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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Cesar Chelala</title>
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		<title>Afghanistan&#8217;s legacy of child opium addiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cesar Chelala</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A report just released by the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan states that there were 2,754 civilian deaths and 4,805 civilian injuries in that country during 2012. Unmentioned is a serious side effect of the conflict: the high number of opium-addicted children in Afghanistan. The number has increased systematically the past few years. The situation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthy paths to inevitable peace in the Mideast</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cesar Chelala</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cultural exchange]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peace between Israelis and Palestinians will not be achieved overnight, but it is only through a massive effort involving the citizenry that reconciliation and cooperation can occur between both peoples.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. should extradite ex-officer under Pinochet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cesar Chelala</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On Dec. 28, 2012, Judge Miguel Vásquez charged eight retired army officers with the murder of Victor Jara, a popular songwriter, guitarist and theater director who was killed days after the 1973 military coup against Chilean President Salvador Allende. One of those charged is Pedro Barrientos Nuñez, reportedly the one who fired the final shot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the point in working yourself to death?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cesar Chelala</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Working for long periods under extreme stressful work conditions can lead to sudden death, a phenomenon the Japanese call karoshi, literally translated as &#8220;death from overwork,&#8221; or occupational sudden death, mainly from heart attack and stroke due to stress. Karoshi has been more widely studied in Japan, where the first case of this phenomenon was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The focusing ability of an extraterrestrial canine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cesar Chelala</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By topping Gerd (&#8220;Torpedo&#8221;) Muller&#8217;s record of goals scored in a year, Lionel Messi only confirmed what many people until now believed to be the truth: He doesn&#8217;t belong to planet Earth, he is an extraterrestrial being. Gerard Piqué &#8212; famous for being one of the best players on the FC Barcelona team, and for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom&#8217;s lesson in the sand offers hope for peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cesar Chelala</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As a writer on human rights issues I don&#8217;t lack reasons for concern. There are not too many countries nowadays where human rights in some form are not abused, where violence does not strike in one of its multiple forms. At such moments of discouragement, I visit one of the many neighborhoods outside Manhattan, where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The politics and insanity of the Cuba embargo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cesar Chelala</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An open letter to U.S. President Barack Obama: Dear President Obama: Like many people around the world, I am heartened by your re-election, which I see as an opportunity to continue and improve on your social policies. As you know, relations among nations many times have a psychological connection, aside from their obvious historical one. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What grooms a physician to oversee torture?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cesar Chelala</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It was an unusual event in July at the Libertad (Freedom) prison in Uruguay. Miguel Angel Estrella, an Argentine pianist, was giving a concert in the same prison where he had been imprisoned and tortured 32 years earlier. He dedicated the concert to the 50 inmates now in that prison. After he was liberated, Estrella [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Bush and Blair be tried for war crimes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cesar Chelala</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In what is the latest of many calls for the trial of former U.S. President George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner has demanded that both leaders be tried for their role in the Iraq war. Given the tremendous loss of lives and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disease hindering the development of Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cesar Chelala</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The high cost of treating certain diseases, most notably HIV/AIDS, when coupled with the indirect costs from lost worker productivity, is having a serious negative impact on African economies. More effort must go toward primary care, especially in rural areas, accompanied by activities to promote health, prevent disease and improve education for all ages. The [...]]]></description>
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