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<description><![CDATA[Russia's two leading stock exchanges are forced to close for several hours, a day after suffering huge index falls.]]></description>
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<title>Turkey carries out new PKK raids</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Turkish warplanes carry out further air strikes against Kurdish rebels in Turkey and Iraq, after last week's deadly attack on Turkish troops. ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7655981.stm">
<title>Stop &#x27;Putin St&#x27; names, urges PM</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7655981.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin would rather not have streets named after him, his spokesman says.]]></description>
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<title>Scudamore defends ownership test</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/football/7655976.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore defends the fit and proper persons test which needs to be passed to own a top-flight club.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7655977.stm">
<title>Tour rocked by new positive tests</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7655977.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two Tour de France stage winners - Italy's Leonardo Piepoli and Germany's Stefan Schumacher - test positive for an advanced blood doping product.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7654513.stm">
<title>Fairy-tale feud</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7654513.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Clown-king in court over lucrative rights to wonderland]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/talking_point/7655309.stm">
<title>Catching a chill </title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/talking_point/7655309.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[People in Iceland speak about economic crisis ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7654647.stm">
<title>Europe shaken</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7654647.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The countries worst hit by the growing credit crisis]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7647591.stm">
<title>Image problem</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7647591.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Belgium's Walloons seek to shake industrial stigma]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7654154.stm">
<title>The big chill  </title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7654154.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Iceland catches a cold from frozen money markets ]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7655086.stm">
<title>Empty smiles?</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7655086.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[National interests trump EU unity over bank crisis]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7655096.stm">
<title>Angola arms trial opens in Paris</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7655096.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forty-two people, including members of the French elite, go on trial accused of involvement in trafficking arms to Angola.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7655016.stm">
<title>Europe follows fusion twin track</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7655016.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[An alternative fusion project is initiated in Europe that would seek abundant clean energy using a colossal laser.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7655914.stm">
<title>Rabbi gives first Synod address</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7655914.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a first address of its kind, a Jewish cleric addresses the Synod of Roman Catholic bishops at the Vatican.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7654357.stm">
<title>Europeans sought over hack attack</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/7654357.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The FBI is seeking a British man and his German accomplice over attacks on web shops selling satellite TV equipment.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7655279.stm">
<title>Russia asks UK to extradite mogul</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7655279.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Moscow asks Britain to extradite former oil tycoon Mikhail Gutseriyev who fled Russia alleging harassment by the state.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7654124.stm">
<title>PKK &#x27;holding two Turkish troops&#x27;</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7654124.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Kurdish rebels say they are holding two Turkish soldiers - though it is not clear whether they are alive or dead.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7654878.stm">
<title>Pope criticises pursuit of wealth</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7654878.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The global financial crisis shows that the pursuit of money and success is pointless, Pope Benedict says.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7647111.stm">
<title>Frustration as EU monitors barred</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7647111.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[In convoy with EU monitors on patrol in Georgia]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7641479.stm">
<title>&#x27;Angry&#x27; voters aid Austrian right</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7641479.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sweeping gains for Austria's far-right parties show the depth of voters' frustration.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7639562.stm">
<title>Lukashenko&#x27;s farming roots </title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/7639562.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The collective farm at Gorodets, where Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko cut his political teeth, is like a microcosm of the country as a whole, says the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse.]]></description>
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<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/7651673.stm">
<title>Netherlands to buy Fortis assets</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7651673.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Netherlands takes control of the Dutch operations of ailing financial giant Fortis in a deal worth 16.8bn euros.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7649868.stm">
<title>Swiss bank UBS to cut 2,000 jobs</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7649868.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Swiss bank UBS says it will cut 2,000 jobs and will reorganise the business to cut costs and focus on its strengths.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<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 for Medicine.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07briefs-RABBISPEAKSA_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Rabbi Speaks at the Vatican</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07briefs-RABBISPEAKSA_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The first rabbi invited to address the Vatican’s annual synod of bishops criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07briefs-STRIKEDISRUP_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Belgium: Strike Disrupts Travel</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07briefs-STRIKEDISRUP_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A nationwide strike on Monday disrupted bus, tram and domestic rail travelers and led to the cancellation of all high-speed international train service in Belgium.    

