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<title>Rehab like Amy Winehouse!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Whenever you look at the lives of the bold and the beautiful (no, not the series) celebrities, independent of what mass communication channel you are using, you can not NOT hear about their drug problems. Pretty much the worst problem you might find is <a href="http://www.vistabay.com/blog/?p=19">addiction to cocaine</A>.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 7 October 2008 10:11:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>British man responsible for Pentagon hack alludes to possibility of U.S. military tribunal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A 42-year-old British man accused of illegally accessing U.S. military intelligence databases, will discover later this week whether he faces extradition to the United States, and the possibility of being tried by military tribunal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 27 July 2008 08:44:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>When a drunk passenger tried to open aircraft's door at 35,000ft!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A plane carrying Brit tourists had to make an emergency diversion after a drunken passenger tried to open the door, while the aircraft was flying about 35,000 feet over the Atlantic.
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 06:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>European Airlines fly planes with known defects: Survey     </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A survey of aircraft maintenance engineers, who check flights to and from the UK, has revealed that airlines across Europe are flying planes with known defects, as pilots often fail to report faults when they find them.
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 05:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indebted shop owner hires bodyguards for protection from 60 angry brides</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32355_Indebted-shop-owner-hires-bodyguards-for-protection-from-60-angry-brides.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A bridal shop owner was forced to hire bodyguards to protect herself from 60 angry brides after her business went bust.
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 05:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Artist constructs cardboard DIY Gandhi to recreate the Dandi march</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32347_Artist-constructs-cardboard-DIY-Gandhi-to-recreate-the-Dandi-march.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian icon Mahatma Gandhi and his famous Dandi march have come alive once again thanks to an American artist.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 02:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One in five Brit pupils drinking six pints a week</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32338_One-in-five-Brit-pupils-drinking-six-pints-a-week.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Most of the schoolchildren in Britain are downing six pints of beer a week, shows an official report. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 01:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Daring attack on US base could be harbinger of deadly phase of war in Afghanistan"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32332_Daring-attack-on-US-base-could-be-harbinger-of-deadly-phase-of-war-in-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has said that last weekend's raid by about 200 militants on a US base in eastern Afghanistan, near Pakistan, killing nine US troops, could be "the harbinger of a dangerous new phase in the war there".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 12:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US agrees to supply 5 lakh tons of wheat to food-crisis-hit Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32327_US-agrees-to-supply-5-lakh-tons-of-wheat-to-food-crisis-hit-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US is learnt to have agreed in principle to supply five lakh tons of wheat to help Pakistan deal with the food crisis which is now threatening to get out of control.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 12:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Anwar Ibrahim says 'no' to foreign forensic expert fearing fabrication</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32325_Anwar-Ibrahim-says-no-to-foreign-forensic-expert-fearing-fabrication.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysia's former deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will not agree to the idea of a foreign forensic expert of his choice to draw a DNA sample from him, his lawyer R. Sivarasa said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 12:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Josef Fritzl's incest kids refuse to testify against him</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32318_Josef-Fritzls-incest-kids-refuse-to-testify-against-him.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl's kids with his daughter have refused to testify against their dad.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 11:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Elisabeth Fritzl accuses dungeon dad for 'murdering her baby'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32317_Elisabeth-Fritzl-accuses-dungeon-dad-for-murdering-her-baby.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Elisabeth Fritzl has finally broken her silence and accused her incest dad Josef Fritzl for murdering her baby. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 11:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lack of sanitation killing 5,000 children every day from diarrhoea: UN</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32316_Lack-of-sanitation-killing-5000-children-every-day-from-diarrhoea-UN.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United Nations has said that nearly 5,000 children die each day from diarrhoea-related illness and the number of people around the world without clean drinking water has halved since 1990. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 10:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak supporting US' war on terror for self-interest, says Gilani</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32313_Pak-supporting-US-war-on-terror-for-self-interest-says-Gilani.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that by supporting the US-led war against global terrorism, Pakistan was not fighting a proxy war, but because it was in its own interest.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 10:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit blokes are biggest bedroom liars!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Here's a warning for girls: Don't blindly believe Brit men who boast about how well endowed they are, for the chances that they are lying are extremely high.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 10:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian pilgrims' caught in immigration scam in New Zealand devastated</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32304_Indian-pilgrims-caught-in-immigration-scam-in-New-Zealand-devastated.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Three Indian "pilgrims" have met immigration officials to tell them of the scam that cost their parents 17,000 dollars, and dashed their dreams of a better life in New Zealand.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 09:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Taliban flouting peace pact by still recruiting militants in NWFP</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32299_Pak-Taliban-flouting-peace-pact-by-still-recruiting-militants-in-NWFP.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Flouting the May 21 peace agreement signed with the NWFP Government, the Taliban militants in Swat tribal area continue to recruit militants, preferably young boys, and train them in carrying out suicide attacks and operating guns and other arms.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 08:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Taliban gives 5-day ultimatum to NWFP govt to resign or face consequences</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32298_Pak-Taliban-gives-5-day-ultimatum-to-NWFP-govt-to-resign-or-face-consequences.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The NWFP government was not sincere in checking lawlessness in tribal areas and it should resign within five days or be ready to face the consequences, said the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) headed by Baitullah Mehsud.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 08:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Militants in tribal areas warn US-led forces against attack in Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32297_Militants-in-tribal-areas-warn-US-led-forces-against-attack-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A lesser known militant group in Bara has reportedly warned the US-led coalition troops against carrying out attacks inside the Tribal Areas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 08:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Benazir's will nominating Zardari as successor was fake, says PPP leader</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32296_Benazirs-will-nominating-Zardari-as-successor-was-fake-says-PPP-leader.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The will of former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto placed before the world by PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari after her death (on December 27 last year) nominating him and his son Bilawal as the successors of the party was fake and prepared after Benazir death, said veteran PPP leader and former Punjab governor Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 July 2008 08:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Most Aussies regret career choices </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32267_Most-Aussies-regret-career-choices-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Almost half of Aussies have regrets about the career choices they made, shows a new global survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oldest student to be awarded PhD is 91yrs of age!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32262_Oldest-student-to-be-awarded-PhD-is-91yrs-of-age.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Second World War veteran has become the oldest student to be awarded a PhD by Cambridge University.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit wins jackpot after finding winning numbers in fortune cookie!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32261_Brit-wins-jackpot-after-finding-winning-numbers-in-fortune-cookie.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British man has made a fortune by winning the Lotto jackpot using six numbers, which were printed on a slip inside a cookie.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 10:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the woman who sees angels, literally </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32260_Meet-the-woman-who-sees-angels-literally-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If someone claims that he or she talks to angels every day, the person might be seen with a subtly skeptical eye. But somehow Lorna Byrne is different.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 10:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the parrot who cleans its owner's teeth</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32257_Meet-the-parrot-who-cleans-its-owners-teeth.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Meet Rainbow, a lorikeet parrot from Sydney, who loves to clean its owner's teeth. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 10:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Liquor fed Chinese chickens sell like hot cakes </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32256_Liquor-fed-Chinese-chickens-sell-like-hot-cakes-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A chicken raiser in southern China has been making big bucks by feeding his livestock with medicinal liquor.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 10:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Working Brit parents don't even have five minutes a day with their kids </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32251_Working-Brit-parents-dont-even-have-five-minutes-a-day-with-their-kids-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new poll has revealed that hardworking British parents do not get much time to lead a normal family life, and that most of them would be grateful if they could spend just "five minutes more a day" with their kids.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 09:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz Muslim cab drivers refusing to carry blind, disabled passengers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32247_Oz-Muslim-cab-drivers-refusing-to-carry-blind-disabled-passengers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Muslim taxi drivers in Australia are refusing to carry blind and disabled passengers with guide dogs - because their religion tells them the animals are "unclean".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 09:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brits now binging on booze all days of the week</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32243_Brits-now-binging-on-booze-all-days-of-the-week.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It seems that boozing-up is not just a weekend affair for Brits anymore, for a survey suggests that they have now started to hit pubs and bars almost every single night. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 08:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Media stars to accompany Obama on his foreign tour</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32242_Media-stars-to-accompany-Obama-on-his-foreign-tour.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When Senator Barack Obama heads for Iraq and other places overseas this summer, he will be accompanied by the who's who of the American media world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 08:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Quake strikes Tibetan plateau</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32239_Quake-strikes-Tibetan-plateau.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit a remote area of the Tibetan plateau in China's Qinghai province early Thursday, the State Seismological Bureau said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 08:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Stalin, Tsar Nicholas II in battle for title of greatest Russian</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32237_Stalin-Tsar-Nicholas-II-in-battle-for-title-of-greatest-Russian.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Soviet tyrant Josef Stalin and World War II leader is battling the country's last monarch Tsar Nicholas II for the title of greatest Russia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 07:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK to investigate alleged "outsourcing" of torture of Brit student by Pak agencies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32235_UK-to-investigate-alleged-outsourcing-of-torture-of-Brit-student-by-Pak-agencies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British MP has lodged a complaint with the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), which routinely conducts investigations into the affairs of the MI5 and MI6, alleging that a student who was a resident of his constituency was tortured by both British and Pakistani intelligence agencies after the July 2005 suicide bombings in London.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 07:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz authorities drop one charge against Dr. Death </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32234_Oz-authorities-drop-one-charge-against-Dr-Death-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Queensland authorities in a surprise move have dropped one of the 14 charges against Dr Jayant Patel, a doctor of Indian origin who acquired the sobriquet "Dr Death" for botching several surgeries resulting in his patients deaths.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 07:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak lady TV producer aghast at ferocity of "good Muslims"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32233_Pak-lady-TV-producer-aghast-at-ferocity-of-good-Muslims.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Pakistani lady TV documentary producer was aghast at the people's behaviour immediately after she had finished shooting a talk-show in Karachi in which Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud's recent advances were being discussed by a group of fighters.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 07:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the dumbest crook who nailed himself through YouTube!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32226_Meet-the-dumbest-crook-who-nailed-himself-through-YouTube.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When Andrew Kellett put eighty videos of his criminal antics on YouTube, he did not know his self-boasting could land him in trouble, for the viewers of his clippings also included cops.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 06:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bloggers help Brit businessman shed 15st!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32220_Bloggers-help-Brit-businessman-shed-15st.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 54-year-old Brit businessman shed an amazing 15 stone after being urged on by supporters on the Internet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 05:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The world's ten worst cars revealed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32200_The-worlds-ten-worst-cars-revealed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Austin Allegro has been described by most Brits as the world's 'worst car ever' ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 03:28:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sarkozy turning France into monocracy, say opposition Socialist party </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32198_Sarkozy-turning-France-into-monocracy-say-opposition-Socialist-party-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ President Nicolas Sarkozy of France has been accused by the opposition Socialist party of wanting to turn the country into a "monocracy" as he scrambles to win last-minute backing for a constitutional reform bill, which he argues will strengthen parliament.
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 03:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK race watchdog says most popular TV programmes 'too white'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32196_UK-race-watchdog-says-most-popular-TV-programmes-too-white.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Chairman of Britain's Equality and Human Rights Commission, Trevor Phillips, has claimed that some of Britain's most popular television programmes are "too white" in orientation and delivery.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 02:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US says Pak checkpost attacked by mistake as it was not on its database</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32194_US-says-Pak-checkpost-attacked-by-mistake-as-it-was-not-on-its-database.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ American officials have said that the killing of 11 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers in air-strikes last month might have been prevented if the precise location of the border checkpoint was in the American database used to prevent accidental attacks on friendly forces.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 02:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Errant Malaysian employer makes eight Indian workers illegal </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32191_Errant-Malaysian-employer-makes-eight-Indian-workers-illegal-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Eight Indian workers who were legally employed in a factory in Shah Alam in Malaysia became illegal workers when they complained to the Industrial Court claiming they were underpaid.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 02:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iraqis hope Obama will be US President, but sceptical about his troop withdrawal plan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32189_Iraqis-hope-Obama-will-be-US-President-but-sceptical-about-his-troop-withdrawal-plan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Iraqis "would be very happy" to see Barack Obama elected as president of the United States in November, but have termed his troop withdrawal plan as "very difficult." ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 01:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Elisabeth Fritzl testifies against dungeon dad </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32187_Elisabeth-Fritzl-testifies-against-dungeon-dad-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Elisabeth Fritzl, the Austrian woman who was held as a captive by her dad for 24 years in a cellar, has finished talking about her ordeal to a judge.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 01:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>McCain admits Obama `is an impressive fellow in many ways'!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32172_McCain-admits-Obama-`is-an-impressive-fellow-in-many-ways.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain has already begun scoring points in the run-up to the November presidential poll.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak govt announces Rs 50,000 per month aid for ailing Mehdi Hassan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32168_Pak-govt-announces-Rs-50000-per-month-aid-for-ailing-Mehdi-Hassan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pakistan Government has announced Rs 50,000 per month life time assistance to ailing Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan, and also promised jobs for his two grand children.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indians, Pakistanis show flexibility on Kashmir</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32167_Indians-Pakistanis-show-flexibility-on-Kashmir.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A poll undertaken by a think tank -- World Public Opinion --l of Indians and Pakistanis reveals that half or more are open to a range of possible outcomes for Kashmir other than it being part of their respective countries. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 11:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Karzai sets up team of experts to investigate if Pak dumped N-waste in Afghanistan </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32163_Karzai-sets-up-team-of-experts-to-investigate-if-Pak-dumped-N-waste-in-Afghanistan-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Afghanistan government has reportedly constituted a team of experts to investigate allegations that Pakistan had dumped nuclear waste in southern Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 10:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Def Secy rejects reports of troops build up along Pak-Afghan border</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32160_US-Def-Secy-rejects-reports-of-troops-build-up-along-Pak-Afghan-border.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US' Defence Secretary has rejected press reports suggesting that American troops were building up on the Pak-Afghan border to launch an attack into Pakistan, but warned that if attacked (from across Pakistan border) the US troops will retaliate and return fire.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 10:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian pilgrims to reveal how immigration scam to New Zealand was arranged</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32155_Indian-pilgrims-to-reveal-how-immigration-scam-to-New-Zealand-was-arranged.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Three of the 35 Indian pilgrims who went missing, will meet immigration officials today to provide information about the alleged scam that brought them to New Zealand.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 09:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari wants to take Nawaz along to US to convince it to remove Musharraf</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32147_Zardari-wants-to-take-Nawaz-along-to-US-to-convince-it-to-remove-Musharraf.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After the recent missives from PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif that he might walk out of the ruling federal alliance, PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is learnt to making moves to persuade Nawaz to accompany him to the US in a bid to convince the White House and the US State Department to get rid of President Pervez Musharraf so as to bring about stability in Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 08:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NATO forces retaliate, attack targets inside Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32142_NATO-forces-retaliate-attack-targets-inside-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In retaliation to multiple rocket attacks from militants inside Pakistan, NATO-led troops in Afghanistan used attack helicopters and artillery to fire into Pakistan, a statement said last evening. No casualties were, however, reported.
The counter-attack was launched from Afghanistan's Paktika province, adjoining Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency, reported the Daily Times.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 07:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US House of Reps demand calling back of students enrolled in Pak madrassas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32140_US-House-of-Reps-demand-calling-back-of-students-enrolled-in-Pak-madrassas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A resolution passed by the US House of Representatives last evening called for the removal of thousands of American students enrolled in Pakistani madarassas, as it is feared that they might fall in the Taliban's trap.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 07:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Election office set to hold Nepal's presidential election</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32132_Election-office-set-to-hold-Nepals-presidential-election.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As the major political parties of Nepal failed to forge a common agreement on the presidential candidate until Wednesday evening, the office of the Election Officer (OEO) is set to take the procedure of electing the first president of the newest republic from Thursday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 04:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US needs to help Pak reorient its strategic perceptions: Expert</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32119_US-needs-to-help-Pak-reorient-its-strategic-perceptions-Expert.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A leading expert on South Asian affairs has said that the United States can help Pakistan re-orient its strategic perceptions by focusing on defusing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 02:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US documents reveal Pakistan militarily supported Taliban </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32118_US-documents-reveal-Pakistan-militarily-supported-Taliban-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Declassified US intelligence and State Department documents have revealed that Pakistan gave substantial military support to the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, when it was in power between 1996 and 2001.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 02:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NC to nominate own presidential candidate</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32117_NC-to-nominate-own-presidential-candidate.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepali congress (NC) on Wednesday concluded that they will nominate their name for the presidential post if the Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist (CPN-M) and the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) nominated a common candidate for the post.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 02:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dahal urges Nepal to search "inclusive personality" for president</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32116_Dahal-urges-Nepal-to-search-inclusive-personality-for-president.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a bid to find a common candidate for the presidential post, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) Chairman Puspa Kamal Dahal on Wednesday urged the former Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal to search for an "inclusive personality" for the presidential post.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 02:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Miley Cyrus wants to star in 'Younger, Cleaner' Sex and the City</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32113_Miley-Cyrus-wants-to-star-in-Younger-Cleaner-Sex-and-the-City.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Teen star Miley Cyrus has revealed that she wants star in a cleaner version of 'Sex and The City' in future. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 01:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Backseat lovers cheat death as their car plunges 46m down cliff!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32112_Backseat-lovers-cheat-death-as-their-car-plunges-46m-down-cliff.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two lovers had a brush with death after their car plunged 46m down a cliff, while they were having sex in the back seat.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 01:41:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Congress waiting for India to move on nuke deal, says senior Democrat</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32108_US-Congress-waiting-for-India-to-move-on-nuke-deal-says-senior-Democrat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A senior Democrat leader has said that he is somewhat disappointed over the pace at which the Indian Government is moving on the important, though controversial US-India civil nuclear cooperation deal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 01:07:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pet pooch Gus wins ugliest dog contest!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32107_Pet-pooch-Gus-wins-ugliest-dog-contest.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A nine-year-old hairless Chinese Crested dog by the name of Gus, won an award for being the ugliest pooch in the world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 July 2008 12:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aussies more likely to target Muslims when in a good mood </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32077_Aussies-more-likely-to-target-Muslims-when-in-a-good-mood-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A University of New South Wales study has opined that Aussies are more likely to shoot at Muslims, especially if they're in a good mood.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 09:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BMW drivers polled 'Worst Drivers' on road!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32072_BMW-drivers-polled-Worst-Drivers-on-road.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ They might have the flashiest cars in town, but when it comes to driving, BMW drivers are the worst, says a poll.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 08:41:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Spain named Brits' 'Worst Holiday Destination for Food Poisoning'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32071_Spain-named-Brits-Worst-Holiday-Destination-for-Food-Poisoning.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Spain might be riding high after winning Euro 2008 - but according to new poll, the country is the worst place where British tourists are most likely to suffer from 'Delhi Belly', or a dodgy holiday tummy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 08:28:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Barbie's new 'S and M' look branded "filth"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32069_Barbies-new-S-and-M-look-branded-filth.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Barbie's new kinky collection that has the S and M look has come under fire - with protesters dubbing it "filth". ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 08:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Osama's former driver claims he was groped by female Gitmo guard</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32048_Osamas-former-driver-claims-he-was-groped-by-female-Gitmo-guard.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A former drive of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, has claimed that he was sexually humiliated and groped by a touchy-feely female interrogator at the Guantanamo Bay prison.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 05:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Welfare body chief says Malay Indians must fill 10 pct of places in varsities'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32045_Welfare-body-chief-says-Malay-Indians-must-fill-10-pct-of-places-in-varsities.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malay Indian political leaders have been urged to ensure that Indian students fill at least 10 percent of places in universities.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 05:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fritzl's dungeon family moved to 'secret location' for recovery</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32044_Fritzls-dungeon-family-moved-to-secret-location-for-recovery.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Elisabeth Fritzl, the Austrian woman held captive by her evil dad, has been moved to a secret location along with the six children she bore him to continue their recovery in private, according to reports. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 05:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Militants can capture any part of Pakistan: Fazlur Rehman</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32043_Militants-can-capture-any-part-of-Pakistan-Fazlur-Rehman.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's militant organisations have become so powerful that they can take over any part of the country any moment, posing a potential threat to its solidarity, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman ha said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 04:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Americans racially divided over Obama, status of race relations</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32040_Americans-racially-divided-over-Obama-status-of-race-relations.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Americans appear to be racially divided over selecting Barack Obama as the nation's first Afro-American president.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 04:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama leads McCain by eight points In Washington Post-ABC poll</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32037_Obama-leads-McCain-by-eight-points-In-Washington-Post-ABC-poll.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Illinois Senator and presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama currently has an eight point lead over his Republican presidential rival John McCain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 04:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NATO troops building up on Pak-Afghan border </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32033_NATO-troops-building-up-on-Pak-Afghan-border-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pakistan Army is gearing up for "any eventuality" in the wake of a build up of US-led coalition forces on the Afghan border. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 03:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist-UML to continue their discussion </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32019_Maoist-UML-to-continue-their-discussion-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Maoists and the CPN (UML) will continue their parleys today to name a common candidate for president. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 01:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK data watchdog blasts snoop list</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32014_UK-data-watchdog-blasts-snoop-list.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's data watchdog has come down heavily on alleged government moves to create a database that will contain every phone call, text message, e-mail and Internet interaction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 01:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US military aid to Pak may be linked to war on terror success</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32013_US-military-aid-to-Pak-may-be-linked-to-war-on-terror-success.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A bill for military and economic aid to Pakistan has been placed before the United States Senate, suggesting that conditions should be placed on any military aid to the country, as well as advocating a threefold increase in economic aid.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 01:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Christian Trinity offensive to Muslims: Archbishop of Canterbury   </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32012_Christian-Trinity-offensive-to-Muslims-Archbishop-of-Canterbury--.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Archbishop of Cantebury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has described key elements of the Christian Trinity doctrine as being offensive to Muslims.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 01:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>White House buries climate change deaths report </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32007_White-House-buries-climate-change-deaths-report-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The White House has reportedly buried a report prepared by scientists which detailed a rising death toll from heat waves, fires, disease and smog.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 12:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US concerned over Pak border security controls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32004_US-concerned-over-Pak-border-security-controls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's security controls on its border with Afghanistan are a "real concern" for the US, following an attack two days ago that killed nine US soldiers at a camp near the frontier.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 12:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Missing pilgrims conned Indian church leaders to enter New Zealand</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_32000_Missing-pilgrims-conned-Indian-church-leaders-to-enter-New-Zealand.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The group of Indians who have gone missing in New Zealand, reportedly managed their entry into the country by conning Indian church leaders into believing they were devout Catholics.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 11:41:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak underground water suffering from uranium contamination: US expert</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31999_Pak-underground-water-suffering-from-uranium-contamination-US-expert.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan, like the US and Mexico, could also be suffering from uranium contamination of its underground water resources because of industrial units, said an US expert.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 11:28:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's presidential election process begins</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31996_Nepals-presidential-election-process-begins.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The process for the election of the first president of republican Nepal commenced today. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 11:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MPs fear riots in Britain due to rampant immigration</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31990_MPs-fear-riots-in-Britain-due-to-rampant-immigration.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Rapid immigration has damaged community relations in parts of England and is the single biggest cause of public concern, an influential group of MPs have warned.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 10:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dr Death in good spirits ahead of his extradition to Australia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31989_Dr-Death-in-good-spirits-ahead-of-his-extradition-to-Australia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Queensland surgeon Jayant Patel is in good spirits ahead of his extradition to Australia, according to the US Marshals holding him in an undisclosed prison]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 10:07:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush unhappy with Taliban's movement from Pak to Afghanistan </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31988_Bush-unhappy-with-Talibans-movement-from-Pak-to-Afghanistan-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ U.S. President George W. Bush has expressed his unhappiness over the movement of some extremists from Pakistan to Afghanistan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 10:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sharif says 'only god knows' govt's fate if final word with Zardari fails</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31987_Sharif-says-only-god-knows-govts-fate-if-final-word-with-Zardari-fails.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has proposed to have a "final word" with PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari when the two meet later this month on what he described as a simple agenda to take the country out of its present crisis and put it on the road to progress and prosperity.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 09:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hekmatyar's group blames Northern Alliance for Indian Embassy suicide attack </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31985_Hekmatyars-group-blames-Northern-Alliance-for-Indian-Embassy-suicide-attack-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), a hard-line mujahideen group led by former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, has blamed the Northern Alliance (NA) for the last week's suicide attack on Indian embassy in Kabul killing 58 persons, including four Indians.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 09:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's Constituent Assembly passes guidelines to elect president, vice-president</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31971_Nepals-Constituent-Assembly-passes-guidelines-to-elect-president-vice-president.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting on Tuesday passed the guidelines for electing the president and vice-president which is scheduled to take place on Saturday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 07:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist-UML meet inconclusive</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31960_Maoist-UML-meet-inconclusive.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A disagreement is likely to have arisen between the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) and the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML), the two closest communist allies of the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 06:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>200 Taliban breached NATO base near Afghan-Pak border  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31959_200-Taliban-breached-NATO-base-near-Afghan-Pak-border-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nearly 200 Taliban insurgents attacked the remote American-run outpost near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on Sunday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 05:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australian boy's fingers leave bathroom wrecked</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31952_Australian-boys-fingers-leave-bathroom-wrecked.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Australian boy ended up destroying his parents' bathroom when he stuck two of his fingers into the bath drain, while enjoying the feeling of water suction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 05:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit kids urged to try oral sex for cutting teen pregnancy epidemic</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31939_Brit-kids-urged-to-try-oral-sex-for-cutting-teen-pregnancy-epidemic.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British government has urged school kids to try oral sex in a bid to cut teen pregnancies. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 01:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's first president to be elected on July 19</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31935_Nepals-first-president-to-be-elected-on-July-19.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Constituent Assembly (CA) today fixed July 19 as the date for election of the first president of republican Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 01:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Man cuts off own head with chainsaw after losing eviction fight!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31925_Man-cuts-off-own-head-with-chainsaw-after-losing-eviction-fight.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 58-year-old man in Hampshire, UK, severed his own head using a chainsaw, after losing an eviction fight. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 July 2008 12:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz female driver sets record blood alcohol reading!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31916_Oz-female-driver-sets-record-blood-alcohol-reading.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Aussie woman who was nine times over the legal limit after she crashed her car has been handed a six-month jail term.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 10:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Most Aussie cops don't consider marital rape 'crime'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31915_Most-Aussie-cops-dont-consider-marital-rape-crime.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Only one in five police officers Down Under believe that a woman should report being raped by her husband, says a new survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 10:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit widower finishes 'jigsaw' of shredded love letters - in 15 years!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31913_Brit-widower-finishes-jigsaw-of-shredded-love-letters---in-15-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Brit widower has finished piecing together thousands of fragments of romantic notes that he sent to his late wife who shredded them in anger. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 10:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Soon, exotic fruit with six times the vitamin C of an orange to hit UK markets</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31909_Soon-exotic-fruit-with-six-times-the-vitamin-C-of-an-orange-to-hit-UK-markets.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Baobab fruit, an exotic fruit, claimed to have six times the vitamin C of an orange, will soon be hitting UK markets under an EU ruling.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 10:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dubai cracks down on topless sunbathing, nudity </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31904_Dubai-cracks-down-on-topless-sunbathing-nudity-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Authorities in Dubai are cracking down on topless sunbathing, nudity and other forms of indecent behaviour following a Brit couple's arrest for having sex on a beach. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 09:28:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Luckiest man' cheats death by a hair as concrete bucket hits car!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31894_Luckiest-man-cheats-death-by-a-hair-as-concrete-bucket-hits-car.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two city workers in Brooklyn had a narrow escape when a bucket of concrete fell 23 floors from an apartment tower, and smashed through the roof of a Department of Environmental Protection-owned Prius car, recently. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 08:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World's first test-tube baby Louise Brown turns 30</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31886_Worlds-first-test-tube-baby-Louise-Brown-turns-30.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Louise Brown, the world's first test-tube baby, is getting set to celebrate her thirtieth birthday, albeit in a low-key manner.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 07:07:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Three more Indian pilgrims missing in Kiwi immigration scam</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31883_Three-more-Indian-pilgrims-missing-in-Kiwi-immigration-scam.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Three more Indian pilgrims have disappeared from their billet families in Auckland bringing to 35 the number now believed to have gone missing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 06:42:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sichuan quake leaves 1.4 m people destitute</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31881_Sichuan-quake-leaves-14-m-people-destitute.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Sichuan earthquake has left 1.4 million farmers in about 4,000 remote villages in absolute poverty, an anti-poverty official said Monday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 06:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK convicts wanting freedom early are now hugging trees</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31876_UK-convicts-wanting-freedom-early-are-now-hugging-trees.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British prisoners are signing up for a National Lottery-funded project to assess and measure ancient trees in the hope that by doing so, they will gain freedom sooner than later.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 05:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK military to have long-term role in Iraq, says its commander </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31872_UK-military-to-have-long-term-role-in-Iraq-says-its-commander-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The British military is likely to have a long-term role in Iraq, a top commander said on Monday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 05:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad Josef Fritzl asks for 'anti-ageing face cream'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31867_Dungeon-dad-Josef-Fritzl-asks-for-anti-ageing-face-cream.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl is pestering prison officials for anti-ageing face cream, the staff revealed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 04:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Due to Pak's "violence-seeking policies" Kabul pulls out of talks with it</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31853_Due-to-Paks-violence-seeking-policies-Kabul-pulls-out-of-talks-with-it.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In the wake of recent suicide attacks on Kabul blamed on Pakistan, including the one on Indian embassy killing 41 people last week, the Afghanistan Government has decided to boycott a series of upcoming meetings with the neighbouring country "unless bilateral trust was restored".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 02:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK, US to use Star Wars-style laser technology in Iraq battlefield: Telegraph </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31841_UK-US-to-use-Star-Wars-style-laser-technology-in-Iraq-battlefield-Telegraph-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Laser beam technology is being rushed into service to combat the threat of insurgent missiles and mortars raining down on British and American military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 01:41:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists, UML agree to name president in couple of days </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31834_Maoists-UML-agree-to-name-president-in-couple-of-days-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Maoists and the CPN (UML) have reached an understanding to name the first President and Vice-President of Nepal within a couple of days.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 12:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Constituent Assembly passes advance expenditure bill</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31833_Nepal-Constituent-Assembly-passes-advance-expenditure-bill.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Constituent Assembly has passed the Advance Expenditure Bill that authorizes the Government to incur expenditures totaling Rs 73.54 billion in the new fiscal year that begins from July 16.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 12:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Porters' strike hits India-Pakistan trade at Wagah </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31825_Porters-strike-hits-India-Pakistan-trade-at-Wagah-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India's trade with Pakistan through the Wagah land border remained suspended for the second day on Monday after porters struck work, over a demand for better wages.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 11:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US poll finds voters split on candidates' Iraq pullout positions </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31823_US-poll-finds-voters-split-on-candidates-Iraq-pullout-positions-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds the country split down the middle between Barack Obama's 16-month timeline for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and those agreeing with Sen. John McCain's position that events, not timetables, should dictate when forces come home. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 11:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak ruling coalition ally urges Nawaz to stop raising non-issues like judges' restoration</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31799_Pak-ruling-coalition-ally-urges-Nawaz-to-stop-raising-non-issues-like-judges-restoration.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A leader of a prominent Islamist party in Pakistan has urged former premier Nawaz Sharif to stop raising non-issues like restoration of judiciary, because, according to him, unbearable inflation was more burning issue than the judges' issue.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 08:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Heroin, cocaine available for less than two pounds in the UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31770_Heroin-cocaine-available-for-less-than-two-pounds-in-the-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Deadly drugs like heroin and crack cocaine are being peddled for less than two pounds or just a little more.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 July 2008 12:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>McCain has any number of running mates to choose from</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31768_McCain-has-any-number-of-running-mates-to-choose-from.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Florida Governor Charlie Crist is just one of several high-profile Republicans in the race to become John McCain's running mate in his bid for the White House.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 11:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World's oldest blogger dies at 108, after posting final message</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31752_Worlds-oldest-blogger-dies-at-108-after-posting-final-message.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Australian woman renowned as the world's oldest blogger died at the age of 108, after posting her final message.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 09:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit pensioner traces world's biggest family tree!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31751_Brit-pensioner-traces-worlds-biggest-family-tree.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British pensioner has claimed that he has produced the world's largest family tree after tracing 9,390 relatives including three kings. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 09:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the Brit who got 287 letters from his bank - in one day!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31747_Meet-the-Brit-who-got-287-letters-from-his-bank---in-one-day.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Cheshire-based man was flooded with 287 letters from a bank, all arriving in the same post, confirming that his credit card had been cancelled.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 09:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Miss Universe was once a kidnap victim!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31744_New-Miss-Universe-was-once-a-kidnap-victim.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Today she is on top of the Universe, but newly crowned Miss Universe 2008, Miss Venezuela has revealed that she was once kidnapped, reports News.com.au.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 08:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Elderly in America happier than the younger lot</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31743_Elderly-in-America-happier-than-the-younger-lot.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Partying and cheering may be synonymous with young age, but when it comes to being happy in the true sense, older Americans score far better than the youngsters.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 08:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Limo firm denies filming famous clients</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31741_Limo-firm-denies-filming-famous-clients.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The owner of a New York limousine company that boasts of driving some of Hollywood's A-list celebrities, is battling claims that she films her famous clients.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 08:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sack, three-legged races get the sack from school from sports day!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31735_Sack-three-legged-races-get-the-sack-from-school-from-sports-day.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Education authorities' decision to ban the traditional sack race and three-legged event from an Edwardian themed sports day on July 14, fearing that kids might fall over and get injured, has been slammed by campaigners as "completely over the top". ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 07:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindraf leader's passport was never seized, says Malaysian Minister</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31730_Hindraf-leaders-passport-was-never-seized-says-Malaysian-Minister.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysia's Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Rahim Bakri has told his country's Parliament that immigration officials had never seized the passport of Hindraf leader P. Waythamoorthy, although there were orders to do so.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 07:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Attack on Iran 'would hurt US, Israel', says Syria</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31729_Attack-on-Iran-would-hurt-US-Israel-says-Syria.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A military attack on Iran over its nuclear programme would have grave consequences for the US, Israel and the world, said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 06:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Computer hard drives proving Anand Jon's innocence stolen</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31726_Computer-hard-drives-proving-Anand-Jons-innocence-stolen.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Computer hard drives proving Indian fashion designer Anand Jon's innocence have been stolen from his family's home in Westwood, an upscale suburb of Los Angeles, California (United States). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 06:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Former UK PM Thatcher will get a 3m-pound state funeral</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31725_Former-UK-PM-Thatcher-will-get-a-3m-pound-state-funeral.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will be the first Prime Minister since Sir Winston Churchill to be given a state funeral when she passes away.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 06:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit family's hotel room staff romp shock</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31719_Brit-familys-hotel-room-staff-romp-shock.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British family on holiday was left stunned when they entered their hotel room only to find two staff members having sex on their bed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 05:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Catholic Church 'out of touch': MySpace poll</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31717_The-Catholic-Church-out-of-touch-MySpace-poll.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A poll conducted by social networking website MySpace has branded the Catholic Church "out of touch" with young people, just ahead of its World Youth Day event in Sydney.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 05:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian govt never seized Hindraf chairman's passport, says foreign minister</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31715_Malaysian-govt-never-seized-Hindraf-chairmans-passport-says-foreign-minister.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysian government has said that the passport of Hindraf chairman P. Waythamoorthy was never seized, although there were orders to do so, and that he was free to move around.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 05:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz consumers 'spurring hard cash for cards'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31706_Oz-consumers-spurring-hard-cash-for-cards.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Aussie consumers are increasingly becoming averse to carrying cash with them, according to a survey conducted by a credit firm. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 04:07:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pink wine scores above white, red wine in France</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31699_Pink-wine-scores-above-white-red-wine-in-France.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Summers in France this year is cheered with a glass of Rose or pink wine and not the traditional white and red wine, what with one in five bottles of wine sold in France being Rose wine.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 03:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ghost from English Civil War captured on film!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31698_Ghost-from-English-Civil-War-captured-on-film.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It was certainly a blast from the past when a group of paranormal enthusiasts accidentally captured on film a ghostly figure, supposedly the spirit of a dead soldier from the Battle of Naseby, a key battle in the English Civil War.
Last month, The Northampton Paranormal Group visited the site of the Battle of Naseby, a field between the villages of Clipston and Naseby in Northamptonshire, where they caught the figure on camera.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 03:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Constituent Assembly passes Fifth Amendment bill</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31696_Nepal-Constituent-Assembly-passes-Fifth-Amendment-bill.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Constituent Assembly (CA) passed the Fifth Amendment bill to the interim Constitution on Sunday night, clearing the way for the formation of the Government on a majority basis.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 02:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dutch teen solves Rubik's Cube in 7.08 seconds!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31694_Dutch-teen-solves-Rubiks-Cube-in-708-seconds.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Dutch teen has entered the record books for solving the Rubik's Cube in 7.08 seconds at the Czech Open. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 02:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama's staff blasts "tasteless" New Yorker cartoon</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31692_Obamas-staff-blasts-tasteless-New-Yorker-cartoon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A cartoon appearing in the New Yorker magazine, which depicts Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and his wife Michelle celebrating their entry into the Oval Office with a fist bump, has been described by his campaign team as "tasteless and offensive". ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 02:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. Congress favours long-term military presence in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31691_US-Congress-favours-long-term-military-presence-in-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States Congress is apparently in favour of maintaining a long-term military presence in Afghanistan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 02:08:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mad and wacky windshield slogans the latest fad among Lahoris</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31690_Mad-and-wacky-windshield-slogans-the-latest-fad-among-Lahoris.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It seems cars' rear screens in Lahore have become a platform for slogans and adages, even as one can find all kinds of messages, including romantic, political or those involving youthful fun, splashed on the back of the cars.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 02:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese soldiers seal off rebel Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in Lhasa</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31680_Chinese-soldiers-seal-off-rebel-Tibetan-Buddhist-monasteries-in-Lhasa.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chinese soldiers have reportedly placed over 1,000 Tibetan Buddhist monks under armed guard in monasteries around Lhasa, four months after anti-Chinese riots left the area in a state of devastation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 12:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>McCain doesn't e-mail or know how to use the Internet </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31674_McCain-doesnt-e-mail-or-know-how-to-use-the-Internet-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain has admitted that he never uses the e-mail or the Internet himself, and takes the help of his staff or family in using this tool of communication. He says that he is only just "learning to get online myself".
McCain, who turns 72 this year, would be the oldest president ever to be first elected to the White House, and he did himself no favours when asked by "The New York Times" which websites he looks at. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 12:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NATO drone again violates Pak airspace</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31657_NATO-drone-again-violates-Pak-airspace.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In the second such incident in past two days, a NATO drone violated Pakistani airspace and entered flew over the Mohmand Agency on Sunday afternoon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 09:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama unlikely to consider Hillary Clinton as running mate because of Bill</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31652_Obama-unlikely-to-consider-Hillary-Clinton-as-running-mate-because-of-Bill.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sources close to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama have said that Obama may not consider Hillary Clinton as his running mate because of her husband and former U.S. President Bill Clinton.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 09:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>8,000 people show up to bare their bottoms at 'Mooning Amtrak' event!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31648_8000-people-show-up-to-bare-their-bottoms-at-Mooning-Amtrak-event.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Cops had to be called in when 8,000 people showed up to bare their bottoms at passing trains during a mass "mooning" event in the US.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 08:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hardline Muslim preacher in the UK calls for 'Islamic-amputation and lashings'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31646_Hardline-Muslim-preacher-in-the-UK-calls-for-Islamic-amputation-and-lashings.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An extremist Muslim preacher in the UK has reportedly called for 'Islamic-like' punishments in the country, suggesting amputation of hands of thieves and lashing those who indulged in unmarried sex.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 08:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghan militants kill 9 US troops in 'deadliest attack' near Pak border</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31645_Afghan-militants-kill-9-US-troops-in-deadliest-attack-near-Pak-border.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In what is being described as the 'deadliest attack' on US forces deployed in Afghanistan in recent years, nine American troops were killed in an insurgent attack on a remote US military base near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 08:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US panel still against granting visa to Gujarat CM Narendar Modi</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31639_US-panel-still-against-granting-visa-to-Gujarat-CM-Narendar-Modi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In the wake of a fresh invitation to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi from the Gujarati-Americans, to attend a culture conference in New Jersey, a US government advisory body has reportedly urged the State Department not to reverse its earlier decision to deny a tourist visa to Modi for allegedly "abetting human rights violations" during the 2002 Godhra riots.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 07:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari condemns US forces infiltrating Pak territory</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31636_Zardari-condemns-US-forces-infiltrating-Pak-territory.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PPP Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has reportedly condemned the US-led coalition forces infiltrating into the Pakistani territory for carrying out attacks on extremists along the Pak-Afghan border, and suggested to Washington that it should not indulge in talks of "hot pursuit" of militants into Pakistan's Tribal Areas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 July 2008 07:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's Madhesi parties boycott Constituent Assembly meeting</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31632_Nepals-Madhesi-parties-boycott-Constituent-Assembly-meeting.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's Madhesi parties boycotted the Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting on Sunday, expressing discontent over the constitution amendment bill tabled by the government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 08:28:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Party drink tailor-made for Aussies raises stink</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31624_Party-drink-tailor-made-for-Aussies-raises-stink.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new drink being launched in Australia is sparking fears that it will encourage binge drinking among the young partygoers. ]]></description>
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<title>Kiwi kids turning to SMSs for counseling</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Even though there are different mediums through which solutions to problems can be gained, young people are increasingly turning to cell phone text messaging for counselling, says a new Kiwi study.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 06:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parents encouraging pre-teens to get fake tans</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31620_Parents-encouraging-pre-teens-to-get-fake-tans.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Parents Down Under are permitting their kids as young as eight to have regular spray tans in order to deter them from sunbaking and solariums.]]></description>
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<title>Pope to apologise for sexual abuse by priests</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31619_Pope-to-apologise-for-sexual-abuse-by-priests.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pope Benedict XVI has begun his nine-day visit to Australia, where is expected to issue an apology to the victims of sexual abuse by priests.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 06:42:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gordon Brown owns a secret £2.4m wine stash</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Britain's PM Gordon Brown secretly owns a secret 2.4 million pounds worth wine stash, it has emerged.
According to the secret figures, Downing Street's wine lake has quadrupled in value - with 1.7million pounds of taxpayers' cash spent on booze in just the past two years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 06:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK's ancient trees facing threats from 'vandalism, development'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31613_UKs-ancient-trees-facing-threats-from-vandalism-development.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ They have seen centuries go by, but Britain's ancient trees are now facing threats from vandalism, disease and development.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 05:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kevin Rudd often 'uses F-word' at work, claims book</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31611_Kevin-Rudd-often-uses-F-word-at-work-claims-book.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is a foul-mouthed MP, who often launches into expletive-ridden rants in his office, claims a new book.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 05:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, an eatery that offers food for pet pooches and their owners! </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31610_Now-an-eatery-that-offers-food-for-pet-pooches-and-their-owners-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ You can now make your lovely pooch dig into his favourite dishes, all thanks to 'The Tempest' restaurant in Christchurch, that offers delicious food for canines as well as for their owners.]]></description>
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<title>Oz couple's $70k legal fight to ensure pet pooch lives the 'high life'!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31606_Oz-couples-$70k-legal-fight-to-ensure-pet-pooch-lives-the-high-life.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Australian couple has spent 70,000 dollars on a legal dogfight in a bid to ensure that their pampered pooch, Bernie, continues to live the high life.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 03:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Docs save man's life - after pulling out 17 metal objects from his stomach!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31605_Docs-save-mans-life---after-pulling-out-17-metal-objects-from-his-stomach.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Doctors in Trujillo in Peru have saved life of a 38-year-old man by removing 17 metal objects - including nails, a watch clasp and a knife - from his colon and stomach.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 03:42:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US attack on Pak imminent: Sherpao</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31599_US-attack-on-Pak-imminent-Sherpao.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has sounded "serious" threats to the country's sovereignty and integrity, saying that the United States could attack Pakistan any time soon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 02:54:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Local Taliban militants kill 17 Pak troops</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31596_Local-Taliban-militants-kill-17-Pak-troops.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Twenty-five people, including 17 troops, four civilians and five militants, were killed and several others injured when the local Taliban ambushed a convoy of the security forces near the Zargari Bazaar in the troubled Hangu district of North West Frontier province.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 01:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>AQ Khan's case is closed: Pak minister</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31587_AQ-Khans-case-is-closed-Pak-minister.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has ruled out any future investigation into whether Pakistan Army helped disgraced nuclear scientist Dr AQ Khan spread nuclear weapons to rogue nations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 12:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Coming soon, 'bulletproof fashion' to protect UK's super rich!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31584_Coming-soon-bulletproof-fashion-to-protect-UKs-super-rich.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fashion has now joined forces with security, for 'designer' bullet proof garments will soon be hitting the UK markets in a bid to protect super-rich businessmen from their enemies. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 11:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Food prices to remain high until 2012'  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31579_Food-prices-to-remain-high-until-2012-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ World Bank president Robert Zoellick has said that he expected food prices to remain above 2004 levels until at least 2012. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 11:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Harry follows in Di's footsteps, helps vulnerable kids</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31578_Prince-Harry-follows-in-Dis-footsteps-helps-vulnerable-kids.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ His late mother Diana, Princess of Wales was well-known for her love for kids and now Britain's Prince Harry displayed the same skills when he spent time with abused children in the African kingdom of Lesotho. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 11:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit schools face closure threats due to poor performance</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31576_Brit-schools-face-closure-threats-due-to-poor-performance.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With the level of primary education not being up to the mark, British ministers have threatened to close down thousands of primary schools.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 10:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan's Foreign Minister says US not hunting Osama on its turf </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31575_Pakistans-Foreign-Minister-says-US-not-hunting-Osama-on-its-turf-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that there are no US or other foreign military personnel on the hunt for Osama bin Laden in the tribal areas, and none will be allowed in to search for the top al-Qaeda leader. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 10:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Church of England may soon have a 'gay' bishop</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31572_Church-of-England-may-soon-have-a-gay-bishop.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Church of England should appoint Britain's first gay bishop, says a senior church leader.]]></description>
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<title>Bruni-Sarkozy loves 'feminine' Brit men</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31571_Bruni-Sarkozy-loves-feminine-Brit-men.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has praised British men's love of dressing up in women's clothes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 10:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US lawmaker urges State Department to not give visa to Modi</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31570_US-lawmaker-urges-State-Department-to-not-give-visa-to-Modi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democratic Party Senator Betty McCollum has written a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging her not to grant visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 10:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Twin sisters abandoned at birth, reunite after 14 years!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31564_Twin-sisters-abandoned-at-birth-reunite-after-14-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Identical twin sisters, who were abandoned at birth, reunited after 14 years, despite growing up just a few streets apart.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 09:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the girl who hasn't miss a day of school in 14 years!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31563_Meet-the-girl-who-hasnt-miss-a-day-of-school-in-14-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 17-year-old Brit girl loves going to school so much that she hasn't taken a day off in the past 14 years. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 09:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese tea, arts, clothing are China's most popular souvenirs </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31560_Chinese-tea-arts-clothing-are-Chinas-most-popular-souvenirs-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chinese tea, arts, craft and clothing are the most popular items which tourists visiting China take away as souvenirs, says a new survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 08:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Food Network host Bob Blumer sets Guiness world record for flapjack flipping</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31555_Food-Network-host-Bob-Blumer-sets-Guiness-world-record-for-flapjack-flipping.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bob Blumer, who hosts the programme 'Glutton for Punishment' on Food Network, has set a Guiness world record by flipping 559 pancakes in a single hour, beating the old record by only four extra flapjacks.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 July 2008 08:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists all for consensus</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A meeting of the Communist Party of Nepal-Marxist (CPN-M) central meeting held on Saturday came up with the decision to fill the posts of the President, Vice-President and Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman on the basis of a majority system in case the major parties failed to forge a consensus over the issue.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 09:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepali Congress smells rat over 'secret' Madhesi-Maoist agreement</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31543_Nepali-Congress-smells-rat-over-secret-Madhesi-Maoist-agreement.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepali Congress leaders on Saturday said that the incidents that have occurred in the Constituent Assembly (CA) in connection with the demands raised by the Madhesi leaders have taken a serious turn.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 09:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NC smells rat over 'secret' Madhesi-Maoist agreement</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31541_NC-smells-rat-over-secret-Madhesi-Maoist-agreement.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepali Congress leaders on Saturday said that the incidents that have occurred in the Constituent Assembly (CA) in connection with the demands raised by the Madhesi leaders have taken a serious turn.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 09:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IARC condemns suicide bombing on Indian Embassy in Kabul </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31539_IARC-condemns-suicide-bombing-on-Indian-Embassy-in-Kabul-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Indian American Republican Council (IARC) on Saturday strongly condemned the July 7 suicide bombing on the Indian Embassy in Kabul.]]></description>
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<title>Brit expats go wild in Dubai with booze, sex and debauchery! </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31532_Brit-expats-go-wild-in-Dubai-with-booze-sex-and-debauchery-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British expatriates' wild parties have left Dubai struggling to prevent its Muslim culture from waning, say reports. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 08:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Timid Pentagon has failed to eliminate al Qaeda leaders</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31528_Timid-Pentagon-has-failed-to-eliminate-al-Qaeda-leaders.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ American defense commanders and some officials have accused the Pentagon and the U.S. State Department of being too timid in their quest to eliminate the on-the-run al Qaeda leadership.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 07:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit waitress given £59k payout in breast-groping boss case!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31518_Brit-waitress-given-£59k-payout-in-breast-groping-boss-case.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British waitress who was sacked by text after complaining that her drunken boss had groped her breasts, has been given 59,000 pounds as compensation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 06:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Queen Victoria's 'queen-size' bloomers had a 50-inch waist!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31516_Queen-Victorias-queen-size-bloomers-had-a-50-inch-waist.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A pair of Queen Victoria's bloomers has been discovered, and they suggest that the famous British monarch had a large 50-inch waist.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 06:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Marks and Spencer's "tit tax" on bigger-size bras raises stink</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31512_Marks-and-Spencers-tit-tax-on-bigger-size-bras-raises-stink.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Being busty sure comes with a heavy price, and it's not just restricted to ogling eyes, for even bras' prices increase with the growing size, that's what international clothing line 'Marks  and  Spencer' has to say in defense of its 2 pounds surcharge on women's innerwear.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 05:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>All hell breaks loose at Malaysian Indian Congress dinner </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31507_All-hell-breaks-loose-at-Malaysian-Indian-Congress-dinner-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ All hell broke loose at a dinner held to mark the Malaysian Indian Congress's (MIC) annual general meeting, when some of the delegates decided to walk out earlier than scheduled.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 05:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canada taking lessons from Soviet debacle in Afghanistan to counter Taliban</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31502_Canada-taking-lessons-from-Soviet-debacle-in-Afghanistan-to-counter-Taliban.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Canadian military has been studying the Soviet debacle in Afghanistan in the 1980s for clues on how to prevent similar mistakes as NATO tries to beat back a persistent insurgency.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 04:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Saudi Arabia defers 5.9 bn dollars payment for oil sales to Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31501_Saudi-Arabia-defers-59-bn-dollars-payment-for-oil-sales-to-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Saudi Arabia has agreed in principle to defer payments for crude oil sales to Pakistan expected to be worth approximately 5.9 billion dollars at present rates during Pakistan's present July-June financial year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 04:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Heinz Baked Beans are now just Heinz Beans</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31498_Heinz-Baked-Beans-are-now-just-Heinz-Beans.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The next time you go to the supermarket in the UK, you won't be able to find your favourite can of Heinz Bakes Beans, for the food giant is dropping the word 'baked' from its label.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 04:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The burger that gives 'spicy' a whole new hot meaning!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31497_The-burger-that-gives-spicy-a-whole-new-hot-meaning.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Aussie restaurant has come up with a new fiery delicacy - a burger that's so spicy that diners need to wear rubber gloves to eat it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 04:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bruni-Sarkozy loves the 'exquisite' Queen, eccentric UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31485_Bruni-Sarkozy-loves-the-exquisite-Queen-eccentric-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, has for the first time revealed her admiration for the eccentric British and their "exquisite" Queen who spoke perfect French on the France's First Lady's State visit to UK. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 02:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Good conduct helped `Kanishka'-Narita airport bomber Reyat get bail </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31475_Good-conduct-helped-`Kanishka-Narita-airport-bomber-Reyat-get-bail-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Good conduct and the fact that he had not committed perjury, helped Inderjit Singh Reyat, one of the main accused in the bombing of an Air India plane in 1985, as well as a related explosion at Japan's Narita Airport in luggage destined for another Air India flight, get bail.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 01:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brits taking to 'staycations' to save money</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31474_Brits-taking-to-staycations-to-save-money.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 'Staycations', a term that signifies cancelling or cutting back on holiday plans to stay at home, may soon become a mantra for people wanting to save money during their vacations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 01:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Responsibility lies with Maoists for political solutions in Nepal, says Koirala</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31460_Responsibility-lies-with-Maoists-for-political-solutions-in-Nepal-says-Koirala.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has said hat the Maoists being the biggest party in the Constituent Assembly, should take responsibility for finding solutions to the latest political developments, including formation of a new government .]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 11:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fiancée of failed July 21 bomber jailed for three years</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31456_Fiancée-of-failed-July-21-bomber-jailed-for-three-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The fiancée of one of the failed July 21 suicide bombers, has been jailed for three years for helping him to escape by dressing up as a Muslim woman in a burqa.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 10:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK to insist that immigrants must prove they can speak English to gain citizenship</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31455_UK-to-insist-that-immigrants-must-prove-they-can-speak-English-to-gain-citizenship.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Proposals contained in a Green Paper called "The Path to Citizenship" are to be introduced by the Gordon Brown Government in Parliament next week, and it  includes one where future immigrants wanting British citizenship, will have to prove that they can speak English.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 10:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Russia accuses Britain of harbouring Kremlin critics </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31454_Russia-accuses-Britain-of-harbouring-Kremlin-critics-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Russia's Ambassador to London, Yury Fedotov, has criticised the Gordon Brown Government for giving refuge to known critics of the Kremlin, and blamed it for not doing enough to mend the current poor state of Anglo-Russian relations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 10:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dr. Death's extradition case hits roadblock in US</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31453_Dr-Deaths-extradition-case-hits-roadblock-in-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The extradition process of controversial Indian-born surgeon Dr. Jayant Patel, who has been charged with manslaughter by a Queensland court, has hit a road block as US State Department's Asia-Pacific bureau in Washington DC has received no word that the case has moved from Condoleezza Rice's desk.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 10:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda fears disintegration of the Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31451_Prachanda-fears-disintegration-of-the-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Maoist Chairman Puspa Kamal Dahal alias 'Prachanda' has warned that Nepal could head towards disintegration if it does not stick to the path of consensus politics to prevent such an upheaval]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 10:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rice lets Qureshi "have it" over lack of progress in war on terror</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31445_Rice-lets-Qureshi-have-it-over-lack-of-progress-in-war-on-terror.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ No agreement has been reached between Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on wide ranging issues like the security situation in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan and economic cooperation, etc.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 09:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon mum questioned for the first time about her ordeal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31440_Dungeon-mum-questioned-for-the-first-time-about-her-ordeal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Elisabeth Fritzl, the Austrian woman who was held as a captive in a cellar for 24 years by her father, has been questioned for the first time about her ordeal, it has emerged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 08:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>America's top military officer to "read the riot act" to Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31439_Americas-top-military-officer-to-read-the-riot-act-to-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ America's top military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, will be in Pakistan some time this month to "read the riot act" to the government and express Washington's frustration with Islamabad's lack of ability or willingness, or both, to act decisively against terrorist groups operating from tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 08:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Clashes in Nepal at Tibetan rally</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31428_Clashes-in-Nepal-at-Tibetan-rally.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepalese police clashed with pro-Tibet independence demonstrators on Friday following a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 05:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda pulls for power balance in cabinet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31427_Prachanda-pulls-for-power-balance-in-cabinet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday floated a new proposal to keep the power-balance in the ministerial council without stressing on the positions of the president and Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman in the soon-to-be formed government as part of an attempt to garner support of the Nepali Congress (NC) and Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 05:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indians queue up in US to buy new I-Phone</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31419_Indians-queue-up-in-US-to-buy-new-I-Phone.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ From early hours of the morning, Indian techies and Non Resident Indians have started lining up outside AT and T and Apple shops to buy the new 3G iPhone. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 04:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz soap opera 'Neighbours' to be aired on social networking site</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31414_Oz-soap-opera-Neighbours-to-be-aired-on-social-networking-site.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia's popular soap opera 'Neighbours' would soon be posted on a social networking site.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 03:54:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dog meat banned from Olympic restaurant menus</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31406_Dog-meat-banned-from-Olympic-restaurant-menus.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dog meat has been removed from all officially designated Olympic restaurants, the official Xinhua News Agency has reported.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 02:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist responsible for resolving problems: Koirala</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31403_Maoist-responsible-for-resolving-problems-Koirala.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Friday said that the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) is responsible to resolve the problems arising in the recent political scenario adding that now he has no obligation towards it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 02:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australian sausage sangers under fire for 'extreme salt content'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31399_Australian-sausage-sangers-under-fire-for-extreme-salt-content.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia's famous sausage sangers are now under attack for their "extreme salt content", say reports.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 02:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indonesia was behind East Timor atrocities</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31397_Indonesia-was-behind-East-Timor-atrocities.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indonesian soldiers, police and civilian officials were involved in an "organised campaign of violence" that prompted Australian military intervention in East Timor in 1999, according to a leaked report by a government inquiry.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 01:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wall Street wives dumping husbands in hordes following crippling cash crunch</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31393_Wall-Street-wives-dumping-husbands-in-hordes-following-crippling-cash-crunch.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Though lack of money is not yet deemed to be a 'legitimate reason' for divorce in the US, the credit crunch and economic downturn over the past one year has resulted in the increase of divorce cases here, especially among the super-wealthy in New York's Wall Street area.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 01:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Russia accuses senior British diplomat of spying</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31390_Russia-accuses-senior-British-diplomat-of-spying.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Russia's intelligence services have accused a senior British diplomat of being a spy, igniting a new spying row with London. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 12:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Music teacher charged with nearly 400 sexual offences!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31387_Music-teacher-charged-with-nearly-400-sexual-offences.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A music teacher from Country Victoria has been charged with about 400 sexual offences, following accusations that he raped underage girls and filmed them to make sexually explicit movies. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 July 2008 12:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Becks is living - and loving - the American dream</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31382_Becks-is-living---and-loving---the-American-dream.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After a year living in the US, footie ace David Beckham admits that he's living the American dream - and loving every minute of it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 11:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>American Santas in a 'no holds barred' internecine!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31377_American-Santas-in-a-no-holds-barred-internecine.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It seems that Father Christmases in the U.S. are not keeping up with their 'good souls' tag, for the country's Santas have been accused of profiteering, unethical behaviour and even Claus-on-Claus violence. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 11:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The songbird that terrorizes neighbourhood with its ambulance siren!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31376_The-songbird-that-terrorizes-neighbourhood-with-its-ambulance-siren.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A neighbourhood in Britain's Somerset area is being driven to distraction by a blackbird that imitates an ambulance siren everyday at 5 in the morning.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 11:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ronaldo could be out of action for 12 weeks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31374_Ronaldo-could-be-out-of-action-for-12-weeks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Manchester United, who thought that their Portuguese wing wizard Cristiano Ronaldo was facing only a six-week lay-off, have been devastated after the ace striker revealed that he will be out of action for up to 12 weeks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 10:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>1m long shark found in Australian beachside pool!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31373_1m-long-shark-found-in-Australian-beachside-pool.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 1m long shark was found at a popular Sydney beachside pool, apparently swept into the baths by a big overnight tide.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 10:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Koirala begins talks with Madhesi parties</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31371_Koirala-begins-talks-with-Madhesi-parties.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala stepped up consultations with the leaders of the Madhes-based parties today to persuade them to participate in the amendment process. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 10:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>100 mystery men pay for Brit woman's boob job!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31367_100-mystery-men-pay-for-Brit-womans-boob-job.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Brit mum had a boob job paid by 100 men she doesn't know - thanks to social networking site.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 10:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>America losing its lead in space race</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31364_America-losing-its-lead-in-space-race.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ America is losing its lead in the space race as other countries are challenging its dominance on the "final frontier", NASA's head has warned. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 09:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Grannies on mobility scooters do mother of all battles in supermarket!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31362_Grannies-on-mobility-scooters-do-mother-of-all-battles-in-supermarket.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Employees of a Crawley, England, supermarket had to drag two elderly women on mobility scooters apart after they got into a fight, 'ramming each other like dodgems'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 09:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Condom handout 'will add to World Youth Day' comedy, claims Bishop</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31360_Condom-handout-will-add-to-World-Youth-Day-comedy-claims-Bishop.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A national sexual health group's decision to hand out condoms to World Youth Day pilgrims will add comedy to the week of celebrations, according to the bishop in charge of organising the event.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 09:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Soft-rubber soled shoes deemed too dangerous for Aussie mall!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31356_Soft-rubber-soled-shoes-deemed-too-dangerous-for-Aussie-mall.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If you're planning to walk through Warringah Mall in a pair of thongs this summer, then you might be a little disappointed to know that the soft-rubber soled shoes have been banned on the Aussie mall's escalators.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 08:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK's 'most potent beer ever' raises a stink among health activists</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31350_UKs-most-potent-beer-ever-raises-a-stink-among-health-activists.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Health campaigners and politicians have accused the makers of one of Scotland's largest independent breweries for creating Britain's most potent beer ever - with a staggering 12 per cent alcohol content.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 07:54:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Sex-on-Dubai-beach' Brit woman known for 'getting wild' while drunk!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31342_Sex-on-Dubai-beach-Brit-woman-known-for-getting-wild-while-drunk.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Michelle Palmer, the British woman languishing in a Dubai jail after being arrested for having 'unmarried' sex on Jumeirah beach, has a reputation for jokingly groping men and women while high on booze.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 06:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One in three Scots favours break up from the UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31325_One-in-three-Scots-favours-break-up-from-the-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Only one in three Scots is in favour of independence from United Kingdom, according to a poll. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 03:08:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Cage of Death' puts tourists in close encounter with a croc!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31322_Cage-of-Death-puts-tourists-in-close-encounter-with-a-croc.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Get ready for some real action - a new theme park is set to open in Australia whose main feature will be trapping daredevils in a fibreglass "cage of death'" for a close encounter with a 5.5m crocodile.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 02:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Bara operation launched just to appease Americans" </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31321_Bara-operation-launched-just-to-appease-Americans-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Bara operation was a futile exercise and mere eyewash simply launched to appease the Americans, former NWFP chief minister Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi said here last evening while speaking to reporters.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 02:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>State can't be restructured on anybody's whim: Khanal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31305_State-cant-be-restructured-on-anybodys-whim-Khanal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) general secretary Jhal Nath Khanal today said that the state cannot be restructured on anybody's or any party's whim and obduracy in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 12:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Koirala, Prachanda worried over Madhesi boycott in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31303_Koirala-Prachanda-worried-over-Madhesi-boycott-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' have stated that the Madhesi parties' walkout from the Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting was a grave issue and they needed to have a serious discussion with them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 12:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China deports British woman for having links with Tibetan youth congress</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31300_China-deports-British-woman-for-having-links-with-Tibetan-youth-congress.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Chinese Foreign Ministry has confirmed the recent deportation of a British citizen, and said that the case was not necessarily linked to Olympic-related changes to visa policies and security measures.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 12:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Britain's top cop denies blocking promotion of senior Asian police officer</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31297_Britains-top-cop-denies-blocking-promotion-of-senior-Asian-police-officer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sir Ian Blair, Britain's most senior policeman, has hit back at allegations of racial discrimination in the Metropolitan Police after a senior Asian officer said he was repeatedly overlooked for promotion in favour of a "golden circle" of White officers.
