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		<title>Abbott under pressure over refugees</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was accused Wednesday by the opposition of &#8220;backpedaling at 100 miles an hour&#8221; on his hard-line asylum seeker policies during a sensitive diplomatic visit to Indonesia this week. Abbott chose Jakarta for his first international trip since winning Australia&#8217;s elections last month, with a vow to &#8220;Stop the Boats&#8221; a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No nose-picking: Image-conscious China admonishes its &#8216;unruly&#8217; tourists</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese tourists should not pick their noses in public, pee in pools or steal airplane life jackets, China&#8217;s image-conscious authorities have warned in a handbook in their latest effort to counter unruly behavior. The National Tourism Administration publicized its 64-page Guidebook for Civilized Tourism, with illustrations to accompany its list of do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts, on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southeast Asia oil bill to soar by &#8217;35</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Southeast Asia&#8217;s huge appetite for energy will see its bill for imported oil spike to $240 billion by 2035, leaving nations exposed to price shocks, the International Energy Agency warned Wednesday. The region will guzzle more than 5 million barrels of oil per day, double current consumption levels, to fuel its breakneck economic growth, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shutdown nixes Obama Malaysia trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has canceled a planned visit to Malaysia next week because of the U.S. government shutdown, Prime Minister Najib Razak said Wednesday. Obama is scheduled to leave Saturday night for what was originally a four-nation tour, part of his broader focus on boosting U.S. economic ties with Asia. Razak said Obama called to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian soldiers&#8217; killer seized</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A former Afghan soldier accused of shooting dead three Australian comrades in Uruzgan province last year has been seized in Pakistan by security agents, Australia&#8217;s defense chief said Wednesday. Identified only as Hekmatullah, the former army sergeant was captured by Pakistan&#8217;s Inter-Services Intelligence in February and recently deported to Afghanistan, Defense Force Chief Lt. Gen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seoul shows off new missile during parade</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Korea displays its longest-range missile and other sophisticated weapons at a massive military ceremony, a display of force meant to show Pyongyang that any provocation would be met with strong retaliation.]]></description>
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		<title>China courts embrace social media</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s notoriously opaque courts have suddenly embraced social media to provide a window into their proceedings, to boost a skeptical public&#8217;s confidence in the country&#8217;s Communist Party-controlled legal system. Nearly 1,000 Chinese courts have set up microblog accounts. One in central China released a blow-by-blow account of a murder appeal last week, complete with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka defends conduct in war</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka&#8217;s foreign minister said his government has no case to answer over the reported deaths of thousands of civilians at the end of its civil war, even as pressure grows for an international inquiry to account for the dead. The U.N.&#8217;s top human rights official said last week that Sri Lanka needs to show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangladesh MP sentenced to death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Bangladesh opposition member of parliament was sentenced to death Tuesday for war crimes, becoming the first lawmaker to be convicted for offenses committed during the 1971 war of independence. Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, a leader of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was &#8220;found guilty of nine charges of war crimes, including genocide&#8221; and was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myanmar president visits strife-hit area</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Myanmar President Thein Sein has begun his first visit to western Rakhine state since sectarian violence broke out there more than a year ago. His three-day trip comes amid reports Tuesday of a new spate of arson attacks around the city of Thandwe, where dozens of homes have been torched or damaged since the weekend. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia central bank subsidiary in Hussein link</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank of Australia on Monday admitted that staffers from a subsidiary had visited Iraq at the height of U.N. sanctions after it was accused of attempting to strike an illegal deal with Saddam Hussein. A joint investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Corp. and Fairfax Media said secret files showed officials from the central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Troop command top issue as Hagel visits South Korea</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sixty years after the end of the Korean War, the United States and South Korea still cannot agree on who should take charge if another war breaks out with the communist neighbor to the north. For years, Washington has been trying to persuade the South Korean military to take operational control of its own forces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China kids know the logos used for smokes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly nine in 10 children in China can identify a cigarette logo, according to a U.S. study out Monday that measured tobacco recognition among typical 5- and 6-year-olds in various countries. The study in the journal Pediatrics covered six nations &#8212; Brazil, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia and China &#8212; where adult smoking rates are the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abbott visits Jakarta for refugee talks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia&#8217;s new Prime Minister Tony Abbott began a visit to Indonesia on Monday for talks on his tough refugee policies, which have sparked anger in Jakarta, as his government faced criticism over a boat sinking that left dozens dead or missing. Abbott laid a wreath at Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in south Jakarta, where many who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s plan for &#8216;women-only&#8217; spaces welcomed, criticized</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the months since a gruesome gang rape riveted India, a &#8220;women-only&#8221; culture has been on the rise, with Indians increasingly seeking out women-only buses, cabs, travel groups and hotel floors. One city is preparing to open a women-only park. And in November, the government is launching a women-only bank that it hopes will empower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Sister House&#8217; gets three years for graft</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Chinese court on Sunday sentenced a former banking official who amassed a real estate empire of at least 45 properties under multiple fake identities to three years in prison, state media reported. Gong Ai&#8217;ai was a former vice president of a rural bank who came to be known as &#8220;Sister House&#8221; among the Chinese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scores missing after Chinese ships sink</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 70 people were missing after three Chinese boats sank in a powerful typhoon in the South China Sea, state media said Monday, as Vietnam undertook mass evacuations. So far, 74 people have been confirmed missing as &#8220;three fishing boats have sunk since Sunday afternoon,&#8221; China&#8217;s official Xinhua News Agency reported, citing maritime authorities. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filipina is crowned Miss World at Bali pageant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miss Philippines, Megan Young, was crowned Miss World on Saturday amid tight security on Indonesia&#8217;s resort island of Bali, where the contest&#8217;s final round was moved following protests by Muslim hardline groups. &#8220;I promise to be the best Miss World ever,&#8221; Young, 23, said after winning the 63rd annual event, as a large number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress&#8217; Rahul Gandhi blasts Singh on decree plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ruling Congress party scion Rahul Gandhi&#8217;s blistering rejection of a government decree to protect convicted lawmakers has made it uncertain whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh can continue in office, opposition and media said Saturday. Gandhi, the No. 2 in the Congress hierarchy, turned on Singh&#8217;s government Friday, calling its move to allow convicted criminals to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trial free trade zone kicks off in Shanghai</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China launched a free trade zone in the commercial hub of Shanghai on Sunday, state media reported, with the project seen as a testing ground for much-needed reforms in the world&#8217;s second-largest economy. The zone, which covers 29 sq. km, &#8220;started operating Sunday,&#8221; the official Xinhua News Agency said, adding that it is &#8220;a test [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan car bomb kills 33 in Peshawar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistani police say a suspected car bomb has killed at least 33 people near a police station in Peshawar, site of a deadly church bombing a week ago. Police Officer Zahid Khan said Sunday&#8217;s explosion appeared to have been caused by a bomb in a parked car and detonated by remote control. At least 33 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final death toll at 60 in Mumbai collapse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The search for survivors at the site of a collapsed apartment building ended Sunday in India&#8217;s financial capital of Mumbai with a final death toll of 60 people, an emergency response official said. Rescuers managed to save 33 people from the building&#8217;s wreckage in the two-day search. By Sunday morning, all 93 people listed as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One-fifth in H.K. &#8216;living in poverty&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fifth of Hong Kong&#8217;s population is living in poverty, underscoring the challenge Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying faces in seeking to narrow a record wealth gap. About 1.3 million people, or 19.6 percent of the population, were below the poverty line last year, according to a report released Saturday. The benchmark, determined for the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvard honors Pakistani girl shot by Taliban for promoting girls&#8217; education</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, has been honored as Harvard University&#8217;s humanitarian of the year. Malala, an outspoken proponent for girls&#8217; education, was at Harvard on Friday to accept the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award. Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust said she was pleased to welcome [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singh tones down hopes for Pakistani premier talks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday toned down expectations for a planned meeting with Pakistani Premier Nawaz Sharif on Sunday at the United Nations, saying Pakistan remains an &#8220;epicenter of terrorism.&#8221; Singh, making what will likely be a farewell visit to the White House after a decade in power, told President Barack Obama that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China doctor builds new nose on man&#8217;s forehead</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A surgeon in China says he has constructed an extra nose out of a man&#8217;s rib cartilage and implanted it under the skin of his forehead to prepare for a transplant in probably the first operation of its kind. Surgeon Guo Zhihui at Fujian Medical University Union Hospital in China&#8217;s southeastern province of Fujian spent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mumbai building collapse toll now 25</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authorities say 25 people have now been confirmed dead in a collapsed apartment building in India&#8217;s financial capital of Mumbai. Rescuers working overnight Friday pulled more bodies from the rubble. National Disaster Response Force chief Alok Awasthi said 25 bodies had been found by Saturday morning. The five-story building caved in early Friday morning, trapping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New 6.8-magnitude quake hits Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit southwest Pakistan on Saturday in a region already devastated by a quake which left more than 300 dead just days ago. The new tremor struck 96 km northeast of the district of Awaran at a depth of 14 km soon after midday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. &#8220;It was not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmaker charged over pro-Pyongyang attack plot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Korean prosecutors indicted a leftwing lawmaker Thursday on charges that he was plotting a pro-North Korea rebellion to overthrow the government, saying his plan posed a &#8220;grave&#8221; national security threat. Former lawmaker Lee Seok-ki, from the small United Progressive Party, was arrested by South Korea&#8217;s spy agency this month for allegedly discussing launching strikes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confusion reigns in Maldives over canceled election</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Maldives&#8217; Election Commission sparked confusion Friday over whether elections suspended by the Supreme Court would go ahead as originally scheduled this weekend. The chief of the independent election body in the troubled Indian Ocean archipelago, Fuad Thaufeeq, told local media late Thursday that voting would take place in defiance of the Supreme Court order, [...]]]></description>
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