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<title>Sexual peep-a-boo advertisements</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_28596_Sexual-peep-a-boo-advertisements.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Advertisements are gerry-mandering around Singapore’s strict censorship laws on sexual media content with saucy flesh innuendoes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 22 June 2008 07:36:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Decentralization of Singapore's office</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_27615_Decentralization-of-Singapores-office.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The island city is currently in the middle of a silent protest against office rental hikes]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 05:41:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The transport divide</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_18200_The-transport-divide.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The transport divide reflects income divide within Singapore.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 31 March 2008 12:52:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Makan all year round</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_17179_Makan-all-year-round.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Seasonal food popular with Singaporeans always readily available now.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 March 2008 12:45:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Some Singaporeans profiteering from foreign workers and CPF</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_16243_Some-Singaporeans-profiteering-from-foreign-workers-and-CPF.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite widespread grumbles about CPF and foreign workers, some Singaporeans are profiteering from both.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 March 2008 04:48:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>You want to choose your religion? Ok.</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_15130_You-want-to-choose-your-religion-Ok.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Buddhism, Christianity and Catholicism are increasingly blended in Singapore nuclear families.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 10 March 2008 11:01:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A double take at Singapore's jaywalkers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_14041_A-double-take-at-Singapores-jaywalkers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pedestrians are not jaywalking as some traffic lights are not working.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 March 2008 04:50:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Singaporeans are eating leftovers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_13076_Singaporeans-are-eating-leftovers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[No money to buy food.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 25 February 2008 07:16:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Straits Time report on theft in clothing retail outlets.</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_12255_The-Straits-Time-report-on-theft-in-clothing-retail-outlets.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Provide more solid evidence of retail employees as thieves in fashion retail outlets.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 18 February 2008 03:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Are you sure about UOB at Takashimaya?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_12254_Are-you-sure-about-UOB-at-Takashimaya.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Who really stole UOB's money at Takashimaya?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 18 February 2008 03:01:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A colorful food paradise</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_12115_A-colorful-food-paradise.html</link>
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<pubDate>Monday, 18 February 2008 04:24:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pay NTUC Fairprice ten, twenty cents more</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_11106_Pay-NTUC-Fairprice-ten-twenty-cents-more.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The price is not the display price at NTUC Fairprice]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 10 February 2008 10:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Why must Singapore hub this, hub that?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_10391_Why-must-Singapore-hub-this-hub-that.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Despite initial grumbles of Singapore¡¯s dub as a hub, foreign professionals have eventually reconciled themselves to this term]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 6 February 2008 04:49:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rubbish fashion for Singapore</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_9757_Rubbish-fashion-for-Singapore.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Foreign fashion labels dumping mar Singapore shopping paradise

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<pubDate>Thursday, 31 January 2008 04:16:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Short-changed when receiving change</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_9731_Short-changed-when-receiving-change.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 January 2008 11:35:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No more NS men falling flat on their feet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_9725_No-more-NS-men-falling-flat-on-their-feet.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 January 2008 12:58:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sir Edmund's mementos spark bidding fury on online sale</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_7290_Sir-Edmunds-mementos-spark-bidding-fury-on-online-sale.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Within hours of the announcement of Sir Edmund Hillary's death, online auctions for items connected to him attracted serious bidding.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 January 2008 04:34:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tenzing Norgay's grandson's tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_7263_Tenzing-Norgays-grandsons-tribute-to-Sir-Edmund-Hillary.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sir Edmund Hillary's demise is a great loss for the people around the world, says eldest grandson of Tenzing Norgay, who conquered Mt. Everest in 1953, along with Hillary.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 January 2008 03:06:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sir Edmund Hillary passes away at 88</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_7182_Sir-Edmund-Hillary-passes-away-at-88.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sir Edmund Hillary, who was catapulted into the history books when he became the first man to climb Everest, died on January 10 at the age of 88.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 January 2008 07:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Woman sends lifeguards on 'booby hunt'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_7043_Woman-sends-lifeguards-on-booby-hunt.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A woman sent the lifeguards at an Australian beach on a booby hunt, after she lost her silicon breast.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 January 2008 09:12:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Haneef lawyer tells Oz police to get its act together</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_6735_Haneef-lawyer-tells-Oz-police-to-get-its-act-together.