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		<title>Exiting a wounded church</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Rafferty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roman Catholics pray that the Holy Spirit will cut through all the politicking by cardinals and light upon a pope who can rescue a wounded church.]]></description>
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		<title>The G-20 is not up to the job</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/02/27/commentary/the-g-20-is-not-up-to-the-job/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-g-20-is-not-up-to-the-job</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Rafferty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the recent circus performance of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors is a preview, their September summit threatens to be a waste.]]></description>
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		<title>Rampant airport insecurity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Rafferty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[airport security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rapiscan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under the U.S. notion of airport security, authorities would do better dressing passengers in hospital gowns and putting them to sleep for the flight.]]></description>
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		<title>Cameron lost in channel fog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Rafferty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his speech demanding a new deal for Britain in the EU, British Prime Minister David Cameron sought a popular political fix to quiet his rightwing rebels.]]></description>
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		<title>Rhetoric won&#8217;t solve problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Rafferty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global vision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For Asia, it is potentially bad news that the U.S. president seems to have little room for seriously considering the delicate balances between nations.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Abenomics&#8217; out of the gate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Rafferty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would do well to consult professor Noriko Hama of Doshisha University. Asked by The Japan Times what the country needs, she replied in feisty fashion: &#8220;The three things Japan should do in 2013 are raise wages, raise interest rates &#8212; and cut the crap.&#8221; It was good advice, which challenges some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sign of the Financial Times: Will it sell independence?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Rafferty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Too many years ago, this young reporter was about to move from one of Britain&#8217;s biggest newspaper groups to a paper with a daily sale of fewer than 200,000 copies. A hard-bitten veteran, who had spent years reporting for the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph pleaded with me over farewell drinks not to go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Globalization and its enemies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Rafferty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A new year needs a new word that reflects the special trends and tendencies, the hopes and dreams and challenges ahead. Sadly, a strong candidate for the word of the New Year 2013 has to be &#8220;omnishambles,&#8221; meaning a mess everywhere. Wherever you look, economies are under unprecedented pressure, governments are suffering from budget deficits, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christianity vs. secularism</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/01/07/commentary/christianity-vs-secularism/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=christianity-vs-secularism</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/01/07/commentary/christianity-vs-secularism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Rafferty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI had a busy holiday season, as you might expect, since it is a sacred time for Catholics and other Christians. He set himself the difficult-to- impossible task of trying to put Christ back into Christmas. In his Christmas homily the pope pleaded with Christians to make space for God in their lives: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A time to reflect on pressing economic challenges</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/12/26/commentary/a-time-to-reflect-on-pressing-economic-challenges/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-time-to-reflect-on-pressing-economic-challenges</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/12/26/commentary/a-time-to-reflect-on-pressing-economic-challenges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Rafferty</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Sir John Templeton was a legend in his own lifetime who made billions of dollars from the sensible and wise way he invested money. In these difficult times it is apposite to quote Rule No. 12 of Templeton&#8217;s legendary golden rules for investment success: &#8220;Begin with a prayer,&#8221; he advised. Templeton was a committed Christian. [...]]]></description>
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