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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Commentary</title>
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		<title>Tale of two crises: connecting the dots from Iran to Syria</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/commentary/tale-of-two-crises-connecting-the-dots-from-iran-to-syria/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tale-of-two-crises-connecting-the-dots-from-iran-to-syria</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Thakur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The twin crises involving Syria and Iran demonstrate the continuing utility of the United Nations as the Security Council remains the cockpit for addressing geopolitical upheavals.]]></description>
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		<title>European voters wise to back austerity</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/commentary/european-voters-wise-to-back-austerity/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=european-voters-wise-to-back-austerity</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anders Aslund</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[austerity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to what most of the loud media commentary would have us believe, financial "austerity" or fiscal responsibility appears popular. Angela Merkel's success is proof.]]></description>
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		<title>Success eludes Putin on some foreign policy fronts</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/commentary/success-eludes-putin-on-some-foreign-policy-fronts/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=success-eludes-putin-on-some-foreign-policy-fronts</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Gershman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eastern Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Putin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[lthough Russian President Vladimir Putin has had some success strengthening Moscow's position in the Middle East, the "near abroad" area to Russia's west is not marching in step.]]></description>
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		<title>Is the GOP&#8217;s Rand Paul America&#8217;s leading liberal?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/commentary/is-the-gops-rand-paul-americas-leading-liberal/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=is-the-gops-rand-paul-americas-leading-liberal</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/commentary/is-the-gops-rand-paul-americas-leading-liberal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Rall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[liberals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rand Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[America's "liberal" president and his Democratic allies aren't fighting the good fight. The most liberal politician in America these days is the right-winger Rand Paul.]]></description>
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		<title>Business partnerships in the fight against poverty</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/business-partnerships-in-the-fight-against-poverty/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=business-partnerships-in-the-fight-against-poverty</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/business-partnerships-in-the-fight-against-poverty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curtis S. Chin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[business partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private sector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The private sector must be a critical partner if we are to sustainably lift people out of poverty. It is small- and medium-size enterprises that consistently drive job creation and economic growth.]]></description>
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		<title>Flaws in Britain&#8217;s health care</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/flaws-in-britains-health-care/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=flaws-in-britains-health-care</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/flaws-in-britains-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Cortazzi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Britain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A number of recent scandals suggest that there are weaknesses and flaws in Britain's national health care system.]]></description>
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		<title>German absence of vision</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/german-absence-of-vision/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=german-absence-of-vision</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/german-absence-of-vision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pankaj Mishra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany national interest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chancellor Angela Merkel's pragmatic and cautious defense of Germany's national interest in the age of globalization may yet instigate an aggressive new nationalism in Europe.]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;why&#8217; of violence against women</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/the-why-of-violence-against-women/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-why-of-violence-against-women</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/the-why-of-violence-against-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Reese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cultural attitudes regarding rape must change if we are to create a safer future for the next generation of women and girls.]]></description>
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		<title>Kids with disabilities facing abuse in West Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/kids-with-disabilities-facing-abuse-in-west-africa/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=kids-with-disabilities-facing-abuse-in-west-africa</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/kids-with-disabilities-facing-abuse-in-west-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Davinder Kumar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands of children with disabilities are subjected to horrific violations of their human rights on a daily basis in West Africa.]]></description>
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		<title>The chance to underscore political self-dealing</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/the-chance-to-underscore-political-self-dealing/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-chance-to-underscore-political-self-dealing</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/01/commentary/the-chance-to-underscore-political-self-dealing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[government shutdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama veto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political self-dealing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By forcing Democrats to dramatize their perverse priorities in order to halt a government shutdown, U.S. Republicans can turn to completing the neutering of the Obama presidency.]]></description>
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		<title>Youths should learn from Malala&#8217;s courage</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/30/commentary/youths-should-learn-from-malalas-courage/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=youths-should-learn-from-malalas-courage</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/30/commentary/youths-should-learn-from-malalas-courage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sadaaki Numata</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[global mindset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan young people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malala Yousafzai]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What will it take to get more young people in Japan to break out of their shell and go out into the world to experience interacting with people of different cultural backgrounds]]></description>
