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			<title><![CDATA[ 3 Americans in Iran charged with spying ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Three Americans who were arrested by Iranian border guards in late July after crossing into Iran from neighboring Iraq have been charged with espionage, a top Iranian prosecutor said Monday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fort Hood suspect's links to imam under scrutiny ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:42:00 EST</pubDate>
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Federal investigators are examining possible links between Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal M. Hasan and an American-born imam who U.S. authorities say has become a supporter and leading promoter of al-Qaeda since leaving a Northern Virginia mosque, officials said.
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			<dc:creator>Spencer S. Hsu and Carrie Johnson</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iraq passes crucial election law for 2010 ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:17:55 EST</pubDate>
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi lawmakers passed an election law Sunday night, overcoming a weeks-long impasse and averting a constitutional crisis that threatened to delay the U.S. troop drawdown.
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			<dc:creator>Ernesto Londoño and Qais Mizher</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Numbness pervades a post accustomed to war, deaths ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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FORT HOOD, TEX. -- Brig. Gen. William F. Grimsley stood at the edge of the 4th Infantry Division's Iraq war memorial, one of many monuments to soldiers who lived and trained on this sprawling Army post.
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			<dc:creator>Greg Jaffe , Philip Rucker and William Booth</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fort Hood suspect's links to imam under scrutiny ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Federal investigators are examining possible links between Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal M. Hasan and an American-born imam who U.S. authorities say has become a supporter and leading promoter of al-Qaeda since leaving a Northern Virginia mosque, officials said.
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			<dc:creator>Spencer S. Hsu and Carrie Johnson</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iraq passes crucial election law for 2010 ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi lawmakers passed an election law Sunday night, overcoming a weeks-long impasse and averting a constitutional crisis that threatened to delay the U.S. troop drawdown.
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			<dc:creator>Ernesto Londoño and Qais Mizher</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iraqi lawmakers pass election law, paving way for January vote ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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Iraqi lawmakers on Sunday night passed an election law, overcoming a weeks-long impasse and averting a constitutional crisis that threatened to delay the U.S. troop drawdown.
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			<dc:creator>Ernesto Londoño and Qais Mizher In Baghdad</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Foreign Digest: Lebanon's government will include Hezbollah ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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LEBANON Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri of Lebanon will announce a new national unity government to include Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in the next few days, politicians said Saturday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ In Turkey, fertile ground for creationism ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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ISTANBUL -- Sema Ergezen teaches biology to Turkish students interested in teaching science themselves, and she has long struggled with her students' ignorance of, and sometimes hostility to, the notion of evolution.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fort Hood suspect became more devout after mother's death, cousin says ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:27:00 EST</pubDate>
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A cousin of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan said that he began a stricter practice of Islam after his mother died nine years ago, observing the five daily prayers and taking other aspects of the faith more seriously after a loss that affected him deeply.
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			<dc:creator>Howard Schneider in Al-Bireh, The West Bank</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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SUDAN Sudan's government continues to commit human rights abuses in Darfur, according to a U.N. report released Friday, even as the Obama administration pursues a new policy of engagement conditioned on an improvement in the situation there.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Abbas may give up Palestinian Authority post, but not power ]]></title>
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas may follow through on his vow this week not to run for reelection. But that hardly means he'll fade from the limelight.
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			<dc:creator>Howard Schneider</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ THE FALLEN AT FORT HOOD: Francheska Velez, who had disarmed bombs in Iraq, was pregnant and headed home ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:29:58 EST</pubDate>
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Francheska Velez was due home soon from Fort Hood. The army private, stationed in Iraq, returned to Chicago to celebrate her 21st birthday last August. Back in Iraq, where she disarmed bombs, she learned she was pregnant, her family said, and arranged for maternity leave. "She was supposed to be ...
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			<dc:creator>Peter Slevin</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ World Digest: Hague court to probe Kenya's post-election strife ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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KENYA The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Thursday that post-election violence in Kenya that killed more than 1,000 people was a crime against humanity and pledged to initiate proceedings that could result in top officials facing trial.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Exxon-Shell consortium signs deal to develop Iraqi oil field ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BAGHDAD -- Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell signed a deal with the Iraqi Oil Ministry on Thursday to develop a major field, marking the first foray by a U.S.-led consortium into Iraq's promising but uncertain oil industry.
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			<dc:creator>Ernesto Londoño and Qais Mizher</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Abbas rejects reelection bid ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, citing dismay over the progress of U.S.-brokered peace initiatives, said Thursday that he does not want to run for reelection when his term ends in January, potentially upending the Obama administration's strategy for the region.
