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				<title>Iraqis to Pay China $100 Million for Weapons for Police</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/iraqis_to_pay_china_100_million_/</link>
				<description>Iraq has ordered $100 million worth of light military equipment from China for its police force, contending that the United States was unable to provide the materiel and is too slow to deliver arms shipments, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said yesterday.</description>
				<type>news</type>
				<category>world</category>
				<pubDate>2007-10-04 09:35:36</pubDate>
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					<name>Washington Post</name>
					<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/03/AR2007100302464.html</link>
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					<rating>Important [8]</rating>
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				<title>US boosts Israel's annual defense aid to $3 billion</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/us_boosts_israels_annual_defense/</link>
				<description>Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced a new $30 billion US defense package to Israel Sunday and voiced satisfaction over Washington's plan to supply state-of-the-art weapons to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states as a counterweight to Iranian influence. The</description>
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				<category>world</category>
				<pubDate>2007-08-01 11:09:15</pubDate>
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					<name>www.dailystar.com.lb</name>
					<link>http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&amp;categ_id=2&amp;article_id=84187</link>
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					<rating>Important [19]</rating>
													<credibility>100</credibility>
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					<username>neoform</username>
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				<title>46 of 49 nations OK ban on cluster bombs</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/46_of_49_nations_ok_ban_on_clust/</link>
				<description>Forty-six nations adopted a declaration Friday calling for a 2008 treaty banning cluster bombs, saying the weapons kill and maim long after conflicts end and inflict &quot;unacceptable harm&quot; on civilians, particularly children. Some key arms makers — incl</description>
				<type>news</type>
				<category>world</category>
				<pubDate>2007-02-23 09:43:32</pubDate>
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					<name>Yahoo News</name>
					<link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_re_eu/norway_cluster_bombs;_ylt=Ai51RjKPdBd6UcI0e4tEt9ms0NUE</link>
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								<credibility>93</credibility>
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					<rating>Interesting [12]</rating>
													<credibility>90</credibility>
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				<title>Ancient weapons found in ruins in Syria</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/ancient_weapons_found_in_ruins_i/</link>
				<description>It was the ancient version of a last stand: Twelve clay bullets lined up and ready to be shot from slings in a desperate attempt to stop fierce invaders who soon would reduce much of the city to rubble.</description>
				<type>news</type>
				<category>world</category>
				<pubDate>2007-01-17 15:56:20</pubDate>
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					<name>Yahoo News</name>
					<link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070117/ap_on_sc/ancient_civilization_7</link>
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					<rating>Interesting [6]</rating>
													<credibility>100</credibility>
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				<title>Israeli PM dismisses nuclear row</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/israeli_pm_dismisses_nuclear_row/</link>
				<description>Israel's leader has played down what is being seen as an embarrassing slip when he appeared to admit the country had a nuclear arms capability.</description>
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				<pubDate>2006-12-12 18:25:18</pubDate>
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					<name>BBC News</name>
					<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6172999.stm</link>
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								<credibility>93</credibility>
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					<rating>Interesting [9]</rating>
													<credibility>100</credibility>
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				<title>Israelis piqued by Gates nuclear &quot;confirmation&quot;</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/israelis_piqued_by_gates_nuclear/</link>
				<description>Robert Gates, the incoming U.S. secretary of defense, won plaudits in Washington this week for his candor on the Iraq war.</description>
				<type>news</type>
				<category>world</category>
				<pubDate>2006-12-08 02:24:53</pubDate>
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					<name>Yahoo News</name>
					<link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/nuclear_israel_gates_dc</link>
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								<credibility>93</credibility>
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					<rating>Important [21]</rating>
													<credibility>100</credibility>
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					<username>neoform</username>
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				<title>Egypt moves 5,000 troops near Gaza border</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/egypt_moves_5000_troops_near_gaz/</link>
				<description>Egypt moved 5,000 more security forces near the Gaza Strip border on Saturday after an Israeli report said Israel may bomb tunnels used for smuggling weapons into Palestinian territories, an Egyptian official said.</description>
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				<pubDate>2006-10-30 08:29:44</pubDate>
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					<name>Yahoo News</name>
					<link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061028/wl_nm/mideast_egypt_israel_dc_3</link>
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								<credibility>93</credibility>
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					<rating>Under Rated [2]</rating>
													<credibility>100</credibility>
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					<username>neoform</username>
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				<title>Audit: 4% of U.S. weapons in Iraq missing</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/audit_4_of_us_weapons_in_iraq_mi/</link>
				<description>Nearly one of every 25 weapons the military bought for Iraqi security forces is missing, a government audit said Sunday. Many others cannot be repaired because parts or technical manuals are lacking.</description>
				<type>news</type>
				<category>world</category>
				<pubDate>2006-10-29 22:22:05</pubDate>
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					<name>USA Today</name>
					<link>http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-10-29-missing-weapons_x.htm</link>
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								<credibility>91</credibility>
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					<rating>Under Rated [3]</rating>
													<credibility>100</credibility>
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					<username>neoform</username>
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				<title>Iran welcomes US nuclear report</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/iran_welcomes_us_nuclear_report/</link>
				<description>Iran has welcomed a major US intelligence report which suggests its government is not currently trying to develop nuclear weapons.

