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		<title>Sex Education For British 5 Year Olds</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pupils in England will be given classes in sex and relationships from the age  of five under Government plans to cut teenage pregnancies.
Children will learn about parts of the body, the facts of life and puberty in  primary school. At secondary school, they will be taught about pregnancy,  contraception, HIV and homosexual [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bimchat.wordpress.com&blog=3050051&post=3614&subd=bimchat&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report Slams Largest Banks Link To Internationally Ban Weapons</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leading banks have funded arms manufacturers, whose products include cluster  bombs, to the tune of $5 billion in the past two years, despite an international  accord to ban such weapons, a study said Thursday.
The report by Profundo consultancy and several NGOs said the banks loaned  money to companies whose products include cluster [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bimchat.wordpress.com&blog=3050051&post=3618&subd=bimchat&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leading Economist Says World Still Mired In Financial Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An internationally renowned economist said on Wednesday that banks need to  review their banking strategy following the global credit crunch, noting that  the world has not yet recovered from the financial crisis. 
“One look at banking  is that banking is accepting credit and lending money,” said Souhail Elia,  chairman of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bimchat.wordpress.com&blog=3050051&post=3621&subd=bimchat&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IMF Gold Sale Spikes Price</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The price of gold leapt to a record peak of $1,095.40 an ounce in trading here  on Wednesday in the wake of the International Monetary Fund’s massive sale of  the precious metal to India.
Gold had already reached a record high of $1,087.80  on Tuesday as the IMF said it had sold 200 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bimchat.wordpress.com&blog=3050051&post=3606&subd=bimchat&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba Slams Book By Castro&#8217;s Sister</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuba&#8217;s state-run media on Monday condemned a just-published book in which Fidel  Castro&#8217;s sister admits she spied for the Central Intelligence Agency. 
The country&#8217;s media added that the expose proves that the former Cuban  leader was a &#8220;victim&#8221; of decades of US targeting.
&#8220;The truth is in full  view: Fidel Castro is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bimchat.wordpress.com&blog=3050051&post=3603&subd=bimchat&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>British Air Tax Takes Effect</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britain yesterday (01 Nov) went ahead with implementing the first phase of an increase in  its air passenger tax, despite cries from Caribbean countries about the impact  it would have on their tourism industries.
The structure of the Air Passenger Duty (APD) has been adjusted so that  destinations are now divided into four [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bimchat.wordpress.com&blog=3050051&post=3596&subd=bimchat&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rihanna On Domestic Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rihanna is determined to use her pop star status to help other women who fall  victim to domestic abuse, following her notorious bust-up with ex-boyfriend  Chris Brown.
The pop star was thrust into the limelight following the  February (09) incident, which left her battered and bruised at the hands of her  former [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bimchat.wordpress.com&blog=3050051&post=3590&subd=bimchat&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rihanna: I Turned Into Britney After Brown Beating</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Rihanna struggled to cope with the overnight surge in media interest after  she was beaten by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, insisting she suddenly became hunted  like paparazzi favourite Britney Spears.
The Umbrella hitmaker went  into hiding after the vicious bust-up in February (09), which left her bloodied  and bruised, and landed her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bimchat.wordpress.com&blog=3050051&post=3583&subd=bimchat&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Occupiers Involved In Drug Trade: Afghan Minister</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Afghan minister of counter narcotics says foreign troops are earning money from drug production in Afghanistan.
General Khodaidad Khodaidad said the majority of drugs are stockpiled in two provinces controlled by troops from the US, the UK, and Canada, IRNA reported on Saturday.
He went on to say that NATO forces are taxing the production of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bimchat.wordpress.com&blog=3050051&post=3578&subd=bimchat&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Germans Unhappy With Alternative Swine Flu Vaccine For Politicians</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Damage control is the name of the game in Berlin on Monday as politicians rush to deny that they are receiving a better, safer swine flu vaccine than ordinary Germans. The first of 50 million doses arrived in Germany on Monday.
One might think that the arrival in Germany of the first of 50 million doses [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bimchat.wordpress.com&blog=3050051&post=3570&subd=bimchat&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Marley Heirs Wage Global War On Trademark Pirates</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heirs of the Jamaican reggae legend are plunging into the global trademark wars, seeking to enforce their exclusive rights to an image that has grown steadily in scope and appeal since the Jamaican superstar died of brain cancer in 1981 at age 36.
The Marley name, look and sound are estimated to generate an estimated $600 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bimchat.wordpress.com&blog=3050051&post=3563&subd=bimchat&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Central Bank Of Barbados 3rd Quarter 2009 Economic Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outgoing Central Bank Governor gave her last economic review for the first three quarters of 2009.

Barbados economy declined by 4.4 per cent during the first three quarters of this year.Central Bank Governor Dr Marion Williams believes the economic slide will not stop by year-end but it should certainly slow with a possible recovery late next year.
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		<title>German Chancellor And Ministers To Get Special H1N1 Vaccine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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German newspaper Spiegel Online reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and government ministers will receive a special, additive-free H1N1 vaccine. “The Vakzin [vaccine] does not contain disputed additives — contrary to the vaccine for the remainder of the population,” reports the newspaper.
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The German government elite and the armed forces will receive Celvapan, an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bimchat.wordpress.com&blog=3050051&post=3540&subd=bimchat&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NY Times &#8211; Afghan &#8216;Opium&#8217; Kingpin On CIA Payroll</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player in the country’s booming illegal opium trade, gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency, and has for much of the past eight years, according to current and former American officials.
The agency pays Mr. Karzai for a variety of services, including helping [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bimchat.wordpress.com&blog=3050051&post=3543&subd=bimchat&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>German Health Expert On H1N1 Vaccine Risks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The swine flu vaccine has been hit by new cancer fears after a German health expert gave a shock warning about its safety.
Lung specialist Wolfgang Wodarg has said that there are many risks associated with the vaccine for the H1N1 virus. He has grave reservations about the firm Novartis who are developing the vaccine and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bimchat.wordpress.com&blog=3050051&post=3536&subd=bimchat&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg is a politician and a specialist in lungs, hygiene and environmental medicine. He is the chairman of the health committee in the German parliament and European Council.</media:title>
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