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<title> British troops partake in western Basra search raids – spokesman</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Basra, Apr 19, (VOI) – The British forces revealed on Saturday that their artillery, warplanes and ground troops were taking part in the "3rd stage" of Operation Saulat al-Forsan (Knights' Assault) in western Basra areas, particularly al-Hussein neighborhood, the stronghold of the Sadrists, or Iraqis loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 10:02:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Government spokesman denies direct contacts with Sadr</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Baghdad, Apr 20, (VOI)- The spokesman for the Iraqi government, Sunday, denied any direct contacts with the Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr who threatened to launch an “overall war” if the government did not stop campaigns against his followers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 10:01:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Jordan entry visas for Iraqis mid-April</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Baghdad, Apr 14, (VOI) – The Iraqi foreign ministry received a notice from the Jordanian government on Sunday that it will start granting Iraqis willing to enter Jordan entry visas as of mid-April, a ministry official said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 10:24:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NGOs official assassinated in Diala</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Diala, Apr 14, (VOI) – An armed group assassinated an official NGOs official near the district of al-Wajihiya, 20 km east of Baaquba city, on Monday, a security source in Diala said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 10:23:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mass grave found in Muqdadiya</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Diala, Apr 14, (VOI) – U.S. forces found 30 bodies buried inside a mass grave in southern al-Muqdadiya city, 45 km southeast of Baaquba, the U.S. army said in a statement on Monday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 10:23:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> 20 killed, 53 wounded in Sadr City clashes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Baghdad, Apr 6, (VOI) – Twenty people were killed and 53 others wounded in the clashes that erupted in Sadr City, eastern Baghdad, between U.S. forces and armed groups since Saturday, an Iraqi medic said on Sunday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 09:10:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iyad Allawi: Matters getting out of authority's hands 5 years after change</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Arbil, Apr 6, (VOI) – Former Iraqi Premier Iyad Allawi said matters in Iraq "are getting out of the authority's hands five years after changing the former regime," warning that "the political quota system and militia policies would double the bloodshed in the country."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 09:10:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Senior police officer killed in Mosul clashes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mosul, Mar 30, (VOI)- A senior police officer along with an escort were killed on Sunday as police forces clashed with Qaeda-linked armed group in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a police source said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 30 March 2008 12:15:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Bomb blast wounds three civilians in Kirkuk</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Kirkuk, Mar 30, (VOI)- At least three civilians, including a woman, were wounded on Sunday as a roadside bomb targetig a police senior officer exploded in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, a security source said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 30 March 2008 12:14:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Four Shiite militiamen killed, 30 arrested in Babel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Babel, Mar 30, (VOI)- Iraqi security forces killed four gunmen and arrested 30 others from the Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi army in Babel province, 100 km south of Baghdad, a police source said on Sunday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 30 March 2008 12:14:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Casualties from Wassit armed clashes up to 115</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Kut, Mar 27, (VOI) - The death toll from the armed clashes that flared up last Monday between security forces and gunmen in Wassit rose to 40 dead and 75 wounded, the chief of local police said on Thursday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 March 2008 02:30:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> 3 civilians wounded in clashes in Baghdad</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Baghdad, Mar 27, (VOI) - Three civilians were wounded on Thursday in clashes that flared up between gunmen and Iraqi security forces in southwestern Baghdad, a medical source said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 March 2008 02:29:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Thousands of Sadr City residents stage demonstration</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Baghdad, Mar 27, (VOI) - Thousands of Sadr City residents staged a massive demonstration on Thursday near al-Sadr office, calling to sack Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki after the military operation waged in Basra.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 March 2008 02:28:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> U.S. base in Baghdad mortared</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Baghdad, Mar 27, (VOI) - Several mortar shells were fired on Thursday morning at a U.S. base in southeastern Baghdad, while sirens continued to wail inside the base, said a police source.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 March 2008 12:10:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Fortified Green Zone mortared</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Baghdad, Mar 27, (VOI) - Several mortars fell onto the fortified Green Zone, central Baghdad, on Thursday, a number of workers in the Green Zone said, while the U.S. forces confirmed the attack.