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		<title><![CDATA[American and TPG Ready to Invest $1.1 Billion in JAL]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:15:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Business coalition calls for firm CO2 treaty]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The private sector investment needed to tackle climate change will not be made without a binding international deal on carbon emissions, according to the head of a big business coalition.Lars Josefsson, chairman of Combat Climate Change, a group including BP, General Electric, Unilever and more than 60 other large...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[New US president will help climate change fight: Australian PM]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON AFP &#8212; The next US president will provide fresh impetus to the fight against global warming, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Tuesday.  Both candidates for the November US election, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, had advised him that they would take action on climate change,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Federal appeals court: Freedmen can sue tribal officials]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marilyn Vann of Oklahoma City has fond memories of her family honoring Cherokee heritage and rituals from the time she was a child.   "This is who we are," Vann said Tuesday following a federal appeals court decision holding that descendants of Cherokee freedmen, formerly slaves owned by the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Message to the Senate transmitting the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 7, 2008  To the Senate of the United States:  I transmit herewith for advice and consent of the Senate to ratification the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on November 3, 2001,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Merkel not giving up hope on Lisbon Treaty: interview]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN AFP &#8212; German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday she was "confident" about the future of the EU's Lisbon Treat despite its rejection in Ireland and the Polish president's refusal to sign.  "I remain confident. I believe it is important that we map the way forward with our Irish...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bush urges protection for nuclear treaty]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; President George W. Bush on Tuesday urged the international community not to allow some countries to undermine the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty NPT, as it marked its 40th anniversary.  "NPT parties must take strong action to confront noncompliance with the treaty in order to preserve and strengthen...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UN chief urges more efforts to curb nuclear proliferation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS AFP &#8212; UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for stepped-up efforts toward curbing the spread of nuclear weapons as he marked the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty NPT.  Describing the UN-backed pact as the most effective multilateral instrument to limit nuclear proliferation, Ban...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[40 years on, NPT in urgent need of overhaul: experts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA AFP &#8212; The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, which celebrates its 40th birthday this week, may have succeeded in keeping the number countries in possession of nuclear weapons down to a mere handful.  But the treaty, drawn up during the Cold War period, is now in urgent need...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Legal Opinions - U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals: June 23, 2008]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Immigration   Extradition treaty   BOTTOM LINE: Certified copy of appellate opinion of Italian court affirming in absentia conviction afforded reasonable basis to find probable cause for extradition under treaty between United States and Italy.   CASE:  Haxhiaj v. Hackman, U.S. Marshal, US4th No. 07-6836 (decided...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: Bush Negotiations With Iraq]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last thing most Americans want to see is the Bush administration enter into a binding agreement that defines this country's future relationship with Iraq. The U.S. economy and the administration's inept handling of the Iraq war have the public so upset that the Republican Party is worried it will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU gives itself more time to sort out Lisbon Treaty crisis]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS AFP &#8212; EU heads at a Brussels summit delayed until October a decision on how to tackle Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, while seeking Friday to overcome Czech resistance to the key charter.  "The European Council agreed to Ireland's suggestion to come back to this issue at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU fears crisis as &#39;no&#39; vote tipped in Irish poll]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN AFP &#8212; Early indications Friday pointed to a rejection of the Lisbon EU reform treaty by voters in Ireland, an outcome that would pitch the European Union into a new period of crisis.  "From what I hear, it is not looking good," Irish Europe Minister Dick Roche, a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dustin the Turkey urges &#39;no&#39; vote in Irish EU poll]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200806/ai_n26680047]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN AFP &#8212; Opponents of a European Union reform treaty received the backing of Ireland's Eurovision Song Contest flop Dustin the Turkey as voters went to the polls Thursday.  "Isn't a shame there wasn't a third box we could tick that just said: 'What?'" said the purple-beaked glove puppet,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More than 100 countries adopt cluster bomb ban]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN AFP &#8212; A landmark international convention banning cluster munitions was formally adopted by 111 countries here Friday, in a move organisers hope will stigmatise the lethal weapons as much as landmines.  Diplomats adopted the treaty without objection at the end of 12 days of robust negotiation at Croke...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Observers laud cluster bomb ban but questions remain]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200805/ai_n25477088]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN AFP &#8212; A landmark convention banning cluster bombs was welcomed by politicians and campaigners Thursday but some questioned its worth without backing from key powers like the United States, China and Russia.  After 10 days of painstaking negotiations at Croke Park stadium in Dublin, diplomats from 111 countries...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU leaders tread carefully ahead of Irish treaty vote]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200805/ai_n25477169]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS AFP &#8212; With a potentially perilous European treaty referendum approaching in Ireland, EU leaders are doing their utmost to avoid any sensitive issues that might encourage a "No" vote and spark a new crisis.  Whether it be defence or farm policy, taxes or the budget, the leaders are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Landmark cluster bomb ban agreed by 111 countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200805/ai_n25459083]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN AFP &#8212; Delegates from 111 nations agreed Wednesday a landmark treaty to ban cluster bombs, Ireland's foreign ministry said, in a deal that lacks the backing of major producers and stockpilers of the lethal weapons.  After 10 days of painstaking negotiations at Croke Park stadium in Dublin, diplomats...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US opposes cluster bomb ban, backs &#39;technological fixes&#39;]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200805/ai_n25458090]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; The United States on Wednesday opposed a worldwide ban on cluster bombs, calling instead for "technological fixes" that would make them safer.  State Department expert Stephen Mull told reporters the United States is "deeply concerned" about the danger of such munitions, but said a ban like...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[RAM Holdings Ltd. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Gary Ransom with Fox-Pitt, Kelton.   Gary Ransom - Fox-Pitt, Kelton     I had a question on your reinsurance treaties. There are at least two of your clients that have ongoing business volume coming through....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 15:21:09 -0700</pubDate>
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