Libyan diplomats and businessmen, Libyan state news agency JANA said.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Libya has started making payments into a nearly $2-billion fund to compensate the families of American victims of Libyan-linked terror attacks in the 1980s.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[J.M.G. Le Clézio's work reflects a seemingly insatiable restlessness and sense of wonder about other places and other cultures.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Fifteen years after Communists failed to reverse history, can a credit crunch succeed?]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[While Britain lumbered under the weight of imperial overreach, as the historian Niall Ferguson has written, the United States will be shackled primarily by its financial overreach.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its 2008 peace prize Friday to Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president who has played a key role in resolving conflicts around the world.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A computer disk that reportedly carries personal details on some 100,000 serving British military personnel is missing, the Defense Ministry said Friday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Inspectors are investigating whether a Russian scientist helped Iran conduct experiments on how to detonate a nuclear weapon, according to officials.]]></description>
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