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 March 2008 12:09:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Fighting Shiite militias threatens civil war in Iraq</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Basra, Mar 27, (VOI) - A new civil war is threatening to explode in Iraq as the American-backed Iraqi government coerces fighting Shiite militiamen to gain control of Basra and parts of Baghdad, The Independent newspaper said on Thursday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 March 2008 12:07:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Bomb defused in Falluja</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Falluja, Mar 27, (VOI) - Police forces on Thursday managed to defuse a bomb, planted on a road in central Falluja, a police source said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 March 2008 12:07:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Gunmen kill two, wound 8 cops in Karbala</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Karbala, Mar 27, (VOI)- Two policemen, including an officer, were killed and eight others were injured in clashes between security forces and gunmen that lasted until late Wednesday in central Karbala, a police source said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 March 2008 12:07:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghan Forces to Assume ‘Leading Role’ Against Enemy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_17697_Afghan-Forces-to-Assume-Leading-Role-Against-Enemy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, March 26, 2008 – The Afghan National Army will assume a leading role in the fight against enemy forces this spring, a military official said in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 March 2008 10:47:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Air Strike Targets Al Qaeda in Iraq Member in Tikrit</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_17694_Air-Strike-Targets-Al-Qaeda-in-Iraq-Member-in-Tikrit.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON, March 26, 2008 – A coalition air strike today targeted an al Qaeda in Iraq operative linked to local car bombings, U.S. military officials said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 March 2008 10:44:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Armed attacks damage powers stations in Iraq</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Baghdad, Mar 27, (VOI) - An official source in the Electricity Ministry said that most power stations stopped functioning because of direct armed attacks in central and southern Iraq in the last two days.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 March 2008 10:34:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Armed clashes in Sadr City</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Baghdad, Mar 27, (VOI) - Armed clashes broke out on Thursday morning in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad between gunmen and U.S. forces after the latter closed the city’s inlets and outlets, a leading Sadrist official said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 March 2008 10:33:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Baghdad receives 20 wounded from Basra</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Baghdad, Mar 27, (VOI) - Yarmouk hospital in Baghdad on Thursday received 20 soldiers wounded in the clashes that flared up between al-Mahdi army fighters and security forces in the southern Iraqi province of Basra, a medical source said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 March 2008 10:32:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Gunmen blow up oil pipeline in western Basra</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_17684_-Gunmen-blow-up-oil-pipeline-in-western-Basra.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Basra, Mar 27, (VOI) - Unidentified gunmen blew up an oil pipeline in al-Zubeir region in western Baghdad on Thursday morning, eyewitnesses said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 March 2008 10:31:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Car bomb kills one, injures 7 Kurdish soldiers in Kirkuk</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_17683_-Car-bomb-kills-one-injures-7-Kurdish-soldiers-in-Kirkuk.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Kirkuk, Mar 27, (VOI)- A Kurdish captain was killed and six Kurdish security soldiers were injured on Thursday when a booby-trapped car went off near their vehicle patrol in southern Kirkuk, a police source said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 March 2008 10:30:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Armed group frees 4 kidnapped Syrian truckers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_17365_Armed-group-frees-4-kidnapped-Syrian-truckers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Kirkuk, Mar 25, (VOI) – An armed group released on Tuesday four Syrian truck drivers who were kidnapped weeks ago on a highway linking Kirkuk to Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 25 March 2008 01:31:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> 12 suspects arrested in raid near Kirkuk</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_17364_-12-suspects-arrested-in-raid-near-Kirkuk.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Kirkuk, Mar 25, (VOI) – An Iraqi force arrested 12 suspects, including one woman, in a security raid southwest of Kirkuk on Tuesday, the city's districts police chief said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 25 March 2008 01:29:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> U.S. army says kill 5 gunmen in Basra</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_17363_-US-army-says-kill-5-gunmen-in-Basra.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Basra, Mar 25, (VOI) – Five gunmen were killed and a number of others wounded while planting explosive devices in Basra on Tuesday, the U.S. army said in a statement.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 25 March 2008 01:28:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Unknown body found in Mosul</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_17301_-Unknown-body-found-in-Mosul.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mosul, Mar 24, (VOI) - Police patrols found an unidentified body, while an explosive charge went off targeting a military ambulance in two separate incidents in Mosul, the official spokesman for the Ninewa operations command said on Monday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 25 March 2008 10:27:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Fierce battles between security forces, gunmen in Basra</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_17300_-Fierce-battles-between-security-forces-gunmen-in-Basra.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Basra, Mar 25, (VOI) – A few hours after launching a security plan, the city of Basra witnessed since the midnight of Monday fierce battles between security forces and gunmen in most areas and suburbs of the province, brining life to a standstill and forcing residents to stay indoors.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 25 March 2008 10:26:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dick says Hamas is hurting the Middle East peace</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_17198_Dick-says-Hamas-is-hurting-the-Middle-East-peace.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dick Cheney, U.S. Vice-President said that Hamas is trying to torpedo the peace process by doing anything they can. The statement was made as he was ending his Middle-East tour. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 March 2008 01:39:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Female suicide bombers in Iraq - a new strategy?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_17193_Female-suicide-bombers-in-Iraq---a-new-strategy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Baghdad, Mar 18, (VOI) – On Monday, March 17, 2008, a female suicide bomber blew herself up among a group of civilians in Al-Mokhayem neighborhood, 300 meters from the Shrine of Imam Al-Hussein, in the Shiite holy city of Karbalaa.
