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<item><title><![CDATA[ China Set To Protect Olympics ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/24/AR2008072401357.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/24/AR2008072401357.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BEIJING, July 24 -- China's public security minister told paramilitary police at a pre-Olympic rally that they must "resolutely" prevent political protests as well as terrorist attacks during next month's Beijing Games, the official press reported Thursday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Cody]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Set]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Protect]]></category><category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ 3 Olympic 'Protest Pens' Planned for Beijing Parks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/23/AR2008072302693.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/23/AR2008072302693.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BEIJING, July 23 -- Beijing will set up specially designated protest zones in three public parks during next month's Olympics, a top security official for the Games announced Wednesday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maureen Fan]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[3]]></category><category><![CDATA[Olympic]]></category><category><![CDATA['Protest]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pens']]></category><category><![CDATA[Planned]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Parks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Athens]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hyde Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jill Savitt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Liu Liu]]></category><category><![CDATA[Liu Shaowu]]></category><category><![CDATA[Liu Xiaobao]]></category><category><![CDATA[Salt Lake City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wang Wei]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wang Zhenjiang]]></category><category><![CDATA[Communist Party of China]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Olympic Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Olympic Organizing Committee]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ China Is Growing Unfriendly to Foreigners, Visitors Say ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071803216.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071803216.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ HONG KONG -- Brad Eddington arrived in Shanghai on a whim seven years ago and fell in love with the place. He got a job teaching English to kindergartners at a private school, an apartment in the trendy French Concession district, and a girlfriend. And even though he was on a visitor's visa he had to renew every year, he considered China his new home. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ariana Eunjung Cha]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Growing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unfriendly]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Foreigners,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Visitors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Say]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shanghai]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brad Eddington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shenzhen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Timothy O'Rourke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category><category><![CDATA[James Galvin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richard Vuylsteke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crissie Ding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boston College]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carrefour SA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hunan Province]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sichuan Province]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ China Expresses 'Grave Concern' Over Indictment of Sudan's Bashir ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/15/AR2008071502657.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/15/AR2008071502657.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ China voiced concern yesterday over charges by the International Criminal Court implicating Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in state-sponsored acts of genocide in the country's embattled Darfur region, but there was no indication it would move to stall the process so close to the Aug. 8 opening of the Beijing Olympic Games.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125613195" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125613195" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nora Boustany]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Expresses]]></category><category><![CDATA['Grave]]></category><category><![CDATA[Concern']]></category><category><![CDATA[Over]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indictment]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bashir]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Criminal Court]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khartoum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Omar al-Bashir]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ban Ki-moon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Liu Jianchao]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manouchehr Mottaki]]></category><category><![CDATA[African Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[Belgium]]></category><category><![CDATA[British Broadcasting Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]]></category><category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Crisis Group]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reuters Group plc]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations Security Council]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yemen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sudan Vows to Fight Charges Of Genocide Against Its Leader ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/14/AR2008071400112.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/14/AR2008071400112.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NAIROBI, July 14 -- The Sudanese government defiantly rejected International Criminal Court charges of genocide against President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Monday, vowing to fight them "legally and diplomatically" instead of retaliating against U.N. peacekeepers, aid workers or residents of Darfur, a reaction that is feared in the volatile, western Sudanese region. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie McCrummen and Nora Boustany]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vows]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fight]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charges]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Genocide]]></category><category><![CDATA[Against]]></category><category><![CDATA[Its]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leader]]></category><category><![CDATA[Omar al-Bashir]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Criminal Court]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Prendergast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Salih Mahmoud Osman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colum Lynch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khartoum]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Hague]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Uganda]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations Security Council]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ 7 Troops Killed In Sudan Ambush ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070900843.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070900843.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NAIROBI, July 9 -- Seven peacekeepers were killed and seven critically injured when their convoy was ambushed in Darfur, the biggest hit so far on the struggling United Nations-African Union force that took charge in January, officials said Wednesday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie McCrummen]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[7]]></category><category><![CDATA[Troops]]></category><category><![CDATA[Killed]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ambush]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[African Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[Al-Fashir]]></category><category><![CDATA[Minni Arcua Minnawi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alex de Waal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khartoum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Omar al-Bashir]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Criminal Court]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Congress Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Social Science Research Council]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan Liberation Movement]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Around the World, Activists Assemble to Press China on Rights ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/08/AR2008070802695.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/08/AR2008070802695.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK, July 8 -- Marking the one-month countdown to the start of the Beijing Olympic Games, activists gathered here and in cities around the world Tuesday to call on China to ease crackdowns on dissenters and release political prisoners. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robin Shulman]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Around]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[World,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Activists]]></category><category><![CDATA[Assemble]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Press]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manhattan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Berlin]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lucie Morillon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Melbourne]]></category><category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category><category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category><category><![CDATA[Communist Party of China]]></category><category><![CDATA[G-8]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Olympic Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tiananmen Square]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ G-8 Plans to Address Aid Accountability ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/06/AR2008070600265.