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			<title><![CDATA[Court rules Maher Arar cannot sue U.S. over deportation to Syria]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281516</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Massachusetts Man Planned to Kill Officials, Shoppers, Troops]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280831</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Water shortage in Mexico City could echo the global water issue]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279761</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/4/4/2/1/2/6/i/5/7/3/p-small/DSC07914.JPG" length="21303" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Mexico City faces an alarming water crisis, and the water shortages there may very well reflect the woes of the global freshwater supply question.  40 percent of the planet does not have access to clean water or sanitation.]]></description>			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:51:14 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279761]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Facebook in middle of Golan Heights furor]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279558</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Aceh, Indonesia's Stoning Law 'Constitutes Torture']]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279386</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/4/4/7/1/3/2/i/5/7/1/p-small/cambuk.jpg" length="4192" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Amnesty International has joined the chorus of condemnation against the passing of a new Islamic law in Indonesia's Aceh province that calls for adulterers to be stoned to death and homosexuality and premarital sex to be punished by lashes.]]></description>			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:39:56 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279386]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chavez ends Russian visit with purchase of 'some little rockets']]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279117</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Left For Dead: Surviving a Murder in the Name of Honor]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/277094</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. Envoy to Middle East Meets with Syrian President]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276513</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Swine flu concerns cause Arab health leaders to rethink Mecca]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276375</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[North Korea vows 'fire shower of nuclear retaliation' if provoked]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/274796</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[President Obama Seeks to Improve Relations with Syria]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/274707</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[North Korean vessel said to be exporting weapons to Myanmar]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/274616</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Indian Women Become Electrified]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/273477</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/9/0/1/2/2/1/i/5/2/0/p-small/Indian_Women.jpg" length="9432" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Enterprising Indians have found a way to work towards energy self-sufficiency and reducing poverty.  They are training women to build and maintain solar energy units, and in that way empower women and build power in other ways.]]></description>			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:47:22 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/273477]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Obama renews sanctions against Syria, cites security concerns]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/272380</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/9/9/i/5/0/7/p-small/ObamaWalking_1.jpg" length="3298" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Although the Obama administration seeks to better ties with Syria, the U.S. president notified congress of his intention to renew sanctions against Syria.]]></description>			<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 15:44:19 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/272380]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[God is Back in a Global Revival but Secularism May Eventually Win]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/272076</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gaza Crisis Places Much Pressure On Syria]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/264683</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/1/1/9/8/i/1/3/5/p-small/Copy_0_syria_map.gif" length="11175" type="image/gif"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[As the chaos in regards to the Gaza crisis continues, the pressure is starting to pile onto Syria.  France has asked Syria to pressure Hamas to help end the fighting.]]></description>			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:44:44 -0500</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/264683]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hamas Vs. Israel - "Tehranectomy" On The Way?]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/264068</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Santa comes to Lebanon, with US tanks and Russian MIG 29s]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/263962</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/7/8/i/4/5/7/p-small/planeMIG.jpg" length="2190" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Apparently departing from the frankincense and myrrh script, both the US and Russia are spreading goodwill throughout the Middle East (novel thought) in the form of military hardware. The US tanks are M60s, but Russia has gift wrapped 10 new MIG 29s.]]></description>			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:55:15 -0500</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/263962]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Holy Land Foundation Guilty on 108 Counts of Terrorism Financing]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/262651</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/1/2/5/7/i/1/2/0/p-small/Copy_0_hamas.jpg" length="3620" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[The Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, which was once the largest Muslim charity in the U.S., has been found guilty of funneling millions of dollars to the Palestinian militant group Hamas.]]></description>			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:24:48 -0500</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/262651]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Syria Accuses US of Terrorist Acts]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/261673</link>
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