47 civilians were killed in the incident, while 75 others were wounded.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 March 2008 01:18:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Four arrested with arms in their possession in Karbala</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_17192_Four-arrested-with-arms-in-their-possession-in-Karbala.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Karbala, Mar 24, (VOI) – Security forces arrested four wanted persons with arms and ammunition in their possession in two different places in the holy Shiite city of Karbala, a senior security official said on Monday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 March 2008 01:16:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Sex, Religion, Politics- a prohibited Trinity for Iraqi writers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_17191_-Sex-Religion-Politics--a-prohibited-Trinity-for-Iraqi-writers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Baghdad, Mar 24, (VOI)- Despite the absence of official censorship in Iraq over the last five years, "new censors appeared from within," as writers say.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 March 2008 01:14:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iraqi Prime Minister to check security conditions in Basra today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_17190_Iraqi-Prime-Minister-to-check-security-conditions-in-Basra-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Basra, Mar 24, (VOI) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived on Monday in the city of Basra to check security conditions there, a source from the Basra governor's office said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 March 2008 01:11:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Insurgent Attacks in Baghdad kill at least 58 People on Sunday</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_17184_Insurgent-Attacks-in-Baghdad-kill-at-least-58-People-on-Sunday.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[According to US and Iraq officials, insurgent attacks in Baghdad have cost the life of at least 58 people on Sunday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 March 2008 12:58:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>151,000 Iraqis have died between 2003 and 2006</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_6926_151000-Iraqis-have-died-between-2003-and-2006.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Geneva/Baghdad - A large national household survey conducted by the Iraqi government and the World Health Organization estimates that 151,000 Iraqis died from violence between March 2003 and June 2006.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 January 2008 11:56:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush, Olmert discuss Mid-East peace process, Iran</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_6924_Bush-Olmert-discuss-Mid-East-peace-process-Iran.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Visiting U.S.President George Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert have told reporters here that they discussed progress of the Middle East peace process and the situation prevailing in Iran during their more than two-hour-long discussions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 January 2008 11:46:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taleban leader says he paid 15,000 dollars for his freedom</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_6834_Taleban-leader-says-he-paid-15000-dollars-for-his-freedom.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Taleban commander in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province has claimed that he paid 15,000 dollars to his captors to secure his freedom.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 January 2008 04:28:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghanistan's Bagram military prison has nearly double the inmates of Guantanamo Bay</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_6734_Afghanistans-Bagram-military-prison-has-nearly-double-the-inmates-of-Guantanamo-Bay.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Bagram military prison in Afghanistan reportedly houses twice the number of inmates of the controversial Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 January 2008 07:06:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghanistan requests for extra food supplies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_6365_Afghanistan-requests-for-extra-food-supplies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Concerned that the problem of wheat shortage might aggravate during the winter, Afghanistan has appealed to the international community for extra supplies of wheat.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 January 2008 04:28:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Israeli troops kill six militants in Gaza Strip clash</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5967_Israeli-troops-kill-six-militants-in-Gaza-Strip-clash.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Israeli soldiers killed six Palestinian militants and wounded eleven other people in a lengthy pre-dawn clash in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday morning, the Israeli military and hospital officials said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 January 2008 04:55:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Coalition soldier among 25 killed in Afghan violence</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5966_Coalition-soldier-among-25-killed-in-Afghan-violence.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A coalition soldier and his Afghan interpreter were killed in a roadside attack, while 18 militants and five security forces were killed and 30 other rebels were detained in clashes and other incidents in various parts of the country, officials said on Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 January 2008 04:55:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Twelve killed in fresh Iraqi violence</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5710_Twelve-killed-in-fresh-Iraqi-violence.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fresh violence ripped through Iraq on Monday with at least 12 Iraqis killed and several wounded. Raids and arrests were also reported. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 31 December 2007 02:09:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghan violence leaves 24 including Canadian soldier dead</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5706_Afghan-violence-leaves-24-including-Canadian-soldier-dead.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A combination of 22 policemen and soldiers including one from Canada were killed in various attacks in Afghanistan while two Afghan soldiers died in a road accident, officials said Monday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 31 December 2007 02:05:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US forces capture key al-Qaeda member in northern Iraq (roundup)</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5646_US-forces-capture-key-al-Qaeda-member-in-northern-Iraq-roundup.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[US forces have captured a wanted leader of the al- Qaeda terrorist network in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, the city's operations command said on Sunday. As meanwhile, violence and raids were reported elsewhere in Iraq. 
