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  <title><![CDATA[Bank of Ningxia to Spearhead Islamic Finance in China]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[With encouragement from the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is set to take the lead in trialling Islamic financial services in China.
If the pilot project is successful, policy makers hope that Islamic]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Turkey committed to Armenia peace despite US vote]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Turkey said on Friday it was determined to press ahead with efforts to normalize ties with Armenia despite a U.S. congressional panel vote terming as genocide the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks.
"We are determined to press ahead]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:56:39 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Karadzic defends ‘holy war’ against Muslims]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[THE HAGUE: Radovan Karadzic on Monday described the 1990s Bosnian conflict as a "just and holy war" waged by Serbs against Muslims seeking to turn Bosnia into an Islamic republic as he mounted a political counterattack against the UN court in The]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mohamed Ali Samatar: Facing war crimes lawsuit in US]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/03/02/6026/Mohamed-Ali-Samatar-Facing-war-crimes-lawsuit-in-US</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The case has divided courts. A federal judge in Alexandria ruled that even if the immunity law does not mention individuals, such protection is the "practical equivalent" of immunity offered to a state. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit]]></description>
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  <title><![CDATA[US court dismisses Uighurs' appeal]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The US supreme court has refused to rule on whether judges have the power to order the government to release Guantanamo prisoners to live in the US, when no other country will take them.
The court said on Monday that it would not decide on an]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:22:23 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Europe not interested in following Dubai killers' trails]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[GENEVA: A killer — or killers — may be on the loose in Europe after a Hamas operative was slain last month in Dubai. European nations, however, seem to be in no rush to find him, her or them.
The spotlight is falling on those countries where]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:31:03 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[EU court ruling supports Somali and Portuguese migrants over UK child benefit claims]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The European Court of Justice has said some migrant families can stay in the UK and claim benefits - even if the main worker has left the country.
The court, which deals with EU law, said some families must be allowed to stay when their child was]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:29:07 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Malcolm X: Legacy lives on 45 years after his assassination]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Forty-five years ago on Feb. 21, Malcolm X — El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz — had begun his address to a mass meeting of the Organization of Afro-American Unity in New York City at the Audubon Ballroom when several men opened fire on him with shotguns]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:52:19 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Dubai assassination squad carried diplomatic passports]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/02/22/6021/Dubai-assassination-squad-carried-diplomatic-passports</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The claim will intensify the pressure on Israel, whose foreign minister is due to meet David Miliband and other European envoys in Brussels today. Avigdor Lieberman will face questions about allegations that Mossad agents posing as Europeans and]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:40:36 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Special Report: Somali Government Troops Gather in Mogadishu]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Somali government troops massed in Mogadishu for a planned offensive against al Shabaab, the powerful al Qaeda allied-militia that's been trying to topple the government.
Government and African Union officials say the goal is for the Somali]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:44:57 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Somali minister dies of 'graduation' bomb attack injury]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/02/17/6019/Somali-minister-dies-of-graduation-bomb-attack-injury</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Somalia's sports minister has died in a Saudi hospital weeks after he was critically wounded in a bomb attack at a medical graduation ceremony in Mogadishu.
Saleban Olad Roble passed away on Friday in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where he and other]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:40:07 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Italy says Swiss misused Schengen in row with Libya]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[ROME - Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on Tuesday Switzerland had misused the Schengen agreement and taken its members "hostage" by slapping a ban on Libyan officials which prompted retaliation by Tripoli.
Officials said on Monday]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:31:39 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Dubai to issue 11 warrants for Hamas killing]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/02/16/6017/Dubai-to-issue-11-warrants-for-Hamas-killing</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Dubai will issue arrest warrants for 11 foreign agents suspected of involvement in the the assassination of a top Hamas military commander in his hotel room in Dubai on Jan. 20, the police chief said on Monday.
"We do not rule out Mossad, but when]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (United Arab Emirates)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:43:17 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Binyam Mohamed: Lies, Truth, Torture and the missing paragraph]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/02/11/6016/Binyam-Mohamed-Lies-Truth-Torture-and-the-missing-paragraph</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Ministers were facing demands last night to hold a public inquiry into revelations that the security services knew a terror suspect from Britain had been tortured by the CIA.
Senior judges ordered the Government to publish previously secret parts]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:33:30 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[US soldier gives four-year-old daughter 'waterboarding' over alphabet]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/02/09/6015/US-soldier-gives-fouryearold-daughter-waterboarding-over-alphabet</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Joshua Tabor allegedly told police he had used the technique because he was angry and knew his daughter was scared of water.
