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   <title><![CDATA[Reinventing the Middle East lexicon]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2012/01/12/6148/Reinventing-the-Middle-East-lexicon</link>
   <description><![CDATA["When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things." "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master — that's]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Palestine)</author>
   <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Yemen Cabinet approves immunity law for president]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2012/01/10/6147/Yemen-Cabinet-approves-immunity-law-for-president</link>
   <description><![CDATA[SANAA: Yemen's Cabinet approved a law granting President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and anyone who has worked under him, immunity from prosecution for any crimes committed during his 33-year rule.

Sunday's decision came as a surprise to many in Yemen, who believed that a power transfer deal he signed in]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Yemen)</author>
   <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Alchemy in Islamic Times]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[On 8 June, A.D. 632, the Prophet Mohammed (Peace and Prayers be upon Him) died, having accomplished the marvelous task of uniting the tribes of Arabia into a homogeneous and powerful nation.

In the interval, Persia, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, the whole North Africa, Gibraltar and Spain]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Islam)</author>
   <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Hague warned over UK abstention in Palestinian statehood vote]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/11/09/6145/Hague-warned-over-UK-abstention-in-Palestinian-statehood-vote</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Britain will face severe consequences in the Middle East when it abstains in a UN vote on whether to recognise the Palestinian territories as an independent state, senior Conservatives have warned.

As the foreign secretary, William Hague, prepares to tell MPs hat the UK will abstain in New York if]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (United Kingdom)</author>
   <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Muslim Identity and Demography in the Arakan state of Myanmar]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/10/27/6144/Muslim-Identity-and-Demography-in-the-Arakan-state-of-Myanmar</link>
   <description><![CDATA[1: Introduction

Burma (or today's Mayanmar) is a country of many nations - many races, ethnicities and religions. It is not a country either of or for any particular group - be they are the majority Bamar (Burman), the minority Shan, Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Rohingya, Rakhine, Mon, Karen, Chinese,]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Burma)</author>
   <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:13:26 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Major quake shakes eastern city of Van]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey yesterday, triggering the collapse of buildings and killing many people, according to officials and experts.

At least 50 people were taken to the single hospital in the city of Van, Anatolia news agency said, and at least 10 buildings in central Van and]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Turkey)</author>
   <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:19:45 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[The wretched scandal of Gaza]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Past bombed suburbs and scrubland stands the house on the frontier of hell. Once, Abdullah Wahdem's home was a pleasant villa set in the citrus groves of northern Gaza. Now its cream stucco frontage is pitted by the bullets and artillery salvos that slammed into the last outpost of a stricken land.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:03:59 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Preparing for The Realities of Marriage]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[How ludicrous would it be for a person to hold a grand opening for a new business then leave for vacation the next day or go to a job interview without having read the job description? Equally absurd is the way many people get married each year without any knowledge of or preparation for the]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Islam)</author>
   <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:39:32 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Dina al-Shibeeb: Is Iran helping Iraq to become a civilian nuclear power?]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/09/23/6140/Dina-alShibeeb-Is-Iran-helping-Iraq-to-become-a-civilian-nuclear-power</link>
   <description><![CDATA[In the game I call politics, it is OK for western allies such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan to go nuclear provided they are able to prove that the endeavor is purely of a civilian nature. Even if countries are not western allies, if they want to have such oil-free power 'privileges', they]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Iraq)</author>
   <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:29:09 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[UAE to hold second limited polls to choose 20 representatives at Federal National Council]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/09/23/6139/UAE-to-hold-second-limited-polls-to-choose-20-representatives-at-Federal-National-Council</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Voters chosen by the traditional rulers of the United Arab Emirates will cast their ballots Saturday in the second-ever polls to elect half the members of the toothless Federal National Council (FNC).

Some 129,000 Emirati citizens are expected to elect 20 representatives out of 450 candidates,]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (United Arab Emirates)</author>
   <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:25:56 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[When the settlers go marching in]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/09/23/6138/When-the-settlers-go-marching-in</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Huwwara, Occupied West Bank - If there are violent confrontations later this month, as the Palestine Liberation Organisation requests full membership at the United Nations, they might well happen at a place like this, Israeli security analysts say.