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Peter Russo, the lawyer representing former terror suspect Dr. Mohamed Haneef has called on the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to "get their act together" so that his client can return to Australia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 January 2008 07:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Haneef confident of receiving compensation from Australian Government</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_6576_Haneef-confident-of-receiving-compensation-from-Australian-Government.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Indian-born terrorism suspect Mohamed Haneef  believes that the Australian Government headed by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd might compensate him to "build bridges" following his arrest ordeal last year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 January 2008 04:50:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Japanese whalers say Australia is a white supremacist nation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_6549_Japanese-whalers-say-Australia-is-a-white-supremacist-nation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Japanese pro-whaling video condemning Australia as a racist nation using images of the infamous Cronulla riots has been launched on YouTube.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 January 2008 03:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, "bugged" washing machines to help in surveillance of Australian citizens</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_6530_Now-bugged-washing-machines-to-help-in-surveillance-of-Australian-citizens.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Australian Law Reform Commission has said that washing machines could soon be fitted with radio frequency identification equipment, known as RFID, which is a surveillance device that can store information and transmit it to a data-processing system.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 January 2008 02:12:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shark attack 'like being hit by a car'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_6507_Shark-attack-like-being-hit-by-a-car.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ben Morcom, who was attacked by a two-metre long great white shark just north of Newcastle on 18 Dec07, found that being bitten was 'like being hit by a car'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 January 2008 12:56:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Masterly 154 by Tendulkar gives India 69-run lead in Sydney Test</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_6269_Masterly-154-by-Tendulkar-gives-India-69-run-lead-in-Sydney-Test.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sachin Tendulkar's unbeaten and masterly 154 today helped India take a marginal 69-run lead against Australia in the second Test at theSydney Cricket Ground (SCG).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 January 2008 02:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Haneef wants to return to Oz to attend judicial inquiry, work: Lawyer</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_6163_Haneef-wants-to-return-to-Oz-to-attend-judicial-inquiry-work-Lawyer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lawyer for Indian born doctor Mohamed Haneef has said that his client wants to return to Australia to attend a full judicial inquiry into his case.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 January 2008 09:28:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brits are the most fast-food obsessed people in the world</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_6055_Brits-are-the-most-fast-food-obsessed-people-in-the-world.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When it comes to fast food nobody likes it more than the Britons, for a new survey has revealed that they savoured 'the taste of fast food too much to give it up'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 January 2008 12:20:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Three Indian students killed in a house fire in Australia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_6053_Three-Indian-students-killed-in-a-house-fire-in-Australia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Three Indian students were killed when fire engulfed a house in Melbourne on Thursday morning.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 January 2008 12:16:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Jack', 'Olivia' top 2007's most popular names for Victorian babies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_5983_Jack-Olivia-top-2007s-most-popular-names-for-Victorian-babies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It looks like Australians have quite a fixation with the names 'James' and 'Olivia', for the titles have topped the popularity list for Victorian newborns in 2007, for the fourth year in a row.
Across Victoria, 613 baby boys were named Jack, followed by Thomas, William, Joshua, Lachlan, James, Ethan, Noah, Oliver and Benjamin, in popularity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 January 2008 05:36:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia's Opposition leader pitches for Uranium sale to India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_5744_Australias-Opposition-leader-pitches-for-Uranium-sale-to-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia's Opposition leader Brendan Nelson has once again asked the Kevin Rudd Government to give a green signal to the sale of Uranium to India.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 31 December 2007 04:42:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>40% of Oz youngsters take drugs before driving</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_5692_40-of-Oz-youngsters-take-drugs-before-driving.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An alarmingly high number of young motorists in New South Wales in Australia have admitted to taking drugs before getting behind the wheels, says a report.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 31 December 2007 01:44:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pole dancing tax leaves strippers livid!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_5684_Pole-dancing-tax-leaves-strippers-livid.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Customers at strip club in Texas will have to carry extra 5 dollars when they go to the place next time, for a new law intended to tax strip clubs has been introduced.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 31 December 2007 12:54:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz Foreign Minister tells Pakistani counterpart to hold polls quickly</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_5516_Oz-Foreign-Minister-tells-Pakistani-counterpart-to-hold-polls-quickly.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has urged Pakistan to hold elections as soon as possible and to restore democracy following Benazir Bhutto's assassination.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 29 December 2007 04:54:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia to double its submarine fleet to counter Indian and Chinese navies threats: ex-Defence Min</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_5468_Australia-to-double-its-submarine-fleet-to-counter-Indian-and-Chinese-navies-threats-ex-Defence-Min.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia may need to double the size of its submarine fleet to counter threats posed by rival submarine outfits in the region, particularly from countries like India and China, said the country's former defence minister Kim Beazley.