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		<title>Households to take hit from tax hike</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko Otake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The consumption tax increase next April will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people's financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the impact of the hike, experts say.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Fukushima No. 1 mishandling may foreclose on Tepco reactor restarts: NRA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[nuclear crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shunichi Tanaka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tepco]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s apparent inept handling of the triple-meltdown crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant may foreclose on its bid to restart two idled reactors in Niigata Prefecture, the Nuclear Regulation Authority chief indicates.  ]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. paralysis leaves travel agencies scrambling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[JTB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kinki Nippon Tourist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. shutdown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government shutdown that started at midnight Monday has impacted the global travel industry, with tourist agencies in Japan scrambling to avoid severe losses.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Woman killed by train after saving man</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yokohama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A woman is struck and killed by a train after dashing into a Yokohama railroad crossing and moving to safety a 74-year-old man lying on the tracks.]]></description>
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		<title>Support rate for Abe Cabinet rises to 63.3%: Kyodo poll</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Abenomics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[approval rating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumption tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s Cabinet stands at 63.3 percent, up from 61.8 percent last month, a Kyodo News survey showed Wednesday, despite the government&#8217;s recent decision to raise the politically sensitive sales tax. In the latest survey, 53.3 percent of respondents said they support the increase in the country&#8217;s sales tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food stall owner arrested over fatal blast at Kyoto fireworks festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fukuchiyama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[injuries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police arrested a food stall owner Wednesday over an explosion at a fireworks event in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on Aug. 15 that killed three people and injured 55 others, including him. Ryohei Watanabe, 38, was arrested by the Kyoto Prefectural Police on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death and injury. Watanabe was discharged Wednesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TPP talks getting down to nitty-gritty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Koji Tsuruoka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chief negotiators from the 12 countries thrashing out the Trans-Pacific Partnership worked on last-minute preparations Wednesday before their ministers and leaders gather in Bali, Indonesia, with the aim of reaching a basic agreement on the free trade pact. &#8220;We have been able to arrange what we will report to the ministers, and substantive discussions are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China ready to join negotiations on services trade liberalization</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[services trade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[China plans to join Japan, the United States and Europe in negotiations to liberalize the services trade, according to sources. China, the world&#8217;s third-biggest services market, would be the first major emerging economy to join the negotiations. If new trade rules are established among the participants, business transactions in financial, communications and other fields are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nintendo to drop Wii at home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[game consoles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wii]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nintendo said Wednesday it will stop making its basic Wii game console for the Japanese market, but will keep producing it internationally. The move to abandon the venerable machine, which competes with Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox 360 and Sony&#8217;s PlayStation 3, will allow Nintendo to focus all effort on its successor. &#8220;Our new generation Wii U console [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abe trying to strike a delicate balance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shinya Ajima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[consumption tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met the news media after deciding to raise the consumption tax next April, he stressed that his administration can pursue economic growth and fiscal discipline at the same time. The declaration Tuesday, which almost sounded as if he was reassuring himself, betrays the fact that the decision to increase the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>METI forms team to help small suppliers survive tax hike</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry set up an office Wednesday to ensure small firms can raise the prices of their products supplied to larger companies after the 5 percent sales tax is raised to 8 percent in April, as decided by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday. The office will be on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Koizumi takes up post for Tohoku reconstruction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayako Mie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[reconstruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinjiro Koizumi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shinjiro Koizumi&#8217;s appointment Monday as parliamentary secretary in charge of Tohoku&#8217;s recovery has generated much attention amid mounting criticism of the government for failing to speed up reconstruction efforts or end the radioactive water spill into the sea at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The 32-year-old son of popular former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driving systems in spotlight at high-tech fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[CEATEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honda]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nissan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Automakers rolled out their advanced driving technologies and IT-equipped vehicles for the opening of Japan&#8217;s major high-tech fair Tuesday. More carmakers are joining electronics companies at the CEATEC Japan exhibition this year as vehicles increasingly employ advanced information technology. Honda Motor Co. and Mazda Motor Corp. are exhibiting their products for the first time, while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANA lands 11 Haneda slots; JAL is given five</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The transport ministry said Wednesday that All Nippon Airways Co. will receive 11 slots in the expanded international flight schedule next March at Tokyo&#8217;s Haneda airport while Japan Airlines Co. will get five. ANA has been lobbying for a &#8220;fair&#8221; allocation of the new slots after JAL was rescued from financial ruin with taxpayer money. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noda slams &#8216;Abenomics&#8217; as pork</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[DPJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoshihiko Noda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Tuesday criticized current leader Shinzo Abe&#8217;s latest economic stimulus program as &#8220;pork.