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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/2008/10/05/world/europe/05yefimov.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Boris Yefimov, Sharp Russian Cartoonist Who Was Beloved by Stalin, Dies at 109</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/world/europe/05yefimov.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mr. Yefimov’s 70,000 drawings wielded his talent as a keen sword to advance the goals of his country.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/business/worldbusiness/05euro.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>European Leaders Vow to Fight Financial Crisis</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/business/worldbusiness/05euro.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite their pledge, the leaders of Europe’s largest economies failed to offer a systemwide answer to a credit crisis that has forced them to bail out several banks in just the past week.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/world/europe/05turkey.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>15 Turkish Soldiers Dead in Fighting With Rebels</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/world/europe/05turkey.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fifteen Turkish soldiers were killed in fighting with Kurdish separatist rebels in the mountainous border area in eastern Turkey, the Turkish military said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/world/europe/04britain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Brown Restores Scandal-Dogged Blair Ally to British Cabinet</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/world/europe/04britain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain reshuffled his cabinet, stunning many political analysts by rehabilitating his onetime nemesis, Peter Mandelson.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/world/europe/04germany.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Germans Approach Bailouts With Reluctance</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/world/europe/04germany.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Most German citizens are unhappy about the notion of paying billions for bad mortgage bets made by their financial institutions.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/world/europe/04georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Explosion Kills 7 Russians in South Ossetia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/world/europe/04georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The blast raised tensions in the separatist enclave days before a scheduled pullback of Russian troops from Georgian territory.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/world/europe/04briefs-ROADWARRIORI_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Road Warrior Is Stopped</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/world/europe/04briefs-ROADWARRIORI_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A court suspended the license of a truck driver who drove on a highway with one eye on the road and the other glued to an episode of “Battlestar Galactica.”    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/europe/03russia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Moscow Says U.S. Leadership Era Is Ending</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/europe/03russia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[President Dmitri A. Medvedev said that after the American banking collapses, the world does not want America as a “megaregulator.”    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/europe/03italy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Tuscany Journal: Albanians Adjust to Italy, in Unlikeliest of Places</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/europe/03italy.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Like new shoots grafted onto an old vine, Albanian immigrants are fast becoming an essential part of Italy’s most valued traditions, including winemaking.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/europe/03britain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Police Chief, Resigning, Cites Mayor of London</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/europe/03britain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sir Ian Blair, known for being a deft politician, has had a rocky time and faced calls for his resignation almost since he took office in February 2005.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/europe/03bbc.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Britain Scripted Nuclear War Message</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/europe/03bbc.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The proposal for the message was discussed between 1973 and 1975, when tensions were high between the Soviet Union and the United States.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/europe/03briefs-SHIPMENTSOFF_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Belgium: Shipments of Fake Pills Seized</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/europe/03briefs-SHIPMENTSOFF_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Customs officers at the Brussels airport seized more than two million counterfeit pills that were made in India and destined for Africa, officials said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/europe/03briefs-USEMBASSYPLA_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Britain: U.S. Embassy Plans to Move</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/europe/03briefs-USEMBASSYPLA_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The current building has distressed its neighbors in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, because of the traffic disruptions it causes.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/europe/03briefs-YUGOSLAVARMY_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: The Hague: Yugoslav Army Chief&#x2019;s Trial</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/world/europe/03briefs-YUGOSLAVARMY_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The wartime chief of staff of the Yugoslav Army went on trial in what is seen as one of the key trials at the United Nations war crimes tribunal.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/world/europe/02georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Monitors in Georgia Enter South Ossetia Buffer Zone</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/world/europe/02georgia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[European civilian monitors entered the Georgian buffer zone outside the separatist enclave of South Ossetia on Wednesday, despite earlier opposition from Russia.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/world/europe/02russia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Kaluga Region Journal: In a Fairy-Tale Village, Russian Orphans Thrive</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/world/europe/02russia.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The founders of Kitezh, an experimental orphan community, hope that their village can be a model of reform for Russia’s decrepit child welfare system.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/world/europe/02czar.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Court Rehabilitates Status of a Czar and His Family</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/world/europe/02czar.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[As Russian nationalism has strengthened, Russia’s last czar Nicholas II has increasingly been depicted as a thwarted visionary.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/world/europe/02britain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Amid Economic Tumult, British Party Loses Luster</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/world/europe/02britain.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Conservatives are still ahead in approval ratings, but the recent financial crisis has trimmed their lead to around 9 percentage points from 15 to 20 percentage points.    