The 27-year-old, who had recently gained custody of the young girl, said she "squirmed" as he pushed her under the water]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:58:23 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[US verdict sparks Pakistan protests]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Thousands of Pakistanis have staged rallies against the conviction of a Pakistani scientist found guilty of trying to kill American servicemen in Afghanistan.
Protests were held on Thursday in several cities in Pakistan, where many believe that]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:32:11 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Phenomenon Of Ignoring The Qur’an]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[وَقَالَ الرّسُولُ يَرَبّ إِنّ قَوْمِي اتّخَذُواْ هَـَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَهْجُوراً
“And the Messenger has said: “O my lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur’an as [a]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:24:41 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The grand Zionist façade]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/02/02/6012/The-grand-Zionist-faade</link>
  <description><![CDATA[On 12 January, The New York Times carried an article by David Brooks on Jews and Israel. It so caught my eye that I decided to bring it to my class on the economic history of the Middle East. I sent my students the link to the article and asked them]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:42:11 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[In the West Bank's stony hills, Palestine is slowly dying]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/30/6011/In-the-West-Banks-stony-hills-Palestine-is-slowly-dying</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Area C doesn't sound very ominous. A land of stone-sprinkled grey hills and soft green valleys, it's part of the wreckage of the equally wrecked Oslo Agreement, accounting for 60 per cent of the Israeli-occupied West Bank that was eventually supposed]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:30:01 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tony Blair fights for his legacy as he defends Iraq war at Chilcot inquiry]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[That was Tony Blair's message Friday as he fought for his place in history against critics who contend it was folly to join the Americans in invading Iraq based on intelligence that was faulty and weapons of mass destruction that turned out not to]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:34:32 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hamas blames Israel for Dubai death]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/29/6009/Hamas-blames-Israel-for-Dubai-death</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Hamas has claimed that one of its commanders was assassinated by Israeli agents in Dubai.
A statement by the Palestinian group, which controls the Gaza Strip, alleged on Friday that Israel had killed Mahmoud Abdul Raouf al-Mabhouh.
"I cannot]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:37:11 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Wikileaks temporarily offline due to lack of funds]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/29/6008/Wikileaks-temporarily-offline-due-to-lack-of-funds</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The whistleblowing website Wikileaks has temporarily shut down because of a lack of funds.
The site, which has been a major irritant to governments and big businesses since it launched in 2007, says it cannot keep going without more public]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (slashnews)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:16:01 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hamas says Israel retreating from Germany-brokered prisoner deals]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/27/6007/Hamas-says-Israel-retreating-from-Germanybrokered-prisoner-deals</link>
  <description><![CDATA[GAZA, Islamic Hamas movement accused Israel of retreating from a series of Germany-brokered agreements that would have paved the way for a prisoner exchange, a pro-Hamas website reported Wednesday.
"The prisoners swap is going through a state of]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Palestine)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:48:45 +0100</pubDate>
  <source url="http://xinhuanet.com">xinhuanet.com</source></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Four Uighurs sentenced to die in Xinjiang]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/27/6006/Four-Uighurs-sentenced-to-die-in-Xinjiang</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A court in China has sentenced another four people, all apparently ethnic Uighurs, to death for their part in last year's ethnic riots in the western Xinjiang region, state media has reported.
A fifth person was also given the death penalty, but]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (China)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:58:20 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hormuud Telecom Extends Microwave Backbone Through]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/27/6005/Hormuud-Telecom-Extends-Microwave-Backbone-Through</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Harris Stratex Networks, Inc. a leading provider of wireless solutions that enable the evolution of next-generation fixed and mobile broadband networks, today announced that Hormuud Telecom Somalia, Inc., placed an order for 100 of its high capacity]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Somalia)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:37:43 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Somalia, Sudan top agenda of OIC meet in Uganda]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/26/6004/Somalia-Sudan-top-agenda-of-OIC-meet-in-Uganda</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The volatile situation in Somalia and Sudan's Darfur region will top the agenda of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) meeting that started here on Sunday.
Hussein Kyanjo, a Ugandan lawmaker and also one of the organizers of the]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Islam)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:28:01 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Turkey accepts wounded Somalis for treatment]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/21/6003/Turkey-accepts-wounded-Somalis-for-treatment</link>
  <description><![CDATA[More than 13 Somalis have been flown to Turkey for medical treatment after they sustained injuries during bloody clashes between Somali fighters and government troops.