The Israeli army checkpoint here, notorious for]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Palestine)</author>
   <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:18:19 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[As the UN Debates Its Bid for Statehood, Palestine Disappears]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/09/23/6137/As-the-UN-Debates-Its-Bid-for-Statehood-Palestine-Disappears</link>
   <description><![CDATA[It's the show that time and the world forgot. It's called the Occupation and it's now in its forty-fifth year. Playing on a landscape about the size of Delaware, it remains largely hidden from view, while Middle Eastern headlines from elsewhere seize the day. Diplomats shuttle back and forth from]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Palestine)</author>
   <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:54:10 +0100</pubDate>
   <source url="http://thenation.com">thenation.com</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[The Middle East's New Geopolitical Map]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/09/23/6136/The-Middle-Easts-New-Geopolitical-Map</link>
   <description><![CDATA[The Arab Spring is not the only revolution in town. The toppling of dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya; the mounting death toll in Syria and Yemen, where the outcome is still undecided; the revival of long-suppressed Islamic movements demanding a share of power; the struggle by young]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Middle East)</author>
   <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:47:53 +0100</pubDate>
   <source url="http://counterpunch.org">counterpunch.org</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[How the World Bank and IMF Have Made African Famine Inevitable]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/09/10/6135/How-the-World-Bank-and-IMF-Have-Made-African-Famine-Inevitable</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Famine is spreading like wildfire throughout the horn of Africa. As 12 million people battle hunger, the UN warns that 750,000 people in Somalia face imminent death from starvation over the next four months, in the absence of outside intervention. Over the course of just 90 days, an estimated 29,000]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Africa)</author>
   <pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:51:12 +0100</pubDate>
   <source url="http://alertnet.org">alertnet.org</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Crowds attack Israel embassy in Cairo]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/09/10/6134/Crowds-attack-Israel-embassy-in-Cairo</link>
   <description><![CDATA[A building housing Israel's embassy in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, has been stormed by hundreds of protesters who tore down one of the outer embassy walls.

Protesters demolished the wall, erected to protect the embassy which has become a focus for protests, with makeshift battering rams and]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Egypt)</author>
   <pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:44:49 +0100</pubDate>
   <source url="http://aljazeera.com">aljazeera.com</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Donors Help Keep Palestinians In Cages]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/08/18/6133/Donors-Help-Keep-Palestinians-In-Cages</link>
   <description><![CDATA["Electronic Intifada" ---- "Israel besieges us, puts us in cantons — in cages — and the international community is feeding us in these cages. It's anything but developmental and it's helping Israel's colonization, ethnic cleansing and dispossession," Dr. Samia Botmeh said, as she sat in her]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Palestine)</author>
   <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:16:41 +0100</pubDate>
   <source url="http://informationclearinghouse.info">informationclearinghouse.info</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[OIC members vow to donate $350 mln to Somalia]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/08/18/6132/OIC-members-vow-to-donate-350-mln-to-Somalia</link>
   <description><![CDATA[ISTANBUL — Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, at an emergency meeting in Istanbul Wednesday, vowed to donate 350 million dollars for famine relief in Somalia.
"We said we aimed (to collect) 500 million. We are committed 350 million today," Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Turkish]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Somalia)</author>
   <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:14:08 +0100</pubDate>
   <source url="http://khaleejtimes.com">khaleejtimes.com</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Ghana, China sign 800 mn gas development deal]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/08/12/6131/Ghana-China-sign-800-mn-gas-development-deal</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Ghana will borrow $800 million from China to build natural gas infrastructure, the head of the national gas company said Friday, months after the country became Africa's newest major oil producer.