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/06/AR2008070600265.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TOYAKO, Japan, July 7 -- Leaders of the Group of Eight major industrialized nations expect to sign off this week on a plan to provide detailed assessments of how well individual countries are fulfilling promises of development assistance to Africa, according to sources familiar with the initiative.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125613536" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125613536" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Abramowitz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[G-8]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plans]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Address]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aid]]></category><category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[G-8]]></category><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yasuo Fukuda]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dmitry Medvedev]]></category><category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category><category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[France]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sub-Saharan Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Revival of Tribal Tradition to Help Repair Darfur ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/04/AR2008070402545.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/04/AR2008070402545.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ EL DAIEN, Sudan In the heart of Arab Darfur recently, a who's who of tribal leaders lounged under tents in the sand -- sheiks and sultans, umdas and elders, intellectuals, businessmen and spiritual gurus. In the dry afternoon heat, the men discussed politics and the conflict in this western region of Sudan. There was dancing and a brass band to herald the dignitaries' entrances and exits. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie McCrummen]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Revival]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tribal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tradition]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Help]]></category><category><![CDATA[Repair]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Walid Madibbo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Janjaweed Militia]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Abdel Majid Ibrahim Mohamed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Emperor Haile Selassie I]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hassan Maki Ahmed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Henry Anyidoho]]></category><category><![CDATA[King Faisal of Saudi Arabia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mariah Carey]]></category><category><![CDATA[African Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[AK-47 Assault Rifle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Mugabe Tells African Peers To Examine Own Records ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/AR2008070100263.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/AR2008070100263.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, July 1 -- A defiant President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe on Tuesday fended off an effort by African leaders to sanction him for his country's recent election violence, telling them that their claims to power were no more legitimate than his. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Knickmeyer]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Mugabe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tells]]></category><category><![CDATA[African]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peers]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Examine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Own]]></category><category><![CDATA[Records]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Mugabe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Abdoulaye Wade]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Charamba]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sharm el-Sheikh]]></category><category><![CDATA[African Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harare]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jendayi Frazier]]></category><category><![CDATA[Levy Mwanawasa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mompati Merafhe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morgan Tsvangirai]]></category><category><![CDATA[Senegal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Umaru Yar'Adua]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Movement for Democratic Change]]></category><category><![CDATA[Red Sea]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations Security Council]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zambia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ African Leaders Plan to Discuss Mugabe's Future ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/30/AR2008063000202.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/30/AR2008063000202.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, June 30 -- African leaders allowed Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to take his seat at a summit here Monday, but controversy over the coercion and violence surrounding his recent reelection prompted some of the leaders to begin discussing how to end his 28-year rule. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Knickmeyer]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[African]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leaders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plan]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Discuss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mugabe's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Future]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Mugabe]]></category><category><![CDATA[African Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category><category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hosni Mubarak]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jakaya Kikwete]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Archbishop Desmond Tutu]]></category><category><![CDATA[Asha-Rose Migiro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Kufuor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moammar Gadhafi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morgan Tsvangirai]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sharm el-Sheikh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sierra Leone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tanzania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Togo's Eateries Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ U.S. Backs U.N. Official in Darfur Indicted in Rwanda Deaths ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/28/AR2008062801759.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/28/AR2008062801759.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ UNITED NATIONS -- The State Department has urged the United Nations to retain a Rwandan general as the second-highest-ranking U.N. peacekeeper in the Darfur region of Sudan, even though he has been indicted for allegedly committing war crimes in Rwanda during the mid-1990s, according to U.S. and U.N. officials.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125614410" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125614410" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colum Lynch]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Backs]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.N.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Official]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indicted]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rwanda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deaths]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rwanda]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jendayi Frazer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph Nsengimana]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zalmay Khalilzad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ban Ki-moon]]></category><category><![CDATA[D. Fernando Andreu]]></category><category><![CDATA[Emmanuel Karake Karenzi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jean-Marie Guehenno]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kenneth Roth]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kisangani]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martin Luther Agwai]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ric Grenell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of State]]></category><category><![CDATA[African Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nigeria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rwandan Foreign Ministry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rwandan Hutu Rebels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Songs of Hope for Sudan, When the Censors Allow ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802860.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802860.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ AL DAEIN, Sudan -- It is difficult to unleash your inner Bob Marley in Sudan, but singer-songwriter Abazar Hamid is trying. He submits peace and love songs month after month to the government's music monitoring committee, an apparently surly bunch that mostly censors and rejects them. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie McCrummen]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Songs]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan,]]></category><category><![CDATA[When]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Censors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Allow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Abazar Hamid]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bob Marley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khadija Jacob]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khartoum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Janjaweed Militia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bob Geldof]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fatima Osman Ahmed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ray Charles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amnesty International]]></category><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Conflicts Displacing More People ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/17/AR2008061702283.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/17/AR2008061702283.