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				<title>The Tripoli clashes: Will it ever end?</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/07/09/mb_trpo_azPkk_18187.jpg" align="right" /><p>	Last night, at around 10.30 pm, the citizens of Tripoli, the second biggest city in Lebanon, started hearing gunshots, automatic weapons fire, and even rocket-propelled grenades.
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Last night, at around 10.30 pm, the citizens of Tripoli, the second biggest city in Lebanon, started hearing gunshots, automatic weapons fire, and even rocket-propelled grenades.<br />
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	<p>The two...
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				<title>Saudi clerics criticize Shiites for destabilizing</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.instablogsimages.com/ap/2008/06/02/mb_saudi-cler_9tb9I_65.jpg" align="right" /><p>	Hardline Sunni clerics accused Shiites Sunday of destabilizing Muslim countries and humiliating Sunnis, just days before a Muslim interfaith conference called by Saudi Arabia&#8217;s...</p>]]></description>

				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Hardline Sunni clerics accused Shiites Sunday of destabilizing Muslim countries and humiliating Sunnis, just days before a Muslim interfaith conference called by Saudi Arabia&#8217;s king.
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				<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Shiites in Iraq protest long-term US security deal</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.instablogsimages.com/ap/2008/05/31/mb_shiites-in_zvWba_3868.jpg" align="right" /><p>	Tens of thousands of Shiites have taken to the streets in Baghdad and other cities to protest plans for a long-term security agreement with the United States.

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Tens of thousands of Shiites have taken to the streets in Baghdad and other cities to protest plans for a long-term security agreement with the United States.
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				<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 12:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Police say gunmen kill 3 Shiite Muslims in Pakistan</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[<img src="" align="right" /><p>	Police say gunmen have killed a Shiite Muslim shop owner and two of his customers in an apparent sectarian attack in Pakistan.

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Police say gunmen have killed a Shiite Muslim shop owner and two of his customers in an apparent sectarian attack in Pakistan.
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				<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 08:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Mass Grave Discovered North of Baghdad</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[<img src="" align="right" /><p>	A mass grave containing about 100 bodies was discovered Saturday in a region north of Baghdad that has seen years of intense fighting between Shiites and Sunni extremist members of al-Qaida in...</p>]]></description>

				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>A mass grave containing about 100 bodies was discovered Saturday in a region north of Baghdad that has seen years of intense fighting between Shiites and Sunni extremist members of al-Qaida in Iraq.
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				<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Al-Maliki vociferously comes down on American critics</title>
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				<dc:creator>Vinod</dc:creator>
								<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2007/08/23/mb_nouri-al-malikijpg_3868.jpg" align="right" /><p>	Political instability, mayhem, and deadly violence have left Iraq in tatters and forces one to contemplate &#8216;what&#8217;s next&#8217;? With this hopes for a peaceful and bright future are also fading away. Now the counter allegations between...</p>]]></description>

				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Political instability, mayhem, and deadly violence have left Iraq in tatters and forces one to contemplate &#8216;what&#8217;s next&#8217;? With this hopes for a peaceful and bright future are also fading away. Now the counter allegations between al-Maliki and US...
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				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Total pullout of US military officials from Iraq still a far cry</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2007/06/11/mb_us-soldiers-in-iraq_4515.jpg" align="right" /><p>	U.S. military officials are now looking at envisioning a &#8220;post occupation&#8221; troop presence in Iraq which does not necessarily maintain the current level but does not lead to a complete pullout either. It aims for a smaller force that...</p>]]></description>

				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>U.S. military officials are now looking at envisioning a &#8220;post occupation&#8221; troop presence in Iraq which does not necessarily maintain the current level but does not lead to a complete pullout either. It aims for a smaller force that would serve and...
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				<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Iraq: Close to become a ‘failed state’</title>
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								<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2007/05/18/mb_b2grey_58.jpg" align="right" /><p>	There is no change in the life of Iraqi people for the last four years, after the US-led allied forces took over the charge in Iraq. Gunfires, mortar strikes, roadside explosions, suicide bombings, shootings and violent attacks, not only...</p>]]></description>

				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>There is no change in the life of Iraqi people for the last four years, after the US-led allied forces took over the charge in Iraq. Gunfires, mortar strikes, roadside explosions, suicide bombings, shootings and violent attacks, not only between...
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				<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 12:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Baghdad massacred, 160 killed</title>
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				<dc:creator>Vikas Shekhawat</dc:creator>
								<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2006/11/24/mb_baghdad-bombings_18.jpg" align="right" /><p>	Iraq faced the deadliest day when Sunnis murdered at least 160 people injuring 250 in a sectarian violence yesterday through well-planned car bombing and mortar attacks in Baghdad. Sadr City torn apart, which is mainly dominated by Shia populace,...</p>]]></description>

				<content:encoded><![CDATA[	<p>Iraq faced the deadliest day when Sunnis murdered at least 160 people injuring 250 in a sectarian violence yesterday through well-planned car bombing and mortar attacks in Baghdad. Sadr City torn apart, which is mainly dominated by Shia populace, with...
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				<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 02:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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