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    <title><![CDATA[ITV Twitter Hacked by Pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[FT, Reuters, AP and AFB among media giants targeted by hackers baking Damascus regime.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obama Defends Drone Attacks but Says Use Will be Curtailed]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[President tells National Defence University in Washington that al-Qaida terrorism remains a potential threat.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obama seeks end to perpetual U.S. &#039;war on terror&#039;]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Twelve years after the "war on terror" began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States back from some of the most controversial aspects of its global fight against Islamist militants.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:14:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Barack and Michelle Obama Named Most Powerful Couple]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Barack and Michelle Obama are the most powerful couple in the world. The American president and his first lady join former U.S. president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, as well as Brangelina in the new compilation.

As an individual, each of the names on the list is powerful on their own, but as a couple, they are invincible.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 14:01:01 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obama shifts U.S. from &#039;perpetual war-footing,&#039; limits drone strikes]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a "boundless global war on terror," restricting deadly drone strikes abroad and signalling that America&#039;s long struggle against al Qaeda will one day end.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 09:49:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obama limits U.S. drone strikes in shift from constant war footing]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a "boundless global war on terror," restricting deadly U.S. drone strikes abroad and taking steps toward closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 06:35:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obama limits use of U.S. drone strikes, offers steps to close Guantanamo]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama outlined plans on Thursday to limit the use of U.S. drone strikes and took steps aimed at breaking a deadlock on closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 04:28:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Barack Obama to Announce Major Shift in US Drone Strikes Policy]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[US President to announce moves to restrict strikes and make their use more transparent.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 02:01:14 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Twitter Introduces Stronger Security Following High-Profile Hacks]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Following attacks on the accounts of The Financial Times and the Associated Press, Twitter introduces two-factor authentication.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470445/20130523/twitter-security-boosted-two-factor-login-verification.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 19:00:56 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Switching from scandals, Obama to address drones and Guantanamo]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention away from a series of domestic scandals with a speech on Thursday that defends the U.S. use of drones abroad and lays out a vision for closing the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:14:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obama Administration Killed 4 Americans On Purpose, Atty. General Holder Confirms]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A drone strike in September 2011 killed had deliberately killed four Americans]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:59:50 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Oklahoma Tornado Rescue Efforts Winding down]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Officials near certain there are no more survivors or bodies of victims under the rubble.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Oklahoma Tornado Rubbles Reveal No More Dead Bodies, Officials Said]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Officials confirm that there no more dead bodies found amidst the tornado rubbles]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:15:42 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Oklahoma Tornado: Aftermath Images and Videos Shared on Social Networking Sites [PHOTOS]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Aftermath images and videos of the Oklahoma tornado are now posted on social networking web sites. It showed how the force of nature damaged the US state on Monday, May 20, with its projected width of 3.2km and speed of up to 320km/hr.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:34:56 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obama Approval Rating Strong Despite Benghazi Consular Deaths, IRS and AP Scandals]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Economic good news helps American president beat scandals to see ratings grow or remain steady.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/469645/20130522/obama-ecomomy-approval-benghazi.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:16:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obama to meet with China&#039;s Xi in California June 7-8]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first meeting since Xi became president in March when they sit down for a June 7-8 summit in Rancho Mirage, California, the White House announced on Monday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:28:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Oklahoma Tornado: Woman Finds Her Missing Dog Alive in Rubble During TV Interview [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Barbara Garcia had thought her dog was dead before being reunited with the pet live on CBS.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/469468/20130521/oklahoma-tornado-mising-dog-found-cbs-live.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:26:42 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Oklahoma Tornado is One of the Worst Global Tornadoes with 300 Plus Deaths]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A 40-minute, mile-wide tornado that swooped down the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday afternoon has killed 51 people. Almost half of the fatalities were children. Officials expect the death toll to rise.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:59:49 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Oklahoma Super-Tornado Kills Dozens [VIDEO+PHOTOS]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Oklahoma suburbs bear brunt of twister which kills 91, including 20 children.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:51:35 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Markets, Economics and Politics: Conundrums Persist While Equities Mayfest Continues]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Daniel Stewart & Co’s chief economist Alastair Winter previews the week ahead for markets, politics and economics]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/468969/20130520/week-ahead-preview-markets-economics-politics.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:57:33 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Economic Insanity: Obama Spends $11 Million to Create Each &#039;Green&#039; Job]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[There has been nothing you could call "successful" about President Obama&#039;s so-called "green energy" initiatives, but the worst thing of all is the billions in taxpayer dollars he has utterly wasted on failed companies who were trying to push unproven, and ultimately failed, initiatives.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:31:01 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Report Calls on World Leaders to End War on Drugs [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Experts claim report by Organisation of American States is first to consider drug decriminalisation as serious option.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/468824/20130519/legalising-drugs-south-america-oas-report-decriminalisation.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 23:56:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Berlusconi&#039;s Bunga-Bunga Strippers Dressed Up as Barack Obama, Says Bellydancer Ruby]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Woman at centre of scandal says former Italian leader gave her envelopes of cash, but denies they had sex.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/468693/20130518/silvio-berlusconi-karima-mahroug-bunga-obama.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 21:54:45 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobs]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama on Friday sought to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening to swamp his agenda back to his top priority - the economy - and announced he will try to cut in half the time it takes to get federal approval for large job-creating projects.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 06:28:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[FCC nominee Wheeler will divest holdings if confirmed]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 06:21:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[FCC nominee Wheeler to divest telecoms holdings if confirmed]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 05:21:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Unemployment rates drop in most states, Illinois climbs]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Unemployment rates dropped in 43 out of the 50 U.S. states and in the District of Columbia in April from a year before, according to Labor Department data released on Friday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:04 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Treasury to free up $260 billion to avoid debt cap]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress it was prepared to take a series of steps to free up about $260 billion so it can keep paying the nation&#039;s bills once a temporary suspension in the government&#039;s debt ceiling lapses this weekend.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:42:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers accuse IRS officials of lying in tax scandal]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[U.S. lawmakers accused leaders of the Internal Revenue Service of lying on Friday as they opened the first in a series of investigative hearings about the tax collection agency&#039;s targeting of conservative groups.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:35:04 +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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