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, often derided for being too politically correct, said that he had "championed issues of diversity throughout my career as a senior police officer."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 11:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama for promoting democracy, rolling back extremism in Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31296_Obama-for-promoting-democracy-rolling-back-extremism-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate, has said that if he won the election later this year he would work towards cementing US-Pak ties, and would also ensure that democracy was promoted in Pakistan since it was "an important ally in the US-led war on terror".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 11:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter, says Bush to G8 leaders</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31293_Goodbye-from-the-worlds-biggest-polluter-says-Bush-to-G8-leaders.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After rejecting global climate-change targets, US President George W Bush signed off with a defiant farewell over his refusal to accept targets at his last G8 summit.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 11:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prominent Scot Muslim leader found guilty of sexually abusing girls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31292_Prominent-Scot-Muslim-leader-found-guilty-of-sexually-abusing-girls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A prominent Muslim leader of Scotland is facing jail after being found guilty of sexually abusing teenage girls. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 11:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PPP-led govt will fall in two months, predicts ex-Pak PM Shujaat Hussain</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31291_PPP-led-govt-will-fall-in-two-months-predicts-ex-Pak-PM-Shujaat-Hussain.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PML-N president and former Pakistan premier, Shujaat Hussain has said that the PPP-led coalition government would fall apart within two months.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 10:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Reality TV voted 'Worst Creation Since 1928'.</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31289_Reality-TV-voted-Worst-Creation-Since-1928.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Reality TV has topped a list of the 'Worst Creations Since 1928'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 10:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wasps, bumble bees become hot when they find protein-rich food </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31283_Wasps-bumble-bees-become-hot-when-they-find-protein-rich-food-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Wasp and bumble bees become hot and fly faster when they find protein-rich food, two new studies have shown.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 09:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad 'can't stand being cooped up' in jail cell</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31282_Dungeon-dad-cant-stand-being-cooped-up-in-jail-cell.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl, who held his daughter as a captive in a cellar dungeon for 24 years, has made a request officials to allow him to leave his prison cell after admitting that he can no longer stand being caged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 09:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>McCain left red faced after economic adviser accuses Americans of 'whining'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31280_McCain-left-red-faced-after-economic-adviser-accuses-Americans-of-whining.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Republican presidential candidate John McCain's struggle to convince Americans that he understands their economic concerns has suffered a huge set back when his senior economic adviser accused them of "whining" about an imaginary recession. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 09:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak won't allow foreign troops inside its territory, says Foreign Minister</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31279_Pak-wont-allow-foreign-troops-inside-its-territory-says-Foreign-Minister.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Amid repeated assertions from the US in the recent past that it had the authority to strike on terrorists in Pakistan without waiting for the green signal from Islamabad, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that his country won't allow its soil to be used against other countries (read Afghanistan) nor would it allow foreign troops to operate inside its territory.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 09:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Internet voted ' the best thing since sliced bread'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31272_The-Internet-voted-the-best-thing-since-sliced-bread.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The results are in, and the World Wide Web has been declared as the 'best thing' to ever happen to us humans since the invention of the Rohwedder Bread Slicing machine that cut bread into perfect slices back in 1928.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 08:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US choppers again violate Pak airspace</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31270_US-choppers-again-violate-Pak-airspace.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two US helicopters reportedly violated Pakistani airspace on Wednesday night, and hovered over the Ghulam Khan Border area in North Waziristan, security sources said on condition of anonymity.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 08:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unclaimed radioactive material found near Karachi</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31264_Unclaimed-radioactive-material-found-near-Karachi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two unclaimed sealed containers with radioactive material were reportedly found in the Korangi area of Karachi. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 07:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PM, Prachanda discuss govt formation, statute amendment</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31262_PM-Prachanda-discuss-govt-formation-statute-amendment.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Thursday discussed the amendment to the interim constitution and formation of a new government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 04:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Democracy in Pak impossible, support to movements like Taliban will continue: Rights activist</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31256_Democracy-in-Pak-impossible-support-to-movements-like-Taliban-will-continue-Rights-activist.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Washington-based human rights activist of Pakistan origin has said that democracy in Pakistan cannot take root because  of the issues and crises that have dominated its political landscape for decades.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 04:08:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US welcomes India's move to circulate safeguards draft among IAEA governors</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31253_US-welcomes-Indias-move-to-circulate-safeguards-draft-among-IAEA-governors.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Gregory Schulte today welcomed India's move to circulate the safeguards draft among the IAEA Board of Governors.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 03:53:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>`You kill 20,000 Taliban, another 20,000 will follow' </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31250_`You-kill-20000-Taliban-another-20000-will-follow-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Seven years after the eradication of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, one would have thought that the fight would have gone out of the Islamic fundamentalists, but if you ask those confronting this group in war-ravaged Afghanistan, he or she will just say: "You kill 20,000 Taliban, another 20,000 will follow".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 03:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Woman passes driving test - after 27 years and 450 lessons!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31229_Woman-passes-driving-test---after-27-years-and-450-lessons.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 62-year-old woman has finally passed her driving test - 27 years after her first lesson.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 12:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian chef creates 'World's Hottest Curry'!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31226_Indian-chef-creates-Worlds-Hottest-Curry.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Indian chef has created Bollywood Burner -the "hottest curry in the world" - which contains the Dorset Naga, a chilli that is 100 times hotter than a regular jalapeno as well as lamb and other peppers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 July 2008 12:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Inflation in Pak forcing Hindus to shun their customs and traditions</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31210_Inflation-in-Pak-forcing-Hindus-to-shun-their-customs-and-traditions.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The prevailing inflationary trend in Pakistan has hit the Hindus badly, as they have been forced to shun their customs and traditions at weddings and festivals.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 10:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Experts to examine Franz Kafka's unseen documents </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31198_Experts-to-examine-Franz-Kafkas-unseen-documents-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Previously unseen documents belonging to the writer Franz Kafka, which remained locked away in his executor Max Brod's home in Tel Aviv for four decades, are to be examined by experts. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 08:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz minister brands Scientologists 'bastards'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31196_Oz-minister-brands-Scientologists-bastards.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Education and Children's Services Minister in South Australia has attacked the controversial Church of Scientology, branding its faithful as 'bastard'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 08:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gandhara art greatly influenced by Greek, Roman, Iranian culture</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31192_Gandhara-art-greatly-influenced-by-Greek-Roman-Iranian-culture.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Several articles recovered from Mardan, a tribal area in NWFP, like toilet trays, terracotta sculptures, coins etc indicate that the Greek, Roman, Iranian and Central Asian cultures deeply influenced the indigenous Gandhara art and culture in the region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 08:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kazakhstan to build world's largest oceanarium in Moscow</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31191_Kazakhstan-to-build-worlds-largest-oceanarium-in-Moscow.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kazakhstan is financing the construction of the world's largest oceanarium in Moscow. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 08:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian budget hotels secretly taping couples having sex</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31187_Malaysian-budget-hotels-secretly-taping-couples-having-sex.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Budget hotel operators in Malaysia secretly videotape their customers having sex and then sell the video to VCD and DVD operators, according to the country's online newspaper Harian Metro.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 07:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jolie in 'meltdown mode' as she waits for twins' birth</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31183_Jolie-in-meltdown-mode-as-she-waits-for-twins-birth.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Angelina Jolie is reportedly 'in meltdown mode' as she waits to give birth in a French hospital.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 07:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India reiterates its stand on going ahead with the nuclear deal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31181_India-reiterates-its-stand-on-going-ahead-with-the-nuclear-deal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on Thursday said that India was all set to go ahead with the civil nuclear cooperation deal with the United States.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 06:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iraq talks tough with partner US on foreign troop deployment</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31168_Iraq-talks-tough-with-partner-US-on-foreign-troop-deployment.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Iraq is talking tough with the United States, which is keen on formally authorizing an unlimited American troop presence in Iraq.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 05:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindus demand film and book to counter `Love Guru' misrepresentation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31165_Hindus-demand-film-and-book-to-counter-`Love-Guru-misrepresentation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Leading Hindus have called for movie executives at Paramount Pictures to release  film and booklet about the religion with the DVD of `The Love Guru'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 04:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>50 percent of all British servicemen want to quit </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31164_50-percent-of-all-British-servicemen-want-to-quit-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan could face problems after it emerged that almost half of all military personnel are ready to quit. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 04:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>1985 `Kanishka' bomber gets bail after 20 years</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31161_1985-`Kanishka-bomber-gets-bail-after-20-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Canadian judge has granted bail to convicted Air India bomber Inderjit Singh Reyat after he served nearly 20 years in prison, triggering protests from families of the 331 people killed in the 1985 bombings.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 04:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New US-Iraq pact spells doom for American security firms </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31160_New-US-Iraq-pact-spells-doom-for-American-security-firms-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new agreement between the U.S. and Iraq is likely to take away the immunity enjoyed so far by American security contractors under Iraqi law.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 04:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canadian opposition says PM too bullish on Afghan challenge</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31152_Canadian-opposition-says-PM-too-bullish-on-Afghan-challenge.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The opposition in Canada believes that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Walter Natynczyk, are too bullish and optimistic about future of the ongoing military campaign in Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 03:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Sexting" on the rise Down Under </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31151_Sexting-on-the-rise-Down-Under-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ "Sexting," which involves taking or sending an explicit photo of oneself and forwarding it to friends or potential suitors, is seeing a big explosion Down Under and the scenario is alarming teachers, police and youth counsellors in the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 03:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>For PML-N, judges' restoration issue more important than Musharraf's impeachment</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31146_For-PML-N-judges-restoration-issue-more-important-than-Musharrafs-impeachment.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The impeachment of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was not important for the PML-N, instead it wanted to focus on the restoration of deposed Supreme Court judges and resolve its differences with the PPP over the issue because the country faced serious challenges while the judges remain sacked, said a PML-N leader.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 02:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gordon Brown compares himself to brooding Emily Bronte anti-hero Heathcliff!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31145_Gordon-Brown-compares-himself-to-brooding-Emily-Bronte-anti-hero-Heathcliff.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British PM Gordon Brown has likened himself to disturbed Emily Bronte anti-hero Heathcliffe from 'Wuthering Heights'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 02:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nawaz Sharif not likely to return to Pak anytime soon</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31141_Nawaz-Sharif-not-likely-to-return-to-Pak-anytime-soon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a bid to avoid facing any more embarrassment over his party's long pending demand of restoration of sacked judges' issue, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, currently in London, is not likely to return to Pakistan "any time soon".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 01:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese spying cases raising concerns in US intelligence community: NYT</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31137_Chinese-spying-cases-raising-concerns-in-US-intelligence-community-NYT.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Several cases have surfaced over the last year involving the illegal transfer of confidential information to China, and this has those in the corridors of power in Washington, and particularly in the intelligence community, quite concerned. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 01:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jesse Jackson apologises for crude Obama castration remarks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31128_Jesse-Jackson-apologises-for-crude-Obama-castration-remarks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Reverend Jesse Jackson has apologised for "regretfully crude" comments he made about Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 12:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda fears foreign conspiracy to divide Nepal parties </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31127_Prachanda-fears-foreign-conspiracy-to-divide-Nepal-parties-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  CPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has claimed that foreign power centres are weaving conspiracies to fulfill their strategic interests by dividing the political parties into various factions in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 12:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US sending more air power to Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31126_US-sending-more-air-power-to-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Amid reports that American commandos were poised to stage hot pursuit raids into Pakistan's tribal areas FATA, the US has decided to send more air power to Afghanistan from Iraq.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 11:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Government hands over letter requesting extension of UNMIN term</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31124_Nepal-Government-hands-over-letter-requesting-extension-of-UNMIN-term.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Government has handed over a letter formally requesting the extension of the term of United Nation Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) by six more months to the UN Secretary General.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 11:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Constituent Assembly proceedings resume </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31123_Nepal-Constituent-Assembly-proceedings-resume-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Constituent Assembly (CA) proceedings resumed on Wednesday evening, after being interrupted for nearly two weeks following obstructions caused by Madhes-based parties.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 11:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Foreign terrorists making beeline for Pak in droves</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31114_Foreign-terrorists-making-beeline-for-Pak-in-droves.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan is said to be fast turning into a preferred destination for foreign fighters from countries like from the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, who join militants there. Most of these foreign fighters were Sunnis seeking to take up arms against the West, suggest intelligence inputs from the US Army.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 10:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama's daughters get the giggles over his 'fashion pin-up' status!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31110_Obamas-daughters-get-the-giggles-over-his-fashion-pin-up-status.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ He may be regarded as one of the most polished politicians today, but US Presidential candidate Barack Obama's daughters are no fan of their father's style.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 09:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cherie Blair told Carla Bruni to 'keep on singing'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31105_Cherie-Blair-told-Carla-Bruni-to-keep-on-singing.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Carla Bruni-Sarkozy reveals that it was advice from Cherie Blair that helped make up her mind about whether or not to complete her new album.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 09:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Josef Fritzl may get just 10 years of jail for dungeon deeds </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31104_Josef-Fritzl-may-get-just-10-years-of-jail-for-dungeon-deeds-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl Josef Fritzl could face only 10 years in jail for caging his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and forcing her to bear seven of his children.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 09:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Oz police terrorism charge against Haneef was politically motivated'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31098_Oz-police-terrorism-charge-against-Haneef-was-politically-motivated.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The lawyer of Indian born doctor Mohamed Haneef has said that terrorism charges against Haneef were politically motivated because the Australian Federal Police went ahead in the case against the advice of its Queensland counterparts.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 08:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bruni is desperate for  Sarkozy's baby</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31097_Bruni-is-desperate-for-Sarkozys-baby.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Carla Bruni-Sarkozy would like nothing more than to start a family with new hubby, French President Nicolas Sarkozy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 08:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> "Only Allah can save Pak"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31095_-Only-Allah-can-save-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senior PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim, who was the front runner for the post of prime minister before Yousuf Raza Gilani was sworn in after February 18 polls, has expressed his dissatisfaction over the performance of the PPP-led coalition government, saying that only Allah could take care of the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 08:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Only Allah can save Pak"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31094_Only-Allah-can-save-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senior PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim, who was the front runner for the post of prime minister before Yousuf Raza Gilani was sworn in after February 18 polls, has expressed his dissatisfaction over the performance of the PPP-led coalition government, saying that only Allah could take care of the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 07:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two Indians among 6 killed in attack on Jalalabad Indian Consulate</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31091_Two-Indians-among-6-killed-in-attack-on-Jalalabad-Indian-Consulate.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Taliban reportedly carried out an attack on the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, in the wee hours of morning, killing six persons, including two Indians, and injuring eight others, reported the Daily Times.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 06:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India's first priority is spurring economic growth: Manmohan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31088_Indias-first-priority-is-spurring-economic-growth-Manmohan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that India's first priority is spurring economic growth so that it could eradicate dire poverty.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 04:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US may conduct raids against terrorists operating from Pak tribal areas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31073_US-may-conduct-raids-against-terrorists-operating-from-Pak-tribal-areas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US can go after the terrorists operating from Pakistan's tribal areas to check rising Taliban attacks against American troops in Afghanistan and to disrupt resurgent al-Qaida operatives' efforts to map strikes against the US homeland.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 02:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bats find new place to roost - bra and trousers!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31051_Bats-find-new-place-to-roost---bra-and-trousers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two Brit women got the shock of their lives when they discovered bats lurking in their clothes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 12:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NWFP Government, Taliban agree to amend Shariat Act</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31050_NWFP-Government-Taliban-agree-to-amend-Shariat-Act.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The NWFP Government and the Taliban in Swat headed by Maulana Fazlullah agreed to bring amendments in the 1999 NWFP Shariat Regulation Act with mutual understanding. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 July 2008 12:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Germany's 639-year-long concert crawls to its 6th chord!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31047_Germanys-639-year-long-concert-crawls-to-its-6th-chord.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It has taken seven years, and now the slowest and  longest concert in the world has crawled to its sixth tone change on July 5 in the German town of Halberstadt.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 11:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Six people killed in attack outside US consulate in Istanbul</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31044_Six-people-killed-in-attack-outside-US-consulate-in-Istanbul.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Three Turkish policemen and three gunmen were killed outside US consulate in Istanbul today, when three assailants opened fire at the police checkpoint after jumping from a white car around 11:00 a.m. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 11:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No quantitative restrictions on India's GHG emissions: Manmohan Singh</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31043_No-quantitative-restrictions-on-Indias-GHG-emissions-Manmohan-Singh.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his intervention at the Major Economies Meeting (MEM) here today said that sustained and accelerated economic growth is critical for all developing countries and we cannot consider quantitative restrictions on our greenhouse gas emissions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 11:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dr Who's Daleks 'more familiar to kids than barn owl'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31039_Dr-Whos-Daleks-more-familiar-to-kids-than-barn-owl.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Children spend so little time outdoors, they are more likely to recognise fictitious 'Dr Who' monsters like the Daleks than real life animals such as a barn owl, according to a new survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 10:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tornado hampers UFO from landing!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31038_Tornado-hampers-UFO-from-landing.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British man from Lancashire has claimed that a tornado prevented a UFO from landing near where he stood.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 10:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Three Goya drawings rake in 4 mln  pounds at auction </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31022_Three-Goya-drawings-rake-in-4-mln-pounds-at-auction-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Three drawings by Spanish artist Goya, presumed lost for over 130 years, have raked in nearly 4 million pounds after going under the hammer at Christie's in London.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 08:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>TV chefs "setting bad hygiene example by not washing their hands"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31021_TV-chefs-setting-bad-hygiene-example-by-not-washing-their-hands.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Celebrity chefs are setting a bad example to millions of viewers by ignoring basic standards of hygiene when they appear on television, claims a leading health expert.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 08:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cheney's staff censored global warming-related testimony</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31019_Cheneys-staff-censored-global-warming-related-testimony.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An official attached with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's office has been accused of editing out six pages from a global warming-related testimony given by Julie L. Gerberding, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 07:54:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Labour's Deputy leader secretly campaigning to become UK PM</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31013_New-Labours-Deputy-leader-secretly-campaigning-to-become-UK-PM.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The deputy leader of Britain's Labour Party, Harriet Harman is secretly campaigning to become her party's first woman Prime Minister should Gordon Brown be forced out of 10, Downing Street. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 07:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Harry turns builder as he helps build Lesotho school</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31007_Prince-Harry-turns-builder-as-he-helps-build-Lesotho-school.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British royal Prince Harry rolled up his sleeves and got down to the serious business of helping build a new school for orphans in Lesotho.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 06:29:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Pak Taliban 'organizationally distinct' from Afghan group"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_31003_Pak-Taliban-organizationally-distinct-from-Afghan-group.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new US report prepared by the prestigious 'US Council on Foreign Relations' has claimed that that Taliban movement in Pakistan was "organizationally" distinct from the Afghan group.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 05:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz bank to outsource 400 new jobs to India by year-end</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30992_Oz-bank-to-outsource-400-new-jobs-to-India-by-year-end.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The National Australia Bank (NAB) has reportedly decided to outsource nearly 400 new jobs to India by the year-end.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 04:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brown wants all Brits to drive Volts-wagons </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30989_Brown-wants-all-Brits-to-drive-Volts-wagons-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is spearheading a campaign to promote the use of hybrids and electric vehicles in the car industry during his visit to Japan to attend the Group of Eight Summit.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 04:08:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Yorkers allow loaned Concorde to rot in abandoned airfield </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30987_New-Yorkers-allow-loaned-Concorde-to-rot-in-abandoned-airfield-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fury has erupted over the shabby treatment of the supersonic airliner, Concorde, in New York.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 03:54:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>French Prez Sarkozy warned not to meet Dalai Lama</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30985_French-Prez-Sarkozy-warned-not-to-meet-Dalai-Lama.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who confirmed he would attend the opening ceremony of Beijing's summer Olympic Games, has been warned by China not to meet with Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in France in August.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 03:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China's economy to become world's biggest in 2035</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30984_Chinas-economy-to-become-worlds-biggest-in-2035.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China's economy will overtake that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by 2050, a study released Tuesday by a US research organization concluded.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 03:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UPA Government will come back to power: Kamal Nath </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30977_UPA-Government-will-come-back-to-power-Kamal-Nath-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath has said that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government will not only survive the current political crisis, but will come back to power.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 02:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>G-8 nations support long-term cooperative action against global warming</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30973_G-8-nations-support-long-term-cooperative-action-against-global-warming.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Leaders of the Group of Eight nations today supported a shared vision for long-term cooperative action, including emission reductions, that assures growth, prosperity, and other aspects of sustainable development.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 02:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Osama's son declares jihad against West through poetic rant</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30965_Osamas-son-declares-jihad-against-West-through-poetic-rant.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden's school going son, Hamza bin Laden, is continuing with his father's mission of hate.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 01:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Internet dating making women 'vulnerable to assault' on real date</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30962_Internet-dating-making-women-vulnerable-to-assault-on-real-date.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Women who agree to meet the men they have been chatting on the Internet for months are being told to take care following an increase in the number of women being attacked when on a real date with their online 'friends'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 12:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US very keen to take strategic, global relationship with India forward</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30960_US-very-keen-to-take-strategic-global-relationship-with-India-forward.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States is very keen to take its strategic relationship with India forward, said President George W Bush after his 40-minute meeting with Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here this morning.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 12:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon mum ready to talk about cellar ordeal </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30956_Dungeon-mum-ready-to-talk-about-cellar-ordeal-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Elisabeth Fritzl, the Austrian woman who was held captive by her father for 24 years in a dungeon and bore him seven kids, is all set to give a full interview to police about her cellar ordeal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 12:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Female 'suicide bomber' threatens attacks in Lahore</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30954_Female-suicide-bomber-threatens-attacks-in-Lahore.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Following an untraced phone call made to the police by a possible woman suicide bomber, law enforcement agencies in Punjab capital Lahore have stepped up security in the city.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 11:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Federal system will harm Nepal national unity fears Nepal People's Front</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30950_Federal-system-will-harm-Nepal-national-unity-fears-Nepal-Peoples-Front.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal People's Front (NPF) chairman Chitra Bahadur KC said that creating states on the basis of ethnic communities will gives rise to regional as well as communal conflicts and put a serious dent on Nepal national unity.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 11:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Government makes alternate arrangement for budget</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30949_Nepal-Government-makes-alternate-arrangement-for-budget.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Cabinet has approved a Seven Party Alliance (SPA) decision allowing the Government to make alternate arrangement for budget of the coming fiscal year, which begins from mid-July.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 11:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban to convert two girls schools into madarassas in Bajaur Agency</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30948_Taliban-to-convert-two-girls-schools-into-madarassas-in-Bajaur-Agency.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Extremists belonging to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have reportedly taken over two girls primary schools in the Bajaur Agency, and announced to convert them into madarassas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 11:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Madhesi parties to study the supplementary bill</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30946_Nepal-Madhesi-parties-to-study-the-supplementary-bill.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Madhesi parties of southern Nepal have said they would study the latest supplementary bill on Constitution amendment registered by the government at the Constituent Assembly (CA) secretariat today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 10:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Congress may not have time to pass Indo-US Nuke deal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30939_US-Congress-may-not-have-time-to-pass-Indo-US-Nuke-deal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's daring effort of shunning his Left coalition partners and announcing going ahead with the Indo-US deal, it seems the US Congress may not be able to give its final approval, as it requires at least 30 days of continuous session to consider it which is not likely to happen in the days to come. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 09:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak politicians acting as bystanders as country sits on powder keg</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30929_Pak-politicians-acting-as-bystanders-as-country-sits-on-powder-keg.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Politicians in Pakistan seem to be oblivious of the explosive situation Pakistan was currently going through, and taking advantage of this behavior of the political leaders, extremists have dared to enter into the main cities like Peshawar, said a report on the creeping Talibanisation of the NWFP, published in online magazine Salon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 08:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Sikh tourism can help Pak earn 500 mln dlrs"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30927_Sikh-tourism-can-help-Pak-earn-500-mln-dlrs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ By promoting Sikh tourism and allowing Sikh tourists to land directly at the Lahore Airport, Pakistan can earn up to 500 million dollars per year, a visiting editor of a local paper in Amritsar, India, said in Lahore.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 06:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PPP leader Sherry Rehman on terrorists' hit list</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30925_PPP-leader-Sherry-Rehman-on-terrorists-hit-list.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's Interior Ministry has advised PPP leader and federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman to restrict her public movements as she was on terrorists' hit list.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 06:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak intelligence report warns suicide bombers enter Islamabad, Lahore</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30924_Pak-intelligence-report-warns-suicide-bombers-enter-Islamabad-Lahore.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Intelligence reports have suggested that at least three suicide bombers had entered into Islamabad with designs of carrying out attacks on important political and religious personalities.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 06:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indo-US ties in good shape ever, says Manmohan Singh after meeting Bush</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30923_Indo-US-ties-in-good-shape-ever-says-Manmohan-Singh-after-meeting-Bush.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On the sidelines of the ongoing G-8 summit in Hokkaido in Japan, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today met US President George W Bush.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 06:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China to cooperate with India in use of civil nuclear energy: Menon</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30921_China-to-cooperate-with-India-in-use-of-civil-nuclear-energy-Menon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India's Foreign Secretary, shiv Shankar Menon, today said that China is to cooperate with India in civil use of nuclear energy.

Speaking on th...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 02:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghan Government says spy agency behind Indian embassy blast</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30916_Afghan-Government-says-spy-agency-behind-Indian-embassy-blast.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A spokesman of the Government of Afghanistan today said that the bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul had the hallmarks of a particular intelligence agency.
"The sophistication of this attack and the kind of material that was used in it, the specific targeting, everything has the hallmarks of a particular intelligence agency that has conducted similar terrorist acts inside Afghanistan in the past. So we have sufficient evidence to say that," Presidential Palace spokesman Humayun Hamidzada told a news conference a day after an attack which killed 41 people.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 01:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama aide signals shift on Iraq troop withdrawal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30915_Obama-aide-signals-shift-on-Iraq-troop-withdrawal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama has said that he will continue to refine his views and policies on all issues, including the one on troop withdrawals from Iraq.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 01:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Former Malaysian Indian Congress youth leaders to sue party</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30914_Former-Malaysian-Indian-Congress-youth-leaders-to-sue-party.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two former Malaysian Indian Youth Congress (MIYC) leaders have filed a suit against the party to challenge the directive that they must step down because they are over the age of 41.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 01:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iran claims West tried to poison Ahmadinejad through radiation in Rome</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30912_Iran-claims-West-tried-to-poison-Ahmadinejad-through-radiation-in-Rome.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Iran's Ambassador to Italy, Abolfazl Zohrehvand,  has claimed that Western agents attempted to assassinate President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad using radiation poisoning during a trip to Rome. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 12:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Africa will suffer if Mugabe stays in power, says G-8</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30910_Africa-will-suffer-if-Mugabe-stays-in-power-says-G-8.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ World leaders attending the Group of Eight Summit in Hokkaido, Japan,  have warned that the African continent will suffer as long as Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe remains in power.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malay family fails to bury a man as a Hindu</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30909_Malay-family-fails-to-bury-a-man-as-a-Hindu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The family of Elangesvaran Benedict failed in their bid to bury him according to Hindu rites after their application for an injunction was dismissed in Georgetown yesterday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 12:41:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese President ready to work with India in various fields  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30908_Chinese-President-ready-to-work-with-India-in-various-fields-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shared common country challenges with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday, who expressed his willingness to work with India in various fields during a discussion here on the sidelines of the Group of eight Summit.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 12:29:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Toddlers saying `yuk' to spicy food maybe branded as racists  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30906_Toddlers-saying-`yuk-to-spicy-food-maybe-branded-as-racists-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Toddlers who dislike spicy food from overseas could soon be branded as racists by the National Children's Bureau, which receives 12 million pounds a year, mainly from Government funded organisations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 July 2008 12:08:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK has spent over five million pounds sustaining clerics of hate</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30903_UK-has-spent-over-five-million-pounds-sustaining-clerics-of-hate.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Preachers of hate such as hook-handed Abu Hamza have cost the British Government over five million pounds in legal aid and court costs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 11:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Are We Indians a race of petty and jealous people? (Article)</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30901_Are-We-Indians-a-race-of-petty-and-jealous-people-Article.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[

By Prem Prakash

London: The manner in which the nation gave a send off to its most brilliant soldier son, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw puts us all in shame. Here was a man who secured the biggest ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 11:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Manmohan Singh says Lefts' exit will not affect UPA Government</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30895_Manmohan-Singh-says-Lefts-exit-will-not-affect-UPA-Government.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Tuesday, said the decision of the four Left parties -- CPI, CPI (M), Forward Bloc and Revolutionary So...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 10:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Credit crunch sends Viagra sales soaring in UK!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30892_Credit-crunch-sends-Viagra-sales-soaring-in-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An increasing number of Brits are flocking to sex drugs to boost their sex life that's taken a tumble due to the credit crunch stress.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 10:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>G-8 reaffirms Heiligendamm commitment to foster clean energy technologies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30887_G-8-reaffirms-Heiligendamm-commitment-to-foster-clean-energy-technologies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Group of Eight (G-8) leaders on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment made at Heiligendamm in Germany to urgently develop, deploy and foster clean ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 09:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit couple's £20,000 beachside bungalow worth is now just £1!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30883_Brit-couples-£20000-beachside-bungalow-worth-is-now-just-£1.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A couple hoping to cash their seaside bungalow for at least 80,000 pounds were left shattered on learning that its true worth is just 1 pound. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 09:08:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The man who died after binge drinking 17 pints of water</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30881_The-man-who-died-after-binge-drinking-17-pints-of-water.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Andrew Thornton from Bradford wouldn't have realised that downing 17 pints of water to soothe his aching gums would actually prove fatal for him.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 08:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nuke energy for peaceful use only if safeguards are in place: G-8 leaders</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30878_Nuke-energy-for-peaceful-use-only-if-safeguards-are-in-place-G-8-leaders.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The peaceful use of nuclear energy can only be permitted if appropriate safeguards are in place, said the leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) nat...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 08:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Islamic ''burkinis'' outnumbering bikinis on Turkish beaches </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30877_Islamic-burkinis-outnumbering-bikinis-on-Turkish-beaches-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Turkey beaches, famous for bikini-clad Europeans have become a popular holiday spot of devout Muslims, who wear head-to-toe swimsuits.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 08:29:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>G-8  for continuation of science-based approach on climate protection efforts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30875_G-8-for-continuation-of-science-based-approach-on-climate-protection-efforts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) nations on Tuesday reconfirmed the significance of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), saying here that it provided the most comprehensive assessment of the science and that there was need to encourage the continuation of this science-based approach for climate protection efforts. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 08:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Plans to remove undergrowth from gay sex spot branded 'discriminatory'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30871_Plans-to-remove-undergrowth-from-gay-sex-spot-branded-discriminatory.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A gay rights group is opposing a council's plan to remove undergrowth from a certain area in Bristol, insisting that the move was 'discriminating' to homosexual men who used the area for late night outdoor sex.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 07:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Turkey is Brits' No1 holiday spot</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30858_Turkey-is-Brits-No1-holiday-spot.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When it comes to holidaying, Turkey appeals to Brits the most, says a new survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 06:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Asians may outnumber Maoris by 2026 in New Zealand</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30846_Asians-may-outnumber-Maoris-by-2026-in-New-Zealand.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study has found that the headcount of Asians in New Zealand was increasing due to the growing ties with the region, and the Asians might eventually outnumber the Maori population in the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 04:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ex-WSJ editor Brauchli now heads The Washington Post</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30844_Ex-WSJ-editor-Brauchli-now-heads-The-Washington-Post.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Marcus Brauchli, who was shunted out by Rupert Murdoch three months ago as the editor of Wall Street Journal (WSJ), has been appointed as the Executive Editor of The Washington Post.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 04:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal parties resume discussions to end political deadlock</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30840_Nepal-parties-resume-discussions-to-end-political-deadlock.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The leaders of the three major parties are holding discussions with senior leaders of Madhesi parties at the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction here today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 03:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>G-8 leaders gorged on eight-course dinner prior to food crisis talks  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30832_G-8-leaders-gorged-on-eight-course-dinner-prior-to-food-crisis-talks-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other Group of Eight Summit  (G-8)leaders enjoyed a mind-boggling six-course lunch and an eight-course dinner in Toyako in northern Japan's  Hokkaido City, even as the common man is grappling with a major food shortage crisis. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 02:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MQM describes Talibanization as a great threat to Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30831_MQM-describes-Talibanization-as-a-great-threat-to-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), headed by Altaf Hussain, has condemned yesterday's serial blasts in Karachi, saying it had warned about such attacks long ago.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 02:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>91-year-old woman stuck beneath her car for two days after dropping her keys   </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30827_91-year-old-woman-stuck-beneath-her-car-for-two-days-after-dropping-her-keys--.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Talk of the bizarre, and this incident would almost assuredly fit the bill.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 02:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bombs used in Karachi blasts were locally-made, finds initial probe</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30825_Bombs-used-in-Karachi-blasts-were-locally-made-finds-initial-probe.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Initial investigation into last evening's serial blasts in Karachi has found that locally-made bombs were used in carrying out the explosions which claimed one life and injured dozens.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 01:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK only three months away from sliding into full-blown recession</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30824_UK-only-three-months-away-from-sliding-into-full-blown-recession.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has warned that Britain is only three months away from sliding into a full-blown recession.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 01:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Popping the cork may soon be history in France!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30818_Popping-the-cork-may-soon-be-history-in-France.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Celebrating an occasion over French wine won't be the same experience anymore, for winemakers from France are dumping the traditional cork in favour of the New World screw top, whose use is rocketing worldwide.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 01:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US report warns increased demand for nuclear energy might lead to proliferation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30817_US-report-warns-increased-demand-for-nuclear-energy-might-lead-to-proliferation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A US State Department report, prepared two months earlier, has warned that as new countries have begun nuclear energy generation, the US must ensure that these nations adopt adequate safeguards against the risk of nuclear proliferation involved therein. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 12:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Former Hewlett-Packard CEO open to being McCain's VP</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30816_Former-Hewlett-Packard-CEO-open-to-being-McCains-VP.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, Carly Fiorina, has indicated that she is open to the idea of being Republican presidential nominee John McCain's running mate. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 12:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>G-8 leaders get tough, to tackle global warming by 2050 </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30813_G-8-leaders-get-tough-to-tackle-global-warming-by-2050-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a bid to tackle global warming, leaders of the Group of Eight nations have agreed to set a global target of cutting carbon emissions by at least 50 per cent by 2050. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 12:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kabul braces for bloodier days ahead following devastating suicide attack </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30807_Kabul-braces-for-bloodier-days-ahead-following-devastating-suicide-attack-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Amid reports that more blasts like the one which took place on Sunday killing 41 persons in front of the Indian embassy in Kabul may be forthcoming, Afghan authorities have reportedly been put on high alert, and are on the lookout for suicide bombers in cars, burqas and other disguises.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 11:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canada condemns suicide bombing in Kabul</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30802_Canada-condemns-suicide-bombing-in-Kabul.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Canadian Foreign Minister David Emerson today issued the following statement condemning the suicide bomb attack outside the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan:]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 11:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>F1 boss admits passion for sadomasochistic sex but denies 'sick Nazi orgy' </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30800_F1-boss-admits-passion-for-sadomasochistic-sex-but-denies-sick-Nazi-orgy-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The man behind Formula 1 motor racing, Max Mosley, has admitted to lifelong fervour for sadomasochism sex but denied claims suggesting that he took part in a 'Nazi-themed orgy'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 10:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>G-8 nations reach tentative climate change deal in Japan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30797_G-8-nations-reach-tentative-climate-change-deal-in-Japan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Leaders of the Group of Eight nations, who are meeting in the mountain-top resort hotel at Toyako near northern Hokkaido city have reportedly rea...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 10:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Supreme Court directs Koirala Government to free detained Tibetans </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30789_Nepal-Supreme-Court-directs-Koirala-Government-to-free-detained-Tibetans-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court of Nepal has ordered the government to release two Nepalis and a Tibetan refugee who were arrested on charges of engaging in anti-China activity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 09:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ten parties meeting in Nepal capital ends inconclusively</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30786_Ten-parties-meeting-in-Nepal-capital-ends-inconclusively.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A meeting between the top leaders of the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the leaders of the Madhesi parties here on the draft of the supplementary amendment bill has ended without producing any result.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 09:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mother asks for Scarlett Keeling's organs from Goa</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30779_Mother-asks-for-Scarlett-Keelings-organs-from-Goa.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fiona MacKeown, the mother of Scarlett Keeling who was allegedly raped and murdered on a Goa beach in February, reportedly approached British Foreign Office Minister Lord Malloch Brown requesting him to ask for her daughter's organs - uterus, stomach and kidneys - from India.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 08:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak American kills daughter for refusing to live with husband</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30776_Pak-American-kills-daughter-for-refusing-to-live-with-husband.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Pakistani American living in Texas allegedly killed his daughter for refusing to live with her husband, because she was not happy with her marriage. The girl was strangulated to death, said the police.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 07:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Stratfor warns situation in strife-torn Pak spinning out of control</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30775_Stratfor-warns-situation-in-strife-torn-Pak-spinning-out-of-control.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In the backdrop of Sunday's suicide blast in Islamabad killing 20 people and yesterday's serial blasts in Karachi claiming one life and injuring more than 50, the US-based news intelligence service "Stratfor" has said that situation in Pakistan was going "out of control".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 07:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Manmohan meets Chinese President Hu Zintao</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30773_Manmohan-meets-Chinese-President-Hu-Zintao.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On the sidelines of the ongoing G-8 Summit in Japan, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today met Chinese President Hu Zintao. During the meeting, both sides held delegation-level talks.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 07:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Manmohan Singh confident of Samajwadi's support to govt. on nuke deal, other issues</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30772_Manmohan-Singh-confident-of-Samajwadis-support-to-govt-on-nuke-deal-other-issues.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh while informing the Indian media delegation accompanying him to the Hokaido G8 Summit, appeared assured and confident about the Samajwadi Party support to his UPA government on the US-India civil nuclear cooperation deal and other issues. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 06:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Newly nominated CA members sworn in</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30767_Newly-nominated-CA-members-sworn-in.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Newly elected members of the Nepal Constituent Assembly (CA) took the oath of secrecy and office amidst a ceremony at the International Convention Center on Monday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 02:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One killed, dozens injured in Karachi serial blasts </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30763_One-killed-dozens-injured-in-Karachi-serial-blasts-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least one person was killed and dozens others injured in five serial blasts that rocked different areas of Karachi city on Monday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 02:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Killers and rapists stage 'Britain's Got Talent' spoof </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30748_Killers-and-rapists-stage-Britains-Got-Talent-spoof-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Broadmoor Hospital, the high-security hospital home to criminals such as 'Yorkshire Ripper' Peter Sutcliffe and 'Stockwell Strangler' Kenneth Erskine, is holding 'Broadmoor's Got Talent' as part of efforts to socialize patients.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 July 2008 12:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Porn pops up during 'Grassroots Rugby' TV show!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30746_Porn-pops-up-during-Grassroots-Rugby-TV-show.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The viewers of a 'Grassroots Rugby' TV programme got more than they tuned in for when a segment of pornography appeared during a live broadcast.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 11:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Human China seen as reneging on media-freedom vow </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30741_Human-China-seen-as-reneging-on-media-freedom-vow-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 71-page report by Human Rights Watch, which was released on Monday, has indicated that China has expanded the "forbidden zones" - sensitive regions and subjects that are off-limits to foreign journalists - even as it prepares for next month's Olympics.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 11:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK govt turning teachers into "social workers and surrogate parents"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30740_UK-govt-turning-teachers-into-social-workers-and-surrogate-parents.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A headmaster of one of the Britain's popular public school is blaming the Government for turning school teachers into "social workers and surrogate parents".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 11:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK police forces in the line of fire over playing music without licence</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30734_UK-police-forces-in-the-line-of-fire-over-playing-music-without-licence.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A society that collects royalties for musicians in the UK is unhappy with the police force over the use of pop tunes on iPods, stereos, and radios without a licence.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 10:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The latest technology is what a teen really wants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30727_The-latest-technology-is-what-a-teen-really-wants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Marketing experts and company executives these days believe that technology has started to define the lifestyles of teenagers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 09:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz photogs call K-Mart catalogues more offensive than Henson's nude child art </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30722_Oz-photogs-call-K-Mart-catalogues-more-offensive-than-Hensons-nude-child-art-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A group of Aussie photographers considers K-MART catalogues to be more dangerous and offensive than the images by artist Bill Henson, which feature naked and near-naked children. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 08:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A third of Oz women have slept with six or more men by 25!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30717_A-third-of-Oz-women-have-slept-with-six-or-more-men-by-25.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A third of Australian women admitted to have slept with six or more men by the age of 25 in a national survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 08:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bride left blushing after dress falls apart at the altar!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30706_Bride-left-blushing-after-dress-falls-apart-at-the-altar.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Italian bride was left with something to really blush about when her 2000 pounds wedding dress came apart in church, leaving her semi naked at the altar.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 06:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lahoris who marry Lahoris more prone to wedded bliss!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30705_Lahoris-who-marry-Lahoris-more-prone-to-wedded-bliss.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fresh data of family cases (seeking divorce, dissolution of marriage, maintenance etc.) awaiting adjudication in Lahore's family courts has revealed that both the life partners belonging to Lahore were more likely to lead a life full of conjugal bliss, as compared to those from different cities or places.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 06:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Full-fledged budget not possible, says Nepal Finance Secretary</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30703_Full-fledged-budget-not-possible-says-Nepal-Finance-Secretary.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Finance Secretary of Nepal Rameshwore Khanalas said that they are unable to bring a full-fledged budget this year as the political deadlock has continued.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 06:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Get a taste of the corset shaped cake!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30702_Get-a-taste-of-the-corset-shaped-cake.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Wearing the corset New Zealander Heather Cooling has come up with may not be an option, but eating it certainly is, for it just happens to be a delicious cake.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 06:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Constituent Assembly amendment Bill likely to be tabled in Nepal today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30697_Constituent-Assembly-amendment-Bill-likely-to-be-tabled-in-Nepal-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The three major parties including the Maoist, the Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML) and the Madhes-based parties will today table another supplementary amendment bill at a Constituent Assembly to address the issues raised by Madhesi parties.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 05:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists learn about rice and how to help fight poverty</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30695_Scientists-learn-about-rice-and-how-to-help-fight-poverty.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A unique course designed to inspire young scientists will develop the research leaders who can help prevent food crises such as that seen around the world in 2008, and which is a key topic being discussed by world leaders at the G -8 summit in Japan this week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 05:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Communalising Jammu and Kashmir(Article)</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30691_Communalising-Jammu-and-KashmirArticle.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ All those who want to divert attention from real issues, communalise the Kashmiri polity and divide the State on communal lines should be cheerful and in victorious mood because controversial Land Transfer to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has hit the nail on head. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 05:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian Americans not buying Basmati rice</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30686_Indian-Americans-not-buying-Basmati-rice.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  Basamati rice is the preferred choice of Indians everywhere in the world. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 04:28:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chelsy gets the giggles at annual men's nude dash in Durban!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30685_Chelsy-gets-the-giggles-at-annual-mens-nude-dash-in-Durban.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince Harry's girlfriend Chelsy Davy got the giggles when she recently watched 100 men run in the nude after a day at the races in South Africa.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 04:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Religious parties in Pak may launch movement against repealing of capital punishment</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30684_Religious-parties-in-Pak-may-launch-movement-against-repealing-of-capital-punishment.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Religious parties in Pakistan are said to be consulting each other and mobilizing support to launch a joint movement against the recent federal government's decision to repeal capital punishment.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 04:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PML-N says no malice behind Zardari's 'Nawaz-Kargil' link remark</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30679_PML-N-says-no-malice-behind-Zardaris-Nawaz-Kargil-link-remark.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The PML-N has said that PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari's statement on Saturday blaming former premier (and PML-N leader) Nawaz Sharif, along with President Pervez Musharraf, for the Kargil war was not based on malice. PML-N is currently an outside supporter of the PPP-led federal government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 02:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK's `surveillance society' costing taxpayers 20 billion pounds: Report</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30677_UKs-`surveillance-society-costing-taxpayers-20-billion-pounds-Report.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A TaxPayers' Alliance report has claimed that Britain's "surveillance society" is costing the national exchequer 20 billion pounds, or 800 pounds per household.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 02:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak's first test-tube baby turns 19</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30672_Paks-first-test-tube-baby-turns-19.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The first Pakistani test-tube baby, born in Lahore, turned 19 yesterday. On this occasion, the pioneer of test-tube baby in the country Gynaecologist Prof Dr Rashid Latif Khan said that he was grateful to Allah for bestowing wisdom on him to serve childless couples.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 01:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Glasgow by-poll loss could spell political doom for Gordon Brown </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30669_Glasgow-by-poll-loss-could-spell-political-doom-for-Gordon-Brown-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Members of Parliament representing the ruling New Labour party have warned Prime Minister Gordon Brown that his political future will be at stake when the party fights a crucial by-election in Glasgow.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 01:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ingrid Betancourt to write play about jungle hostage ordeal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30667_Ingrid-Betancourt-to-write-play-about-jungle-hostage-ordeal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt has announced that she would return to Colombia 'in a few days' to write a play about her harrowing experience of being held in the jungle by Marxist rebels for six years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 12:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Giant panda that survived China quake gives birth to twins</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30656_Giant-panda-that-survived-China-quake-gives-birth-to-twins.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A giant panda that miraculously survived the May 12 earthquake in the Wolong Nature Reserve has given birth to twins in Ya'an City in China's Sichuan Province.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 11:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>English language to pass one-million word mark on 29 April, 2009</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30654_English-language-to-pass-one-million-word-mark-on-29-April-2009.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The English language is set to reach a very important landmark within the next year - its one millionth word.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 11:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Western intelligence claims Iran has resumed working on an atomic bomb </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30653_Western-intelligence-claims-Iran-has-resumed-working-on-an-atomic-bomb-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Intelligence reports provided by Western diplomats reveal that Iran has probably resumed work on constructing atomic weapons.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 11:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Seven feared dead in blast outside Indian embassy in Kabul </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30645_Seven-feared-dead-in-blast-outside-Indian-embassy-in-Kabul-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least seven people were feared dead in Kabul when a large explosion took place this morning outside the Indian embassy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 10:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India, China key to global climate progress, says Bush ahead of G-8</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30641_India-China-key-to-global-climate-progress-says-Bush-ahead-of-G-8.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India and China would have to play leading roles in the discussions on climate change at this year's Group of Eight Summit in Hokkaido, Northern Japan, said U.S. President George W. Bush on Sunday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 09:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China lays down the three 'stops' to prove Dalai Lama's goodwill</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30638_China-lays-down-the-three-stops-to-prove-Dalai-Lamas-goodwill.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A spokesman of the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has reportedly conveyed a message to the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to respond with sincerity and prove his intention to promote goodwill with the Chinese.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 08:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China arrests thousands of Tibetan monks ahead of Dalai Lama's b'day</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30637_China-arrests-thousands-of-Tibetan-monks-ahead-of-Dalai-Lamas-bday.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fears over the possible occurrence of fresh unrests in Tibet on the occasion of the birthday of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, have prompted the Chinese authorities into virtually emptying out Tibet's main monasteries and banning visits to a sacred site on the edge of Tibetan capital Lhasa. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 08:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>After  terror  threats,  barbers in Dir  stop  trimming,  shaving beards</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30633_After-terror-threats-barbers-in-Dir-stop-trimming-shaving-beards.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Following threats from a terrorist  group affiliated to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the barbers in the Dir district of NWFP have reportedly stopped trimming  beards or shaving.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 07:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban set up Shariah courts in Bajaur Agency</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30629_Taliban-set-up-Shariah-courts-in-Bajaur-Agency.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reportedly set up Shariah courts the Bajaur Agency, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Maulvi Umar told reporters here last evening. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 July 2008 07:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New supplementary bill set to ease Madhes tensions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In a sign that the agitating Madhes-based parties and the major three parties in the Constituent Assembly (CA) are mending fences and coming together over the Madhes issue, the two sides on Sunday reached an agreement to withdraw the supplementary amendment bill to amend the interim constitution registered at the CA and introduce a new supplementary bill to address the Madhesi demands. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 06:42:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kids labelled hyperactive may be just naughty, say experts (Re-issue)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Teachers are labelling children as hyperactive when they are simply naughty, psychiatrists have suggested. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 03:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bogus priest exposed at Vatican</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30593_Bogus-priest-exposed-at-Vatican.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A man pretending to be a priest was caught trying to hear confessions in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, a judge in the city-state has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 02:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sausage dogs 'are the most aggressive pooches'!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30592_Sausage-dogs-are-the-most-aggressive-pooches.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ They might be small, but the sausage dogs have beaten the likes of pit bulls, rottweilers and Rhodesian ridgebacks to claim the title of the most aggressive breed in the world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 02:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Harry's love life on rocks?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30586_Prince-Harrys-love-life-on-rocks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Looks like all's not well between Prince Harry and his girlfriend Chelsy Davy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 01:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Beijing's smog 5-times over safety limit as Olympics draw near</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30579_Beijings-smog-5-times-over-safety-limit-as-Olympics-draw-near.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pollution surrounding Beijing's Olympic stadium can be five times worse than levels reckoned safe by the World Health Organisation, according to reports.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 12:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN envoy to Afghanistan in Kabul, to revamp international aid modalities  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30577_UN-envoy-to-Afghanistan-in-Kabul-to-revamp-international-aid-modalities-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The UN's envoy to Afghanistan is set to outline a new plan on spending foreign aid in Afghanistan, amid concerns that millions of dollars have been wasted. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 12:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>G-8 head for Japan to deal with series of crises  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30576_G-8-head-for-Japan-to-deal-with-series-of-crises-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When the Group of Eight leaders and their counterparts from India, China, South Africa and Brazil gather in the Japanese resort towns of Sapporo and Hokkaido from Monday, they will be tasked with the responsibility of formulating exacting guidelines for dealing with a host of global problems, including rising food and oil costs, an uncertain global economy, climate change and Zimbabwe's political crisis.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 12:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sharia courts have no place in Britain, says Chief Justice</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30575_Sharia-courts-have-no-place-in-Britain-says-Chief-Justice.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's senior most judge, Lord Chief Justice Phillips of Worth Matravers, has said that Muslims in Britain can and should organize parts of their lives according to Sharia law, but rejected suggestions of such laws being used by courts in the United Kingdom.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 11:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. planned to use nerve gas on Oz soldiers during Cold War: Report</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30574_US-planned-to-use-nerve-gas-on-Oz-soldiers-during-Cold-War-Report.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. military planned to test deadly nerve gas on Australian soldiers in Queensland during the Cold War.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 11:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Don't talk about strikes on Pakistan, Rice tells U.S politicians  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30571_Dont-talk-about-strikes-on-Pakistan-Rice-tells-US-politicians-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has warned American politicians not to talk about launching strikes in Pakistan, describing that country as a key ally in the global war against terror.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 11:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet UK's most spammed man!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30567_Meet-UKs-most-spammed-man.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British bus company mechanic relishes the fact that he receives six million junk e-mails a year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 10:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wanted: Naked cleaners for £10 an hr!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30566_Wanted-Naked-cleaners-for-£10-an-hr.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ People are being offered 10 pounds an hour to work as naked cleaners on JobCentre. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 10:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nearly 14,000 Brits are victims of knife attacks every year</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30564_Nearly-14000-Brits-are-victims-of-knife-attacks-every-year.