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ UNITED NATIONS, June 17 -- The war in Iraq and the conflicts in Colombia, Somalia and the Darfur region of Sudan have driven an increase in the global population of refugees and the displaced, according to a report by the U.N.'s chief refugee agency. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colum Lynch]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Conflicts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Displacing]]></category><category><![CDATA[More]]></category><category><![CDATA[People]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]]></category><category><![CDATA[Liberia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Antonio Guterres]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category><category><![CDATA[London]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter Kessler]]></category><category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Angola]]></category><category><![CDATA[Burundi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sierra Leone]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ China Steps Up Pressure on Sudan Over Darfur ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061200902.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061200902.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BEIJING, June 12 -- President Hu Jintao strongly urged Sudan to cooperate in the swift deployment of international peacekeeping forces and to help end humanitarian abuses in the country's embattled Darfur region, the official Communist Party newspaper said Thursday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Cody]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steps]]></category><category><![CDATA[Up]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pressure]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Over]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khartoum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ali Uthman Muhammad Taha]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hu Jintao]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category><category><![CDATA[African Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[People's Daily]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations Security Council]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ U.N. Reducing Aid Flights In Darfur for Lack of Funds ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/10/AR2008061001007.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/10/AR2008061001007.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NAIROBI, June 10 -- Humanitarian flights that deliver doctors, aid workers and supplies to remote areas of Sudan's western Darfur region are being cut back because of lack of funding, the U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125614935" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125614935" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie McCrummen]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[U.N.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reducing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aid]]></category><category><![CDATA[Flights]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lack]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Funds]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Laurent Bukera]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations World Food Programme]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Darfur Area Office for the World Food Program]]></category><category><![CDATA[Toyota Land Cruiser]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Overseas, Excitement Over Obama ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060402360.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060402360.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LONDON, June 4 -- For much of the world, Sen. Barack Obama's victory in the Democratic primaries was a moment to admire the United States at a time when the nation's image abroad has been seriously damaged. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Sullivan]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Overseas,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Excitement]]></category><category><![CDATA[Over]]></category><category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moscow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tokyo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kisumu]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baghdad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bogota]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ali Jarbawi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cairo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eytan Gilboa]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Delhi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seoul]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Muqtada al-Sadr]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amit R. Paley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blaine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Buenos Aires]]></category><category><![CDATA[Candace Rondeaux]]></category><category><![CDATA[Islamabad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Juan Forero]]></category><category><![CDATA[Monte Reel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter Finn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rama Lakshmi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stephanie McCrummen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Akiko Yamamoto]]></category><category><![CDATA[Allameh Tabatabai University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Allan Akombo]]></category><category><![CDATA[American University in Cairo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bar-Ilan University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Berlin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Birzeit University]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category><category><![CDATA[Edward Cody]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ellen Knickmeyer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Facebook Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category><category><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Karla Adam]]></category><category><![CDATA[Karsten Voight]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kim Sung-ho]]></category><category><![CDATA[Konstantin Kosachev]]></category><category><![CDATA[London]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manar -Shorbagi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Jr.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Minoru Morita]]></category><category><![CDATA[Omar Shakir]]></category><category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Royal Institute of International Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Salah al-Obaidi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Salud Hernandez]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sam Onyango]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samarra]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samuel Sockol]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shannon Smiley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stella Kim]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sufian Taha]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sunila Patel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tehran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Erdbrink]]></category><category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yonsei University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kansas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sichuan Province]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sudan Officials Implicated in Attacks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060403866.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/04/AR2008060403866.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has implicated top Sudanese officials in recent attacks, including killings and rapes, against civilians in the Darfur region of western Sudan, and will present their names and evidence against them to the court in July. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nora Boustany]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Officials]]></category><category><![CDATA[Implicated]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Attacks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ahmad Harun]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Janjaweed Militia]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ali Mohammed Ali Abd-al-Rahman]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Criminal Court]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khartoum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Radovan Karadzic]]></category><category><![CDATA[African Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations Security Council]]></category><category><![CDATA[Srebrenica]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Growing Food Crisis Strains U.N. ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/24/AR2008052401596.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/24/AR2008052401596.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ UNITED NATIONS -- For four years, U.N. peacekeepers have protected Haiti's fragile government from attacks by street gangs, drug lords and political agitators. But they were no match for a bowl of rice that has doubled in price during the past year. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colum Lynch]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Growing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Food]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crisis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Strains]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.N.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations World Food Programme]]></category><category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Phil Dobie]]></category><category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aleem Siddique]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hedi Annabi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeffrey D. Sachs]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Holmes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nairobi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Nabarro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kandahar]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nancy Roman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Port-au-Prince]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Burkina Faso]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cameroon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Columbia University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Malaysia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mauritania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morocco]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mozambique]]></category><category><![CDATA[Myanmar]]></category><category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Senegal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations Development Programme]]></category><category><![CDATA[Herat Province]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sudan's Macabre Display Of Victory Over Attackers ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052302841.