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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![CDATA[Draconian Laws Against LGBT Must Be Repealed: UN]]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>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 06:11:30 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Deaths Due To Bird Flu In China Rises To 36: WHO]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that four more people have died from H7N9 virus, the new strain of bird flu in China. According to a written statement issued by WHO, the death toll has rose to 36 from a total number of 131 confirmed cases in the country.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:30:56 +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[Cyclone Mahasen Weakens, Warnings Downgraded]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Myanmar was relieved that Cyclone Mahasen hit the ground weaker as expected]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:40:43 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cyclone Mahasen buffets Bangladesh coast, five dead]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Cyclone Mahasen buffeted Bangladesh&#039;s low-lying coast on Thursday, bearing down on the ports of Chittagong and Cox&#039;s Bazar, as tens of thousands of people huddled in shelters from a storm the United Nations says threatens 4.1 million people.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:07:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cyclone Mahasen crosses Bangladesh coast, two dead]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Cyclone Mahasen started crossing Bangladesh&#039;s low-lying coast on Thursday, bearing down on the ports of Chittagong and Cox&#039;s Bazar, as tens of thousands of people huddled in shelters from a storm which the United Nations says threatens 4.1 million people.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:04 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cyberattacks on US: Iran Accused, Joins China as Culprits]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[After accusing China last February, the US has now implicated Iran in the newest wave of cyber attacks in the US, infiltrating at least one corporation according to Mandiant, a security firm. Iran has denied allegations calling it "baseless.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:49:20 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bangladesh orders one million evacuated as Cyclone Mahasen nears]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Bangladesh is evacuating one million people with Cyclone Mahasen expected to hit its low-lying delta coast on Thursday evening, said the United Nations, which estimated 4.1 million people were at risk due to gale-force winds, heavy rain and flooding.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:28:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cyclone Mahasen to Wipe Out Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh, Myanmar]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Rohingya Muslims have endured long years of discrimination in Myanmar and the predicted strong cyclone adds up to their agony]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:28:27 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Angelina Jolie Topless Sells for £30K: Double Mastectomy Fails to Delay Christie’s Sale of Nude Photo]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[David LaChapelle photo of actress reached £30,000 at auction.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:17:34 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Myanmar authorities work to evacuate camps as cyclone nears]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Authorities in Myanmar struggled on Wednesday to evacuate tens of thousands of people, most of them Rohingya Muslims, before a cyclone reaches camps in low-lying regions that have been their home since ethnic and religious unrest last year.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:49:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Boat Carrying 100 Rohingya Muslims Capsizes Off Myanmar]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[A boat carrying about 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized off western Myanmar with many feared drowned at the start of a mass evacuation from low-lying regions ahead of Cyclone Mahasen, a U.N. official said on Tuesday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:06:39 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Taiwan, Philippines Row Escalates: Taiwan Issues Ultimatum]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Taiwan has issued an ultimatum that if the Philippines does not apologize within 72 hours commencing May 12, it is recalling its diplomatic representative in the Philippines and freezing work applications of overseas Filipino contract workers.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:30:12 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brad Pitt Visits Sydney To Promote New Film World War Z]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Brad Pitt fans can look forward to June 9 as Brad Pitt arrives in Harbour City to promote his latest post-apocalyptic zombie movie World War Z.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/467275/20130514/brad-pitt-world-war-z-premier-sydney.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:11:05 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mother’s Day 2013: Hottest Hollywood Moms to Celebrate on Mother’s Day: From Jessica Alba, Miranda Kerr, Beyonce to Angelina Jolie [PHOTOS]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[They say that a mom’s job is twice as hard as Dad’s as they keep the family together at home while keeping their careers on track. This goes for celebrity moms who have continued to make their way to Hollywood while staying happy as hands-on moms.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/466979/20130513/mother-s-day-2013-hottest-celebrity-moms.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 09:40:43 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Syria "likely" to have used chemical weapons, says UK]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The government said on Thursday it was "very likely" the Syrian government had used chemical weapons, and Turkey announced it was stepping up testing of people fleeing the Syrian civil war for traces.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/466353/20130510/syria-likely-to-have-used-chemical-weapons-says-uk.