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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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			<title><![CDATA[PAKISTAN - Pakistani Christians for divorce law that saves women from polygamy]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Pakistani-Christians-for-divorce-law-that-saves-women-from-polygamy-23907.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The National Commission for Justice and Peace and leading Catholic and Protestant religious leaders are among the promoters of changes to the law. Currently, an 1869 law is in place, which is discriminatory towards Christians. The goal is greater protection for women who will be able to settle cases of abuses and polygamy more quickly.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:04:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CHINA - GERMANY - Guangzhou: Merkel's visit to Msgr. Gan, a way to support the "living Churches "]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Guangzhou:-Merkel's-visit-to-Msgr.-Gan,-a-way-to-support-the-living-Churches-23906.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Although a Protestant, the German Chancellor has for the second time chosen a Catholic bishop to speak of Christianity in China. A very important visit, local sources confide to AsiaNews that "demonstrate the affection and attention of Berlin for our Church."]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[VIETNAM - In Hải Phòng, Caritas helping AIDS children]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/In-Hải-Phòng,-Caritas-helping-AIDS-children-23905.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Diocesan Caritas last year opened the ‘Thanh Xuân Warm Shelter’, now home to 20 children who contracted HIV/AIDS from their parents. The facility also helps people in remote, poor and mostly non-Catholic communities.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[VATICAN - Pope: Lent, Christians must be "guardians" of one another]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Pope:-Lent,-Christians-must-be-guardians-of-one-another-23904.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Message of Benedict XVI. "Being concerned" for each other means caring for material and spiritual, individual and community, needs overcoming indifference, disinterest, which arise from selfishness, disguised as a semblance of respect for "privacy." "Fraternal correction."]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:49:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SYRIA - Sergey Lavrov in Damascus to "soften" Assad. In Homs, the battle continues]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Sergey-Lavrov-in-Damascus-to-soften-Assad.-In-Homs,-the-battle-continues-23903.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[After the veto of Russia and China on February 4, diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis intensify. Obama declares that there will not be a Libya style intervention. Belgium, Great Britain and the U.S. close their embassies in Damascus.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:26:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CHINA - Chen Xi, human rights activist, tortured with cold and frost]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Chen-Xi,-human-rights-activist,-tortured-with-cold-and-frost-23902.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[His wife and daughter permission to visit for a few minutes. The dissident sentenced to 10 years, had blisters due to cold sores on his body and hands. The authorities forbade his wife to send winter clothes.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:16:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[RUSSIA - Anti-Putin demonstration success. Future of "Tsar Vlad" like Gaddafi]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Anti-Putin-demonstration-success.-Future-of-Tsar-Vlad-like-Gaddafi-23901.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[At least 100 thousand march in Moscow for honest elections and democratic reforms. Victory of Prime Minister in the first round of presidential elections increasingly unlikely. Analysts: Putin might be "buried" within the first two years of new mandate.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:19:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[INDONESIA - West Borneo: festivities for Year of Dragon amid Islamic threats ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/West-Borneo:-festivities-for-Year-of-Dragon-amid-Islamic-threats-23900.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Up to a million people took to the streets of Singkawan, to attend celebrations for the Cap Go Meh. In recent days, extremist leaders have shouted slogans against the party, branded as "anti-Islamic". Authorities and police have monitored security, no major accident or collision.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:09:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NEPAL - More than 16,000 former Maoist fighters going home]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/More-than-16,000-former-Maoist-fighters-going-home-23899.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[
The closure of former rebel camps is an historic moment for analysts and political leaders. The decision comes after 4,000 fighters had started a protest for losing their allowance. About 9,000 fighters will join the ranks of the armed forces; 7,000 will go back to civilian life and will no longer be members of the Maoist party.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[INDIA - TV series about Indian Christians to be aired in Karnataka]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/TV-series-about-Indian-Christians-to-be-aired-in-Karnataka-23898.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Titled ‘Rabbi’, the series is in Kannada, Karnataka’s official language. The show’s producer wants to “promote communal harmony” by showing the daily “challenges Christian families face”.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:34:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[IRAN - Tehran says it will attack anyone helping its enemies]]></title>
			<link>http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Tehran-says-it-will-attack-anyone-helping-its-enemies-23897.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The deputy chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards issues the threat as its forces conduct military manoeuvres in an apparent warning to Arabic Peninsula nations. Obama says he believes Israel has not yet decided to bomb Iranian nuclear installations.]]></description>
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