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052302841.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ KHARTOUM, Sudan -- A week after Darfur rebels launched an audacious attack on this sand-swept capital, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir presided over a macabre exhibit aimed at crushing any doubt as to which side won.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125615389" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125615389" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie McCrummen]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sudan's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Macabre]]></category><category><![CDATA[Display]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Victory]]></category><category><![CDATA[Over]]></category><category><![CDATA[Attackers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khalil Ibrahim]]></category><category><![CDATA[Omar al-Bashir]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khartoum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anwar Bushra]]></category><category><![CDATA[Idriss Deby]]></category><category><![CDATA[Omdurman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mickey Mouse]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Congress Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pepsi-Cola]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Response to Quake Prompts Burst of Acclaim for Leaders ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052302774.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052302774.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BEIJING, May 23 -- The official New China News Agency reported the other day that people around the world are suggesting that President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao deserve a Nobel Prize for their handling of the Sichuan earthquake. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Cody]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Response]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Quake]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prompts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Burst]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Acclaim]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leaders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Xinhua News Agency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Propaganda Bureau]]></category><category><![CDATA[Renmin University of China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sichuan Province]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hu Jintao]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wen Jiabao]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kang Xiaoguang]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zhang Ming]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cyclone Nargis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Institutional Revolutionary Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category><category><![CDATA[Myanmar]]></category><category><![CDATA[People's Liberation Army]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tiananmen Square]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Islamist Leader Arrested In Attack ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051200448.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051200448.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NAIROBI, May 12 -- One of Sudan's most important Islamist ideologues and spiritual mentors was arrested and later released by Sudanese officials Monday, having been accused of backing Saturday's surprise rebel attack on the capital, Khartoum. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie McCrummen]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Islamist]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leader]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arrested]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Attack]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khartoum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Omar al-Bashir]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hassan al-Turabi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alex de Waal]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Prendergast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Omdurman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khalil Ibrahim]]></category><category><![CDATA[Al Qaeda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reuters Group plc]]></category><category><![CDATA[Social Science Research Council]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sudan Severs Ties With Chad, Blaming It for Attack on Capital ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/11/AR2008051101866.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/11/AR2008051101866.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NAIROBI, May 11 -- Sudan cut diplomatic ties with Chad on Sunday after accusing its neighbor of backing an audacious rebel attack on the Sudanese capital. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephanie McCrummen]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Severs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ties]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chad,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blaming]]></category><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Attack]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Capital]]></category><category><![CDATA[Omar al-Bashir]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hassan al-Turabi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Omdurman]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Prendergast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khartoum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Idriss Deby]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khalil Ibrahim]]></category><category><![CDATA[London]]></category><category><![CDATA[N'djamena]]></category><category><![CDATA[Janjaweed Militia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reuters Group plc]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Hong Kong Shows Warmth To Mainland in Torch Relay ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050201395.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050201395.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ HONG KONG, May 2 -- Despite an intermittent drizzle, tens of thousands of Hong Kong citizens and visitors donned celebratory red and turned out with Chinese flags Friday to cheer on the Olympic torch relay and drown out demonstrators.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125615838" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125615838" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maureen Fan]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Hong]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kong]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shows]]></category><category><![CDATA[Warmth]]></category><category><![CDATA[To]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mainland]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Torch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Relay]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mia Farrow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Albert Ho]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andy Lau]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Donald Tsang]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khartoum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kowloon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shenzhen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hong Kong's Democratic Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Farrow Arrives With Darfur Agenda ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/01/AR2008050100935.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/01/AR2008050100935.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ HONG KONG, May 1 -- Actress and activist Mia Farrow was allowed into Hong Kong on Thursday, a day before the Olympic torch winds through a territory where most citizens support the Beijing Olympics and where officials have denied entry to protesters hoping to exploit the controversial relay. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maureen Fan]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Farrow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arrives]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Agenda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mia Farrow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jill Savitt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carrefour SA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Free Tibet Campaign]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elsa Lau]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kowloon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lee Cheuk-yan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Matt Whitticase]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category><category><![CDATA[British Consulate General]]></category><category><![CDATA[South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Students for a Free Tibet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ For Chinese, a Shift in Mood, From Hospitable to Hostile ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802238.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/28/AR2008042802238.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BEIJING, April 28 -- At an airport in northeast China, a young security guard recently spotted a foreign airline passenger with shaving cream in his carry-on bag. "No," he said sternly, wagging his finger like a cross schoolteacher. "No, no, no." ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Cody]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chinese,]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shift]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mood,]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hospitable]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hostile]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carrefour SA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Victor Yuan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Changchun]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seoul]]></category><category><![CDATA[French Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mount Everest]]></category><category><![CDATA[People's Daily]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Washington Post Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Guangdong Province]]></category><category><![CDATA[Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Rights Groups Launch Campaign to Press for Darfur Arrests ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042503690.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042503690.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ One year after the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued arrest warrants for a Sudanese minister and a militia leader on 51 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, human rights and international groups yesterday launched a campaign to force the Khartoum government to stop blocking attempts to bring to justice those responsible for atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nora Boustany]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Groups]]></category><category><![CDATA[Launch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Campaign]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Press]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arrests]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ahmad Harun]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Criminal Court]]></category><category><![CDATA[Janjaweed Militia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Khartoum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richard Dicker]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Hague]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ali Mohammed Ali Abd-al-Rahman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dismas Nkunda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Geneva]]></category><category><![CDATA[Luis Moreno Ocampo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zeid al-Hussein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amnesty International]]></category><category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur Consortium]]></category><category><![CDATA[The MacArthur Foundation]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bush Holds Firm on Plan to Attend Olympic Opening ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041102484.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041102484.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ CRAWFORD, Tex., April 11 -- President Bush suggested Friday that he is unlikely to bow to demands to skip the opening ceremonies of the Summer Games in Beijing, saying he will attend the Olympics while continuing to raise concerns with President Hu Jintao about China's crackdown in Tibet.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125616167" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125616167" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Eggen]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Holds]]></category><category><![CDATA[Firm]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plan]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Attend]]></category><category><![CDATA[Olympic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Opening]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hu Jintao]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ban Ki-moon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martha Raddatz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moscow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nicolas Sarkozy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Herbert Hoover]]></category><category><![CDATA[ABC Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Free Tibet Campaign]]></category><category><![CDATA[RedState.com]]></category><category><![CDATA[Save Darfur Coalition]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Republican Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S.S.R.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ IOC Pressured on Human Rights ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040301990.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040301990.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BEIJING, April 3 -- After nearly seven years of careful preparations, it came down to one final, marathon session in Beijing on Thursday. It was the third and final day of talks between Chinese officials and the International Olympic Committee's operations team, the last big inspection ahead of the Aug. 8-24 Summer Games. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maureen Fan]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[IOC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pressured]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[International Olympic Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hein Verbruggen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Madrid]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tiananmen Square]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tibet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cable News Network LP LLLP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Condoleezza Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Guantanamo Bay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hu Jia]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Kamm]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sophie Richardson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steven Spielberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wang Wei]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dui Hua Foundation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category><category><![CDATA[NATO]]></category><category><![CDATA[Romania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Margarito stops Cotto in 11th, takes crown ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072700009.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072700009.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:46:11 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LAS VEGAS -- So that's why every welterweight in the world was so scared of Antonio Margarito. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Margarito]]></category><category><![CDATA[stops]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cotto]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[11th,]]></category><category><![CDATA[takes]]></category><category><![CDATA[crown]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Pujols's 2-Run Homer Lifts St. Louis ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600198.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600198.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:45:34 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer in the 14th inning for his fifth hit of the night, Skip Schumaker did him one better with a career-best six hits and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 10-8 Saturday to snap a season-worst five-game losing streak. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Pujols's]]></category><category><![CDATA[2-Run]]></category><category><![CDATA[Homer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lifts]]></category><category><![CDATA[St.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Louis]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Hamas militant killed in West Bank ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072700051.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072700051.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:38:06 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ HEBRON, West Bank -- Palestinian security officials say Israeli troops killed a Hamas militant in the West Bank town of Hebron.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125624386" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125624386" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category><category><![CDATA[militant]]></category><category><![CDATA[killed]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[West]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Australian experts study Qantas jet hole ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600220.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600220.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:35:10 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MANILA, Philippines -- Australian investigators were exploring the possibility that an oxygen cylinder could have exploded midflight on the Qantas jumbo jet that made a harrowing emergency landing in the Philippines with a giant hole in its fuselage, an official said Sunday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Australian]]></category><category><![CDATA[experts]]></category><category><![CDATA[study]]></category><category><![CDATA[Qantas]]></category><category><![CDATA[jet]]></category><category><![CDATA[hole]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Cambodians vote amid Thai temple stand-off ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601795.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601795.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:32:31 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodians voted on Sunday in an election likely to bestow another five-year term on long-time Prime Minister Hun Sen, whose standing has been boosted by a nationalist spat with Thailand over a 900-year-old temple. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Cambodians]]></category><category><![CDATA[vote]]></category><category><![CDATA[amid]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thai]]></category><category><![CDATA[temple]]></category><category><![CDATA[stand-off]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ 3 swimmers dead, 3 missing in N.Y. ocean waters ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072602044.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072602044.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:11:18 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- Three swimmers drowned and three were missing Saturday in two days of treacherous ocean currents at Long Island and New York City beaches, authorities said. At least three more had been rescued. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[3]]></category><category><![CDATA[swimmers]]></category><category><![CDATA[dead,]]></category><category><![CDATA[3]]></category><category><![CDATA[missing]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[N.Y.]]