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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Spain: Police Arrest 121 People in Child Pornography Ring</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/world/europe/02briefs-POLICEARREST_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The police seized computer disks containing millions of video and photo files shared by a network that distributed the images to people in 75 countries.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/world/europe/02briefs-5DIEINSCHOOL_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Russia: 5 Die in School Collapse</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/world/europe/02briefs-5DIEINSCHOOL_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into the accident for possible violations of building safety regulations.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/world/europe/01stalin.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>In Georgia, a Reverence for Stalin</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/world/europe/01stalin.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[An enduring cult of Stalin persists in Georgia, where the Georgian-cobbler’s-son-turned-20th-century-titan remains a towering if contentious figure.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/world/europe/01paris.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>French Police Clash With Youths</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/world/europe/01paris.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The violence broke out after a teenager was killed in a car crash while fleeing the police, the authorities said.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/world/europe/01france.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Memo From Paris: Gazing at America, the French Still See a Wild Frontier</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/world/europe/01france.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two recent surprises — Gov. Sarah Palin and America’s financial meltdown — have brought older anti-American responses back to the surface in France.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/business/worldbusiness/01tax.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>Swiss Said to Be Sharing Client Data in Tax Case</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/business/worldbusiness/01tax.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Switzerland’s tax authorities, under pressure from a growing U.S. investigation into UBS, are expected to hand over confidential data on wealthy American clients of UBS to the Justice Department.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/world/europe/01briefs-PARTYLEADERR_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Germany: Party Leader Resigns</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/world/europe/01briefs-PARTYLEADERR_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The leader of Bavaria’s conservative Christian Social Union, Erwin Huber, announced his resignation after his party suffered heavy losses in state elections.    

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<title>World Briefing | Europe: Greece: Prime Minister Fires Deputy</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/world/europe/01briefs-PRIMEMINISTE_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Greece’s governing conservative party teetered on the brink of collapse after the country’s beleaguered prime minister dismissed one of his deputies.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/world/europe/01briefs-VICTORYFORGU_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Victory for Gurkha Veterans</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/world/europe/01briefs-VICTORYFORGU_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Former Gurkha soldiers who fought alongside British troops won a long-running battle for the right to retire in Britain.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/world/europe/01briefs-SHIPFIREDEEM_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Ship Fire Deemed Accidental</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/world/europe/01briefs-SHIPFIREDEEM_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A fire that tore through a famous 19th-century British ship in May 2007 probably started when a vacuum cleaner used for renovation work burst into flames.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/world/europe/01briefs-CRACKDOWNONN_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Crackdown on Naples Mafia</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/world/europe/01briefs-CRACKDOWNONN_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Italian police issued more than 100 arrest warrants on Tuesday in an action against suspected mafiosi in Naples, detaining dozens.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/world/europe/30trophies.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>On Exhibit, Georgian War and a New Russian Pride</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/world/europe/30trophies.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A hastily assembled exhibit at the Russian Central Armed Forces Museum displays Russia’s pride in its victory in the small-bore Georgian conflict.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/world/europe/30schools.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>French Muslims Find Haven in Catholic Schools</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/world/europe/30schools.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Spurning the secular state schools, some Muslim students have found religious accommodation at private ones.    

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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/europe/07alsace.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<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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<item rdf:about="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/realestate/keymagazine/105castle-t.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss">
<title>The Curse of Duncraig Castle</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/realestate/keymagazine/105castle-t.html?partner=rssnyt&#x26;emc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sam and Perlin Dobson bought a run-down castle in the Scottish highlands and then invited the entire Dobson clan to live there. That’s when things took a disastrous turn.    