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Almost 14,000 Britons were admitted to hospital with knife injuries last year, and according to the latest Department of Health statistics, an average of 38 victims of knife wounds are admitted to accident and emergency departments across the country every day.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 10:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>German concentration camp at Auschwitz was not hell for everyone</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30563_German-concentration-camp-at-Auschwitz-was-not-hell-for-everyone.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The concentration camp established for Jews and other non-Aryans at Auschwitz by German dictator Adolf Hitler's Nazis was without doubt a place of horror, but for camp officers and staff, there were pleasurable activities like sunbathing, going on picnics, music sessions and putting up decorations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 10:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Anglican bishops in secret Vatican summit </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30562_Anglican-bishops-in-secret-Vatican-summit-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senior Church of England bishops have held secret talks with Vatican officials to discuss the crisis in the Anglican Communion over gays and women bishops. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 10:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hitler's waxwork beheaded</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30560_Hitlers-waxwork-beheaded.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The waxwork of German dictator Adolf Hitler at Berlin's new Madame Tussauds Museum has had its head ripped off just minutes after going on display. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 10:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The man who lost 6 stone eating on McDonald's fast food!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30556_The-man-who-lost-6-stone-eating-on-McDonalds-fast-food.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Forget Mediterranean or Atkins diet and eat your way to the McDonald's scrumptious burgers and wraps, to lose that belly fat - that's the lesson to be learnt from Chris Coleson.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 09:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit girl told not to leave country - as she doesn't officially exist!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30551_Brit-girl-told-not-to-leave-country---as-she-doesnt-officially-exist.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Brit school girl has been barred from leaving the country, open a bank account or get a job - because she does not exist, officially.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 08:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit blokes get more women in bed - thanks to their sense of humour!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30548_Brit-blokes-get-more-women-in-bed---thanks-to-their-sense-of-humour.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Brit blokes' sense of humour sure makes them go places. According to a new survey, the fellas are the best in Europe at getting girls into bed because they make them laugh.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 08:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The stuffed toy that travelled nearly 200,000 miles around the world!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30547_The-stuffed-toy-that-travelled-nearly-200000-miles-around-the-world.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Stuffed toy Dai has travelled nearly 200,000 miles around the world - and met stars like Westlife and Lemar.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 08:28:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Seven killed in Karachi building collapse</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30545_Seven-killed-in-Karachi-building-collapse.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least seven people have been killed and many others have been wounded after a two-storey building collapsed in Karachi's Buldia Town locality here on Sunday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 08:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PPP wants honourable exit for Musharraf: Zardari </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30543_PPP-wants-honourable-exit-for-Musharraf-Zardari-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) wants to ensure an honourable exit for President Pervez Musharraf, PPP Co-chairman Asif Zardari said on Saturday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 07:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf vows to pull Pakistan out of its present crises</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30540_Musharraf-vows-to-pull-Pakistan-out-of-its-present-crises.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has vowed to pull his  country out of its current prevailing turmoil.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 07:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jailed Indian to return to home from Pakistan on July 7</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30537_Jailed-Indian-to-return-to-home-from-Pakistan-on-July-7.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ram Parkash, the 51-year-old Indian prisoner who has been lodged in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail since 1998, is now expected to return to India on July 7.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 07:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The pregnant cat that hiked a ride from Hungary to England!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30534_The-pregnant-cat-that-hiked-a-ride-from-Hungary-to-England.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A pregnant cat that crawled into lorry looking for a safe place to give birth survived a week-long journey from Hungary to England, and gave birth to two kittens. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 July 2008 06:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan not a democratic state says Pakistani human rights activist</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30531_Pakistan-not-a-democratic-state-says-Pakistani-human-rights-activist.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Pakistani human rights activist Munawar Laghari has said that Pakistan being an Islamic country cannot be democratic.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 11:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>American elderly suffer from high gasoline price impact</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30529_American-elderly-suffer-from-high-gasoline-price-impact.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Elderly folk across the United States are experiencing a shortage of gas supply due to soaring gasoline prices.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 11:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Not Islamic to make allegations in public', Malay political leaders told </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30517_Not-Islamic-to-make-allegations-in-public-Malay-political-leaders-told-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malay political leaders should not make allegations against each other in public, as this is not condoned by Islam, a senior minister Nik Aziz Nik Mat has said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 10:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Military action 'would destabilise Iraq'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30511_Military-action-would-destabilise-Iraq.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Iraq will be plunged into a new war if Israel or the US launches an attack on Iran, Iraqi leaders have warned. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 09:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghan Governor blames Pakistan, Iran for attacks on the British</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30507_Afghan-Governor-blames-Pakistan-Iran-for-attacks-on-the-British.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Governor of Afghanistan's Musa Qala district, which lies to the north of the country's Helmand province, Mullah Abdul Salaam, has blamed the Pakistanis and the Iranians for attacks on British troops.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 08:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Roman Abramovich admits paying out billions on political favours</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30506_Roman-Abramovich-admits-paying-out-billions-on-political-favours.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Roman Abramovich, the owner of the Chelsea Football Club, has admitted to paying billions of dollars for political favours and protection fees to get his hands on the former Soviet Union's mineral wealth. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 08:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Health charities call for sex lessons for four-year old kids!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30491_Health-charities-call-for-sex-lessons-for-four-year-old-kids.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Parents in the UK are up in arms after two health charities called for compulsory sex lessons for kids as young as four.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 06:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz lifeguards turn 'morality police'; tell men not to ogle </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30489_Oz-lifeguards-turn-morality-police--tell-men-not-to-ogle-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Besides saving lives on beaches, lifeguards Down Under have slipped into another role - the 'morality police'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 06:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Non-Muslim Brit boys detained for not praying to Allah </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30484_Non-Muslim-Brit-boys-detained-for-not-praying-to-Allah-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two twelve-year-old non-Muslim boys were placed under detention on Friday for refusing to pray to Allah. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 05:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>English Sikh rock legend returning to his roots for Lahore performance</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30480_English-Sikh-rock-legend-returning-to-his-roots-for-Lahore-performance.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ During his first visit to Pakistan, English Sikh rock star Narinder Singh Rithor alias Peter Singh said he was fascinated by the beauty of Lahore, saying the people here make you feel at home.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 05:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Even the Queen's fav aide can't enter Buckingham Palace without security pass!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30479_Even-the-Queens-fav-aide-cant-enter-Buckingham-Palace-without-security-pass.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Queen's closest friend and aide was refused entry into Buckingham Palace after she forgot her security pass, it has emerged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 05:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK turning into tourist hub for wealthy middle class Indians</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30478_UK-turning-into-tourist-hub-for-wealthy-middle-class-Indians.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With the explosion of India's wealthy middle class and air travel growth, there has been a three fold increase in the number of Indian tourists holidaying in Britain over the past ten years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 05:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>British Airways jet makes emergency landing - due to curry's stinky smell!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30476_British-Airways-jet-makes-emergency-landing---due-to-currys-stinky-smell.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British Airways jet had to make an emergency after frightened passengers thought they smelled poison gas, which later turned out to be the smell coming from a broken container of curry spices.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 04:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>`No money till you keep your word,' fans tell Obama </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30475_`No-money-till-you-keep-your-word-fans-tell-Obama-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Stop giving money to Barack Obama! Don't volunteer for him! That's the biting message from some unhappy precincts of Obama Nation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 04:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit Home Office ruining innocents' lives by branding them as criminals  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30470_Brit-Home-Office-ruining-innocents-lives-by-branding-them-as-criminals-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  An agency of the British Home Office has ruined the lives of many innocent people by wrongly branding them as criminals, reports The Daily Telegraph.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 04:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fifth International Convention of 'Dalit and Minorities' begins in New York </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30469_Fifth-International-Convention-of-Dalit-and-Minorities-begins-in-New-York-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Union Steel Minister and Lok Jan Shakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan began the Fifth International Convention of 'Dalit and Minorities' Seminar in New York on Friday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 03:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Book on Ambedkar launched in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30463_Book-on-Ambedkar-launched-in-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A large number of writers and literary personalities from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh attended a book launch ceremony in Lahore last evening. Titled 'Founder of Secular Democratic India', the book is written on the life of Indian Constitution's architect Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 03:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US security official warns Qaeda regrouping in Pak tribal areas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30461_US-security-official-warns-Qaeda-regrouping-in-Pak-tribal-areas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A senior US security official has reportedly said that Al Qaeda was regrouping itself in tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 02:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PML-N not in favour of breaking alliance with PPP</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30455_PML-N-not-in-favour-of-breaking-alliance-with-PPP.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PML-N president and Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has reportedly denied rumors of a breakup with the PPP over the restoration of the non-PCO judges.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 02:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf avers Army won't ever leave him in the lurch </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30451_Musharraf-avers-Army-wont-ever-leave-him-in-the-lurch-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that even seven months after resigning as the Army Chief, the country's powerful army was still behind him and will never leave him in the lurch.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 01:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf won't step down saying he still has a role to play in Pak politics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30448_Musharraf-wont-step-down-saying-he-still-has-a-role-to-play-in-Pak-politics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has once again said that he was not willing to resign, as he felt he still had a role to play in the country's governance.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 01:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World hot dog chomping champ retains his crown after eat-off!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30447_World-hot-dog-chomping-champ-retains-his-crown-after-eat-off.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ American Joey Chestnut retained his crown at the annual hot dog eating contest in the Big Apple by gulping down a whopping 64 hot dogs in just 10 minutes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 01:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Congressman calls Musharraf a "terrible leader"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30446_US-Congressman-calls-Musharraf-a-terrible-leader.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US Congressman Gary Ackerman who returned home after a two-day visit to Pakistan and talked with the region's residents, tribal leaders and troops as well as Pakistani government officials, including Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, has said that he deliberately did not meet President Pervez Musharraf because "he was a terrible leader".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 01:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pringles are 'not potato chips', rules UK court </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30445_Pringles-are-not-potato-chips-rules-UK-court-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ They may look like crisps, and even crunch like crisps, but in the eyes of law, the mouth-watering Pringles are not potato chips.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 12:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Auto-rickshaws from India join Popemobile fleet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30439_Auto-rickshaws-from-India-join-Popemobile-fleet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two auto-rickshaws from India have joined the fleet of luxury Popmobiles that have been used by the Vatican to drive the Pope around to date. ]]></description>
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<title>Indian-origin Brit mum claims UFO sighting </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It seems that aliens from outer space are passing by Earth every day. Adding another UFO sighting in the UK, an Indian-origin Brit woman claimed that she saw a mystified "bright light" outside her window.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 11:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit girl barred from school bus - because she's not Catholic!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30429_Brit-girl-barred-from-school-bus---because-shes-not-Catholic.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British girl has been stopped from boarding the bus to her school - because she is not a Roman Catholic.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 10:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dr Death's legal aid may cost Oz taxpayers millions</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30428_Dr-Deaths-legal-aid-may-cost-Oz-taxpayers-millions.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Aussie taxpayers may face a multi-million-dollar legal bill to ensure that "Dr Death" Jayant Patel, of Indian origin, gets a fair trial. Dr Patel is expected to be extradited to Australia from the US by July 21.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 10:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit calls the cops after mistaking moon for UFO!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30427_Brit-calls-the-cops-after-mistaking-moon-for-UFO.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Thinking he had spotted a UFO, a British man immediately called up the cops. As it turned out, the huge, round white thing in the sky was not a flying saucer - but the moon.]]></description>
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<title>UK Ministers, PM's aides too hooked to give up their lavish perks </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In a shocking development, 33 ministers of the Gordon Brown-led Government, five of Cabinet rank, have voted to keep their lavish expenses. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 10:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf still uses his military secrets to stay alive in politics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30425_Musharraf-still-uses-his-military-secrets-to-stay-alive-in-politics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that he was not afraid of any move to arrest him, and that he was keeping quiet in the prevailing political circumstances in the country, because as a militaryman he was trained in both offensive and defensive manners.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 10:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Which pup for Obama? </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Just a few months left before the presidential election and it's time to get the Obama's a dog. They have none. 

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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 09:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Government to table Constituent Assembly amendment Bill today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30418_Nepal-Government-to-table-Constituent-Assembly-amendment-Bill-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Government is set to table a supplementary amendment bill at a Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting here today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 09:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Asian Anti-crime vigilante group draws 10,000 marchers in Auckland protest rally</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ As a mark of protest against the recent spate of crime against Asians, including the June 7 murder of liquor store owner Navtej Singh, more than 10,000 people took out a march in Auckland up to Ti Rakau Drive, with the procession stretching for 2.5 km.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 09:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Seven Party Alliance decisions a betrayal, say Madhesi parties</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30416_Seven-Party-Alliance-decisions-a-betrayal-say-Madhesi-parties.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Madhesi parties have concluded that the decision of the Nepal Government to introduce a supplementary bill to amend the Constitution is not in keeping with their demands.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 09:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindus want NHL to cut-off all alliances with "The Love Guru" movie</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30414_Hindus-want-NHL-to-cut-off-all-alliances-with-The-Love-Guru-movie.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hindu groups have urged National Hockey League (NHL), headquartered in New York, to immediately cut-off all alliances with the Hollywood movie "The Love Guru", stressing "it ridicules and denigrates Hindus and Hinduism". ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 09:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gordon Brown hangs 'deeply gloomy' paintings on his office's walls</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ British Prime Minister Gordon Brown seems to have a "deeply gloomy" taste when it comes to choosing artwork for the walls of his office and flat at 10 Downing Street. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 08:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak will allow US strikes only to hit Osama, Zawahiri and none else</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30408_Pak-will-allow-US-strikes-only-to-hit-Osama-Zawahiri-and-none-else.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is learnt to have made up his mind to tell US President George Bush, when he meets him on July 28, that Islamabad will allow a US incursion into FATA only if it was directed specifically against Al Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden or his deputy Ayman Al Zawahiri.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 06:53:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Criminals are running the country, says Mumtaz Bhutto</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Without naming PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, the paternal uncle of former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto, has said that people who had made a profession out of crime were today ruling the country and that "decision regarding the country were in their hands".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 06:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>5 SPA parties approve supplementary bill draft</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30401_5-SPA-parties-approve-supplementary-bill-draft.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Five political parties of Nepal's ruling Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) have approved the draft of the supplementary bill through which the interim constitution will be amended, to fulfill the demands raised by the Madhes-based parties.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 03:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No summer jobs available for Indian students in America</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30393_No-summer-jobs-available-for-Indian-students-in-America.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian grad students studying in the US are finding the summer hard. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 02:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Renegade Sri Lankan leader arrives in Colombo  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30391_Renegade-Sri-Lankan-leader-arrives-in-Colombo-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger renegade Colonel Karuna arrived here on Friday after completing a prison sentence in the UK, British embassy officials said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 01:53:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. passport office workers snoop into the files of the famous </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30389_US-passport-office-workers-snoop-into-the-files-of-the-famous-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An internal State Department investigation has found that employees have accessed the passport information files of dozens of well-known Americans an "excessive" number of times and that the department lacks policies to prevent and detect unauthorized snooping. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 01:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Black pastors wary of Obama</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30384_Black-pastors-wary-of-Obama.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama is apparently losing the support of black pastors, most of whom are of the view that black Christians are voting for him on emotional grounds, rather than on his stand on issues affecting American life in the short and long term.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 01:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mugabe moves to erase Zimbabwe's opposition MDC</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30381_Mugabe-moves-to-erase-Zimbabwes-opposition-MDC.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his military backers plan to assassinate or frame dozens of opposition legislators in an attempt to consolidate power and take back control of Parliament. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 12:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's big 3 settle differences over supplementary bill draft</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30379_Nepals-big-3-settle-differences-over-supplementary-bill-draft.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After days of dialogue, the major three parties of Nepal have finally settled the differences over the draft of the supplementary amendment bill, which has been brought about to include the Madhesi demands in the interim constitution.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 12:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Russia rated UK's biggest threat after al-Qaeda and Iran</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30377_Russia-rated-UKs-biggest-threat-after-al-Qaeda-and-Iran.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's security services have identified Russia as the third most serious threat facing the country after al-Qaeda terrorism and Iranian nuclear proliferation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 July 2008 12:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian NGO giving aid to families of detained Hindraf leaders</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30371_Indian-NGO-giving-aid-to-families-of-detained-Hindraf-leaders.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ For the past three months, an Indian NGO is paying a monthly aid of 2000 RMs to the families of the five Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders detained under the Internal Security Act.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 11:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Is Michelle Obama twice as disliked as Cindy McCain?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30368_Is-Michelle-Obama-twice-as-disliked-as-Cindy-McCain.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Associated Press-Yahoo! News poll has found that 30 percent of the respondents view Michelle Obama favorably and 35 percent unfavorably. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 11:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China says it won't accept politicization of Olympics </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30365_China-says-it-wont-accept-politicization-of-Olympics-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Chinese Foreign Ministry has said that respecting the spirit of the Olympic Charter, no attempt should be made to politicize the forthcoming Beijing Olympic Games.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 10:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Charles was horrified over title announcement as a school kid</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30364_Prince-Charles-was-horrified-over-title-announcement-as-a-school-kid.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince Charles has revealed that he was "horrified and embarrassed" when the Queen announced 50 years ago that he would be granted the title.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 10:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Statue of Liberty's crown may soon be reopened for public </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30359_Statue-of-Libertys-crown-may-soon-be-reopened-for-public-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As the US celebrates Independence Day, the public may soon be able to take in the view from the Statue of Liberty's crown.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 09:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Gurudwara Council approaches court to retain "Allah" word in Granth Sahib</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30358_Malaysian-Gurudwara-Council-approaches-court-to-retain-Allah-word-in-Granth-Sahib.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Gurdwara Council has applied to the High Court pleading to intervene in a court case involving the use of the word "Allah" by Herald, a Catholic weekly publication.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 09:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gordon Brown says he never tried to bribe Keith Vaz</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30356_Gordon-Brown-says-he-never-tried-to-bribe-Keith-Vaz.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Even as the "peerage controversy" is snowballing into a major controversy in London, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has told Keith Vaz, a parliamentarian and chairman of a parliamentary committee, that he never tried to bribe him in return of his crucial vote which saved his status as the Leader of the Labour party on June 12.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 09:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Regional arms build-up by China, India could impact Australia: Study</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30354_Regional-arms-build-up-by-China-India-could-impact-Australia-Study.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An independent study released this week has claimed that tensions between the US and China could reach a breaking point and result in Australia being drawn into a conflict for all the wrong reasons. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 09:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>16,000 pounds bill to rescue a stranded bullock!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30350_16000-pounds-bill-to-rescue-a-stranded-bullock.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A bullock that was trapped on a cliff ledge for three days has been rescued by a Navy helicopter at a total cost of 16,000 pounds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 08:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Republicans brand Obama a `Flip-Flopper on Iraq troop exit plan </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30347_Republicans-brand-Obama-a-`Flip-Flopper-on-Iraq-troop-exit-plan-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has been branded a "flip-flopper" by the rival Republican Party in the context of the timetable withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 08:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Peshawar Talibanisation threatens long-term stability of Nuke-armed Pak"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30343_Peshawar-Talibanisation-threatens-long-term-stability-of-Nuke-armed-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A US daily has warned that if the Pakistani Taliban can dare infest Peshawar, though temporarily, there is reason to worry about extremist elements taking control over Pakistan thereby affecting the long-term stability of the nuclear-armed state.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 07:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report reveals that crime costs UK 15 billion pounds a year</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30335_Report-reveals-that-crime-costs-UK-15-billion-pounds-a-year.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A study undertaken by the Taxpayers Alliance has shockingly revealed that crime costs Britain 15 billion pounds a year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 06:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>1 killed, 11 injured in Quetta blast</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30328_1-killed-11-injured-in-Quetta-blast.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A minor girl was killed and 11 others were injured in a bomb blast, which took place at Mannan roundabout on Jinnah Road in Quetta today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 06:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Recession hit Americans don't buy Indian mangoes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30327_Recession-hit-Americans-dont-buy-Indian-mangoes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Crude oil skyrocketed to 145 dollars a barrel and Americans are feeling the pinch like never before. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 05:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sex for Gas!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30323_Sex-for-Gas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As gas prices skyrocketed to new high this week, a 50 year old Kentucky resident actually paid for sex with a 100 dollar card good for gas at Speedway g...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 05:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kids labelled hyperactive may be just naughty, say experts </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30319_Kids-labelled-hyperactive-may-be-just-naughty-say-experts-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Teachers are labelling children as hyperactive when they are simply naughty, psychiatrists have suggested. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 04:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Topless sunbaking area Cairns beach 'is here to stay'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30317_Topless-sunbaking-area-Cairns-beach-is-here-to-stay.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Esplanade Lagoon, the topless sunbaking area at a popular Cairns beach will stay, despite public fears that it might be attracting eve teasers into the city.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 04:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The woman who can smash beer cans with her 88-inch chest!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30316_The-woman-who-can-smash-beer-cans-with-her-88-inch-chest.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sharon Osbourne, Piers Morgan and David Hasselhoff were left stunned during the latest round of 'America's Got Talent' auditions after a former stripper smashed nine beer cans with her 88-inch chest.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 04:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Give it up for UK streets' new language - Ponglish!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30315_Give-it-up-for-UK-streets-new-language---Ponglish.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ "Frendy", "drinkowac", "szoping" - these are some of the words of a secret slang that the million Poles in Britain have made up so that no-one but them can understand.
The mixture of Polish and English - dubbed Ponglish - has developed so quickly it has become a cult language with young immigrants.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 04:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The 21st century Noah's Ark</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30313_The-21st-century-Noahs-Ark.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Have you ever thought of a way out of the threats of rising sea levels? Well, Belgian Vincent Callebaut has, and he's come up with a solution - floating city.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 04:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MQM warns against 'Talibanisation' of Karachi </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30308_MQM-warns-against-Talibanisation-of-Karachi-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has warned the federal government of a possible conspiracy to 'Talibanise' people in Karachi, and demanded the government to take action against extremist elements throughout the city.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 03:41:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New pathway for methane production in the oceans discovered</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30301_New-pathway-for-methane-production-in-the-oceans-discovered.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers from the University of Hawaii have discovered a new pathway for methane production in the oceans, which has a significant potential impact for the study of greenhouse gas production on our planet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 02:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China lays down the rules for further talks with the Dalai Lama</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30297_China-lays-down-the-rules-for-further-talks-with-the-Dalai-Lama.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Chinese government is learnt to have conveyed to His Holiness the Dalai Lama that before another round of talks with his representatives could be held, he should publicly declare that the activists of 'Tibetan Youth Congress' should not disturb the Beijing Olympic Games and shun plots to fan violence during the Games.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 02:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Top judge's call to allow Sharia law for Muslims raises stink in UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30294_Top-judges-call-to-allow-Sharia-law-for-Muslims-raises-stink-in-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The senior most judge in the UK has inflamed a dead controversy by saying that Muslims in Britain should be able to live according to Sharia law. Earlier this year, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams had suggested that aspects of Sharia law should be adopted in Britain. The archbishop's remarks had sparked a national debate and led to calls for his resignation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 01:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US report categorizes Pak "not a free country" in terms of political rights, civil liberties</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30288_US-report-categorizes-Pak-not-a-free-country-in-terms-of-political-rights-civil-liberties.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan performed poorly in terms of political rights and civil liberties during the last year, especially due to emergency rule and the sacking of Supreme Court judges by President Pervez Musharraf on Nov 3, 2007, a new "freedom report" has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 01:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian grandmother of five becomes the world's oldest mum at 70!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30278_Indian-grandmother-of-five-becomes-the-worlds-oldest-mum-at-70.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Indian woman has become the world's oldest mother after giving birth to twins - at the age of 70.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 11:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Terror experts say Osama now just a Robin Hood figure</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30275_Terror-experts-say-Osama-now-just-a-Robin-Hood-figure.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who is said to have taken ill and not in a commanding position, is now regarded as only a 'Robin Hood' type figure from whom 100 percent people draw inspiration, but very few follow his deeds, said a Belgium terrorism investigator.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 11:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Khanal predicts ten more days for formation of new government in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30273_Khanal-predicts-ten-more-days-for-formation-of-new-government-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Jhalanath Khanal has predicted it would take ten more days for the formation of a new government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 11:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pregnant American man gives birth to baby girl</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30267_Pregnant-American-man-gives-birth-to-baby-girl.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Thomas Beatie, the transgendered pregnant man, has given birth to a healthy baby girl.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 10:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian origin doc swaps medical profession for Bollywood</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30264_Indian-origin-doc-swaps-medical-profession-for-Bollywood.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Indian origin Brit medic has taken time out from treating people and saving lives to become a singing, dancing, murdering gangster in Bollywood.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 10:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Big three undermining Constituent Assembly: Small parties</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30258_Big-three-undermining-Constituent-Assembly-Small-parties.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The thirteen smaller parties represented in the Constituent Assembly (CA) have accused the three largest parties for failing to resume the Assembly meeting.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 09:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Muslims feel like "Jews of Europe" in UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30251_Muslims-feel-like-Jews-of-Europe-in-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Shahid Malik, the first Muslim minister in any British government, has said that the plight of his community in Britain was such that many felt targeted like "the Jews of Europe".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 08:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>5 suspected LI militants arrested in Lahore</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30246_5-suspected-LI-militants-arrested-in-Lahore.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan law enforcement agencies claimed to have arrested five suspected militants, belonging to the Lashkar-e-Islam (LI), while plotting suicide attacks in Lahore. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 July 2008 07:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's Constituent Assembly session disrupted for 7th time</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30233_Nepals-Constituent-Assembly-session-disrupted-for-7th-time.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The parliamentary session of Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) was disrupted for the seventh consecutive time on Thursday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 11:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Concerned over rising influence of Islamic militancy on Britons, UK doubles Pak aid</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30232_Concerned-over-rising-influence-of-Islamic-militancy-on-Britons-UK-doubles-Pak-aid.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In what is being described as the UK's concern over the influence of Islamic militancy on Britons of Pakistani origin, and its impact on British troops fighting over the border in Afghanistan, Britain has decided to double its aid to Pakistan, thereby making it the second biggest recipient of UK aid after India.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 11:42:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Terror suspect with "direct links" to Laden freed on bail in UK</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) of the UK has reportedly freed a terror suspect, 45-year-old Algerian, said to be having "direct links" with Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. He spent more than seven years in jail awaiting deportation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 11:41:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ten JI terrorists planning Bali nightclub type bombings arrested in Indonesia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30230_Ten-JI-terrorists-planning-Bali-nightclub-type-bombings-arrested-in-Indonesia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With the arrest of ten persons linked to a regional terror network - Jeemah Islamiah (JI), the Indonesian Police claimed to have smashed a terrorist plot to bomb a cafe on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 11:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Selling sex for fuel can send you to the slammer for soliciting </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30222_Selling-sex-for-fuel-can-send-you-to-the-slammer-for-soliciting-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 50-year-old American man has confessed to having sex with a hooker - in exchange for a 100- dollar gasoline card.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 10:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bosses tell sexually harassed men they're lucky to be ogled! </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30221_Bosses-tell-sexually-harassed-men-theyre-lucky-to-be-ogled-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It's not only women, who face sexual harassment at work places, men also have to go through the unwanted office vixenry.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 10:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit brides turning to boob ops, tummy tucks to look perfect at weddings</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30215_Brit-brides-turning-to-boob-ops-tummy-tucks-to-look-perfect-at-weddings.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Looking perfect on the wedding day has taken a new meaning altogether among Brit brides-to-be. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 09:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the pooches who are chauffeur driven on motorbikes!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30213_Meet-the-pooches-who-are-chauffeur-driven-on-motorbikes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Having covered over 27,000 miles in her lifetime, hound Terrier Minnie is chauffeur driven all over the place - on motorbikes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 09:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The rags-to-riches story of the woman who wrote Mamma Mia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30210_The-rags-to-riches-story-of-the-woman-who-wrote-Mamma-Mia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ten years ago she was drowning under a big pile of unpaid bills, but as the Millennium drew towards a close, Catherine Johnson's life took a U-turn, and she landed the job of putting together the story for the Abba musical Mamma Mia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 08:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama-Powell meeting sets rumour mills' tongues wagging</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30208_Obama-Powell-meeting-sets-rumour-mills-tongues-wagging.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Keeping to his words that he would go across the political divide and even include Republicans in his government in February 2009, Democratic presidential candidate Barrack Obama had a one-to-one meeting with Colin Powell, the former secretary of state in the Bush administration. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 08:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Queenslanders among folks who live longest in the world</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30207_Queenslanders-among-folks-who-live-longest-in-the-world.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Women on Queensland's Sunshine Coast have the longest life expectancy in Australia, according to a new study. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 08:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pranab meets Secretary General of Arab League</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30200_Pranab-meets-Secretary-General-of-Arab-League.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today met Secretary General of the Arab League (AL) Amr Moussa shortly before his departure for New ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 07:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>After dreadful quake, devastating annual floods stare Sichuan province of China</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30197_After-dreadful-quake-devastating-annual-floods-stare-Sichuan-province-of-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After the dreadful earthquake on May 12 which killed more than 60,000 people, the Sichuan province of China is facing a yet another "critical situation" as the annual floods are approaching, said a senior official from the Ministry of Water Resources, in Beijing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 07:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mobile phones are swarming all over British jails</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30194_Mobile-phones-are-swarming-all-over-British-jails.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new report has revealed that the number of banned mobile phones confiscated in UK jails has soared by 40 per cent.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 06:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit footie fan dies of brain haemorrhage after heading football</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30192_Brit-footie-fan-dies-of-brain-haemorrhage-after-heading-football.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Football freak David Belk might never have imagined that the game he worships would cost him his life.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 06:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist agree to address Madhesi demands in supplementary bill</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30179_Maoist-agree-to-address-Madhesi-demands-in-supplementary-bill.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The CPN (Maoist) today agreed to address the demands raised by the Madhes-based parties in the draft of the supplementary Constitution amendment bill.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 05:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Largest edible crab caught in British waters</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30177_Largest-edible-crab-caught-in-British-waters.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A diver has caught the largest edible crab in British waters. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 04:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Custard Cream' makes it to the Oxford English Dictionary</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30175_Custard-Cream-makes-it-to-the-Oxford-English-Dictionary.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After 100 years as one of Britain's favourite teatime treats, the humble custard cream has finally been given the ultimate honor - an entry into the Oxford English Dictionary.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 04:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Was Keith Vaz offered a "reward" to help Brown survive as Labour leader?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30169_Was-Keith-Vaz-offered-a-reward-to-help-Brown-survive-as-Labour-leader.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The number game in the Indian parliamentary system began in the early 1990s when a few MPs were "awarded handsomely" for supporting the then Union Government in a minority. Lately, it seems, the phenomenon has reached across the seven seas to UK too. Recently, a member of the House of Commons was promised a "reward' by his own partyman in return of his vote that led to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's survival as the Labour leader.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 03:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Asian Muslim woman councillor subjected to hate campaign by male Islamists in UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30167_Asian-Muslim-woman-councillor-subjected-to-hate-campaign-by-male-Islamists-in-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Asian Muslim woman running for councillor election in Lancashire has alleged that Muslim men in her ward had threatened to keep herself within the four walls of her home and not move out on the streets asking for votes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 03:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Deadlock continues in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30166_Deadlock-continues-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A meeting of the key leaders of the three main parties including the CPN (Maoist), the Nepali Congress (NC) and the CPN (UML) which was which was expected to break the deadlock over the Terai parties' demands, has ended inconclusively on Wednesday evening.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 03:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mysterious faceless people spotted in UK's most high profile events</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30161_Mysterious-faceless-people-spotted-in-UKs-most-high-profile-events.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two mysterious faceless people have been spotted in some of the UK's A-list events like Wimbledon, Henley Regatta, the Harrods sale and Elton John's White Tie and Tiara Ball. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 02:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the US street artist who makes sculptures with sticky tape!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30160_Meet-the-US-street-artist-who-makes-sculptures-with-sticky-tape.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Street artist Mark Jenkins' sculptures have provoked amazement from onlookers because they're made entirely out of sticky tape and cling film. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 02:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brown's govt polled most unpopular in Labour history</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30156_Browns-govt-polled-most-unpopular-in-Labour-history.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A recent poll conducted by a British daily has found that Prime Minister Gordon Brown is heading the most unpopular Labour Government ever, and that his personal ratings also dropped to a new low, with only 22 per cent of people satisfied with him, and 70 per cent dissatisfied.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 02:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nawaz calls military action in Khyber Agency "gross violation of human rights"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30154_Nawaz-calls-military-action-in-Khyber-Agency-gross-violation-of-human-rights.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier, Nawaz Sharif has condemned the military action launched in Khyber Agency for violating human rights, and warned that if any such operation was launched in the Tribal Areas again, he would take action independently.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 01:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zoroastrians invite Hindu leader Zed for unity walk</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30146_Zoroastrians-invite-Hindu-leader-Zed-for-unity-walk.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a remarkable interfaith gesture, Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America (FEZANA) has invited acclaimed Hindu leader Rajan Zed for unity walk in Washington DC in September next.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 12:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Finding Bin Laden is like finding "a needle in a haystack", admit US officials</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30142_Finding-Bin-Laden-is-like-finding-a-needle-in-a-haystack-admit-US-officials.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has successfully evaded arrest for the past seven years, US intelligence officials have begun admitting that it's really a difficult task to catch him dead or alive.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 12:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rs 250 billion budget for new fiscal year in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30135_Rs-250-billion-budget-for-new-fiscal-year-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senior Maoist leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai has projected an over Rs 250 billion budget for new fiscal year in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 11:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nearly 18,000 women and girls trafficked into UK sex trade</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30134_Nearly-18000-women-and-girls-trafficked-into-UK-sex-trade.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Brit teenage girls are being abducted and trafficked around the country for sex, police has warned.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 11:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two former Turkish generals arrested over plot to kill Nobel laureate</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30133_Two-former-Turkish-generals-arrested-over-plot-to-kill-Nobel-laureate.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Turkish police have arrested two retired generals as part of an investigation into a plot to murder Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 11:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>3 in 4 Brits would rather watch footie than bed a hottie!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30125_3-in-4-Brits-would-rather-watch-footie-than-bed-a-hottie.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Football fans in Britain, it seems, are pretty loyal towards the game, for they would rather see England lift the World Cup than bed a Page 3 babe.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 10:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Jihad against 'major terrorist' America an obligation of all Muslims"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30108_Jihad-against-major-terrorist-America-an-obligation-of-all-Muslims.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Islamic hardliner in Pakistan has reportedly said that it was incumbent on every Muslim across the world to fight alongside Afghan Muslims against America and its allied forces.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 08:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US bans Pak NGOs alleging they raised funds for terror outfits</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30107_US-bans-Pak-NGOs-alleging-they-raised-funds-for-terror-outfits.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US has reportedly put more than a dozen Pakistani NGOs on its list of terrorist outfits, alleging that they raised funds for two terrorist groups already banned in US government and the UN.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 07:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Top US military official confirms authority for unilateral strikes on Qaeda in Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30101_Top-US-military-official-confirms-authority-for-unilateral-strikes-on-Qaeda-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US' top military official has reportedly said that he has all the authority for targeting senior Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders inside Pakistan's tribal areas from across the Afghanistan border. But, he refused to say if the US troops were also allowed to operate inside the Pakistan territory.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 07:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nuke-trade denied India cannot consider cooperation with Egypt: Mukherjee</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30098_Nuke-trade-denied-India-cannot-consider-cooperation-with-Egypt-Mukherjee.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Visiting Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said late on Wednesday that India could not consider civil nuclear cooperation with Egypt or any other country at the present juncture, as it is yet to be a signatory of the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and join the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 06:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NAM has lost its old grandeur and impetus: Mukherjee</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30097_NAM-has-lost-its-old-grandeur-and-impetus-Mukherjee.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Visiting External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee this evening told media persons here that due to some reason or the other, the non-align movement (NAM) has lost its old grandeur and impetus. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 3 July 2008 01:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mukherjee calls on Mubarak, discusses possibility of greater bilateral cooperation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30086_Mukherjee-calls-on-Mubarak-discusses-possibility-of-greater-bilateral-cooperation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today called on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and discussed the possibility of enhancing existing bilateral ties between the two countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 11:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the Brit man who is turning into a woman - naturally!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30085_Meet-the-Brit-man-who-is-turning-into-a-woman---naturally.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Brit man is seeking help from medical experts after he started turning into a woman naturally.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 11:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince William's Navy ship pulls off œ40m cocaine bust </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30084_Prince-Williams-Navy-ship-pulls-off-œ40m-cocaine-bust-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince William has been involved in a 40 million pounds cocaine bust during his first week of operations with the Royal Navy, reports the Ministry of Defence.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 11:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wooden floors dramatically spike up Brits' sex lives!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30079_Wooden-floors-dramatically-spike-up-Brits-sex-lives.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britons love having kinky sex on hard wood floors -but can't stand the idea of doing it on carpets, according to a new research.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 11:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Security guard forces teen to pay with sex for shoplifting</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30078_Security-guard-forces-teen-to-pay-with-sex-for-shoplifting.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A suspected 15-year-old female shoplifter in Papua New Guinea has claimed that she was forced to pay for her crime with sex.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 10:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The bride and groom that said 'I Do' in church and the dance floor!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30073_The-bride-and-groom-that-said-I-Do-in-church-and-the-dance-floor.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When Charlotte Peagam and Ian Moriarty exchanged vows, they sealed their relationship not once, but twice in a day.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 10:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bank blunder makes schoolboy temporary multi-millionaire!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30069_Bank-blunder-makes-schoolboy-temporary-multi-millionaire.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A schoolboy became a temporary multi-millionaire after a mistake by his Lloyds TSB branch in Telford, Shropshire, UK.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Church of England bans nicknames on gravestones</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30068_Church-of-England-bans-nicknames-on-gravestones.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Church of England has banned nicknames on the gravestones, it has been revealed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>80s brainteaser the Rubik's Cube set for Christmas comeback</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30067_80s-brainteaser-the-Rubiks-Cube-set-for-Christmas-comeback.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Eighties brainteaser the Rubik's Cube is set to make a comeback as one of the most popular toys this Christmas, according to Woolworths.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"All My Loving" is Gordon Brown's favourite Beatles song</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30058_All-My-Loving-is-Gordon-Browns-favourite-Beatles-song.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British PM Gordon Brown has revealed that his favourite Beatles song is "All My Loving".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 08:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN reforms, bilateral ties review to be focus of India, Egypt FM talks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30052_UN-reforms-bilateral-ties-review-to-be-focus-of-India-Egypt-FM-talks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ U.N. reforms, energy cooperation and a review of overall bilateral ties and ways to enhance them further are expected to dominate the talks between visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Aboul Gheit here today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 07:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>HRW warns against exempting ISI, Pak military under PPP's constitutional package</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30051_HRW-warns-against-exempting-ISI-Pak-military-under-PPPs-constitutional-package.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The constitutional package proposed by the PPP-led government, ostensibly to restore the Supreme Court judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, should not exempt the Pakistan military and its intelligence agency ISI from the rule of law, as, in the past, they have been found grossly violating human rights by way of torture of innocent citizens, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) executive-director Kenneth Roth.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 07:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arrested Hindraf coordinator's wife says party leaders not helping her</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30046_Arrested-Hindraf-coordinators-wife-says-party-leaders-not-helping-her.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ K. Vickneswary, the wife of Hindu Rights Action Force coordinator K. Vasantha Kumar detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA), has said that most of her husband's Hindraf associates have abandoned her and her two daughters.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 06:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Saunas, karaoke bars and dance halls corrupting morals of Chinese soldiers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30045_Saunas-karaoke-bars-and-dance-halls-corrupting-morals-of-Chinese-soldiers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The morals of Chinese soldiers are being corrupted by the plethora of saunas, karaoke bars and dance halls that have sprung up around their remote base, an officer has complained. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 06:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Govt. to set up special unit to monitor Tamil schools development </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30031_Malaysian-Govt-to-set-up-special-unit-to-monitor-Tamil-schools-development-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Government will set up a special unit under the Education Ministry to monitor the development of Tamil schools as well as their problems.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 03:42:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New UFO witness reopens 1970s 'Welsh Roswell' mystery</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30029_New-UFO-witness-reopens-1970s-Welsh-Roswell-mystery.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ One of Britain's greatest UFO riddles reopened when a new witness emerged - 34 years after the alleged 'close encounter'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 03:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghanistan summons Pak diplomat over beheading of two Afghans</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30027_Afghanistan-summons-Pak-diplomat-over-beheading-of-two-Afghans.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Hamid Karzai government in Kabul has condemned the beheadings of two Afghans by the Taliban in Pakistan, and the country's foreign ministry has summoned Pakistan's Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan Asif Durrani to explain why the incident was allowed to happen.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 03:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unique Gandhi festival in America</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30025_Unique-Gandhi-festival-in-America.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A unique first of its kind eco-friendly festival celebrating Mahatma Gandhi's life and message will be held in Nevada in USA on July 26.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US military copied Guantánamo's coercive training chart from Chinese</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30023_US-military-copied-Guantánamos-coercive-training-chart-from-Chinese.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US military trainers who came to Guantánamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart copied word by word from a 1957 Air Force study of Chinese Communist techniques used during the Korean War to obtain confessions, many of them false, from American prisoners]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindraf leaders under detention say their families need them</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30022_Hindraf-leaders-under-detention-say-their-families-need-them.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The five Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders held under the Internal Security Act in Malaysia have pleaded to the advisory board for their release, citing poor health and their desire to return home. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Zardari wants Musharraf to continue, as his removal 'may lead to chaos'" </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30021_Zardari-wants-Musharraf-to-continue-as-his-removal-may-lead-to-chaos-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Pakistani journalist has said that it was not the US but PPP Chairman Asif Ali Zardari who wanted to see President Pervez Musharraf continuing in his office and chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry not reinstated.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak journo says US mediation may help break India, Pak logjam</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30019_Pak-journo-says-US-mediation-may-help-break-India-Pak-logjam.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A senior Pakistani journalist based in London has said that US could act as an interlocutor between India and Pakistan, because the countries do not trust each other.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Constituent Assembly meeting today </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30016_Nepal-Constituent-Assembly-meeting-today-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting will take place today as a three-party panel formed to draft the supplementary Constitution amendment bill, as demanded by Terai-based parties.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 01:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Cabinet extends UN mission's term by six months</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30015_Nepal-Cabinet-extends-UN-missions-term-by-six-months.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Cabinet has decided to extend the term of United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) by six months.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 01:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The 'honey trap' hunk who gets paid to test fidelity of wives, girlfriends!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30012_The-honey-trap-hunk-who-gets-paid-to-test-fidelity-of-wives-girlfriends.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When Richard Martinez goes out clubbing at night, it's not partying that surrounds his mind - the British bloke's target is to flirt and flatter a woman, so that he can test their fidelity.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 01:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Average Aussie woman has 13 different sex partners in lifetime</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30010_Average-Aussie-woman-has-13-different-sex-partners-in-lifetime.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The average Australian woman has 13 different sex partners in her life, according to a new book based on an anonymous online survey of 2000 women.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 01:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US has pact allowing it unilateral strikes against Osama in Pak territory </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_30001_US-has-pact-allowing-it-unilateral-strikes-against-Osama-in-Pak-territory-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Soon after Pakistan had joined the US-led war on terror, President Pervez Musharraf had granted the US the right to launch attacks on Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, if traced in the rugged terrains of tribal areas, from across the Afghanistan border without prior permission from Islamabad.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 11:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Puppies on police postcards prove offensive for UK Muslims</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29997_Puppies-on-police-postcards-prove-offensive-for-UK-Muslims.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Muslims living in UK's Dundee area have complained over a police advertisement featuring a puppy sitting on an officer's hat. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 11:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Boucher tells Nawaz to lay off Musharraf</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29987_Boucher-tells-Nawaz-to-lay-off-Musharraf.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif should avoid pressing for removal of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, and the latter should be given an opportunity to decide about quitting his office as "his stay in power had become irrelevant", said US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 10:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Qaeda's headquarters in Pak tribal areas pose gravest threat to UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29985_Qaedas-headquarters-in-Pak-tribal-areas-pose-gravest-threat-to-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ International terror organization Al Qaeda may have been marginalized in Afghanistan and Iraq, but it has been resurging particularly in Pakistan, besides Somalia and Algeria, Western intelligence and defence sources have said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Paul Burrell's life with Di to become a movie?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29984_Paul-Burrells-life-with-Di-to-become-a-movie.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former royal butler Paul Burrell may be making some more money off Princess Diana's memory with a movie focusing on his time working for her.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush signs bill allowing Mandela visit to US</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29979_Bush-signs-bill-allowing-Mandela-visit-to-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  President Gorge W Bush has signed a bill allowing former South African President Nelson Mandela to visit the United States without the secretary of state having to certify that he is not a terrorist.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 09:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>African Union asks Mugabe to form unity government</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29977_African-Union-asks-Mugabe-to-form-unity-government.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ African Union has asked Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to hold talks with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party over how to form a unity government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 08:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China opposes connecting Tibet issue with Beijing Olympics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29976_China-opposes-connecting-Tibet-issue-with-Beijing-Olympics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China has expressed resolute opposition to connecting Tibet-related issues with the Beijing Olympic Games due to be held in August.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 08:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cherie Blair fears for her children in UK's gun and knife struck streets </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29974_Cherie-Blair-fears-for-her-children-in-UKs-gun-and-knife-struck-streets-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, Cherie Blair, has said that she feared for her children when they went out in the street, and warned that knife and gun crime among teenagers could be more common than official figures suggested.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 08:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf's cobbler-friend in Old Delhi wants to meet him</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29970_Musharrafs-cobbler-friend-in-Old-Delhi-wants-to-meet-him.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A cobbler based in Old Delhi claims that he is a childhood friend of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, and that the duo played together in 'Neher Wali Haveli', the ancestral house of Musharraf's family located near Golcha Cinema in Old Delhi.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 08:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Laden on death bed, claim CIA officials</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29968_Laden-on-death-bed-claim-CIA-officials.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two officials of the US' intelligence agency CIA have claimed that Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was on death bed as he suffered from a terminal kidney disease, and may live only for a few months.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 07:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pranab Mukherjee arrives in Cairo</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29966_Pranab-Mukherjee-arrives-in-Cairo.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has arrived in the Egyptian capital Cairo to hold wide-ranging of talks to strengthen bilateral relations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 03:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Madhesi demands to be included in constitution</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29965_Madhesi-demands-to-be-included-in-constitution.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The major three parties of Nepal on Tuesday agreed to introduce a supplementary amendment bill along with the Fifth Amendment bill to the interim constitution to address the demands floated by the Madhes-based parties.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 03:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unscheduled meet between Mukherjee-Pawar at Dubai Airport</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29954_Unscheduled-meet-between-Mukherjee-Pawar-at-Dubai-Airport.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee met Union Sports Minister Sharad Pawar at Dubai International Airport.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 02:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Senior party leader bemoans lack of 'democracy' within Zardari's PPP</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29942_Senior-party-leader-bemoans-lack-of-democracy-within-Zardaris-PPP.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A senior PPP leader has said that it was high time to voice differences within the party, as, in his words, voicing different opinions "did not mean challenging the party's leadership".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 12:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz city of Cairns soon turning into the ogling capital of the world!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29939_Oz-city-of-Cairns-soon-turning-into-the-ogling-capital-of-the-world.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Men ogling at scantily dressed girls in Cairns CBD have faced serious blasting from young women who say that they find it disgusting to see these men gawking when they walk along the streets or sunbathe at the Lagoon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 12:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sindh legislators want more perks, privileges, pay, passports ......! </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29938_Sindh-legislators-want-more-perks-privileges-pay-passports-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It seems Pakistan legislators' primary job is to first introduce legislations and then get them passed on the floor of the House, raising perks and privileges they are themselves entitled to. At times these resolutions bring in hefty pay packages for them, and on other occasions shower new perks and allowances.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 2 July 2008 12:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kate Middleton offered new career - as a fashion model</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29930_Kate-Middleton-offered-new-career---as-a-fashion-model.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince William's ladylove Kate Middleton could soon be embarking on a new career as a fashion model-after she was approached by a modeling scout at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday party in London.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 11:29:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Majority of Brit adults struggle to pass primary school tests!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29929_Majority-of-Brit-adults-struggle-to-pass-primary-school-tests.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British adults, it seems, weren't paying much attention to their lessons during school days, for according to a new survey, a majority of them struggle to answer questions fit for today's seven-year-old.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 11:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK's education policy 'leaving pupils intellectually impoverished'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29928_UKs-education-policy-leaving-pupils-intellectually-impoverished.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's education policy is leading to the "cultural and intellectual impoverishment" of a generation of school going kids, says a leading headmistress. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 11:08:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Czech boys who were forced to eat their own flesh!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29925_The-Czech-boys-who-were-forced-to-eat-their-own-flesh.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two Czech boys, aged 8 and 10, have claimed that they were forced to eat their own flesh by their mum and relatives from the sick Grail cult. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 10:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bara Operation simply a "hogwash" to confuse the Americans, says Pak paper</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29910_Bara-Operation-simply-a-hogwash-to-confuse-the-Americans-says-Pak-paper.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The ongoing operation to "protect" Peshawar from the wrath of militants belonging to organizations like Lashkar-e-Islami (led by Mangal Bagh), Ansar-Ul-Islam (led by Qazi Mehboobul Haq who is Mangal's sworn enemy), and Haji Namdar (led by Tanzeem Amar Bil Maroof Wa Nahi Anil Munqar), is simply "hogwash", said an article in The News.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 08:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Freud and Bacon's portraits sell for £29mln at Christie's auction</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29909_Freud-and-Bacons-portraits-sell-for-£29mln-at-Christies-auction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Masterpieces by Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon fetched over 29 million pounds at a Christie's auction last night. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 08:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World's largest cable-stayed bridge inaugurated in China</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29872_Worlds-largest-cable-stayed-bridge-inaugurated-in-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze Road Bridge, the world's largest cable-stayed bridge, was formally opened in East China's Jiangsu Province after five years of construction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 04:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak keenly awaiting India's response on IPI pipeline deal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29870_Pak-keenly-awaiting-Indias-response-on-IPI-pipeline-deal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan is keen to see the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) oil pipeline project through, and awaits India's readiness to engage with it (Pakistan) in this regard, said the country's Finance Minister Naveed Qamar.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 03:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Athletes warned against Deer Penis, the Chinese remedy to recover from injury </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29869_Athletes-warned-against-Deer-Penis-the-Chinese-remedy-to-recover-from-injury-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Deer's penis, the perfect Chinese remedy for athletes struggling to recover from injury during the Beijing Olympics, can land them in trouble as it may contain banned substances.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 03:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>United States leads the world in illegal cocaine, cannabis use</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29866_United-States-leads-the-world-in-illegal-cocaine-cannabis-use.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States of America might be riding high on its happiness levels, but according to a new research, the country has the highest level of illegal cocaine and cannabis use.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 03:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Charles running his famous Aston Martin on white wine!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29862_Prince-Charles-running-his-famous-Aston-Martin-on-white-wine.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince Charles is doing his bit to save the planet by running his famous Aston Martin on white wine. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Alien invasion' threat in Britain intensifies further </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29861_Alien-invasion-threat-in-Britain-intensifies-further-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In the latest UFO wave to hit Britain, a Royal Navy aircraft engineer claims to have seen a 'glowing' object hovering over the M5 motorway. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PML-N leader warns of quitting federal coalition over judges' restoration issue</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29856_PML-N-leader-warns-of-quitting-federal-coalition-over-judges-restoration-issue.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The PML-N, the second largest political party in Pakistan in terms of number of members in the National Assembly, has once again mounted pressure on the PPP-led federal government that it should reinstate the deposed judges and not link it with the constitutional package, else it would sit in the Opposition extending only issue-based support to the three-month old government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:07:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The SOS signal turns 100</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29855_The-SOS-signal-turns-100.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 'SOS' the Morse code signal that has saved thousands of lives over the years, has turned 100 years old today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sitaula meets Prachanda</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29851_Sitaula-meets-Prachanda.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal Home Minister and Nepali Congress leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula met CPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' today to find ways to resolve the existing deadlock in the Constituent Assembly (CA). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 01:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US has failed to convince Muslims that Osama is an enemy of Islam, says Pak envoy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29850_US-has-failed-to-convince-Muslims-that-Osama-is-an-enemy-of-Islam-says-Pak-envoy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistani ambassador in Washington Hussain Haqqani has said that there was a complete failure of US' public diplomacy in the Muslim world, in persuading its people for getting Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 01:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda blames Terai parties for delay in Government formation in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29848_Prachanda-blames-Terai-parties-for-delay-in-Government-formation-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has blamed the Terai-based parties for the delay in the formation of a new government by obstructing the Constituent Assembly (CA) proceedings in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 01:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Three parties to hold meeting with Madhesi parties today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29846_Three-parties-to-hold-meeting-with-Madhesi-parties-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepali Congress (NC), the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) and the Maoists will jointly hold a meeting here today with the Madhesi parties to work out a common proposal for constitutional amendment.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 12:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malay Indians protest against racial slur</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29827_Malay-Indians-protest-against-racial-slur.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Indian community in Malaysia protested against the prominent legislator for the Malay-majority Barisan Nasional coalition or the National Front, Hamidah Osman, for saying that Indians are worse than snakes in front of a State Assembly Speaker. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 10:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US fears Qaeda attack next year</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29813_US-fears-Qaeda-attack-next-year.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Amid media reports that Al Qaeda was planning attacks on the US, the White House has reportedly issued a fresh warning about a major attack on the US next year. The latest warning endorses a similar warning by Independent senator Joe Lieberman recently.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 08:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China plans to close Everest for clean-up</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29811_China-plans-to-close-Everest-for-clean-up.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China is planning to restrict access by climbers to Mount Everest to allow environmental teams to carry out a huge clean up of the world's highest peak.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 08:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Britain will be vulnerable to terrorist attacks until 2038</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29810_Britain-will-be-vulnerable-to-terrorist-attacks-until-2038.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ International Security Advisor to the Prime Minister Gordon and former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir John Stevens, has warned that Britain will be vulnerable to terrorist attack for another three decades. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 07:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama way ahead of McCain in Wall Street firms funding</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29809_Obama-way-ahead-of-McCain-in-Wall-Street-firms-funding.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Financial industry big houses have contributed almost twice in funds to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in comparison to his Republican rival John McCain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 07:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Last Oz govt always took Dr Haneef as "guilty"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29804_Last-Oz-govt-always-took-Dr-Haneef-as-guilty.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Quoting confidential documents which were released on their demand, the lawyers representing Dr Mohamed Haneef, of Indian origin, have said that the previous John Howard government in Australia never considered the possibility of him not being involved in terrorism, a charge which was leveled against him last year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 07:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak to release Indian 'spy' today at Wagah Border</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29803_Pak-to-release-Indian-spy-today-at-Wagah-Border.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan is slated to hand over an Indian spy who was jailed in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail for the past ten years, to Indian authorities at the Wagah Border today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 07:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BNP-led four party group to boycott local govt polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29794_BNP-led-four-party-group-to-boycott-local-govt-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led four party alliance has decided to boycott the upcoming local polls here today saying contesting elections would legitimize the ''illegal activities'' of the current regime.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>.Africa's Tutu urges military action against Mugabe</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29781_Africas-Tutu-urges-military-action-against-Mugabe.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu ha said that the use of force to remove Zimbawean dictator Robert Mugabe would be justified, as that country was presently in a precarious state, both politically and economically.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 01:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK to woo Brit Muslims to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29779_UK-to-woo-Brit-Muslims-to-fight-the-Taliban-in-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a new army recruitment drive, the British Ministry of Defence has decided to woo British Muslims and convince them to join the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 12:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Demand for a single Madhes state will disintegrate the country: Khanal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29778_Demand-for-a-single-Madhes-state-will-disintegrate-the-country-Khanal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Jhala Nath Khanal on Monday said that the demand for 'one Madhes one state' will lead the country towards disintegration.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 12:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's Constituent Assembly session unlikely today as well</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29776_Nepals-Constituent-Assembly-session-unlikely-today-as-well.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chances of the parliamentary session of Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) remain slim on Monday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 12:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf rules out imposing martial law in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29775_Musharraf-rules-out-imposing-martial-law-in-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Monday ruled out the possibility of imposing martial law in the country again, saying his focus was was now on strengthening democracy in the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 12:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince William's five chopper flights cost taxpayers over œ50k</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29774_Prince-Williams-five-chopper-flights-cost-taxpayers-over-œ50k.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince William is facing criticism over the alleged misuse of his RAF training as he took five military helicopter flights for personal visits, which would have cost him more than 50,000 pounds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 1 July 2008 12:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cockerel alarm clock sparks council probe</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29770_Cockerel-alarm-clock-sparks-council-probe.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Brit man's cockerel alarm clock sparked a council probe after a neighbour cried foul that he had sheltered chickens in his house.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 11:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BBC launches new reality series for disabled models </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29767_BBC-launches-new-reality-series-for-disabled-models-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Thought modelling was the domain for those long-legged sassy babes whom we see on the ramp? Well, then wait for BBC's new reality series that will feature disabled women showing their modelling skills for making it big in the fashion industry.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 11:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One in five Oz women have featured in home-made sex tape</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29764_One-in-five-Oz-women-have-featured-in-home-made-sex-tape.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study exploring the sex lives of Australian women has shown that one in five of them have featured in a homemade sex tape.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 11:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brides to be charged hundreds of dollars to try on wedding dresses</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29757_Brides-to-be-charged-hundreds-of-dollars-to-try-on-wedding-dresses.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Now, brides-to-be will have to shell out hundreds of dollars just for trying on their wedding couture. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 10:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Christian Louboutin's black high-heels are the best aphrodisiacs for women</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29755_Christian-Louboutins-black-high-heels-are-the-best-aphrodisiacs-for-women.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Not really in the mood for some bedroom action? Well, then head to the nearest store and get a pair of black high-heels designed by Christian Louboutin, for a survey proclaims that donning a pair of these shoes will not only make men drooling over you, but will also put you in the mood for love.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 09:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Swan caravan brings Brit town to a standstill </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29754_Swan-caravan-brings-Brit-town-to-a-standstill-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British town came to a standstill to make way for a caravan of a swan family heading towards a pond through the busy roads. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 09:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz women spend a year and $150,000 shopping over a lifetime</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29753_Oz-women-spend-a-year-and-$150000-shopping-over-a-lifetime.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Shopping is synonymous with women, but it might just amaze you to know how much time and money do Aussie females spend while indulging in their favourite activity over the course of their lifetime - approximately a year and 150,000 dollars- a new survey has revealed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 09:42:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Book reveals Harvard pupils' cunning trick to get luxury cars, financial aid</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29751_Book-reveals-Harvard-pupils-cunning-trick-to-get-luxury-cars-financial-aid.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A journalist claims in his upcoming book that pupils at Harvard Business School used to play a cunning trick to buy luxury cars and get financial aid, when he was a university student.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 09:29:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Secret ingredient behind Brit author's 'ratted' book - rat pee!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29744_Secret-ingredient-behind-Brit-authors-ratted-book---rat-pee.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An award-winning author of children's books used rat's urine to give a distinctive look to her new book on mouse. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 08:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit council mayor's car flag banned on safety grounds!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29743_Brit-council-mayors-car-flag-banned-on-safety-grounds.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Mayor of a borough council in Britain has been barred from using town flag on her official car on safety grounds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 08:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit mum finds no docs for ninth GG cup boob-job!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29742_Brit-mum-finds-no-docs-for-ninth-GG-cup-boob-job.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In the pursuit to give a boost to her already over-sized twin assets, a US housewife is all set for a boob-job, and that too for the ninth time. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 08:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One in five Aussie women indulge in cyber-sex</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29741_One-in-five-Aussie-women-indulge-in-cyber-sex.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sex is not just limited to bedroom anymore, for women have found their sex haven in the virtual world as well, what with one in five Aussie women admitting to having a sexual encounter in an internet chatroom, reveals a new survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 08:08:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak on alert after Taliban warn of reprisals against military campaign</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29735_Pak-on-alert-after-Taliban-warn-of-reprisals-against-military-campaign.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan has reportedly stepped up security around its airports, government buildings and diplomatic missions, after Islamic militants warned of reprisals against Islamabad's military campaign targeting Taliban strongholds around Peshawar, the Capital city of NWFP bordering Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 07:29:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gilani says militants from Central Asian nations behind tribal areas unrest</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29730_Gilani-says-militants-from-Central-Asian-nations-behind-tribal-areas-unrest.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that foreign elements hailing from Central Asian Republics (CAR) were behind the current unrest and spike in violence in the tribal belt, and that his government was adopting a three-pronged strategy, viz. political dialogue, development in the region and use of force as a last resort, to counter militancy in these restive areas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 06:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Government asked to ease entry for Indian priests</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29722_Malaysian-Government-asked-to-ease-entry-for-Indian-priests.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysia Hindu Council chief R. Nadarajah has called on the Government to ease entry of foreign priests into the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 05:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pentagon against Afghan refugees' repatriation from Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29721_Pentagon-against-Afghan-refugees-repatriation-from-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States has reportedly urged Pakistan not to repatriate Afghan refugees, saying it would have a "destabilising effect" on the Afghan government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 05:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Indian Congress youth wing chief resigns</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29717_Malaysian-Indian-Congress-youth-wing-chief-resigns.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysian Indian Congress youth wing chief S.A. Vigneswaran has resigned from the party with a threat to open a Pandora's box on happenings within the party. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 05:08:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US' accommodation of Musharraf, Iraq focus fuelled Qaeda growth in Pak: NYT</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29715_US-accommodation-of-Musharraf-Iraq-focus-fuelled-Qaeda-growth-in-Pak-NYT.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After the 9/11 air attacks on the US, the Al Qaeda has successively organized itself in the Pashtun-dominated tribal areas in Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, with its current strength being close to 2000, including both local and foreign militants, up from several hundred till three years ago.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 04:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shots of South China tiger in the wild not real</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29712_Shots-of-South-China-tiger-in-the-wild-not-real.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China has punished 13 government officials and arrested a man for presenting false evidence in trying to prove that the highly endangered South China tiger still existed in the wild.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 04:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bill Clinton ready to mend fences with Obama </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29711_Bill-Clinton-ready-to-mend-fences-with-Obama-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former U.S. President Bill Clinton may be still smarting over the outcome of the primary contests, but if sources close to him are to be believed, he is ready to pick up the phone and talk to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 04:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK defence bosses spent 730 million pounds for leading a life of luxury</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29707_UK-defence-bosses-spent-730-million-pounds-for-leading-a-life-of-luxury.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's defence bosses splashed out 730 million pounds on meals, hotels and taxis, more than twice the bill for troop vehicles. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 03:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal petroleum dealers call off their strike</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29705_Nepal-petroleum-dealers-call-off-their-strike.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Petroleum Dealers Association (NPDA) has decided to resume sales and distribution of petroleum products across the country after calling off its strike.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 03:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists, UML reject demands of Terai parties</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29703_Maoists-UML-reject-demands-of-Terai-parties.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Maoists and the CPN (UML) have rejected the Terai parties' demand for a single Madhesh province and 'group entry' of Madhesis into the army.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 03:29:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Man selling entire life on eBay disappointed with $399,300 payout</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29684_Man-selling-entire-life-on-eBay-disappointed-with-$399300-payout.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British man, who had put his entire life on sale at eBay, won a bid of 399,300 dollars- much below the 500,000 dollars he was hoping for. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 02:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Al-Qa'eda planning UK attacks with ambulances bought on eBay</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29677_Al-Qaeda-planning-UK-attacks-with-ambulances-bought-on-eBay.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Terrorists are reportedly planning to use former National Health Service (NHS) ambulances and police cars bought on eBay for launching suicide bomb attacks in Britain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 01:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shanghai Disneyland likely to be opened by 2012</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29674_Shanghai-Disneyland-likely-to-be-opened-by-2012.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Shanghai Disneyland, 20 minutes' drive from Pudong International Airport, is likely to be opened for visitors as early as 2012.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 01:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>McCain, wife have over 225,000 dollars in tax arrears</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29673_McCain-wife-have-over-225000-dollars-in-tax-arrears.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his beer heiress wife Cindy have reportedly failed to pay house taxes and owe more than 225,000 dollars on credit cards.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 01:28:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Most of Britain's roads unsafe: E U study </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29668_Most-of-Britains-roads-unsafe-E-U-study-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Almost a quarter of Britain's motorways and nearly a third of the country's `A' roads have been rated as unsafe by a leading European motoring body. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 12:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Carla Bruni branded a 'modern day Marie Antoinette'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29667_Carla-Bruni-branded-a-modern-day-Marie-Antoinette.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has been compared to Marie Antoinette by one of the country's most influential political journals. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 12:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Radical preacher Hamza sent messages to Osama's No2 from UK jail </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29666_Radical-preacher-Hamza-sent-messages-to-Osamas-No2-from-UK-jail-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British security officials are under fire after radical Islamic preacher Abu Hamza allegedly sent messages from his cell to al-Qaeda's deputy leader. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 12:41:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Alien-invasion' threat in Britain intensifies with sightings of twelve UFOs </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29662_Alien-invasion-threat-in-Britain-intensifies-with-sightings-of-twelve-UFOs-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In the latest UFO riddle to grip Britain, families in Basingstoke have claimed that they spotted a dozen glowing orange objects floating over the town on June 28. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 12:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Militants had escaped before Pak strike in tribal areas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29661_Militants-had-escaped-before-Pak-strike-in-tribal-areas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh who is spearheading the militancy campaign against the Pakistan government in tribal areas, had before-hand information about yesterday's combing operation launched by Pakistan's paramilitary forces, and had escaped to the remote Tirah Valley much in advance along with his fellow militants.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 11:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Thrifty Queen hasn't had her homes redecorated in past 50 years!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29660_Thrifty-Queen-hasnt-had-her-homes-redecorated-in-past-50-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ She may be ruling England, yet The Queen is so thrifty that she has never had her homes redecorated in more than 50 years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 11:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ArcelorMittal, Posco buy stakes in Oz mining firm</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29653_ArcelorMittal-Posco-buy-stakes-in-Oz-mining-firm.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Global steel giants ArcelorMittal and Posco have bought stakes in Macarthur Coal, raising the possibility of a bidding war for the Australian mining company.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 10:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>GCSE candidates being rewarded for writing the f-word in English papers </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29647_GCSE-candidates-being-rewarded-for-writing-the-f-word-in-English-papers-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Students taking GCSE papers are being rewarded for writing obscenities in their English examinations, even though such words have nothing to do with the question. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 10:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit supergranny takes to the road at 101!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29646_Brit-supergranny-takes-to-the-road-at-101.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At the age of 101, many people would be happy to rest and enjoy a quiet life. But Brit grandmother Winifred Hudson, however, believes is too young relax.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 10:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Taliban scraps peace deal inked last month</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29645_Pak-Taliban-scraps-peace-deal-inked-last-month.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Accusing the NWFP government of violating the peace deal which it had signed on May 21 with the pro-Taliban Pakistan militants in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reportedly announced that the peace talks had come to an end and that the accords in the tribal and settled areas of NWFP were scrapped.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 09:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama can "kiss my ass" for my support: Bill Clinton</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29640_Obama-can-kiss-my-ass-for-my-support-Bill-Clinton.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former US President Bill Clinton has told friends that the Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama will have to beg for his full support.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 09:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Robert Mugabe's victory not legitimate: UN</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29639_Robert-Mugabes-victory-not-legitimate-UN.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has criticised Zimbabwe's election in which President Robert Mugabe won another term as "deeply flawed," and said that the result is not legitimate.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 09:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Amin Fahim rejects rumours of him being the next Pak president</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29632_Amin-Fahim-rejects-rumours-of-him-being-the-next-Pak-president.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senior PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim, who had initially emerged as the front runner for the post of Pakistan's prime minister after the February 18 general elections, has rejected the rumours making rounds that he was going to be the next Pakistan president.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 08:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Pak secret inputs helping US investigative agencies in hitting Taliban targets in Waziristan"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29630_Pak-secret-inputs-helping-US-investigative-agencies-in-hitting-Taliban-targets-in-Waziristan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States' three top investigative agencies - the National Security Agency, the CIA and the Defence Intelligence Agency - are reportedly working in conjunction with Pakistani intelligence sleuths in targeting the Taliban leadership in Waziristan area of Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 30 June 2008 08:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist, UML pass up Madhes issues in statute amendment</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29613_Maoist-UML-pass-up-Madhes-issues-in-statute-amendment.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's two major Communist parties have declined the Madhes-based parties' demand calling for amending the interim constitution mentioning the provision of declaring Terai an autonomous state and mass recruitment of Madhesis in the Nepal Army.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 29 June 2008 06:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Several LTTE rebels killed in Sri Lanka</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29607_Several-LTTE-rebels-killed-in-Sri-Lanka.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 41 Tamil Tiger rebels and two soldiers lost their lives in fierce fighting in embattled parts of northern Srilanka.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 29 June 2008 05:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Queen shopping around for a private jet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29593_The-Queen-shopping-around-for-a-private-jet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Looks like The Queen is on a shopping spree - after becoming the proud owner of a drive-through McDonald's burger restaurant, Her Majesty is on a lookout for a private jet now.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 29 June 2008 12:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Di's ex butler Paul Burrell quitting Britain forever  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29587_Dis-ex-butler-Paul-Burrell-quitting-Britain-forever-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former royal butler Paul Burrell has no plans of returning to Britain, as he fears being the target of a hate mob, it has emerged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 29 June 2008 11:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google, Intel offer ways to tackle 'Infomania'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29584_Google-Intel-offer-ways-to-tackle-Infomania.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Distracted by email and instant messages? Worry not, for companies like Google and Intel, which devised the technology in the first place, have come to your rescue.
These high-tech giants have found that constant bombardment with electronic communications can result in overload, and are seeking ways to protect workers, starting with their own staff.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 29 June 2008 11:41:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shooting kills four, blast kills two soldiers in Swat valley </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29583_Shooting-kills-four-blast-kills-two-soldiers-in-Swat-valley-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A militant shot four people dead in Pakistan's Swat valley today while a bomb blast killed two soldiers who were on a routine patrol. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 29 June 2008 10:41:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US toddler survives six days alongside dead mom - eating cat food</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29574_US-toddler-survives-six-days-alongside-dead-mom---eating-cat-food.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In what can be described as a 'miracle', a two-year-old boy survived alongside the body of his mother who had apparently been dead for at least six days - on cat food.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 29 June 2008 09:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari Backs Kashmir autonomy, Supports people to people contact </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29570_Zardari-Backs-Kashmir-autonomy-Supports-people-to-people-contact-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari, co-chair of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) that heads the country’s ruling coalition, backs Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s suggestion of greater autonomy for Kashmir]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 29 June 2008 08:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lipstick, high heels ban upsets Malaysian women </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29568_Lipstick-high-heels-ban-upsets-Malaysian-women-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysia's Municipal Council's latest advisory on forsaking bright lipstick and noisy high heels is not going down well with the city's female sales promoters.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 29 June 2008 08:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Rangers, BSF hold quarterly meeting at Wagah</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29557_Pak-Rangers-BSF-hold-quarterly-meeting-at-Wagah.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A nine-member delegation of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) met a Pakistan Rangers' team at the Wagah joint check post for a quarterly co-ordination meeting on Saturday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 29 June 2008 07:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sharif's by-poll disqualification is a setback for democracy: Gilani</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29555_Sharifs-by-poll-disqualification-is-a-setback-for-democracy-Gilani.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the by-poll disqualification of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif is a great setback for democracy in the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 29 June 2008 07:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>State Malaysian Indian Congress youth leaders quit posts </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29542_State-Malaysian-Indian-Congress-youth-leaders-quit-posts-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kedah Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) Youth chief R. Nantha Kumar and several of the state's movement leaders have resigned en bloc from their posts in protest against S. Samy Vellu's leadership as party president. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 09:54:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pentagon report anticipates rising violence in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29541_Pentagon-report-anticipates-rising-violence-in-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pentagon has in its latest report warned of escalating violence in Afghanistan after the escape of about 900 inmates and suspected Taliban insurgents from a prison in Kandahar two weeks ago.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 09:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mandela, ANC removed from U.S. terror watch list</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29538_Mandela-ANC-removed-from-US-terror-watch-list.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former South African president Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress have been removed from the U.S. terror watch list.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 09:29:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Indian Congress welcomes move to improve Indian community</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29536_Malaysian-Indian-Congress-welcomes-move-to-improve-Indian-community.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has welcomed the government's move to provide more amenities for the Malay Indian community.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 09:08:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit Minister moves in to save future of UK's curry houses</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29535_Brit-Minister-moves-in-to-save-future-of-UKs-curry-houses.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Curry houses in Britain are in crisis because of a shortage of chefs to cook chicken tikka masala. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 09:07:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fall of Peshawar to militants eminent: NYT, other dailies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29534_Fall-of-Peshawar-to-militants-eminent-NYT-other-dailies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The fall of Peshawar, the provincial capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) to heavily armed Islamic militants is eminent, say experts and locals of the area.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 08:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>FATA plan creates opportunity to defeat terrorism in NWFP: Gates</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29533_FATA-plan-creates-opportunity-to-defeat-terrorism-in-NWFP-Gates.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates interpreted Pakistan's decision to empower its army to deal with militants in the North West Frontier Province as a declaration of its intention to reassert its control and authority as well as an opportunity for the United States to defeat terrorism in the region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 08:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Most gun crimes go unreported in the UK: Study</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29530_Most-gun-crimes-go-unreported-in-the-UK-Study.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Most gun crimes go unreported in the United Kingdom, according to a study of data on firearms-related offences by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 08:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New electronic map reveals where skeletons lie beneath London streets</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29518_New-electronic-map-reveals-where-skeletons-lie-beneath-London-streets.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Londoners would now be able to view the locations of the tens of thousands of skeletons that once lay hidden beneath the city's streets, thanks to an electronic map developed by Museum of London.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 06:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban to extend its influence in new Afghanistan areas: US </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29515_Taliban-to-extend-its-influence-in-new-Afghanistan-areas-US-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pentagon has warned that Taliban would try to extend its influence in new areas of Afghanistan while it continues fight in its southern and eastern strongholds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 06:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Peshawar isn't Srinagar that we want to capture it': Baitullah Mehsud</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29513_Peshawar-isnt-Srinagar-that-we-want-to-capture-it-Baitullah-Mehsud.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud has said that his outfit cannot dream of capturing or damaging Peshawar, as has been done by militants and insurgents in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 06:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NY teens copy Grand Theft Auto videogame for real-life robbery spree</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29507_NY-teens-copy-Grand-Theft-Auto-videogame-for-real-life-robbery-spree.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It was not so thrilling to play Grand Theft Auto IV for four teenagers, who brought to life this top-selling video game by re-enacting the scenes of robbing, shooting and car-jacking vehicles in the streets of Long Island.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 05:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India and China to rule online shopping world by 2010</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29505_India-and-China-to-rule-online-shopping-world-by-2010.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Its not been long since India was bitten by the online shopping bug, and come 2010, the country is all set to rule the online shopping domain, for a new research has suggested that India and China will become the largest online shopping market in the Asia-Pacific region with the starting of the next decade.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 05:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rudd Asia plan stirs tensions with US, China</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29502_Rudd-Asia-plan-stirs-tensions-with-US-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's proposal for an Asia-Pacific community will be endorsed and supported only if it champions democracy, Republican presidential nominee John McCain has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 04:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mugabe's agents harassing Zimbabweans in UK, other parts of the globe</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29500_Mugabes-agents-harassing-Zimbabweans-in-UK-other-parts-of-the-globe.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Agents of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe feared security forces, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), are reportedly waging a highly organised campaign to terrify the 4,000 MDC members living in the UK. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 04:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tattoos - the latest craze among Guantanamo Bay's prison camp troopers!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29497_Tattoos---the-latest-craze-among-Guantanamo-Bays-prison-camp-troopers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Soldiers in the US now have a new way to rejuvenate - getting tattoos. A new body art parlour has opened at Guantanamo Bay above an Irish bar that offers its services to the country's service members and Department of Defense contractors who're willing to pay on the spot. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 04:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Majid Khan calls for audit of PCB's accounts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29491_Majid-Khan-calls-for-audit-of-PCBs-accounts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Test opener Majid Khan has demanded that the federal government audit the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) accounts through the Pakistan National Assembly's public accounts committee.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 03:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Baitullah Mehsud threatens to scrap all peace accords with Pak Govt. </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29486_Baitullah-Mehsud-threatens-to-scrap-all-peace-accords-with-Pak-Govt-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The chief of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Baitullah Mehsud, has threatened to end all peace talks and scrap accords with the Pakistani Government if it does not stop its action against the Taliban, including military operations in the settled areas of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 02:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Diplomats express concern over detention of Tibetan refugees in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29480_Diplomats-express-concern-over-detention-of-Tibetan-refugees-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The diplomatic missions of the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom and France have expressed strong concerns over the repeated arrests and detention of the Tibetan refugees who have been demonstrating in Kathmandu for the last few months.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 02:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Koirala's assurance to Madhesi leaders </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29479_Koiralas-assurance-to-Madhesi-leaders-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has assured Madhesi leaders that their demands would be fulfilled, said Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party (TMLP) leader Hridayesh Tripathy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 02:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese guards, farmers train their guns on clouds to ensure dry Olympics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29476_Chinese-guards-farmers-train-their-guns-on-clouds-to-ensure-dry-Olympics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Believe it or not, China has a Home Guard shooting at the sky to ensure that the forthcoming Olympics in Beijing stay dry]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 01:41:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Whisky industry booms as Asia cries for more</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29473_Whisky-industry-booms-as-Asia-cries-for-more.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The demand for Scotch whisky, particularly in the Far East, has grown so fast, that the industry is in danger of running short of supplies. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 01:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rudd may be called upon to seek `Dr. Death's quick extradition to Australia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29472_Rudd-may-be-called-upon-to-seek-`Dr-Deaths-quick-extradition-to-Australia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd may be approached to speed up the extradition process of controversial Indian-born surgeon Dr. Jayant Patel, who has been charged with manslaughter by a Queensland court.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 01:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan Army refutes U.S. report of aid irregularities </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29469_Pakistan-Army-refutes-US-report-of-aid-irregularities-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Te Pakistan Army has rubbished an American Accountability Office (AAO) report that aid provided to Pakistan was being misused. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 12:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>`Dr. Death' wants to go to church and see his cardiologist</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29468_`Dr-Death-wants-to-go-to-church-and-see-his-cardiologist.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Controversial Indian-born surgeon Dr. Jayant Patel, who is facing manslaughter charges in Australia but is currently in jail in Portland, U.S.A, says that he wants to spend the final weeks before his extradition to Australia relaxing at his luxury US home, attending church on Sundays and seeing a cardiologist.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 12:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Karachi's unsinkable 'Floating ship' to give people virtual effect of sailing</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29466_Karachis-unsinkable-Floating-ship-to-give-people-virtual-effect-of-sailing.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A group of overseas Pakistani entrepreneurs have built an unsinkable 'Floating ship' to give people the virtual effect of being on a ship.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 12:28:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Alien hunter claims mystery metal is crashed UFO remain</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29464_Alien-hunter-claims-mystery-metal-is-crashed-UFO-remain.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If you think the existence of Martians is all nonsense, then here's something you should know: alien hunter Russ Kellett has revealed a lump of mystery metal which he says was recovered from a crashed UFO 34 years ago. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 12:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit homeowner raffles off 1 m pounds estate</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29459_Brit-homeowner-raffles-off-1-m-pounds-estate.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British man is raffling off his 1million-pound estate in order to beat the credit crunch and plunging property prices. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 11:41:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cinema fast falling out of fashion in Britain</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29457_Cinema-fast-falling-out-of-fashion-in-Britain.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It seems that British audiences are no more interested in going to theatres to watch a movie, for the number of cinema goers have dropped by 11 million from last year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 11:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Islam is the real threat to the church, says Synod member </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29456_Islam-is-the-real-threat-to-the-church-says-Synod-member-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An evangelical lay member of the General Synod and a former magistrate who is attending the Gafcon Summit in Jerusalem, has said that the Gordon Brown Government needs to be more strict in preventing the growth of Muslim communities that don't want to integrate with other communities in Britain. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 11:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Father and brother murdered Pakistani girl: Canadian police</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29453_Father-and-brother-murdered-Pakistani-girl-Canadian-police.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Police in Toronto, Canada concluded that the16-year-old-Pakistani girl Aqsa Parvez, was murdered by her father, a taxi driver and her brother, for refusing to wear the hijab or veil as is the custom for women in traditional Muslim households.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 10:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Suspected al-Qa'eda leader in UK to be freed on bail</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29452_Suspected-al-Qaeda-leader-in-UK-to-be-freed-on-bail.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After secret negotiations, an al Qaeda prisoner, identified only as U, is expected to be released on bail from the high-security wing at Long Lartin jail in Worcestershire. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 10:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, tie the knot in outer space 100 kilometres above the Earth!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29446_Now-tie-the-knot-in-outer-space-100-kilometres-above-the-Earth.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Getting hitched in a 17th-century palace might be all super stylish, but from Japan, comes news of a new wedding venue that will surely score even higher - space.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 09:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Searching for lighters while drunk can land you in a hole!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29445_Searching-for-lighters-while-drunk-can-land-you-in-a-hole.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A young British man managed to get himself stuck in a hole in the pavement while he was trying to retrieve his cigarette lighter, which he had accidentally dropped into the same opening.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 09:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NRI multimillionaire sentenced to three years in prison in Long Island slavery case</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29443_NRI-multimillionaire-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison-in-Long-Island-slavery-case.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Non-Resident Indian based in Long Island, New York has been sentenced to three years in prison for torturing two of his Indonesian maids.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 09:41:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jafferia Alliance of Pakistan protests killings of Shia Muslims </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29439_Jafferia-Alliance-of-Pakistan-protests-killings-of-Shia-Muslims-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  The Jafferia Alliance of Pakistan (JAP) held protests outside different mosques against the killing of Shia Muslims in the Kurram Agency and in Parachinar.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 09:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari says peaceful South Asia can result in enormous benefits</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29437_Zardari-says-peaceful-South-Asia-can-result-in-enormous-benefits.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that a peaceful and democratic South Asia has the potential to provide enormous benefits to the region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 08:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Senate approves 150 million dollar grant for Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29436_US-Senate-approves-150-million-dollar-grant-for-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States Senate has approved a 150 million dollar grant for Pakistan to be spent in part on the rehabilitation and development of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 08:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan, ISAF agree on closer interaction to combat militants </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29435_Pakistan-ISAF-agree-on-closer-interaction-to-combat-militants-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Commander General McKiernan and Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani have agreed on closer interaction to combat militants.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 08:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sharif for peaceful ties with India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29433_Sharif-for-peaceful-ties-with-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that Pakistan should foster peaceful ties with India on the basis of equity, justice and mutual respect.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 08:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>`Dr. Death's' bid for bail blocked, extradition deadline set for July 21</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29428_`Dr-Deaths-bid-for-bail-blocked-extradition-deadline-set-for-July-21.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Controversial Indian-born surgeon Dr. Jayant Patel bid for bail has failed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 28 June 2008 07:41:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The doomed flight that ended up into a fishing trip!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29406_The-doomed-flight-that-ended-up-into-a-fishing-trip.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British pilot was forced to land his Piper aircraft in a fishing lake after loosing power. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 09:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>From LOC to LOC</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29405_From-LOC-to-LOC.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In presence of visiting APHC leaders, Sardar Atiq, Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir said he would like to convert Line of Control to Line of Commerce. In other words change LOC with another LOC. Is that what is their agenda? Are they here to sell division of Kashmir? Have people of Jammu and Kashmir sacrificed so much to get Line of Commerce in place of Line of Control?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 09:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US prostitutes offering free petrol to truckers to keep business going</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29404_US-prostitutes-offering-free-petrol-to-truckers-to-keep-business-going.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prostitutes in America are offering free petrol to truck drivers following fuel price hike, which is keeping their customers away.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 09:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sexy music videos may be banned on TV to protect Aussie kids </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29403_Sexy-music-videos-may-be-banned-on-TV-to-protect-Aussie-kids-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Senate committee in Australia has proposed to ban sexy music videos from Saturday morning TV to protect children from inappropriate material.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 09:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The baffling phenomenon of UFO sightings over Britain </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29401_The-baffling-phenomenon-of-UFO-sightings-over-Britain-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A doctor of psychology at Cardiff University claimed that he witnessed a UFO over the Brecon Beacons - the third reported sighting in Britain, following observations by the Army and police.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 09:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Doctors should promote climate change awareness</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29400_Doctors-should-promote-climate-change-awareness.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Doctors should use their position to influence behaviour in a manner that helps combat climate change, according to experts.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 08:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>`Dr. Death' recruits Indian lawyer to bail him out</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29397_`Dr-Death-recruits-Indian-lawyer-to-bail-him-out.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dr. Jayant Patel, who is also known as `Dr. Death' for fatally botching the operations of at least 16 patients, has hired Australian Indian lawyer to bail him out of the manslaughter charges that he is facing in Australia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 08:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Former BBC program head says there are too many ethnics on the telly </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29392_Former-BBC-program-head-says-there-are-too-many-ethnics-on-the-telly-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former BBC program head has blasted the BBC for featuring too many ethnic minority characters on its shows.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 07:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Will Smith compares Barack Obama to Nelson Mandela</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29387_Will-Smith-compares-Barack-Obama-to-Nelson-Mandela.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Will Smith has compared US presidential hopeful Barack Obama to one of the greatest political figures of the last 50 years, Nelson Mandela.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 07:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>War in Afghanistan will continue for 30 years if insurgency supply line is not broken: Report</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29385_War-in-Afghanistan-will-continue-for-30-years-if-insurgency-supply-line-is-not-broken-Report.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Unless the supply line for insurgency, which is young men, is not broken, the war in Afghanistan will continue for the coming 20 or 30 years, says a report prepared by the Senlis Council.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 07:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fly business class on Ryanair for bed and blowjob mile high bliss!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29382_Fly-business-class-on-Ryanair-for-bed-and-blowjob-mile-high-bliss.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Irish airline Ryanair has taken its reputation to a raunchier level - after the European budget carrier's CEO suggested that the business class passengers would receive free oral sex on the aircrafts.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 06:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the cat that has been trained better than a dog!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29381_Meet-the-cat-that-has-been-trained-better-than-a-dog.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fly, the white cat, is not an ordinary feline that just follows direction - he follows a whole series of them - thanks to his training which is better that a canine's. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 06:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Beijing plans regulation on public toilets to aid tourists during Olympics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29376_Beijing-plans-regulation-on-public-toilets-to-aid-tourists-during-Olympics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chinese authorities in Beijing are planning to publish a regulation on public toilets' management to ensure that people flocking to the capital in the wake of the Olympic Games can find restrooms when they need to "answer the call of nature". ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 05:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canada to spend four million dollars to rebuild Kandahar prison</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29375_Canada-to-spend-four-million-dollars-to-rebuild-Kandahar-prison.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Canadian Government has announced that it will spend four million dollars rebuilding the security infrastructure at Kandahar's Sarpoza prison.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 05:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit taxpayers' shell out nearly two million pounds for early release of convicts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29373_Brit-taxpayers-shell-out-nearly-two-million-pounds-for-early-release-of-convicts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Criminals were handed nearly two million pounds of taxpayers' money in the first nine months of a scheme that allows them out of jail early.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 05:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Political parties in Nepal recommend 26 names for Constituent Assembly </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29372_Political-parties-in-Nepal-recommend-26-names-for-Constituent-Assembly-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nine political parties have recommended the names of 26 for becoming members of the Constituent Assembly here today. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 05:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghanistan exports 93 per cent opiates via Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29371_Afghanistan-exports-93-per-cent-opiates-via-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ North West Frontier Province's (NWFP) Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) chief Brigadier Parvez Khalid Babar has said that Afghanistan exports 93 per cent of illicit opiates to the world via Pakistan and, it is not possible to keep the 2500-kilometre-long Pak-Afghan border under vigil due to lack of resources.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 05:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK prisoners given nearly two million pounds at early release</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29370_UK-prisoners-given-nearly-two-million-pounds-at-early-release.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Criminals were handed nearly two million pounds of taxpayers' money in the first nine months of a scheme that allows them out of jail early.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 05:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindu religious sites in Pakistan have been targeted by looters: historian</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29369_Hindu-religious-sites-in-Pakistan-have-been-targeted-by-looters-historian.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan art historian Prof Dr. Ejaz Anwar has said that Hindu religious sites in Pakistan have always been the target of looters throughout history. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 05:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aussies refuse to dump beer fridges for sake of global warming</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29368_Aussies-refuse-to-dump-beer-fridges-for-sake-of-global-warming.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The beer fridge could soon become passé in Australia, thanks to a recommendation by New Territory (NT) Government, which is asking residents to "retire'' their beer fridges in a bid to tackle climate change.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 04:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The 15 pounds cardboard bicycle world's 'ultimate green machine'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29365_The-15-pounds-cardboard-bicycle-worlds-ultimate-green-machine.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 21-year-old student at Sheffield Hallam University has developed a prototype of the cheapest eco-friendly mode of transportation - cardboard bicycle.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 04:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad's fate to be decided by woman judge</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29359_Dungeon-dads-fate-to-be-decided-by-woman-judge.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl's fate will be decided by a woman judge, it has been announced.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 03:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>French cars finish last in Brits' favourite cars poll</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29355_French-cars-finish-last-in-Brits-favourite-cars-poll.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ French cars seem to have lost their "va va voom", for the country's six cars are languishing at the bottom of a new satisfaction survey by Which? Car magazine.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 03:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Almost 2/3rd UK voters think Gordon Brown is a "liability" </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29351_Almost-2-3rd-UK-voters-think-Gordon-Brown-is-a-liability-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ More than 60 percent of UK voters think that Prime Minister Gordon Brown is an electoral `liability'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 02:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rudd Government needs to rethink its nuclear energy policy, says Oz opposition</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29340_Rudd-Government-needs-to-rethink-its-nuclear-energy-policy-says-Oz-opposition.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Kevin Rudd-led Labor Government in Australia needs to rethink its policy on nuclear energy if it does not want to be placed in a precarious position twenty years from now, said a union leader and a former state Prime Minister.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 01:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Taliban forces NWFP Government to accept their demands</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29338_Pak-Taliban-forces-NWFP-Government-to-accept-their-demands.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has brought the NWFP Government to its knees with its relentless attacks over the past four days.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 01:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US blames Pakistan's peace deal with militants for rising violence in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29337_US-blames-Pakistans-peace-deal-with-militants-for-rising-violence-in-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates has blamed Pakistan for increase in violence in east Afghanistan, and said that Islamabad has failed to put pressure on Taliban and other insurgents to cross its border with Afghanistan after a peace deal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 01:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Hindu temple battles for existence with only one relic   </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29336_Pak-Hindu-temple-battles-for-existence-with-only-one-relic--.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The ancient Hindu temple at Katas Raj which is around 40 kilometers from Chakwal is battling for its existence after it was robbed of all of its relics except one dilapidated sculpture. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 12:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>15 Indian workers stranded after Malaysian employer refuses to pay</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29333_15-Indian-workers-stranded-after-Malaysian-employer-refuses-to-pay.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fifteen south Indian workers employed in three Malaysian restaurants in Salak, South and Kajang have sought refuge with the Indian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur after their employer refused to pay their salaries for the past seven months.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 12:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>From Britain to Australia, the skies are swirling with UFOs!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29331_From-Britain-to-Australia-the-skies-are-swirling-with-UFOs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After Britain, Australia is now in the grip of an 'alien invasion' fear after a reported UFO sighting over the Northern Territory. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 12:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Muslims offended by UK Police sniffer dogs trained to spot terrorists </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29329_Muslims-offended-by-UK-Police-sniffer-dogs-trained-to-spot-terrorists-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British Transport Police sniffer dogs trained to spot terrorists at railway stations may no longer come into contact with Muslim passengers after complaints that it is against the suspects' religion.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 12:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Border's baggy green fetches 29,000 dollars at an auction</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29328_Borders-baggy-green-fetches-29000-dollars-at-an-auction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A baggy green cap owned by former Australian captain Allan Border has been sold for 29,000 dollars at an auction on Thursday night.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 11:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The boy who beat asthma by playing the euphonium</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29327_The-boy-who-beat-asthma-by-playing-the-euphonium.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ He would get breathless when just standing and talking. But now, Ryan Harrison, who was diagnosed with asthma as a child, has beaten the condition by taking up the euphonium.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 11:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>More singles than married couples in UK for first time </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29326_More-singles-than-married-couples-in-UK-for-first-time-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Husbands and wives make up less than half of Britain's adult population for the first time, newly released statistics suggest.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 11:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India-born US millionaire gets 11 years for abuse of Indonesian maids</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29317_India-born-US-millionaire-gets-11-years-for-abuse-of-Indonesian-maids.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India-born US millionaire Varsha Sabhnani, who along with her husband, was convicted of enslaving and torturing two Indonesian women, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined 25,000 dollars. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 10:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian PM forms new cabinet committee for Indians welfare</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29316_Malaysian-PM-forms-new-cabinet-committee-for-Indians-welfare.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has formed a new cabinet committee to look into the welfare of Indians. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 10:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan Foreign Minister arrives in India (Laed:-Pak Foreign Minister)</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29313_Pakistan-Foreign-Minister-arrives-in-India-Laed--Pak-Foreign-Minister.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrived here today on a four-day visit to carry forward the peace process between the two countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 10:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Boucher to visit Islamabad next week to finalise new 'War on Terror' strategy </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29303_Boucher-to-visit-Islamabad-next-week-to-finalise-new-War-on-Terror-strategy-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher would visit Islamabad next week to convey the message that US endorses Pakistan's strategy to empower the army to deal with militancy in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 08:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dr Death formally gives "consent to extradition"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29300_Dr-Death-formally-gives-consent-to-extradition.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Accused surgeon Jayant Patel has formally agreed to return to Australia to face trial for manslaughter and other charges relating to his time at Queensland's Bundaberg Base Hospital.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 08:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan Foreign Minister to arrive today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29292_Pakistan-Foreign-Minister-to-arrive-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will arrive here today on a four-day visit to carry forward the peace process between the two countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 07:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Harry makes farm girls go weak in the knees </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29257_Prince-Harry-makes-farm-girls-go-weak-in-the-knees-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's Prince Harry was mobbed by hoards of adoring female fans as he toured the agricultural showground at Costessey, Norfolk.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 01:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Peacock gang launches attack on Brit village cars!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29254_Peacock-gang-launches-attack-on-Brit-village-cars.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A group of peacocks has become a hazard for Lincolnshire villagers after the birds started attacking their cars.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 01:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia now a global drug trafficking hub: UN report </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29253_Australia-now-a-global-drug-trafficking-hub-UN-report-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia is one of the world's fastest growing international trafficking hubs for illegal drugs including cocaine, ice and speed, a United Nations report to be released tonight has found. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 01:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Men's fashion turning world 'effeminate': Kazakh President's daughter</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29249_Mens-fashion-turning-world-effeminate-Kazakh-Presidents-daughter.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev's daughter has said that the world has become 'increasingly effeminate,' thanks to men's growing interest in fashion and beauty.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 12:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Barack Obama's "pretty eclectic" iPod playlist revealed </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29248_Barack-Obamas-pretty-eclectic-iPod-playlist-revealed-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bob Dylan, Yo-Yo Ma, Sheryl Crow, Jay-Z, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker might have nothing in common musically but together they have found a place - Senator Barack Obama's "pretty eclectic" iPod playlist.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 12:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Have sex on the move via Miami vice on wheels!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29243_Have-sex-on-the-move-via-Miami-vice-on-wheels.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ From outside it looked like a sleek black limousine bus, but inside, it had a lot of kinky stuff going on. Now, the alleged brothel-on-wheels in the US has taken its last ride following a police sting, it has emerged. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 27 June 2008 12:07:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>When a croc walked into an Aussie pub!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29240_When-a-croc-walked-into-an-Aussie-pub.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Drinkers at a Territory pub in Australia found an unusual boozing mate at their door - a two-foot long crocodile.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 11:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>What we need is electricity-not oil</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29239_What-we-need-is-electricity-not-oil.html</link>
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By Prem Prakash

London: As a child , I remember when the British left India we had 24 hour good quality running water at home; electricity that never failed; well maintained roads and a police fo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 11:41:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit factory staff clocks off to go to the loo!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29235_Brit-factory-staff-clocks-off-to-go-to-the-loo.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Employees at a meat factory have to clock off each time they go to loo, or else they can lose half an hour's pay.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 11:07:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit man refused passport due to 'too shiny' bald head </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29234_Brit-man-refused-passport-due-to-too-shiny-bald-head-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British man was refused passport just because his bald head was too shiny.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 11:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Flying fears switch from terrorism to technical faults</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29233_Flying-fears-switch-from-terrorism-to-technical-faults.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new survey has shown that air passengers are now more scared of mechanical or technical problems on flight than any other danger. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 10:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China could have 2.3 million drug addicts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29231_China-could-have-23-million-drug-addicts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With drug abuse on the rise in China, there could be estimated 2.3 million drug addicts in the country, according to a health official.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 10:41:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US struggling to maintain ties with Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29222_US-struggling-to-maintain-ties-with-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. is struggling to establish a good relationship with Pakistan's democratically elected government, according to officials in Islamabad and Washington.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 09:41:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK ministers drop plans for £1,000 cash bond for foreign relatives</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29219_UK-ministers-drop-plans-for-£1000-cash-bond-for-foreign-relatives.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a new move, UK ministers have scraped off a plan that required Britons to pay a cash bond of 1000 pounds for foreign relatives visiting the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 09:07:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Businessman fetches £1m for £20 domain name!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29218_Businessman-fetches-£1m-for-£20-domain-name.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Selling unique domain names can certainly make you a millionaire and the latest instance is of a businessman who sold the domain name 'www.£.com' for a whopping 1 million pounds at an auction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 09:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rudd told to lay off abusing Lara Bingle ad campaign</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29217_Rudd-told-to-lay-off-abusing-Lara-Bingle-ad-campaign.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been told to back off as far his comments relating to the Lara Bingle "where the bloody hell are you" tourism ads.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 08:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepalese PM Koirala submits his resignation </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29213_Nepalese-PM-Koirala-submits-his-resignation-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today announced his resignation at the meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA), clearing the decks for the formation of new government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 08:28:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Paddington Bear is 50 today! </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29211_Paddington-Bear-is-50-today-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Paddington Bear, the bear who's fond of marmalade sandwich and is kids' most loveable character, celebrated his 50th birthday on June 26.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 08:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A tot's bare bottom on a b'day cake is pure porn for UK store!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29209_A-tots-bare-bottom-on-a-bday-cake-is-pure-porn-for-UK-store.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Brit mum who wanted to surprise her son with a special 21st birthday cake featuring an old photo of him as a bouncing baby was forced to have it censored - because it showed his bottom.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 07:53:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad to be tried before year-end </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29207_Dungeon-dad-to-be-tried-before-year-end-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl is expected to go on trial before the end of the year, say authorities. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 07:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>European converts to Islam moving to Peshawar</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29201_European-converts-to-Islam-moving-to-Peshawar.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Peshawar is attracting a number of European converts to Islam.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 06:53:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"We need to talk" - tops 10 'Most Dreaded Phrases' poll in UK!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29190_We-need-to-talk---tops-10-Most-Dreaded-Phrases-poll-in-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ "We need to talk" - they might be four simple words but the phrase is more likely to bring on frayed nerves and a racing heart among Britons, says a new poll.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 05:41:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scooby-Doo becomes the 'most-wanted' Down Under!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29183_Scooby-Doo-becomes-the-most-wanted-Down-Under.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Solving mysteries is what Scooby-Doo has been seen doing on TV, but this Scooby-Doo masquerader in Australia, who was certainly running on the other side of the law, is wanted by the police for a reckless track invasion at the Ipswich Cup race day.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 04:41:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pupils using Facebook and Bebo to bully teachers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29179_Pupils-using-Facebook-and-Bebo-to-bully-teachers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ While pupils are getting more in tune with social networking sites like Facebook and Bebo, some pranksters are actually making use of these websites to bully their teachers in school.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 04:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Victoria Cross winner returns medal to protest treatment of fellow UK Gorkhas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29177_Victoria-Cross-winner-returns-medal-to-protest-treatment-of-fellow-UK-Gorkhas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Gorkha war veteran, who won the Victoria Cross, has delivered dozens of his medals to Downing Street in protest at the treatment of his fellow soldiers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 03:53:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Whites to lose jobs to ethnic minorities, women under new UK law</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29176_Whites-to-lose-jobs-to-ethnic-minorities-women-under-new-UK-law.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ White men in Britain could be blocked from jobs and promotions under a so-called equality drive unveiled by the Labour Party on Thursday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 03:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arrest Hindraf chairman if he is a threat to national security: Tian Chua</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29168_Arrest-Hindraf-chairman-if-he-is-a-threat-to-national-security-Tian-Chua.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysian Government should arrest Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) chairman P. Waythamoorthy if he is a threat to national security.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 02:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. doubts Pakistan's resolve to fight militants on border</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29167_US-doubts-Pakistans-resolve-to-fight-militants-on-border.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States has once again expressed doubts over a Pakistani pledge to fight militants along its border with Afghanistan amid escalating violence in that region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 02:41:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Paralympic torch will be restricted to Chinese mainland</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29164_Paralympic-torch-will-be-restricted-to-Chinese-mainland.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Beijing Olympic Games organisers (BOCOG) have dropped the overseas leg of the Paralympic torch relay because of the devastating Sichuan earthquake.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 02:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysia increases Indian visa fees</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29161_Malaysia-increases-Indian-visa-fees.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysia has revised its Indian visa fees, beginning next month. Transit visas valid for 15 days will cost 76 ringgit.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 01:53:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Field Marshal Manekshaw seriously ill </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29157_Field-Marshal-Manekshaw-seriously-ill-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw is seriously ill and is undergoing treatment at a military hospital in Wellington.    ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 01:28:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit commuters get less space than farm animals in trains: Telegraph   </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29155_Brit-commuters-get-less-space-than-farm-animals-in-trains-Telegraph--.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Farm animals in Britain are being given priority over commuters in so far as railway transportation in the country is concerned.
