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			<title><![CDATA[SYRIA - As the killing continues, UN and Arab League propose joint observers in Syria]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/As-the-killing-continues,-UN-and-Arab-League-propose-joint-observers-in-Syria-23932.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Seventy people were killed today in Homs. On Sunday, Arab League could recognise Syria’s opposition as the representative of the Syrian people. Turkey and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference announce fresh diplomatic initiatives. Some reports suggest Qatar and US might provide military support.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:06:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[RUSSIA -  “Political prisoners” back in the news]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/“Political-prisoners”-back-in-the-news-23931.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Russia’s opposition calls for their immediate release. PM Putin denies their existence. A list of 39 names, headed by that of Khodorkovsky, is made public.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[INDIA - India accelerating arms build-up against China]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/India-accelerating-arms-build-up-against-China-23930.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[New Delhi is spending tens of billions of dollars to lease a nuclear sub from Russia, buy 126 fighter planes from France and build its first aircraft carrier. As the world’s top arms importer, India wants to contain China along their shared border and in the Indian Ocean. However, Indian External Affairs minister expresses full support to China over Tibet.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:22:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NORTH KOREA - Party openly threatens to shoot those who escape]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Party-openly-threatens-to-shoot-those-who-escape-23929.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The regime in Pyongyang rarely refers to the death penalty, but the death of Kim Jong-il and the transition of power appear to be pushing many North Koreans to leave the country. The official document, which has been read out to civilians, tells would-be escapees what awaits them: summary punishment on the spot.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[VIETNAM - Vietnamese Buddhist dissident nominated for 2012 Nobel Peace Prize ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Vietnamese-Buddhist-dissident-nominated-for-2012-Nobel-Peace-Prize-23928.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Venerable Thich Quảng Độ, patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (Cubv), is among the leaders of the struggle for human rights and religious freedom in the communist country. Still lives under house arrest in the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery. In recent months, he has challenged the government, inviting it to rid itself of  "the Chinese vice".

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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:28:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[INDIA - Orissa pogrom: Church helps victim (Hindu) to get compensation ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Orissa-pogrom:-Church-helps-victim-(Hindu)-to-get-compensation-23927.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Kandhamal Authority will pay the man 50 thousand rupees (about 760 euros). During the anti-Christian violence in 2008, Hindu ultranationalists burned the house of Ashor Kumar Ray, 45. A lawyer for the Archdiocese’ Commission for Justice, Peace and Development assisted the man in bringing his trial to the State High Court.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:41:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MALAYSIA-SAUDI ARABIA - "Blasphemous" Saudi Poet arrested in Malaysia and deported to Jeddah. Risks death]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Blasphemous-Saudi-Poet-arrested-in-Malaysia-and-deported-to-Jeddah.-Risks-death-23926.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Kashgari Hamza, 23, the day before the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed published a comment on Twitter: " I do not like the halos of divinity around you. I shall not pray for you ". Forced to flee; he was arrested in Malaysia, and will be tried at home for blasphemy. He risks the death penalty.

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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:16:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CHINA - Pushed by food prices, China’s inflation accelerates]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Pushed-by-food-prices,-China’s-inflation-accelerates-23925.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Consumer prices increased 4.5 in January. Chinese New Year celebrations push prices up by 10.5. The trend is a serious and constant threat to the Communist regime.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:34:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[EGYPT - Alexandria: forced eviction of 62 Coptic families by the Salafis]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Alexandria:-forced-eviction-of-62-Coptic-families-by-the-Salafis-23924.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Muslims in the area of el-Amerya, with the complicity of police and state authorities, set fire to Christian homes and shops, and forced several families to leave the country, under the threat of further violence.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:47:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MALDIVES - Arrest warrant for Maldives President ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Arrest-warrant-for-Maldives-President-23923.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The situation is confused. A member of the Nasheed party: "We do not know what he is accused of." The Mayor of Addu speaks of "the total collapse of law and order." No problem so far for tourists, but travel agents speak of "panic" among those planning holidays in the archipelago.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CHINA-TIBET - Monk sets himself on fire against Chinese occupation of Tibet. 21st case since March 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Monk-sets-himself-on-fire-against-Chinese-occupation-of-Tibet.-21st-case-since-March-2009-23922.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The incident happened in Ngaba, Sichuan Province, theater in the past weeks of protests and violent clashes, which have killed at least six people and left 60 others injured, some of them seriously. Identity of man,  immediately taken away by soldiers and officers, unknown.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[INDIA - India’s growth rate slows, courtesy of the Reserve Bank]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/India’s-growth-rate-slows,-courtesy-of-the-Reserve-Bank-23921.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[India’s GDP growth drops to 6.9 from 8.4 per cent over last fiscal year. The Reserve Bank of India says it will lower interest rates unless the government reduces the deficit and begins economic reforms.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CHINA - Fr Zhang Wenchang, apostolic administrator in Kunming, dies]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Fr-Zhang-Wenchang,-apostolic-administrator-in-Kunming,-dies-23920.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The 92-year-old priest spent 24 years in camps, persecuted for his loyalty to the pope. The government had chosen as bishop Ma Yinglin. Excommunicated in 2006, the latter was rejected by the faithful for not being in communion with the pope.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:21:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[VATICAN - God is present even when he is “apparently silent”, says pope]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/God-is-present-even-when-he-is-“apparently-silent”,-says-pope-23919.