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<title>

        One-fourth of wild mammal species may face extinction</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/413545504/la-fg-extinct7-2008oct07,0,2504405.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[A survey, released in Barcelona at the World Conservation Congress, evaluates the status of the world's 5,487 mammal species. The prognosis is not good.
                        
                    
                    
                        At least one-quarter of the world's mammal species in the wild are threatened with extinction, according to an international survey released Monday that blames the loss of wildlife habitat as well as hunting and poaching for the steep declines.]]></description>
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<title>

        Nobel Prize awarded for AIDS, cervical cancer research</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/413545505/la-sci-nobel7-2008oct07,0,4709612.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The awards recognize two French researchers who discovered the human AIDS virus and a German scientist who showed that human papilloma virus causes cervical cancer.
                        
                    
                    
                        Two French researchers who discovered the human AIDS virus and a German scientist who showed that human papilloma virus causes cervical cancer were awarded Monday the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.]]></description>
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<title>

        Tuesday&#x27;s Talk Shows</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/413545510/la-et-tvtalk7-2008oct07,0,1414440.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Paris Hilton is on 'The Ellen Degeneres Show.'
                        
                    
                    The Early Show  The second presidential debate; Felicity Huffman discusses pet adoption. 7 a.m. KCBS 95587]]></description>
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<title>

        Coke to take Hansen&#x27;s Monster global</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/413545511/la-fi-hansen7-2008oct07,0,650978.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[The beverage giant will distribute the No. 1 energy drink in new markets in Europe and Canada and in some U.S. states.
                        
                    
                    
                        Coca-Cola Co. agreed to distribute Hansen Natural Corp.'s Monster -- the bestselling energy drink in the U.S. -- in Europe, Canada and some U.S. states.]]></description>
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<title>

        A semester abroad ... in Tinseltown</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/412553580/la-me-lastudy6-2008oct06,0,4334822.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. colleges send students to Britain for literature or Italy for art -- so why not to Hollywood?
                        
                    
                    
                        Forget about Paris and a semester at the Sorbonne. Who needs to study in Florence or struggle with Mandarin for just months in Beijing?]]></description>
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<title>

        Several NFL teams keep everyone guessing</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/412553581/la-sp-farmer6-2008oct06,0,964873.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Redskins beat the Cowboys and Eagles on the road in successive weeks, the Dolphins upset San Diego after doing the same to New England, and the Colts barely hang on in Houston.
                        
                    
                    
                        A month ago, we'd never dream of asking these questions:]]></description>
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<title>

        World Briefing</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/412553582/la-fg-briefs6-2008oct06,0,3539157.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mexico: 5 officers held / Kyrgyzstan: Quake kills more than 50 / Israel: Tzipi Livni says she'll pursue peace talks / Britain: Commander says Taliban can't be defeated / Sri Lanka: Troops, rebels clash
                        
                    
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<title>

        European banks struggle to limit turmoil</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/412553583/la-fi-moneyblog6-2008oct06,0,5550020.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[As the $700-billion U.S. financial system bailout gets underway, Europe is struggling to contain its own banking turmoil.]]></description>
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<title>

        Russian forces leave zones in Georgia</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/412553584/la-fg-georgia6-2008oct06,0,2260630.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Troops pull back from positions in undisputed territory, but many will stay in separatist areas.
                        
                    
                    
                        Russian troops on Sunday began dismantling positions in the so-called security zones in Georgia that they have occupied since the war in August, Georgian and EU officials said.]]></description>
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<title>

        New England adds San Francisco to its list</title>
<link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/europe/~3/412553585/la-sp-niners6-2008oct06,0,2856233.story</link>
<description><![CDATA[Patriots' win at Candlestick Park gives them at least one victory in every NFL city except Washington.
                        