Statistics provided by the Department for Transport to The Telegraph show that passengers can be packed into carriages in conditions that would be regarded as unacceptable for goats, chickens, calves and sheep. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 01:07:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US lawmakers favour security assistance to Pakistan based on combat terrorism performance</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29151_US-lawmakers-favour-security-assistance-to-Pakistan-based-on-combat-terrorism-performance.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US lawmakers have suggested a tripling non-military aid to Pakistan to 15 billion dollars over the next ten years and suggested provision of security assistance based on Islamabad's performance to combat terrorism.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 12:41:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Liverpool under threat of a UFO led 'alien invasion'!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29150_Liverpool-under-threat-of-a-UFO-led-alien-invasion.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Reported UFO sightings in Liverpool have sparked fears that the city is on the brink of facing an 'alien invasion.']]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 12:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Design flaw could lead to UK nuke arsenal blowing up 'like popcorn'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29146_Design-flaw-could-lead-to-UK-nuke-arsenal-blowing-up-like-popcorn.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Documents released by the British Ministry of Defence suggest that a design flaw in the country's nuclear arsenal could lead to them blowing up "like popcorn" if accidentally dropped.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 12:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Polygamy no threat to Aussie way of life, claim Muslim leaders</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29137_Polygamy-no-threat-to-Aussie-way-of-life-claim-Muslim-leaders.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia's Islamic community members have said that a small number of Victorian Muslims are living in polygamist relationships, but shouldn't be seen as a threat to country's way of life.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 10:54:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US welcomes Pak military operation to clear FATA of militants </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29132_US-welcomes-Pak-military-operation-to-clear-FATA-of-militants-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US State Department and Pentagon have welcomed with caution Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's statement of approving a military operation to clear the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of militants.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 10:28:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US delivers four F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29125_US-delivers-four-F-16-fighter-jets-to-Pakistan-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States has delivered four refurbished F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, which is expected to reach the country on June 28.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 09:29:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf toeing US line to break Pakistan by 2015: A Q Khan </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29124_Musharraf-toeing-US-line-to-break-Pakistan-by-2015-A-Q-Khan-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan has said that President Pervez Musharraf is working on the lines of the US to break Pakistan by 2015.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 09:28:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Madndela breaks silence on Zimbabwe, says "tragic failure of leadership"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29123_Madndela-breaks-silence-on-Zimbabwe-says-tragic-failure-of-leadership.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former South African President Nelson Mandela has broken his silence on the Zimbabwe crisis to condemn the "tragic failure of leadership" in the violence-torn country. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 09:08:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Muslim police officer to sue Scotland Yard chief for racial discrimination</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29116_Muslim-police-officer-to-sue-Scotland-Yard-chief-for-racial-discrimination.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's highest profile Muslim police officer is preparing to sue Metropolitan Police chief Sir Ian Blair for racial discrimination. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 08:28:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dr Death quits extradition fight to face court in Australia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29115_Dr-Death-quits-extradition-fight-to-face-court-in-Australia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dr Jayant Patel, a doctor of Indian origin who acquired the sobriquet "Dr Death" for botching several surgeries resulting in his patients deaths, has dropped plans to fight the Queensland Government's extradition request and will return to stand trial on 16 offences.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 08:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak terrorist group may kidnap US, UK nationals in Sindh for ransom </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29111_Pak-terrorist-group-may-kidnap-US-UK-nationals-in-Sindh-for-ransom-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's Interior Ministry has issued a warning that members of a terrorist group may abduct British and American nationals working in Sindh province for ransom.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 07:42:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SPA ratifies 21-point deal, next stop CA</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29105_SPA-ratifies-21-point-deal-next-stop-CA.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Top leaders of the Nepal's ruling Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) on Wednesday signed an agreement paper that includes amending the interim constitution among other crucial issues.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 05:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian restaurant's chocolate curries prove a hit among chocoholics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29088_Indian-restaurants-chocolate-curries-prove-a-hit-among-chocoholics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chocoholics have a new way of savouring their favourite sweet, that too in a different style - thanks to an Indian restaurant in South Wales, which is offering its customers chocolate curries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 03:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Monet's water lily painting fetches record œ41m at auction</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29079_Monets-water-lily-painting-fetches-record-œ41m-at-auction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Claude Monet's painting of water lilies has sold for a record 40.9 million pounds at an auction in London.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 02:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Heinz withdraws mayonnaise ad over gay kiss</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29077_Heinz-withdraws-mayonnaise-ad-over-gay-kiss.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Heinz has been forced to withdraw its mayonnaise TV ad featuring two men kissing in face, following complaints from viewers branding it 'offensive'. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 01:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The bizarre record breaking cramming attempts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29075_The-bizarre-record-breaking-cramming-attempts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If you consider stuffing someone's mouth with chocolate cookies a tedious task, please drive your attention to these record breaking bizarre cramming attempts - like squeezing 22 people in a Mini Cooper and packing as many people as possible into a phone box - that will surely make your jaws drop.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 01:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Phone yoga' becomes the hottest fad in the Big Apple</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29074_Phone-yoga-becomes-the-hottest-fad-in-the-Big-Apple.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Many New Yorkers have found a novel tool for getting their daily dose of yoga. All they need to do is roll out their mats, pick up the phone and put their favourite instructors on speaker - and do the 'phone yoga.']]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 01:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak insurgents hampering war on terror in Afghanistan, says new US army commander</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29073_Pak-insurgents-hampering-war-on-terror-in-Afghanistan-says-new-US-army-commander.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Gen. David D. McKiernan, the new US military commander in Afghanistan who over the past three weeks has toured the war-torn nation's 34 provinces, has said that he was here to win areas under the Taliban, Al Qaeda and other militants' hold.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 01:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Artist creates portraits made entirely from type fonts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29067_Artist-creates-portraits-made-entirely-from-type-fonts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An American artist has created four striking portraits of women - entirely of type from particular fonts. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 12:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The woman who's been pregnant for 110 of her 250 married months!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29063_The-woman-whos-been-pregnant-for-110-of-her-250-married-months.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Brit woman has been married for 250 months and has been pregnant for 110 of them. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 26 June 2008 12:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Caffeinated Beverage named 'Cocaine' may breach law</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29061_Caffeinated-Beverage-named-Cocaine-may-breach-law.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) is worried that a Christchurch man has plans to import and sell more than 280,000 cans of an energy drink called Cocaine, despite knowing that the drink contains three-and-a-half times the legal amount of caffeine.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 11:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the female Cambridge graduate who's now a cage fighter in the US!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29057_Meet-the-female-Cambridge-graduate-whos-now-a-cage-fighter-in-the-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A female Cambridge graduate, who has a PhD in computer science, has put her hi-tech career on hold and signed a big-money US television deal as a cage fighter.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 11:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gurkha war hero humiliated by UK's National Health Service</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29044_Gurkha-war-hero-humiliated-by-UKs-National-Health-Service.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ailing Gurkha war hero Tul Bahadur Pun's humiliating treatment in Britain continues.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 09:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sydney freezes in Facebook's public 'freeze' prank</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29038_Sydney-freezes-in-Facebooks-public-freeze-prank.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ People don't just freeze in shock, for there are those who freeze just for the sake of some basic fun.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 08:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gamers misusing Spore video-game to create 'sporn'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29037_Gamers-misusing-Spore-video-game-to-create-sporn.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ While video-games enabling users to make their own creatures are meant to provide creativity factor, there are troublemakers who use these devices to create entertainment of a different kind- making sexually-explicit animations. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 08:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz bridegroom discovers drunken-Arizona wedding </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29036_Oz-bridegroom-discovers-drunken-Arizona-wedding-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Right after his wedding day, an Australian man discovered that he had already been married to someone else - for 30 years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 08:41:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Under siege Peshawar close to falling to militants </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29024_Under-siege-Peshawar-close-to-falling-to-militants-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The NWFP's Home Department is on the verge of declaring a red alert in provincial capital Peshawar in the wake of the grim security situation there, with militants almost knocking at the door of the city.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 07:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Governance in Pak hit lowest ebb during Musharraf's regime: WB report</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29023_Governance-in-Pak-hit-lowest-ebb-during-Musharrafs-regime-WB-report.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A latest World Bank report has revealed that by the end of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's regime, i.e. in 2007, governance in the country hit its lowest ebb as compared to a decade ago.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 07:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit kids as young as 7 could be asked to sign exam 'honesty codes'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29009_Brit-kids-as-young-as-7-could-be-asked-to-sign-exam-honesty-codes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kids as young as seven in Britain could be asked to sign "honesty codes" at schools in a drive to stamp out plagiarism and cheating in national curriculum tests and exams.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 05:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rare first edition of Jane Austen's 'Emma' fetches 180k pounds at auction</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_29003_Rare-first-edition-of-Jane-Austens-Emma-fetches-180k-pounds-at-auction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A rare presentation copy of 'Emma' by Jane Austen fetched 180,000 pounds at an auction, setting a new record for a printed book by the British author.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 04:41:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US okays 150 mln dlr 'democracy dividend' for Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28998_US-okays-150-mln-dlr-democracy-dividend-for-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US House of Representatives has reportedly cleared a "democracy dividend" of 150 million dollars for Pakistan, which would be over and above the allocations Pakistan is to receive under the regular budget for 2009.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 03:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>German town bans road signs for safer streets </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28996_German-town-bans-road-signs-for-safer-streets-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Always thought traffic signals and road signs help in managing traffic and averting accidents on road. Well, a German town believes quite the contrary- they are banning road signs and traffic lights to make the streets safer. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 03:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak women may soon have to pay a hefty price tag to look beautiful</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28995_Pak-women-may-soon-have-to-pay-a-hefty-price-tag-to-look-beautiful.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistani women in general have supported a suggestion put forward in a post-budget debate session in the Punjab Assembly that taxes should be imposed on beauty salons.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 03:41:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari wants 100-storey skyscrapers in Karachi</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28993_Zardari-wants-100-storey-skyscrapers-in-Karachi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Sindh provincial government is planning to pass a legislation allowing construction of 100-storey buildings in the port city of Karachi, and none else than PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is said to be behind the move.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 03:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Real life Biggles lands an honour at 89</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28991_Real-life-Biggles-lands-an-honour-at-89.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown's tales of daring read like a Boy's Own adventure.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 03:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama accused of distorting the Bible</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28990_Obama-accused-of-distorting-the-Bible.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A leading Christian evangelical has accused Illinois Senator Barack Obama of dragging the Bible "through the gutter" and having a "fruitcake interpretation" of the United States Constitution. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK universities heavily reliant on foreign student fees</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28989_UK-universities-heavily-reliant-on-foreign-student-fees.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's universities are becoming increasingly over-reliant on fees from overseas students, a standards watchdog has warned.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Israeli shipping magnate donates three million pounds for 'Cutty Sark' rebuild</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28988_Israeli-shipping-magnate-donates-three-million-pounds-for-Cutty-Sark-rebuild.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Romanian-born Israeli who served with the Royal Navy as a young man, has donated three million pounds to ensure the full renovation of the 1869 clipper, the "Cutty Sark", which was destroyed by a mysterious fire in Greenwich, south-east London, last year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:41:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Young Aussies in grip of severe obsessive body image epidemic </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28986_Young-Aussies-in-grip-of-severe-obsessive-body-image-epidemic-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new survey of almost 1000 university students has shown that young Australians are seven times worse off than their Asian counterparts, when it comes to suffering from obsessive body image problems.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Senate pals cheer Hillary, Bill Clinton will back Obama</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28985_Senate-pals-cheer-Hillary-Bill-Clinton-will-back-Obama.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New York Senator Hillary Clinton received a hearty hurrah from her colleagues on Tuesday as she returned to her day job, while hubby Bill offered to work for Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UFOs are swarming all over British skies </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28984_UFOs-are-swarming-all-over-British-skies-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British soldier has reported that he witnessed thirteen UFOs rotating in the skies above his military barracks while he was out on night patrol with other two squaddies in Shrops, UK.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report finds massive loopholes in accountability of US' anti-terror funds to Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28980_Report-finds-massive-loopholes-in-accountability-of-US-anti-terror-funds-to-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A fresh report prepared by the US Congress' Government Accountability Office (GAO) has revealed that over the past four years the Bush administration paid Pakistan more than two billion dollars, without obtaining adequate proof supporting the Pakistani government's reimbursement claims. It was not ascertained whether the funds were used for their intended purpose, viz constructing roads or bunkers, or other establishing logistical support to help the US fight global war on terror, said the GAO report.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 01:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists willing to ditch Nepali Congress to form government </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28978_Maoists-willing-to-ditch-Nepali-Congress-to-form-government-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Maoists have said that they are ready to form government through a floor test in the Constituent Assembly (CA) if its efforts to keep the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) alive do not bear fruit.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 01:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Govt to introduce Fifth Amendment proposal today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28976_Nepal-Govt-to-introduce-Fifth-Amendment-proposal-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Government will introduce the Fifth Amendment of the interim Constitution at a meeting of the Council of Ministers today.
The Fifth Amendment will allow the formation of the government through a simple majority. It will also allow the Constituent Assembly (CA) to a elect president and vice president through simple majority, Nepalnews reported.. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 01:07:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Military aid to Pak to be closely scrutinised at Capitol Hill</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28972_Military-aid-to-Pak-to-be-closely-scrutinised-at-Capitol-Hill.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US Congress is set this week to closely scrutinise the military assistance and compensation which it has been giving to Pakistan over the years in return to its support to the US-led global war on terror.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 12:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Senior Kashmiri Leader G . M Shah asks new governor to desist from being head of shrine Board </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28968_Senior-Kashmiri-Leader-G-M-Shah-asks-new-governor-to-desist-from-being-head-of-shrine-Board-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[G M Shah  advises the incumbent Governor Mr.N.N.Vohra to desist from taking up the chairmanship of the Shrine board and asked Government  to hand over the Land to locals ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 12:11:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tibet to re-open to foreign tourists from Wednesday</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28965_Tibet-to-re-open-to-foreign-tourists-from-Wednesday.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tibet will reopen to foreign tourists today with the arrival of two Swedes. Four Singaporeans are expected in Lhasa on Sunday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 11:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK armed forces 'stretched beyond their capabilities' in Iraq and Afghanistan, says its chief</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28956_UK-armed-forces-stretched-beyond-their-capabilities-in-Iraq-and-Afghanistan-says-its-chief.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's armed forces have been left stretched beyond their capabilities in two major military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the head of the Armed Forces has admitted. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 10:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lech Walesa stooge of the Communist secret police, claims new book</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28953_Lech-Walesa-stooge-of-the-Communist-secret-police-claims-new-book.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lech Walesa, Poland's Nobel Prize-winning former president, who is regarded as one of the heroes of modern Europe, has been called a stooge of the Communist secret police in a new book. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 10:28:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Italian architect plans world's first 'rotating skyscrapers' in Dubai, Moscow</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28952_Italian-architect-plans-worlds-first-rotating-skyscrapers-in-Dubai-Moscow.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Italian architect David Fisher has unveiled his plans to build world's first revolutionary rotating skyscrapers in Dubai and Moscow.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 10:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Militant secularisation is creating double jeopardy for Western cultures'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28940_Militant-secularisation-is-creating-double-jeopardy-for-Western-cultures.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ One of the most outspoken and conservative leaders of the Church of England has claimed that the declining importance of the church is creating a "double jeopardy" situation where faith is being challenged at a time when society would most benefit.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 08:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz Attorney-General puts Muslims on notice about polygamous marriages</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28938_Oz-Attorney-General-puts-Muslims-on-notice-about-polygamous-marriages.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia's Attorney-General Robert McClelland has put Muslims living in polygamous marriages in the country on notice.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 08:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghanistan again threatens to retaliate against Pak militants' intrusion</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28937_Afghanistan-again-threatens-to-retaliate-against-Pak-militants-intrusion.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's spokesman has warned Pakistan to stop its militants from crossing the international border to launch attacks in Afghanistan, otherwise Kabul would take action against such intrusion.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 07:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hundreds to attend Jane McGrath's funeral in Sydney on Wednesday</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28916_Hundreds-to-attend-Jane-McGraths-funeral-in-Sydney-on-Wednesday.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hundreds of mourners are expected at tomorrow's funeral for Jane McGrath at the historic Sydney church where she married Test cricketer Glenn McGrath nine years ago.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 04:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chemical castration may save Oz sex offenders from harsh punishment</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28912_Chemical-castration-may-save-Oz-sex-offenders-from-harsh-punishment.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sex offenders in Queensland can now avoid indefinite sentences by volunteering for chemical castration, with the government incorporating certain changes in the existing rules.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 04:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Expert proclaims mobile phone popcorn video on YouTube a sham</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28908_Expert-proclaims-mobile-phone-popcorn-video-on-YouTube-a-sham.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A video on YouTube showing a group of wacky pranksters cooking popcorn with their mobile phones has now been declared a sham.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 03:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit couple get baby daughter's umbilical cord made into diamond</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28907_Brit-couple-get-baby-daughters-umbilical-cord-made-into-diamond.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Brit couple have got their baby daughter's umbilical preserved in the form of a diamond.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 03:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Foreign Minister Mukherjee concludes visit to Australia </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28906_Foreign-Minister-Mukherjee-concludes-visit-to-Australia-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee concluded his first visit to Australia on Tuesday and left for New Delhi after Mukherjee and his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith signed extradition and mutual legal assistance treaties.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 03:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>170-year-old golf ball expected to fetch 25,000 pounds </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28901_170-year-old-golf-ball-expected-to-fetch-25000-pounds-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 170-year-old golf ball stuffed with goose feathers is expected to fetch 25,000 pounds at an auction in Shropshire.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Polling places may influence voters' decisions </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28899_Polling-places-may-influence-voters-decisions-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study suggests that polling place may influence voters' decisions. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 02:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince William celebrates 26th birthday with Kate Middleton</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28893_Prince-William-celebrates-26th-birthday-with-Kate-Middleton.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince William took time off his two-month attachment with the Royal Navy to celebrate his 26th birthday with girlfriend Kate Middleton, brother Harry, and a few friends.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 01:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the budgie that's a skateboard pro!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28891_Meet-the-budgie-thats-a-skateboard-pro.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sky is not the limit for these small birds, for it's the concrete roads that they love swaying on to-thanks to their skate-boarding skills taught by an Aussie lady.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 01:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Giant pandas face food scarcity due to quake damaged bamboo forests in China</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28887_Giant-pandas-face-food-scarcity-due-to-quake-damaged-bamboo-forests-in-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The devastating earthquake in China has not only given a blow to men in the quake-hit region, but has also taken a toll on the pandas living in the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base as they are facing food scarcity because of the damaged bamboo forests. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 01:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Oval Office set to welcome a lefty president yet again</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28882_US-Oval-Office-set-to-welcome-a-lefty-president-yet-again.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ No matter who becomes the next US President - Barack  Obama or John McCain - the Oval Office is sure to welcome a left-hander once again. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 12:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dr Mahathir behind the plight of Indians in Malaysia, says Hindraf leader</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28879_Dr-Mahathir-behind-the-plight-of-Indians-in-Malaysia-says-Hindraf-leader.html</link>
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Kuala Lumpur, June 24 (ANII): Hindraf (Hindu Rights Action Force) national coordinator in Malaysia R. Thanenthiran has reportedly said that the country's former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad was responsible for the plight of Indians (in Malaysia).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 25 June 2008 12:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Indian denied vehicle rebates for being born in Bombay</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A Malaysian Indian has been denied rebates granted to the owners of private vehicles because his national identity card "MyKad" bore the digits '71' signifying that he was born overseas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 11:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pig survives China quake for 36 days on charcoal and rainwater </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28875_Pig-survives-China-quake-for-36-days-on-charcoal-and-rainwater-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 330-pound pig was found alive in a tiny slot among the debris of its sty surviving for 36 days only on charcoal and rainwater in quake-hit Sichuan province in south-west China. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 11:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A third of Nepalese at risk of Kala-azar </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28863_A-third-of-Nepalese-at-risk-of-Kala-azar-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A third of Nepal's population faces risk of suffering from Kala-azar - a chronic and potentially fatal parasitic disease of the viscera with figures going up from 5,616,489 in 2006 to 8,007,323 in 2007, says a new report.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 10:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Men more likely to share creative work online than women</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28859_Men-more-likely-to-share-creative-work-online-than-women.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Though both men and women equally engage in creative activities at almost the same rate and have an equal know how of computers, when it comes to sharing creativity online, men have an upper hand, says a new study.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 09:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Megalomaniac Hitler loved to crack jokes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28855_Megalomaniac-Hitler-loved-to-crack-jokes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Reviled as one of the most evil dictators in the history of mankind, Adolf Hitler, however, loved to crack jokes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 09:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aussie grandma gives birth to '99.9-percent' identical triplets</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28848_Aussie-grandma-gives-birth-to-999-percent-identical-triplets.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Australian grandmother has given birth to naturally conceived identical triplets in what doctors said was a 'one in-10-million' case. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 08:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit soldiers beating the bugs with Venus Flytraps!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28847_Brit-soldiers-beating-the-bugs-with-Venus-Flytraps.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British troops in Iraq are ordering insect-eating Venus Flytraps online to keep their tanks and armoured personnel vehicles free of bugs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 08:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Three 'key Taliban leaders' among 55 killed by coalition forces in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28842_Three-key-Taliban-leaders-among-55-killed-by-coalition-forces-in-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US military has claimed to have killed 55 Taliban, including three key leaders, during a three-day operation which began on June 20.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 07:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Will Smith gatecrashes Charlize Theron's 'Hancock' interview</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28841_Will-Smith-gatecrashes-Charlize-Therons-Hancock-interview.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Will Smith gatecrashed his Hancock co-star Charlize Theron's interview after hearing the actress had been lying about him on camera.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 07:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak proposes 3 more sites for UNESCO's world cultural heritage list</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28839_Pak-proposes-3-more-sites-for-UNESCOs-world-cultural-heritage-list.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan has reportedly proposed three more ancient sites to be added to the list of UNESCO's world cultural heritage sites, taking the total number of such sites in the country to 14.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 07:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz pilgrims to be given condoms to protest against the Pope</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28833_Oz-pilgrims-to-be-given-condoms-to-protest-against-the-Pope.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pilgrims in Sydney to attend World Youth Day celebrations will be given condoms in a protest against Pope Benedict XVI's opposition to contraception and homosexuality.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 06:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PM Koirala meets army chief</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28818_PM-Koirala-meets-army-chief.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala met Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangad Katawal in Baluwatar on Monday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 04:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist, UML reaches agreement on forming next Government in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28817_Maoist-UML-reaches-agreement-on-forming-next-Government-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist (CPN-M) and the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) have reached an agreement to seek consensus with other parties on amendment to the constitution for forming the next Government in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 04:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China to turn quake-created lake into scenic spot</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28816_China-to-turn-quake-created-lake-into-scenic-spot.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  China plans to turn the Tangjiashan "quake lake" into a scenic spot amid efforts to rebuild a county downstream, a local official has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 04:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama tells Clinton supporters to 'get over" her Democratic nomination loss </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28812_Obama-tells-Clinton-supporters-to-get-over-her-Democratic-nomination-loss-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senator Barack Obama has urged women who had backed Hillary Clinton to win the Democratic presidential nomination to support him against John McCain, the Republican nominee. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 03:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Japanese voted 'World's Best Tourists,' Indians among worst </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28808_Japanese-voted-Worlds-Best-Tourists-Indians-among-worst-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indians might have covered miles to reach places, but when it comes to tourist etiquette, they still have a long way to go, while Japanese have mastered the art, according to a new survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 03:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Spitzer scandal call girl Ashley Dupre thanks fans on MySpace page</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28803_Spitzer-scandal-call-girl-Ashley-Dupre-thanks-fans-on-MySpace-page.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ashley Dupre, the call girl whose tryst with former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer led to his resignation, has broken her silence by thanking her friends and strangers for the support extended to her in the wake of the exposure.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 02:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese Embassy in Nepal rebuts Tibetan Solidarity Forum statement </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28801_Chinese-Embassy-in-Nepal-rebuts-Tibetan-Solidarity-Forum-statement-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Rebutting a statement published in a newspaper in Kathmandu that the Chinese Government was responsible for the massacre of 209 Tibetans on March 14 in Lhasa, the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu described it as groundless and deceptive.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 02:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Government study faults Bush Administration measures showing progress in Iraq   </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28796_Government-study-faults-Bush-Administration-measures-showing-progress-in-Iraq--.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Government Accountability Office report has said that the Bush Administration's plan for a stable Iraq lacks a strategic framework and is out of touch with the realities on the ground.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 01:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"PPP's indifference to Nawaz's disqualification may damage coalition"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28793_PPPs-indifference-to-Nawazs-disqualification-may-damage-coalition.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A PML-N parliamentarian has said that the PPP's 'indifferent attitude' towards his party leader Nawaz Sharif's disqualification from contesting the June 26 by-poll "could damage the PPP and PML-N coalition".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 01:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Worker pinches £42k from bank after being fired </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28789_Worker-pinches-£42k-from-bank-after-being-fired-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The age-old adage-'once bitten twice shy' does not hold true for a Barclays employee, who was once sacked under suspicion for stealing cash, and still pinched 42,000 pounds of the bank just because his bosses forgot to take his keys back.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 12:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian court to take up Hindraf leaders' release petition on July 21</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28776_Malaysian-court-to-take-up-Hindraf-leaders-release-petition-on-July-21.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Malaysian High Court has fixed July 21 as the next date of hearing of the habeas corpus application filed by one Karpal Singh for the release of five Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 11:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian local body bans lipstick, high heels to prevent rape at work places</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28775_Malaysian-local-body-bans-lipstick-high-heels-to-prevent-rape-at-work-places.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a bid to prevent incidents like rape and illicit sex in shops and other business premises, the Kota Bura municipal council in Malaysia has reportedly issued a circular directing the fairer sex, particularly Muslim women, not to sport bright-coloured lipstick or wear high-heeled shoes to work.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 11:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit Govt. terror adviser warns of private jets being used in a 9/11 type attack </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28774_Brit-Govt-terror-adviser-warns-of-private-jets-being-used-in-a-9-11-type-attack-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An anti-terror expert of the British Government has warned of the possibility of terrorists using private jets and light aircraft to launch attacks on crowds and buildings in Britain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 11:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Al-Qaeda's growing online offensive posing a problem for the U.S.</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28770_Al-Qaedas-growing-online-offensive-posing-a-problem-for-the-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The war against terrorism has evolved into a war of ideas and propaganda, a struggle for hearts and minds fought on television and the Internet. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 10:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad's trial delayed following daughter's poor health</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28768_Dungeon-dads-trial-delayed-following-daughters-poor-health.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl's trial has been delayed after his daughter, Elisabeth's poor health prevented her from testifying against her evil dad.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 10:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Samjhota Express derails, no injuries</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28766_Samjhota-Express-derails-no-injuries.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The engine of the Samjhota Express derailed following a problem on the railway tracks near Mughalpura, Lahore. However, no passenger was injured in the incident.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 10:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>80 percent of Americans believe in miracles and in the higher power</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28758_80-percent-of-Americans-believe-in-miracles-and-in-the-higher-power.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Most Americans believe there is a higher power guiding them in the world, and nearly 80 percent think miracles occur.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 09:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australian Foreign Minister hosts his Indian counterpart</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28741_Australian-Foreign-Minister-hosts-his-Indian-counterpart.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia said on Monday it would consider uranium sales to India if New Delhi was able to strike a landmark nuclear pact with the United States and satisfy international safeguards concerns.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 02:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nawaz Sharif barred from contesting by-polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28739_Nawaz-Sharif-barred-from-contesting-by-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The three-member bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) today said that Pakistan Muslim League (N) Chief Nawaz Sharif is ineligible to contest this week's by-elections. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 02:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rockets from Pakistan claimed four lives, says Kabul</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28738_Rockets-from-Pakistan-claimed-four-lives-says-Kabul.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan fired rockets into Afghanistan killing four civilians near the eastern town of Khost, Afghan officials have claimed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 02:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Charles' charity livid over Prince Edward's balloon release plans</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28726_Prince-Charles-charity-livid-over-Prince-Edwards-balloon-release-plans.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince Edward has enraged his brother Prince Charles' wildlife protection charity, The Marine Conservation Society, with his plans to release 300 balloons to mark a school's birthday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 12:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the man who loves collecting banana-stickers! </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28725_Meet-the-man-who-loves-collecting-banana-stickers-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ You must have heard about people who love collecting different types of stamps, but here's a man who likes collecting stickers on bananas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 12:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mother shocked finding 10yr old son downloading porn from school computer</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28724_Mother-shocked-finding-10yr-old-son-downloading-porn-from-school-computer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A mother was shocked when she saw her 10-year-old kid coming home from school carrying porn images.   ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 12:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Man turns father's ashes into teapot</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28722_Man-turns-fathers-ashes-into-teapot.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ John Lowndes came up with a unique idea to share a cup of tea with his dead father - he turned his dad's ashes into a teapot.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 24 June 2008 12:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sex and social service high on Oz voters' list </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28721_Sex-and-social-service-high-on-Oz-voters-list-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Aussie voters look for more sex and nudity in magazines and films, invest more money in social service, and consider a big business to be more dangerous than trade unions, revealed a new survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 11:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz men adopting wife's surname</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28720_Oz-men-adopting-wifes-surname.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Men in Australia are beginning to take their wives' names when they marry, reversing centuries of tradition. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 11:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince William planning Christmas proposal for Kate Middleton</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28719_Prince-William-planning-Christmas-proposal-for-Kate-Middleton.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince William is planning to pop the question to his long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton this Christmas, it has been revealed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 11:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK has more attractive tourist spots than other European countries </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28717_UK-has-more-attractive-tourist-spots-than-other-European-countries-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The UK has more entries in list of most-popular free European tourist attractions than any other country, according to a new poll.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 11:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK discount chain sacks three Indian supply firms for using child labour</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28707_UK-discount-chain-sacks-three-Indian-supply-firms-for-using-child-labour.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British discount clothing store Primark has sacked three Indian clothing supply firms after the BBC's Panorama programme found refugee children slaving away in factories for as little as 60 pence a day making sequinned vests.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 10:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Paraguayan prisoners riot for more sex</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28703_Paraguayan-prisoners-riot-for-more-sex.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Inmates at a prison in Paraguay have detained the director of the prison and several other administration staff to meet an unusual demand of having more sex in prison.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 09:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK may quit Iraq by end 2008</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28700_UK-may-quit-Iraq-by-end-2008.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British forces are likely to withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year, it was reported last night.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 09:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Teacher's 'dumb blonde' comment ends in payout</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28698_Teachers-dumb-blonde-comment-ends-in-payout.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Calling a pupil a "dumb blonde" has cost a primary school teacher a confidential payout and apology, it has emerged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 09:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Affluent women in Pakistan have happier married lives</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28696_Affluent-women-in-Pakistan-have-happier-married-lives.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistani women, who are married into affluent families, are reported to have happier married lives as compared to their less privileged counterparts, revealed a survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 08:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Widows, divorcees discriminated against in most nations: University of Maryland study </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28692_Widows-divorcees-discriminated-against-in-most-nations-University-of-Maryland-study-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Widows is most countries are discriminated against, according to a study undertaken by the University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 08:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindraf leader calls Dr Mahatir a 'broken record' over anti-Tamil rants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28690_Hindraf-leader-calls-Dr-Mahatir-a-broken-record-over-anti-Tamil-rants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hindraf (HINDU Rights Action Force) leader P. Waythamoorthy has reportedly criticised former Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad for saying that the organisation (Hindraf) was 'made up of Tamil racists", and said that his utterances sounded like "a broken record".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 08:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chelsea star Essien is a serial love cheat, says girlfriend</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28685_Chelsea-star-Essien-is-a-serial-love-cheat-says-girlfriend.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chelsea soccer ace Michael Essien has been described as a shameless serial love cheat by his long-term girlfriend Veralie Dela Ackumey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 07:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz advertisers have blurred the line between food and sex </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28676_Oz-advertisers-have-blurred-the-line-between-food-and-sex-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Advertisers are gradually shifting their attention to adults from children to promote junk foods, and sex appeal is what they focus on to woo prospective buyers, according to reports. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 06:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Claims of Christians' protection in Pak a myth, says paper</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28671_Claims-of-Christians-protection-in-Pak-a-myth-says-paper.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite tall claims made by the Pakistan government about protecting the interests of the minority communities in the country, especially Christians, a latest incident in which around 20 poor Christians were kidnapped and others beaten up savagely, has proved that members of the community were still vulnerable to blatant attacks, said an editorial in the Daily Times.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 05:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf's mother was always worried about his future!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28669_Musharrafs-mother-was-always-worried-about-his-future.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has revealed that during his childhood he was never good at studies, so his mother was always worried about his future.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 05:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>I despise Islamism, says Brit award winning author</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28649_I-despise-Islamism-says-Brit-award-winning-author.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British novelist Ian McEwan has spoken out against militant Islam, saying he "despises" because of its views on women and homosexuality.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 02:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India, Australia welcome strengthening of political links </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28646_India-Australia-welcome-strengthening-of-political-links-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Visiting India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith have welcomed the diversification and strengthening of political links between the two countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 02:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hubby's gift for wife's 31st birthday - a £4k cosmetic surgery!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28625_Hubbys-gift-for-wifes-31st-birthday---a-£4k-cosmetic-surgery.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In time for his wife's 31st birthday, Andy Donley gave her a 'fat-free surprise', by treating her to an all 'new and trimmed body'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 11:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mentally tough children more likely to succeed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28623_Mentally-tough-children-more-likely-to-succeed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Loving and caring attitude instilled in students through "happiness lessons" in schools is not what is going to generate first-rate performance in exams, according to academics, who say that it's the mental toughness that makes the pupils to come out with flying colours.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 11:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist to launch 'people's struggle' to settle constitutional crisis </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28618_Maoist-to-launch-peoples-struggle-to-settle-constitutional-crisis-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The CPN (Maoist) has decided to launch a 'people's struggle' to settle the constitutional crisis in Nepal, after charging the Nepali Congress (NC) of intentionally delayed the formation of the next government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 11:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Drinking while driving ban applies to wheelchairs too!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28613_Drinking-while-driving-ban-applies-to-wheelchairs-too.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a bizarre drunken driving case, an intoxicated man was spotted asleep in his motorised wheelchair on a north Queensland highway, causing much trouble for other motorists on the road.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 09:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Five short holiday breaks are the best stress-busters</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28612_Five-short-holiday-breaks-are-the-best-stress-busters.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It might not amuse your boss, but taking quick holidays will certainly boost up your health and well being, just like the five essential food groups, a new research has revealed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 09:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tailban renaissance being fanned by Qaeda</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28610_Tailban-renaissance-being-fanned-by-Qaeda.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A leading Pakistani journalist in the US has reportedly said that the Taliban was spreading its tentacles with the active support of Al Qaeda, and the recent jail break in Kandahar, Afghanistan, proved it to some extent.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 09:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit prisons in grip of a booming drug trade</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28609_Brit-prisons-in-grip-of-a-booming-drug-trade.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Shocking figures have revealed that most prisons in Britain are in the grip of a booming drug trade.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 09:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vodafone challenges Indian tax law </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28608_Vodafone-challenges-Indian-tax-law-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British telecom major Vodafone is challenging in the Bombay High Court a change in India's tax laws which have been applied retrospectively to its 11.1 billion dollar purchase of a controlling stake in Hutchison Essar. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 08:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Majority of Labour voters want Brown to quit before next election</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28607_Majority-of-Labour-voters-want-Brown-to-quit-before-next-election.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A survey of grassroots supporters of the Labour Party has revealed that 60 per cent want Prime Minister Gordon Brown to step down before he is due to go to the electorate in 2010.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 08:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari says a PPP worker will soon be installed as Pak President</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28602_Zardari-says-a-PPP-worker-will-soon-be-installed-as-Pak-President.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that the office of the President of Pakistan was a 'privilege' of his party and the Sindh province, and that a "dedicated worker" of former premier Benazir Bhutto will be soon installed at the Presidency.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 08:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Taliban warn women to wear burqa or face consequences</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28601_Pak-Taliban-warn-women-to-wear-burqa-or-face-consequences.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's unit of the Taliban has reportedly warned the women in Mohmand Agency to wear burqas, or face dire consequences.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 23 June 2008 08:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Boat capcises in Philippines, Hundreds missing in Tornado </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28593_Boat-capcises-in-Philippines-Hundreds-missing-in-Tornado-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ More than seven hundred people on board a ferry are feared killed which has capsized in the Typhoon Fengshen in Philippines. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 22 June 2008 07:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hema Malini pays tribute to her mother</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28588_Hema-Malini-pays-tribute-to-her-mother.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bollywood actor Hema Malini yesterday commemorated her mother's fourth death anniversary with an annual dance function named 'Jaya Smriti' in Mumbai. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 22 June 2008 05:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PM Koirala seeks legal experts' advice on resignation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28584_PM-Koirala-seeks-legal-experts-advice-on-resignation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) president Girija Prasad Koirala on Sunday consulted party affiliated legal experts concerning his resignation and formation of the next government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 22 June 2008 04:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cops on prowl to find 'baby pact' dads</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28577_Cops-on-prowl-to-find-baby-pact-dads.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Police has been called in to hunt for the men or boys who have fathered the babies of 17 US teen girls from the same school, who made a pact to get pregnant at the same time.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 22 June 2008 01:28:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sarkozy' dad credits Bruni with reuniting the family</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28575_Sarkozy-dad-credits-Bruni-with-reuniting-the-family.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Father of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has credited his new daughter-in-law, Carla Bruni, with reuniting the family.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 22 June 2008 01:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, computer software that helps tourists customize visits as per preferences</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28566_Now-computer-software-that-helps-tourists-customize-visits-as-per-preferences.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Computer engineers at the University of Granada say that they have developed software that can enable tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 22 June 2008 12:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pub bans flat caps over security risk</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28564_Pub-bans-flat-caps-over-security-risk.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Club restrictions certainly went to head, when an 81-year-old man was ordered to remove his flat cap in a pub, just because it posed a security risk.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 22 June 2008 11:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, zoom into your past with the magical ancestry tour</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28553_Now-zoom-into-your-past-with-the-magical-ancestry-tour.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Now, you can take a trip into your ancestry, thanks to a new genealogy firm in Britain, which guarantees to take people on a deluxe tour around their forefathers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 22 June 2008 10:28:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lord Byron's boorish way of fobbing off his female fans</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28552_Lord-Byrons-boorish-way-of-fobbing-off-his-female-fans.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ He might have the honour of being called England's greatest romantic poet, but when it came to fobbing off his female admirers, Lord Byron chose a rather boorish way.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 22 June 2008 10:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now,have a laughing holiday in Britain with the nation's first comedy map</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28551_Nowhave-a-laughing-holiday-in-Britain-with-the-nations-first-comedy-map.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Want to tickle your funny bone? Fly off to England and grab a copy of the country's first 'comedy map' that will direct you to landmarks connected with the nation's best comedy talent and its favourite shows. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 22 June 2008 10:08:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Olympic torch relay begins at Salt Lake City in China</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28550_Olympic-torch-relay-begins-at-Salt-Lake-City-in-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Thousands of residents from the city and neighbouring countries gathered on Salt Lake Square as the starting ceremony of Olympic torch relay began this morning here. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 22 June 2008 10:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>When a bra saved woman's life! </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28547_When-a-bra-saved-womans-life-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ God bless those who made the bra - these might be the words American hiker Jessica Brown must be chanting after she was rescued from a mountain fall.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 22 June 2008 08:28:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>100-kg lady wants police apology after 'fat and black' slur!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28546_100-kg-lady-wants-police-apology-after-fat-and-black-slur.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ "Fat and black" - these were the two words which left Rube Nixon furious, after they were written to her by a police officer in an official document.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 22 June 2008 08:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Daylong talks end without result; parties unable to break the deadlock</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28540_Daylong-talks-end-without-result--parties-unable-to-break-the-deadlock.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The daylong talks held among the leaders of seven parties ended without producing any result.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 10:44:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>High-level delegation meets Rajapaksa to discuss SAARC summit's security issues</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28539_High-level-delegation-meets-Rajapaksa-to-discuss-SAARC-summits-security-issues.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ National Security Adviser M. K. Narayanan led a high- powered delegation on Friday to meet Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo to discuss security arrangements for the upcoming South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 10:28:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kate Middleton gets official status of 'Girlfriend' within the Royal Family</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28525_Kate-Middleton-gets-official-status-of-Girlfriend-within-the-Royal-Family.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince William and Kate Middleton might have seen many ups and downs in their relationship, but insiders say that the latter has been given official status within the Royal Family - that of Girlfriend, with a capital G.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 07:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sickly rooster saved by daily dose of marmite</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28523_Sickly-rooster-saved-by-daily-dose-of-marmite.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The much relished Marmite has become a life-saving paste for a sick rooster who sprang back to life after getting a daily dose of this salty and savoury product.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 06:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Harry to lead army pals on a holiday - into the African desert </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28522_Prince-Harry-to-lead-army-pals-on-a-holiday---into-the-African-desert-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince Harry will be heading to the African deserts on a holiday with his soldier friends, it has emerged. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 06:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Man has miracle twins - 22 years after he had a vasectomy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28520_Man-has-miracle-twins---22-years-after-he-had-a-vasectomy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 50-year-old man, who had a vasectomy 22 years ago, has become a proud father of twins after a miraculous treatment at a British fertility clinic.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 06:41:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The secret to seducing a woman - a look in the eye and a touch on the arm</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28519_The-secret-to-seducing-a-woman---a-look-in-the-eye-and-a-touch-on-the-arm.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Forget those cheesy pick-up lines and expensive colognes to impress a woman. The winning formula to land a hot date requires nothing but a straight look into her eyes accompanied by a light touch on her arm, according to a new study.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 06:28:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iraq war hero convicted for killing of Bangladeshi in UK after 14 yrs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28515_Iraq-war-hero-convicted-for-killing-of-Bangladeshi-in-UK-after-14-yrs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sergeant Michael Ross, a hero of the Iraq war, was convicted by a jury in Glasgow High Court for murdering a Bangladeshi waiter by shooting him in the head in front of diners at a restaurant in the Orkneys, in 1994.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 05:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Axed Canadian Foreign Minister's girlfriend to bare all in autobiography</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28514_Axed-Canadian-Foreign-Ministers-girlfriend-to-bare-all-in-autobiography.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The woman whose revelations toppled Maxime Bernier from his post as Canada's Foreign Affairs minister will tell her life's story in an autobiography to be published this fall.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 05:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hollywood films blamed for inspiring 'teen pregnancy pact' </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28511_Hollywood-films-blamed-for-inspiring-teen-pregnancy-pact-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hollywood films such as Juno and Knocked Up have been blamed for inspiring the "pregnancy pact"- a deal made by seventeen US schoolgirls to get pregnant together.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 05:28:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Princess Margaret's mockery of Queen 'Mum' revealed in new book </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28510_Princess-Margarets-mockery-of-Queen-Mum-revealed-in-new-book-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's Princess Margaret was frequently rude to the Queen Mother - often mocking her dressing sense, objecting to TV programmes and criticizing her for spending too long drinking, a new book reveals.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 05:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari could lose public support if judges not reinstated, says Nawaz</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28508_Zardari-could-lose-public-support-if-judges-not-reinstated-says-Nawaz.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has said that PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari was at the risk of losing popularity among the countrymen if he failed to honour the Murree Accord to reinstate judges fired by President Pervez Musharraf.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 05:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aborigine children actively using marijuana, having sex</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28501_Aborigine-children-actively-using-marijuana-having-sex.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Australian Crime Commission has said that it has handed to police and welfare agencies hundreds of cases of criminal conduct and neglect allegedly perpetrated in Aboriginal communities.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 04:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Militants threaten Peshawar barbers, shops selling CDs to shut down</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28500_Militants-threaten-Peshawar-barbers-shops-selling-CDs-to-shut-down.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Islamic extremist organization Lashkar-i-Islam is learnt to have threatened barbers and shopkeepers selling CDs in Peshawar that if they didn't stop their activities, they would soon face dire consequences.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 04:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scores make UFO sighting claims after helicopter chase report</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28498_Scores-make-UFO-sighting-claims-after-helicopter-chase-report.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hundreds of people have come up with UFO sighting claims following recent reports that a British police helicopter crew chased a mystery craft in Cardiff.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 03:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sky is the limit for Pak legislators' 5-star dreams!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28493_Sky-is-the-limit-for-Pak-legislators-5-star-dreams.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Governance seems to be taking a back seat in the Punjab province when it comes to transacting business in the Assembly, as members from almost all political parties gave prominence to their rights and privileges than discussion over the budgetary proposals, here last evening.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 03:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists, UML agree to back each other on President, Prime Minister posts </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28492_Maoists-UML-agree-to-back-each-other-on-President-Prime-Minister-posts-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) and the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) have reached an informal agreement to support each other's bid for the posts of the Prime Minister and the President in the next government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 03:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Parties to resume consultations</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28486_Nepal-Parties-to-resume-consultations.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senior leaders of Seven Parties Alliance (SPA) will today resume their consultation to end the political deadlock.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 02:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Supreme Court defers decision on declaring the country a Republic</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28485_Nepal-Supreme-Court-defers-decision-on-declaring-the-country-a-Republic.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court (SC) of Nepal has again deferred the preliminary decision on the writ challenging the legitimacy of the decision by the Constituent Assembly (CA) declaring Nepal a Republic.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 02:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gordon Brown drops hints he will quit after next general election</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28482_Gordon-Brown-drops-hints-he-will-quit-after-next-general-election.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has told close allies that the next general election will be his last as Labour leader. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 01:53:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New witness rule could see convicted killers and gangsters walk free in UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28481_New-witness-rule-could-see-convicted-killers-and-gangsters-walk-free-in-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dozens of convicted killers and gangsters in UK could walk free after a landmark House of Lords ruling which challenges the use of anonymous witnesses in trials. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 01:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Germany is world's greenest country</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28471_Germany-is-worlds-greenest-country.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Germany has cut its emissions by 5.6 per cent, more than any other state in 2007, making it the world's greenest country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:28:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sindh minister clueless whether liquor revenue can be used for public welfare!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28469_Sindh-minister-clueless-whether-liquor-revenue-can-be-used-for-public-welfare.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) in Sindh triggered a fresh debate yesterday by raising a question in the Assembly during the ongoing Budget Session, whether it was legal to use the revenue collected from sale of liquor on public welfare, especially when consumption of liquor was considered "haram" in Islam and its sale to Muslims banned in the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US says time running out on N-deal </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28468_US-says-time-running-out-on-N-deal-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With the stalemate between the Congress and the Left parties over the proposed Indo-US nuclear deal continuing in New Delhi, the US has once again reminded India that time was running out and that the political differences over the deal should be resolved at the earliest to pave the way for the bilateral deal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kamal Thapa predicts political disaster soon </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28464_Kamal-Thapa-predicts-political-disaster-soon-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kamal Thapa, president of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP-Nepal), has warned of political disaster in the country within six months to five years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 11:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban warn truckers to stop supplying fuel to NATO forces in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28451_Taliban-warn-truckers-to-stop-supplying-fuel-to-NATO-forces-in-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Taliban have reportedly threatened the oil companies in Karachi against supplying fuel to the US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, else they would blow up their vehicles and houses.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 09:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>British Cabinet Minister apologises to Shami Chakrabarti over sex 'slur'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28447_British-Cabinet-Minister-apologises-to-Shami-Chakrabarti-over-sex-slur.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British Cabinet Minister Andy Burnham has written to leading human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti to express his regret over allegations that he smeared her by making suggestive remarks about her relationship with David Davis.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 09:28:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad's family to watch Euro 2008 as therapy </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28444_Dungeon-dads-family-to-watch-Euro-2008-as-therapy-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl's cellar family has been allowed to watch Euro 2008 on TV - so that they can bond with the rest of the family.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 09:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Only God can oust me, declares Mugabe</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28441_Only-God-can-oust-me-declares-Mugabe.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has vowed to remain in power whatever the outcome of next week's election, and said that "only God" can remove him from office, as the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) considers pulling out of next week's run-off election amid escalating violence.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 08:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian doctor in UK gets three months suspension for plagiarism</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28440_Indian-doctor-in-UK-gets-three-months-suspension-for-plagiarism.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Psychiatrist and broadcaster Raj Persaud has been suspended for three months from practising medicine after he was found guilty by the General Medical Council (GMC) of dishonestly plagiarising the work of colleagues in a manner that brought his profession into disrepute.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 08:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban tell NWFP govt to address their reservations or face 'consequences'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28436_Taliban-tell-NWFP-govt-to-address-their-reservations-or-face-consequences.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After a few weeks of signing a peace deal with the pro-Taliban elders in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, the NWFP government is learnt to have resumed talks with the extremists, assuring them that all their issues and reservations (against the government) would be addressed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 08:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Hindus demand national commission to resolve their issues</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28435_Pak-Hindus-demand-national-commission-to-resolve-their-issues.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hindus living in Pakistan have demanded the setting up of a national commission to resolve issues related to the minority community and also that all temples in the country are opened for them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 07:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>300 Indian Sikhs to attend Maharaja Ranjit Singh's death anniversary in Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28434_300-Indian-Sikhs-to-attend-Maharaja-Ranjit-Singhs-death-anniversary-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A delegation of around 300 Indian Sikhs is scheduled to arrive in Lahore today to attend the 169th death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who ruled the Punjab province for 40 years before passing away in 1839.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 07:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's Maoist ministers tender resignation at seven party meeting</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28426_Nepals-Maoist-ministers-tender-resignation-at-seven-party-meeting.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The ministers belonging to Nepal's Maoist party have tendered joint resignation at the seven party meeting today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 02:53:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>President Bush greets Sikhs on 300th anniversary of Guru Granth Sahib</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28416_President-Bush-greets-Sikhs-on-300th-anniversary-of-Guru-Granth-Sahib.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ President Bush has greeted the Sikhs across America and worldwide on the 300th anniversary of the Sikh Scripture, Guru Granth Sahib as the community will commemorate this event in October. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 01:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rowling's coffee-shop writing spurs Brit author towards best-seller status </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28409_Rowlings-coffee-shop-writing-spurs-Brit-author-towards-best-seller-status-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Brit woman, who was inspired by JK Rowling and wrote her first novel in bookshop cafes, has now become a best-selling author.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India among 10 worst violators of refugees' rights in USCRI's 2008 list </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28404_India-among-10-worst-violators-of-refugees-rights-in-USCRIs-2008-list-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India is among the ten worst violators of refugees' rights according to the World Refugee Survey 2008, which is releasing the 47th edition of the Survey. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 21 June 2008 12:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>17 US teen girls made pact to get pregnant, raise kids together</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28397_17-US-teen-girls-made-pact-to-get-pregnant-raise-kids-together.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A group of American teenage girls allegedly made a pact - not to stay BFFs (Best Friends Forever), go to the prom together or try out for a sports team - but they agreed to get pregnant together.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 11:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Custard pie throwing world championship rakes in funds for charities</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28396_Custard-pie-throwing-world-championship-rakes-in-funds-for-charities.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Raising funds has never been so much fun before - what with people dashing custard pies at each other to help charities in the world custard pie throwing championships.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 11:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gregorian monks' chanting produces prize-winning cheese!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28395_Gregorian-monks-chanting-produces-prize-winning-cheese.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The positive effects of chanting on humans are pretty much well-known, but cheese is the latest candidate to reap benefits from the spiritual hymns.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 11:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz govt to tackle teen binge-drinking with ads aimed at parents</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28394_Oz-govt-to-tackle-teen-binge-drinking-with-ads-aimed-at-parents.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian government is set to introduce an ad campaign targeted at parents, in a bid to tackle the binge-drinking problem among teenagers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 10:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Motorcycle champ's manor stunt ride becomes You Tube sensation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28392_Motorcycle-champs-manor-stunt-ride-becomes-You-Tube-sensation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A video featuring a stunt motorcyclist riding through a mansion has become a big hit on the video sharing website You Tube.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 10:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Spray-on condoms get a boost from CSI mention</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28384_Spray-on-condoms-get-a-boost-from-CSI-mention.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Spray-on condoms became one of the most Googled items after being featured in CBS' popular forensics television show CSI.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 09:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit school cancels sports day over safety and injury fears</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28380_Brit-school-cancels-sports-day-over-safety-and-injury-fears.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British school cancelled its Sports Day just because the authorities feared the kids could trip and fall on the playing field.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 09:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bristol named the happiest city in Britain</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28375_Bristol-named-the-happiest-city-in-Britain.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Feeling down in the dumps? Well, then fly off to Bristol, for the city has officially been named the happiest place to live in the country.