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 29 December 2007 02:22:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Benazir's death may affect Oz Army's stay in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_5340_Benazirs-death-may-affect-Oz-Armys-stay-in-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The assassination of former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto might impact Australian military's involvement in Afghanistan, Federal Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 28 December 2007 10:12:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A $286,000 medical evacuation from Antarctica  to save a man with broken jaw!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_5309_A-$286000-medical-evacuation-from-Antarctica-to-save-a-man-with-broken-jaw.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 286,000-dollar emergency medical evacuation from Antarctica to Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island had to be carried out in order to save a man who suffered a broken jaw.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 December 2007 06:26:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz tsunami aid was spent on promoting Left politics on Asians</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_5231_Oz-tsunami-aid-was-spent-on-promoting-Left-politics-on-Asians.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A survey by The Australian on the contributions by non-government organisations to the Asian Tsunami relief effort has found that the donations were spent on politically correct projects promoting left-wing Western values over traditional Asian culture. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 December 2007 01:38:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit women's wish list for 2008 - a rich husband and a better body!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_5219_Brit-womens-wish-list-for-2008---a-rich-husband-and-a-better-body.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It seems that Brit women want their new year to be a stylish one, for a survey has revealed that their wish list for 2008 includes a rich husband and losing weight.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 December 2007 12:58:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parsis from India to attend World Zoroastrian Congress in Australia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_5190_Parsis-from-India-to-attend-World-Zoroastrian-Congress-in-Australia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Young Parsis from India, and Zoroastrians from Iran, England, Pakistan, Singapore, Dubai, Hong Kong, the United States, New Zealand and around Australia will attend a week-long World Zoroastrian Congress in Ballarat from tomorrow ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 December 2007 12:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Haneef was a victim of a desperate Howard Government, says lawyer</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_5158_Haneef-was-a-victim-of-a-desperate-Howard-Government-says-lawyer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Australian Muslim lawyer, who is also a lecturer in politics at Monash University, one of Australia's largest and most prestigious law schools, has suggested that Bangalore-based Dr. Mohammad Haneef was the victim of a desperate John Howard Government that dug itself into a hole and proceeded to deepen it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 26 December 2007 03:22:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia to build world's most lethal submarines</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_5081_Australia-to-build-worlds-most-lethal-submarines.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fearing that the naval power balance in the Indian Ocean Region will be altered, the Australian Defence Ministry has approved an ambitious 25-billion-dollar programme to develop world's most lethal conventional submarine fleet that will be capable of carrying long-range cruise missiles and futuristic midget-submarines.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 26 December 2007 10:30:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pole dancing ad tops 2007's most complained about ad list in Australia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_5007_Pole-dancing-ad-tops-2007s-most-complained-about-ad-list-in-Australia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A television advertisement featuring a scantily clad pole dancer trying her level best not to succumb to her fast food cravings has been named 2007's most complained about ad in Australia. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 25 December 2007 01:02:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the drunk Santas who created havoc in a cinema</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4925_Meet-the-drunk-Santas-who-created-havoc-in-a-cinema.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A mob of drunken Santas created chaos in a New Zealand cinema, pushing families out of the way, ripping down posters and shouting "ho, f*****g ho".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 December 2007 01:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Top historian labels Queen as an 'uneducated philistine'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4919_Top-historian-labels-Queen-as-an-uneducated-philistine.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The British monarch, Queen Elizabeth has been scornfully labelled as uneducated by one of Britain's most high-profile historians, David Starkey, who likens her to Nazi Joseph Goebbels.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 December 2007 01:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Beatles Rishikesh Ashram' may become a home for Delhi's street kids</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4878_Beatles-Rishikesh-Ashram-may-become-a-home-for-Delhis-street-kids.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The ashram in the foothills of the Himalayas, where the Beatles came to study and compose, is being proposed to be turned into a home and school for street kids.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 December 2007 11:12:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Haneef says he needs Oz reassurance about his and family's safety</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4849_Haneef-says-he-needs-Oz-reassurance-about-his-and-familys-safety.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangalore-based doctor and former terrorism suspect Mohamed Haneef says he needs a reassurance from Australian authorities that he and his family would be safe in Australia before he can consider returning to the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 December 2007 09:32:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Haneef's court battle victory is a win for due process in Australia, ays editorial</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4709_Haneefs-court-battle-victory-is-a-win-for-due-process-in-Australia-ays-editorial.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's government's decision to give Bangalore-based doctor Mohammad Haneef the option of rejoining the oncology department at Queensland's Gold Coast Hospital after a federal court here cleared him of terrorism charges, should be placed in perspective, says an editorial in The Australian.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 22 December 2007 04:56:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia set to impose Internet censorship to protect kids</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4699_Australia-set-to-impose-Internet-censorship-to-protect-kids.