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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Social Issues</title>
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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>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>One-fifth in H.K. &#8216;living in poverty&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/28/asia-pacific/one-fifth-in-h-k-living-in-poverty/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=one-fifth-in-h-k-living-in-poverty</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leung Chun-ying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
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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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				<category><![CDATA[Harvard University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malala Yousafzai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>

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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>Militant Sunnis add Pakistani Christians to hit list</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Sunni militant group known for targeting rival Muslims has emerged as a dangerous new player in Pakistan, sending a pair of suicide bombers this week to detonate themselves inside a church in the deadliest ever attack against Pakistani Christians. The brutal assault, which killed 85 worshippers during Sunday services, was the first time that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian dad who killed daughter &#8216;has no regrets&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/21/asia-pacific/indian-dad-who-killed-daughter-has-no-regrets/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=indian-dad-who-killed-daughter-has-no-regrets</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haryana]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[murder]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Indian father who killed his daughter and beheaded her boyfriend after they eloped has declared he feels no remorse over the &#8220;honor killings,&#8221; media reports said Friday. The young couple from the northern Indian state of Haryana was beaten to death Wednesday by the father and other relatives of the 20-year-old woman &#8220;to protect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After decades of growth, South Korea is now a land full of apartments</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 04:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chico Harlan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[buildings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Korea is a nation covered by apartments, so much so that from above, it resembles a coast-to-coast game of dominoes. Apartment buildings snake around mountains and form jarring clusters in the countryside. In cities, they align in grids that stretch for several kilometers. Apartment houses first sprouted decades ago as a way to accommodate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Najib outlines new affirmative action program for Malaysians</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Razak Najib]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Malaysia will set up a trust to expand education, home ownership and other affirmative action measures for ethnic Malays and indigenous people as part of the state&#8217;s policies to further boost their share of the economic pie, Prime Minister Najib Razak said during a televised address Saturday. &#8220;What we are doing is equitable and it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan axes &#8216;immoral&#8217; cellphone love chat services</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/13/asia-pacific/pakistan-axes-immoral-cellphone-love-chat-services/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=pakistan-axes-immoral-cellphone-love-chat-services</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2013 11:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan has cracked down on &#8220;immoral&#8221; love chat services offered by mobile phone companies, stifling hopes of illicit romance in the conservative Muslim country, where dating is frowned upon. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said the ban was enforced last month due to protests from parents and lawmakers, but critics warn it is the latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over 200 languages lost in rapidly modernizing India: study</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2013 12:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[dialect]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 200 languages have vanished in India over the last 50 years, a new study says, blaming urban migration and fear among nomadic tribes of speaking their traditional tongues. The extensive study, conducted throughout the country over four years and released this week, has found 230 languages have &#8220;elapsed,&#8221; while another 870 have survived [...]]]></description>
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		<title>298-year term spurs Taiwan adultery talk</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/04/asia-pacific/298-year-term-spurs-taiwan-adultery-talk/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=298-year-term-spurs-taiwan-adultery-talk</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 12:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Taiwanese widow who faced the theoretical possibility of 298 years in prison for an affair with a married man has rekindled the debate over the island&#8217;s controversial adultery laws. The woman, 56, who was unmarried during the five-year affair, was told she must serve two years in prison or pay a fine of 730,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Black Jesus&#8217; castrated, hacked to death after sacrifices: report</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[cults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An infamous Papua New Guinea cult leader known as &#8220;Black Jesus&#8221; was castrated by an angry mob after being hacked to death for killing young girls as sacrifices, reports said Monday. Steven Tari, a convicted rapist who was suspected of cannibalism, was killed in a remote PNG village last week, with gory details of his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka more autocratic: U.N.</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/01/asia-pacific/sri-lanka-more-autocratic-u-n/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sri-lanka-more-autocratic-u-n</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2013 13:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Mahendra Mahinda Rajapaksa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navi Pillay]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay on Saturday accused Sri Lanka of becoming &#8220;increasingly authoritarian,&#8221; with activists facing growing military harassment four years after the end of a civil war. Pillay charged that military officials are harassing and intimidating priests, journalists and other civilians as punishment for meeting her during a fact-finding trip to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S. Korea student suicides hit 139 in &#8217;12</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2013 11:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 140 South Korean school students killed themselves in 2012, according to a new government report that cited family problems, depression and exam stress as the main triggers. The report, published this week by the Education Ministry, recorded 139 suicides last year &#8212; the lowest for three years, but still worryingly high in a country [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Same-sex couples wed in N.Z. first</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/19/asia-pacific/same-sex-couples-wed-in-n-z-first/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=same-sex-couples-wed-in-n-z-first</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2013 14:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Gay Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dozens of same-sex couples said &#8220;I do&#8221; Monday as New Zealand became the first Asia-Pacific country, and only the 14th in the world, to legalize gay marriage. Vows were exchanged in venues ranging from an airliner cruising at 30,000 feet (9,150 meters) to a historic bathhouse as gay men and women took advantage of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Same-sex couples to marry in N.Z.