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			<dc:creator>Howard Schneider</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Islamic critics blast Beyonce on eve of Egypt show ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:23:00 EST</pubDate>
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CAIRO -- As Egypt gears for pop diva Beyonce Knowles' first performance in North Africa, Islamic conservatives are branding her show an "insolent sex party" that threatens the Muslim nation's "social peace and stability."
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			<dc:creator>SARAH EL DEEB</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Clashes erupt as Iran marks anniversary of embassy siege ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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TEHRAN -- Thousands of Iranians took to the streets Wednesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, but the annual state-sponsored anti-American rally turned into another sign of the deep divisions persisting in this country.
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			<dc:creator>Thomas Erdbrink and William Branigin</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Obama administration missteps hamper Mideast efforts ]]></title>
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President Obama came into office insisting that his administration would press hard and fast to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But after nine months, analysts and diplomats say, the administration's efforts have faltered in part because of its own missteps.
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			<dc:creator>Glenn Kessler</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Israeli navy says it seized ship carrying arms bound for Hezbollah ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli navy said Wednesday that commandos had seized a container ship carrying a huge cache of weapons that originated in Iran and was ultimately destined for the militia of the Islamist Hezbollah movement.
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			<dc:creator>Howard Schneider</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Opposition supporters clash with Iranian security forces ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:27:00 EST</pubDate>
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TEHRAN -- Thousands of Iranians took to the streets Wednesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, but the annual state-sponsored anti-American rally turned into another sign of the deep divisions persisting in this country.
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			<dc:creator>Thomas Erdbrink and William Branigin</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Clinton has 'productive meeting' with Egypt on Mideast peace process ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:29:00 EST</pubDate>
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CAIRO, Nov. 4 -- After four days of Arab criticism over her efforts to break the impasse in the Mideast peace process, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton enjoyed a respite here Wednesday, as her Egyptian counterpart agreed it was time to "focus on the endgame" of direct negotiations betwee...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Military: Israeli navy captures arms ship ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:13:00 EST</pubDate>
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Israel's navy intercepted a container ship loaded with smuggled arms late Tuesday night, the latest development in the country's effort to curb the flow of weapons to militant groups in the area, defense officials said.
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			<dc:creator>Howard Schneider</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Nation Digest: House repudiates U.N. report on Gaza war ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The House on Tuesday condemned a U.N. report that accuses Israeli forces and Palestinian militants of war crimes in the Gaza Strip last winter as "irredeemably biased and unworthy of further consideration or legitimacy."
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iraqi logjam over vote law illustrates waning U.S. clout ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=49375c539028e34306e15c71731b892e</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BAGHDAD -- An impasse over a law crucial to organizing next year's Iraqi elections is illustrating more starkly than ever the United States' dwindling ability to shape Iraqi politics and settle disputes.
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			<dc:creator>Ernesto Londoño and K.I. Ibrahim</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ World Digest: U.S. reopens engagement with Burma ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=92fd93faeeae51856e9d46e2a479d50e</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BURMA The United States reopened high-level engagement with Burma on Tuesday after a 14-year hiatus, giving the clearest expression yet of President Obama's vow to reengage with states his predecessor treated as pariahs.
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ U.S. hope dims for high-level Israeli-Palestinian talks over state ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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CAIRO -- The Obama administration has concluded that an early resumption of high-level negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians over a Palestinian state is unlikely in the near future -- an acknowledgment that it has fallen short, for now, on one of its major initial foreign policy goals.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Army contractor in Iraq is warned to cut workforce ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Army's primary support contractor in Iraq has been warned by Pentagon auditors to cut its workforce there or face nearly $200 million in penalties for keeping thousands too many on the payroll.
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			<dc:creator>Richard Lardner</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Fine Print: Cheney had his own reading of 'classified' ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=8d493b35c065ef7d0be368aefd152b03</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Then-Vice President Richard B. Cheney gave a surprisingly honest description of how top administration officials treat classified information when he was questioned more than five years ago by Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special counsel investigating the leak of the identity of Valerie Plame Wilson,...
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			<dc:creator>WALTER PINCUS</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ World digest: Suicide bomber kills 35 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=cb2160211228d542259f549a49504542</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Clinton qualifies praise for Israel on West Bank growth ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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MARRAKESH, MOROCCO -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to soothe Arab uneasiness Monday over weekend statements she made praising the Israeli government's offer to "restrain" growth in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, saying it "falls far short" of the Obama administration's...
