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		<title>Chinese Premier in India, Discusses Borders, Trade</title>
		<link>http://www.ncrumors.com/?p=37466</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voice of America</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Manmohan an Singh and his visiting Chinese counterpart have agreed to resolve a border dispute and other tensions, as Premier Li Keqiang continues his first trip abroad since taking office.

Mr. Singh and Mr. Li met Monday in New ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Manmohan an Singh and his visiting Chinese counterpart have agreed to resolve a border dispute and other tensions, as Premier Li Keqiang continues his first trip abroad since taking office.

Mr. Singh and Mr. Li met Monday in New Delhi to discuss several issues, including the longstanding border dispute in the western Himalayas and a trade imbalance that heavily favors China.

At a joint news conference, Mr. Li said the two nations have far more shared interests than ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Burmese President&#8217;s White House Visit a Reward for Reforms</title>
		<link>http://www.ncrumors.com/?p=37465</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voice of America</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burmese President Thein Sein is visiting the White House on Monday, becoming the first leader of his nation to do so in nearly half a century. It marks the latest U.S. effort to reward him for introducing reforms after decades of military rule.

Presid...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Burmese President Thein Sein is visiting the White House on Monday, becoming the first leader of his nation to do so in nearly half a century. It marks the latest U.S. effort to reward him for introducing reforms after decades of military rule.

President Barack Obama's invitation to his Burmese counterpart to meet at the White House also represents a rapid diplomatic boost for Thein Sein, whom the United States removed from a blacklist of foreign officials denied entry to the country only ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pakistan&#8217;s Musharraf Granted Bail in Bhutto Murder Case</title>
		<link>http://www.ncrumors.com/?p=37467</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voice of America</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Pakistani court has granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in a case related to the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

Musharraf is accused of failing to provide adequate security to Bhutto, who was gunned down in Decemb...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A Pakistani court has granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in a case related to the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

Musharraf is accused of failing to provide adequate security to Bhutto, who was gunned down in December 2007 at a political rally in Rawalpindi. He has denied any involvement and says the allegations against him are politically motivated.

Despite being issued bail, Musharraf will remain under house arrest at his home on the outskirts of ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Burmese President&#8217;s White House Visit a Reward for Reforms</title>
		<link>http://www.ncrumors.com/?p=37457</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voice of America</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burmese President Thein Sein visits the White House on Monday, becoming the first leader of his nation to do so in nearly half a century.

President Barack Obama's invitation to his Burmese counterpart to meet at the White House marks a rapid diplomati...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Burmese President Thein Sein visits the White House on Monday, becoming the first leader of his nation to do so in nearly half a century.

President Barack Obama's invitation to his Burmese counterpart to meet at the White House marks a rapid diplomatic boost for Thein Sein, whom the United States removed from a blacklist of foreign officials denied entry to the country only last year. Mr. Obama also rewarded Burma's reform efforts by making the first visit to that nation by a sitting ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>More Regional Troops Going to Central African Republic</title>
		<link>http://www.ncrumors.com/?p=37468</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Look</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been almost two months since the Seleka rebel coalition seized power in the Central African Republic, but rebel leaders say they are struggling to get criminality under control.  The Economic Community of Central African States says it will beg...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It has been almost two months since the Seleka rebel coalition seized power in the Central African Republic, but rebel leaders say they are struggling to get criminality under control.  The Economic Community of Central African States says it will begin sending an additional 1,200 regional troops to CAR this week to help stabilize the country. 

 This man in the town of Batangafo, in the northern Central African Republic, says armed men attacked his neighborhood on May 17, killing six ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Global Water is Under Threat</title>
		<link>http://www.ncrumors.com/?p=37458</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe DeCapua</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists say a new geologic epoch has begun whereby humans are causing major damage to global water systems. They warn of a planetary transformation comparable to the retreat of the glaciers more than 11-thousand years ago. Scientists are meeting in ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Scientists say a new geologic epoch has begun whereby humans are causing major damage to global water systems. They warn of a planetary transformation comparable to the retreat of the glaciers more than 11-thousand years ago. Scientists are meeting in Bonn, Germany this week (5/21-24) to discuss what can be done about it.


 While some still debate the extent to which humans have affected the environment, scientists meeting in Bonn have little doubt. In fact, there’s a name for the informal ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Bundesbank Chief Says France Must Take Deficit Cuts Seriously</title>
		<link>http://www.ncrumors.com/?p=37469</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reuters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[France has a special responsibility as a euro zone heavyweight to take deficit reduction rules seriously, even though its budget deficit is above target, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said in an interview published on Sunday.

 Weidmann told the B...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[France has a special responsibility as a euro zone heavyweight to take deficit reduction rules seriously, even though its budget deficit is above target, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said in an interview published on Sunday.

 Weidmann told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that the credibility of the new euro zone rules would be hurt if their flexibility were pushed to the limit right at the start.

 “The economic developments in some countries have indeed been weaker than expected and the ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Pakistan&#8217;s MQM Denounces Imran Khan in Karachi Protest</title>
		<link>http://www.ncrumors.com/?p=37470</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reuters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supporters of an influential Pakistani political party took to the streets of Karachi on Monday to protest against cricket-hero-turned-politician Imran Khan, who has accused it of killing one of his senior staff a week after a general election.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Supporters of an influential Pakistani political party took to the streets of Karachi on Monday to protest against cricket-hero-turned-politician Imran Khan, who has accused it of killing one of his senior staff a week after a general election.
    
 Furious members of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) have denied responsibility for the killing of Zara Shahid Hussain on Saturday outside her home in the upscale Defense area of Karachi, capping a bloody election in which ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Former Pakistani Ruler Musharraf Granted Bail</title>
		<link>http://www.ncrumors.com/?p=37459</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reuters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf who has been under house arrest on charges of failing to provide adequate security for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto before her 2007 assassination.

 Mu...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf who has been under house arrest on charges of failing to provide adequate security for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto before her 2007 assassination.

 Musharraf, who took power in a 1999 coup, returned to Pakistan in March to contest a May 11 general election after nearly four years of self-imposed exile, but he was disqualified from standing because of pending court cases.

 The election was won ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Iran Electoral Watchdog Hints at Rafsanjani Rejection</title>
		<link>http://www.ncrumors.com/?p=37460</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Reuters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran's electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent hint that it could disqualify 78-year-old former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from the race.
 
 Rafsanjani, if he is al...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Iran's electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent hint that it could disqualify 78-year-old former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from the race.
 
 Rafsanjani, if he is allowed to run, would be a significant challenge to conservative hardliners who are ultra-loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and who otherwise dominate the field for the June 14 presidential election.
 
 The wily, pragmatic ...]]></content:encoded>
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