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			<title><![CDATA[ United Arab Emirates' central bank offers aid to Dubai ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -- The United Arab Emirates' central bank stepped in Sunday to head off pressure on banks and any potential capital flight as federal authorities tried to counter concerns over Dubai's debt problems.
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			<title><![CDATA[ World Digest: Israeli prosecutor outlines prisoner-swap plan with Palestinians ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Israel's state prosecutor on Sunday provided a broad outline of a plan to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for a kidnapped Israeli soldier who has been held by militants in the Gaza Strip for more than three years.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iran's Revolutionary Guard increasing control of naval forces ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Iran has reorganized its naval forces to give operational control of the strategic Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz to the naval component of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the paramilitary organization that is playing an increasingly central role not only in Iran's military but also its...
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			<dc:creator>Walter Pincus</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hajj's stoning ritual raises fears of swine flu outbreak ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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MINA, SAUDI ARABIA --  Millions of Muslim pilgrims, some wearing surgical masks, jostled one another Saturday to furiously cast pebbles at stone walls representing the devil -- the hajj ritual of highest concern to world health authorities watching for an outbreak of swine flu.
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			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ex-British diplomat: Iraq invasion was of Âquestionable legitimacy' ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The March 2003 military invasion of Iraq was "legal but of questionable legitimacy" because the U.N. Security Council had not voted to support it, a former top British diplomat said last week at a parliamentary inquiry examining Britain's role in the war.
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			<dc:creator>Walter Pincus</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Yemen's handling of ex- Guantanamo detainees has U.S. officials concerned ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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ADEN, YEMEN -- Two years ago, Mohsin al-Askari was released from his prison cell at Guantanamo Bay, but he has found neither freedom nor a new life in his homeland. Potential employers are afraid to hire him. At 28, he depends on his father for financial support, charities for medical care.
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			<title><![CDATA[ U.N. censure may start more confrontational phase with Iran ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The resounding censure of Iran on Friday by the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, signals the start of a potentially more confrontational phase in the Obama administration's dealings with the Islamic republic, including the prospect of strengthened U.S.-led...
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iran's Ahmadinejad expanding ties in Latin America ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- Ever isolated by the United States and its European allies, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is increasingly forging ties in Latin America, and not just with fervently anti-American leaders such as Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iraqi parliament reaches preliminary deal on key vote law ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:24:00 EST</pubDate>
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi politicians pushed ahead Friday with a compromise on a contested election measure, awaiting approval from Kurdish officials on a deal that would increase the number of seats in parliament as a way to mute criticism and allow a vote crucial to U.S. withdrawal plans.
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			<dc:creator>Anthony Shadid and Nada Bakri</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ War crimes envoy has personal touch ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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UNITED NATIONS -- Stephen J. Rapp, the new U.S. ambassador at large for war crimes, knows what it feels like to be victimized.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iraqis reach tentative deal on contested election legislation ]]></title>
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's factions pulled the country back from crisis Thursday, reaching a tentative compromise on contested legislation to organize elections next year and potentially avoiding a second veto that could have delayed the vote for months.
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			<title><![CDATA[ China's backing on Iran followed dire predictions ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Two weeks before President Obama visited China, two senior White House officials traveled to Beijing on a "special mission" to try to persuade China to pressure Iran to give up its alleged nuclear weapons program.
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			<dc:creator>John Pomfret and Joby Warrick</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Investment scandal hurts Hezbollah's image, even among backers ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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YAROUN, LEBANON -- Suleiman's brother was a Hezbollah fighter, killed in the 2006 war with Israel. His house was destroyed by an Israeli shell. And now, his life's fortune is gone, too, lost along with the money of thousands of other Lebanese who put their faith in a billionaire financier with close...
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			<dc:creator>Alia Ibrahim</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ At least 10 people reported killed in violence in Iraq ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BAGHDAD -- At least 10 people were reported killed Wednesday in Iraq, including four who perished in twin bombings near a revered Shiite shrine in Karbala.
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			<dc:creator>Ernesto Londoño</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ U.S. hails Israeli plan on West Bank settlement building ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=325993733e19b39ab1029028ebd3c19c</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The Obama administration hailed the Israeli government's announcement Wednesday that it intends to temporarily halt new residential construction in Palestinian areas of the West Bank, even though the plan falls far short of the administration's original demand for a full freeze and Palestinian...
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			<dc:creator>Glenn Kessler</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ For Jews, roiling Yemen no longer place to call home ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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SANAA, YEMEN -- The last remaining Jews in Yemen are vanishing, driven out by politics, war and hatred. Once numbering 60,000, one of the oldest Jewish populations in the Arab world now has fewer than 350 members.