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will introduce new restrictions on online chatrooms, websites and mobile phone content within a month, in a bid to prevent kids from watching unsuitable material. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 22 December 2007 04:20:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Miss France asked to hand back crown over provocative snaps</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4678_Miss-France-asked-to-hand-back-crown-over-provocative-snaps.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The president of the Miss France beauty pageant has asked the winner of the 2008 competition to return her crown after a magazine published suggestive photographs of the 22-year old model.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 22 December 2007 02:32:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Haneef wins court battle to return and work in Australia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4591_Haneef-wins-court-battle-to-return-and-work-in-Australia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian born doctor Mohamed Haneef has won his latest court battle to return and work in Australia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 21 December 2007 02:32:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz Immigration Minister won't block Haneef's visa</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4534_Oz-Immigration-Minister-wont-block-Haneefs-visa.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia's Immigration Minister Chris Evans has said that he will take no action to cancel the work visa of Indian born doctor Mohamed Haneef after it was effectively reinstated by the full bench of the Federal Court today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 21 December 2007 11:18:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Haneef wants to return to Australia to finish his medical training</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4515_Haneef-wants-to-return-to-Australia-to-finish-his-medical-training.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian born doctor Mohamed Haneef wants to return to finish his medical training in Australia, but he is also concerned about his wife's wishes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 21 December 2007 10:24:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Haneef may seek compensation from Oz Govt: Lawyers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4511_Haneef-may-seek-compensation-from-Oz-Govt-Lawyers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lawyers for Indian born doctor Mohamed Haneef have said that he is likely to seek compensation from the Australian Government for falsely charging him under terror laws, after he won his latest court battle to return and work in Australia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 21 December 2007 10:12:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Andrews urges Oz Govt to appeal in High Court in Haneef's case</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4502_Andrews-urges-Oz-Govt-to-appeal-in-High-Court-in-Haneefs-case.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Australian Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews has urged the federal government to appeal against a court verdict favouring the return of Indian born doctor Mohamed Haneef.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 21 December 2007 09:48:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New South Wales MPs protest against Sydney Islamic school plan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4449_New-South-Wales-MPs-protest-against-Sydney-Islamic-school-plan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two New South Wales Members of Parliament have called for the scrapping of a 1,200-student Islamic school in Sydney's southwest.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 20 December 2007 04:30:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Allowing children to consume liquor encourages underage drinking</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4438_Allowing-children-to-consume-liquor-encourages-underage-drinking.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Australian research has revealed that parents who allow their children to consume liquor are actually encouraging underage drinking.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 20 December 2007 03:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ex-Guantanamo imate describes Osama bin Laden as a  'lovely brother'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4399_Ex-Guantanamo-imate-describes-Osama-bin-Laden-as-a-lovely-brother.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Guantanamo Bay inmate and supporter of terrorist activities, David Hicks, has described Osama bin Laden as "lovely", and acknowledged that he trained with al-Qaeda a month before the 9/11 attacks in the United States.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 20 December 2007 01:36:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Major damage reported after massive earthquake rocks New Zealand</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4353_Major-damage-reported-after-massive-earthquake-rocks-New-Zealand.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale rocked New ealand today. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 20 December 2007 11:48:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Zealand rocked by 6.8 magnitude quake that cut power and telephone lines</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4314_New-Zealand-rocked-by-68-magnitude-quake-that-cut-power-and-telephone-lines.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A major earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale was widely felt over much of New Zealand on Thursday evening and cut power and telephone lines in Gisborne, on the east coast of the North Island. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 20 December 2007 09:36:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>11-year-old Aussie girls 'selling themselves for a can or two of beer'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4157_11-year-old-Aussie-girls-selling-themselves-for-a-can-or-two-of-beer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Alcoholism is so much rampant in Aussie kids that girls as young as 11 get into prostitution just for a couple of cans of beer.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 19 December 2007 11:39:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aussie kids divide their time equally between gizmos and outdoor life</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_4013_Aussie-kids-divide-their-time-equally-between-gizmos-and-outdoor-life.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian kids spend the equal amount of time in the company of electronic devices as they do in outdoor, claims a research.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 11:46:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rauf's "escape" major blow to Pak's war on terror credibility</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_3920_Raufs-escape-major-blow-to-Paks-war-on-terror-credibility.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The escape of UK terror suspect Rashid Rauf is seen as a major blow to Pakistan's proclaimed effectiveness as an ally in the global war in terrorism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 01:20:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Steve Irwin's widow sued for $2.5 m over mystery transactions</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_3871_Steve-Irwins-widow-sued-for-$25-m-over-mystery-transactions.