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 04:21:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Syria war could push Lebanon, Jordan into slump]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The economic devastation of Syria&#039;s war could drive the economies of neighbouring Lebanon and Jordan into reverse, Syria&#039;s former deputy prime minister said on Thursday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 01:21:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Eritrea: Smuggled Video Shows Freedom Friday Movement Spreading in North Korea of Africa]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Exclusive footage shows residents of the capital Asmara reading posters calling for mass protests.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 23:29:55 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Food Security Bill to Prove Costly for Government]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The government may soon pass the National Food Security Bill to give millions more people cheap food, fulfilling an election promise of the ruling Congress party that could cost about $23 billion a year and take a third of annual grain production.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/465576/20130508/food-security-bill-prove-costly-government.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:15:45 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[India&#039;s cheap food plans to prove costly for government]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[India may soon pass a new law to give millions more people cheap food, fulfilling an election promise of the ruling Congress party that could cost about $23 billion (14.8 billion pounds) a year and take a third of annual grain production.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 11:07:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[U.N. urges support for new Somali leaders before donor meet]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The United Nations has given strong backing to the new leadership of Somalia ahead of a donor conference in London on Tuesday that will seek pledges to rebuild the East African country torn apart by two decades of civil war.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 08:21:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syrian Missile Shipment &#039;Bound for Hezbollah&#039;]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Israeli officials confirm its air force carried out raid targeting "game-changing" weapons.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/464472/20130504/israel-air-strike-syria-lebanon-hizbollah.htm</guid>
    <link>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/464472/20130504/israel-air-strike-syria-lebanon-hizbollah.htm</link>
    <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 21:29:35 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[World Bank sees progress in some of the most fragile countries]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Twenty of the world&#039;s most troubled countries have made progress in efforts that range from reducing poverty to improving the education of girls and cutting down on the deaths of women in childbirth, the World Bank said on Wednesday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 07:28:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Anger builds as Bangladesh gives up hope of more survivors]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Rescue officials in Bangladesh said on Tuesday they had given up hope of finding more survivors from a garment factory complex that collapsed killing hundreds, as the government came under pressure to do more to enforce building safety standards.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:21:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brad Pitt Bids for Angelina Jolie Photo of Horse Kissing her Breasts]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Brad Pitt prepared to pay “whatever it takes” to buy nude photo of Angelina Jolie]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/461963/20130427/angelina-jolie-topless-horse-photo-brad-pitt.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:54:38 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA["Evidence" of Syria chemical weapons use not up to U.N. standard]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Assertions of chemical weapon use in Syria by Western and Israeli officials citing photos, sporadic shelling and traces of toxins do not meet the standard of proof needed for a U.N. team of experts waiting to gather their own field evidence.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/461905/20130427/evidence-of-syria-chemical-weapons-use-not-up-ton-standard.htm</guid>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 06:21:03 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[New $5.5 Billion Plan Aims to Rid World of Polio by 2018]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Health groups said on Thursday they could rid the world of polio by 2018 with a $5.5 billion vaccination and monitoring plan to stop the disease taking hold once more now there are only a handful of cases worldwide.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:02:39 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Russian Billionaire Alexander Nesis Ventures in Rare Earths Production – Report]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Russian billionaire Alexander Nesis is poised to enter a joint venture that will tackle the extraction and production of precious rare earths from the country&#039;s giant Tomtor deposit in Yakutia.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:24:41 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Insight - Ageing deepens debt-laden Europe&#039;s economic woes]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Long after the debt crisis is over, Europe will be grappling with an even more serious problem - how to pay for growing numbers of old people.]]></description>
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    <link>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/460725/20130424/insight-ageing-deepens-debt-laden-europes-economic-woes.htm</link>
    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:56:02 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Insight: Ageing deepens debt-laden Europe&#039;s economic woes]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Long after the debt crisis is over, Europe will be grappling with an even more serious problem - how to pay for growing numbers of old people.]]></description>
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    <link>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/460712/20130424/insight-ageing-deepens-debt-laden-europes-economic-woes.htm</link>
    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:42:01 +1000</pubDate>
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