This south-west port was also named Britain's first "cycling city" in a 100million pounds Government scheme to encourage greener transport.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 08:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindraf represents Tamil racists: Ex-Malaysian PM</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28368_Hindraf-represents-Tamil-racists-Ex-Malaysian-PM.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has written in his blog that "Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) represents Tamil racists who look to their old masters, the British, to protect them. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 07:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Magazine hails Vladimir Putin as a 'virile vampire'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28366_Magazine-hails-Vladimir-Putin-as-a-virile-vampire.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A magazine completely dedicated to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's virility and reputation as a "vampire" has hugely boosted the leader's image as Russia's leading sex symbol.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 07:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Global war deaths 'three times more than previously estimated'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28362_Global-war-deaths-three-times-more-than-previously-estimated.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Wars around the globe killed three times more people over the past half-century than previously estimated, according to a new research.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 06:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How Brit political correctness went horribly wrong during 'brainstorming'!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28361_How-Brit-political-correctness-went-horribly-wrong-during-brainstorming.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A local council in Britain has barred the use of the term "brainstorming" and replaced it with " Thought Showers"- after fearing that the phrase may offend epileptics or the mentally ill. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 06:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Drone flights continue in Pak tribal areas along Afghan border</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28352_Drone-flights-continue-in-Pak-tribal-areas-along-Afghan-border.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Even after June 11 air strike and incidents of US choppers violating Pakistan's air space coming to light last week, flights of drone planes continue in Pak-Afghan border areas of South and North Waziristan creating panic among the locals, reported The News.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 05:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iran would retaliate unconventionally if it comes to war with US: CSM</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28351_Iran-would-retaliate-unconventionally-if-it-comes-to-war-with-US-CSM.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Possible US military strikes or a shooting war with Iran if Teheran doesn't bend to the will of the international community on its nuclear programme will have severe consequences, military analysts have warned. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 05:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Benazir's 'official and authentic' biography to hit stands soon</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28350_Benazirs-official-and-authentic-biography-to-hit-stands-soon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After a recent biography of former Pakistan Premier Benazir Bhutto by Indian journalist Shyam Bhatia hit the stands last month, here is another in the making, and its author claims it to be 'authentic' as he possess hours of exclusive interview with her.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 05:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>German schoolboy's chilling essay on Hitler to be auctioned</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28341_German-schoolboys-chilling-essay-on-Hitler-to-be-auctioned.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A rare essay written by a 10-year-old German schoolboy, praising the Nazis is set to go under the hammer in Shropshire.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 04:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US' crack nuke team in China to counter radiological terrorism during Olympics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28339_US-crack-nuke-team-in-China-to-counter-radiological-terrorism-during-Olympics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ To counter a likely threat from terrorists to set off a radiological bomb during the Beijing Olympics, the Bush Administration has sent a secret team of nuclear specialists to China on its growing concern.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 04:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Osama's right hand man's privacy proceedings are costing Brit taxpayers dearly</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28337_Osamas-right-hand-mans-privacy-proceedings-are-costing-Brit-taxpayers-dearly.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Radical Islamist preacher, Abu Qatada described as Osama bin Laden's "right-hand man in Europe, is using British taxpayers' cash again in a new legal battle to protect his privacy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 03:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian college planning to open branch in Penang</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28333_Indian-college-planning-to-open-branch-in-Penang.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Deputy Chief Minister II P. Ramasamy has said that an Indian International college may soon open its branch in Penang. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 03:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India not aware of Aussie PM Rudd's proposed Asia-Pacific forum </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28332_India-not-aware-of-Aussie-PM-Rudds-proposed-Asia-Pacific-forum-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that he knew little of the new international Asia-Pacific forum proposed by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 03:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Expert slams Pak for spending billions on defence in face of non-existent war with India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28328_Expert-slams-Pak-for-spending-billions-on-defence-in-face-of-non-existent-war-with-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Pakistani expert on Indo-Pak relations has reportedly said that Islamabad was wasting money by increasing the budgetary outlay every year on defence, as India was never in favour of war (with Pakistan). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 02:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bollywood actor Raj Babbar launches TV soap on Maharaja Ranjit Singh</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28324_Bollywood-actor-Raj-Babbar-launches-TV-soap-on-Maharaja-Ranjit-Singh.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bollywood actor Raj Babbar began shooting of a television soap opera based on the life and times of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Sikh ruler of Punjab region.
The Golden Temple here formed the backdrop for the inaugural shoot of 'Lord of the Five Rivers -- Maharaja Ranjit Singh'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 02:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince William's secret nuclear submarine mission</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28319_Prince-Williams-secret-nuclear-submarine-mission.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's Prince William spent 24 hours under the sea on secret war games inside a nuclear submarine as part of his two-month attachment to the Royal Navy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 01:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>British police chopper chases UFO over Cardiff</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28318_British-police-chopper-chases-UFO-over-Cardiff.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British police helicopter crew gave chase to a UFO after it attacked their aircraft near a military base. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 01:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gadget lovers are assertive and arrogant</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28315_Gadget-lovers-are-assertive-and-arrogant.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Are you always the first in line to buy the latest gadgets? Well, then chances are that you are assertive and possibly arrogant, according to a new study.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 01:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Koirala ready to resign if asked by Seven Party Alliance </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28310_Koirala-ready-to-resign-if-asked-by-Seven-Party-Alliance-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has offered to step down if the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) asked him to do so and said Nepali Congress (NC) was ready to take up the role of main opposition. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 12:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal transport fares up by 25 per cent</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28309_Nepal-transport-fares-up-by-25-per-cent.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Ministry of Labor and Transport Management of Nepal has authorised the transport entrepreneurs to raise their fare by 25 percent.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 12:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama personally apologises to Muslim women over picture snub</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28305_Obama-personally-apologises-to-Muslim-women-over-picture-snub.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama has personally apologised to two Muslim after they were barred from sitting behind him at a public event because of their Islamic headscarves. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 11:41:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal parties to continue discussion</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28304_Nepal-parties-to-continue-discussion.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Seven Party Alliance (SPA) will continue consultations today to explore understanding.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 11:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Internet monitoring to stop UK Muslim kids from being brainwashed by terrorists</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28300_Internet-monitoring-to-stop-UK-Muslim-kids-from-being-brainwashed-by-terrorists.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ To prevent young Muslims from being "brainwashed" by al-Qaeda terrorists, a counter-radicalisation plan is being developed in Scotland as part of a UK Government counter-terrorism plan known as CONTEST.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 10:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban may launch 'more spectacular' attacks, warns Canadian commander</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28296_Taliban-may-launch-more-spectacular-attacks-warns-Canadian-commander.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After pushing the Taliban out of the Kandahar City yesterday, a Canadian commander in Afghanistan warned that there may be "more spectacular" attacks from the extremists in the coming months. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 10:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Forget Australia, Americans are still 'World's Heavyweight Champions'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28289_Forget-Australia-Americans-are-still-Worlds-Heavyweight-Champions.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Contradicting earlier reports, a new study has found that US is still the World's Most Obese Country pushing Australia to the second spot.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 09:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Monstrous mum skinned and fed son's flesh to cannibal relatives</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28287_Monstrous-mum-skinned-and-fed-sons-flesh-to-cannibal-relatives.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An eight-year-old boy's raw flesh was fed to cannibal relatives after his mum kept him locked in a cellar and cut his skin off, a court has heard.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 09:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shami Chakrabarti threatens to sue British Cabinet Minister over sexual 'slur'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28286_Shami-Chakrabarti-threatens-to-sue-British-Cabinet-Minister-over-sexual-slur.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's leading human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti has threatened to sue Cabinet Minister Andy Burnham over allegations that he smeared her by making suggestive remarks about her relationship with David Davis.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 09:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US State Dept denies targeting Pak troops at Pak-Afghan border</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28281_US-State-Dept-denies-targeting-Pak-troops-at-Pak-Afghan-border.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US State Department has denied that the US troops stationed along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border were targeting the Pakistani troops, as claimed by former Pakistani army chief and ambassador to the US Jehangir Karamat.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 08:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2nd century 2-feet-high Buddha statue unearthed in Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28280_2nd-century-2-feet-high-Buddha-statue-unearthed-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archeologists in Pakistan have reportedly discovered a statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya at the remains of a Buddhist monastery in Badal Pur area located around 13 kilometres north-east of Taxila Museum, 35 km from Islamabad.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 08:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak shouldn't allow terrorists to go scot-free under garb of peace deals, says Rice</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28279_Pak-shouldnt-allow-terrorists-to-go-scot-free-under-garb-of-peace-deals-says-Rice.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has reportedly said that Pakistan had every right to deal with militants in its Tribal Areas, but it must also ensure that terrorists are not allowed to operate with impunity in the region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 08:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian doctor in UK found guilty of dishonest plagiarism </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28276_Indian-doctor-in-UK-found-guilty-of-dishonest-plagiarism-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Psychiatrist and broadcaster Raj Persaud has been found guilty by the General Medical Council (GMC) of dishonestly plagiarising the work of colleagues in a manner that brought his profession into disrepute. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 07:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Military nuclear weapon parts missing: Report</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28252_US-Military-nuclear-weapon-parts-missing-Report.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US military cannot locate hundreds of sensitive nuclear missile components, officials close to the Pentagon have said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 12:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hundreds of Taliban, mostly Pakistanis, killed or driven out from Kandahar</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28250_Hundreds-of-Taliban-mostly-Pakistanis-killed-or-driven-out-from-Kandahar.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US-led troops and Afghan forces have reportedly cleared out the Taliban militants from the outskirts of Kandahar city, killing or wounding hundreds of them, mostly Pakistanis, Kandahar Provincial Governor Assadullah Khalid said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 12:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oxford tops university rankings in UK </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28249_Oxford-tops-university-rankings-in-UK-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Oxford has secured top position for the seventh time among universities in United Kingdom's "The Times Good University Guide". ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 20 June 2008 12:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Karamat dubs US air strike on Pak troops as 'deliberate'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28239_Karamat-dubs-US-air-strike-on-Pak-troops-as-deliberate.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Jehangir Karamat, a former Pakistan army chief and ambassador to Washington, has said that the June 11 air strike by the US-led forces on Pakistan's Frontier Corps (FC) troops in Mohamand Agency, killing 11 security personnel, was "deliberate".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 11:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Penang Govt has no firm plans for Malay Indians: Hindraf   </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28237_Penang-Govt-has-no-firm-plans-for-Malay-Indians-Hindraf--.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) is disappointed with the DAP-led state government for not coming up with any firm plan to help Indians since coming to power 100 days ago.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 10:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the couple having five weddings on three continents!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28226_Meet-the-couple-having-five-weddings-on-three-continents.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Having a perfect wedding day is a dream that everyone has but chances are that a Brit couple will have at least one good marriage - after all they are planning five this year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 09:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia trounces US to become 'World's Most Overweight Nation'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28224_Australia-trounces-US-to-become-Worlds-Most-Overweight-Nation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia has officially become the World's Most Overweight Nation, ahead of the notoriously super-sized Americans, who have a 25 per cent obesity rate, according to figures.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 09:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the man who's selling his whole life on eBay!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28223_Meet-the-man-whos-selling-his-whole-life-on-eBay.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When Ian Usher's lost his beloved dad to cancer and his partner of 12 years ditched him, he decided the best way to move forward was to auction his whole life.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 09:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese couple roll up to their wedding on rollerblades!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28222_Chinese-couple-roll-up-to-their-wedding-on-rollerblades.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Chinese couple rolled their way into matrimony, as they took their vows wearing roller skates and even asked the guests to do the same.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 08:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sending sexually explicit e-mails at work will soon be a crime </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28214_Sending-sexually-explicit-e-mails-at-work-will-soon-be-a-crime-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As a part of the biggest overhaul of sex offences in Scotland, a new bill has been unveiled that states that people who send sexually explicit e-mails at work can be accused of being sex offenders.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 07:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rudd to attend opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28209_Rudd-to-attend-opening-ceremony-of-Beijing-Olympics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has confirmed that he will be attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on the invitation of the Chinese Government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 07:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysia rules out involvement in LTTE bomb plot in Colombo </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28208_Malaysia-rules-out-involvement-in-LTTE-bomb-plot-in-Colombo-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Downplaying the recent reports alleging involvement of Malaysians in a bomb plot by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) in Colombo, Malaysia has said that it will not probe the matter.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 07:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gordon Ramsay's expletive-ridden tirades prompt TV changes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28203_Gordon-Ramsays-expletive-ridden-tirades-prompt-TV-changes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Furious over celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's much popular expletive-ridden tirades, a Senate committee into swearing on television has suggested several changes in broadcasting standards.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 06:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Son dedicates seven-summit climb to Sir Edmund Hillary</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28193_Son-dedicates-seven-summit-climb-to-Sir-Edmund-Hillary.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Adventurer Peter Hillary has dedicated his successful ascent of the highest mountain in North America to his father, Sir Edmund Hillary. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 05:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US asks Pak to ensure 'N-proliferators' linked to Khan's network "not free to walk the streets"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28191_US-asks-Pak-to-ensure-N-proliferators-linked-to-Khans-network-not-free-to-walk-the-streets.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US State Department has urged Islamabad to ensure that anyone associated with the so-called Khan network of nuclear proliferators is not "free to walk the streets."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 05:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Petroleum dealers to start nationwide agitation today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28186_Nepal-Petroleum-dealers-to-start-nationwide-agitation-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Petroleum Dealers' Association (NPDA) will today launch a nationwide agitation, demanding the government ease the supply of fuel at the earliest. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 04:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UNMIN future role in Nepal </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28185_UNMIN-future-role-in-Nepal-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Chief, Ian Martin on Wednesday met Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and discussed the mission's role in Nepal's ongoing peace process. epalnews quoted Prime Minister's foreign affairs advisor Aditya Baral as saying that Martin said that the Nepal Government should now explain the role it wants the UNMIN to play.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 04:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal political parties to continue talks today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28182_Nepal-political-parties-to-continue-talks-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The three political parties including the Nepali Congress (NC), the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) and the CPN (Maoist) will resume negotiation on power sharing today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 03:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Queen grooves to Abba's Dancing Queen</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28179_The-Queen-grooves-to-Abbas-Dancing-Queen.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Queen left guests at a Windsor Castle party stunned by strutting her stuff to an Abba disco classic, Dancing Queen.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 03:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Globetrotting granny becomes first person to sail and run around the world </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28170_Globetrotting-granny-becomes-first-person-to-sail-and-run-around-the-world-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ She has encountered a naked madman with an axe and had 29 marriage proposals but globe-trotting grandmother Rosie Swale Pope returned home after a five-year trek on Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 02:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cheney accused of knowing about US military torture at Guantanamo </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28168_Cheney-accused-of-knowing-about-US-military-torture-at-Guantanamo-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Vice President Dick Cheney probably knew that the US military was using torture on Iraqi detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and at prisons in Iraq, a former American Army officer has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 02:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Boomerang, the pigeon returns to original owner after 10 years!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28162_Boomerang-the-pigeon-returns-to-original-owner-after-10-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A racing pigeon suddenly turned up at the home of the man who raised her - 10 years after he gave the bird away. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 01:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak-US joint probe begins into Mohmand Agency attack</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28161_Pak-US-joint-probe-begins-into-Mohmand-Agency-attack.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan and the US have begun a joint investigation into the June 11 aerial attacks by the US-led coalition forces on Pakistan's Mohamand Agency killing 11 FC troops. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 01:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Britain's lap-dancing clubs set to be banned?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28159_Britains-lap-dancing-clubs-set-to-be-banned.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lap-dancing clubs in Britain may soon be facing tougher laws following the Government's bid to clean up the country's high streets.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 01:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Busty underground railway pole dancer on the loose in Bucharest!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28158_Busty-underground-railway-pole-dancer-on-the-loose-in-Bucharest.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Police in Bucharest are hunting for a busty pole dancer who performs her routines on the city's underground railway.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 12:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama's Muslim female fans not allowed to sit near him with headscarves</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28157_Obamas-Muslim-female-fans-not-allowed-to-sit-near-him-with-headscarves.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign has been forced to apologise to two Muslim women barred from sitting behind him at a public event.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 12:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US to stop aid to Pak in 3 weeks if it doesn't cooperate in global war on terror</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28150_US-to-stop-aid-to-Pak-in-3-weeks-if-it-doesnt-cooperate-in-global-war-on-terror.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US has reportedly given three-week time to the new government in Islamabad to decide whether it wants continue cooperation in the war on terror, or face suspension of the US aid which Islamabad has been receiving since 2001 after it committed its active role in the US-led war on terror.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 11:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Goldman Sachs lists ten things India needs to do to grow 40 times by 2050 </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28147_Goldman-Sachs-lists-ten-things-India-needs-to-do-to-grow-40-times-by-2050-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the world's largest investment bank, has outlined 10 things for India to improve upon, in order to achieve its potential and grow 40 times by 2050.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 11:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindus protest against Hollywood film "The Love Guru"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28146_Hindus-protest-against-Hollywood-film-The-Love-Guru.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hindus in the US have started a protest against a Hollywood comedy, saying that the film will hurt the religious sentiments of millions of Hindus worldwide. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 11:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak bought arms worth 6 billion dollars in last five years: UK report</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28139_Pak-bought-arms-worth-6-billion-dollars-in-last-five-years-UK-report.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A UK report has revealed that Pakistan purchased arms worth six billion dollars in the last five years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 10:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Landmark court ruling grants Chinese South Africans black status</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28134_Landmark-court-ruling-grants-Chinese-South-Africans-black-status.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chinese were reclassified as "black" in a landmark South African ruling allowing them access to economic benefits. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 09:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Another terrorist directly linked to Osama to be released on bail in UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28133_Another-terrorist-directly-linked-to-Osama-to-be-released-on-bail-in-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A man implicated in separate plots to blow up Los Angeles Airport and the Christmas market in Strasbourg and is said to have "direct links to Osama bin Laden and other senior al-Qa'eda figures, is to be freed under similar bail conditions which led to the release of radical Islamist preacher Abu Qatada. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 09:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US will continue to deal with Pak's 'head of the state' Musharraf</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28127_US-will-continue-to-deal-with-Paks-head-of-the-state-Musharraf.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Donald Camp has said that Washington would continue to deal with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf as he was still the "head of the state".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 08:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari, Nawaz fail to arrive at consensus on Musharraf's removal, judges' restoration</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28119_Zardari-Nawaz-fail-to-arrive-at-consensus-on-Musharrafs-removal-judges-restoration.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The difference of opinion between PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif over the issues of impeaching President Pervez Musharraf and judges' restoration, once again came to the fore last evening when a meeting between the two leaders failed to bear any fruit, with both sticking to their respective stands.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 07:42:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf says won't resign, upto Parliament to impeach him</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28118_Musharraf-says-wont-resign-upto-Parliament-to-impeach-him.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said he will not resign from the Presidency and would continue to play his constitutional role (as the country's president) "to strengthen democracy in the country".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 07:41:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz Police withheld facts to keep Haneef in custody</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28117_Oz-Police-withheld-facts-to-keep-Haneef-in-custody.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Australian Federal Police withheld key pieces of evidence that would have helped exonerate Indian born doctor Mohamed Haneef.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 07:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Big three stumble over power-sharing; agree to continue talks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28111_Big-three-stumble-over-power-sharing--agree-to-continue-talks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The protracted meeting among the senior leaders of Nepali Congress (NC), Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) and Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist  (CPN-M) on Wednesday, ended inconclusively late in the evening as they could not agree on the power-sharing issues.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 19 June 2008 03:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dr Khan's network not beyond the point which we know, claims US</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28083_Dr-Khans-network-not-beyond-the-point-which-we-know-claims-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US administration has reportedly dismissed a report by former UN weapons inspector David Albright saying that blueprints of Pakistan nuclear scientist Dr AQ Khan, which were found on the computers of Swiss businessmen (linked to Dr Khan), might have been passed to Iran, North Korea or even terrorists.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 11:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Terri Irwin set to wrestle crocs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28080_Terri-Irwin-set-to-wrestle-crocs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Late Croc hunter Steve Irwin's wife Terri is set to step into the shoes of her husband, by wrestling with crocodiles.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 11:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Miss Great Britain 'reluctantly' gives up her calorific treats</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28071_Miss-Great-Britain-reluctantly-gives-up-her-calorific-treats.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New Miss Great Britain and would-be MP Gemma Garrett had to unwillingly abstain from relishing calorific treats offered at one of the public functions, as she is on a strict diet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 10:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Operation Kidman Cruise to battle illegal drug making</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28070_Operation-Kidman-Cruise-to-battle-illegal-drug-making.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise may not be together but at least their names are, thanks to a Gold Coast police operation that looks into chemist robberies and the manufacturing of illegal drugs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 10:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Log on to www.smithmag.net to add your six-word memoirs! </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28064_Log-on-to-wwwsmithmagnet-to-add-your-six-word-memoirs-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Memoirs don't require 10,000 words, for only a few words can condense lifetimes - that is the whole idea behind writer Larry Smith's new online magazine of six-word memoirs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 09:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Check out a 'chicken without sexual life' while dining in China!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28063_Check-out-a-chicken-without-sexual-life-while-dining-in-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As the world readies for an influx of visitors for the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese capital has offered eateries an official English translation of local dishes whose exotic names and alarming translations can leave foreign visitors shocked, frustrated and famished. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 09:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK council hires 'sex work co-ordinator' at 30,000 pounds-a-year</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28053_UK-council-hires-sex-work-co-ordinator-at-30000-pounds-a-year.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A local council in the UK has resorted to a novel measure to reduce prostitution in a city - a 30,000 pounds-a-year "sex work co-ordinator."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 07:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US 'skeptical' about Pak peace deal with pro-Taliban militants in NWFP</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28044_US-skeptical-about-Pak-peace-deal-with-pro-Taliban-militants-in-NWFP.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Citing the failed peace deals with extremists in the past, the US State Department has said that it was skeptical about the peace deal signed earlier this month between Pakistani authorities and pro-Taliban Islamist militants in NWFP areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 06:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit builder wins œ3m lottery after mystery psychic predicts win!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28041_Brit-builder-wins-œ3m-lottery-after-mystery-psychic-predicts-win.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British builder won a whopping 3 million pounds after a mystery psychic went told his daughter that someone she new 'was going to win the lottery'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 06:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dante's 700-year-old criminal record to be scrubbed clean</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28033_Dantes-700-year-old-criminal-record-to-be-scrubbed-clean.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Italy's most famous poet, Dante Alighieri's 700-year-old criminal record will soon be wiped clean.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 05:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China gears up to fight epidemics in quake-hit areas </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28032_China-gears-up-to-fight-epidemics-in-quake-hit-areas-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chinese health workers are getting ready to counter epidemics in the quake-hit districts, although no major disease outbreaks have so far been reported after the devastating earthquake on May 12 claimed thousands of lives. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 05:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Octogenarian widow robbed by 'polite' burglars!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28031_Octogenarian-widow-robbed-by-polite-burglars.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An octogenarian woman not only had her home burgled by 'polite' thieves, but was also given a few pointers in safety by the robbers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 05:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Burger King launches world's most expensive burger</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28028_Burger-King-launches-worlds-most-expensive-burger.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fast-food giant Burger King has launched world's most expensive burger - named simply 'The Burger'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 04:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit woman conned out of œ80,000 by Indian toyboy in Goa</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28027_Brit-woman-conned-out-of-œ80000-by-Indian-toyboy-in-Goa.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Indian man was arrested for cheating and robbing an English woman out of more than 80,000 pounds after faking a holiday romance with her in Goa and setting up a home with her in Kashmir, it has emerged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 04:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Recordings of world's oldest computer music released</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28024_Recordings-of-worlds-oldest-computer-music-released.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Recordings of a Ferranti Mark 1 computer playing 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' and 'In the Mood', thought to be the oldest recordings of computer generated music in existence, have been released.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 04:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canada's defence chief says lack of intelligence led to Kandahar jail-break</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28023_Canadas-defence-chief-says-lack-of-intelligence-led-to-Kandahar-jail-break.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Chief of Canada's Defence Staff has said that he regrets the fact that intelligence services did not provide information that could have thwarted the jail-break in Kandahar last week that freed nearly 400 Taliban.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 04:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"US must buy uranium from black market to pre-empt terrorists' designs"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28022_US-must-buy-uranium-from-black-market-to-pre-empt-terrorists-designs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A top intelligence official of the IAEA has reportedly said that that the US administration must buy uranium and plutonium from the black market to keep nuclear weapons away from terrorists, criminals and rogue states.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 04:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US against Afghan military operation on Pak soil</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28019_US-against-Afghan-military-operation-on-Pak-soil.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pentagon has said that it would discourage Afghanistan from undertaking any missions in Pakistani territory and urged resolution of the issues through a tripartite mechanism.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 03:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush admin ready to support Indo-US N-deal till its last day in office</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28015_Bush-admin-ready-to-support-Indo-US-N-deal-till-its-last-day-in-office.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Bush Administration has said it would make every possible effort to ensure that the proposed Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement is passed by the US Congress if the Indian Government approves it by January 20, the last day of President George Bush in office.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 03:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mia Farrow blasts UNSC for failing in its duties in Darfur</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28009_Mia-Farrow-blasts-UNSC-for-failing-in-its-duties-in-Darfur.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Actress and activist Mia Farrow has reprimanded the 15 members of the UN Security Council of failing in its duties of protecting civilians caught in ethnic conflicts in Sudan's Darfur region. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 02:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Senior Pentagon officials planned abusive tactics at Guant namo Bay</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_28000_Senior-Pentagon-officials-planned-abusive-tactics-at-Guant-namo-Bay.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Senate investigation unveiled today found that senior Pentagon officials began planning to use abusive tactics at Guant namo Bay earlier than they previously acknowledged, borrowing from a programme that trained US troops to resist cruel interrogations.arsh interrogation techniques used at US "War on Terror" prisons in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay were sanctioned by top US Government officials in 2002 against the advice of lawyers from all branches of the military, a senior US senator alleged today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 01:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Muslim woman in UK wins 4000 pounds in headscarf racial row</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27998_Muslim-woman-in-UK-wins-4000-pounds-in-headscarf-racial-row.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British employment tribunal panel has awarded 4,000 pounds to a Muslim teenage hairdresser as compensation for "injury to feelings" after she was declined a job for wearing a headscarf. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 01:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Lyrical terrorist' of Pak origin wins appeal against conviction in UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27997_Lyrical-terrorist-of-Pak-origin-wins-appeal-against-conviction-in-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A former Heathrow worker, Samina Malik of Pakistani origin, who called herself the "lyrical terrorist" because of the 'extremist' poems she wrote, has won an appeal against her conviction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 12:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>British paratroops flown into Kandahar to prevent overthrow by Taliban</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27995_British-paratroops-flown-into-Kandahar-to-prevent-overthrow-by-Taliban.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Following last week's jailbreak by hundreds of Taliban fighters, in which nearly 400 dread Taliban escaped, British troops have been flown into Kandahar to hunt down the escaped Taliban and also help regain control of the city. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 12:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban in NWFP town warn women to wear burqas or face dire consequences</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27994_Taliban-in-NWFP-town-warn-women-to-wear-burqas-or-face-dire-consequences.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Local Taliban in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) have reportedly distributed leaflets warning school-girls and young women to wear burqas and not wander in market areas without a male escort.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 12:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Facebook, Google Earth fuelling impromptu pool party craze</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27993_Facebook-Google-Earth-fuelling-impromptu-pool-party-craze.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Teenagers are using satellite images on the internet to find houses with swimming pools - and then turning up uninvited for an impromptu dip. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 12:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari will not let Nawaz steal Benazir's Musharraf thunder</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27978_Zardari-will-not-let-Nawaz-steal-Benazirs-Musharraf-thunder.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It was only former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto who had forced President Pervez Musharraf to doff off his uniform, and no one else should take credit for this move, said PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 10:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Swat Police give 'safe exit' to suicide bomber to secure civilians' safety</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27976_Swat-Police-give-safe-exit-to-suicide-bomber-to-secure-civilians-safety.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Swat police reportedly allowed a 'safe exit' to a potential suicide bomber following negotiations to protect the nearby civilians.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 10:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Osama's right hand man to enjoy 1000 pounds UK state benefits following bail</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27975_Osamas-right-hand-man-to-enjoy-1000-pounds-UK-state-benefits-following-bail.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Radical Islamist preacher, Abu Qatada described as Osama bin Laden's "right-hand man in Europe, has been released from jail. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 10:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama hires Hillary's former campaign manager to woo women voters</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27973_Obama-hires-Hillarys-former-campaign-manager-to-woo-women-voters.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama has hired Hillary Clinton's former campaign manager to boost efforts to win votes of women, Hispanics and supporters of the New York Senator. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 09:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>British PM says 2,000 terrorists presently living in UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27972_British-PM-says-2000-terrorists-presently-living-in-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Gordon Brown today described security as "one of the greatest challenges in the modern world," and warned that the security services were monitoring 2,000 terror suspects in the UK, in 200 networks with 30 current plots. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 09:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz court reserves ruling on access of documents in Dr Haneef's case</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27965_Oz-court-reserves-ruling-on-access-of-documents-in-Dr-Haneefs-case.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Brisbane reportedly reserved its ruling today on an application from the lawyers representing Indian doctor Mohammad Haneef to access certain documents which immigration officials had refused to provide.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 08:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sikh schoolgirl's 'kara' is a matter of faith not fashion, UK court told</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27961_Sikh-schoolgirls-kara-is-a-matter-of-faith-not-fashion-UK-court-told.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A lady lawyer representing the 14-year-old school girl in South Wales, London, who was barred from her school for wearing 'kara', argued before a high court judge that the bracelet was a matter of faith and not fashion or a piece of jewellery. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 08:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dr Haneef a "victim of conspiracy" of Oz govt departments, claim lawyers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27951_Dr-Haneef-a-victim-of-conspiracy-of-Oz-govt-departments-claim-lawyers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lawyers defending Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef over his alleged links to last year's failed terror attacks in London and Glasgow, have claimed that the involvement of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet suggested their client was the victim of a conspiracy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 07:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>On lawyers' demand, Musharraf's portrait removed from Punjab Governor House</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27950_On-lawyers-demand-Musharrafs-portrait-removed-from-Punjab-Governor-House.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On the demand of lawyers, a portrait of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was reportedly removed from the Durbar Hall of the Punjab Governor House, last evening.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 07:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fourth Constituent Assembly meeting today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27949_Fourth-Constituent-Assembly-meeting-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fourth meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA) will take place today]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 06:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Harry to participate in memorial parade to honour killed comrades </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27933_Harry-to-participate-in-memorial-parade-to-honour-killed-comrades-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince Harry is to take part in a memorial parade and service in Edinburgh to commemorate troops killed during his tour of Afghanistan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 02:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>1000 bare all for nude photoshoot!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27932_1000-bare-all-for-nude-photoshoot.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ American photographer Spencer Tunick has another addition for his stock of installations featuring large numbers of nude people at Blarney Castle.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 02:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists to be rigid on their stance; no to Koirala as president</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27929_Maoists-to-be-rigid-on-their-stance--no-to-Koirala-as-president.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The meeting of the central secretariat of the Maoists today authorised the party leadership not to back down from their currently-held positions on disputed issues like the choice of President of the republic power-sharing and army integration. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 01:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Big Apple gets its very own 'kid-friendly' sex shop!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27926_The-Big-Apple-gets-its-very-own-kid-friendly-sex-shop.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New Yorkers are not happy with the opening of a 'kid-friendly' sex shop in Brooklyn.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 01:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bride who dumped hubby for barman gets ditched herself!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27924_Bride-who-dumped-hubby-for-barman-gets-ditched-herself.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British bride who ditched her husband after falling for a barman during her wedding, is heartbroken after been dumped herself.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 01:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari says he never accepted Musharraf as a constitutional president</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27918_Zardari-says-he-never-accepted-Musharraf-as-a-constitutional-president.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PPP Co-chairman Asif Zardari has said that his party never accepted Pervez Musharraf as the constitutional president of Pakistan, nor endorsed his Nov 3 actions whereby he subverted the country's constitution and sacked judges.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 18 June 2008 12:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit woman's £90m electricity bill shocker!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27910_Brit-womans-£90m-electricity-bill-shocker.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Soaring household expenditures are a pain in the neck for everyone these days. But for Brit Alison Turner the ache became a lot more unbearable after she received an electric bill for 90million pounds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 11:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Eliot Spitzer to receive Ultimate Sugar Daddy title!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27908_Eliot-Spitzer-to-receive-Ultimate-Sugar-Daddy-title.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Eliot Spitzer is set to receive a 'kinky' honour- the "Ultimate Sugar Daddy."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 11:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Global warming book wins Royal Society science-writing prize</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27906_Global-warming-book-wins-Royal-Society-science-writing-prize.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A book on how global warming could damage our environment has won the prestigious Royal Society science-writing prize. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 11:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A bit of rotten wood could make for sweeter-sounding violins</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27900_A-bit-of-rotten-wood-could-make-for-sweeter-sounding-violins.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Violins made out of rotten wood produce a more fresh and smoother sound, according to Swiss researchers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 10:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Liverpool named UK's 'most musical city'  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27887_Liverpool-named-UKs-most-musical-city-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Liverpool, a place that has been home to Cilla Black and The Beatles, has been voted Britain's most musical city.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 08:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MIC president wants devoted successor</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27882_MIC-president-wants-devoted-successor.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysian Indian Congress President S. Samy Vellu has said that the person who aims to replace him must be devoted to the party and community.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 08:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Former PM Mahathir Mohamad did little for Malay Indians: Vellu</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27880_Former-PM-Mahathir-Mohamad-did-little-for-Malay-Indians-Vellu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysian Indian Congress President S. Samy Vellu has said that former premier Dr. Mahathir Mohamad did very little for the Indian community when he was the Prime Minister.   ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 07:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ambika Soni releases first Korean-Hindi dictionary </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27879_Ambika-Soni-releases-first-Korean-Hindi-dictionary-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni has released the first Korean-Hindi dictionary during her recent trip to attend the UNWTO executive council meeting. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 07:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Quadriplegic woman set to sail solo around UK using just her breath </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27876_Quadriplegic-woman-set-to-sail-solo-around-UK-using-just-her-breath-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hilary Lister, a quadriplegic woman and first quadriplegic to sail across the English Channel, now is embarking on a record-breaking journey to sail alone around the British Isles in a boat controlled only by her breath. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 07:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Islam stuck in the 'Middle Ages' behind current global crisis"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27875_Islam-stuck-in-the-Middle-Ages-behind-current-global-crisis.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Islam is stuck in its own version of the "Middle Ages which is contributing to a global crisis, one of the religion's leading experts has said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 07:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese woman 'swallows' engagement ring!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27873_Chinese-woman-swallows-engagement-ring.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Chinese man's marriage proposal didn't quite go the way he planned when his girlfriend ended up swallowing the engagement ring.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 06:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Only PPP will restore deposed judges in Pak, says Gilani</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27864_Only-PPP-will-restore-deposed-judges-in-Pak-says-Gilani.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that his party, the PPP, was committed to restore the judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf on November 3, 2007, and that his party chief Asif Ali Zardari was slated to meet PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif tomorrow to discuss the issue.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 05:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Celibate monk pens guide to better sex</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27863_Celibate-monk-pens-guide-to-better-sex.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A celibate monk has launched a website advising Catholic couples how to have better sex.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 05:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canadian resort's special feature - a swim with polar bears!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27858_Canadian-resorts-special-feature---a-swim-with-polar-bears.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Swimming under water with turtles and dolphins is now passe, for a resort in Ontario, Canada will let you swim with the largest predator on land - the polar bear. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 05:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit woman's loo shock - a snake in the pot!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27855_Brit-womans-loo-shock---a-snake-in-the-pot.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Relieving herself in the loo turned out to be a rather scary experience for Kay Robins, especially after she spotted a 4ft snake popping out its head from pot.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 04:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Khanal for left unity in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27851_Khanal-for-left-unity-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Jhalanath Khanal has stressed on the need for unity among the left parties in the country as per the wish of Nepali people.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 04:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Nepal military experts against a hasty decision on army integration</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27850_-Nepal-military-experts-against-a-hasty-decision-on-army-integration.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At a time the three top Nepal political parties have been debating over the modalities of integration of the Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army, security experts have suggested not to take hasty decisions on such a sensitive issue. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 04:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>24-hour Maoist ultimatum to PM Koirala</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27847_24-hour-Maoist-ultimatum-to-PM-Koirala.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) has given a 24-hour ultimatum to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to facilitate formation of the new government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 03:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal political parties to meet today </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27846_Nepal-political-parties-to-meet-today-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The top leaders of three parties including the Maoists, the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) will hold a meeting today to break the political deadlock.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 03:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Is it a crisis or disaster in the making?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27842_Is-it-a-crisis-or-disaster-in-the-making.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In an earlier article on the oil crisis I had written that the oil crisis was heading for a far more serious crisis  ---- economic of course. As one keeps t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 03:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mugabe warns opposition that a "pen" can't fight a "gun"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27831_Mugabe-warns-opposition-that-a-pen-cant-fight-a-gun.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has indicated clearly for the first time that he will disregard the result of the upcoming run-off election if his party loses, according to reports in the state press.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 01:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fritzl's dungeon house turns into ghoulish tourist spot</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27829_Fritzls-dungeon-house-turns-into-ghoulish-tourist-spot.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl's dungeon house has generated huge interest among ghoulish tourists who pile outside the hell house to catch a glimpse of it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 01:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban lay siege to Kandahar after fall of surrounding villages</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27817_Taliban-lay-siege-to-Kandahar-after-fall-of-surrounding-villages.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ President Hamid Karzai's brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai who is the head of the Kandahar provincial council, has reportedly admitted that the Taliban fighters had seized a handful of villages in and around Kandahar and were now preparing to storm the country's second-largest city. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 11:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian doctor in UK admits to plagiarism but not dishonesty</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27815_Indian-doctor-in-UK-admits-to-plagiarism-but-not-dishonesty.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Media psychiatrist Professor Raj Persaud has admitted to the General Medical Council that he plagiarised articles from other academics. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 11:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, a 'teen guide' to show you how to take drugs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27811_Now-a-teen-guide-to-show-you-how-to-take-drugs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Want to try drugs? Well, a new 'teen guide' by Sydney West Area Health Service will show you just how to go about the entire business.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 11:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit school caretaker sues for £50k for no 'ladder training'!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27809_Brit-school-caretaker-sues-for-£50k-for-no-ladder-training.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Brit school caretaker who has used ladders for 30 years wants a 50,000 pounds compensation for falling off a stepladder, saying bosses did not train him how to use it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 10:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK Sikh girl fights school's uniform policy barring her from wearing a 'kara'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27804_UK-Sikh-girl-fights-schools-uniform-policy-barring-her-from-wearing-a-kara.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 14-year-old Sikh girl in the UK is fighting against her school's uniform policy that debarred her from the school for wearing 'kara', a symbol of Sikhism.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 10:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush all but backs Karzai's Pak strike remarks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27803_Bush-all-but-backs-Karzais-Pak-strike-remarks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US President George Bush has tacitly supported Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's Sunday statement that he wished to attack terrorist sanctuaries along the Pak-Afghan border, by saying that he understood "Karzai's concerns" (of being attacked by terrorists from across the Pakistan border).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 10:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sikhs protest against Pak's ETPB member for entering Gurudwara wearing shoes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27800_Sikhs-protest-against-Paks-ETPB-member-for-entering-Gurudwara-wearing-shoes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sikhs participating in the celebrations of the 402nd death anniversary of their fifth guru Arjan Dev Ji, vociferously protested against a member of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) for entering the Gurdwara Dera Sahib in Lahore, wearing shoes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 09:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canada bans World Tamil Movement</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27799_Canada-bans-World-Tamil-Movement.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Canada has reportedly added the World Tamil Movement to its list of banned terrorist organizations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 09:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz PM office still withholding 15 documents from Haneef's lawyers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27798_Oz-PM-office-still-withholding-15-documents-from-Haneefs-lawyers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lawyers for Indian born doctor Mohamed Haneef have claimed that new documents show the Australian Prime Minister's Department was involved in trying to suppress information about the case.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 09:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Karzai says his hot pursuit remarks not aimed at Pak govt</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27787_Karzai-says-his-hot-pursuit-remarks-not-aimed-at-Pak-govt.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has said that his Sunday's statement of launching attacks on Pakistani soil to raze off terrorist sanctuaries was not targeted at Pakistan as a nation, but was limited to fighting out the menace of terrorism in the Pakistan's tribal areas bordering Afghan border.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 07:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak's new President will be a PPP man, says Zardari</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27785_Paks-new-President-will-be-a-PPP-man-says-Zardari.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dropping enough hints that he has now made up his mind to remove President Pervez Musharraf, PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari last evening said that Pakistan would soon have a new President, most probably from the PPP.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 07:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda meets PM Koirala </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27773_Prachanda-meets-PM-Koirala-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hours after an inconclusive meeting of the three major parties, Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has met Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala in Baluwatar on Monday evening.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 03:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindraf calls for repeal of ISA </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27759_Hindraf-calls-for-repeal-of-ISA-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) took to the streets here over the detention of their leaders under the Internal Security Act (ISA), and demanded repeal of the ISA.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 01:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>12,000 people take a MoonWalk in bras for breast cancer charity</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27756_12000-people-take-a-MoonWalk-in-bras-for-breast-cancer-charity.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Thousands of women and a substantial number of men wore decorated bras and walked through the streets of Edinburgh overnight in a bid to raise funds for breast cancer charity.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 01:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lightening proves to be lucky strike for teenage girl!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27755_Lightening-proves-to-be-lucky-strike-for-teenage-girl.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 16-year-old girl won a lottery prize shortly after surviving being hit by a lightening bolt.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 17 June 2008 01:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Economic development, not military action at Pak-Afghan border will tackle terror"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27744_Economic-development-not-military-action-at-Pak-Afghan-border-will-tackle-terror.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A top US expert on South Asia, who in the past had a diplomatic stint in Islamabad, has said that military actions alone could not deal with the challenges posed by terrorism along the Pak-Afghan border and rooting out the problem in this manner would take years, hence there was a need for a "strategic plan having a particular thrust on economic development".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 11:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Half of Pak's population may soon be unable to buy food due to price rise: WB</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27742_Half-of-Paks-population-may-soon-be-unable-to-buy-food-due-to-price-rise-WB.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In its latest report, the World Bank has advised the Pakistan government to withdraw subsidies on wheat, and also warned that half of the country's 160 million people may soon be unable to buy food because of rising prices.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 11:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wealthy 92-year-old Saudi man banned from marrying child bride</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27739_Wealthy-92-year-old-Saudi-man-banned-from-marrying-child-bride.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 92-year-old wealthy Arab man has been banned from marrying a poor teenage girl, 75 years younger than him.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 11:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Millions of Brits 'embarrass themselves in posh restaurants'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27738_Millions-of-Brits-embarrass-themselves-in-posh-restaurants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ They may love the thought of dining in posh restaurants, but for millions of Brits the experience can be a really embarrassing one since they don't know what to order or which cutlery to use for main course or the dessert. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 10:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Italian woman locked up by family for 18 years for being unmarried mum</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27734_Italian-woman-locked-up-by-family-for-18-years-for-being-unmarried-mum.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Italian woman kept prisoner by her family for almost two decades for having a baby out of wedlock has been rescued by the police.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 10:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gay vicar 'wedding' under fire from UK Christians</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27728_Gay-vicar-wedding-under-fire-from-UK-Christians.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When two gay vicars, Rev Peter Cowell and Rev Dr David Lord, became the first gay couple to be married in a church, they didn't know that their entering matrimony would trigger an outrage amongst Christians in UK.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 09:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Urban Ninja set to promote new video game </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27718_Urban-Ninja-set-to-promote-new-video-game-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The character of Urban Ninja, played by Young martial artist Xin Wuku in a YouTube video, is now being used to promote a video game about ninjas. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 08:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The pet cat that's adopted a baby rat!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27717_The-pet-cat-thats-adopted-a-baby-rat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A pet cat's maternal instinct has made her overlook the fact that one of the youngsters she's nursing happens to be a baby rat.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 08:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit couple with black and white twins on track for repeat performance</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27715_Brit-couple-with-black-and-white-twins-on-track-for-repeat-performance.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Brit couple who defied million-to-one odds after having one black twin and one white twin are once again expecting twins. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 08:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>16st busty Brit nurse is 'hooker in her spare time'!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27714_16st-busty-Brit-nurse-is-hooker-in-her-spare-time.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A sixteen stone busty British nurse has been caught working as a hooker in her spare time.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 07:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canadian and Indian companies undertake joint science and technology initiatives </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27701_Canadian-and-Indian-companies-undertake-joint-science-and-technology-initiatives-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Union Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal and David Emerson, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway today announced ten joint research and development (R and D) initiatives involving Canadian and India companies and researchers valued at more than 17 million dollars. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 06:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hitler's Mercedes Benz gift to Nepal king to be part of new museum</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27690_Hitlers-Mercedes-Benz-gift-to-Nepal-king-to-be-part-of-new-museum.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Mercedes Benz car given to then Nepal King Tribhuvan by Adolf Hitler is among the more unlikely items that will fill a museum being established in the palace once occupied by the Hindu Kingdom's former royal family. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 04:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scotland's iconic Stone of Destiny is a medieval forgery, claims minister</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27689_Scotlands-iconic-Stone-of-Destiny-is-a-medieval-forgery-claims-minister.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond has said he believes the Stone of Destiny is a medieval forgery.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 04:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK Police spend taxpayers' one-lakh pound for a helmet to fit over Sikh turban</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27688_UK-Police-spend-taxpayers-one-lakh-pound-for-a-helmet-to-fit-over-Sikh-turban.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British cops have spent 100,000 pounds trying to adapt a helmet to fit over a Sikh officer's turban after he accused them of discrimination. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 04:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hundreds of Pak doctors in S Arabia face contract termination</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27687_Hundreds-of-Pak-doctors-in-S-Arabia-face-contract-termination.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hundreds of Pakistani doctors, most of them hailing from Punjab province, are on the verge of losing their jobs in Saudi Arabia, as the Pakistan government has reportedly decided not to extend their period of service there.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 04:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India, Pak rail officials to discuss ways to boost bilateral trade through rail route</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27685_India-Pak-rail-officials-to-discuss-ways-to-boost-bilateral-trade-through-rail-route.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A four-member Pakistan Railways' delegation has reached India to hold three-day talks, beginning tomorrow, with the Indian Railways authorities to increase frequency of freight trains to boost bilateral trade.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 04:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban militants freed from Kandahar jail infiltrate Pak, Afghan villages</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27684_Taliban-militants-freed-from-Kandahar-jail-infiltrate-Pak-Afghan-villages.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nearly 400 Taliban militants, who escaped from the Sarpoza Provincial Prison in Kandahar following Friday night's brazen prison-break, are learnt to have arrived in their homes in nearby rural areas and even in Pakistani villages situated along the Indo-Afghan border, said a senior Taliban commander.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 04:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bid to take away Hitler's gift foiled at Nepal Narayanhiti Palace</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27683_Bid-to-take-away-Hitlers-gift-foiled-at-Nepal-Narayanhiti-Palace.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Some former Nepal royals allegedly tried to take away the Daimler Benz car, Adolf Hitler's gift to King Tribhuvan, from the Narayanhiti Palace just a couple of days before former King Gyanendra left the palace but were prevented from doing so. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 03:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist chief asks parties to help them in formation of new Govt</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27681_Maoist-chief-asks-parties-to-help-them-in-formation-of-new-Govt.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has warned parties asking them to support the formation of new Government within three days.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 03:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Koirala hoists Nepal national flag at Narayanhiti palace</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27680_Koirala-hoists-Nepal-national-flag-at-Narayanhiti-palace.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala hoisted the national flag at the Narayanhiti Palace on Sunday afternoon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 03:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India to sign MoU with Malaysia to protect its workers interests</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27678_India-to-sign-MoU-with-Malaysia-to-protect-its-workers-interests.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[India's High Commissioner to Malaysia Ashok Kantha said that the Indian government had agreed to the signing of a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) with Malaysia to guard the interests of its citizens working here.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 03:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World's most notorious prison on Alcatraz to be turned into a hotel</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27674_Worlds-most-notorious-prison-on-Alcatraz-to-be-turned-into-a-hotel.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States' National Park Service, which operates 'The Rock', is planning to convert part of the prison into a hotel, to cash in on tourists' enduring fascination with one of the world's most notorious prisons on Alcatraz island.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 02:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal political parties continue efforts to reach consensus </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27673_Nepal-political-parties-continue-efforts-to-reach-consensus-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With continued hope to end the current political deadlock through dialogue and consensus, the leaders of the top three Nepal parties have resumed their discussions this morning. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 02:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Stone-carved Buddha stories on display at Peshawar Museum</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27669_Stone-carved-Buddha-stories-on-display-at-Peshawar-Museum.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Around 74 Buddha stories carved in stone are presently on display in Peshawar Museum describing all happenings in his life.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 02:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>May 12 earthquake harmed China's cultural heritage</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27657_May-12-earthquake-harmed-Chinas-cultural-heritage.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The 8.0 magnitude earthquake that shook Sichuan province on May 12, left many intangible cultural heritage relics severely damaged, the Chinese Cultural Ministry has disclosed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 12:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Orphaned chicks learn how to sing from dawn chorus CD</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27656_Orphaned-chicks-learn-how-to-sing-from-dawn-chorus-CD.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Always thought that music lessons were only meant for human beings? Well then you better think again, for recordings of the dawn chorus are being used to help orphaned nestlings learn how to sing just like their parents. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 12:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scottish family, C S Lewis's estate battle over Narnia domain name</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27654_Scottish-family-C-S-Lewiss-estate-battle-over-Narnia-domain-name.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Scottish family has become embroiled in a property dispute with the estate of the author C.S. Lewis after purchasing a Narnia Internet domain name for their 11-year-old son as a birthday gift.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 12:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>200-year-old oyster smack may be world's oldest regularly sailed boat</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27651_200-year-old-oyster-smack-may-be-worlds-oldest-regularly-sailed-boat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 30ft, 12-tonne boat, whose owner will celebrate its 200th anniversary on Tuesday, may be the oldest boat in the world that is still regularly sailed. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 11:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malvinder Singh defends his "emotional" decision to sell Ranbaxy </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27646_Malvinder-Singh-defends-his-emotional-decision-to-sell-Ranbaxy-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malvinder Mohan Singh has said that the decision to sell Ranbaxy was "emotional", and added that you cannot hold a company from future advancement because your shareholding will come down.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 11:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The beer-themed restaurant in China!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27645_The-beer-themed-restaurant-in-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Qingdao, a Chinese city already famous for its beer, has given ale lovers another reason to visit the place - a restaurant where every dish and dessert is made with the golden-tinted beverage.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 11:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sikh pilgrims meted out 'garbage' treatment in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27638_Sikh-pilgrims-meted-out-garbage-treatment-in-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Around 100 Sikh pilgrims got the worst ever treatment when they reached the Badami Bagh railway station in Lahore from Nankana Sahib gurudwara. The train carrying them reportedly stopped off the railway station and they had to get down on garage heaps where several women pilgrims fainted.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 10:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sikhs not to complain against New Zealand Police over Navtej's murder</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27637_Sikhs-not-to-complain-against-New-Zealand-Police-over-Navtejs-murder.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sikhs in south Auckland are not planning to lodge a formal complaint against New Zealand Police after the cops kept an ambulance from attending Navtej Singh for nearly 40 minutes, who was killed by robbers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 10:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush searching for ghost writers to pen book after his White House stint</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27634_Bush-searching-for-ghost-writers-to-pen-book-after-his-White-House-stint.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After leaving the White House, President George W Bush intends to write a book, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered him emergency legacy counselling with some of Britain's top historians.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 09:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mugabe already has130, 000 rigged votes of soldiers in run-off battle</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27632_Mugabe-already-has130-000-rigged-votes-of-soldiers-in-run-off-battle.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has secured a comfortable head start of at least 130,000 votes through rigged voting by members of the security forces in this month's run-off election against the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 09:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Paul Burrell denies sexcapades with Princess Di</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27629_Paul-Burrell-denies-sexcapades-with-Princess-Di.