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		<title>China to foil skeptics again</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/30/commentary/china-to-foil-skeptics-again/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=china-to-foil-skeptics-again</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/30/commentary/china-to-foil-skeptics-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim O'neill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hard landing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rebalancing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[China's eagerly anticipated "hard landing" hasn't happened yet, and recent indicators make one wonder if it ever will. Maybe China's skeptics should be viewed more skeptically.]]></description>
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		<title>Time to end the interference</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/time-to-end-the-interference/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=time-to-end-the-interference</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/time-to-end-the-interference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pfaff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clash of civilizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mideast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western interference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[he West has suffered the delusion that a war on Muslim peoples of the Mideast would produce modernity and democracy. It is essential that the West cease its interference.]]></description>
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		<title>Unions mull a &#8216;Labor Party&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/unions-mull-a-labor-party/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=unions-mull-a-labor-party</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/unions-mull-a-labor-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democratic Party of Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party realignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rengo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, feeling somewhat estranged from the Democratic Party of Japan, is mulling the idea of realigning opposition parties into a labor party.]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing farmers markets to the urban poor</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/bringing-farmers-markets-to-the-urban-poor/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bringing-farmers-markets-to-the-urban-poor</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/bringing-farmers-markets-to-the-urban-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lipsky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crossroads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-income people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[he Crossroads Farmers Market in Maryland is not your typical farmers market. It was founded to offer a friendly environment for low-income people to buy fresh produce.]]></description>
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		<title>Sanctions have warmed up Iran for an accord</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/sanctions-have-warmed-up-iran-for-an-accord/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sanctions-have-warmed-up-iran-for-an-accord</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/sanctions-have-warmed-up-iran-for-an-accord/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cesar Chelala</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economic sanctions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hassan Rouhani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran agreement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As Iran's economy reels and President Hassan Rouhani shows interest in rapprochement with the West, it seems high time to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran.]]></description>
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		<title>Air festivals, the costs of flight and budget flak</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/air-festivals-the-costs-of-flight-and-budget-flak/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=air-festivals-the-costs-of-flight-and-budget-flak</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/air-festivals-the-costs-of-flight-and-budget-flak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hiroaki Sato</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[costs of flight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Military aircraft]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Air Force did not send its acrobatic team to the Misawa Air Festival this year because of budget cuts. Military flying machines can be exorbitantly expensive.]]></description>
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		<title>When the fury of isolationism roamed America</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Will</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American isolationism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Those Angry Days"]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is preposterous to equate today's mild debates in America about foreign policy with the furies unleashed by, and against, real isolationism before World War II.]]></description>
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		<title>Best, brightest and least productive?</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/best-brightest-and-least-productive/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=best-brightest-and-least-productive</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/best-brightest-and-least-productive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert J. Shiller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trading and speculating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unproductive activities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Financial traders and speculators help to allocate society's resources to the most promising businesses. But these people's activities also impose costs on the rest of us.]]></description>
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		<title>Liberating people to control their eating habits</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/28/commentary/liberating-people-to-control-their-eating-habits/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=liberating-people-to-control-their-eating-habits</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/28/commentary/liberating-people-to-control-their-eating-habits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Esther Dyson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[media manipulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weight loss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to weight-loss programs, give people rules of thumb &#8212; not product manuals. Let them see how the media manipulates them already to consume more.