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		<title>How do you say &#8216;deja vu&#8217; in Russian?</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/03/22/how-do-you-say-deja-vu-in-russian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Christian Science Monitor, veteran correspondent Edward Girardet has some fascinating reflections on the Red Army campaign in the Panjshir valley during the summer of 1982.  The Russians were of course fighting a losing battle against the US-supported mujahideen warriors, and Girardet points out some uncanny similarities between the that war and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand raises stakes against &#8216;Red Shirts&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arab News</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Govt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WRAP 1: Govt escalates response to protesters as anti-govt rally enters second week amid tight security.
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		<title>Egyptian Copt killings trial postponed</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/03/22/egyptian-copt-killings-trial-postponed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arab News</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coptic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trial of three Muslims accused of gunning down six Coptic Christians and officer to resume April 18 -paper.
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		<title>Obama invites defiant Israeli PM for talks 
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arab News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFP &#8211; US President Barack Obama has invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet him at the White House, even as the Israeli leader rebuffed a key US demand to halt settlement construction in east Jerusalem.

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		<title>Israeli Arabs part of new money plan from Tel Aviv</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/03/22/israeli-arabs-part-of-new-money-plan-from-tel-aviv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arab News</dc:creator>
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		<title>Islamic countries pledge money to help Darfur</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arab News</dc:creator>
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		<title>&#8216;No concession&#8217; on Jewish homes</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/03/22/no-concession-on-jewish-homes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arab News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu rules out any concession on building in East Jerusalem, hours before he leaves for Washington.
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		<title>U.S. drone strike kills five in NW Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/03/21/u-s-drone-strike-kills-five-in-nw-pakistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arab News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 3: Missiles fired from U.S. drones kill at least five militants in restive Pakistani tribal area.
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		<title>Islamic cleric warns on meddling in Nigeria</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arab News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nigeria&#8217;s top Islamic cleric warns foreigners against meddling in nation&#8217;s affairs over Muslim-Christian row.
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		<title>Algerian War Chic</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/03/21/algerian-war-chic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arab News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Nom de Guerre is a New York based fashion designer. For their Spring/Summer 2010 collection, they&#8217;ve decided to draw inspiration from the look of belligerents in Algeria&#8217;s war of independence, both on the Algerian side and the French OAS militia that tried to squash the independence movement. The result: epaulets, khaki shirts, camouflage pants, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi elections</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/03/21/iraqi-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arab News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mean, I have never ever heard of a longer voting count than that of the Iraqi election.  If takes a day longer, I am going to start thinking that maybe there is political and financial corruption in Iraq.  But there are US troops there and the US is a guarantee against corruption, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Butrus Harb</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/03/21/butrus-harb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arab News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Lebanese politician really bothers me.  He feigns seriousness and statepersonship for some reason.  He thinks he is something that he is not.

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		<title>From Megan Stack&#8217;s forthcoming book</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/03/21/from-megan-stacks-forthcoming-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look at this passage by Megan Stack from her forthcoming book: why can&#8217;t mainstream journalists write like that?  &#8220;&#8221;The bombings were huge and awful [yes, Megan, but Israeli bombings were more huge and more awful], but the sufferings of the Palestinians was chronic, dripping through the days like acide.  All the small horrors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great graphics for a BDS effort</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jam&#8217;a al-yad, an artists&#8217; collective in Beirut, produced half a dozen powerful posters during the city&#8217;s recent Israeli Apartheid Week.  Though the most prominent captions on them are in Arabic, those could easily be translated into other languages, too.
You can access and download PDF versions of the posters here. Peronally, I don&#8217;t endorse the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yezid Sayigh on Hamas, Fayyad</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/03/21/yezid-sayigh-on-hamas-fayyad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The distinguished Palestinian historian and analyst Yezid Sayigh gave a tremendous talk Friday at the Palestine Center in Washington DC, where he reported on a recent, four-day visit to Gaza and assessed the situation and standing of the two rival Palestinian administrations in Gaza and Ramallah.
While he started off by noting that both the administrations [...]]]></description>
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