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In today’s general audience, Benedict XVI spoke about the prayer of the dying Jesus, of his cry “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” He also called for prayers and solidarity for the victims of the cold snap that has recently struck some parts of Europe.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:04:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[PALESTINE-ISRAEL - Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem in favour of Fatah-Hamas agreement]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Latin-Patriarch-of-Jerusalem-in-favour-of-Fatah-Hamas-agreement-23918.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Reconciliation responds "to the Palestinian aspirations for unity and we must be happy." Amazement at the criticism voiced by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. In any case, Msgr. Twal remains committed to a "peace for all, a good understanding with Israel and unity between the Palestinian brothers. "]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:26:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[INDIA  - Kerala: the Communist Party paints "its" Last Supper]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Kerala:-the-Communist-Party-paints-its-Last-Supper-23917.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Obama instead of Jesus, surrounded by Sarkozy, Manmohan Singh (the Indian Prime Minister), Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi as the Apostles. Criticism from the Church and civil society. The spokesman of the Syro-Malabar Church: "An offensive parody of a major symbol of Christianity". In 2011, pictures of Mother Teresa and Jesus which have appeared at the initiative of the Communist-Marxist Party.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SYRIA  - Battle in Homs. A more "Islamic" revolution; growing violence against Christians]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Battle-in-Homs.-A-more-Islamic-revolution;-growing-violence-against-Christians-23916.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Serghey: Assad's fate "must be decided by the Syrians." Local sources inform AsiaNews of the growing violence, on the part of the regime's opponents, towards the Alawis, Christians and those alleged to be on the government's side.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CHINA - Chemicals in the Yangtze River, a “drinkable water” alert in Shanghai ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Chemicals-in-the-Yangtze-River,-a-“drinkable-water”-alert-in-Shanghai-23915.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Experts claim there is no "immediate threat". The Department for the environment is preparing action plans in case of "abnormal" levels. But panic has already spread throughout the population, which races to buy bottled water. In the China of economic progress, pollution and food contamination continue to strike.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CHINA – SUDAN  - Sudanese rebels free 29 Chinese workers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Sudanese-rebels-free-29-Chinese-workers-23914.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The militias have handed over the hostages to the International Red Cross, after days of mediation with officials of the governments of Beijing and Khartoum. Workers are now in Nairobi and will be repatriated in the coming days. They were kidnapped last January 28 along with 18 others, who managed to escape. One of them has been found dead by the Sudanese army.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:33:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[INDONESIA - Catholics raise funds, collect food for East Sumba villages at risk for famine]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Catholics-raise-funds,-collect-food-for-East-Sumba-villages-at-risk-for-famine-23913.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[An outreach programme called “A bowl of rice” is launched to help people who suffered crop failure. Members of the KBKK, Indonesia’s most active group of lay Catholics, take the lead. Pangkal Pinang bishop says it is time to show “universal solidarity”. Response to campaign is very positive.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[PHILIPPINES - Death toll from Negros and Cebu earthquake rises to 48 dead and 92 missing ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Death-toll-from-Negros-and-Cebu-earthquake-rises-to-48-dead-and-92-missing-23912.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the island’s east coast city hundreds of people digging with their bare hands in search of hundreds still buried under rubble. Caritas Philippines warns that food supplies are running low. Landslides and mudslides block roads and make it impossible for the arrival of humanitarian aid. The local Catholic Church opens churches, chapels and schools to provide shelter to hundreds of displaced families.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CHINA-VATICAN - What is the true good of the Church in China]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/What-is-the-true-good-of-the-Church-in-China-23911.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[On the eve of an important meeting in Rome on "Jesus our contemporary," Card. Zen asks all Catholics to help the Church in China (and especially its legitimate bishops) to emerge from ambiguity, to follow Benedict XVI and "rid" themselves of those organisms that are enemies of the faith (see PA, Bureau of Religious Affairs, etc. .), and that control and stifle the faithful. The Chinese Church is on the verge of a schism caused by "bargaining" between the Catholic faith and political power. The subtitle of this article (wanted by the author) is: "In dialogue with the Community of Saint Egidio and Gianni Valente of 30Days".]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:17:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[TIBET – CHINA - Karmapa Lama tells Tibetans not to lose faith, preserve their life]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Karmapa-Lama-tells-Tibetans-not-to-lose-faith,-preserve-their-life-23910.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tibetan Buddhism’s third foremost leader tells his fellow believers to have faith in the future and follow the Dalai Lama. As self-immolations continue in Tibet, Beijing uses an iron fist against protest. Local Communist officials are urged to do everything to maintain social stability.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:28:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SYRIA – EUROPEAN UNION - Gregorios III Laham appeals to Europe for compromise in Syria]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Gregorios-III-Laham-appeals-to-Europe-for-compromise-in-Syria-23909.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Melkite patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem, is concerned that Syria has been caught up in a power game between the United States and Russia. He calls on Europe, which has a Mediterranean vocation, to take the initiative to prevent a civil war.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[INDIA - Cardinal Gracias: the struggle of the Church in India for human development threatens the extremists]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Cardinal-Gracias:-the-struggle-of-the-Church-in-India-for-human-development-threatens-the-extremists-23908.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Re-elcted for another two years as President of the Indian Episcopal Conference, the Archbishop of Mumbai calls the Catholic Church an "inalienable part of the nation". False allegations of forced conversions and the violence of Hindu nationalists "intensify our faith and push us to enhance our engagement" among the poor, the marginalized, Dalits, girls and women.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:09:00 +0100</pubDate>
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