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		<title><![CDATA[Pickens: $300 Oil is Still On Its Way]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10002494/pickens-300-oil-is-still-coming/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[T. Boone Pickens, the Texas billionaire investor turned-wind turbine and natural gasÂ champion, said Thursday he expects the price of oil will hit $100 in 2010. Within 10 years, he thinks crude will make it to $300 a barrel.    Pickens, who wasÂ attending a conference in Washington, said the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:01:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Berlusconi presents judicial reform bill]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right government on Thursday presented a controversial judicial reform bill to parliament that would limit the duration of some trials already in progress to six years and possibly terminate two cases pending against Italy's billionaire prime minister and media magnate.Opposition politicians and the national association of magistrates...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:14:28 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FBI Wants Businesses to Rat on Their Customers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you demand privacy or insist on paying with cash when patronizing a local business, then you could be a suspected terrorist.  That's according to FBI flyers which have been sent to tattoo shops as part of its "Communities Against Terrorism" drive. by Stefan Deeran]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:47:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Visible Technologies Gets Funding To Help The CIA Monitor Social Media]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ As if posting a stream of status updates to hundreds of strangers on Twitter doesn&#8217;t have enough &#8220;big brother&#8221; potential ... Visible Technologies, the WPP-backed social media monitoring firm, has picked up an undisclosed amount of funding from In-Q-Tel, the strategic investment arm of the U.S. government. In-Q-Tel serves...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:54:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Terrorism Alert at Airports, Hotels and Transit Systems]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government issued a terrorism warning TuesdayÂ for stadiums, hotels, entertainment complexes and transit systems while federalÂ agents look for alleged Al-Qaeda suspects entangled in a plot to use hydrogen-peroxide bombs.    Two weeks ago, Najibullah Zazi, a Denver International Airport shuttle driverÂ allegedly trained in explosives by Al-Qaeda, was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:13:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Travel Roundup: Las Vegas' $480K to Fight Terrorism, MGM Mirage Soothes Condo Buyers, Hilton's $10K Event Contest and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Las Vegas tourism pays $480,000 for counterterrorism expert -- TheÂ Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authorityboard voted to pay $480,000Â to hire a terrorism expert to reassure conventioneers Las Vegas is safer than any other U.S. city. The singleÂ position, funded for the next three years, will work alongsideÂ Las Vegas police and the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:58:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Novartis Ups Rhetoric v. "Terrorist" Animal Rights Activists; "Police Not Taking It Seriously"]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Novartis CEO Daniel Vasella and his company spokespersons have hit back at animal rights activists who burned his Austrian vacation home and stole his mother's ashes from a grave: "How far do things have to go before you can speak of terrorism?" Vasella told a Swiss newspaper. by Jim Edwards]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:07:32 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vattenfall Speaks Out Against Desertec]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Desertec, a project to link Europe's power grid to Africa, has been in the news quite often lately, and for good reason. It offers a compelling image: A vast, high-tech network of transmission lines branching out across Europe, with its roots drawing energy from solar power plants in the sunny...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:33:27 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Boot Camp for Business Execs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The globe-trotting executive's new skill set: How to hail a cab, how to say "Thank you" in the local language, and how to avoid muggings, kidnappings, and even terrorist attacks.                    ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Inspiration for Intrepid Gourmet Travellers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnetau.com.au/aussierules/2009/05/31/inspiration-for-intrepid-gourmet-travellers/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though Aussies love to travel, you'd still have to assume becoming a new entrant in the outbound holiday market would be a risky move. It tends to be reliant on moving high volumes of price-sensitive customers in a low-margin business susceptible to fuel prices, terrorism fears and the odd...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 18:18:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Obama Stresses $17 Billion In Cuts Over Major Increase In Deficit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The White House today put out another level of detail for Obama's proposed $3.4 trillion budget.  These outlines have already been passed by both the House and the Senate.  The documents released today breakout the Total Obligation Authority TOA for the various parts of the Government.  The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 15:48:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Congress Looks to Supplemental to Counter Gates]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/government/10001429/congress-looks-to-supplemental-to-counter-gates/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama has submitted a supplemental funding bill for FY09 to continue operations in Afghanistan.  This is in line with how the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan was funded during the Bush Presidency.  One of the reasons this is done as it is not always possible when doing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:54:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Probe: Bayer Destroyed Evidence After Fatal Explosion; Tried to Dampen Media Coverage]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/pharma/10001769/probe-bayer-destroyed-evidence-after-fatal-plant-explosion-tried-to-dampen-media-coverage/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Bayer seems determined to make a bad situation worse for itself in the Congressional investigation of an explosion at its Institute, W.Va., crop sciences plant. Congress heard that Bayer destroyed evidence and engaged in a secrecy campaign in order to restrict media coverage and public criticism of how it handles...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:08:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bayer's Silence on Fatal Factory Explosion Gets National Attention]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bayer's refusal to explain publicly why its Institute, W. Va., chemical plant exploded last August has finally made the Big Media. The NYT summarized the issue over the weekend.  BNET noted the matter back on Feb. 25.    Back story: After a fire pictured ripped through Bayer's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:48:31 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IPC Holdings, Ltd. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-13071_23-270556.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions We'll go first to Doug Mewhirter with RBC Capital Markets. Doug Mewhirter &#8211; RBC Capital Markets Hi, good morning. I had just two questions. First with January renewals, how would you say your &#8211; compared with last year's January renewals, you had &#8211; was your...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:49:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S to Invest in Smallpox Vaccine]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/government/1000472/us-to-invest-in-smallpox-vaccine/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month the U.S Department of Health and Human Services invested in a plant to manufacture flue vaccine in case of an epidemic.  Now SIGA Technologies reports that the Department has released a presolicitation for buying 1.7 million treatment courses for smallpox.  MSNBC discusses this story here. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:00:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ness Technologies Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14061_23-266097.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Manesh Tamarijine - Oppenheimer.  Manesh Tamarijine - Oppenheimer A few questions if I may. One clarification, does your guidance for &#8217;09 include commission payments from SAP and if so by how much do you see as SAP&#8217;s contribution? Ofer...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:04:12 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GSA Adds Universal Detection Technology to Schedule]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Universal Detection Technology UNDT was added by the GSA to its Multiple Awards Schedule program.  CNNMoney.com has the press release.  Universal Detection Technology manufactures a variety of sensors and devices to detect biological based weapons of mass destruction.  By being added to the GSA schedule it makes...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:58:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Yes, It WAS Your Grandfather's White House]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is indeed telling that when Barack Obama's team took over the White House, they found a technological museum. There were no outside e-mail logins, no instant messaging, no Facebooks, no Macintoshes and just a few laptops. They did find some PCs with six-year-old versions of Microsoft.   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:43:43 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Awards OSI Systems Contract for WMD Detection Equipment]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/government/1000236/homeland-security-awards-osi-systems-contract-for-wmd-detection-equipment/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[RTTNews reports that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded OSI Systems a contract to finish the development of a system to detect Weapons of Mass Destruction WMD.  This enhanced system utilizing their proprietary technology will after testing be installed on existing OSI systems to scan shipping containers and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:37:48 -0800</pubDate>
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