"An agreement has been reached and we have secured $800 million from the Chinese Development Bank for]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Africa)</author>
   <pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:48:59 +0100</pubDate>
   <source url="http://vanguardngr.com">vanguardngr.com</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Ramdan: A Month of Longing]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/08/01/6130/Ramdan-A-Month-of-Longing</link>
   <description><![CDATA[The blessed month of Ramadan is here again. Hundreds of millions of Muslims will fast for a month. They will abstain from eating or drinking from dawn to dusk. They will stand for hours in prayers each night to remember their Lord and express their gratitude to Him, seek His forgiveness and aspire]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Islam)</author>
   <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:54:44 +0100</pubDate>
   <source url="http://islamicity.com">islamicity.com</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Arab-Israeli MP loses more rights over flotilla]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/07/18/6129/ArabIsraeli-MP-loses-more-rights-over-flotilla</link>
   <description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM: An Israeli parliamentary committee on Monday stripped an Arab-Israeli MP of more rights over her participation in a 2010 flotilla seeking to breach Israel's blockade of Gaza, she told AFP.

Haneen Zuabi, an MP with the left-wing Arab party Balad, said the Knesset's Ethics Committee had]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Israel)</author>
   <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:01:37 +0100</pubDate>
   <source url="http://dailystar.com.lb">dailystar.com.lb</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Leviathan’s Lies]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/07/17/6128/Leviathans-Lies</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Politicians nowadays treat Americans like medical orderlies treat Alzheimer's patients, telling them anything that will keep them subdued. It doesn't matter what untruths the people are fed because they will not long remember. But in politics, forgotten falsehoods almost guarantee new treachery.]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (United States)</author>
   <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:52:32 +0100</pubDate>
   <source url="http://amconmag.com">amconmag.com</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Ramadan Fast and Taqwa]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/07/15/6127/Ramadan-Fast-and-Taqwa</link>
   <description><![CDATA[The Quran prescribes fasting for believers in these words, "O you who believe, the fasts have been enjoined upon you as they were enjoined upon those before you, so that you may have taqwa" (2:183). Hence, the intent and effect of fasting as described in the ayah is to acquire taqwa. Presence of]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Islam)</author>
   <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:20:28 +0100</pubDate>
   <source url="http://mediamonitors.net">mediamonitors.net</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[From Hate to Love - Story of Adiy ibn Hatim]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/07/10/6126/From-Hate-to-Love--Story-of-Adiy-ibn-Hatim</link>
   <description><![CDATA[In the ninth year of the Hijrah, an 'Arab king made the first positive moves to Islam after years of feeling hatred for it. He drew closer to faith (iman) after opposing arid combating it. And he finally pledged allegiance to the Prophet, peace be on him, after his adamant refusal to do so. 

He was]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Islam)</author>
   <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:14:16 +0100</pubDate>
   <source url="http://islamicity.com">islamicity.com</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Severe Drought Bites Horn of Africa]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[GENEVA – Hit by the worst drought in years, millions of people in the Horn of Africa are struggling against severe food crisis and high malnutrition rate, with some areas on the verge of famine, the United Nations said on Tuesday, June 28.

"Over 10 million people are affected by the drought in]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Somalia)</author>
   <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:38:31 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Obedient Wives Club: ‘You’re mistaken’]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/07/06/6124/Obedient-Wives-Club-Youre-mistaken</link>
   <description><![CDATA[RAWANG: "OUR noble intention has been unfairly misinterpreted."

That's the stance of the now infamous Obedient Wives Club (OWC) – launched only four days ago – which felt that its proclamation that wives should serve their husbands "better than a first-class prostitute" was taken in the wrong]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:20:39 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[South Africa fails to stop rise in xenophobia]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[In a week that saw two Somali traders shot dead in Cape Town and two more in Port Elizabeth, the South African government's handling of xenophobia received the lowest possible rating in a report by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Monitoring Project.

Three years after widespread violence]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (South Africa)</author>
   <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:52:18 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Microsoft Bing in search deal with China’s Baidu]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Microsoft has signed a deal with China's top search engine, Baidu, to provide the site with censored web search services in English.

Baidu, which dominates 83 per cent of the local market and whose success is built on its Chinese language services, said today that Microsoft Bing would appear on its]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (China)</author>
   <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:44:40 +0100</pubDate>
   <source url="http://telegraph.co.uk">telegraph.co.uk</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Egyptian Breakthrough in Stem Cells]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Scientists all over the world are trying to discover more about stem cells to understand how they transform into specialized human body cells. Studying stem cells and their development will help us know the cause of serious health cases like birth defects and cancer.