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2013 12:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 30 same-sex couples will say &#8220;I do&#8221; Monday when New Zealand becomes the first Asia-Pacific country and only the 14th in the world to legalize gay marriage. The move has sparked a raft of competitions to set wedding firsts, but also unease among the religious community. The Department of Internal Affairs said Sunday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The party&#8217;s over at Goa&#8217;s beaches</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2013 12:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The popular Indian holiday state of Goa has announced a ban on dance bars, further restricting the party scene in a destination once famous as a paradise for ravers. The state has progressively tightened controls on nightclubs and outdoor parties over the last few years after a series of high-profile crimes including the rape and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aging Chinese apologize for past wrongs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a teenager radicalized by China&#8217;s Cultural Revolution, Zhang Hongbing denounced his mother to the authorities. Two months later a firing squad shot her dead. Now, after more than 40 years of mounting guilt, Zhang has ruffled the silence that cloaks China&#8217;s decade of turmoil with a public confession. Such rare apologies have been welcomed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PNG women face extreme brutality: study</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women in poverty-stricken Papua New Guinea suffer &#8220;severe brutality&#8221; with violence, including savage attacks involving knives, axes and whips, occurring in two-thirds of all families, a new study said Tuesday. Based on interviews in Central province&#8217;s Rigo district, the report by Australian charity ChildFund detailed extreme acts of violence, including a woman who had her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan TV preacher defends Ramadan baby giveaway to childless couples</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A charismatic Muslim preacher criticized for giving out babies to childless couples live on prime-time Pakistani TV denies he is crudely seeking top ratings and insists he is spreading charity. Aamir Liaqat Hussain, one of the biggest stars on Pakistani TV, spoke as a charity involved in the process said a third baby is due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China may relax one-child policy to let more couples have second child</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2013 12:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China is studying whether to relax its one-child policy to allow more couples to have two children, the official Xinhua News Agency has reported, citing the National Health and Family Planning Commission. Policymakers are considering a change that would allow a second baby if either parent was a sole child, according to Xinhua. Currently both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China grapples with understanding spate of random violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2013 03:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A spate of deadly knife attacks and other apparently random acts of violence in the past few days has rattled the Chinese government.]]></description>
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		<title>In India, a rise in surrogate births for West</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2013 13:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When 24-year-old Komal Kapoor handed over the twins she had just borne to a visiting American couple last month, she said she felt &#8220;something like sadness.&#8221; But that lasted just a few minutes. &#8220;In my head I kept saying, &#8216;These are not my children, these are not my children,&#8217; &#8221; recalled Kapoor, a surrogate mother [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s hard-line refugee policy begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2013 13:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A boat carrying 81 passengers that was stopped Saturday in waters off northwest Australia was the first to face the government&#8217;s new policy of refusing entry to refugees and sending them to neighboring Papua New Guinea. The people will initially be sent to Christmas Island, an Australian territory used as an immigration detention center, Immigration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nazi-themed cafe sparks global ire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2013 13:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a painting hung high on a blood-red wall, Adolf Hitler peers down on young students eating schnitzel and slurping German beer in Indonesia&#8217;s Nazi-themed cafe. The SoldatenKaffee (The Soldiers&#8217; Cafe) opened its doors in the western Javanese city of Bandung in 2011, named after the popular hangout for soldiers in Germany and occupied Paris [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education &#8216;limited&#8217; for China disabled</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Millions of Chinese students with disabilities are being deprived of education due to pervasive barriers and a failure to devote resources, Human Rights Watch said Monday. In a study based on 62 interviews conducted around China, the New York-based advocacy group said few children with disabilities are able to pursue school into their teenage years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ruling to reopen Mumbai dance bars</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[India&#8217;s top court Tuesday overturned a ban on dance bars in the city of Mumbai, allowing hundreds of premises that employed women to dance and entertain customers to reopen. The ruling upheld a 2006 judgement by the Bombay High Court, which said the ban instituted by the Maharashtra state government a year earlier violated the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia targets asylum seekers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2013 12:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia will prioritize work to stem the flow of asylum seekers attempting to reach the country by sea, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Saturday, after an infant drowned in a boat attempting to reach the country from Indonesia. The body of a boy less than 1 year old was recovered as 88 people were rescued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysia withdraws conversion law</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2013 11:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malaysia has withdrawn an Islamic law that allows one parent to give consent for the religious conversion of their child, reports said Saturday, after an outcry that it discriminated against minorities. The government has previously considered amending existing legislation so that children&#8217;s conversion requires the consent of both parents. Conversion is a sensitive issue in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gillard discusses sexism issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2013 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Julia Gillard, Australia&#8217;s first female prime minister, has opened up for the first time on the sexism that plagued her leadership and famous misogyny speech in her final interview before being ousted. Gillard, an unmarried atheist lawyer, was dumped as Australia&#8217;s prime minister by her ruling Labor Party last month, almost three years to the [...]]]></description>
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