></category><category><![CDATA[ocean]]></category><category><![CDATA[waters]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Today in History - July 27 ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072700007.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072700007.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:01:49 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ -- Today is Sunday, July 27, the 209th day of 2008. There are 157 days left in the year.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125624746" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125624746" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Today]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[-]]></category><category><![CDATA[July]]></category><category><![CDATA[27]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Wild sign Bouchard to $20.4 million contract ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072602203.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072602203.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:46:02 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ -- After trying to trade him earlier this summer, the Minnesota Wild avoided a salary arbitration hearing with Pierre-Marc Bouchard by re-signing the right wing to a five-year, $20.4 million contract. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Wild]]></category><category><![CDATA[sign]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bouchard]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[$20.4]]></category><category><![CDATA[million]]></category><category><![CDATA[contract]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Nadal to meet resurgent Kiefer in Toronto final ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601769.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601769.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:44:22 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TORONTO (Reuters) - World number two Rafael Nadal battled to a scrappy 7-6 6-3 win over Briton Andy Murray on Saturday to set up a Toronto Masters final against resurgent German Nicolas Kiefer. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Nadal]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[meet]]></category><category><![CDATA[resurgent]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kiefer]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Toronto]]></category><category><![CDATA[final]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Raul Castro looks back on revolution ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/26/AR2007072600239.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/26/AR2007072600239.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:32:14 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SANTIAGO, Cuba -- President Raul Castro warned Washington that Cuba would keep its defenses up no matter who wins November's U.S. presidential election, but failed to announce any new changes to the communist system during a speech Saturday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Raul]]></category><category><![CDATA[Castro]]></category><category><![CDATA[looks]]></category><category><![CDATA[back]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[revolution]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bombings in western Indian city kill 29 ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601128.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601128.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:25:20 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ AHMADABAD, India -- Bombs exploded Saturday near a busy market and a hospital in a western Indian city, killing 29 people and injuring 88 a day after deadly blasts struck the southern technology hub of Bangalore.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125625277" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125625277" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bombings]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[western]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indian]]></category><category><![CDATA[city]]></category><category><![CDATA[kill]]></category><category><![CDATA[29]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Cambodia border dispute strengthens PM in vote ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601796.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601796.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:19:53 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- A dispute with neighboring Thailand over border land near an 11th century Hindu temple has sparked nationalist pride throughout Cambodia and strengthened the longtime prime minister's popularity ahead of parliamentary elections Sunday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Cambodia]]></category><category><![CDATA[border]]></category><category><![CDATA[dispute]]></category><category><![CDATA[strengthens]]></category><category><![CDATA[PM]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[vote]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Montana town loses 4 teens, their athletic hopes ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600938.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600938.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:14:38 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ DENTON, Mont. -- Here in rural Montana, the long roads stretch to the horizon over rolling hills covered with wheat. Drivers casually lift a hand off the wheel to greet oncoming drivers, whether they recognize the car or not. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Montana]]></category><category><![CDATA[town]]></category><category><![CDATA[loses]]></category><category><![CDATA[4]]></category><category><![CDATA[teens,]]></category><category><![CDATA[their]]></category><category><![CDATA[athletic]]></category><category><![CDATA[hopes]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Rice urges Fiji military to restore democracy ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072602053.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072602053.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:11:48 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ APIA, Samoa -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Fiji's military-led government Saturday to keep its promise to restore democracy early next year, during a rare visit by America's top diplomat to the far-flung South Pacific. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[urges]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fiji]]></category><category><![CDATA[military]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[restore]]></category><category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Obama defends tour, says McCain shifting on war ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600509.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600509.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:00:02 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LONDON -- Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama brushed aside Republican criticism of his overseas trip on Saturday and stood outside the famed 10 Downing Street to say that both President Bush and Sen. John McCain were moving his way on the key issues of Iraq and Afghanistan.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125625644" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125625644" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[defends]]></category><category><![CDATA[tour,]]></category><category><![CDATA[says]]></category><category><![CDATA[McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[shifting]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[war]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Raul Castro dashes expectations for new reforms ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600831.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600831.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:56:05 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SANTIAGO DE CUBA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro dashed expectations he would announce new economic reforms on Saturday in a speech that instead warned Cubans not to get used to hearing good news. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Raul]]></category><category><![CDATA[Castro]]></category><category><![CDATA[dashes]]></category><category><![CDATA[expectations]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[new]]></category><category><![CDATA[reforms]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Gonzalez homers twice, Padres beat Pirates 9-6 ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072602067.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072602067.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:54:25 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ PITTSBURGH -- Adrian Gonzalez hit two of San Diego's four home runs while driving in four runs and the Padres built an eight-run lead during a 9-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Gonzalez]]></category><category><![CDATA[homers]]></category><category><![CDATA[twice,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Padres]]></category><category><![CDATA[beat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pirates]]></category><category><![CDATA[9-6]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ AP IMPACT: Relatives of televangelist prosper ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601114.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601114.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:53:56 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEWARK, Texas -- Here in the gentle hills of north Texas, televangelist Kenneth Copeland has built a religious empire teaching that God wants his followers to prosper. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[AP]]></category><category><![CDATA[IMPACT:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Relatives]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[televangelist]]></category><category><![CDATA[prosper]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Senate Republicans block heating aid bill ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601080.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601080.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:52:11 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- Republicans on Saturday blocked the Senate from considering a bill next week that would nearly double federal aid to help the poor pay heating and air-conditioning bills.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125626262" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125626262" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category><category><![CDATA[block]]></category><category><![CDATA[heating]]></category><category><![CDATA[aid]]></category><category><![CDATA[bill]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ NYC adds double dutch rope jumping as school sport ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601254.