                    
                    
                        SAN FRANCISCO -- From Randy Moss' dynamic 66-yard touchdown catch to Kevin Faulk's score on a direct snap, the New England Patriots regained their usual regular-season form in an unusual place.]]></description>
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<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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<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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<title>Better security needed to protect displaced in Georgia &#x26;#8211 UN rights expert</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28428&#x26;Cr=Georgia&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[Effective security is the key to ensuring the return home of tens of thousands of people displaced by the recent conflict in Georgia, a United Nations human rights expert said today, warning about the ongoing climate of fear faced by civilians in the region.]]></description>
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<title>UN mission in Kosovo reopens court at centre of dispute</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28423&#x26;Cr=UNMIK&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today reopened the courthouse in north Mitrovica, which ceased operations after it was stormed and occupied on 14 March by a mob of opponents to Kosovo's independence.]]></description>
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<title>Trial of former Yugoslav army chief begins at UN war crimes tribunal</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28413&#x26;Cr=ICTY&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The war crimes trial of a former chief of the Yugoslav army got under way today at the United Nations tribunal set up to try those accused of the worst war crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s.]]></description>
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<title>UN tribunal temporarily releases former top Yugoslav official from jail</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28404&#x26;Cr=ICTY&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations war crimes tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s has granted temporary release to a former senior Yugoslav government figure facing trial over an alleged campaign of terror and violence against Kosovo Albanians and other non-Serbs in 1999.]]></description>
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<title>Georgia: UN rights expert to assess plight of those displaced by recent conflict</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28380&#x26;Cr=Georgia&#x26;Cr1=IDP</link>
<description><![CDATA[An independent United Nations human rights expert today began a four-day visit to assess the current situation of those displaced by last month's conflict in Georgia, which uprooted some 192,000 people from their homes.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28369&#x26;Cr=general+assembly&#x26;Cr1=debate">
<title>Belarus endorses widespread democratization of UN</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28369&#x26;Cr=general+assembly&#x26;Cr1=debate</link>
<description><![CDATA[The most senior officials in the United Nations Secretariat should come from a much broader spread of countries, Belarus told the General Assembly's annual high-level debate today, calling for wide-scale democratization of the entire Organization.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28348&#x26;Cr=General+Assembly&#x26;Cr1=debate">
<title>Tackling impunity key to success of International Criminal Court - Liechtenstein</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28348&#x26;Cr=General+Assembly&#x26;Cr1=debate</link>
<description><![CDATA[The establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is the most significant feat in international law in decades, Liechtenstein told the General Assembly's annual high-level debate today, noting that the body's legacy will be measured by its moves to address the issue of impunity.]]></description>
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<title>Security Council extends terms of judges on UN&#x27;s Balkans war crimes tribunal</title>
<link>http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28345&#x26;Cr=ICTY&#x26;Cr1=</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Security Council today extended the terms of office of a number of judges serving on the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the worst war crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s to help the court to finish its caseload at the earliest.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/08europe.php">
<title>Europe seeks unified policy on bank crisis</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/08europe.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finance ministers gathered to seek common ground on bolstering the continent's financial system, raising the minimum level of guarantees for bank deposits to €50,000.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/07euro.php">
<title>Europeans handle crisis together and separately</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/07euro.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[European governments pledged to safeguard bank deposits in a bid to stem financial panic, but they stopped short of a coordinated strategy.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/business/dollar.php">
<title>In a weak climate, U.S. dollar has muscle</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/business/dollar.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Stock markets are swooning, credit markets remain frozen, and some foreign officials are predicting that the U.S. will lose status as a financial superpower. And yet the dollar is surging.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/07banks.php">
<title>U.K. bank shares slide as investors await possible cash injection</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/07banks.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Shares in British banks collapsed Tuesday amid fears over their capital strength and speculation that the government would inject public money into the lenders.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/bofa.php">
<title>Bank of America, announcing weaker earnings, aims to raise $10 billion</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/bofa.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Bank of America Corporation, citing "recessionary conditions," halved its dividend on Monday and said it would sell at least $10 billion in new common stock to bolster its capital; it also said quarterly profit slid 68 percent.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/ozbank.php">
<title>BankWest target of possible takeover</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/ozbank.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commonwealth Bank of Australia said it had started exclusive talks with HBOS about that British bank's Australian operation.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/07georgia.php">
