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    <title><![CDATA[Obama does not feel Americans&#039; privacy violated - chief of staff]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama does not believe the recently disclosed top-secret National Security Agency surveillance of phone records and Internet data has violated Americans&#039; privacy rights, his chief of staff said on Sunday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:00:06 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Budgets rebound but states to limit spending increases]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Most U.S. states are set to end this fiscal year in solid financial shape, but a report on Thursday said an array of threats including federal budget cuts and potential sales tax declines will keep state spending.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:14:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Yellen overwhelming favorite to replace Bernanke at Fed: Reuters poll]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve&#039;s powerful vice chair, is by far the most likely candidate to replace Ben Bernanke when his second term at the helm of the U.S. central bank ends early next year, according to a Reuters poll of economists.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:42:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. contractor who leaked NSA files drops out of sight, faces legal battle]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A contractor at the National Security Agency who leaked details of top-secret U.S. surveillance programs dropped out of sight in Hong Kong on Monday ahead of a likely push by the U.S. government to have him sent back to the United States to face charges.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:28:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. whistleblower drops out of sight, faces legal battle]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A contractor at the National Security Agency who leaked details of top-secret U.S. surveillance programs dropped out of sight in Hong Kong on Monday, ahead of a likely push by the U.S. government to have him sent back to the United States to face charges.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 05:35:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. spy chief strongly defends surveillance, calls it legal]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The top U.S. intelligence official launched an aggressive defence on Saturday of a secret government data collection program, blasting what he called "reckless disclosures" of a highly classified spy agency project code-named PRISM.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:21:01 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obama defends surveillance effort as &#039;trade-off&#039; for security]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama on Friday staunchly defended the sweeping U.S. government surveillance of Americans&#039; phone and Internet activity, calling it a "modest encroachment" on privacy that was necessary to defend the United States from attack.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 06:35:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obama defends U.S. surveillance program as trade-off for security]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama on Friday staunchly defended the sweeping U.S. government surveillance of Americans&#039; phone and internet activity, calling it a modest encroachment on privacy that was necessary to defend the United States from attack.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 03:35:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obama defends surveillance program as trade-off for security]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama on Friday staunchly defended the sweeping U.S. government surveillance of Americans&#039; phone and internet activity, calling it a modest encroachment on privacy that was necessary to defend the United States from attack.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 03:35:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Obama administration on defensive over surveillance activity]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Reports of sweeping U.S. government surveillance of Americans&#039; phone and Internet activity put the Obama administration on the defensive on Friday, adding pressure on President Barack Obama to explain why such tactics are necessary.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 01:28:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Reports on U.S. surveillance of Americans fuel debate over privacy, security]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The debate over whether the U.S. government is violating citizens&#039; privacy rights while trying to protect them from terrorism escalated dramatically on Thursday amid reports that authorities have collected data on millions of phone users and tapped into servers at nine internet companies.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:49:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Reports on surveillance of Americans fuel debate over privacy, security]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The debate over whether the government is violating citizens&#039; privacy rights while trying to protect them from terrorism escalated dramatically on Thursday amid reports that authorities have collected data on millions of phone users and tapped into servers at nine internet companies.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[NSA is collecting phone records of Verizon customers: report]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The U.S. National Security Agency is collecting telephone records of millions of Verizon Communications customers, according to a secret court order obtained and published by the Guardian newspaper&#039;s website.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:14:02 +1000</pubDate>
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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[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[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[Man Has Sex With Hornet’s Nest: Top Five Hoax News Stories]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[After IBTimes was stung by news of a man having sex with a hornet&#039;s nest, we look back at some more classic spoofs.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:32:42 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[US Companies&#039; Overseas Earnings Hit $1.9 Trillion]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Large U.S. companies boosted their offshore earnings by 15 percent last year to a record $1.9 trillion, avoiding hefty tax bills by keeping the profits abroad, according to a new report.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.S. companies&#039; overseas earnings hit record $1.9 trillion: study]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Large U.S. companies boosted their offshore earnings by 15 percent last year to a record $1.9 trillion, avoiding hefty tax bills by keeping the profits abroad, according to a new report.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 05:07:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Amid budget cutbacks, U.S. shipping sector seeks more federal funds]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[As Congress imposes deep spending cuts on everything from national defense to child care, shipping industry executives are urging lawmakers to spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on a river network that accounts for a declining share of the nation&#039;s domestic freight.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 15:14:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lesbian Texan Heiress Christiana Wyly and Skunk Anansie Star Skin in £100,000 Court Battle with Wedding Planners]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Lesbian rock singer and billionaire&#039;s daughter Christiana Wyly launch lawsuit  against their wedding planners, after being left with unpaid bills.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 01:47:44 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Republicans slam U.S. bet on electric carmaker Fisker]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Republican lawmakers said the U.S. government missed early warning signs that its loans to electric carmaker Fisker Automotive could be in trouble, and kept money flowing even after the startup missed a key 2011 production deadline.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:14:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Argentina&#039;s Christina Fernandez Humiliated by &#039;Old Hag&#039; Sideswipe by Uruguay President]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Uruguay and Argentina relations knocked by slur President Mujica hoped nobody would hear.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:08:32 +1100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Barack Obama the Sexist? Row over President’s Remarks on Kamala Harris]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Kamala Harris referred to &#039;best-looking attorney general in the country&#039; by US president.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:52:27 +1100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Barack Obama is the Lizard-King, Say 12 Million Americans]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Conspiracy poll reveals millions think Obama is Satan and Americans caused 9/11.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:34:35 +1100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[A fiscal warning from two former budget chiefs]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Two former budget chiefs who worked for presidents from opposing political parties said on Monday that the government should reduce military spending, scale back Social Security payments and end decade-old income tax cuts to reduce the federal deficit.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:14:02 +1100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[SAC&#039;s Steinberg seeks new judge for insider trading case]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Michael Steinberg, the SAC Capital Advisors fund manager who was indicted last week on insider trading charges, has begun his criminal defense with an unusual goal: to find a new judge.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:21:02 +1100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[New Pope 2013: Pope Francis Among 28 Names in Time Magazine’s Most Influential People for 2013]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Just over two weeks as a celebrity, newly elected Pope Francis continues to make waves globally as proven by his inclusion in the 2013 Time Magazine 100 poll of the most influential people of the year.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:17:42 +1100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Hacker "Guccifer" leaks emails from noted venture capitalist]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[John Doerr, a venture capitalist known for early investments in companies such as Amazon and Google, has become the latest victim of the hacker known as Guccifer, according to the Smoking Gun website.]]></description>
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    <link>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/449031/20130322/hacker-guccifer-leaks-emails-from-noted-venture-capitalist.htm</link>
    <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:42:01 +1100</pubDate>
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