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<pubDate>Sunday, 30 December 2007 04:51:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Eight killed in Taliban attack on convoy in southern Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5567_Eight-killed-in-Taliban-attack-on-convoy-in-southern-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Six security guards and two policemen were killed when Taliban attacked a convoy, hauling supplies to foreign forces in southern Afghanistan, police said on Sunday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 30 December 2007 12:54:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iraqi tribe calls on bin Laden to end attacks on civilians</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5566_Iraqi-tribe-calls-on-bin-Laden-to-end-attacks-on-civilians.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An Iraqi US-backed tribal council on Sunday called on the leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network Osama bin Laden to order a halt to attacks on Iraqi civilians, according to media reports. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 30 December 2007 12:53:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US forces capture key al-Qaeda member in northern Iraq</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5564_US-forces-capture-key-al-Qaeda-member-in-northern-Iraq.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[US forces have captured a wanted leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, the city's operations command said on Sunday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 30 December 2007 12:52:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iraqi premier in good health, says MP</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5561_Iraqi-premier-in-good-health-says-MP.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was in good health but went for medical check-ups in Britain, an Iraqi lawmaker said Sunday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 30 December 2007 12:50:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN calls for release of worker jailed in Afghan diplomatic row</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5559_UN-calls-for-release-of-worker-jailed-in-Afghan-diplomatic-row.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The UN's top envoy in Afghanistan on Sunday called on the Kabul government to release a local employee jailed for talking with Taliban representatives in a diplomatic row that caused the expulsion of two European diplomats. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 30 December 2007 12:49:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Excavations suggest first mosque in Iran's Siraf city built in 9th century AD</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5512_Excavations-suggest-first-mosque-in-Irans-Siraf-city-built-in-9th-century-AD.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Excavations at the ruins of the Siraf city in Iran indicate that the first mosque in the region was built in the 9th century AD.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 29 December 2007 04:40:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Osama bin Laden to issue message on Iraq</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5334_Osama-bin-Laden-to-issue-message-on-Iraq.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Al-Qaeda terrorist network leader Osama bin Laden has recorded a new message on the conflict in Iraq that will be released soon, a US-based terrorism monitoring group said Friday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 28 December 2007 09:54:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Expelled officials of EU and UN leave Afghanistan for talking to the Taliban</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5227_Expelled-officials-of-EU-and-UN-leave-Afghanistan-for-talking-to-the-Taliban.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two expelled senior political officers, one working for the European Union and the other for the United Nations assistance mission in Afghanistan, left Afghan capital Kabul today, a day after the Hamid Karzai Government failed to resolve a dispute with both international organisations over whether the two had held talks with the Taliban.