<title>News media feel limits to Georgia&#x27;s democracy</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/07georgia.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Georgia's critics cite a lack of press freedom as a glaring example of the shortfalls in the country's democratic standards.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/07russia.php">
<title>Russia accuses Georgia of &#x27;new hostilities&#x27;</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/07russia.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia accused Georgia of "seeking to provoke new hostilities" even as Russian peacekeepers were dismantling checkpoints outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/alsace.php">
<title>Church-state tie opens door for mosque</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/alsace.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Growing Muslim community in the Alsace-Moselle region of France finds unexpected cooperation from local government in an otherwise secular nation.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/letter.php">
<title>UN progress on war on the drug trade</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/letter.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[A UN-led campaign has intercepted several hundred tons of a chemical that helps turn poppy-based opium into heroin. The Taliban gets as much as 60 percent of its income from the drug trade, NATO estimates.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/europe/france.php">
<title>French open trial in arms sale to Angola</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/europe/france.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mitterrand's son and a former interior minister are charged with illegal transfer of Russian weapons during the civil war.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/europe/belgium.php">
<title>General strike shuts transit and services in Belgium</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/europe/belgium.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Belgium's transport network was paralyzed when a nationwide strike over the rising cost of living led to the cancellation of all high-speed international train services and brought huge disruption to travelers.]]></description>
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<title>Huge gunrunning and graft trial opens in Paris</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/06/europe/EU-France-Arms-Trafficking-Trial.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The son of a late French president, an Israeli-Russian billionaire and 40 other people charged with trafficking arms to war-riven Angola or taking kickbacks will face judges Monday in a long-awaited trial in Paris.]]></description>
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<title>Russia seeks tycoon&#x27;s extradition from Britain</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/06/europe/EU-Russia-Britain-Extradition.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia has asked Britain to extradite a former oil tycoon who fled after what he said was severe harassment by the government, an investigative official said Monday.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/america/gap.php">
<title>U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/america/gap.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration has agreed to make a base in Russia the only place from where U.S. missions to space will start.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/europe/politicus.php">
<title>Trans-Atlantic policy on Russia needed</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/europe/politicus.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Obama and McCain seem to be in agreement on resisting Russian aggression. Can Europe also find a unified policy?]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/europe/georgia.php">
<title>Russia pullout near separatist enclaves progresses</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/europe/georgia.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russian forces dismantled a checkpoint and were working on others as an Oct. 10 deadline neared for a pullout from buffer zones outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/europe/diplo.php">
<title>Leaked diplomatic cable promotes &#x27;acceptable dictator&#x27; in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/europe/diplo.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[A coded French diplomatic cable leaked to a French newspaper quotes the British ambassador in Afghanistan as predicting that the NATO-led military campaign against the Taliban will fail.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/08europe.php">
<title>Europe seeks unified policy on bank crisis</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/08europe.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Finance ministers gathered to seek common ground on bolstering the continent's financial system, raising the minimum level of guarantees for bank deposits to €50,000.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/07euro.php">
<title>Europeans handle crisis together and separately</title>
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<description><![CDATA[European governments pledged to safeguard bank deposits in a bid to stem financial panic, but they stopped short of a coordinated strategy.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/business/dollar.php">
<title>In a weak climate, U.S. dollar has muscle</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/business/dollar.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Stock markets are swooning, credit markets remain frozen, and some foreign officials are predicting that the U.S. will lose status as a financial superpower. And yet the dollar is surging.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/07banks.php">
<title>U.K. bank shares slide as investors await possible cash injection</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/07banks.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Shares in British banks collapsed Tuesday amid fears over their capital strength and speculation that the government would inject public money into the lenders.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/bofa.php">
<title>Bank of America, announcing weaker earnings, aims to raise $10 billion</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/bofa.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Bank of America Corporation, citing "recessionary conditions," halved its dividend on Monday and said it would sell at least $10 billion in new common stock to bolster its capital; it also said quarterly profit slid 68 percent.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/ozbank.php">
<title>BankWest target of possible takeover</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/business/ozbank.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Commonwealth Bank of Australia said it had started exclusive talks with HBOS about that British bank's Australian operation.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/07georgia.php">