Stem cells are biological cells]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:33:58 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Somali Pirates Tap into Sophisticated Navigation]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Over the past few years, Somali pirates have been hijacking merchant vessels off the coast of Somalia in deep and dreadful waters, where risky and complicated operations left them significantly damaging international sea routes.

Their mode of operation has not been a simple venture without them]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Somalia)</author>
   <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:29:38 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Slaughter Ban Angers Dutch Muslims, Jews]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM – The Dutch parliament voted Tuesday, June 28, in favor of a proposed ban on the ritual slaughter of animals, to the anger of Muslim and Jewish minorities in the European country.

"We are absolutely disappointed," Rabbi Moshe Stiefel in the central Dutch province of Flevoland said after]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:25:09 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 2 shows strong progress]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Microsoft has released a new <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/internet-explorer/products/ie/home">Internet Explorer 10 preview</a>, the second pre-release of Internet Explorer 10 designed to give developers access to the new technologies that Internet Explorer 10 will deliver. The new]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (United States)</author>
   <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:14:49 +0100</pubDate>
   <source url="http://arstechnica.com">arstechnica.com</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Coca-Cola Invests $10 Million In Somaliland Bottling Plant]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Coca-Cola Co., the world's largest soft-drink maker, plans to set-up a bottling plant in the breakaway republic of Somaliland, saying its stability and economic growth provide "conducive" conditions for investment.

Somaliland Beverage Industries, owned by local businessman Ahmed Osman Guelleh, was]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Somalia)</author>
   <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:04:33 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[South Africa fears new wave of violence against Pakistani and Somali shopkeepers]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Fears are rising that South Africa could face a new wave of xenophobic violence as mock eviction notices are issued to foreign traders in townships around Johannesburg, the scenes of bloody violence in May 2008.

In one settlement, Pakistani and Somali shopkeepers have temporarily closed and are]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (South Africa)</author>
   <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 20:51:03 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Somalia: Manifestation of Stealth Trusteeship]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/04/16/6115/Somalia-Manifestation-of-Stealth-Trusteeship</link>
   <description><![CDATA[DOHA, Apr 5, 2011- Somalia is currently under what James Fearon and David Laitin of Stanford University call "a neo-trusteeship system". Various external powers, while disagreeing among themselves, make the important decisions for the Somali people.

On Jan. 30, 2011, the Ethiopian-dominated]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Somalia)</author>
   <pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:45:29 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Mohamed Ali Samatar: Former Somali Prime Minister to face U.S. court]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A US judge in the state of Virginia paved the way on Friday for ex-Somali defence minister and prime minister to face a lawsuit filed under 1991′s Torture Victim Protection Act.

General Mohamed Ali Samatar is accused of killing thousands of members of the Isaaq clan in the 1980s]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Somalia)</author>
   <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:32:13 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[UN Authorises No-fly Zone Over Libya]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[The United Nations Security Council has voted on a resolution authorising military intervention in Libya to protect Libyan citizens, including the enforcement of a no-fly zone.

The members of the UNSC voted with 10 in favour, none against the resolution and five abstentions.

The resolution]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Libya)</author>
   <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
   <source url="http://informationclearinghouse.info">informationclearinghouse.info</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Who are the Uyghur?]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/03/08/6112/Who-are-the-Uyghur</link>
   <description><![CDATA[The oppression of the Uyghur in China's Xinjiang province has been getting a surprising amount of media coverage, though, unlike the turmoil following the Iran elections, not much information from the Uyghur themselves. As a result, most people - Muslims worldwide included - have, upon hearing about]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (China)</author>
   <pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Mohamed Ali Samatar: Judge denies immunity for former Somali prime minister now living in US]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/02/17/6111/Mohamed-Ali-Samatar-Judge-denies-immunity-for-former-Somali-prime-minister-now-living-in-US</link>
   <description><![CDATA[MCLEAN, Va. — A judge has denied legal immunity to a former Somali prime minister now living in northern Virginia who is accused in a federal lawsuit of torture and war crimes.
The judge's ruling, issued Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, represents a significant reversal in the case]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Somalia)</author>
   <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
   <source url="http://thecanadianpress.com">thecanadianpress.com</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Mohamed Ali Samatar Case, A Ring of Classic Scapegoating]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/02/14/6110/Mohamed-Ali-Samatar-Case-A-Ring-of-Classic-Scapegoating</link>
   <description><![CDATA[History is frequently rewritten following changes in a country's political arena or status, more commonly in third world nations than first. The victors take this opportunity to redraw the attended events, both good and bad, in the matrix of time. Fabricated or exaggerated occurrences that form the]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Somalia)</author>
   <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Goldstone's Legacy for Israel]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2011/01/29/6109/Goldstones-Legacy-for-Israel</link>
   <description><![CDATA[A sprawling crime scene. That is what Gaza felt like when I visited in the summer of 2009, six months after the Israeli attack. Evidence of criminality was everywhere-the homes and schools that lay in rubble, the walls burned pitch black by white phosphorus, the children's bodies still unhealed for]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Israel)</author>
   <pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
   <source url="http://commondreams.org">commondreams.org</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Arab bid for housing at risk from Jewish rivals]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[A Palestinian businessman bidding to buy a failing Jewish housing estate in East Jerusalem is battling to fend off counter-bids from national religious groups determined to keep the project in Israeli hands.