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Barely a year after wildlife warrior Steve Irwin died; his grieving widow Terri Irwin and Australia Zoo are being sued for 2.5 million dollars over two mysterious business transactions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 10:49:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Video games top Aussie kids' Christmas wish-list</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_3867_Video-games-top-Aussie-kids-Christmas-wish-list.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It doesn't matter if they're boys or girls, the thing that most Aussie kids are hankering for this Christmas is a video game.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 10:31:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>HINDRAF leader's detention violates Malaysian law, says lawyer</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_3688_HINDRAF-leaders-detention-violates-Malaysian-law-says-lawyer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A lawyer representing HINDRAF leader M. Manoharan has objected to the unconstitutional detention of his client under the country's Internal Security Act (ISA).  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 15 December 2007 11:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Murdoch is finally the owner of WSJ, and reassures Dow Jones employees</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_3667_Murdoch-is-finally-the-owner-of-WSJ-and-reassures-Dow-Jones-employees.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch has achieved his long-held ambition of owning The Wall Street Journal, one of the world's great newspapers, ending over 100 years of ownership by the Bancroft family.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 15 December 2007 10:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gillette's men's razor bags useless packaging award!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_3442_Gillettes-mens-razor-bags-useless-packaging-award.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The men's razor, which provides the 'clean' look, has been named as the worst offender for environmentally damaging packaging.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 13 December 2007 12:54:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Developed world must do more to cut greenhouse emissions</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_3181_Developed-world-must-do-more-to-cut-greenhouse-emissions.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Developed countries have been warned that they must do "significantly more" in cutting their greenhouse gas emissions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 12 December 2007 08:28:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Most Aussies want obese air travellers to pay for two seats</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_3123_Most-Aussies-want-obese-air-travellers-to-pay-for-two-seats.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A majority of Australians want that obese airline passengers should pay for two seats, according to a new survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 04:13:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The shark that jumped out of the sea to kill a kangaroo!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_3110_The-shark-that-jumped-out-of-the-sea-to-kill-a-kangaroo.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It looks like shark stories have taken a turn now, with a shark coming out of the sea and attacking a kangaroo in Australia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 11 December 2007 03:13:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aussie expert calls for tax on babies 'to save planet'!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_3032_Aussie-expert-calls-for-tax-on-babies-to-save-planet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If Aussie medical expert Professor Barry Walters gets his way, then couples in the country pay a tax for having more than two children - to compensate their extra offspring's carbon dioxide emissions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 10 December 2007 05:45:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Anti-smoking pill to contain suicidal warning</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2944_Anti-smoking-pill-to-contain-suicidal-warning.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A drug meant for ceasing cigarette cravings will carry warnings of links with suicidal thoughts when it is launched in Australia in January.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 10 December 2007 12:06:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz police, Tibetans scuffle outside Chinese embassy in Canberra</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2917_Oz-police-Tibetans-scuffle-outside-Chinese-embassy-in-Canberra.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tibetan protesters and Australian police clashed with each other outside the Embassy of China in Canberra today over a demand for protecting the human rights of the former in Tibet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 10 December 2007 10:49:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aussie expert calls for tax on babies 'to save planet'!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2906_Aussie-expert-calls-for-tax-on-babies-to-save-planet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If Aussie medical expert Professor Barry Walters gets his way, then couples in the country could be paying a tax for having more than two children - to compensate their extra offspring's carbon dioxide emissions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 10 December 2007 10:16:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia to keep spy planes in Iraq even after troop withdrawal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2784_Australia-to-keep-spy-planes-in-Iraq-even-after-troop-withdrawal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The role of Australian Defence Force (ADF) in Iraq will continue even after its withdrawal from there, which is on the cards. It is likely that the Aussie military will provide Iraqi administration and the US marines based there with surveillance and reconnaissance facilities.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 06:38:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Murdoch's younger son set to take over News Corp's Asia, Europe operations</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2762_Murdochs-younger-son-set-to-take-over-News-Corps-Asia-Europe-operations.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sources close to Rupert Murdoch have said that the media tycoon is all set to rope in his younger son James Murdoch to take over News Corporation's Asia and Europe operations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 7 December 2007 05:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Yummy mummy' pressure on the rise</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2624_Yummy-mummy-pressure-on-the-rise.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Women are increasingly becoming worried about the issues of shape and weight during pregnancy and post birth, partially due to the media's spotlight on celebrity yummy mummies, according to experts.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 07:32:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Haneef case mishandling inquiry very much on new Oz PM's agenda</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2554_Haneef-case-mishandling-inquiry-very-much-on-new-Oz-PMs-agenda.