The Turkish government has dispatched planes to the Horn of African nation to]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Somalia)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:16:31 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel 'pushing aid groups out' of Palestinian areas]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/20/6002/Israel-pushing-aid-groups-out-of-Palestinian-areas</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Israel has stopped issuing work permits to foreign aid workers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, sparking fears about the future of relief operations in the Palestinian territories.
The Israeli Interior Ministry has issued only tourist visas to]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Palestine)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:48:46 +0100</pubDate>
  <source url="http://timesonline.co.uk">timesonline.co.uk</source></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Report: US Covered Up Gitmo Deaths]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/19/6001/Report-US-Covered-Up-Gitmo-Deaths</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The US government has covered up the death of three Guantanamo detainees who have died from torture during interrogation but were pronounced as suicides, the Harper magazine reports in its March edition.
"The cover-up is amazing in its audacity,]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (United States)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:44:05 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[EthiopiaIs is using food as political weapon]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/13/6000/EthiopiaIs-is-using-food-as-political-weapon</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Accusations about food aid are very emotive. Especially when they are made in Ethiopia — a country that saw more than 1 million of its people starve to death in the 1984 famine.
So everyone is tiptoeing carefully around recent allegations that]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Ethiopia)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:05:12 +0100</pubDate>
  <source url="http://reuters.com">reuters.com</source></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. and Israel linked to the killing of Iranian nuclear scientist]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/13/5999/US-and-Israel-linked-to-the-killing-of-Iranian-nuclear-scientist</link>
  <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN - A remote-controlled bomb killed a Tehran University nuclear scientist on Tuesday, state media reported, in an attack which Iran blamed on its two arch enemies, the United States and Israel.
The blast which killed professor Massoud]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Iran)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:15:06 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Somalia, Baladwayne fighting kills at least 18 people]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/11/5998/Somalia-Baladwayne-fighting-kills-at-least-18-people</link>
  <description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU - At least 18 people were killed in fighting on <strong>Monday 11 Jan 2010</strong> in two central Somali towns where rebels battled a pro-government militia and each other, according to witnesses.
The Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca militia, which]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Somalia)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:42:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Palestine: Genocide in slow motion]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/08/5997/Palestine-Genocide-in-slow-motion</link>
  <description><![CDATA[On the first anniversary of the beginning of Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip – in my view it was a demonstration of Israeli state terrorism at its most naked – it’s not enough to say that the governments of the Western powers (and others) are]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Palestine)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:24:12 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Kenyan authorities deport Abdullah El-Faisal to Gambia]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/07/5996/Kenyan-authorities-deport-Abdullah-ElFaisal-to-Gambia</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Kenyan authorities have deported a controversial Jamaican Muslim religious leader to Gambia because he posed a serious threat to Kenya's security, officials said.
Abdullah El-Faisal had not committed crimes in Kenya nor was he wanted in other]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Kenya)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:45:13 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[US double drone attack in North Waziristan]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/06/5995/US-double-drone-attack-in-North-Waziristan</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A suspected double US drone attack has killed at least 15 people in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region.
The strikes on Wednesday occurred in North Waziristan, where several opposition groups stage attacks inside the district and into bordering]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Pakistan)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:54:08 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[MI5 'still using threats and blackmail to recruit Muslim spies']]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/05/5994/MI5-still-using-threats-and-blackmail-to-recruit-Muslim-spies</link>
  <description><![CDATA[MI5 faces accusations that its officers have blackmailed and harassed vulnerable immigrants living in Britain as part of a campaign to recruit spies to report on Muslim communities.
In one case, a man who escaped persecution in Africa where]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (United Kingdom)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:41:31 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Outrage, Indian student killed in Australia]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/04/5993/Outrage-Indian-student-killed-in-Australia</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The governments of India and Australia have condemned the murder of an Indian student in the city of Melbourne over the weekend.
Nitin Garg was stabbed to death while walking to work on Saturday night.
"I obviously unreservedly condemn this]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Australia)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:00:46 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[German cop, judges cleared in 'veil martyr' murder case]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/01/01/5992/German-cop-judges-cleared-in-veil-martyr-murder-case</link>
  <description><![CDATA[BERLIN - German investigators have dropped a probe into a policeman who shot an Egyptian trying to stop his pregnant wife being stabbed to death in a courtroom in July, a spokesman for prosecutors said Wednesday.
