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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>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/10/02/commentary/success-eludes-putin-on-some-foreign-policy-fronts/#comments</comments>
		<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>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>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>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/when-the-fury-of-isolationism-roamed-america/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=when-the-fury-of-isolationism-roamed-america</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/29/commentary/when-the-fury-of-isolationism-roamed-america/#comments</comments>
		<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>
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		<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>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>
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		<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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		<title>The limits of multitasking</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/24/commentary/the-limits-of-multitasking/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-limits-of-multitasking</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/24/commentary/the-limits-of-multitasking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Rafferty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[information technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multitasking risks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Studies of the effects of chronic multitasking suggest that the overwhelming risk of letting no task go untended is that you do nothing well.]]></description>
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		<title>Brazilians demand long-term change in slums</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/24/commentary/brazilians-demand-long-term-change-in-slums/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=brazilians-demand-long-term-change-in-slums</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/24/commentary/brazilians-demand-long-term-change-in-slums/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Soraya Umewaka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brazil slums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[favelas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independence Day protests]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brazilian demonstraters want the government to invest in public transportation, better schools and hospitals instead of hosting mega-events such as the 2014 World Cup.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be swayed by skeptics of report on climate change</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/24/commentary/dont-be-swayed-by-skeptics-of-report-on-climate-change/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dont-be-swayed-by-skeptics-of-report-on-climate-change</link>
		<comments>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/09/24/commentary/dont-be-swayed-by-skeptics-of-report-on-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Hutton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental skepticism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Expect the fifth assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will be met by a barrage of criticism from the new "skeptical" environmental movement.]]></description>
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