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    <title><![CDATA[Immigrants Face Tougher Conditions: No More Safe Place in the World]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[2013 Report from Amnesty International points out that the world is no more a safe place for immigrants]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 10:55:34 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Israel Condemns Foreign Correspondents&#039; &#039;Vulture Club&#039; on Muhammad al-Durrah Death]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Reporters accused of bias after criticising government &#039;whitewash&#039; over shooting of Palestinian boy.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:18:39 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Jerusalem: William Hague Faces Israel-UK Strain over UK&#039;s ‘Disguised anti-Semitism’]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Foreign Secretary in Israel with US counterpart John Kerry to re-launch Palestine peace negotiations.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:30:13 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Stockholm Immigration Policy Stirs up Days of Riots]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Riots have sparked since Tuesday night in the streets of Stockholm Sweden]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:52 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Indian Maids in Saudi Arabia Sentenced to 2,000 Lashes and Jail Terms for Black Magic]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Riyadh court passes harsh sentence just days after Saudi Arabia agreed to better protection for foreign maids.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:38:11 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Tunisian Siblings Diagnosed with Novel Coronavirus after Death of Father]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Tunis confirms first cases of Sars-like NCoV after brother and sister contract disease.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 21:06:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iran: Ahmadinejad Challenges Ban on Protégé Mashaei Running for President]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Guardian Council excludes president&#039;s protégé alongside former reformist leader Rafsanjani from poll.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:06:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Syria Civil War: Israel Warns Assad against Widening Attacks]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[IDF and Syrian troops exchange fire in Golan Heights over incursion claims by Damascus.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:36:45 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia Executes Five Men and Hangs Bodies on Public Display [PHOTOS]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Bodies displayed near university in Jizan as warning to public.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:37:23 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Filipino Maids Get Better Protection in ‘Historic’ Deal with Saudi Arabia]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Workers in Saudi Arabia now entitled to paid holiday, a bank account and legal rights.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:49:59 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Saudi Women Empowerment Expands to Philippine Maids]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The growing women empowerment in Saudi Arabia has expanded to include the plight of foreign nationals, specifically Filipina maids. On Monday, the Middle Eastern nation signed a bilateral agreement with the Philippine government, vowing to protect the rights of its women who work as maids in the oil-rich nation.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:07 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iraq Car Bomb Spree across Baghdad and Key Cities Claims 86 Lives]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Civil war fears grow after worst day of violence in eight months between Shia and Sunni Muslims.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:09:00 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Israel: Four Dead in Shoot-Out After Botched Bank Robbery in Beersheeba]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[One robber shot himself after taking female bank clerk hostage, army radio reports]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:14 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Tunisia: Topless Femen Activist Amina Tyler Arrested amid Police Clashes with Salafists [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Radical feminist activist demonstrates outside Great Mosque of Kairouan as security forces scuffle with hardline Ansar al-Shariah  Islamists.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:52:07 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Vandals Spray &#039;Torah Tag&#039; on Home of Women of the Wall Member Peggy Cidor]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Jewish liberal women&#039;s group member targeted in graffiti attack.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:02:00 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Syria Civil War: Fighting Rages for Key Town as Hezbollah Joins [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Hezbollah fighters join Assad&#039;s forces in offensive against rebels in Homs as skirmishes spill into Lebanon.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:45:58 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia: Man Sentenced to 3,000 Lashes and Five Years Jail for Abusing Parents]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A court in Jeddah has punished a young male for &#039;ingratitude&#039; to his parents and family.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:57:16 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iran Executes Two Alleged CIA and Mossad Spies]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Two Iranian men hanged for &#039;passing on national secrets&#039;.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 21:56:40 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[US Raps Russia for Syria Arms Deal as Row Looms over CIA]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[US criticises missile shipment as Russia&#039;s FSB risks diplomatic spat by revealing name of alleged CIA spy operating in Moscow.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/468643/20130518/syria-missile-shipment-cia-moscow-ryan-fogle.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:55:42 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Israel Launches Crackdown on Jewish Settlers&#039; &#039;Price Tag&#039; Attacks]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Cabinet may label settler revenge assaults on Palestinians and Christians as acts of terror.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:27:42 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ancient Egyptians Abandoned Pyramids ‘Because of Extreme Temperature Changes&#039;]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Structural engineer Peter James says expansion and contraction of rocks caused demise of the pyramids.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:52:33 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Syrian Refugee Count Crosses 1.5 Million Mark - UN]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[UN Refugee Agency says 250,000 Syrians flee strife-torn country every month.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:40:18 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Omar Borkan Al Gala: ‘Too Handsome’ Man Recovers Facebook Page, Set to Hit 1 Million Follower Mark [PHOTOS]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Facebook page of Omar Borkan Al Gala, which got deleted on Tuesday, has been recovered. The &#039;too handsome&#039; man&#039;s official Facebook account was deleted just days after he revealed his relationship status.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:05:09 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obama and Erdogan Demand Assad Steps Down [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[US president and Turkish prime minister insist Assad&#039;s regime should pave way for transitional government.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:27:31 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia: Women Banned from Switching on &#039;Immoral&#039; Air Conditioning by Islamic Cleric]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[According to Abul Ala, &#039;turning on the cooler ventilator is very dangerous, and may bring about immorality in the society&#039;.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:27:08 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iran &#039;Persuades Hezbollah to Protect Syria from Israeli Attacks in Golan Heights&#039;]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Iran&#039;s supreme leader convinces Hassan Nasrallah to defend Assad &#039;at all costs.&#039;]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:25:23 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Syria: Al-Nusra Jihadists Execute 11 Assad Militants in Horror Video]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Man covered in balaclava shot each man in the back of the head in massacre by al-Qaida-linked rebel group.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:03:47 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bahrain: Human Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab Missing from Prison]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Pro-democracy campaigner who witnessed torture of young political prisoners disappears on eve of Red Cross visit.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:38:58 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Six More Cases of Novel Coronavirus Confirmed in Saudi Arabia as Infections Rise to 40]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Saudi Health Ministry says two additional cases of the Sars-like virus have been identified.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:16:06 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Syria&#039;s Cannibal Commander Abu Sakkar: Why I Ate my Enemy&#039;s Heart]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Cannibalism avenged soldier&#039;s sex attack on women, says rebel who claims he has second video of himself sawing enemy into pieces.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:37:59 +1000</pubDate>
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