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said that his government is seeking advice on how to conduct an official investigation into the handling of Indian born doctor Mohamed Haneef's case.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 02:29:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz PM Rudd wants leadership role in bridging China-West climate gap</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2539_Oz-PM-Rudd-wants-leadership-role-in-bridging-China-West-climate-gap.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Prime Minister Kevin  Rudd has achieved a significant coup by saying that he is willing to act as an intermediary between China and the developed world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 6 December 2007 01:37:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Anti-whaling ship named after late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2451_Anti-whaling-ship-named-after-late-Crocodile-Hunter-Steve-Irwin.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An anti-whaling ship has been christened after late animal-conservationist Steve Irwin.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 08:19:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Telstra's website in a spot for selling porn clips to kids</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2369_Telstras-website-in-a-spot-for-selling-porn-clips-to-kids.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Telstra's website WotNext.com.au has been caught selling porn clips to kids.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 01:18:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cate Blanchett 'greenovates' her new mansion</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2336_Cate-Blanchett-greenovates-her-new-mansion.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Aussie star Cate Blanchett and her playwright husband Andrew Upton are reportedly spending more than 1.5 million dollars turning their home eco-friendly.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 11:45:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The weirdest ways of loosing mobile phones revealed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2334_The-weirdest-ways-of-loosing-mobile-phones-revealed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It seems like Australians are quite clumsy when it comes to looking after their mobile phones, for a new survey has found that dropping their mobile in the toilet is one of the most common ways with which they destroy them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 11:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World's oldest Rolls Royce fetches œ3.5m at auction</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2212_Worlds-oldest-Rolls-Royce-fetches-œ35m-at-auction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The world's oldest Rolls Royce fetched a record breaking 3.5 million pounds at an auction in London.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 12:39:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Youngsters' biggest worry is their body image</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2177_Youngsters-biggest-worry-is-their-body-image.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ According to a recent survey, perfect looks have become the biggest worry among Oz youngsters today. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 10:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Imran says Musharraf is conman, coward and chameleon</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2170_Imran-says-Musharraf-is-conman-coward-and-chameleon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chief and former cricketer Imran Khan has said that President Pervez Musharraf is a total conman and coward, adding that he never takes a stand on anything. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 4 December 2007 01:46:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rudd sworn in as Australia's 26th prime minister</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2113_Rudd-sworn-in-as-Australias-26th-prime-minister.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Labour party leader Kevin Ruddwas today officiallysworn in as Australia's 26th Prime Minister, nine days after defeating the John Howard-led coalition in polls.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 07:18:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India's role in Australia's foreign policy initiatives important, says its new FM</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2111_Indias-role-in-Australias-foreign-policy-initiatives-important-says-its-new-FM.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith today said that he saw India playing an increasingly important role in international relations related to his country, while outlining the foreign policy agenda.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 07:13:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aussies love being in love</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2110_Aussies-love-being-in-love.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australians love being in love, says a new survey of engaged couples.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 07:03:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pilots' 'strange illusions' linked to fatal crashes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2079_Pilots-strange-illusions-linked-to-fatal-crashes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ There is a definite possibility that every pilot will lose all sense of direction, height and speed while flying at some point, says a report.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 01:39:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Single Melbourne mum claims to be Warnie's secret lover</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2065_Single-Melbourne-mum-claims-to-be-Warnies-secret-lover.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A single Melbourne mum has claimed that she has been former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne's secret lover for two years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 12:39:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz PM-designate Rudd ratifies Kyoto Protocol</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_2063_Oz-PM-designate-Rudd-ratifies-Kyoto-Protocol.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia's Prime MInister designate, Kevin Rudd, has ratified the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, following a meeting of the executive council that was presided over by the country's Governor-General, Michael Jeffery.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 3 December 2007 12:36:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Oz Government favours broader probe of Haneef case</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1976_New-Oz-Government-favours-broader-probe-of-Haneef-case.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Incoming Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland has signalled a broader investigation of the Haneef affair.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 1 December 2007 03:02:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One in three Oz men don't wash their hands in public loos!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1939_One-in-three-Oz-men-dont-wash-their-hands-in-public-loos.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian men are not that appealing when it comes to their personal hygiene, for a new survey has found that nearly a third of them do not wash their hands after using public toilets.