Bashar al-Masri was "outed" by an Israeli newspaper last month as the preferred bidder to]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Palestine)</author>
   <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Rocket Fired from Gaza Hits Occupied Palestinian Territories]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the southern occupied territories on Tuesday, damaging some greenhouses but causing no injuries, an Israeli military spokesperson told AFP.
 
"The rocket fell in the vicinity of the town of Ashkelon" she added. 
 
Dozens of rockets fired from Gaza]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Palestine)</author>
   <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
   <source url="http://emiratestribune.com">emiratestribune.com</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Somalia, US, and the Dual-Track Letdown]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/11/21/6106/Somalia-US-and-the-DualTrack-Letdown</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Somalia, and in particular and Horn of Africa, in general are at such a volatile stage that any misstep - domestic or foreign- could only further exacerbate that perilous condition. One such potential misstep gathering cloud is the recently proposed US foreign policy toward Somalia known as the]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Somalia)</author>
   <pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Islamophobes seduced by Crusader myth]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/11/11/6105/Islamophobes-seduced-by-Crusader-myth</link>
   <description><![CDATA[The Muslims were bloodthirsty and treacherous. They conducted a sneak attack against the French army and slaughtered every single soldier, 20,000 in all. More than 1,000 years ago, in the mountain passes of Spain, the Muslim horde cut down the finest soldiers in Charlemagne's command, including his]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Islam)</author>
   <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
   <source url="http://atimes.com">atimes.com</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Israel razes mosque in Bedouin city of Rahat]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[RAMALLAH: The Israeli Lands Administration (ILA) inspectors backed by police force on Sunday demolished a mosque in the Bedouin city of Rahat, in southern Israel, saying they were "illegally built."

Fayez Abu Sehaiban, Rahat mayor, said that some 5,000 police officers secured the demolition of the]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Israel)</author>
   <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
   <source url="http://emiratestribune.com">emiratestribune.com</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Intention of Hajj]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/11/08/6103/Intention-of-Hajj</link>
   <description><![CDATA[The significance of Hajj as a pillar of Islam is quite evident from the reward this act of worship brings to its performer. As has been reported from the Messenger of Allah , the person performing the Hajj is forgiven and purified as if he/she is a newborn baby. Although its importance and]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Islam)</author>
   <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
   <source url="http://islamicity.com">islamicity.com</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Hajj for Human Dignity and Unity]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Abu Uthman al-Sabani al-Shafii (d 449) in his book Kitab ul Maitain narrates Prophet Muhammad as saying, "towards the end of the time, four main groups of people will flock around the Kaaba to perform Hajj: The powerful rulers to have fun or to enjoy the occasion, the rich people to promote their]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Islam)</author>
   <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
   <source url="http://islamicity.com">islamicity.com</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[Medical Issues and Qur'an]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/11/04/6101/Medical-Issues-and-Quran</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Most of us are intrigued by the connection between contemporary medicine and the holy Muslim book, the Qur'an, especially the analysis of hadiths and scientifically proven facts. There are a lot of misinterpretations and misconceptions between medicine and the Qur'an along with misuse from both]]></description>
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   <category domain="http://slashnews.co.uk/category/Science-Nature">Science-Nature</category>
   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Islam)</author>
   <pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
   <source url="http://islamicity.com">islamicity.com</source>
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   <title><![CDATA[When Corporations are the Government]]></title>
   <link>http://slashnews.co.uk/news/2010/11/02/6100/When-Corporations-are-the-Government</link>
   <description><![CDATA[It was Bill Clinton's campaign strategist, James Carville, who in 1992 created the election slogan: "It's the Economy, Stupid." For the 2010 Congressional campaigns, the slogan should have been: "It's Corporate Crime and Control, Stupid."

