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		<title>Mastermind of Algeria attack &#8216;killed in Mali&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Al-Qaeda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moktar Belmoktar, the terrorist who orchestrated the attack on a natural gas plant in Algeria that left 36 foreigners dead, including 10 Japanese, is killed in northern Mali.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Kagawa shines with hat trick</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Manchester United]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shinji Kagawa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa becomes the first Asian to score a hat trick in the Premier League.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s nuclear plants unlikely to restart operations this year: survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[nuclear power plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resumption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Japan's atomic power plants are unlikely to be restarted by the end of the year because of the time it will take to complete safety checks under new the regulatory framework, a survey shows.]]></description>
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		<title>Whaling fleet &#8216;departs&#8217; with record-low haul: Sea Shepherd</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Sea Shepherd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whaling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Japan's whaling fleet has left the Antarctic Ocean whale sanctuary and appears to be heading home following its smallest catch on record, the Sea Shepherd environmental group says. ]]></description>
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		<title>Guthrie, Thompson brave elements to share Honda lead</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Honda Classic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Thompson felt like he was playing in a U.S. Open whenever he saw his golf ball in the rough or the scores on the leaderboard at the Honda Classic. No one was going anywhere Saturday at PGA National. In cool, blustery conditions on a course with water hazards at nearly every turn, the strategy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ichiro &#8216;fine&#8217; after car accident</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ichiro Suzuki]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ichiro Suzuki was unhurt in a car crash Saturday after the Yankees&#8217; game against the Detroit Tigers at the team&#8217;s spring training complex in Tampa, Florida, according to New York media reports. &#8220;He is fine,&#8221; Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told the New York Post. &#8220;His interpreter called to let us know.&#8221; According to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Osprey training flights over Japan to observe aviation rules: U.S. Marine Corps</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Futenma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osprey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Training flights for tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft over Japan&#8217;s main islands this week will be conducted on existing routes used by U.S. military planes while abiding by domestic aviation regulations, a U.S. Marine Corps officer said Sunday. The American military will ensure that controversial low-altitude Osprey training flights around the U.S. Iwakuni air station in Yamaguchi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese businessman shot to death in Cambodia during street robbery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>No Author</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cambodia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Japanese businessman was shot to death during a robbery early Sunday on a street in Phnom Penh, local police reported. Kosei Kitakura, 43, was attacked by two unidentified men on a motorbike who fired at him as he tried to fight them off, according to the police. He died on the way to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maeda regains pitching form, holds China scoreless for five innings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>No Author</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kenta Maeda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samurai Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WBC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kenta Maeda shook off worries about his form with five shutout innings as Japan beat China 5-2 in first-round Pool A of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday at Fukuoka Dome. Japan improved to 2-0 following a tough win over Brazil in Saturday evening&#8217;s opener. Earlier on Sunday, Cuba defeated Brazil 5-2. Should Cuba defeat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan struggling to deliver on mound</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaz Nagatsuka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Masahiro Tanaka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toshiya Sugiuchi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WBC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the eve of Japan&#8217;s World Baseball Classic opener against Brazil, Masahiro Tanaka said that one stellar outing would change people&#8217;s perception. But it didn&#8217;t work out that way. The impression he gave on Saturday night was not what he wanted. After a couple of inconsistent outings in warmup games, Tanaka was again shaky on [...]]]></description>
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