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 05:16:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz Muslim may demand compensation for lost restaurant business</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1928_Oz-Muslim-may-demand-compensation-for-lost-restaurant-business.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nasiruddin watched his Indian restaurant business being bulldozed two days ago, and when the uninsured restaurateur asked the City of Sydney what he should do, he says he was told: "Go and get a job."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 04:17:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>90% Aussie teachers bullied by colleagues</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1901_90-Aussie-teachers-bullied-by-colleagues.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A recent survey in Australia unveiled that more than 90 per cent of teachers are bullied by their colleagues at the work place. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 02:38:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Twiggy's fashion book for woman over 45</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1804_Twiggys-fashion-book-for-woman-over-45.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British supermodel Twiggy has written a book offering fashion advice to women over 45.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 November 2007 10:33:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz woman charges husband with dowry harassment</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1783_Oz-woman-charges-husband-with-dowry-harassment.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Australian woman has become the first foreigner in India to report her husband to the police for harassing her for more dowry.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 November 2007 05:16:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz flag-draped pigs' head found at controversial Islamic school site</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1617_Oz-flag-draped-pigs-head-found-at-controversial-Islamic-school-site.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The heads of two pigs were found on stakes draped with an Australian flag at the site of a proposed Islamic school in Sydney early this morning.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 November 2007 03:55:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How to save yourself from sly cabbies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1590_How-to-save-yourself-from-sly-cabbies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ All of us have been at the receiving end when it comes to dealing with cabbies, for their only mission in life seems to take the customers for a ride with their over-smart and cunning attitude.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 November 2007 02:08:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mendes smoulders in Campari's 2008 calendar</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1456_Mendes-smoulders-in-Camparis-2008-calendar.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ American actress Eva Mendes has steamed up next year's Campari calendar with her sensuous charm.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 November 2007 11:14:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz companies' new productivity mantra is laughter classes!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1435_Oz-companies-new-productivity-mantra-is-laughter-classes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Offices across Australia have found a new way to make their workplaces more productive - laughter classes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 November 2007 09:38:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia to hold referendum on bidding farewell to Queen</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1390_Australia-to-hold-referendum-on-bidding-farewell-to-Queen.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kevin Rudd's taking over as the new Australian Prime Minister after Saturday's general election victory has come with some surprises.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 November 2007 04:03:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rudd to formally apologise to indigenous Australians soon</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1382_Rudd-to-formally-apologise-to-indigenous-Australians-soon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd says his government will make a formal apology to indigenous Australians early in its first term.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 November 2007 03:29:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz man wins World Santa competition in Sweden</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1374_Oz-man-wins-World-Santa-competition-in-Sweden.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Australian man's chimney climbing skills and gentle nature with children have won him the World Santa Claus championship, held in Sweden recently. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 November 2007 02:55:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A woman to run Australia for the first time next week</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1344_A-woman-to-run-Australia-for-the-first-time-next-week.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A woman will run Australia for the first time in history next week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 November 2007 01:37:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia's new PM-elect outlines his agenda for next 100 days</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1251_Australias-new-PM-elect-outlines-his-agenda-for-next-100-days.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia's new Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd who led his Labor party to a convincing victory has outlined his soon-to-be-sworn-in-government's agenda for the next 100 days that will focus mainly on necessary administrative arrangements and on the issue of Climate Change.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 November 2007 03:36:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Howard phones Rudd, concedes defeat</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1120_Howard-phones-Rudd-concedes-defeat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister John Howard phoned Leader of Opposition and leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), Keven Rudd, a short while ago and conceded defeat in the country's general elections.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 November 2007 12:20:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lingerie firms' female staff turn up in undies for Camisole day</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1105_Lingerie-firms-female-staff-turn-up-in-undies-for-Camisole-day.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Female staff members of a sassy lingerie company actually turned up in their essentials to celebrate Camisole day. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 November 2007 11:39:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Six in ten Australians predict win for Labor Party</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_1089_Six-in-ten-Australians-predict-win-for-Labor-Party.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Kevin Rudd-led Australian Labor Party (ALP) will clinch a comfortable victory in today's federal election, according to the latest opinion poll.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 November 2007 10:35:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Death Row Bali bomber says Australia is the next target</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_999_Death-Row-Bali-bomber-says-Australia-is-the-next-target.