It was the first time that the Karzai-led Government had expelled senior Western officials.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 December 2007 01:30:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Expelled European diplomats leave Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5225_Expelled-European-diplomats-leave-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two expelled diplomats working with the United Nations and the European Union Mission in Afghanistan left the country on Thursday morning after the Afghan government accused them of having held a meeting with the Taliban, officials said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 December 2007 01:23:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Safer Baghdad hosts film festival</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5200_Safer-Baghdad-hosts-film-festival.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Baghdad is hosting its first international film festival in two years in a sign that its shattered cultural life is slowly reviving with improving security and a relative ebb in violence. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 27 December 2007 12:16:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Turkey launches more strikes on northern Iraq</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5087_Turkey-launches-more-strikes-on-northern-Iraq.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Turkish fighter jets launched more strikes Wednesday on areas in northern Iraq, according to local border guards. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 26 December 2007 10:43:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report: British hold secret talks with Taliban</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5073_Report-British-hold-secret-talks-with-Taliban.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[British secret services held talks with members of the Islamist extremist Taliban in Afghanistan, the British daily Telegraph reported Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 26 December 2007 10:11:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN: Envoys' expulsion from Afghanistan a "misunderstanding"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_5067_UN-Envoys-expulsion-from-Afghanistan-a-misunderstanding.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations said Wednesday that it is seeking to clear up the expulsion of two high-ranking diplomats from Afghanistan, blaming the incident on a "misunderstanding." ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 26 December 2007 10:06:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>At least 20 killed in suicide attack in northern Iraq</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4970_At-least-20-killed-in-suicide-attack-in-northern-Iraq.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[At least 20 people were killed on Tuesday when a suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle near a stall selling gas cylinders in the northern Iraqi town of Bayji, police said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 25 December 2007 10:33:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report: US ignored warnings over private security firms in Iraq</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4960_Report-US-ignored-warnings-over-private-security-firms-in-Iraq.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The government of the United States ignored a number of warnings against using private security firms in Iraq long before the scandal surrounding alleged misdeeds by the firm Blackwater, the Washington Post reported on Monday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 December 2007 10:30:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mottaki: Iran ready for talks with US but expects more respect</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4959_Mottaki-Iran-ready-for-talks-with-US-but-expects-more-respect.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Monday that Iran would be ready to resume talks with the United States but first expected more respect from Washington towards the Islamic Republic. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 December 2007 10:29:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Latin Patriarch begins Christmas procession to Bethlehem</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4867_Latin-Patriarch-begins-Christmas-procession-to-Bethlehem.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michael Sabah left the Patriachate in Jerusalem's Old City Monday at the start of the traditional procession to Bethlehem, ushering in the Holy Land's Christmas celebrations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 December 2007 10:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Israeli, Palestinian talks to resume amid settlement row</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4865_Israeli-Palestinian-talks-to-resume-amid-settlement-row.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Israeli and Palestinian negotiators were set Monday to hold their second meeting in Jerusalem since Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Mahmoud Abbas announced a revival of peace talks at Annapolis, Maryland, last month. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 December 2007 10:48:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Seven killed, eight children wounded in Afghan fighting and blasts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4863_Seven-killed-eight-children-wounded-in-Afghan-fighting-and-blasts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two police, two Taliban fighters and three civilians were killed in clashes and explosions in Afghanistan while eight children were wounded when a rocket shell they were playing with exploded in Kabul, officials said Monday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 24 December 2007 10:47:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rice: Iraq making progress but still fragile</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4625_Rice-Iraq-making-progress-but-still-fragile.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Iraq remains "fragile," even after a boost in US troop strength slowed attacks and killings in 2007, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 21 December 2007 04:41:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Israel to US: No new neighbourhood in northern Jerusalem</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4501_Israel-to-US-No-new-neighbourhood-in-northern-Jerusalem.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Israel said Friday that it had sent a message to US Ambassador Richard Jones in Tel Aviv, reassuring him that it will not build a new Jewish neighbourhood in a northern area of occupied East Jerusalem. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 21 December 2007 09:46:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iran's reformists hope to break Ahmadinejad's dominance</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4492_Irans-reformists-hope-to-break-Ahmadinejads-dominance.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Iranian reformists are quite aware of the fact that pushing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad out of power would not be an easy task as the president is not only backed by several highly influential ultraconservative clergy bodies but also by the powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guards. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 20 December 2007 08:39:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush expresses concern about allies leaving Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4463_Bush-expresses-concern-about-allies-leaving-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[President George W Bush on Thursday said he was concerned NATO allies will grow weary of the conflict in Afghanistan and withdraw their troops. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 20 December 2007 05:10:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ROUNDUP: At least 15 killed, 16 wounded in Iraqi attacks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4409_ROUNDUP-At-least-15-killed-16-wounded-in-Iraqi-attacks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[At least 15 Iraqis were killed and 16 others wounded in two separate suicide attacks in Baquba city and the Iraqi capital Baghdad Thursday, sources said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 20 December 2007 02:16:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2ND LEAD: Suicide attacker kills 13 volunteer fighters in Baquba</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4398_2ND-LEAD-Suicide-attacker-kills-13-volunteer-fighters-in-Baquba.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[At least 13 Iraqi volunteer fighters, including a leader, were killed and eight others wounded in a suicide attack in Baquba city Thursday, an Iraqi medical source said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 20 December 2007 01:34:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Suicide attacker kills 10 volunteer fighters in Baquba</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4373_Suicide-attacker-kills-10-volunteer-fighters-in-Baquba.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[At least 10 Iraqi volunteer fighters, including a leader, were killed and eight others wounded in a suicide attack in Baquba city Thursday, independent Voices of Iraq news agency reported citing a local official. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 20 December 2007 01:03:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Israeli troops kill four Palestinian militants in Gaza Strip</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4313_Israeli-troops-kill-four-Palestinian-militants-in-Gaza-Strip.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Israeli soldiers killed four Palestinian militants during clashes Thursday in the central Gaza Strip's al-Maghazi refugee camp, medics at al-Aqsa hospital in the salient said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 20 December 2007 09:34:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>German abducted: four Afghanistan arrests</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4260_German-abducted-four-Afghanistan-arrests.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Four men have been arrested in Afghanistan on suspicion of involvement in the kidnap of a German convert to Islam, a German newspaper was set to report Thursday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 19 December 2007 07:54:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Danish forces likely to face more attacks in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4257_Danish-forces-likely-to-face-more-attacks-in-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Danish forces serving in Afghanistan are likely to continue to be targeted by roadside bombs and other attacks, a government report said Wednesday. 
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 19 December 2007 07:25:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wife of missing former FBI agent arrives in Iran</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4252_Wife-of-missing-former-FBI-agent-arrives-in-Iran.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The wife of a former FBI agent whom the United States says disappeared during a visit to Iran has arrived in Tehran seeking information about her missing husband, the website of an Iranian news television channel reported Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 19 December 2007 07:06:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mullah Omar vows to attack security forces</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4124_Mullah-Omar-vows-to-attack-security-forces.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar has vowed to attack Afghan and international troops who forced his men to leave a southern town last week.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 05:38:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Osama not hiding in tribal areas of Pakistan: Taliban</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4041_Osama-not-hiding-in-tribal-areas-of-Pakistan-Taliban.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pro-Taliban militants have denied that al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden might be hiding inside or near the tribal areas of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 12:49:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>West wants to seize Pakistan's resources: Fazl</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_4038_West-wants-to-seize-Pakistans-resources-Fazl.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has charged the West with wanting to seize the resources of Muslim countries under the pretext of combating terrorism and extremism.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 18 December 2007 12:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India, Iran discuss expansion of bilateral cooperation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_3965_India-Iran-discuss-expansion-of-bilateral-cooperation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India's Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon held discussions with Saeed Jalili, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, on the issue of expanding bilateral cooperation in the fields of energy, transportation and security.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 17 December 2007 03:50:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Five killed in Kabul rocket attack</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_3720_Five-killed-in-Kabul-rocket-attack.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least five people were killed and five others injured in a rocket attack near the Kabul governor's residence today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 15 December 2007 01:54:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iran, Pakistan will soon give their nod to the IPI gas pipeline</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_3200_Iran-Pakistan-will-soon-give-their-nod-to-the-IPI-gas-pipeline.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan and Iran will soon sign a gas sales purchase agreement for the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 12 December 2007 09:00:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>50 percent of Afghanistan is a no-go zone</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_2427_50-percent-of-Afghanistan-is-a-no-go-zone.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A map reportedly prepared for U.N. staff posted in Kabul has revealed that nearly 50 percent of Afghanistan is off-limits because of the danger posed by a resurgent Taleban.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 06:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Six Afghan army soldiers among 13 killed in suicide attack</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_2409_Six-Afghan-army-soldiers-among-13-killed-in-suicide-attack.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 13 people have been killed when a suicide attacker rammed his explosives laden car into an Afghan army bus here on Wednesday, the Defence Ministry has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 03:19:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Thirteen killed in Kabul car bomb attack</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_2405_Thirteen-killed-in-Kabul-car-bomb-attack.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 13 people were killed by a suicide car bomb attack here on Wednesday ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 03:11:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bollywood classics make way for 'Islamic' business under militant pressure</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_2386_Bollywood-classics-make-way-for-Islamic-business-under-militant-pressure.