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			<dc:creator>Karen DeYoung</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Clinton eases praise of Israel after Arab concerns ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:32:34 EST</pubDate>
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MARRAKECH, Morocco -- Trying to mute Arab criticism that the Obama administration had retreated from its tough stance on Israeli settlements, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday softened her praise for Israel's offer to restrain new housing in Palestinian areas.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Arab leaders to confront Clinton over Israeli settlement comments ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:11:59 EST</pubDate>
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MARRAKESH, Morocco -- Arab leaders gathering for a conference here with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday they would confront her over what they called a major shift in the U.S. position in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, charging that she had set negotiations back more...
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			<dc:creator>Karen DeYoung and Howard Schneider</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Shared interests define Obama's world ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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President Obama is applying the same tools to international diplomacy that he once used as a community organizer on Chicago's South Side, constructing appeals to shared interests and attempting to bring the government's conduct in line with its ideals.
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			<dc:creator>Scott Wilson</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Digest: Bicycle bomb, other attacks kill 10 in Iraq ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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IRAQ A bomb attached to a bicycle killed five people in southern Iraq on Sunday, and at least five others were killed in violence across the country, police said. The bloodshed comes as Iraqi lawmakers intensify negotiations over a new election law that many hope will hasten the end of political...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Jordan Valley could be a sticking point in peace talks ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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MASKIOT, WEST BANK -- The backhoes are busy on housing plots for this new Israeli settlement in the Jordan Valley, and young families, under army guard and toting M-16s, have begun cultivating dozens of acres of land with dates, olives and other crops. To the south, a water pipeline from Jerusale...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Palestinians accuse U.S. of giving in on Israeli settlements ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials on Sunday criticized the United States for what one called "backpedaling" on demands that Israel stop settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, saying the Obama administration's change of approach on the issue damaged the likelihood of a peace agreement.
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			<dc:creator>Howard Schneider</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Clinton praises Israel for 'unprecedented' concessions ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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JERUSALEM -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had offered "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction in an effort to restart peace talks, a departure from the administration's earlier criticism of Israel a...
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			<dc:creator>Karen DeYoung and Howard Schneider</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Obama seeking options on troops levels in Afghanistan ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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President Obama has asked the Pentagon's top generals to provide him with more options for troop levels in Afghanistan, two U.S. officials said late Friday, with one adding that some of the alternatives would allow Obama to send fewer new troops than the roughly 40,000 requested by his top comman...
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			<dc:creator>Anne E. Kornblut and Greg Jaffe</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ 1,000 U.S. troops wounded in Afghanistan in past 3 months ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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More than 1,000 American troops have been wounded in battle over the past three months in Afghanistan, accounting for one-fourth of those injured in combat since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.
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			<title><![CDATA[ World digest: U.S., Colombia sign agreement on bases ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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SOUTH AMERICA In a private, low-key ceremony in Bogota on Friday, the U.S. ambassador and three Colombian ministers signed a pact to expand Washington's military presence in Colombia, a deal that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has called a threat to the region's security.
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ House set to pass resolution denouncing U.N.'s Gaza report ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The House of Representatives on Tuesday is poised to pass a nonbinding resolution condemning a controversial U.N. report on alleged Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip that has become a major complication in Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's diplomacy in the Middle East this weekend.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Audit finds that Iraq contractor overcharged for repair parts ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A defense contractor that supplied vehicle parts for the Iraqi army sought reimbursements from the U.S. military far in excess of the cost of the items, according to a new report by the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Clinton rebukes Pakistan on hunt for al-Qaeda leaders ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed doubt Thursday over Pakistan's failure to locate top al-Qaeda leaders in the eight years since they escaped over the border from Afghanistan, telling a group of Pakistani journalists that she found "it hard to believe that...
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			<title><![CDATA[ World Digest: China confirms execution of 2 Tibetans ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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CHINA Two people have been put to death for their roles in deadly protests last year in the Chinese-controlled region of Tibet, the first known executions for the violence, an overseas monitoring group said Tuesday.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Extremist group claims responsibility for Baghdad bombs  ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:13:02 EDT</pubDate>
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BAGHDAD -- The Islamic State of Iraq, a Sunni extremist group that includes al Qaeda in Iraq, has claimed responsibility for twin bombings Sunday that targeted key government buildings and killed nearly 160 Iraqis, according to a claim posted online.
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			<dc:creator>Ernesto Londoño </dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ U.S. official resigns over Afghan war ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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When Matthew Hoh joined the Foreign Service early this year, he was exactly the kind of smart civil-military hybrid the administration was looking for to help expand its development efforts in Afghanistan.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iran's top officials appear split over sending uranium abroad ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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TEHRAN  -- High-ranking Iranian officials appear divided over a draft proposal with the United States and other countries that would transfer the bulk of the Islamic republic's enriched uranium stockpile out of the country.
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			<dc:creator>Thomas Erdbrink</dc:creator>
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