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan and Korea: Reconciliation and redress for wrongs remain elusive</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/28/commentary/japan-and-korea-reconciliation-and-redress-for-wrongs-remain-elusive/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japan-and-korea-reconciliation-and-redress-for-wrongs-remain-elusive</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/28/commentary/japan-and-korea-reconciliation-and-redress-for-wrongs-remain-elusive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Kingston</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dokdo Islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nobusuke Kishi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President park Geun-hye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shinzo Abe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Takeshima Islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taro Aso]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the eve of the International Olympic Committee&#8217;s decision to award the 2020 Summer Games to Tokyo, Seoul&#8217;s abrupt import ban on all fisheries products from Fukushima and seven other Japanese prefectures was clearly a response to public concerns about radiation spewing into the ocean. Here, though, it looked like a blatant attempt to capsize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand may have the fix for asset bubbles</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/27/commentary/new-zealand-may-have-the-fix-for-asset-bubbles/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=new-zealand-may-have-the-fix-for-asset-bubbles</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/27/commentary/new-zealand-may-have-the-fix-for-asset-bubbles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pesek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[anti-leverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asset bubbles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the world's biggest economies search for ways to let the air out of giant asset bubbles, they might find a fix that discourages leverage in tiny New Zealand.]]></description>
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		<title>Merkel&#8217;s risk-averse charm</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/27/commentary/merkels-risk-averse-charm/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=merkels-risk-averse-charm</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/27/commentary/merkels-risk-averse-charm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Lane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[German electorate]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One way to interpret Chancellor Angela Merkel's sweeping victory is that it was what you would expect from an electorate dominated by the well-heeled and the silver-haired.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t scapegoat schools over economic ills</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/26/commentary/dont-scapegoat-schools-over-economic-ills/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dont-scapegoat-schools-over-economic-ills</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/26/commentary/dont-scapegoat-schools-over-economic-ills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walt Gardner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[college graduates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. unemployment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[American education reformers charge that companies can't find enough qualified workers in science and technology. But these workers are here &#8212; in the form of unemployed college grads.]]></description>
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		<title>Mandatory organ donation</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/26/commentary/mandatory-organ-donation/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mandatory-organ-donation</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/26/commentary/mandatory-organ-donation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 11:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Rall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[organ donation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. health care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is estimated that 18 people die in the U.S. every day due to a national shortage of organ donations. This crisis could be solved if organ donation were mandatory.]]></description>
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		<title>Odds for Assad spike higher</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/25/commentary/odds-for-assad-spike-higher/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=odds-for-assad-spike-higher</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/25/commentary/odds-for-assad-spike-higher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gwynne Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assad regime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ceasefire offer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was already looking likely that President Bashar Assad's regime would survive. But the events of the past two weeks have made it virtually certain.]]></description>
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		<title>West gets a second chance for peace in Syria</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/25/commentary/west-gets-a-second-chance-for-peace-in-syria/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=west-gets-a-second-chance-for-peace-in-syria</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/25/commentary/west-gets-a-second-chance-for-peace-in-syria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-marie Guéhenno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Syria chemical weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West's second chance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[he last-minute deal to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control gives the West, which had run out of good options, a second chance to reach peace in Syria.]]></description>
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		<title>Diverse &#8216;American exceptionalism&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/25/commentary/diverse-american-exceptionalism/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=diverse-american-exceptionalism</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/25/commentary/diverse-american-exceptionalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cass R. Sunstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American exceptionalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reflection and choice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[American exceptionalism" began wth the Constitution's effort to establish a large self-governing republic, in which diverse views serve as both a safeguard and a creative force.]]></description>
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		<title>Deleveraging results garner incomplete grade</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/25/commentary/deleveraging-results-garner-incomplete-grade/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=deleveraging-results-garner-incomplete-grade</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/25/commentary/deleveraging-results-garner-incomplete-grade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert J. Samuelson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[deleveraging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national debt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Almost everyone agrees that too much borrowing was at the core of the financial crisis and Great Recession. Where do we stand five years after Lehman Brothers]]></description>
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		<title>Overcoming regrets before they overcome you</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/24/commentary/overcoming-regrets-before-they-overcome-you/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=overcoming-regrets-before-they-overcome-you</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/24/commentary/overcoming-regrets-before-they-overcome-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edward Hoffman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regrets in life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[well-being]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Research is converging on the notion that what you regret, how often you do so and with what intensity have a big impact on our mental and physical well-being.]]></description>
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