Prosecutors also said there were]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Germany)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:09:29 +0100</pubDate>
  <source url="http://alarabiya.net">alarabiya.net</source></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Airports with full body scan: virtual strip search]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/31/5991/Airports-with-full-body-scan-virtual-strip-search</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The wide use of full-body scanning at airports now being discussed at the White House has set off hot criticism from privacy advocates who call it a "virtual strip search," according to media reports Thursday.
Ever since the Christmas Day terror]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Netherlands)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:18:46 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Eritrea opposition group vows military action]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/31/5990/Eritrea-opposition-group-vows-military-action</link>
  <description><![CDATA[An Eritrean opposition group [ADDIS ABABA pupet] said on Tuesday it was "prepared to launch attacks" on government troops after the United Nations last week imposed tough sanctions on Asmara.
"This is a good opportunity for us," Cornelios Osman,]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Eritrea)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:32:16 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Somali Pirates Seize a British Tanker and a Greek Cargo Ship]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/31/5989/Somali-Pirates-Seize-a-British-Tanker-and-a-Greek-Cargo-Ship</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A Greek-owned cargo ship and a British-flagged chemical tanker have been seized by Somali pirates as the marauders scored a record number of attacks and hijackings in 2009. The Piracy Reporting Center of the International Maritime Bureau said Tuesday]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Somalia)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:30:21 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Eritrea:Communities Abroad Denounce Security Council's Sanctions]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/31/5988/EritreaCommunities-Abroad-Denounce-Security-Councils-Sanctions</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Asmara — The Eritrean communities in Kuwait, Riyadh and Holland stated that the unjust Security Council's resolution imposing sanctions against Eritrea would only further reinforce the steadfastness and strength of the Eritrean people.
In a]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Eritrea)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:26:19 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Indian students to shun Australia due to racist attacks]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/30/5987/Indian-students-to-shun-Australia-due-to-racist-attacks</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Australia’s international student sector, the third largest export earner, is forecast to see a 20 percent drop in Indian students in 2010, costing $69.7 million, after a series of attacks on Indians students in 2009.
A study by The Tourism]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (India)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:37:41 +0100</pubDate>
  <source url="http://khaleejtimes.com">khaleejtimes.com</source></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Libya explains opposition to sanctions against Eritrea]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/27/5986/Libya-explains-opposition-to-sanctions-against-Eritrea</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Libya voted against the resolution of the UN Security Council imposing sanctions against Eritrea, saying "the path adopted in the resolution is not realistic but hasty.
"Sanctions are not the appropriate means of sorting out the existing problem.]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Eritrea)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:48:29 +0100</pubDate>
  <source url="http://afriquejet.com">afriquejet.com</source></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel kills six Palestinians in West Bank & Gaza]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/26/5985/Israel-kills-six-Palestinians-in-West-Bank--Gaza</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Israeli soldiers shot dead six Palestinians in two separate incidents on Saturday in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in one of the deadliest outbreaks of violence in months.
Three of those who were killed belonged to Palestinian]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Palestine)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:27:51 +0100</pubDate>
  <source url="http://alarabiya.net">alarabiya.net</source></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Homeless Gazans live in bleak camp one year after war]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/23/5984/Homeless-Gazans-live-in-bleak-camp-one-year-after-war</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Gaza Strip, Dec. 23 - Grief could be easily seen in his eyes when Marwan al-Attar, a 55-year-old resident of Biet Lahiya town in northern Gaza Strip spoke about his camp life.
Al-Attar and his family, as well as thousands of Palestinian families]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Palestine)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:39:53 +0100</pubDate>
  <source url="http://xinhuanet.com">xinhuanet.com</source></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sudan Election 2010: parlement approves referendum law]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/22/5983/Sudan-Election-2010-parlement-approves-referendum-law</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Sudan's parliament has approved a controversial bill paving the way for a referendum on possible independence for the country's oil-producing south.
MPs passed the bill on Tuesday, despite opposition from southern Sudanese legislators over a]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Sudan)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:19:40 +0100</pubDate>
  <source url="http://aljazeera.net">aljazeera.net</source></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Somali detainee says Guantanamo 'hell on earth']]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/22/5982/Somali-detainee-says-Guantanamo-hell-on-earth</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A Somali just home from eight years in the U.S. jail at Guantanamo Bay told AFP Monday the prison was "hell on Earth" and alleged torture there had scarred some of his fellow inmates.