The latest National Intelligence Estimate says it is now believed Iran stopped its weapons programme in 2003.

Tehran h</description>
				<type>news</type>
				<category>world</category>
				<pubDate>2007-12-04 08:19:01</pubDate>
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					<name>BBC News</name>
					<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/7126422.stm</link>
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								<credibility>93</credibility>
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					<rating>Under Rated [1]</rating>
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					<username>neoform</username>
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				<title>NZ police hold 17 in terror raids</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/nz_police_hold_17_in_terror_raid/</link>
				<description>New Zealand police have arrested 17 people and seized a number of weapons during a series of anti-terror raids.

More than 300 police were involved in the operation, reportedly targeting Maori sovereignty and environmental activists - not foreign groups</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-10-15 08:18:47</pubDate>
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					<name>BBC News</name>
					<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7044448.stm</link>
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					<rating>Under Rated [1]</rating>
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					<username>neoform</username>
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				<title>Iraq shuts borders, clamps down in Baghdad</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/iraq_shuts_borders_clamps_down_i/</link>
				<description>Iraq closed its borders with Iran and Syria as U.S. and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad on Thursday, setting up more checkpoints that stopped and searched even official convoys for weapons. An Interior Ministry official, who spoke on condi</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-02-15 09:51:38</pubDate>
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					<name>Reuters</name>
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					<rating>Interesting [3]</rating>
													<credibility>100</credibility>
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					<username>mrmdc</username>
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				<title>Britain dragging its feet on treaty to ban cluster bombs, say activists</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/britain_dragging_its_feet_on_tre/</link>
				<description>Britain has been accused of kicking negotiations aimed at banning cluster bombs into the long grass as a group of 25 countries called for talks to agree curbs on the deadly weapons.</description>
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				<pubDate>2006-11-19 10:59:30</pubDate>
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					<name>Independent</name>
					<link>http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1993619.ece</link>
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					<rating>Under Rated [1]</rating>
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				<title>N Korea ready to restart nuclear talks, China says</title>
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				<description>North Korea has agreed to return to stalled six-party talks on ending its nuclear programs, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said yesterday, three weeks after Pyongyang staged its first nuclear test.</description>
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				<pubDate>2006-10-31 13:58:07</pubDate>
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					<name>Sydney Morning Herald</name>
					<link>http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/n-korea-ready-to-restart-nuclear-talks-china-says/2006/10/31/1162278148669.html</link>
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					<rating>Under Rated [2]</rating>
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				<title>Gaza doctors say patients suffering mystery injuries after Israeli attacks</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/gaza_doctors_say_patients_suffer/</link>
				<description>Doctors in Gaza have reported previously unseen injuries from Israeli weapons that cause severe burning and deep internal wounds often resulting in amputations or death.</description>
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				<category>world</category>
				<pubDate>2006-10-18 08:23:53</pubDate>
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					<name>Guardian Unlimited</name>
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					<rating>Under Rated [1]</rating>
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				<title>Families Flee Iraqi River Towns On 4th Day of Sectarian Warfare</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/families_flee_iraqi_river_towns_/</link>
				<description>Families fled in search of safety Monday as open warfare raged for a fourth day between Shiite militias and armed Sunni men in Tigris River towns north of Baghdad. Militias allied with Iraq's Shiite-led government held sway in Balad city, forcing out Sun</description>
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				<pubDate>2006-10-17 19:30:33</pubDate>
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					<name>Washington Post</name>
					<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/16/AR2006101600485.html</link>
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					<rating>Under Rated [1]</rating>
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