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601254.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:48:28 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- The popular urban street pastime called double dutch, in which competitors jump between two ropes twirled eggbeater-style, is getting more recognition, becoming an officially sanctioned sport in New York City high schools. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[NYC]]></category><category><![CDATA[adds]]></category><category><![CDATA[double]]></category><category><![CDATA[dutch]]></category><category><![CDATA[rope]]></category><category><![CDATA[jumping]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[school]]></category><category><![CDATA[sport]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Analysis: US now winning Iraq war that seemed lost ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600784.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600784.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:45:45 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BAGHDAD -- The United States is now winning the war that two years ago seemed lost. Limited, sometimes sharp fighting and periodic terrorist bombings in Iraq are likely to continue, possibly for years. But the Iraqi government and the U.S. now are able to shift focus from mainly combat to mainly building the fragile beginnings of peace _ a transition that many found almost unthinkable as recently as one year ago. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Analysis:]]></category><category><![CDATA[US]]></category><category><![CDATA[now]]></category><category><![CDATA[winning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category><category><![CDATA[war]]></category><category><![CDATA[that]]></category><category><![CDATA[seemed]]></category><category><![CDATA[lost]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Homeowner rescue awaits President Bush's signature ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600440.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600440.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:43:02 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- Congress approved mortgage relief for 400,000 struggling homeowners Saturday as part of an election-year housing plan that also aims to calm jittery financial markets and bolster the sagging economy. President Bush said he would sign it promptly, despite reservations. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Homeowner]]></category><category><![CDATA[rescue]]></category><category><![CDATA[awaits]]></category><category><![CDATA[President]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bush's]]></category><category><![CDATA[signature]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Hunter homers twice, leads Angels over Orioles ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072602080.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072602080.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:26:56 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BALTIMORE -- Torii Hunter homered twice, had five RBIs and scored four runs to carry the Los Angeles Angels over the skidding Baltimore Orioles 11-6 Saturday night.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125626820" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125626820" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Hunter]]></category><category><![CDATA[homers]]></category><category><![CDATA[twice,]]></category><category><![CDATA[leads]]></category><category><![CDATA[Angels]]></category><category><![CDATA[over]]></category><category><![CDATA[Orioles]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Dodgers acquire Casey Blake from Indians ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601115.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601115.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:15:19 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ CLEVELAND -- Looking for an upgrade at third base as they make a push for the playoffs, the Los Angeles Dodgers acquired Casey Blake from the Cleveland Indians for two minor leaguers Saturday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Dodgers]]></category><category><![CDATA[acquire]]></category><category><![CDATA[Casey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blake]]></category><category><![CDATA[from]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indians]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Rice tells Fiji to hold elections on time ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072602000.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072602000.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:10:03 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ APIA, Samoa (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Fiji in a meeting of Pacific foreign ministers in Samoa on Saturday to ensure the country's military rulers held elections as promised in March 2009. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[tells]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fiji]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[hold]]></category><category><![CDATA[elections]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[time]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Obituaries in the news ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600697.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600697.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:08:29 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ -- Bruce Adler ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Weather Around the USA ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072602066.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072602066.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:07:54 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ <table><tbody><tr><td>Temperatures indicate Saturday's high and overnight low to 8 p.m. Eastern Time.</td></tr><tr><td>Yesterday Today Tomorrow</td></tr><tr><td>Hi Lo Prc Hi Lo Otlk Hi Lo Otlk</td></tr><tr><td>Albany,N.Y. 85 61 84 65 cdy 84 62 cdy</td></tr><tr><td>Albuquerque 80 71 .06 89 67 cdy 91 68 cdy</td></tr><tr><td>Amarillo 93 68 94 68 cdy 96 68 cdy</td></tr><tr><td>Anchorage 56 54 .12 55 51 cdy 59 49 cdy</td></tr><tr><td>Asheville 83 65 .13 86 64 cdy 87 62 clr</td></tr><tr><td>Atlanta 87 72 1.18 91 72 cdy 93 71 clr</td></tr><tr><td>Atlantic City 88 63 88 70 cdy 89 69 cdy</td></tr><tr><td>Austin 98 72 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<item><title><![CDATA[ Yankees, Pirates finalize 6-player trade ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600344.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600344.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:05:19 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BOSTON -- Xavier Nady scored a run. Damaso Marte struck out David Ortiz in a key situation. And the Yankees won again. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Yankees,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pirates]]></category><category><![CDATA[finalize]]></category><category><![CDATA[6-player]]></category><category><![CDATA[trade]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ No angry lines of customers after bank takeover ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600400.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600400.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:01:56 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ PHOENIX -- Customers of two banks closed by federal regulators were assured that every penny of their money was protected, preventing lines of angry accountholders from forming Saturday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[angry]]></category><category><![CDATA[lines]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[customers]]></category><category><![CDATA[after]]></category><category><![CDATA[bank]]></category><category><![CDATA[takeover]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ McCain campaign: Obama shortchanged injured troops ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601531.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601531.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:59:05 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -- Republican John McCain's campaign on Saturday sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for canceling a visit to wounded troops in Germany, contending Obama chose foreign leaders and cheering Europeans over "injured American heroes." ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[campaign:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[shortchanged]]></category><category><![CDATA[injured]]></category><category><![CDATA[troops]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Favre or no Favre, McCarthy committed to Rodgers ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600180.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600180.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:51:23 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Even Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy isn't quite sure how the Brett Favre unretirement saga will play out over the next few days. But he does know this much: Favre or no Favre, Aaron Rodgers is his starting quarterback.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125628207" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125628207" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Favre]]></category><category><![CDATA[or]]></category><category><![CDATA[no]]></category><category><![CDATA[Favre,]]></category><category><![CDATA[McCarthy]]></category><category><![CDATA[committed]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rodgers]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ McCain vows to back changes to disabilities law ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601432.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601432.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:49:19 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ COTTONWOOD, Ariz. -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain is pledging support for a proposal to expand protections for disabled people under an 18-year-old landmark civil rights law. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[vows]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[back]]></category><category><![CDATA[changes]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[disabilities]]></category><category><![CDATA[law]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Kim, Reavie tied for Canadian Open lead ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600448.