Mohammed Saleban Bare, who arrived in his hometown of Hargeisa]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Somalia)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:52:20 +0100</pubDate>
  <source url="http://alarabiya.net">alarabiya.net</source></item>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tory-linked Taxpayers' Alliance 'subsidised' by the taxpayer]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/21/5981/Torylinked-Taxpayers-Alliance-subsidised-by-the-taxpayer</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A campaign group which claims to represent the interests of ordinary taxpayers is using a charitable arm which gives it access to tax relief on donations from wealthy backers, the Guardian has learned.
The Conservative-linked Taxpayers' Alliance,]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:30:23 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel admits harvesting Palestinian organs]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/21/5980/Israel-admits-harvesting-Palestinian-organs</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Israel has admitted that pathologists harvested organs from dead Palestinians, and others without the consent of their families – a practice that it said ended in the 1990s, it emerged at the weekend.
The admission, by the former head of the]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:35:17 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israeli director of IFM admits harvesting organs]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/20/5979/Israeli-director-of-IFM-admits-harvesting-organs</link>
  <description><![CDATA[RAMALLAH: The chief Israeli pathologist and director of the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Abu Kabir, professor Yehuda Hiss, has admitted harvesting organs from the bodies of dead Palestinians without the consent of their families.
Hiss said]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:44:34 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[OIC to assist in Somalia’s rebuilding]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/18/5978/OIC-to-assist-in-Somalias-rebuilding</link>
  <description><![CDATA[JEDDAH: The 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) announced Thursday its plan to open an office in Mogadishu next month to support reconstruction of Somalia.
“The humanitarian department at the OIC in association with NGOs in]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Islam)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:52:45 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Dubai film festival awards go to Zindeeq, Lola]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/17/5977/Dubai-film-festival-awards-go-to-Zindeeq-Lola</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The movie "Zindeeq" (renegade), directed by Palestinian filmmaker Michel Khleifi and "Lola" by Filipino director Brillante Mendoza won the first prize of the sixth edition of Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).
Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammad]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (United Arab Emirates)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:11:12 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Joe Lieberman:  Holding Barack Obama to ransom over healthcare]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/17/5976/Joe-Lieberman--Holding-Barack-Obama-to-ransom-over-healthcare</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Joe Lieberman has long gone rogue in his own way. The senator from Connecticut and former Democratic vice-presidential candidate may not be quite out there with that other contender for high office, Sarah Palin.
But Lieberman – a professed]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:10:25 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Yemen foils al-Qaeda plot, kills 34, arrests 17]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/17/5975/Yemen-foils-alQaeda-plot-kills-34-arrests-17</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Sanaa - Yemeni security forces have killed 34 al-Qaeda militants and arrested 17 others in foiling a planned series of suicide bomb attacks, a security source said on Thursday.
The incidents took place in Abyan province in the south and in Arhab]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Yemen)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:49:56 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Pakistan’s supreme court rules NRO illegal]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/17/5974/Pakistans-supreme-court-rules-NRO-illegal</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday declared illegal an amnesty that had protected President Asif Ali Zardari and his allies from corruption charges, opening the door for corruption cases to be brought against them.
Although]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:47:37 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Palestine peace deal possible in 6 months: Abbas]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/17/5973/Palestine-peace-deal-possible-in-6-months-Abbas</link>
  <description><![CDATA[RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview with the Israeli daily Haaretz that a peace deal with Israel could be reached within six months if Israel completely freezes settlement construction during that time.
Palestinians]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Palestine)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:46:16 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Gulf states launch joint military force for security]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/16/5972/Gulf-states-launch-joint-military-force-for-security</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Leaders of the six Gulf Arab states wrapped up their two-day summit where they agreed to create a joint force for quick intervention to address security threats, announced they were opposed to any military action by the West against neighboring Iran]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:38:11 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi Wins Malaysia's Hijra Award]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/15/5971/Sheikh-Yusuf-AlQaradawi-Wins-Malaysias-Hijra-Award</link>
  <description><![CDATA[DOHA – Prominent Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, the president of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), has won Malaysia’s prestigious "Hijra of the Prophet" award.
Qaradawi will be given the award by Malaysian King Mizan]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Islam)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:07:23 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Puntland hires TMG Security Company]]></title>
  <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2009/12/15/5970/Puntland-hires-TMG-Security-Company</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A Kuwait based Security Company is taking on the task of Supporting the Puntland State Government of Somalia, where with the directive of President Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamud  [Farole], Puntland will embark on a new effective approach in tackling the]]></description>
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  <author><![CDATA[info@slashnews.co.uk (Somalia)]]></author>
  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:49:50 +0100</pubDate>
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