But notwithstanding the latest corporate crime wave, the]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[South African diplomats meet Palestinians over internal feud]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[RAMALLAH: A South African diplomatic mission on Thursday met with representatives of Palestinian factions and independents in bid to restore the internal unity in Palestinian territories.

Nabil Shaath, a member of Fatah Central Committee, said South Africa's representative to the Palestinian]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:52:40 +0100</pubDate>
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   <description><![CDATA[A secret police operation to place thousands of Muslims living in Birmingham under permanent surveillance was implemented with virtually no consultation, oversight or regard for the law, a report found today.

Project Champion was abandoned in June after an investigation by the Guardian revealed]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:42:31 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Sharif Mobley: US accused of Yemen proxy detention]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[When Sharif Mobley, an American citizen living in Yemen, went to the shops on the morning of January 26 this year, his family had no idea that it was the start of a chain of events that would lead to him being accused of murder and facing potential execution.

As he drank tea on a Sana'a street,]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 10:52:51 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Afghan war unwinnable quagmire, ex-CIA man says]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[THE war in Afghanistan is an unwinnable quagmire and poor US intelligence is leading to the deaths of Australian soldiers, a visiting former CIA officer says.

Robert Baer, a decorated CIA field officer of two decades experience who had spent years in the Middle East, said any chances the US and its]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:43:12 +0100</pubDate>
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   <description><![CDATA[The United States is increasing ties with two semi-autonomous regions in Somalia, hoping to build stability for the embattled central government and African Union forces deployed in the virtually lawless nation, a top U.S. diplomat said on Friday.

Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson said]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:33:32 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Somali Navy Begins Anti-Piracy Operations]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Mogadishu, Somalia - Admiral Farah Ahmed, who commands the Somali government's navy, said Sunday that Somali naval forces will start anti-piracy operations off the country's coast, the second longest in Africa, where pirates have increased their attacks to seize vessels in the Gulf of Aden and]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:56:09 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Israel bars Friday worshippers from Al-Aqsa]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[RAMALLAH: The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine Sheikh Mohammed Hussein said that the Israeli police prevented thousands of Palestinian worshippers from attending the Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

Hussein said in a press statement that the Jerusalem police allowed Palestinian]]></description>
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   <author>info@slashnews.co.uk (Palestine)</author>
   <pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:42:41 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Tea Party - Ominous Sign for America?]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Many states across America are having primary elections these days to allow the registered members to choose their party candidates for the coming mid-term election in November. [With very few exceptions, most states don't allow independents or non-registered members to participate in such primary]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
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   <description><![CDATA[DALLAS - Another fight broke out on Friday in the ongoing culture war being fought at the Texas State Board of Education.

This time, social conservatives on the board pushed through a resolution demanding textbook publishers cut back positive coverage of Islam in world history books.

By a slim 7-6]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:36:33 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Plot by Muslims to kill Pope' another Islamophobic ploy]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Six Algerian street cleaners arrested for planning to kill Pope Benedict were pronounced innocent and released without any charges.

The six were arrested in London by British police on the basis of a conversation overhead. According to those critical of the police, if the pope had been under any]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:07:37 +0100</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Israeli Company Hired by State Government to Spy on Pennsylvanians and Other Americans]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[The surprise disclosure that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through its state Homeland Security Agency, along with a number of local police departments in the state, have been employing a private Israeli security company with strong links to Mossad and the Israeli Defense Force grows increasingly]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:05:37 +0100</pubDate>
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