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A key accused in the 2002 bombings in Bali, Indonesia, has chillingly warned from his death row prison cell, that Australia is the next target of terrorists.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 November 2007 03:44:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Low-paid workers don't trust their bosses</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_828_Low-paid-workers-dont-trust-their-bosses.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A survey has found that one in three low-income workers on Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) don't trust their employers and are unhappy with the working conditions available to them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 November 2007 12:49:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>When 3,500 priests performed "Bhoomi Poojan" for world record in Jaipur</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_634_When-3500-priests-performed-Bhoomi-Poojan-for-world-record-in-Jaipur.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jaipur, the city known world over for its traditional lifestyle, has entered the Guinness Book of World Records for recording 3,500 priests participating in a religious ceremony. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 November 2007 04:40:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Six strip outside Western Australian Parliament</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_614_Six-strip-outside-Western-Australian-Parliament.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Six people stripped to their underwear outside the Western Australia Parliament House today to draw attention to a party which admits it has no policies.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 November 2007 02:35:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two NRI chefs on trial for rape of 17-year-old school girl in Christchurch</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_558_Two-NRI-chefs-on-trial-for-rape-of-17-year-old-school-girl-in-Christchurch.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two Non-Resident Indian chefs are on trial in Christchurch, New Zealand, for the rape of a 17-year-old schoolgirl who had run away from home.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 November 2007 10:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kerala's dying art form "Chavittunatakam" seeks patronage</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_516_Keralas-dying-art-form-Chavittunatakam-seeks-patronage.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Stories from the biblical era performed by the stamping of boots on a wooden stage, the lively body movements, songs in a mix of colloquial languages, attractive costumes and headgears of  'Chavittunatakam' made the dance form a big charm. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 November 2007 06:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World Bank: Air pollution costs 3.8 percent of China's GDP</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_508_World-Bank-Air-pollution-costs-38-percent-of-Chinas-GDP.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  Air pollution is costing China 3.8 percent of its gross domestic product, causing more diseases and claiming more lives, the World Bank has warned.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 November 2007 06:04:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Leona Lewis outsells Spice Girls four to one on day one</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_477_Leona-Lewis-outsells-Spice-Girls-four-to-one-on-day-one.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Leona Lewis has ousted the Spice Girls by outselling them four to one on the first day of their album’s chart battle.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 November 2007 12:46:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report from Estonia: Riot over removal of Soviet War memorial in Tallinn</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_469_Report-from-Estonia-Riot-over-removal-of-Soviet-War-memorial-in-Tallinn.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tallinn, Estonia, 17th April 2007. A plan to remove the Red Army memorial from its current location in Tonismagi caused riots in the Estonian capital Tallinn. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 April 2007 11:47:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Writer sues 'Lost' producers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_435_Writer-sues-Lost-producers.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 24 August 2005 02:54:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brad ' Jen "hire private divorce judge"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_426_Brad-Jen-hire-private-divorce-judge.html</link>
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<pubDate>Friday, 19 August 2005 02:52:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Press Release:  Major International Forbidden Knowledge Conference Announced</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_409_Press-Release--Major-International-Forbidden-Knowledge-Conference-Announced.html</link>
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<pubDate>Monday, 25 July 2005 09:14:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New 'Harry Potter' released</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_403_New-Harry-Potter-released.html</link>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 16 July 2005 02:35:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iranian vote ends</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_349_Iranian-vote-ends.html</link>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 18 June 2005 04:17:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chilean soldiers rescued in Andes, but many still missing</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_301_Chilean-soldiers-rescued-in-Andes-but-many-still-missing.html</link>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 22 May 2005 06:26:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Locals in Luanda attack WHO workers in Angola</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_134_Locals-in-Luanda-attack-WHO-workers-in-Angola.html</link>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 9 April 2005 10:16:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Wiggles at top of Australia's rich list</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_125_The-Wiggles-at-top-of-Australias-rich-list.html</link>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 7 April 2005 09:12:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Truck driver faces life sentence for causing the death of 19 illegal immigrants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_72_Truck-driver-faces-life-sentence-for-causing-the-death-of-19-illegal-immigrants.html</link>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 March 2005 10:33:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Belasco Theatre: Denzel Washington stars in Julius Caesar</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_46_Belasco-Theatre-Denzel-Washington-stars-in-Julius-Caesar.html</link>
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<pubDate>Monday, 4 April 2005 06:04:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Donald Trump wants Michael Jackson to perform in Las Vegas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Asia-Pacific/news_19_Donald-Trump-wants-Michael-Jackson-to-perform-in-Las-Vegas.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 March 2005 09:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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