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		<title>Girl allegedly beaten to get rid of demons</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child Abuse/Paedos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crime & Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[14 year old daughter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beatings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boras Sweden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[couple arrested]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Larson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Sweden, a couple have been charged with beating the husband&#8217;s teenage daughter to force demons out of her. The father, 37 and stepmother, 33, were ordered held without bail Friday, the TT news agency reported. Prosecutors say the 14-year-old girl may have been beaten and burned over several years. &#8220;The girl was put through [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12692&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cain Endorses Gingrich for President</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[former presidential candidate Herman Cain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endorses Newt Gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accepting a position as the former House Speaker’s tax reform chairman.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9-9-9 plan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has announced his endorsement of Newt Gingrich for the GOP nomination late on Saturday – at the same time accepting a position as the former House Speaker’s tax reform chairman. Cain is the author of the famous &#8220;9-9-9&#8243; tax plan announced his endorsement in West Palm Beach, Florida, three [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12690&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UK:  Five held in police payment probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime & Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GB News & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5 men held in payment Probe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime editor Mike Sullivan and head of news Chris Pharo.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[editor Graham Dudman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metropolitan Police's Territorial Policing Command]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News Corporation and its management and standards committee (MSC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operation Elveden]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sun]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There were 4 former and current Sun journalists and a police officer have been arrested by detectives investigating payments made to police by journalists.  Scotland Yard said the men, aged 29 to 57, were arrested at addresses in London and Essex.  Also a 29 year old serving officer in the Metropolitan Police&#8217;s Territorial Policing Command, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12687&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.K. prisons pushed to capacity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[filled to capacity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice Ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[report released]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prisons in the United Kingdom are at 98.1% capacity after last summer&#8217;s riots led to a steep increase in the number of people behind bars, officials said.  The releasal of government figures on Friday show the total number of inmates in prisons in England and Wales was 87,668, just under the maximum capacity of 89,399. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12684&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>California passes sweeping auto emission standards</title>
		<link>http://newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/california-passes-sweeping-auto-emission-standards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[US Lawsuits & Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new California emissions standards passed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electric cars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Air Resources Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Nichols]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the board's chairman.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California New Car Dealers Association]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[California air regulators passed sweeping auto emission standards Friday that include a mandate to have 1.4 million electric and hybrid vehicles on state roads by 2025.  The California Air Resources Board just unanimously passed the new rules that require that one in seven of the new cars sold in the state in 2025 be an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12682&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mitt Romney&#8217;s Speaker Fees</title>
		<link>http://newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/mitt-romneys-speaker-fees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salaries for speech giving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Aside from all of his investments, Mitt Romney also received speakers fees, as he traveled the country.  When he admitted last week that was part of his income, which contributed to his 6 figure earnings.  This caused his foes to seize the opportunity by saying he was out of touch with Americans but there&#8217;s another [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12680&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Capitol Police raking in top-shelf starting pay, benefits</title>
		<link>http://newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/capitol-police-raking-in-top-shelf-starting-pay-benefits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[000]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capitol Hill police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reap in benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retire early]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[starting salary $56]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USCP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The officers that are seen patrolling the metal detectors and corridors of the Capitol Hill complex are earning some of the best pay and benefits in the business.  A new government report shows that the US Capitol Capitol Police, or USCP, provides top-shelf pay when officers sign up and top-shelf benefits when they retire.  Although [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12678&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parent of Obama-backed battery maker goes bankrupt</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chevrolet Volt.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ener1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EnerDel received a $118 million stimulus grant from the Energy Department in 2009Energy Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama-backed battery maker goes bankrupt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep Cliff Stearns]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like Obama and his business sense is batting 1,000.  The parent company of an electric car battery maker that received a $118 million grant from the Obama administration filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday. New York-based Ener1 said it has been affected by competition from China and other countries.  In 2009, with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12675&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RBS chief Stephen Hester&#8217;s £963,000 bonus criticised</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GB News & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[000]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonus of £963]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chancellor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Fleming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr Ruth Bender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[from the Cranfield School of Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Osborne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour leader Ed Miliband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lib Dem minister Jeremy Browne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prime Minister David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Unite union national officer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The £963,000 bonus in shares awarded to Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester has been strongly criticised.  Labour leader Ed Miliband said that the payout represented a disgraceful failure by the Prime Minister.  Then Chancellor, George Osborne, point out that the previous Labour government was responsible as it had forged the contract that included [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12673&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ariz. Town Swirls in Controversy Over Candidate&#8217;s English Skills</title>
		<link>http://newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/ariz-town-swirls-in-controversy-over-candidates-english-skills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Current Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Lawsuits & Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alejandrina Cabrera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brigham Young English professor William Eggington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English speaking for politicians law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hispanic candidate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[San Luis City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yuma Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yuma County Superior Court Judge John Nelson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a fight going on in an Arizona town, over whether a local woman has the ability to speak, read, and write English well enough to run for San Luis City Council. The matter is working its way through state courts, which will decide the issue.  And just like in many states, Arizona is one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsdeskinternational.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6223125&amp;post=12671&amp;subd=newsdeskinternational&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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