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A campaign by sleeping cells of al Qaeda-linked militants here has resulted in the shutting down of shops dealing with old and new English, Indian, Pakistani movies.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 5 December 2007 01:48:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iran moves to save ancient sites on Khark Island</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_1333_Iran-moves-to-save-ancient-sites-on-Khark-Island.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Persian Gulf Islands Cultural Heritage Centre plans to demarcate ancient sites located on Khark Island. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 November 2007 01:06:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iranian CB Governor says US sanctions are just " psychological warfare"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_1110_Iranian-CB-Governor-says-US-sanctions-are-just-psychological-warfare.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Nicosia, Nov 24 (Ani) - - Tahmasb Mazaheri, the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran, is playing down the effect of United States sanctions on Iranian banks, saying they are just " psychological warfare". Talking to the press, Mazaheri said that the sanctions would not stop Iran from finding other ways to meet the country's banking needs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 November 2007 11:49:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. officially asks Iran to attend talks on Iraq</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_735_US-officially-asks-Iran-to-attend-talks-on-Iraq.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki has that the United States has officially submitted a note requesting that Iran attend talks on Iraq, and Tehran has agreed. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 November 2007 02:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oman lifts ban on Indian poultry products</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_662_Oman-lifts-ban-on-Indian-poultry-products.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Oman has lifted the import ban on poultry and poultry products from India, according to a statement from the Indian Embassy in Muscat. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 November 2007 10:56:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tehrik-i-Nifaz chief best option for cooling things in Swat Valley</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_612_Tehrik-i-Nifaz-chief-best-option-for-cooling-things-in-Swat-Valley.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The ISI has moved the founder of the powerful Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammedi (Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Laws), Maualana Sufi Muhammed, from jail to a hospital. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 November 2007 02:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. Risk Loosing Conviction of Khalid Sheik Mohammed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_460_US-Risk-Loosing-Conviction-of-Khalid-Sheik-Mohammed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[If Khalid Sheik Mohammed was indeed responsible for the 9/11 attacks as well as the 'shoe-bomb' attempt, he should be tried in the U.S. proper, not through some illegal tin-pot military process that means nothing. 

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<pubDate>Friday, 16 March 2007 11:21:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>AUSTRALIAN MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT KEEP DIRT FILES</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_442_AUSTRALIAN-MEMBERS-OF-PARLIAMENT-KEEP-DIRT-FILES.html</link>
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<pubDate>Friday, 9 March 2007 08:47:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Global Cold War, perhaps?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_438_A-Global-Cold-War-perhaps.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Following 911, there is now a combination of international cooperation and competition, with a transition in power dynamics.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 22 October 2007 06:50:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Madonna recovering after accident</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_423_Madonna-recovering-after-accident.html</link>
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<pubDate>Friday, 19 August 2005 08:50:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gabor makes miraculous recovery</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_412_Gabor-makes-miraculous-recovery.html</link>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 7 August 2005 02:44:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Suicide bomber kills five</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_343_Suicide-bomber-kills-five.html</link>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 11 June 2005 10:11:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Security issues found in the securiest browser - Netscape 8</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_295_Security-issues-found-in-the-securiest-browser---Netscape-8.html</link>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 May 2005 09:56:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rolling Stones hits the road again</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_277_Rolling-Stones-hits-the-road-again.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 May 2005 11:57:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fat people conquer America</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_260_Fat-people-conquer-America.html</link>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 May 2005 04:00:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Beckham family sue their former nanny</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_239_Beckham-family-sue-their-former-nanny.html</link>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 27 April 2005 11:47:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Live Long and Prosper"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_236_Live-Long-and-Prosper.html</link>
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<pubDate>Monday, 25 April 2005 01:47:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>6.8-magnitude earthquake in Indonasia make people flee</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_137_68-magnitude-earthquake-in-Indonasia-make-people-flee.html</link>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 10 April 2005 05:43:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Britney's letter to "False Tabloids"</title>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 2 April 2005 11:13:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple sued for  itunes internet domain</title>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 March 2005 09:31:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Astronauts do spacewalk to install new antennas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/Middle-East/news_87_Astronauts-do-spacewalk-to-install-new-antennas.html</link>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 March 2005 05:47:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pope's appearance not very convincing</title>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 26 March 2005 05:34:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK: Charles's marriage with Camilla will weaken monarchy</title>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 26 March 2005 12:21:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BBC bans soap</title>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 24 March 2005 06:48:35 GMT</pubDate>
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