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				<title>Call for Israeli PM to stand down</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/call_for_israeli_pm_to_stand_dow/</link>
				<description>Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to take a leave of absence or resign as he battles allegations of corruption.

Mr Barak said he would take his Labor Party out of Mr Olmert's governing coalition if he did not</description>
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				<pubDate>2008-05-28 08:17:26</pubDate>
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					<name>BBC News</name>
					<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/7423405.stm</link>
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													<credibility>100</credibility>
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				<title>Putin warns US on defence plans</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/putin_warns_us_on_defence_plans/</link>
				<description>Russian President Vladimir Putin has signalled he will not support a US plan for a missile defence system in Europe, at the start of key US-Russia talks.

He urged Washington &quot;not to force&quot; a planned deployment of a radar in the Czech Republic and inter</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-10-12 08:19:26</pubDate>
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					<name>BBC News</name>
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					<rating>Important [7]</rating>
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				<title>Putin warns Europe in missile row</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/putin_warns_europe_in_missile_ro/</link>
				<description>Moscow may target weapons at Europe if the US builds planned missile defence facilities in the region, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

Russia has not pointed missiles towards Europe since the end of the Cold War.

Last week, Russia said it</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-06-04 00:08:00</pubDate>
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					<name>BBC News</name>
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					<rating>Important [13]</rating>
													<credibility>100</credibility>
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				<title>Ministry of Defence opens its files on UFO sightings to public</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/ministry_of_defence_opens_its_fi/</link>
				<description>The Ministry of Defence plans to open its &quot;X-Files&quot; on UFO sightings to the public for the first time. Officials have not yet decided on a date for the release of the reports, which date back to 1967, but it is hoped to be within weeks.

The move follow</description>
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				<category>world</category>
				<pubDate>2007-05-04 09:18:53</pubDate>
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					<name>Guardian Unlimited</name>
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					<rating>Interesting [7]</rating>
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				<title>Koreas begin key security forum</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/koreas_begin_key_security_forum/</link>
				<description>The defence ministers of North and South Korea have begun talks in Pyongyang aimed at reducing tension along the disputed border.

They are also expected to discuss a joint fishing area in the Yellow Sea to end gun battles over fishing rights.

This i</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-11-27 08:22:12</pubDate>
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					<name>BBC News</name>
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					<rating>Under Rated [1]</rating>
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				<title>Polish coalition thrown in doubt</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/polish_coalition_thrown_in_doubt/</link>
				<description>The future of Poland's governing coalition is in doubt after a junior member, the Self Defence party, pulled its ministers out of the cabinet.

The move was announced by party leader Andrzej Lepper, who was sacked in July by PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski after</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-08-05 16:48:35</pubDate>
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					<name>BBC News</name>
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								<credibility>93</credibility>
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					<rating>Under Rated [1]</rating>
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				<title>Israel hails US military aid rise</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/israel_hails_us_military_aid_ris/</link>
				<description>Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has confirmed that the United States is planning a significant increase in military and defence aid to Israel.

The package would reportedly amount to more than $30bn (?14.8bn) over the next 10 years.

Mr Olmert desc</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-07-29 10:42:29</pubDate>
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					<rating>Under Rated [1]</rating>
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				<title>Barak to be Israel defence minister</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/barak_to_be_israel_defence_minis/</link>
				<description>Remarkable comeback

Barak, a former chief of staff and defence minister, was on Tuesday elected to head Labour - Olmert's main coalition partner - staging a spectacular comeback to the national political arena after a more then six-year absence.</description>
				<type>news</type>
				<category>world</category>
				<pubDate>2007-06-15 12:23:04</pubDate>
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					<name>Al Jazeera</name>
					<link>http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/98F1103D-8EF2-4FCA-847E-52669910FF84.htm</link>
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								<credibility>90</credibility>
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					<rating>Important [4]</rating>
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				<title>Russia warns US on missile plan</title>
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				<description>The US should halt moves to deploy a missile defence shield in central Europe, pending further talks, the Russian foreign minister has said.

Sergei Lavrov was speaking after President Bush made clear Poland and the US were committed to the plan.

Rus</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-06-09 17:55:37</pubDate>
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					<name>BBC News</name>
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					<rating>Under Rated [1]</rating>
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				<title>Nato wary on joint missile shield</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/nato_wary_on_joint_missile_shiel/</link>
				<description>Nato has reacted cautiously to a Russian offer to use a radar facility in Azerbaijan as part of a joint missile defence system with the US.

The alliance's secretary-general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, welcomed the proposal as a break with the &quot;anachronisti</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-06-08 10:58:32</pubDate>
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				<title>Military story sales banned</title>
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				<description>Military personnel have been banned from selling their stories to the media, the defence secretary, Des Browne, announced tonight, amid a growing row over the returned captives from Iran.

He said the Royal Navy had faced a &quot;very tough call&quot; over its de</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-04-09 13:23:45</pubDate>
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					<name>Guardian Unlimited</name>
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				<title>Crash victims from defence department</title>
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				<description>THREE defence personnel on counter-terrorism training were killed after their car ran off a bridge into water southwest of Melbourne.

The rental car plunged into the water after veering off the causeway halfway between Queenscliff and Swan Island short</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-04-08 23:43:00</pubDate>
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				<title>Porn swap sparks Japan defence leak furore -report</title>
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				<description>Three Japanese naval officers who swapped pornography on their computers triggered a scandal over a possible leak of sensitive data linked to Japan's missile defence system, a newspaper said on Thursday.

Police launched a probe last week after a navy o</description>
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				<pubDate>2007-04-05 08:02:25</pubDate>
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				<title>Iraq Diggers silenced</title>
				<link>http://www.newsique.com/world/iraq_diggers_silenced/</link>
				<description>THE Australian Defence Force has banned soldiers from writing online journals and has deleted blogs from troops serving in Iraq.</description>
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				<pubDate>2006-12-11 22:06:46</pubDate>
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				<title>India tests medium range missile</title>
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				<description>India has successfully tested a short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads, according to defence officials.</description>
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				<pubDate>2006-11-20 08:24:57</pubDate>
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				<title>French nearly fired at Israelis</title>
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				<description>French troops serving in Lebanon have been only seconds away from firing on Israeli aircraft, the French defence minister says.</description>
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				<pubDate>2006-11-09 17:53:06</pubDate>
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				<title>Saddam verdict date 'rigged' for Bush</title>
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				<description>Saddam Hussein's defence team has urged a delay of his possible death sentence and said the ousted Iraqi leader believed today's expected verdict was timed to boost President George Bush before US mid-term elections.</description>
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				<pubDate>2006-11-04 17:17:38</pubDate>
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