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    <title><![CDATA[Jordan’s King Abdullah: Extremism 'grown fat' on Israel-Palestinian conflict]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Jordan's King Abdullah II says extremism has 'grown fat' off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Myanmar state imposes 2-child limit on Muslim families; Buddhists exempt]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[In Ethiopia, African Union celebrates 50 years]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The African Union on Saturday marked 50 years since the founding of a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters and which now is trying to stay relevant on a continent regularly troubled by conflict.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Kirubel Tadesse]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[Manitoba New Democrats hold convention amid tax, subsidy controversies]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Manitoba New Democrats are holding their annual convention in Brandon this weekend amid controversies over taxes and political subsidies.]]></description>
              <creditLine><![CDATA[ The Canadian Press]]></creditLine>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 07:37:48 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1296485!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Colin Craig, prairie director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, speaks to about 500 people gathered on the steps of the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg, Thursday, May 2, 2013 to protest the NDP's proposed provincial sales tax hike. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / John Woods)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Saskatchewan premier says it's time to abolish the Senate ]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, once a staunch supporter of a reformed federal Senate, has given up the fight. Wall says he now believes it would be easier to scrap Parliament's chamber of sober second thought than try to change it.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 17:28:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1295863!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Premier Brad Wall talks to media on, Tuesday, October 16, 2012. (Liam Richards / THE CANADIAN )]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[NDP MP loses post in shadow cabinet over unpaid taxes]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[An NDP MP has been suspended from the party’s shadow cabinet after it was revealed that he owes more than $58,000 in back taxes.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:39:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1295459!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[NDP deputy leader Thomas Mulcair speaks to reporters as newly-elected NDP  MP Tyrone Benskin looks on in this 2011 file photo. (Graham Hughes / THE CANADIAN PRESS)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ontario Liberals, Tories in dead heat, new poll shows]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Ontario’s Liberals and Progressive Conservatives are in a statistical dead heat among decided voters, suggests a new poll, which shows Liberal support up despite the ongoing gas plant controversy.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Andrea Janus]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1295809!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[From left to right, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath and Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak are shown in this combination photo. (Nathan Denette / Frank Gunn / THE CANADIAN PRESS)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Justin Trudeau defends Liberal senator's handling of expense controversy]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Justin Trudeau says he is satisfied with a Liberal senator's handling of an investigation into his expense claims because the senator has stepped away from the party's caucus.]]></description>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1295586!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau talks with reporters as he visits a shopping mall in Halifax on May 24, 2013. (Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[IRS replaces official who revealed tea party targeting]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Internal Revenue Service official who led the unit that targeted tea party groups and publicly disclosed the activity has been replaced, making her the third top IRS official moved aside since the episode was revealed two weeks ago.]]></description>
          <author><![CDATA[Alan Fram and Stephen Ohlemacher]]></author>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
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                   <enclosure url="http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1292195!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_300/image.jpg"><![CDATA[Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)]]></enclosure>
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    <title><![CDATA[Duffy says he won't leave Senate, calls for 'open inquiry' into expense scandal]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Sen. Mike Duffy said Thursday he’ll be “happy to co-operate” with anyone investigating the expense scandal that forced him to leave the Conservative caucus, but he won’t quit the Senate.]]></description>
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