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600448.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:40:38 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ OAKVILLE, Ontario -- Anthony Kim made nine birdies and an eagle in 21 holes Saturday in the Canadian Open for a share of the lead with Chez Reavie during the suspended third round at rain-softened Glen Abbey. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Kim,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reavie]]></category><category><![CDATA[tied]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Canadian]]></category><category><![CDATA[Open]]></category><category><![CDATA[lead]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Impact on wildlife limited in Miss. River spill ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601465.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601465.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:15:45 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW ORLEANS -- A large fuel spill that has shut down 100 miles of the Mississippi River for four days has had a limited impact on wildlife so far, but officials are worried about fragile wetlands downstream. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Impact]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[wildlife]]></category><category><![CDATA[limited]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Miss.]]></category><category><![CDATA[River]]></category><category><![CDATA[spill]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Pettitte, Cano Lead Yanks to 8th Straight Win ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600310.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072600310.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:06:01 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BOSTON -- Robinson Cano homered and drove in three runs, Andy Pettitte gave the Yankees another strong start and New York beat the Boston Red Sox 10-3 Saturday for its season-best eighth straight win.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125629745" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125629745" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Pettitte,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cano]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lead]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yanks]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[8th]]></category><category><![CDATA[Straight]]></category><category><![CDATA[Win]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ 'Terminator Salvation' clip unveiled at Comic-Con ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601563.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601563.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:01:09 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ SAN DIEGO -- "Terminator Salvation" won't hit theaters until next summer, but thousands of fans got an early look at a portion of the film Saturday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA['Terminator]]></category><category><![CDATA[Salvation']]></category><category><![CDATA[clip]]></category><category><![CDATA[unveiled]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comic-Con]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Iowans to congressmen: Stop immigration raids ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601793.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601793.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:32:07 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ POSTVILLE, Iowa -- An immigration raid that arrested nearly 400 people in northeastern Iowa scarred a small town and tore families apart, residents said Saturday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Iowans]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[congressmen:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stop]]></category><category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category><category><![CDATA[raids]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ China furniture makers feel global slowdown pain ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601706.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601706.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:06:04 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ WENZHOU, China (Reuters) - The furniture factories outside this manufacturing hub are eerily quiet, victims of a housing crisis half a world away in the United States that is sapping demand for everything from beds to bookcases. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[furniture]]></category><category><![CDATA[makers]]></category><category><![CDATA[feel]]></category><category><![CDATA[global]]></category><category><![CDATA[slowdown]]></category><category><![CDATA[pain]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Indians acquire RHP Reyes from Cardinals ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601369.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601369.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:02:13 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ CLEVELAND -- Anthony Reyes, who won Game 1 of the 2006 World Series for St. Louis, was traded by the Cardinals on Saturday to the Cleveland Indians for minor league pitcher Luis Perdomo.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125631442" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125631442" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Indians]]></category><category><![CDATA[acquire]]></category><category><![CDATA[RHP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reyes]]></category><category><![CDATA[from]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cardinals]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,124 ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601628.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601628.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:34:10 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ -- As of Saturday, July 26, 2008, at least 4,124 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[US]]></category><category><![CDATA[military]]></category><category><![CDATA[deaths]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category><category><![CDATA[war]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[4,124]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bills' 1st-round pick McKelvin signs 5-year deal ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601533.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601533.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:33:01 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- First-round pick Leodis McKelvin signed a five-year contract potentially worth $19.4 million with the Buffalo Bills on Saturday, and the cornerback is set to join the team after missing only two days of training camp. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bills']]></category><category><![CDATA[1st-round]]></category><category><![CDATA[pick]]></category><category><![CDATA[McKelvin]]></category><category><![CDATA[signs]]></category><category><![CDATA[5-year]]></category><category><![CDATA[deal]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Dobbs's 3-Run Homer Helps Phillies Rally to Win ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601606.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601606.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:24:59 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ PHILADELPHIA -- Pinch-hitter Greg Dobbs delivered a three-run homer in a seven-run fifth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied past the Atlanta Braves 10-9 Saturday to spoil Mike Hampton's return to the major leagues. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Dobbs's]]></category><category><![CDATA[3-Run]]></category><category><![CDATA[Homer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Helps]]></category><category><![CDATA[Phillies]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rally]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Win]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ New space race heats up with unveiling of aircraft ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601189.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601189.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:13:03 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES -- Aerospace engineers have been holed up in a Mojave Desert hangar for four years, fashioning a commercial spaceship to loft rich tourists some 62 miles above Earth. Now the wraps come partially off the top-secret project.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125632264" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/africa;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3127125632264" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[space]]></category><category><![CDATA[race]]></category><category><![CDATA[heats]]></category><category><![CDATA[up]]></category><category><![CDATA[with]]></category><category><![CDATA[unveiling]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[aircraft]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Battling Pennetta reaches Los Angles final ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601601.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601601.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:10:23 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A relentless Flavia Pennetta overcame American Bethanie Mattek 3-6 6-2 7-5 to reach the Los Angles Classic final on Saturday. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Battling]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennetta]]></category><category><![CDATA[reaches]]></category><category><![CDATA[Los]]></category><category><![CDATA[Angles]]></category><category><![CDATA[final]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Cards set to get Carpenter back soon ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601562.html?nav=rss_world/africa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601562.html?nav=rss_world/africa</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:32:03 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK -- The suddenly slumping Cardinals, trying to stay in contention in the NL Central, expect to get a boost from within just before the trade deadline. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[AP]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Cards]]></category><category><![CDATA[set]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[get]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carpenter]]></category><category><![CDATA[back]]></category><category><![CDATA[soon]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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