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			<dc:creator>Sudarsan Raghavan</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hezbollah official indicted on weapons charge ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A Hezbollah political official and his son-in-law sought this year to smuggle 1,200 machine guns from the United States to the militant Islamist group via Syria, according to indictments made public Tuesday against 10 men in federal court in Philadelphia.
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			<dc:creator>Spencer S. Hsu</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ British panel investigating Iraq war begins public hearings ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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LONDON -- Six years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a panel probing Britain's role in the war began public hearings Tuesday, with the chairman declaring that he would "get to the heart" of what had happened.
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			<dc:creator>Karla Adam</dc:creator>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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MIDDLE EAST Hamas leaders raced to Egypt on Monday amid signs of progress on a deal to swap hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held by the Islamist group for more than three years.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iraqi parliament passes another election law ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi lawmakers on Monday approved an amended law to organize parliamentary elections next year, a ballot seen as crucial to U.S. plans to withdraw combat troops.
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			<dc:creator>Nada Bakri</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Palestinians looking to American-style housing developments, financing ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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The hills around this city have seen plenty of construction, often the distinctive red-roofed homes favored by Israeli settlers.
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			<dc:creator>Howard Schneider</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Digest: Israel bombs Gaza Strip after Palestinian rocket fire ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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GAZA STRIP Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel.
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Resurgent al-Qaeda in Iraq seeks to undermine government ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BAGHDAD -- The Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq has rebounded in strength in recent months and appears to be launching a concerted effort to cripple the Iraqi government as U.S. troops withdraw, Iraqi and American officials say.
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			<dc:creator>Ernesto Londoño</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Kuwait-based military contractor wins court delay ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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A Kuwaiti-owned company indicted in Atlanta this week for alleged fraud in connection with a multibillion-dollar contract to supply food and other products to coalition troops in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan won a court delay Friday, indicating that it may be planning to fight the case, whether in...
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			<dc:creator>Walter Pincus</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Rebel conflict heightens humanitarian crisis in Yemen ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=3b4e648b829290e5d8ac02e0259bffdb</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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MAZRAQ, YEMEN -- From his tent made of blankets, Ali al-Majeshri stared at the tarpaulin tents in the refugee camp across the road. Five days before, he and his family had arrived at this wretched patch in a failing nation, driven here by a civil war that overnight had become a regional conflict....
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			<dc:creator>Sudarsan Raghavan</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Palestinian council to approve continuance of Abbas government ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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JERUSALEM --  To keep the Palestinian Authority government working after its term expires in January, Palestinians are turning to an unelected group of political insiders instead of holding new elections, according to Palestinian officials and outside analysts.
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			<dc:creator>Howard Schneider</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iraq's Sunni vice president vetoes legislation to organize election ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=1b7459f075c10a3d82685b5eb041de4a</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Sunni vice president on Wednesday vetoed legislation to organize parliamentary elections in January, throwing the measure back to a fractious parliament that spent months haggling over it and threatening to further delay a vote the U.S. military has deemed essential to its plans to...
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			<dc:creator>Anthony Shadid</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ U.S. 'dismayed' at plan to expand Jerusalem neighborhood ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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JERUSALEM -- City officials moved forward Tuesday with a plan to build 900 homes in a disputed neighborhood of Jerusalem, prompting sharp criticism from the White House, the Palestinians and others who feel it will further undermine the chance of renewing peace talks.
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			<dc:creator>Howard Schneider</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ World Digest: Iraqi Kurds threaten to boycott January vote ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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IRAQ Kurdish officials threatened Tuesday to boycott the upcoming national elections in the three provinces they control in northern Iraq unless more parliament seats are allocated to the region.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iraqi Kurds warn of election boycott in dispute over seats ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=59c62d3ba83348462f8229c13815406f</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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BAGHDAD -- Kurdish officials threatened Tuesday to boycott the upcoming national election in the three provinces they control in northern Iraq unless more parliament seats are allocated to the region.
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			<dc:creator>Ernesto Londoño </dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ World Digest: Afghanistan sets up unit to investigate corruption ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=4a0beaf22bcdc9f63038d71cebdfe695</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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AFGHANISTAN Afghanistan will form a new anti-corruption unit to investigate high-level graft after widespread criticism and demands from the United States that it do more amid a wider regional strategy review.
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			<title><![CDATA[ Temple Mount, also known as Noble Sanctuary, is a Jerusalem flash point ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=6de548dcc5e18374d7f16acbcf6470d5</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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JERUSALEM -- It is one of the most watched pieces of real estate in the world, 35 acres where an under-the-breath prayer or a whiff of a rumor can rouse warnings of war.
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			<dc:creator>Howard Schneider</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Sunni politician, 12 others killed execution-style near Baghdad ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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BAGHDAD -- A Sunni politician and 12 other men, including some of the politician's relatives, were killed execution-style over the weekend just west of Baghdad.
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			<dc:creator>Ernesto Londoño</dc:creator>
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