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Disgraced royal butler Paul Burrell has rubbished claims that he bedded Princess Diana and saw her naked, according to reports.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 09:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Josef Fritzl's wife makes first trip to 'hell' dungeon</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27626_Josef-Fritzls-wife-makes-first-trip-to-hell-dungeon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The wife of Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl has made her first visit to the cellar where her daughter was held captive for 24 years. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 08:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2 US choppers violate Pak airspace</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27621_2-US-choppers-violate-Pak-airspace.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In less than five days after the US-led NATO troops launched aerial strikes on Pakistani soil killing 11 Frontier Corps (FC), two US gunship helicopters violated Pakistan airspace last night, flying low over a four-km area above the Torkham, Pasid Khel and Landi Khana villages for six or seven minutes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 08:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> "50 pc increase in attacks on Afghanistan due to spreading Taliban insurgency in Pak"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27620_-50-pc-increase-in-attacks-on-Afghanistan-due-to-spreading-Taliban-insurgency-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Gen Dan K McNeill, the outgoing US commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, has claimed that compared to the last year, attacks increased by 50 percent in April in Afghanistan's eastern region, as a spreading Taliban insurgency in Pakistan fuelled a surge in violence.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 08:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban, Pak PM warn Afghan govt against attacks on Pak soil</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27619_Taliban-Pak-PM-warn-Afghan-govt-against-attacks-on-Pak-soil.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Following Afghan President Hamid Karzai's statement threatening attacks against Taliban in Pakistan, the local Taliban in Pakistan have warned of intensifying their attacks inside Afghanistan if the Afghan forces attacked Pakistan's Tribal Areas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 07:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Suicide bombing kills 10 in Sri Lanka </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27618_Suicide-bombing-kills-10-in-Sri-Lanka-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least ten people were killed and several others injured in a suicide blast in Sri Lanka's northern town of Vavuniya.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 16 June 2008 07:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>I won't plead before anyone for presidency: PM Koirala </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27612_I-wont-plead-before-anyone-for-presidency-PM-Koirala-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Sunday said that he will not go before anyone pleading for presidency.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 15 June 2008 06:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal residents threatens to demolish Gandak dam</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27607_Nepal-residents-threatens-to-demolish-Gandak-dam.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The residents of thirteen Village Development Committee (VDCs) of Nawalparasi district, Nepal, who have been staging a sit-in protest, have threatened to demolish the Gandak Dam.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 15 June 2008 06:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>AQ Khan's network had advanced nuclear weapon designs: NYT</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27584_AQ-Khans-network-had-advanced-nuclear-weapon-designs-NYT.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Electronic blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon were found American and international investigators on computers that belonged to disgraced Pakistan nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 15 June 2008 03:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US missile strike kills one in S. Waziristan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27577_US-missile-strike-kills-one-in-S-Waziristan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Unmanned US drones fired three guided missiles at a house in the Makeen area of South Waziristan in Pakistan, killing one person, a private television channel reported.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 15 June 2008 02:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Harry's narrow escape from death in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27568_Prince-Harrys-narrow-escape-from-death-in-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's Prince Harry had a narrow escape from death just days before he was pulled out of Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 15 June 2008 01:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush wants Osama captured before he leaves office</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27566_Bush-wants-Osama-captured-before-he-leaves-office.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US President George W Bush has enlisted British special forces in a final attempt to capture Osama Bin Laden before he leaves the White House. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 15 June 2008 12:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Athletes driving up the price of Viagra</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27563_Athletes-driving-up-the-price-of-Viagra.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With each passing day, it's getting harder to be a Viagra user, thanks to the arrival of the erectile-dysfunction drug in professional sports.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 15 June 2008 12:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kiwi MP writes marriage proposal in the sand!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27561_Kiwi-MP-writes-marriage-proposal-in-the-sand.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New Zealand's National MP Nick Smith has got himself engaged in a very romantic fashion -a marriage proposal written in large letters in the sand.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 15 June 2008 12:07:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>007 creator Ian Fleming recommended appeasing Hitler</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27560_007-creator-Ian-Fleming-recommended-appeasing-Hitler.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, favoured appeasing Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime a year before the start of the Second World War.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 15 June 2008 12:07:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>I had a sexual relationship with Di: Paul Burrell</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27558_I-had-a-sexual-relationship-with-Di-Paul-Burrell.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Disgraced royal butler Paul Burrell has boasted about having a "kinky" sexual relationship with Princess Diana.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 15 June 2008 11:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New batch of British Government terror files found on train</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27553_New-batch-of-British-Government-terror-files-found-on-train.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Secret British Government documents detailing the UK's policies towards fighting global terrorist funding, drugs trafficking and money laundering have been found on a London-bound train. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 15 June 2008 09:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Power sharing should be on the basis of people's mandate: PM Koirala</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27533_Power-sharing-should-be-on-the-basis-of-peoples-mandate-PM-Koirala.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Saturday said that power sharing among the parties should be in accordance with the people's mandate established through the Constituent Assembly (CA) election.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 11:08:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taekwondo champ daughter's incestuous affair with father revealed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27525_Taekwondo-champ-daughters-incestuous-affair-with-father-revealed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A young British martial arts star had an incestuous two-year affair with her long lost father after they were reunited.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 10:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dalai Lama says cosmetics make people look like 'creatures from outer space'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27524_Dalai-Lama-says-cosmetics-make-people-look-like-creatures-from-outer-space.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Dalai Lama gave a glimpse of his remarkable sense of humour by taking a shot at cosmetics and insisting that these beautifying products make people look like creatures from outer space. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 10:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lord Snowdon's hedonistic drug fuelled sex life revealed in new book</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27523_Lord-Snowdons-hedonistic-drug-fuelled-sex-life-revealed-in-new-book.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ English photographer and Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker Lord Snowdon fathered a secret love child just months before tying the knot with Princess Margaret, a new, semi-authorised biography of the royal has claimed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 09:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak FC incapable of fighting insurgents, claims US General</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27522_Pak-FC-incapable-of-fighting-insurgents-claims-US-General.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US General Dan McNeill, who commanded NATO forces in Afghanistan till June 3, has accused the Frontier Corps of shooting American military personnel during border meetings, and said that it was incapable of fighting insurgents.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 09:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Welsh snooker ace Ryan Day marries his step-aunt</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27518_Welsh-snooker-ace-Ryan-Day-marries-his-step-aunt.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Welsh professional snooker player Ryan Day has tied the knot with his step-aunt.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 09:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the Brit schoolgirl who eats nothing but chocolate and wotsits!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27513_Meet-the-Brit-schoolgirl-who-eats-nothing-but-chocolate-and-wotsits.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 12-year-old British schoolgirl has spent her entire life surviving only on chocolate and wotsits.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 08:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>For British Euro MPs its pouring freebies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27511_For-British-Euro-MPs-its-pouring-freebies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With a seat in the European Union Parliament, British Euro MPs are certainly making hay while the sun shines-getting thousands of pounds in freebies despite having a huge pay and perks package of a whopping 360,000 pounds per year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 08:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Never bet on number five when you try your luck at lotto!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27509_Never-bet-on-number-five-when-you-try-your-luck-at-lotto.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Those who believe in luck and love playing lottery should never put their money on number five - as this is the unluckiest number for high-stakes Lottery draws.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 08:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban raid allows 1100 prisoners to escape from Afghan jail</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27507_Taliban-raid-allows-1100-prisoners-to-escape-from-Afghan-jail.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Afghan security forces are searching for more than 1,100 inmates of a prison in southern Afghanistan, including militants, who escaped after Taliban fighters blew up the main gate.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 07:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the cat and the bear who are the best of friends!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27506_Meet-the-cat-and-the-bear-who-are-the-best-of-friends.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Viewers at Germany's Berlin Zoo are witnessing a bizarre friendship between a cat and a bear- Mausi and Muschi.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 07:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK House of Lords heads to YouTube to reach out to youngsters </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27505_UK-House-of-Lords-heads-to-YouTube-to-reach-out-to-youngsters-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's House of Lords is trying to update its slightly worn-out image with the launch of five new YouTube videos. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 07:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>I am an honest friend of China: Dalai Lama</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27497_I-am-an-honest-friend-of-China-Dalai-Lama.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, believes that he is an honest friend of China and describes himself as pro-Chinese.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 06:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian-origin playwright Tanika Gupta honoured with an MBE</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27496_Indian-origin-playwright-Tanika-Gupta-honoured-with-an-MBE.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian origin British playwright Tanika Gupta has been honoured with an MBE, Members of the Order of the British Empire, in the Queen's annual birthday honours list. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 06:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China plans eco-friendly city for one million inhabitants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27495_China-plans-eco-friendly-city-for-one-million-inhabitants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China is planning a new environment friendly city that will house one million inhabitants, on a total area of 150 square kilometers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 06:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Charles reveals his 'anxiety' over Harry's Afghanistan service</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27494_Prince-Charles-reveals-his-anxiety-over-Harrys-Afghanistan-service.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince Charles has spoken openly about the anxiety and worry he endured when his son Prince Harry was fighting in Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 06:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NBC's Tim Russert dies of heart attack</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27488_NBCs-Tim-Russert-dies-of-heart-attack.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Television journalist and NBC Bureau chief Tim Russert died of heart attack on June 13, aged 58.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 05:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lebanese writer wins Impac award for debut novel  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27486_Lebanese-writer-wins-Impac-award-for-debut-novel-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Lebanese writer has been awarded the International Impac Dublin Literary Award for his first novel 'De Niro's Game']]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 05:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Over half of pregnant wives subjected to domestic violence in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27476_Over-half-of-pregnant-wives-subjected-to-domestic-violence-in-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When under a fit of aggression, men in Pakistan do not think twice before behaving violently with their pregnant wives, and completely ignore the health scare their wives may suffer because of constant beating and abuse, says a new study.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 03:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US, Pakistan must repair their relationship: NYT</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27474_US-Pakistan-must-repair-their-relationship-NYT.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Washington and Islamabad must now do everything they can to repair relations, starting with a joint investigation and a full public report on bombing by US forces on the Pak-Afghan border leading to the death of 11 soldiers, the New York Times has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 03:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The new Royal Ascot dress code - no minis, no halters, no knickers on show</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27468_The-new-Royal-Ascot-dress-code---no-minis-no-halters-no-knickers-on-show.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Organisers of Britain's most famous and fashionable race meeting, Royal Ascot, have issued a dress and etiquette guide for those attending - no minis, no streaky fake tan and no knickers on show.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 02:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iraqi Shia leaders publicly reject Bush's policy to occupy the country indefinitely</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27466_Iraqi-Shia-leaders-publicly-reject-Bushs-policy-to-occupy-the-country-indefinitely.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has publicly rejected key US terms for an ongoing military presence and anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for a new militia offensive against American forces, which will be a major setback for President George W Bush's Iraq policy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 02:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama says Republicans will malign wife's image to halt his White House march</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27465_Obama-says-Republicans-will-malign-wifes-image-to-halt-his-White-House-march.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama today said that Republicans will apply all tactics to spoil the image of his wife Michelle in order to weaken his White House bid.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 02:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist ministers' resignation will not be forwarded to PM Koirala</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27460_Maoist-ministers-resignation-will-not-be-forwarded-to-PM-Koirala.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'as decided not to forward the resignations by the Maoist ministers to the Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala for the time being.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 01:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal parties divided over army integration</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27459_Nepal-parties-divided-over-army-integration.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The top three Nepal's parties are still divided on modality and process of integration between the Nepal Army and the Maoist combatants. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 01:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The 100 books that can make boys take up reading</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27458_The-100-books-that-can-make-boys-take-up-reading.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ministers in the UK have recommended a list of spy books, comics, thrillers and ghost stories for primary schools to encourage more boys to take up reading for fun.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 01:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Help pours in for murdered Sikh's family in New Zealand </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27454_Help-pours-in-for-murdered-Sikhs-family-in-New-Zealand-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A thousand candles burned on the streets of Manurewa and more than 1000 neighbours and residents of Randwick Park, where liquor shop owner Navtej Singh was murdered in a robbery, tonight marched around the suburb's streets.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 01:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Maoists wanted mixed media model </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27452_Nepal-Maoists-wanted-mixed-media-model-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepalese Maoist leader Mohan Baidya has said that the Maoist party is against both the current 'liberal' model of media and the communist model, and wants to develop a mixed version of communist and democratic models.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 12:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists do not have mandate to lead the country alone </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27451_Maoists-do-not-have-mandate-to-lead-the-country-alone-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  The Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Jhalanath Khanal has stated that Maoists did not have people's mandate to lead the country alone, Khanal said that the change is impossible without political consensus on major issues among parties.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 12:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Breakdown in Pak Army's unity of command can spill nukes: Krepon </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27444_Breakdown-in-Pak-Armys-unity-of-command-can-spill-nukes-Krepon-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Leading nuclear expert Michael Krepon has said that the safety of Pakistan's nuclear weapons could be compromised if there was a breakdown of the unity of command within the army, and if there was a serious crisis or a military clash with India. ]]></description>
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<title>Pakistan's accord with militants not acceptable: US </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27441_Pakistans-accord-with-militants-not-acceptable-US-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, Donald Camp, has said that Pakistani Government must bring the frontier areas under its control, and added that an agreement that allows extremists to regroup and rearm is not acceptable.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 11:28:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>27 dead, seven trapped in China coal mine blast </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27440_27-dead-seven-trapped-in-China-coal-mine-blast-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Twenty-seven miners were killed and seven were trapped after a blast tore through a coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 11:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Critics dub 'world's oldest church' discovery 'ridiculous'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27438_Critics-dub-worlds-oldest-church-discovery-ridiculous.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The recent discovery of the world's first Christian church by a Jordanian archaeologist has been dismissed by critics as "ridiculous." ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 11:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Methodist Bush converting to Catholicism?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27436_Methodist-Bush-converting-to-Catholicism.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US President George W Bush might convert to Catholicism after the splendid welcome he received from Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 10:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sharif knew about Kargil misadventure: Former ISI chief</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27431_Sharif-knew-about-Kargil-misadventure-Former-ISI-chief.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was aware of the situation in Kargil in 1999 through the then Defence Secretary who had briefed him on the situation, a senior Pakistan Army official has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 10:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Former Pak Army Chief wants Musharraf to leave presidency</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27428_Former-Pak-Army-Chief-wants-Musharraf-to-leave-presidency.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Pakistan Army Chief General (retired) Mirza Aslam Baig has urged President Pervez Musharraf to leave the Presidency as he was not a constitutional president.
Dawn quoted Baig as saying in a press conference at Liaquat Bagh before joining the long march of the lawyers that the country has been on a standstill for the last few months due to the unconstitutional steps taken by Musharraf and these steps have paved the way for a social revolution as the people are now aware of their rights.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 09:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan to continue talks with militants: NWFP Governor</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27427_Pakistan-to-continue-talks-with-militants-NWFP-Governor.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani has said that the government will continue its talks with the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) militants. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 09:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak nukes are risk prone</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27419_Pak-nukes-are-risk-prone.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's nuclear capabilities present at least four challenges to American nuclear policy and its arsenal was described as risk-prone at a Senate hearing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 08:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan demands probe into deaths of 2 Pakistani prisoners in Indian custody</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27412_Pakistan-demands-probe-into-deaths-of-2-Pakistani-prisoners-in-Indian-custody.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's government on Friday urged the Indian authorities to probe into the deaths of Pakistanis in its custody after receiving the bodies of two prisoners from New Delhi.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 04:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New govt will take over in three days: PM Koirala</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27407_New-govt-will-take-over-in-three-days-PM-Koirala.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has informed that process to form the new government would begin in the next three days, radio reports say. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 03:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India asks tourism industry to guard  against economic recession and natural disasters</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27389_India-asks-tourism-industry-to-guard-against-economic-recession-and-natural-disasters.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni today said that to maintain high growth rate, tourism industry should guard itself against volatile economic trends and unforeseen natural disasters.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 01:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Grammar guide for Oz English teachers 'riddled with basic errors'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27384_Grammar-guide-for-Oz-English-teachers-riddled-with-basic-errors.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Australian academic has slammed a grammar guide aimed at teachers - describing it as 'the worst published material on English grammar' he has seen.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 14 June 2008 01:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mums turn teen boys sleepover into sex show</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27374_Mums-turn-teen-boys-sleepover-into-sex-show.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two American women are facing molestation charges for having sex with teenage boys during a sleepover and recording it on video.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 11:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Paedophile nailed by victim's dead granny's ghost</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27373_Paedophile-nailed-by-victims-dead-grannys-ghost.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A paedophile, who abused three girls at his home, was finally caught, when one of the girl's dead granny's ghost disclosed the crime.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 11:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Swans startle onlookers by using zebra crossing!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27372_Swans-startle-onlookers-by-using-zebra-crossing.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ While many of us are not quite familiar with traffic rules, here's a family of swans who left motorists and shoppers gawking at them when they crossed a busy shopping street via zebra crossing. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 11:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Laughing too hard over comedy TV show could land you 
in jail!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27370_Laughing-too-hard-over-comedy-TV-show-could-land-you-
in-jail.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A man who fell off the sofa while laughing too hard at a comedian on TV had to spend a night naked in a cell.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 11:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Hello' may soon be history for Brit phone users</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27368_Hello-may-soon-be-history-for-Brit-phone-users.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It seems that the traditional "Hello" is losing its charm among Britons, when it comes to answering the phone.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 11:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Carla Bruni sparks outcry in Colombia with cocaine lyric</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27365_Carla-Bruni-sparks-outcry-in-Colombia-with-cocaine-lyric.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ French First Lady Carla Bruni has sparked protests in Colombia, after apparently mentioning the country's reported cocaine connection in a track from her latest LP. n a song from her forthcoming album Comme si de rien n'était (As If Nothing Had Happened), set to be released in July (08), French President Nicolas Sarkozy's model and singer wife sings: "You are my drug/ More deadly than Afghan heroin/More dangerous than Colombian white."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 10:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Missing dog reunited with owners after three years</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27354_Missing-dog-reunited-with-owners-after-three-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A dog, which went missing three years ago, was reunited with its owner, thanks to a microchip on its neck.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 09:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World's most expensive handbag comes at £1 million</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27352_Worlds-most-expensive-handbag-comes-at-£1-million.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A diamond-studded handbag, worth 1 million pounds has been unveiled in London.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 09:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz booze boss apologises for condom, pole dancing kit campaign</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27351_Oz-booze-boss-apologises-for-condom-pole-dancing-kit-campaign.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A top beverage company's executive in Australia has apologised for a marketing campaign that supplied free condoms with alcopops.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 08:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Stupidest thief in the world returns to scene asking for lost mobile phone!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27349_Stupidest-thief-in-the-world-returns-to-scene-asking-for-lost-mobile-phone.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A dumb thief was arrested by cops after he returned to the house he burgled - just to ask for his mobile phone.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 08:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BMW's new stretch-fabric sports car that changes shape with the flick of a switch</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27344_BMWs-new-stretch-fabric-sports-car-that-changes-shape-with-the-flick-of-a-switch.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ BMW has unveiled a fabric-covered car that can change its shape at the flick of a switch and it is the inspiration for propeller-badged cars both current and future.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 08:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The teabag celebrates its 100th birthday </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27342_The-teabag-celebrates-its-100th-birthday-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Teabag, the perforated paper sachet that made tea-making a five-second quickie, has turned 100 years old this year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 07:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Five-year-old Brit girl becomes world's youngest tattoo artist</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27340_Five-year-old-Brit-girl-becomes-worlds-youngest-tattoo-artist.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British girl has become the world's youngest tattoo artist after inking a design on her father's arm - at the age of just five.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 07:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari acting like a slave to Musharraf, says Imran</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27335_Zardari-acting-like-a-slave-to-Musharraf-says-Imran.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has warned PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari against being hands-in-glove with President Pervez Musharraf as, he said, it might boomerang on him with people turning against him.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 06:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>British men are masters of music fibs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27334_British-men-are-masters-of-music-fibs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It seems that British men are big fibbers, when it comes to revealing the songs in their music collection.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 06:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China becomes 4th largest software producer in the world</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27313_China-becomes-4th-largest-software-producer-in-the-world.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China has been ranked as the fourth largest software producer in the world with an annual output of   583.4 billion Yuan (84.5 billion dollars) for the year 2007. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 04:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Debrett's five 'golden rules' for polite social networking</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27312_Debretts-five-golden-rules-for-polite-social-networking.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Confused about whether to 'poke' back on Facebook or if you should reject a friend on MySpace?  Now Debrett's, a specialist publisher on manners and etiquette has come to your rescue with a guide on how to behave in these confusing, and sometimes awkward, new social situations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 04:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN still to decide taking up probe into BB killing</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27306_UN-still-to-decide-taking-up-probe-into-BB-killing.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After Pakistan made a formal request to probe Benazir Bhutto's killing in December, UN officials are said to be analysing the UN procedures to conduct the probe.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 03:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Political consensus will be reached over Indo-US deal, says Kamal Nath </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27298_Political-consensus-will-be-reached-over-Indo-US-deal-says-Kamal-Nath-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath, who is on US visit, expressed hope that at some point of time a political consensus would be reached over the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
"We are trying to arrive at a broad political consensus and that is what we have done," Nath said while participating in a talk show on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary celebrations of the United States India Business Council (USIBC). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 02:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unified Marxist Leninist claims to presidency in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27297_Unified-Marxist-Leninist-claims-to-presidency-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) party has staked its claim for the position of Presidency in Nepal]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 02:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Army will remain key promoter of democracy in Nepal says Nepal Army Chief</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27296_Army-will-remain-key-promoter-of-democracy-in-Nepal-says-Nepal-Army-Chief.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Chief of Army Staff of Nepali Army (NA) General Rookmangud Katawal has said that the Nepali Army will remain the key promoter and defender of the democracy in Nepal.  ddressing a function held in Paanchkhal of Kavre district on Thursday, General Katawal said we have always obeyed the orders of the legitimate Government mandated by the people, but the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the nation should never be compromised.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 02:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal coalition Government by June 18: Gurung </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27295_Nepal-coalition-Government-by-June-18-Gurung-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal Minister for Local Development Dev Gurung today said that a new coalition government would be formed by June 18.
Inaugurating the opening of the district council of the District Development Committee (DDC) at Beni district headquarters in Myagdi, the Minister said, "We will try to form a coalition government by June 18, but if we don't reach an agreement on it then the Maoists would go on to form a government of their own." ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 01:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China, Taiwan to expand charter flights and tourism</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27291_China-Taiwan-to-expand-charter-flights-and-tourism.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A day after announcing plans to set up permanent offices in each other's territory for the first time, Taiwan and China formally agreed to expand charter flights and tourism on Friday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 01:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malay Indians seek greater representation in states civil services</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27290_Malay-Indians-seek-greater-representation-in-states-civil-services.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Indian Congress has announced that it would meet Menteris Besar and Chief Ministers from Barisan Nasional-ruled states soon to seek higher Indian representation in the civil service. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 01:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari says 60 year old problems in Pak can't be resolved in 60 days</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27289_Zardari-says-60-year-old-problems-in-Pak-cant-be-resolved-in-60-days.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that he had a roadmap to stabilise the country by strengthening democracy and constitutional institutions, but added that 60 years of problems (which his country was facing) would not be solved in 60 days.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 01:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>GEO TV offers Musharraf-focusing programmes to get Dubai ban lifted</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27288_GEO-TV-offers-Musharraf-focusing-programmes-to-get-Dubai-ban-lifted.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A private TV network in Pakistan has reportedly approached President Pervez Musharraf offering to broadcast all his functions, and start a daily or weekly programme to enable him to reach out to the public.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 01:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Four more arrested in Indian Sikh's murder case in Auckland</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27287_Four-more-arrested-in-Indian-Sikhs-murder-case-in-Auckland.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Four more persons have been arrested in Auckland and produced before a court on charges of murder of South Auckland liquor shop owner Navtej Singh.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 12:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Burmese junta gives its henchmen relief and reconstruction work</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27279_Burmese-junta-gives-its-henchmen-relief-and-reconstruction-work.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The ruling military junta parcelled out key sections of the affected Irrawaddy Delta to favoured tycoons and companies, including several facing sanctions from the US Treasury, just seven days after Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 11:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal to maintain "equidistance" between China and India: Prachanda </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27278_Nepal-to-maintain-equidistance-between-China-and-India-Prachanda-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist (CPN-M) leader Prachanda has said that his country would maintain "equidistance" between China and India - the Himalayan country's two neighbours.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 11:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vodka beats Scotch as UK's favourite tipple</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27271_Vodka-beats-Scotch-as-UKs-favourite-tipple.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Move over Scotch, there's a new drink that the Brits love the best - Vodka.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 10:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sikhs in NZ offended by claim that a widow can't remarry</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27270_Sikhs-in-NZ-offended-by-claim-that-a-widow-cant-remarry.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Sikh community here has been offended by claims being made that a widow can't remarry. A community source, on the condition of anonymity, said that the assertion that a member of the Sikh community can't remarry was an old-fashioned myth.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 10:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PML-N hijacks lawyers' movement to gain political mileage ahead of by-polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27268_PML-N-hijacks-lawyers-movement-to-gain-political-mileage-ahead-of-by-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Political analysts in Lahore believe that former premier Nawaz Sharif's party the PML-N has hijacked the ongoing lawyers' movement demanding judges' restoration, ahead of by-elections for NA and Punjab Assembly constituencies. The lawyers are currently organizing a long march to make their demands heard, and the PML-N is leaving no stone unturned to associate itself with it (long march) to gain political mileage.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 10:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sri Lankan President asks Britain to stop LTTE from raising money in UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27267_Sri-Lankan-President-asks-Britain-to-stop-LTTE-from-raising-money-in-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who attended a meeting of Commonwealth leaders here, has accused Britain of applying double standards to its counter-terrorism policy as the banned Tamil militant group is being allowed to raise money among expatriates in London. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 10:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Palace officials livid over UN report asking Britain to get rid of the Queen </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27259_Palace-officials-livid-over-UN-report-asking-Britain-to-get-rid-of-the-Queen-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An official United Nations report has asked Britain to get rid of the Queen. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 09:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>British kids to be taught about domestic violence, forced marriages</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27256_British-kids-to-be-taught-about-domestic-violence-forced-marriages.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British children as young as five must be taught about the evils of domestic violence and forced marriages, MPs have said. A hard-hitting report demands a nationwide crusade against violence in the home.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 09:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fox News under fire for Obama "terrorist fist jab" jibes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27255_Fox-News-under-fire-for-Obama-terrorist-fist-jab-jibes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fox News Channel anchor E.D. Hill has apologized for uttering the words "terrorist fist jab," among others, in reference to the victory gesture Senator Barack and Michelle Obama exchanged on last Tuesday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 09:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Detained Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina leaves for US</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27240_Detained-Bangladesh-PM-Sheikh-Hasina-leaves-for-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Detained former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, released from jail on parole on Wednesday, left Dhaka this morning for the United States for medical treatment. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 13 June 2008 12:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SCORE, the Sikhs' voice in America</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27224_SCORE-the-Sikhs-voice-in-America.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE) organized an Award ceremony on Wednesday to honour Sikhs from across America. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 10:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Violent jihadis had planned Islamic state in Scotland for oppressed community members</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27216_Violent-jihadis-had-planned-Islamic-state-in-Scotland-for-oppressed-community-members.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Plans to set up a secret Islamist state in Scotland were discussed by two supporters of jihad, a court has heard. The pair said it could provide a safe haven for those who felt "oppressed", London's Blackfriars Crown Court heard. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 09:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist ministers offer resignation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27215_Maoist-ministers-offer-resignation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ministers from the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) on Thursday announced their resignation from the Koirala-led government and have forwarded the joint resignation letter to party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 08:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>It was easy to fake your way into the White House during Bill Clinton's days</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27207_It-was-easy-to-fake-your-way-into-the-White-House-during-Bill-Clintons-days.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A former Bill Clinton employee has taken a shot at the poor state of security in White House during the former US president's tenure in a play depicting his life of politics and heroin use.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 07:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canada apologises to Indians for years of abuse in schools</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27203_Canada-apologises-to-Indians-for-years-of-abuse-in-schools.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Canada has reportedly apologized to the Indians living there for its century-long policy of forcing Indian children into Christian schools to strip them of their original culture and adapt themselves to Canada's.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 07:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sgt. Pepper's bass drum skin may fetch £150,000 at auction</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27197_Sgt-Peppers-bass-drum-skin-may-fetch-£150000-at-auction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A unique hand-painted bass drum featured on the cover of rock band Beatles' third studio album is expected to be sold for 150,000 pounds at an auction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 06:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Media's role in curbing corruption</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27194_Medias-role-in-curbing-corruption.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A United Nations Development Programme report released today suggested that media can play an important role in curbing corruption in Asia-Pacific region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 06:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK Foreign Secretary tops 'Most Desired Gay Male Date' list</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27188_UK-Foreign-Secretary-tops-Most-Desired-Gay-Male-Date-list.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has topped a vote of the British politicians single gay men in the country would most like to take on a date.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 05:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Emo' music fan hangs himself after Bebo bullying</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27184_Emo-music-fan-hangs-himself-after-Bebo-bullying.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 13-year-old British boy committed suicide after being bullied over his love for Emo rock bands on social networking website, Bebo.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 05:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith tops 'Most Desired Lesbian Date' list</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27179_UK-Home-Secretary-Jacqui-Smith-tops-Most-Desired-Lesbian-Date-list.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The UK's Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has topped a list of female politicians whom lesbians in the country would most like to take on a date.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 04:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian students in Victoria getting paid ridiculously low wages </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27177_Indian-students-in-Victoria-getting-paid-ridiculously-low-wages-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  A study by Monash and Melboune university academics has said that around 60 per cent of students in Victoria were paid below 15 dollars an hour and around 35 per cent get 10 dollars an hour.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 04:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BBC news branded too London specific by its governing body</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27176_BBC-news-branded-too-London-specific-by-its-governing-body.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) political coverage is biased in favour of stories about England, with an overemphasis on Westminster.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 04:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iraqi ire forcing Bush to offer concession over future US military role</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27175_Iraqi-ire-forcing-Bush-to-offer-concession-over-future-US-military-role.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US President George Bush is offering concessions to the Nouri al-Maliki Government in Iraq in an effort to salvage an agreement and tone down the anger of Iraqi people over American plan to keep military forces in the country indefinitely.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 03:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Drink less to avoid sex attacks, says Oz police</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27169_Drink-less-to-avoid-sex-attacks-says-Oz-police.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fewer sex attacks would happen in the Central Business District (CBD), if people took responsibility for their actions and drank less, according to police.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 03:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Unicorn' myth comes to life in Italy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27162_Unicorn-myth-comes-to-life-in-Italy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A deer with a single horn in the center of its head, similar to the fabled unicorn, has caused a stir in Italy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 02:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz woman gets trapped in AC duct while fleeing cops!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27160_Oz-woman-gets-trapped-in-AC-duct-while-fleeing-cops.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 22-year-old woman got stuck in an air-conditioning duct while trying to flee from a police station. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 02:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>After US, UK also expresses concern at Qaeda planning attacks from Pak tribal areas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27157_After-US-UK-also-expresses-concern-at-Qaeda-planning-attacks-from-Pak-tribal-areas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After the US, the UK has also expressed concerns at Pakistan's tribal areas being used by international terror organization Al Qaeda in planning attacks on the West ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 01:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PCB chief asks Pak team to explain "embarrassing" 140-run defeat against India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27154_PCB-chief-asks-Pak-team-to-explain-embarrassing-140-run-defeat-against-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After India's 140-run win over Pakistan in their first encounter in the ongoing tri-series in Bangladesh, PCB chief Dr Nasim Ashraf is learnt to have written a strong worded letter to team captain, coach Geoff Lawson and team manager Talat Ali, raising objections over team selection and the team's overall performance.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 01:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Feb 18 polls gave Pak voters a genuine opportunity to express their will: US report</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27153_Feb-18-polls-gave-Pak-voters-a-genuine-opportunity-to-express-their-will-US-report.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The February 18 general elections in Pakistan were largely free and fair, and provided a genuine opportunity for Pakistani voters to express their will, said the final report prepared by the US Election Observation Mission. The report was released by Democracy International.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 01:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dalai Lama urges supporters to not disturb Olympic torch relay in Lhasa</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27148_Dalai-Lama-urges-supporters-to-not-disturb-Olympic-torch-relay-in-Lhasa.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On a five-day visit to Australia, the Dalai Lama today appealed to his supporters to not disturb the relay in the Tibetan capital Lhasa next week as it heads to Beijing for the Olympic Games.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 12:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>British official suspended for leaving secret al-Qaeda files in train</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27144_British-official-suspended-for-leaving-secret-al-Qaeda-files-in-train.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The British Cabinet office said that senior intelligence official who left secret files on the al-Qaeda in Pakistan and the Iraqi security situation in a train had been suspended from his job. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 12:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal parties for adjustment of PLA before Government formation  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27137_Nepal-parties-for-adjustment-of-PLA-before-Government-formation-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepali Congress (NC) and the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) have agreed to the adjust and rehabilitate of the Maoist combatants through proper modality before the Maoists take the lead to form a new Government in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 11:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal committed to work with UN for world peace: Koirala</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27136_Nepal-committed-to-work-with-UN-for-world-peace-Koirala.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has expressed the commitment of Nepal to work in close cooperation with the United Nations to contribute for establishment of peace in the world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 11:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oil crisis heading for far more serious crisis, world over </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27128_Oil-crisis-heading-for-far-more-serious-crisis-world-over-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With demonstrations and strikes against rising oil prices hitting not just India, but rest of the world as well, the crisis is set to get worse in the days...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 10:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK Sikh cop sues for more compensation over repeated racial discrimination</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27123_UK-Sikh-cop-sues-for-more-compensation-over-repeated-racial-discrimination.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Sikh cop who has already won two compensations totaling around three lakh pounds so far in cases of racial discrimination, has approached the court for the fifth time asking for more as, he claims, he had been victimised by colleagues since winning a series of race cases that has hurt his career.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 09:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NATO forces had informed Pak Army of Mohmand operation, says spokesman</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27121_NATO-forces-had-informed-Pak-Army-of-Mohmand-operation-says-spokesman.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A spokesman for the US coalition forces operating in Afghanistan has said that Pakistan was informed about the attack on the check post at Mohmand Agency in NWFP, which killed 11 Frontier Corps' troops, and that it was carried out in self-defence.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 09:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Carla Bruni sings of her '30 lovers' in new album</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27118_Carla-Bruni-sings-of-her-30-lovers-in-new-album.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ France's new first lady Carla Bruni Sarkozy has revealed details of her long-awaited new album 'Comme si de rien n'etait" (As if nothing had happened), in which she sings of having 30 lovers and has compared her husband President Nicolas Sarkozy to class A drugs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 08:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Robbie Williams helped cellar girl Kerstin Fritzl wake from coma</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27117_Robbie-Williams-helped-cellar-girl-Kerstin-Fritzl-wake-from-coma.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It was Robbie Williams who helped cellar girl Kerstin Fritzl wake from a seven-week-coma, her doctors have revealed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 08:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The married couple who had sex for 101 straight days - and wrote a book about it!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27116_The-married-couple-who-had-sex-for-101-straight-days---and-wrote-a-book-about-it.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A married couple did something that not many couples would take on - have sex for 101 days straight.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 08:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cellar girl Kerstin Fritzl reunites with family - with a simple 'hello'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27114_Cellar-girl-Kerstin-Fritzl-reunites-with-family---with-a-simple-hello.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Cellar girl Kerstin Fritzl, who was held captive since her birth by her incest dad Josef Fritzl in a basement, was reunited with her family with a simple hello, a doctor has revealed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 08:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's ex-King Gyanendra leaves Narayanhiti </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27109_Nepals-ex-King-Gyanendra-leaves-Narayanhiti-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's ex-King Gyanendra has left Narayanhiti palace at around 8:30 pm on Wednesday evening.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 04:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's ex-King to hold press meet today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27099_Nepals-ex-King-to-hold-press-meet-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's ex-King Gyanendra will hold a press conference at the Narayanhiti palace in the evening before leaving for Nagarjuna palace.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 03:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kiwi men's love for beer fridges may be bad for country!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27095_Kiwi-mens-love-for-beer-fridges-may-be-bad-for-country.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kiwi experts have warned that an extra beer fridge many New Zealanders have should be discarded to prevent events of blackouts in the future. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 02:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Live-in relationships now 'standard practice' for Kiwis</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27092_Live-in-relationships-now-standard-practice-for-Kiwis.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Live-in relationship has become a dominant part of the cultural landscape in New Zealand and some other Western nations, according to a global study published in the United States.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 02:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Desperate housewives promo too racy for Kiwi kids </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27091_Desperate-housewives-promo-too-racy-for-Kiwi-kids-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The promotional trailer of the popular television programme Desperate Housewives has come under fire from the Broadcasting Standards Authority in New Zealand.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 02:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Speed Renting' may help you find a suitable flatmate</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27078_Speed-Renting-may-help-you-find-a-suitable-flatmate.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A New Zealand-based company has brought a novel online service concept that might interest people looking for a suitable flatmate to share a rented house with. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 12 June 2008 12:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mengal vows not to let-up Balochs' rights struggle</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27069_Mengal-vows-not-to-let-up-Balochs-rights-struggle.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sardar Akhtar Mengal, chief of his own faction of the Balochistan National Party (BNP), has said that there would be no let-up in BNP's struggle for securing the rights of the people in Balochistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 11:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Half of single Brit women use cheesy chat-up lines to approach men!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27068_Half-of-single-Brit-women-use-cheesy-chat-up-lines-to-approach-men.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new survey has shown that 50 percent of single Brit women use cheesy chat-up lines to approach men. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 11:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Woman dressed as bumblebee gives birth on hen night</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27058_Woman-dressed-as-bumblebee-gives-birth-on-hen-night.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A woman dressed in a bumblebee costume gave birth to a 14-week premature baby during the hen party for her friend's forthcoming marriage, even though she was herself unaware of her pregnancy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 10:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World's heaviest man hopes to stand on his feet for wedding</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27053_Worlds-heaviest-man-hopes-to-stand-on-his-feet-for-wedding.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A man who once weighed a half ton but has slimmed down to about 700 pounds, is leaving no stone unturned to reduce enough to stand on his own two feet to get married to the woman he loves.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 09:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>John McCain's caddish behaviour during first marriage comes under the scanner</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27052_John-McCains-caddish-behaviour-during-first-marriage-comes-under-the-scanner.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Critics of the presumptive Republican Party nominee for President of the US, John McCain, believe that he may have difficulties explaining his caddish behaviour during his first marriage with Carol, the woman who waited for him while he was a prisoner in Vietnam. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 09:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz workers take the least annual leave in the world!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27047_Oz-workers-take-the-least-annual-leave-in-the-world.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Off all the employees in the world, those working Down Under are the least likely to take their entitled annual leave.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 08:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maggie's male colleagues believed women were 'too hysterical' for politics!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27044_Maggies-male-colleagues-believed-women-were-too-hysterical-for-politics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When Margaret Thatcher became the leader of the Tory Party, many of her old fashioned male colleagues believed she would never last - because of the belief that women were "inclined to bouts of hysteria".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 08:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the hog that refuses to go barefoot in the bog!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27042_Meet-the-hog-that-refuses-to-go-barefoot-in-the-bog.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A piglet owned by a farmer couple in North Yorks, England, disproved the common notion that the hogs' life is all about bogs, when she refused to roam barefooted in mud. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 08:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malay party to accumulate Ringgit 10 million to set up Tamil schools</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27038_Malay-party-to-accumulate-Ringgit-10-million-to-set-up-Tamil-schools.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The People's Progressive Party is expected to accumulate at least 10 million Ringgit before the end of the year out of the targeted fund of 100 million Ringgit to set up Tamil schools. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 07:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rudd sees no reason to deviate from practice of meeting the Dalai Lama </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27037_Rudd-sees-no-reason-to-deviate-from-practice-of-meeting-the-Dalai-Lama-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian prime Minister Kevin Rudd today said in Tokyo that he was ready to meet with the Dalai Lama in the future after missing him during the exiled Tibetan leader's ongoing visit.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 07:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MIC demands 40 percent civil service jobs in Malaysia for Indians, Chinese </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27036_MIC-demands-40-percent-civil-service-jobs-in-Malaysia-for-Indians-Chinese-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Speculating substantial increase in the number of students obtaining outstanding results, Malaysian Indian Congress President S. Samy Vellu, has urged the Malaysian Government to keep at least 40 per cent of jobs in the civil service for Indians and Chinese over the next five years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 07:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Driving between 20-40 mph gives you optimum fuel efficiency</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27035_Driving-between-20-40-mph-gives-you-optimum-fuel-efficiency.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Driving more slowly will save drivers up to 500 pounds a year in fuel costs, according to a study, which reveals that the most efficient speed is much lower than most people think.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 07:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indians living in fear in NZ after cold blooded murder of fellow countryman</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27034_Indians-living-in-fear-in-NZ-after-cold-blooded-murder-of-fellow-countryman.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The 12-000 strong Sikh community in New Zealand's Auckland area is in a state of shock, after the cold-blooded murder of one Navtej Singh, who worked at a local liquor shop, five days ago.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 07:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian woman's husband's murder leads to grandfather's death in NZ</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27032_Indian-womans-husbands-murder-leads-to-grandfathers-death-in-NZ.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A middle-aged Indian woman, whose husband was shot dead five days ago at a liquor shop where he worked, lost her grandfather yesterday. The old man reportedly died of immense grief he went through after learning about the killing of his grandson-in-law.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 06:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Di's heartfelt letters to royal servant to go under the hammer</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27026_Dis-heartfelt-letters-to-royal-servant-to-go-under-the-hammer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Deeply personal and touching letters that Princess Diana wrote to one of the Royal Family's most trusted servants are set to be auctioned.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 06:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Man uses rum to soothe snakebite on his willy!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27014_Man-uses-rum-to-soothe-snakebite-on-his-willy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The mystery man who was bitten on the penis by a deadly snake has come forward to describe his unusual remedy - a soothing cold can of rum and coke. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 04:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iraqi officials call for radical reduction of US Army's role in country's affairs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27012_Iraqi-officials-call-for-radical-reduction-of-US-Armys-role-in-countrys-affairs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Iraqi politicians have denounced the US demand of 50 military bases, control of Iraqi airspace and legal immunity for all American soldiers, and called for radical reduction of the military's role.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 04:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak's ISPR rejects allegation that ISI aiding Afghan insurgent groups</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27011_Paks-ISPR-rejects-allegation-that-ISI-aiding-Afghan-insurgent-groups.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ ISPR (Inter Services Public Relations), the press and publicity wing of Pakistan's armed forces, has rejected the allegation mentioned in the US' RAND (Research And Development) Corporation report that the Frontier Corps (FC) and the intelligence agency ISI were providing assistance to the insurgent groups coming from across the border (read Afghanistan).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 04:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Government rejects transport fare hike </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27008_Nepal-Government-rejects-transport-fare-hike-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Government has said that the move by transport entrepreneurs to unilaterally raise the fares was not acceptable to it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 03:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Doctors continuously monitor cellar girl Kerstin Fritzl</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27006_Doctors-continuously-monitor-cellar-girl-Kerstin-Fritzl.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Cellar girl Kerstin Fritzl is being continuously monitored by doctors after waking from a seven-week coma.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 03:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Former King Gyanendra prepares to leave Narayanhiti Palace</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27005_Former-King-Gyanendra-prepares-to-leave-Narayanhiti-Palace.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former King of Nepal Gyanendra is preparing to leave the Narayanhiti and move into the Nagarjuna palace as requested by him.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 03:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US expert not in favour of Pakistan President quitting early </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_27000_US-expert-not-in-favour-of-Pakistan-President-quitting-early-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Daniel Markey, a South Asia expert at the US Council on Foreign Relations, has said that Washington would like to avoid complex problems that could arise if Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf quit office early.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 02:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Man presumed dead wakes up during organ-removal surgery</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26998_Man-presumed-dead-wakes-up-during-organ-removal-surgery.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A man, whose heart stopped beating for 1-1/2 hours, stunned doctors by returning to life just as surgeons were about to remove his organs for donation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 02:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Supreme Court rejects writ challenging King moving into Nagarjuna Palace </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26994_Nepal-Supreme-Court-rejects-writ-challenging-King-moving-into-Nagarjuna-Palace-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court of Nepal has rejected a writ challenging the decision of the council of ministers to provide Nagarjuna Palace and security to former king Gyanendra.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 02:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Charles repays 350-year-old family debt!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26992_Prince-Charles-repays-350-year-old-family-debt.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince Charles has repaid a debt the British Royal family incurred more than 350 years ago.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 01:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indo-US civil nuclear deal dead: US official</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26989_Indo-US-civil-nuclear-deal-dead-US-official.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The historic India-US civil nuclear deal is almost dead, according to a senior US official. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 01:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush regrets his legacy as a guy anxious for war</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26983_Bush-regrets-his-legacy-as-a-guy-anxious-for-war.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US President George W Bush has said that his gun-slinging rhetoric made the world believe that he was a guy really anxious for war in Iraq. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 12:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scarlett's mother blames Indian authorities for blocking her visa </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26982_Scarletts-mother-blames-Indian-authorities-for-blocking-her-visa-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fiona MacKeown, the mother of the British teenager killed in Goa, has alleged that she is being blocked from returning to India. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 12:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jane Austen's real 'Mr Darcy' may fetch £50,000 at auction</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26976_Jane-Austens-real-Mr-Darcy-may-fetch-£50000-at-auction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A rare portrait of a man believed to have inspired Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice character Mr Darcy is expected to fetch 50,000 pounds at an auction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 11:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hear Clinton's exes talk about his sexcapades and size of manhood for $1.99!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26974_Hear-Clintons-exes-talk-about-his-sexcapades-and-size-of-manhood-for-$199.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bill Clinton's former gal pals Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones dish the dirt about infamous White House intern Monica Lewinsky and the size of his manhood in a new pay-per-view video on the internet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 11:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jordan archaeologists discover 'world's first church'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26972_Jordan-archaeologists-discover-worlds-first-church.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered the world's oldest underground church, dating back almost 2,000 years. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 11:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Top US military officer asks Pak to eliminate Qaeda sanctuary in FATA</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26971_Top-US-military-officer-asks-Pak-to-eliminate-Qaeda-sanctuary-in-FATA.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Al-Qaeda leaders operating in Pakistan's tribal areas (FATA) were planning new terrorist attacks against the US, and, hence, it becomes imperative upon the new Pakistan government to take action to eliminate their sanctuary there, a top US military officer has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 11:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>25 million pounds 'golden goodbye' for Vodafone boss Arun Sarin</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26962_25-million-pounds-golden-goodbye-for-Vodafone-boss-Arun-Sarin.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Arun Sarin, the head of Britain's biggest mobile phone company, could walk off with more than 25 million pounds after announcing his unexpected departure from the group. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 09:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian   delegation  visits  Karachi  Jail,  appeals   for   easy conditions for jailed fishermen</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26955_Indian--delegation-visits-Karachi-Jail-appeals--for--easy-conditions-for-jailed-fishermen.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A four-member Indian delegation  of  the Pakistan-India  Judicial  Committee  on  Prisoners  visited   the Karachi  Jail  last  evening, and said that  both  the  countries should  work  towards  making conditions easier  for  the  jailed fishermen.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 09:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Uneducated Muslim parents turning kids into jihadis, claims Brit Islamic academic</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26951_Uneducated-Muslim-parents-turning-kids-into-jihadis-claims-Brit-Islamic-academic.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Islamic academic and a key adviser on Islam to the Prince of Wales has said that the Muslims would never play a full role in British society until they improved their education, language and aspirations, and blamed Muslim parents for leaving their children open to the lure of Islamic extremism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 06:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian publisher sorry for not verifying author's comments in Benazir's biography</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26950_Indian-publisher-sorry-for-not-verifying-authors-comments-in-Benazirs-biography.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The publisher of Indian author Shyam Bhatia's recent book "Goodbye Shehzadi", based on the life of former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto, has apologized for publishing personal and controversial statements about her life, which, he said, he published on the author's trust, without verify the contents.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 11 June 2008 06:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan's ISI helping Taliban in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26928_Pakistans-ISI-helping-Taliban-in-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A leading US think-tank has said that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Frontier Corps have failed to root out Afghan insurgents based in Pakistan and some individuals from these organizations have provided direct assistance to groups like the Taliban and Haqqani network.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 10 June 2008 03:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One in three Brit men wears the same underwear as the day before!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26913_One-in-three-Brit-men-wears-the-same-underwear-as-the-day-before.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Change in wardrobe is something that most men would love to do, but when it comes to clothes underneath, British men are least bothered, shows a new survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 10 June 2008 02:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lost watch buried in seabed still ticking - after 67 years!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26909_Lost-watch-buried-in-seabed-still-ticking---after-67-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a span of 67 years, Lieutenant Teddy Bacon must have faced several health problems, but his watch, lost way back in 1941, was working perfectly despite being under water all these years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 10 June 2008 01:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Unkept Pak properties in US turn embarrassing eyesores for Islamabad</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26905_Unkept-Pak-properties-in-US-turn-embarrassing-eyesores-for-Islamabad.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two of the three properties belonging to Pakistan in Washington's diplomatic row, are said to be in a dilapidated form, and are considered a cause of danger and disgust to officials and neighbours and a source of embarrassment for Islamabad.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 10 June 2008 09:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Urban gay communities changing due to Internet and civil rights</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26904_Urban-gay-communities-changing-due-to-Internet-and-civil-rights.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The world is seeing a drastic change in Gay communities, like clubs, bars, events and neighbourhoods, due to a number of factors that include Internet dating and achievement of civil rights, a new University of Minnesota research has revealed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 10 June 2008 10:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian population in Malaysia on decline</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26903_Indian-population-in-Malaysia-on-decline.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Indian population in Malaysia is on the decline and action must be taken to stop this, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president S. Samy Vellu has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 10 June 2008 10:41:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PPP's popularity declined due to deviation from Murree Declaration, admits Amin Fahim</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26897_PPPs-popularity-declined-due-to-deviation-from-Murree-Declaration-admits-Amin-Fahim.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PPP Senior Vice-Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim has reportedly said that his party's popularity had declined following the deviation from the Murree Declaration, reached out between the PPP and PML-N after the February 18 polls, in which the two parties agreed on the framework of a governing coalition.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 10 June 2008 09:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Website hailing suicide attacks gets 35,000-pound grant from British govt!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26882_Website-hailing-suicide-attacks-gets-35000-pound-grant-from-British-govt.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ahead of the third anniversary of the 7/7 London attacks in which four suicide bombers killed 52 people, an Islamic website 'muslimyouth.net' backing suicide bombers has reportedly received a 35,000-pound grant from the British Government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 10 June 2008 07:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Workers increasingly becoming email-slaves</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26864_Workers-increasingly-becoming-email-slaves.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ While Internet and emails may be boosting co-ordination among workers in an organisation, but on the flip side, they are also increasingly making people slaves to the electronic form of communication and offices less efficient, says an email consultant.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 04:41:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Condom company mixes sex and art to boost sales</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26862_Condom-company-mixes-sex-and-art-to-boost-sales.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Melbourne-based condom company Legends Rubbers is hoping that the mixture of sex and art will help boost its sales with the decision to feature the works of controversial local artist Hazel Dooney on its condom packs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 04:28:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aussies break record for world's longest pizza line!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26857_Aussies-break-record-for-worlds-longest-pizza-line.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Aussie chefs have created a new Guinness World Record by making the longest line of freshly baked pizzas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 03:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Antarctica base ships in 16,488 condoms!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26856_Antarctica-base-ships-in-16488-condoms.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ People at McMurdo base in Antarctica will be playing safe in the sack this winter thanks to the 16,488 condoms that have been delivered there.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 03:41:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Queenslanders are the official world pub crawling champions</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26854_Queenslanders-are-the-official-world-pub-crawling-champions.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Southeast Queensland city has come up as a victor in the world's biggest pub crawl for a second consecutive year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 03:28:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bishop denies impotent paraplegic church wedding</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26853_Bishop-denies-impotent-paraplegic-church-wedding.