&#8221; &#8220;I cannot help feeling that it is pork-barrel spending,&#8221; Noda, a supreme adviser of the Democratic Party of Japan, said in a speech in Washington, referring to Abe&#8217;s roughly &#165;5 trillion stimulus package designed to mitigate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Softbank mars credit rating of customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Softbank Mobile Corp. said that due to a computer programming error, it reported 63,133 customers as &#8220;delinquent&#8221; to a credit information agency even though they were making installment payments for their mobile phones on time. Credit card companies and financial institutions inquired with the credit agency about the records of 16,827 people and they may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. officer queries charter revision</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a rare move, a senior U.S. military officer has questioned Prime Minister Shinzo Abe&#8217;s drive to amend the pacifist Constitution, expressing concern it could adversely affect ties with China and South Korea. &#8220;That&#8217;s not helpful to the region, quite frankly,&#8221; the officer based in South Korea told reporters there Tuesday on condition of anonymity. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal budget deadlock could stretch into debt-limit fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington begins bracing for a prolonged government shutdown on Tuesday, with signs on Capitol Hill that Republicans &#8212; knowing that blame almost certainly will fall most heavily on them &#8212; beginning to look for ways to lift some of the pressure.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-PM Koizumi raps government push for nuclear power as &#8216;irresponsible&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Junichiro Koizumi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi criticized the government&#8217;s push to restart nuclear power generation and urged it to reconsider. &#8220;It is irresponsible to pursue nuclear power when there is no permanent disposal site for radioactive waste,&#8221; Koizumi said at a lecture in Nagoya. The government under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has retracted its predecessor&#8217;s goal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Founding Fathers having big say — with a little help</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David A. Fahrenthold</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early last Wednesday, Republican Sen. Mike Lee rose in the Senate to recite a quotation from George Washington. It was, Lee said, Washington&#8217;s own account of his last day as president in 1797. Lee was explaining why Washington, if he were alive today, might agree with Republicans in the fight that led to the federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IT startup barters its way into niche</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko Otake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[free lunch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At around noon on a recent weekday, the Roppongi branch of Shamrock by Abbot Choice, a Tokyo-based Irish-style pub chain, had a bustling lunchtime crowd. Koichiro Tawa reached for a menu and ordered a hamburger special &#8212; with melting cheese, a green salad and mashed potatoes, along with a separate plate of rice. It&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. gas, oil revolution reshapes global energy trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic Pouchot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After unleashing an energy revolution in the United States, shale gas and oil are now becoming energy game changers worldwide, a break with the past whose ramifications are still unclear. ]]></description>
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		<title>Labour chief defends father after newspaper&#8217;s &#8216;smear&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A war of words between British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and the conservative Daily Mail tabloid has moved beyond politics into more personal territory with a blistering attack on Miliband&#8217;s late father. In a blaring headline over the weekend, the newspaper labeled Ralph Miliband &#8220;The man who hated Britain&#8221; and warned that everyone who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stock slide takes wind out of dollar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dollar slid below &#165;97.50 in Tokyo trading Wednesday on risk-averse sentiment fueled by stock price falls as well as the continued standstill in the U.S. Congress. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at &#165;97.36-38, off from &#165;97.91-93 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at &#36;1.3528-3529, down from &#36;1.3567-3568, and at &#165;131.71-74, down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polonium and cukes: Boris fires up Tories</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayor of London Boris Johnson fired up the Conservative Party conference Tuesday with a rousing call to arms for Britain&#8217;s 2015 election and a challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin on cucumbers. This time last year Johnson was riding high after his re-election and a successful London Olympic Games, and many were touting him as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP disappoints big-business backers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zachary A. Goldfarb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010 and again in 2012, companies on Main Street and Wall Street did just about everything they could to help Republicans win elected office in Washington. But this week, many of those Republicans ignored pleas from corporate America and let the government shut down, potentially harming a fragile economy and causing more of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>See the future: DoCoMo unveils glasses that translate menus as you read</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Augmented reality glasses that can translate a menu in real time were unveiled at the CEATEC Japan gadget fair Monday, with promises they could be ready for visitors to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. NTT DoCoMo was showing off its latest development where cameras, computers and know-how combine to give the wearer a whole different view [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope&#8217;s plain talking stirs fresh debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Boorstein  and Elizabeth Tenety</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pope Francis cranked up his charm offensive on the world outside the Vatican on Tuesday, saying in his second widely shared media interview in two weeks that each person “must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them.” ]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats find rare unity in budget fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosalind S. Helderman  and Philip Rucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shortly before the government shut down, House Republicans crafted their final spending offer, including two health care provisions designed to scare red-state Senate Democrats facing re-election battles: one to delay the Affordable Care Act&#8217;s unpopular individual mandate and another removing subsidies for lawmakers and their staffs. But the Democrats didn&#8217;t budge, killing the proposal without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy dilemma encapsulated on tiny Quebec isle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Clement Sabourin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fresh moose tracks dot the ground where plans are afoot to dig for oil. Quebec&#8217;s largest energy firm, Petrolia, is eyeing an estimated 40 billion barrels of oil beneath the surface of Anticosti Island, an ecological gem at the mouth of St. Lawrence River. But it has caused a rift among the island&#8217;s few inhabitants [...]]]></description>
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