<title>News media feel limits to Georgia&#x27;s democracy</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/07georgia.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Georgia's critics cite a lack of press freedom as a glaring example of the shortfalls in the country's democratic standards.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/07russia.php">
<title>Russia accuses Georgia of &#x27;new hostilities&#x27;</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/07russia.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia accused Georgia of "seeking to provoke new hostilities" even as Russian peacekeepers were dismantling checkpoints outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/alsace.php">
<title>Church-state tie opens door for mosque</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/alsace.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Growing Muslim community in the Alsace-Moselle region of France finds unexpected cooperation from local government in an otherwise secular nation.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/letter.php">
<title>UN progress on war on the drug trade</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/letter.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[A UN-led campaign has intercepted several hundred tons of a chemical that helps turn poppy-based opium into heroin. The Taliban gets as much as 60 percent of its income from the drug trade, NATO estimates.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/europe/france.php">
<title>French open trial in arms sale to Angola</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/europe/france.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mitterrand's son and a former interior minister are charged with illegal transfer of Russian weapons during the civil war.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/europe/belgium.php">
<title>General strike shuts transit and services in Belgium</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/europe/belgium.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Belgium's transport network was paralyzed when a nationwide strike over the rising cost of living led to the cancellation of all high-speed international train services and brought huge disruption to travelers.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/06/europe/EU-France-Arms-Trafficking-Trial.php">
<title>Huge gunrunning and graft trial opens in Paris</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/06/europe/EU-France-Arms-Trafficking-Trial.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The son of a late French president, an Israeli-Russian billionaire and 40 other people charged with trafficking arms to war-riven Angola or taking kickbacks will face judges Monday in a long-awaited trial in Paris.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/06/europe/EU-Russia-Britain-Extradition.php">
<title>Russia seeks tycoon&#x27;s extradition from Britain</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/06/europe/EU-Russia-Britain-Extradition.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia has asked Britain to extradite a former oil tycoon who fled after what he said was severe harassment by the government, an investigative official said Monday.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/america/gap.php">
<title>U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/america/gap.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration has agreed to make a base in Russia the only place from where U.S. missions to space will start.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/europe/politicus.php">
<title>Trans-Atlantic policy on Russia needed</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/europe/politicus.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Obama and McCain seem to be in agreement on resisting Russian aggression. Can Europe also find a unified policy?]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/europe/georgia.php">
<title>Russia pullout near separatist enclaves progresses</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/europe/georgia.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russian forces dismantled a checkpoint and were working on others as an Oct. 10 deadline neared for a pullout from buffer zones outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/europe/diplo.php">
<title>Leaked diplomatic cable promotes &#x27;acceptable dictator&#x27; in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/europe/diplo.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[A coded French diplomatic cable leaked to a French newspaper quotes the British ambassador in Afghanistan as predicting that the NATO-led military campaign against the Taliban will fail.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/germany.php">
<title>Germany to add troops in Afghanistan, but with limits</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/germany.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[The cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany agreed Tuesday to send a further 1,000 soldiers to Afghanistan, but not to the south of the country where most of the heavy fighting has been taking place.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/07russia.php">
<title>Russia accuses Georgia of &#x27;new hostilities&#x27;</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/07/europe/07russia.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Russia accused Georgia of "seeking to provoke new hostilities" even as Russian peacekeepers were dismantling checkpoints outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/europe/environ.php">
<title>One in four mammals facing extinction</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/europe/environ.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[An "extinction crisis" is under way with one in four mammals in danger of disappearing forever because of habitat loss, hunting and climate change, a leading global conservation body warned Monday.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/06/europe/06putin.php">
<title>A Chechen avenue is named for Putin</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A central avenue in Grozy, the capital of the Chechnya region of Russia, was named after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Sunday.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/europe/journal.php">
<title>Albanian migrants blending into Italian life, in unlikely places</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/europe/journal.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[Couple working in Tuscan vineyard doubt they will ever return home.]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/mideast/obits.php">
<title>Boris Yefimov, Russian cartoonist, dies at 109</title>
<link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/mideast/obits.php</link>
<description><![CDATA[He was despised by Hitler but greatly admired by Stalin, which counted more.]]></description>
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