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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[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[Congo has chance for peace, U.N. ready to enforce - Ban]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Troubled eastern Congo has the best chance in years to secure a lasting peace but the United Nations stands ready to pacify the region by force if need be, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 01:14:02 +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[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[Turkmen Jailers Free Reporter Rovshen Yazmuhamedov]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Journalist released after two weeks in police custody in Turkmenabat, northeastern Turkmenistan.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/470201/20130523/turkmenistan-journalist-rovshen-yazmuhamedov-eu.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 04:37:21 +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[How Turkey Rules its Kurdish Subjects with the Language of Hate [BLOG]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Turkey is still brutally repressing the Kurdish language - but the bravery of the oppressed speaks louder than words, says Uzay Bulut]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:03:26 +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[EU mission seeks to rebuild Mali army after U.S. faltered]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Under a blazing sun and the critical gaze of British and Irish instructors, a line of 11 Malian soldiers lie prone in the dust firing AK-47 rounds at targets, one-by-one.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:42:01 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Kate Middleton is Britain&#039;s &#039;Queen Wag&#039; says Human Rights Activist Joan Smith]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Smith says Duchess of Cambridge is &#039;unambitious&#039; and &#039;bland&#039;.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:22:26 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Nigeria says has Islamists on defensive]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Nigeria claimed an early success for its military offensive against Islamist insurgents in the northeast on Monday, saying the militants&#039; activities had been stifled by nearly a week of attacks on their bases.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 03:56:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Russia&#039;s Only Independent Polling Agency Faces Closure under Foreign Agents Law]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Levada Centre targeted by prosecutor under Putin&#039;s sweeping law against NGOs and foreign funding.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/469170/20130521/levada-centre-russia-s-independent-polling-agency.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:14:09 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Myanmar President Thein Sein&#039;s US Visit opens Human Rights Row]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[First visit of Burmese president to US in 47 years angers activists over Burma&#039;s dismal record.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/469155/20130521/myanmar-president-thein-sein-visit-criticism.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:36:34 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Zambia Slides Further Towards Dictatorship [BLOG]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[As Chuck Parnell reports, attacks on judicial independence in Zambia are part of a larger push for total control of state power.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/469062/20130520/zambia-slides-further-towards-dictatorship.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:51:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Two Iran Men Accused of Being Agent Spies for CIA, Mossad Hanged]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[At the crack of dawn on Sunday morning, Iran hanged two Iranian men for allegedly being agent spies of the U.S. CIA and the Israeli&#039;s Mossad, passing on classified and vital information to the latter agencies in exchange for money.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:35:29 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Financial Times Blogs And Twitter Accounts]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The website and twitter feeds of the Financial Times became the target of the Syrian Electronic Army, a group of online hackers and supporters of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on Friday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 16:52:45 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Draconian Laws Against LGBT Must Be Repealed: UN]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Terming the fight against homophobia as a core part of battle for human rights, United Nations General Secretary Ban-Ki-moon in strong words called for repeal of draconian laws used to criminalize and punish LGBT.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/468727/20130519/transgender-rights-lgbt-ban-ki-moon-united.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 06:11:30 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Australian Porn Mag Apologises to Sikh Community for Offensive &#039;Turban Legend&#039; Article]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Bauer Media makes out of court settlement with United Sikhs over a photo of a Nihang Sikh in lad’s mag The Picture.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/468584/20130518/australian-magazine-bauer-media-picture-apologises-sikh.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:43:16 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[‘US Troops Used Japanese Sex Slaves Too,’ says Osaka Mayor Hashimoto]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Nationalist Japan Restoration Party co-head Toru Hashimoto fuels international row over &#039;comfort women&#039; in WWII.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:06:19 +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[UN Condemns Russia’s &#039;Intimidating&#039; Raids on Amnesty, Transparency International, NGOs]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[United Nations said Kremlin’s legislative changes have “obstructive, intimidating and stigmatizing effects”]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/468239/20130516/russia-un-ngo-crackdown.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:31:57 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Nigeria Begins &#039;Massive&#039; Operation against Boko Haram Islamists]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Provinces bordering Cameroon, Chad and Niger focus of offensive.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/468162/20130516/nigeria-boko-haram-islamists-alqaida-borno.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:50:25 +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[Shrien Dewani Extradition Hearing Date Set for July]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Shrien Dewani&#039;s extradition hearing date over the murder of his bride Anni Dewani was set in his absence at Westminster magistrates court]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:33:32 +1000</pubDate>
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