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A paraplegic man was recently denied a church marriage by a bishop in Italy because he was impotent, say reports. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 03:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Detained Sheikh Hasina to be freed soon </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26849_Detained-Sheikh-Hasina-to-be-freed-soon-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, who was detained on corruption charges on July 17, 2007, would soon be freed by the Government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 02:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Anti-sport rage kits designed for Oz parents </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26843_Anti-sport-rage-kits-designed-for-Oz-parents-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Parents in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, have been given a wave of specially designed anti-sport rage kits to bring down the level of field-side tantrums in local sport and lure amateur umpires back into the industry.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 02:07:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India won't be able to circumvent NPT, says Oz PM</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26842_India-wont-be-able-to-circumvent-NPT-says-Oz-PM.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today announced his plan to establish an international commission on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, and said that India would not be able to circumvent the NPT by joining the commission that will be a non-government body.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 01:53:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Human Rights Watch slams US' treatment of imprisoned kids in Iraq, Guantanamao Bay</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26837_Human-Rights-Watch-slams-US-treatment-of-imprisoned-kids-in-Iraq-Guantanamao-Bay.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Human Rights Watch, a US-based group of lawyers, journalists, academics, and HR experts, has said that America should immediately implement the recommendations of a new UN report calling on Washington to improve its treatment of children involved in armed conflict.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 01:28:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Indians demand space for temples, crematoriums in KL Draft Plan 2020</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26835_Malaysian-Indians-demand-space-for-temples-crematoriums-in-KL-Draft-Plan-2020.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) is learnt to have set up a special committee comprising architects, lawyers and professionals to study City Hall's draft plan for 2020, demanding adequate space for temples and for conducting rituals for the deceased in their residential areas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 01:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Both Shoaib's, PCB Tribunal chief's bread and butter at stake over 5-year ban case!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26833_Both-Shoaibs-PCB-Tribunal-chiefs-bread-and-butter-at-stake-over-5-year-ban-case.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It's not only Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar who wants to see a quick disposal of his plea against PCB's five-year ban imposed on him, the head of the tribal also seems to be in a hurry to finish off the hearing to get time for appearance in other cases he is representing as a lawyer in different courts of law to "earn his bread and butter".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 12:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China's rising quake lake threatens 1.3 million people </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26827_Chinas-rising-quake-lake-threatens-13-million-people-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tangjiashan quake lake in Sichuan province of China continues to be a threat to the 1. 3 million people with an alarming rise in its water levels. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 12:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fuel price hike recommended in Nepal </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26825_Fuel-price-hike-recommended-in-Nepal-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) have asked the Nepal government to hike fuel prices if it helps towards regular supply of Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricant (POL) products.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 11:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz PM calls for end to nuclear weapons</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26824_Oz-PM-calls-for-end-to-nuclear-weapons.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, the first Western leader to visit Hiroshima after it was destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945, has called for an end to nuclear weapons.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 11:41:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No harm to Qinghai-Tibet railway after earthquakes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26823_No-harm-to-Qinghai-Tibet-railway-after-earthquakes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world's most elevated railway, did not feel the tremors despite lying in the area affected by two earthquakes, which shook the border of Qinghai Province and Tibet Autonomous Region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 11:41:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PPP not pushing him out, but Musharraf should show statesmanship: Haqqani</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26818_PPP-not-pushing-him-out-but-Musharraf-should-show-statesmanship-Haqqani.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Though the people of Pakistan had 'repudiated' President Pervez Musharraf and his policies in the last general elections, but the PPP still believed in reconciliation and was not planning to "push him out", said the country's ambassador in Washington, Husain Haqqani.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 10:53:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World's first in-utero surgery saves baby girl's legs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26812_Worlds-first-in-utero-surgery-saves-baby-girls-legs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian surgeons saved the leg of an unborn baby by conducting a ground breaking operation when her mother was just 22 weeks pregnant, in what is believed to be the earliest in-utero surgery of its kind in the world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 10:07:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak envoy claims he would bag 50 mln dlr bounty if he knew Osama's whereabouts </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26811_Pak-envoy-claims-he-would-bag-50-mln-dlr-bounty-if-he-knew-Osamas-whereabouts-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan ambassador in Washington Husain Haqqani has indirectly refuted press reports that Al Qaeda chief Osama in Laden was hiding in Pakistan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 10:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif rules out working with unconstitutional Prez Musharraf</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26810_Punjab-CM-Shahbaz-Sharif-rules-out-working-with-unconstitutional-Prez-Musharraf.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After being sworn-in as the Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif ruled out establishing working relationship with President Pervez Musharraf, and termed him an unconstitutional president.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 09:53:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian Sikhs demand of Pak govt to make all gurudwaras functional</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26801_Indian-Sikhs-demand-of-Pak-govt-to-make-all-gurudwaras-functional.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A delegation of Indian Sikhs visiting Pakistan has reportedly demanded of the Pakistan government to make all gurudwaras in the country functional, give more authority to the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Perbhandak Committee (PSGPC), and open visa sections in Lahore and Amritser to ease travel for the Sikhs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 08:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PPP doesn't acknowledge Musharraf as a constitutional president, says Zardari</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26794_PPP-doesnt-acknowledge-Musharraf-as-a-constitutional-president-says-Zardari.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that he his party did not acknowledge President Pervez Musharraf as a constitutional president as he occupies the position by default.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 07:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Al Qaeda facing alienation from fellow jihadists, claims US expert</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26792_Al-Qaeda-facing-alienation-from-fellow-jihadists-claims-US-expert.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Al Qaeda is said to have lately started attracting alienation from fellow jihadists because of its brutal campaign in Iraq, as most of its victims around the world are Muslims, as also that the terror network has continued to target civilians for slaughter in the West, writes Cruickshank in the New York-based Daily News.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 07:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tailban warns Pak not consider it weak, to abide by peace pact</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26791_Tailban-warns-Pak-not-consider-it-weak-to-abide-by-peace-pact.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is learnt to have distributed pamphlets among the journalists in the Hangu town of North West Frontier Province (NWFP), asserting that the Pakistan government should not consider them weak and that it was an organised power that could not be thwarted easily.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 9 June 2008 07:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Panel formed to break deadlock in Nepal </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26781_Panel-formed-to-break-deadlock-in-Nepal-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The meeting of the top leaders of three parties, Nepali Congress (NC), Maoists and Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) on Sunday decided to form a joint panel to suggest ways to resolve the deadlock. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 8 June 2008 04:07:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MJF against Koirala for president</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26780_MJF-against-Koirala-for-president.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The fourth largest party in the Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA), the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) on Sunday said it will not support Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala for the position of president.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 8 June 2008 04:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two-year-olds trotting out business cards Down Under</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26777_Two-year-olds-trotting-out-business-cards-Down-Under.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Do you find it difficult to socialise? Well, then Ethan Jones will certainly be able to help you with some of his tips, for this two-year-old is already using business cards to widen his social circle.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 8 June 2008 01:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal parties reach consensus on forming government </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26775_Nepal-parties-reach-consensus-on-forming-government-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Communist Party of Nepal Maoist CPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) CPN (UML) today reached a consensus to form a six member team on formation of government in the Himalayan nation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 8 June 2008 12:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan should think about Kashmiris: Mirwaiz </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26768_Pakistan-should-think-about-Kashmiris-Mirwaiz-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq has said that India and Pakistan cannot afford to put Kashmir on the back burner. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 8 June 2008 11:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shahbaz Sharif takes oath as Punjab CM today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26764_Shahbaz-Sharif-takes-oath-as-Punjab-CM-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ President of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Shahbaz Sharif will take oath as new Punjab Chief Minister today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 8 June 2008 10:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US increasingly getting frustrated with Afghan President: NYT</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26763_US-increasingly-getting-frustrated-with-Afghan-President-NYT.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US officials are growing increasingly frustrated with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, arguing that he is not up to addressing Afghanistan's many troubles, the New York Times has reported.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 8 June 2008 10:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>G-8 meets amid soaring oil prices</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26758_G-8-meets-amid-soaring-oil-prices.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Addressing G-8 countries at Aomori in northern Japan today, Japanese Trade and Energy Minister Akira Amari warned of a global recession if they do not act quickly to control soaring oil prices. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 8 June 2008 09:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf to be impeached if he does not resigns: Zardari</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26754_Musharraf-to-be-impeached-if-he-does-not-resigns-Zardari.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan People's Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that if President Pervez Musharraf does not quit the power the Parliament may impeach him under democratic process.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 8 June 2008 08:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists rejects NC proposal of Koirala as Nepal's first President  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26739_Maoists-rejects-NC-proposal-of-Koirala-as-Nepals-first-President-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Home Minister and Nepal Congress (NC) leader Krishna Prasad Situala on Saturday met Maoist chairman Prachanda and made a "formal request" to make the Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala the first president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, which was later turned down by the Maoists.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 06:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Government offers scholarships to 161 Indian students </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26734_Malaysian-Government-offers-scholarships-to-161-Indian-students-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Public Services Department (PSD) has offered scholarships to study abroad to 161 Indian students who achieved excellent results in the 2007 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 05:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sex and money led to murder of Malaysian Indian Congress leader</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26732_Sex-and-money-led-to-murder-of-Malaysian-Indian-Congress-leader.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An extramarital affair and a desire to have access to one million Ringgit insurance payout turned out to be the motive for the murder of Malaysian Indian Congress Kota Raja youth branch chief S. Selvadhurai last month.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 05:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lobbying for international support by Hindraf tarnished Malaysia's image</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26731_Lobbying-for-international-support-by-Hindraf-tarnished-Malaysias-image.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A report in Makkal Osai has said that lobbying for international support by Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) chairman P. Waythamoorthy in the United Nations, India and Britain seems to have tarnished Malaysia's image.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 04:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama to woo older white women to alter male image of his campaign</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26730_Obama-to-woo-older-white-women-to-alter-male-image-of-his-campaign.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama will seek to woo the older white women who voted for his rival Hillary Clinton in a bid to alter the male-dominated image of his campaign and bolster his economic message to appeal to female voters. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 04:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bernier-Couilard affair put Canadian security at 'enormous risk'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26725_Bernier-Couilard-affair-put-Canadian-security-at-enormous-risk.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Canadian MP Serge Menard is in no doubt that the Bernier-Couilard affair has put national security at an "enormous" risk, embarrassing the Harper Government and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 04:07:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sacked nude teacher wins back teaching rights</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26723_Sacked-nude-teacher-wins-back-teaching-rights.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Australian teacher sacked for posing nude for a magazine has won back her professional rights and would be provided with a new job by the NSW government.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 03:53:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ANC chief Zuma to visit India, China</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26720_ANC-chief-Zuma-to-visit-India-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma will pay a weeklong visit to India and China, and will leave for two places today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 03:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nawaz fundamentally opposed to Zardari's constitutional package</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26719_Nawaz-fundamentally-opposed-to-Zardaris-constitutional-package.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The fundamental discrepancy the PML-N sees in the draft Constitutional package is PPP's proposal to restore the deposed judiciary through a constitutional amendment, said a party spokesman here last evening.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 03:28:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>With no one in charge of the economy, Pak may soon see social and political turmoil</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26718_With-no-one-in-charge-of-the-economy-Pak-may-soon-see-social-and-political-turmoil.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistani economist and financial planner Shahid Javed Burki has said that if the present situation of political uncertainty continues, with no one being in full charge of Pakistan's economy, there could be a social and political turmoil in the near future.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 03:28:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Sikhs give a miss to "Operation Blue Star" anniversary to promote Indo-Pak peace initiative</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26717_Pak-Sikhs-give-a-miss-to-Operation-Blue-Star-anniversary-to-promote-Indo-Pak-peace-initiative.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Keen not to mar the ongoing peace initiatives between the Governments of India and Pakistan, most Sikhs in Pakistan did their bit on June 6 (Friday) by giving a miss to the 24th anniversary of "Operation Blue Star".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 03:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz govt's no-cost, no-jargon service warns against cyber threat</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26715_Oz-govts-no-cost-no-jargon-service-warns-against-cyber-threat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian government has launched a no-cost, no-jargon Internet service that alerts computer users to cyber threats.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 02:53:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PML-N will keep working relationship with Musharraf</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26705_PML-N-will-keep-working-relationship-with-Musharraf.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PML-N president and brother of former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif has said that his party would maintain a working relationship with President Pervez Musharraf in accordance with the Constitution.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 12:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Media played a hand in Hilary's defeat to Obama: Expert</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26704_Media-played-a-hand-in-Hilarys-defeat-to-Obama-Expert.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hillary Clinton came close in her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, but failed when Barack Obama earned the last handful of delegates necessary for a win. Now, a new research has been published which shows that the media treated the two candidates differently right from the start.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 12:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Government lifts restrictions on non-Muslim places of worship </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26702_Malaysian-Government-lifts-restrictions-on-non-Muslim-places-of-worship-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Government has abolished regulations on new non-Muslim places of worship being limited to an area of 10,000 square feet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 12:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Study finds erasing LoC may a solution of Kashmir problem</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26701_Study-finds-erasing-LoC-may-a-solution-of-Kashmir-problem.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study sponsored by the US Institute of Peace has concluded that the Kashmir issue could be resolved by making the Line of Control (LoC) "irrelevant", thereby paving the way for free movement of trade and people.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 12:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bulk of troops on Indian border rather than Afghan souring Pak-US military ties</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26699_Bulk-of-troops-on-Indian-border-rather-than-Afghan-souring-Pak-US-military-ties.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Western military officers and diplomats are of the opinion that relations between the US military and the Pakistan Army were now at their worst point since 9/11, 2001, because of Pakistan's insistence of deploying its troops along the border with India, writes Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid in the Washington Post.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 12:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bindi Irwin names tree after late father Steve</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26695_Bindi-Irwin-names-tree-after-late-father-Steve.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late Steve Irwin, paid tribute to her father by naming a special Adelaide gum tree after him.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 11:41:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The United States is the world's leading jailer: Human Rights Watch</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26693_The-United-States-is-the-worlds-leading-jailer-Human-Rights-Watch.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States is the world's leading jailer, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 11:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mukherjee hands over aid consignment for quake-affected Sichuan province </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26692_Mukherjee-hands-over-aid-consignment-for-quake-affected-Sichuan-province-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Visiting Indian External Minister Pranab Mukherjee handed over a new consignment of aid for the earthquake-affected people of Sichuan province here today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 11:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tibet is not about human rights says Chinese diplomat</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26687_Tibet-is-not-about-human-rights-says-Chinese-diplomat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Tibet issue is an internal issue of China concerning its sovereignty, said Qian Bo, Counsellor Chinese Mission to the UN Office in Geneva, in a session of the UN Human Rights Council.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 10:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Human Rights Watch calls for end of political witch-hunt in Bangladesh </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26685_Human-Rights-Watch-calls-for-end-of-political-witch-hunt-in-Bangladesh-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the caretaker government in Bangladesh to end its political witch-hunt immediately.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 10:29:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush says Pak amongst nations where terror networks had created "safe havens" </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26684_Bush-says-Pak-amongst-nations-where-terror-networks-had-created-safe-havens-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US President George W. Bush has assured all possible help to work with Pakistan to combat "ideologies of hate", because, according to him, Pakistan was among the nations where terrorist networks had created safe havens and were "threatening to overwhelm their institutions".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 10:28:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak formally asks for UN probe in Benazir murder</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26682_Pak-formally-asks-for-UN-probe-in-Benazir-murder.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan is learnt to have formally requested the United Nations to hold a high-level inquiry into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 10:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Radioactive substance safe in quake-hit Sichuan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26681_Radioactive-substance-safe-in-quake-hit-Sichuan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection on Friday stated that all nuclear facilities in south west Sichuan Province are safe and under control and no radioactive substance has leaked into the environment.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 09:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Quake lake water finally flows downstream</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26679_Quake-lake-water-finally-flows-downstream.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  Water finally passed the overflowing point of the artificially created Tangjiashan Lake dam, in south west Sichuan Province, early on Saturday morning amid heavy rain. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 09:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Facebook meeting ends in gruesome murder </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26678_Facebook-meeting-ends-in-gruesome-murder-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A talented young Brisbane artist who agreed to meet up with an ex-boyfriend through a Facebook message was found brutally murdered in her flat this week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 09:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sino-Indian relations heading in the right direction, says Chinese Foreign Minister</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26676_Sino-Indian-relations-heading-in-the-right-direction-says-Chinese-Foreign-Minister.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jeichi on Friday said that Sino-Indian relations are heading in the right direction. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 09:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Paramount goes back on its word to Hindus about "The Love Guru"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26672_Paramount-goes-back-on-its-word-to-Hindus-about-The-Love-Guru.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Paramount Pictures, presenters of upcoming Hollywood movie "The Love Guru", has apparently gone back on its promise to pre-screen the movie for Hindu leaders.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 08:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghanistan brands Pak peace moves with extremists "destructive"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26670_Afghanistan-brands-Pak-peace-moves-with-extremists-destructive.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Afghan President Hamid Karzai has reportedly told Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi that Islamabad's peace moves with Taliban extremists could have "destructive" consequences for both nations, and emphasised on the need for a "strong fight" against such groups.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 08:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Night dreams inspire al-Qaeda and Taliban towards jehad</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26669_Night-dreams-inspire-al-Qaeda-and-Taliban-towards-jehad.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Militant jihadists in the Middle East and elsewhere are inspired by their night dreams or ruya, according to a new study by a social anthropologist at Durham University.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 7 June 2008 08:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>External Affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee meets Chinese Vice President </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26662_External-Affairs-minister-Pranab-Mukherjee-meets-Chinese-Vice-President-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is on a four-day visit to China to enhance strategic and diplomatic ties, on Friday met with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping here.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 06:41:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two US Air Force officers sacked over atomic errors </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26648_Two-US-Air-Force-officers-sacked-over-atomic-errors-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has given marching orders to two senior Department of Air Force officers - one a civilian and the other a high-ranking general for the mishandling of nuclear weapons and for failing to correct systemic problems in the Air Force. 
Air Force Secretary, Michael W. Wynne, and the service's chief of staff, Gen. T. Michael Moseley, were forced to resign after the inquiry found that the latest in a series of incidents reflected "a pattern of poor performance" in securing sensitive military components, the New York Times quoted Gates, as saying at a Pentagon briefing. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 04:53:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kevin Rudd 'sticks anything edible in his mouth'!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has admitted that he sticks anything edible into his mouth. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 04:41:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ITBP constable killed in Afghan attack, India condemns </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26644_ITBP-constable-killed-in-Afghan-attack-India-condemns-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A constable of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Dev Kumar was killed and four injured in the latest terrorist attack in Afghanistan on Thursday evening.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 04:28:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Clinton, Obama meet, discuss ways to unite Democrats</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26639_Clinton-Obama-meet-discuss-ways-to-unite-Democrats.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hillary Rodham Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately Thursday night to talk about uniting the Democratic Party.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 03:53:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India and China should reform global institutions together: Mukherjee</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26634_India-and-China-should-reform-global-institutions-together-Mukherjee.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  Delivering a lecture on Indian Foreign Policy at Peking University in Beijing, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today urged China to work...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 03:07:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US drone attacks not violating sanctity of Pak borders, says Defence Minister</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26630_US-drone-attacks-not-violating-sanctity-of-Pak-borders-says-Defence-Minister.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US troops are not violating the sanctity of Pakistani borders while using pilotless drones to hit Al-Qaeda hideouts in the country's tribal areas, Pakistan Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 02:42:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Benazir paid with her life for defying US</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26626_Benazir-paid-with-her-life-for-defying-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto was killed because she didn't stick to the deal which she struck with the US ensuring her return to Pakistan from her decade-long exile in London, the country's former COAS Mirza Aslam Beg has said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 02:07:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian bloggers to be awarded by MIC </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26623_Indian-bloggers-to-be-awarded-by-MIC-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) wants to recognise and honour Indian bloggers, in spite of constant criticism from them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 01:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PM Gilani and not Prez Musharraf to visit Turkey</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26616_PM-Gilani-and-not-Prez-Musharraf-to-visit-Turkey.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Though Pakistan's foreign office has maintained a silence on it, in a latest development, perhaps signifying 'growth of democracy' in the country, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani would visit Ankara instead of President Pervez Musharraf, who has reportedly dropped his scheduled state visit to Turkey. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 12:53:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New peace pact to ensure Pak Army's withdrawal from Mehsud areas in S Waziristan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26615_New-peace-pact-to-ensure-Pak-Armys-withdrawal-from-Mehsud-areas-in-S-Waziristan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If a draft of a proposed peace pact is to be believed, Pakistan Army will "withdraw completely" from the Mehsud areas of South Waziristan after Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud frees the remaining captured Army and paramilitary soldiers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 12:53:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal deadlock over posts of Prime Minister, President still unresolved </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26614_Nepal-deadlock-over-posts-of-Prime-Minister-President-still-unresolved-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The suggestion by the Maoists that an eminent person from the civil society should be appointed as the President of the young republic has not elicited favourable response from different political parties. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 12:41:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bride-to-be seeks hypnotism to avoid vomiting down the aisle!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26611_Bride-to-be-seeks-hypnotism-to-avoid-vomiting-down-the-aisle.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ For a bride, her wedding day is supposed to be the happiest day of her life. But Brit Emma Pelling has had to postpone her big day - because she is simply too scared to walk up the aisle.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 12:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Quake Lake' could cause flood as it nears drainage point</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26609_Quake-Lake-could-cause-flood-as-it-nears-drainage-point.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tangjiashan, the "quake lake" in China's Sichuan Province could lead to a flood due to a rise in water levels.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 12:07:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Field study for Arun III begins in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26608_Field-study-for-Arun-III-begins-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Satluj Hydro Electric Project (SHEP) of India, poised to generate 402 MW power from Nepal's largest Arun III, has begun a field study of the project site in Nepal's Sankhuwasabha District. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 11:53:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Govt recommends 75-member security team for King Gyanendra</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26607_Nepal-Govt-recommends-75-member-security-team-for-King-Gyanendra.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Government panel has recommended a 75-member security team for former King Gyanendra.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 11:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mukherjee hands over Padma Bhushan to China's bed ridden "Sanskrit Guru" </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26605_Mukherjee-hands-over-Padma-Bhushan-to-Chinas-bed-ridden-Sanskrit-Guru-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It was an emotional moment for 97-year-old Ji Xianlin when visiting Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee handed over the coveted Padma Bhushan award to him at the People's Liberation Army Hospital in Beijing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 11:41:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's former king will be allowed to live in a summer palace</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26586_Nepals-former-king-will-be-allowed-to-live-in-a-summer-palace.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nepal's former king will be allowed to live in a summer palace following the country's abolishment of the monarchy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 10:51:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Borders with China tension free says Pranab Mukherjee </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26574_Borders-with-China-tension-free-says-Pranab-Mukherjee-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that the peace and tranquility agreement with China has largely created a ten...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 10:41:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China arrests 16 monks in Tibet for allegedly triggering explosions</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26572_China-arrests-16-monks-in-Tibet-for-allegedly-triggering-explosions.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sixteen Buddhist monks have been arrested for allegedly triggering explosions in Qamdo prefecture of the Tibet autonomous region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 10:41:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Blast hits Sri Lankan bus, 20 killed </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26566_Blast-hits-Sri-Lankan-bus-20-killed-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 20 people have been killed and 40 injured in a bomb explosion in a bus in Colombo. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 09:53:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Osama, Omar's 'teacher' willing to mediate on behalf of Pak govt with them</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26563_Osama-Omars-teacher-willing-to-mediate-on-behalf-of-Pak-govt-with-them.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Shaikh-ul Hadith Maulana Dr Sher Ali Shah, widely considered as the teacher of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar, has denied of ever having taught the duo, claiming that Laden studied at Madina and Mullah Omar in Kandahar. He also denied that he ever had any direct contact with the two.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 09:41:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>9/11 mastermind wants to die a martyr</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26560_9-11-mastermind-wants-to-die-a-martyr.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind behind the September 11 terrorist attacks, stunned a U.S. military court by pleading for the death penalty. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 08:28:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama resists Hillary's move to be his Vice President</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26557_Obama-resists-Hillarys-move-to-be-his-Vice-President.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama has appeared publicly with three prominent vice-presidential contenders, resisting a defiant move by New York Senator Hillary Clinton to name her as his Vice President.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 6 June 2008 08:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India, China release joint stamps on sidelines of foreign ministers' meeting in Beijing</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26538_India-China-release-joint-stamps-on-sidelines-of-foreign-ministers-meeting-in-Beijing.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Postal departments of India and China today released a special commemorative stamp on the theme of ancient Buddhist architecture at the picturesque Diaoyuti State Guest House, the venue of talks between visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 07:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China's quake lake to be drained soon</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26533_Chinas-quake-lake-to-be-drained-soon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tangjiashan, the "quake lake" in China's Sichuan Province, is likely to be drained soon, today or thereafter.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 06:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CPN-M give up claim for presidency </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26526_CPN-M-give-up-claim-for-presidency-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) today decided to give up its claim for the post of president, saying that the first president of republican Nepal should be chosen from the civil society.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 05:41:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the four-year-old cigar addict!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26518_Meet-the-four-year-old-cigar-addict.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A four-year-old boy is being treated in a Taiwanese rehab for his addiction to cigars.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hillary ready to play second fiddle to Obama</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26516_Hillary-ready-to-play-second-fiddle-to-Obama.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has said that she is open to the idea of being Illinois Senator and Democratic arty presidential nominee Barack Obama's running mate. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 04:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz cops arrest 70 in child porn crackdown</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26506_Oz-cops-arrest-70-in-child-porn-crackdown.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Almost 1500 suspected Australian paedophiles have been identified under an international child pornography sting, which has already led the police to make almost 70 arrests Down Under.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Men's armpit odour is the biggest turn-on for women!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26500_Mens-armpit-odour-is-the-biggest-turn-on-for-women.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The secret to snagging the woman of your dreams lies not in those expensive aftershaves and eau de colognes, but as it turns out, your armpit odour, according to a new research.
What's more - the chemicals in your armpit's sweat can make her decide if you are the one for her.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US asks Pak govt to focus more on fight against terror than politics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26497_US-asks-Pak-govt-to-focus-more-on-fight-against-terror-than-politics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US is learnt to have urged upon the Pakistan government not to complicate the domestic political situation and instead focus on fighting extremists.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:07:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mukherjee arrives in Beijing to meet Chinese Vice President, not Premier</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26481_Mukherjee-arrives-in-Beijing-to-meet-Chinese-Vice-President-not-Premier.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has been called off as the latter is actively involved with earthquake relief operations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 12:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Koirala hopes to solve settlement with Maoists through dialogue </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26477_Koirala-hopes-to-solve-settlement-with-Maoists-through-dialogue-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With relations between major Political parties taking a further beating, Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has said that unity and cooperation among the parties must continue for years to come.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 11:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>King Gyanendra likely to move to Nagarjun Palace on Friday</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26476_King-Gyanendra-likely-to-move-to-Nagarjun-Palace-on-Friday.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Deposed Nepal King Gyanendra is likely to vacate the Narayanhiti Palace on Friday.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 11:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Electricity Authority cuts load shedding </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26475_Nepal-Electricity-Authority-cuts-load-shedding-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has reduced load-shedding from nine to five hours a week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 11:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Beliefnet to post Hindu viewpoint on "The Love Guru" </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26470_Beliefnet-to-post-Hindu-viewpoint-on-The-Love-Guru-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Beliefnet, one of the world's largest spiritual websites, has agreed to post an article explaining the Hindu viewpoint on the upcoming Hollywood movie "The Love Guru".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 10:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rice conveys her concerns over tribal peace deals to new Pak envoy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26469_Rice-conveys-her-concerns-over-tribal-peace-deals-to-new-Pak-envoy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has conveyed US' concerns to Pakistan's newly appointed ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani about the recent peace deals Pakistan government had entered into with terrorists in tribal areas along the Afghanistan border.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 10:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China wants to strengthen trade ties with India </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26462_China-wants-to-strengthen-trade-ties-with-India-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With a sub-prime property crisis hitting US markets and a slowdown being witnessed in Europe, China is looking forward to enhancing trade ties with its n...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 09:42:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dr Khan's retraction potentially implicates Pak Army's role in N-proliferation: Stratfor</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26461_Dr-Khans-retraction-potentially-implicates-Pak-Armys-role-in-N-proliferation-Stratfor.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan nuclear scientist Dr AQ Khan's assertion that he had confessed to transferring nuclear technology to other countries, in the national interest and "under pressure", has reopened an "all-but-shut case" potentially implicating the Pakistan military in nuclear proliferation, the US' news intelligence service Stratfor has said in a commentary.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 09:41:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Qaeda claims responsibility for Danish embassy attack in Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26460_Qaeda-claims-responsibility-for-Danish-embassy-attack-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A statement flashed on Islamic websites, purportedly signed by an Al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, has claimed that the terror group was behind the suicide attack on Denmark's embassy in Pakistan which claimed eight lives.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 09:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian and Somalian drivers' brawl at Melbourne Airport lands cabbie in hospital</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26455_Indian-and-Somalian-drivers-brawl-at-Melbourne-Airport-lands-cabbie-in-hospital.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A brawl between Indian and Somalian origin taxi drivers at Melbourne Airport landed a 25-year-old man in hospital late on Wednesday night.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 08:53:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Visa on arrival facility to stay for Indian tourists in Malaysia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26454_Visa-on-arrival-facility-to-stay-for-Indian-tourists-in-Malaysia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysia Government will continue with the visa on arrival (VOA) facility for tourists from India, Human Resources Minister S. Subramaniam has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 5 June 2008 08:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UPA calls States to help out public in handling price rise </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26444_UPA-calls-States-to-help-out-public-in-handling-price-rise-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday asked the State governments to come forward and share the likely burden of today's price rise of oil and Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 08:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India opens new consulate general in China's richest province</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26443_India-opens-new-consulate-general-in-Chinas-richest-province.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today visited the site and unveiled the logo of India's new consulate general in Guangzhou, the capital of China's richest province Guangdong.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 08:28:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Monsoon toll rises in Sri Lanka </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26442_Monsoon-toll-rises-in-Sri-Lanka-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The death toll from floods and landslides in Sri Lanka on Wednesday crossed 19, official said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 08:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Largest Cambodian Buddha resurrected in Siem Reap  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26436_Largest-Cambodian-Buddha-resurrected-in-Siem-Reap-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Phnom Penh, June 4 (ANI) The largest reclining Buddha in Cambodia, part of the Baphuon Temple at Angkor in Siem Reap province, has just opened to the public, the Mekong Times newspaper said Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 07:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepali Government gives Nagarjun palace to former King Gyanendra </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26434_Nepali-Government-gives-Nagarjun-palace-to-former-King-Gyanendra-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepali Government today decided to give Nagarjun Palace to former King Gyanendra Shah and his family.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 07:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pranab to be feted in Beijing's "Forbidden City" </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26432_Pranab-to-be-feted-in-Beijings-Forbidden-City-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China has said that it attaches  great importance to the visit of Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, and this is will be reflected when Beijing not only rolls out the red carpet for the visiting dignitary, but by also making elobarate arrangements to pamper Mukherjee's taste buds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 07:07:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Private turned public sex MMS lands Malaysian man in a soup </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26427_Private-turned-public-sex-MMS-lands-Malaysian-man-in-a-soup-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Malaysian man who made recordings of his sexual acts with a woman for his "own viewing pleasure" is in a psoup after the clips went public and ended in the hands of the cops]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 06:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese man uses beer bottles to make mum feel comfy!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26419_Chinese-man-uses-beer-bottles-to-make-mum-feel-comfy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Chinese man in Mizhi county, Shaanxi province, built a solar water-heating device by using beer bottles so that his elderly mother could take a warm bath every day.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 05:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A busty underground railway pole dancer is on the loose in Bucharest!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26416_A-busty-underground-railway-pole-dancer-is-on-the-loose-in-Bucharest.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Police in Bucharest are hunting for a busty pole dancer who performs her routines on the city's underground railway.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 05:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rudd snubbing India due to China obsession, claims Oz opposition</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26413_Rudd-snubbing-India-due-to-China-obsession-claims-Oz-opposition.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's obsession with China and snubbing of key Asian allies like India, has damaged important regional relationships, the country's opposition has claimed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 04:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepali leaders positive about giving Nagarjuna palace to former King </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26403_Nepali-leaders-positive-about-giving-Nagarjuna-palace-to-former-King-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The request of former King Gyanendra to use Nagarjuna Palace for the time being has received positive response from the Nepali Congress (NC), the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) and the Maoists.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 03:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Communists and Congress unable to resolve conflict in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26400_Communists-and-Congress-unable-to-resolve-conflict-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) Chairman Prachanda met Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala to renew his warning to launch street protest if a clear political understanding to transfer power to the Maoists does not evolve.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 03:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BJP is anti-Nepalese say Maoists </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26399_BJP-is-anti-Nepalese-say-Maoists-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) leader Ram Bahadur Thapa has termed the latest derision by India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as purely "anti-Nepalese". ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 02:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz artist 'sucks out own blood' to use as paint!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26392_Oz-artist-sucks-out-own-blood-to-use-as-paint.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Rebecca Cunningham, a well-known Aussie artist, is pushing the boundaries in a bid to "make people think" by sucking out her own blood and then painting with it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 02:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Indian Congress wants 250 scholarships for Malay Indians </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26388_Malaysian-Indian-Congress-wants-250-scholarships-for-Malay-Indians-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has demanded a fixed number of Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships for Malay Indians.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 01:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese quake lake's water level dangerously edges toward sluice</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26375_Chinese-quake-lakes-water-level-dangerously-edges-toward-sluice.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Tangjiashan "quake lake" in China's Sichuan Province dangerously edged closer to the top of its dam on Tuesday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 01:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Congress approves 10 F-16s sale to Pak, 4 to reach by June-end</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26374_US-Congress-approves-10-F-16s-sale-to-Pak-4-to-reach-by-June-end.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan will receive four F-16s later this month from the United States, which had in 2005 promised to supply it with 12 such aircraft.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 12:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Attitude to life changes for quake-hit Chinese</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26372_Attitude-to-life-changes-for-quake-hit-Chinese.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Safety and good health has become the new mantra of a majority of Chinese following the devastation caused to life and property by the May 12 earthquake in south west Sichuan province.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 12:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Why new CEOs last less than three years</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26370_Why-new-CEOs-last-less-than-three-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Here's the reason why more than 25 pct of the new CEOs last less than three years - information asymmetry.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 12:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Journalists flay Musharraf for targeting Pak media</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26368_Journalists-flay-Musharraf-for-targeting-Pak-media.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf came under fire from journalists from different nations for banning TV news channels and not controlling the illegal FM radio stations run by the Taliban in the tribal areas, during his nine-year long regime.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 12:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Outrage over Bharatnatyam recital without Nataraja's prayer in Malaysia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26362_Outrage-over-Bharatnatyam-recital-without-Natarajas-prayer-in-Malaysia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Bharatanatyam recital was performed at the Taman Budaya public auditorium in Malaysia on the condition that prayers to Lord Nataraja would not be carried out on stage as is the common practice at the start of the performance.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 11:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MIC to continue aid to Tamil schools, temples</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26360_MIC-to-continue-aid-to-Tamil-schools-temples.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Indian Congress would continue to extend aid to Tamil schools, temples and other organisations, said Deputy Territories Minister M. Saravanan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 11:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UNDP for early recovery activities in Burma</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26359_UNDP-for-early-recovery-activities-in-Burma.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today presented a comprehensive early recovery package aimed at immediately re-establishing livelihoods for communities in Burmese villages.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 11:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Kiyani's allegations against Musharraf childish" </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26358_Kiyanis-allegations-against-Musharraf-childish-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Presidential spokesman Rashid Qureshi has termed the charges leveled by Lt Gen (Retd) Gulzar Kiyani against President Pervez Musharraf over the Kargil conflict and the Lal Masjid operation as "childish and unbecoming" of a retired Army officer of the rank of lieutenant general.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 10:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Broad aim of "The Love Guru" protests is protecting minorities </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26356_Broad-aim-of-The-Love-Guru-protests-is-protecting-minorities-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indo-American leader Rajan Zed has said the broader aim of the worldwide Hindu protests against "The Love Guru" is to protect various minorities from future ridicule.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 10:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Brave Musharraf can handle pressure from political parties"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26352_Brave-Musharraf-can-handle-pressure-from-political-parties.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would not resign because he was a "brave man" capable of handling pressure from political parties, the country's former minister Nisar Memon said here last evening. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 10:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gershon lets loose her lawyers on Vanity Fair over Clinton sexcapade story</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26350_Gershon-lets-loose-her-lawyers-on-Vanity-Fair-over-Clinton-sexcapade-story.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Actress Gina Gershon has let loose her lawyers on Vanity Fair magazine for publishing a major profile on Bill Clinton in which writer Todd Purdum suggested the two had a torrid love affair.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 09:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World Youth Day to 'boost Australian sex industry'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26348_World-Youth-Day-to-boost-Australian-sex-industry.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Australian sex industry will see an upsurge in customers thanks to the most unlikely of sources - World Youth Day, predicts a new report by Industry analysts IBISWorld.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 09:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>McCain blasts Obama as out-of-touch liberal who offers false promise of change</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26347_McCain-blasts-Obama-as-out-of-touch-liberal-who-offers-false-promise-of-change.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Republican presidential hopeful John McCain wasted no time in launching his first general-election attack against Democrat Barack Obama, and said that the Illinois Senator is out-of-touch liberal who offers a false promise of change.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 09:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bill Clinton goes ballistic over blatant sex slur lies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26340_Bill-Clinton-goes-ballistic-over-blatant-sex-slur-lies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bill Clinton lost his cool on Vanity Fair and its writer Todd Purdum, who recently wrote major profile piece on him in the magazine, suggesting he had not only had an inappropriate relationship with actress Gina Gershon, but that the former US President was a man of "abiding anger".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 08:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hillary Clinton still refusing to throw in the towel</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26339_Hillary-Clinton-still-refusing-to-throw-in-the-towel.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New York Senator Hillary Clinton, who sought to be the first woman President of US, refused to withdraw from the race, after Senator Barak Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 08:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama clinches Democratic presidential nomination</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26337_Obama-clinches-Democratic-presidential-nomination.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senator Barack Obama of Illinois laid claim to the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday night, taking a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the America's first black President. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 4 June 2008 07:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian envoy meets Prachanda</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26313_Indian-envoy-meets-Prachanda.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood on Tuesday called on Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and discussed issues related to the new government's formation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 07:07:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NC, UML leaders discuss political bottleneck</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26312_NC-UML-leaders-discuss-political-bottleneck.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In the wake of rising differences between the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) and the other Constituent Assembly (CA) parties, the leaders of the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML on Tuesday discussed issues crucial to the next government including constitutional amendment and power-sharing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 06:53:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Three Indian labourers killed in Dubai hotel ceiling collapse</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26306_Three-Indian-labourers-killed-in-Dubai-hotel-ceiling-collapse.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least three Indian labourers were killed and three others went missing and are feared dead, after the ceiling of an under-construction hotel collapsed in Dubai late last evening.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 06:07:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Alcopops not increasing binge drinking: Study</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26303_Alcopops-not-increasing-binge-drinking-Study.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Makers and importers of distilled spirits have claimed that alcopops don't encourage binge drinking.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 05:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>1 in 5 Oz employees being sacked over leaking company secrets on emails</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26297_1-in-5-Oz-employees-being-sacked-over-leaking-company-secrets-on-emails.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An increasing number of employees are getting sacked for leaking company secrets via email, reveals a new survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 05:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nawaz wants Muhsarraf to be tried for treason over Kargil misadventure</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26294_Nawaz-wants-Muhsarraf-to-be-tried-for-treason-over-Kargil-misadventure.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PML-N leader and former premier Nawaz Sharif has demanded that President Pervez Musharraf should be tried in treason cases for the Kargil issue, his November 3 action, and the Jamia Hafsa carnage in which a large number of students were killed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 04:41:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pringles can designer buried in his own creation!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26291_Pringles-can-designer-buried-in-his-own-creation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The designer of the Pringles potato crisp packaging system was so proud of his creation that a part his ashes have been buried in one of his iconic cans.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 04:28:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pizza-eating champ breaks his own record!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26286_Pizza-eating-champ-breaks-his-own-record.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sal Carbone, from Brooklyn has broken his own record by gobbling down 15 slices and one bite of pizza at a contest. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 03:41:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sikh aid group in Malaysia bring food to 2,400 Nargis-hit people</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26280_Sikh-aid-group-in-Malaysia-bring-food-to-2400-Nargis-hit-people.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  United Sikhs Myanmar Disaster Relief, an aid group based in Malaysia, has been distributing rations to the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar through 70 local volunteers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 02:53:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UFO 'dive-bombs' elderly couple on highway Down Under!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26278_UFO-dive-bombs-elderly-couple-on-highway-Down-Under.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Looks like aliens from outer space are no longer restricted to the movies and cartoons. An elderly couple has claimed that they had a close encounter with an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) while traveling along a highway in Australia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 02:41:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Male Oz strippers cancel show - after clothes get stolen!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26277_Male-Oz-strippers-cancel-show---after-clothes-get-stolen.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Aussie male strip review The Thunder From Down Under had to ax a leg of its US tour because they were left with nothing to wear after their van was stolen. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 02:41:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Spanish singer joins nude Oz protestors in anti-fur campaign</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26275_Spanish-singer-joins-nude-Oz-protestors-in-anti-fur-campaign.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a move to protest against the fur industry, animal rights activists in Sydney marched nude on the city's streets. And, lending them a helping hand was Spanish singer Alaska, who earlier posed nude to protest against bull-fighting.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 02:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Land for Tamil schools with Malaysian Government support </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26273_Land-for-Tamil-schools-with-Malaysian-Government-support-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ THE National Land Finance Cooperative Society (NLFCS) has agreed to give land to eight Tamil schools if the Government fully supports the schools.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 02:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Beijing lays out strict laws for foreigners ahead of Olympics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26264_Beijing-lays-out-strict-laws-for-foreigners-ahead-of-Olympics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  The Beijing Olympic Games organizers' (BOCOG) have said that foreigners suspected of having the potential to carry out terrorist or violent attacks, or indulge in subversive activities will be denied entry into China.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 12:53:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Outgoing NATO general in Afghanistan slams Pak for not tackling terror</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26255_Outgoing-NATO-general-in-Afghanistan-slams-Pak-for-not-tackling-terror.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Without taking names, NATO Commander in Afghanistan Gen Dan McNeill has asked Pakistan to tackle terrorism seriously, and said that the fact that Islamabad was not taking up a serious fight against terrorism did not bode well not only for Pakistan but for entire South Asia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 11:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US reluctant to use 'ray gun' in Iraq</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26253_US-reluctant-to-use-ray-gun-in-Iraq.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. military reportedly has a fully functioning, non-lethal ray gun, but is reluctant to deploy it in Iraq or any other war zone.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 11:41:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Koirala looking for individual to lead constitution drafting committee</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26239_Koirala-looking-for-individual-to-lead-constitution-drafting-committee.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister of Nepal Girija Prasad Koirala is looking for a person to lead the constitution drafting committee. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 11:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysia Govt hopes Indian shopping festival will boost business ties</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26235_Malaysia-Govt-hopes-Indian-shopping-festival-will-boost-business-ties.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Government hopes that local and Indian businessmen will use the Global Indian Shopping Festival being held here as an opportunity to further strengthen business activities. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 10:41:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US embassy advisory asks Americans to avoid traveling in Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26233_US-embassy-advisory-asks-Americans-to-avoid-traveling-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Following yesterday's bomb blast near the Danish embassy in Islamabad killing eight persons, the US embassy here has asked its citizens not to visit the blast site, avoid traveling in Pakistan, and maintain a low profile.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 10:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz MP has multiple 'orgasms' in parliament!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26231_Oz-MP-has-multiple-orgasms-in-parliament.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Australian MP was left red-faced after he substituted the word 'organism' for 'orgasm' while speaking in Parliament.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 10:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US urge Pak not to let terrorists make its soil a safe haven</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26225_US-urge-Pak-not-to-let-terrorists-make-its-soil-a-safe-haven.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In the aftermath of yesterday's terrorist attack near Danish embassy in Islamabad killing eight persons, the US has urged Pakistan not to let the terrorists make its soil a "safe haven" for them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 09:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Natascha Kampusch says her captor and Josef Fritzl idolised their mothers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26222_Natascha-Kampusch-says-her-captor-and-Josef-Fritzl-idolised-their-mothers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian woman who was kept captive in a windowless cellar for eight years, has compared her kidnapper to Amstetten incest father Joseph Fritzl, saying the fiends had an obsession with their mothers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 08:53:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bill Clinton in new sexcapade scandal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26220_Bill-Clinton-in-new-sexcapade-scandal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former US President Bill Clinton has slammed reports that he had an inappropriate relationship with actress Gina Gershon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 08:41:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aitzaz says NYT misquoted him saying cases against Zardari were justified</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26219_Aitzaz-says-NYT-misquoted-him-saying-cases-against-Zardari-were-justified.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senior PPP leader and president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association, Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the New York Times had misquoted him saying that the corruption cases against PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari were justified. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 08:41:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Nawaz, ISI were kept in dark about Kargil operation'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26216_Nawaz-ISI-were-kept-in-dark-about-Kargil-operation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Rawalpindi Corps Commander Lt Gen (Retd) Jamshed Gulzar Kyani has said that former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif and the country's intelligence agency ISI were kept in the dark about the Kargil operation in 1999.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 08:07:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dr Death's extradition delayed by three weeks </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26212_Dr-Deaths-extradition-delayed-by-three-weeks-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dr Jayant Patel, a doctor of Indian origin who acquired the sobriquet "Dr Death" for botching several surgeries resulting in his patients deaths, has successfully delayed his extradition hearing in the US by three weeks.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 3 June 2008 07:41:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Avoid calling terrorists jihadis: US </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26201_Avoid-calling-terrorists-jihadis-US-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US State Department recently circulated an internal memo advising foreign service officers to avoid calling terrorists "jihadists" or "jihadis."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 09:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the real-life Ghostbuster!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26186_Meet-the-real-life-Ghostbuster.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New Zealander Brad Scott is the real-life Ghostbuster, helping people get rid of fear linked with all things they find spooky.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 07:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A third of kids think binge-drinking is 'normal'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26184_A-third-of-kids-think-binge-drinking-is-normal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nearly a third of kids find adults' binge drinking normal, according to a new study. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 07:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iranian Baha'i leaders being held incommunicado </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26183_Iranian-Bahai-leaders-being-held-incommunicado-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Six Baha'i leaders who were arrested nearly two weeks ago in Iran are being held incommunicado, without access to lawyers or relatives, and the Baha'i International Community is increasingly concerned about their fate.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 06:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US accused of holding terror suspects on 17 prison ships</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26180_US-accused-of-holding-terror-suspects-on-17-prison-ships.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States is operating "floating prisons" to house those arrested in its war on terror.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 06:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hillary Clinton tops 'Most Powerful Women In NYC' list</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26178_Hillary-Clinton-tops-Most-Powerful-Women-In-NYC-list.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US presidential candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has landed the top spot in a new list of 'The Most Powerful Women In NYC'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 06:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prisoners watching hardcore porn on Oz Government computers!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26177_Prisoners-watching-hardcore-porn-on-Oz-Government-computers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Illegal Indonesian fishermen are accessing hardcore pornography on Federal Government computers at Darwin's immigration detention centre in Berrimah. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 06:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New face of Islamophobia surfaces in Sydney</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26175_New-face-of-Islamophobia-surfaces-in-Sydney.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Islamophobia has acquired a new meaning in Sydney. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 05:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dying man wins 5,000 pounds bet on life!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26174_Dying-man-wins-5000-pounds-bet-on-life.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A terminally ill man has collected 5,000 pounds after placing a bet that he would live past doctors' predictions.
Eight months ago, doctors had told Jon Matthews it was unlikely he would live to see Christmas after discovering he had mesothelioma - a cancer linked to asbestos. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 05:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PPP's Musharraf policy unchanged despite Bush's backing, says Defence Minister</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26161_PPPs-Musharraf-policy-unchanged-despite-Bushs-backing-says-Defence-Minister.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pakistani Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said on Sunday that the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)-led Government would not change its policy towards President Pervez Musharraf in spite of President Bush's support to the beleaguered leader.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 04:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Depressed Pak housewives fast falling prey to sleeping pills</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26158_Depressed-Pak-housewives-fast-falling-prey-to-sleeping-pills.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistani married women are fast falling prey to sleeping pills, so as to have mental relaxation from depression from domestic violence and inter-personal relationship problems, a new survey has found.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 03:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Diarrhea grips entire village in Nepal's Siraha district </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26156_Diarrhea-grips-entire-village-in-Nepals-Siraha-district-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ One person died and over 50 others have fallen sick due to a diarrhea outbreak in Fulbariya of Siraha district in Nepal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 03:41:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Problems faced by Indians, a national issue', says Malaysian leader</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26141_Problems-faced-by-Indians-a-national-issue-says-Malaysian-leader.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Problems afflicting Malaysian Indians should be considered a national issue and not left to the community to solve, said acting Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 01:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Cabinet clears annual visa renewal for Indian temple priests</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26134_Malaysian-Cabinet-clears-annual-visa-renewal-for-Indian-temple-priests.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Cabinet has cleared the annual visa renewal and approval for Indian temple priests, musicians and artisans, but the Home and Human Resources ministries have yet to work out the details.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 01:28:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepali Congress to hold public meeting next week</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26130_Nepali-Congress-to-hold-public-meeting-next-week.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to hold a public meeting in Khula Manch, Kathmandu next week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 12:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda warns of street movement if NC fails to hand over leadership </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26129_Prachanda-warns-of-street-movement-if-NC-fails-to-hand-over-leadership-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) Chairman Prachanda has warned that his party would launch a street movement in Nepal if the Nepali Congress (NC) failed to hand over the reins of power to his party within the next three days.
Nepalnews quoted Prachanda as saying that Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala should submit his resignation to the Constituent Assembly (CA) and allow the Maoists to form the next government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 12:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's Home Secretary says Narayanhiti palace has poor security</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26128_Nepals-Home-Secretary-says-Narayanhiti-palace-has-poor-security.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's Home Secretary Umesh Prasad Mainali has said that the security arrangements at the Narayanhiti Palace are at a bare minimum.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 12:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Plastic surgeon pens children's book on boob jobs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26121_Plastic-surgeon-pens-childrens-book-on-boob-jobs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A plastic surgeon has written a children's book that gives information about boob jobs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 11:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US calls Pak, Afghanistan frontier areas key points to win war on terror</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26117_US-calls-Pak-Afghanistan-frontier-areas-key-points-to-win-war-on-terror.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has reportedly said that the frontier areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan were the 'most pressing points' where the US must win its war on terror.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 11:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian man accused of killing wife in Australia asked his son to lie to police</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26111_Indian-man-accused-of-killing-wife-in-Australia-asked-his-son-to-lie-to-police.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Indian man who worked as an engineer in Sydney is accused of murdering his second wife and a stepdaughter, had asked his 14 year-old son from his first wife not to disclose the crime before dumping the two bodies up a mountain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 11:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian man charged with murdering second wife, girl in Australia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26108_Indian-man-charged-with-murdering-second-wife-girl-in-Australia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Indian national who married his second wife last May after meeting her on the Internet a year ago, has been accused of murdering her and a girl, and then threw the bodies over a cliff. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 10:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Blasts rock Dhaka hotel, 45 injured </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26107_Blasts-rock-Dhaka-hotel-45-injured-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 45 people were injured in a series of explosions at a multi-storey hotel in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, late on Sunday night.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 10:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak rejects Indian journo's claim that BB smuggled N-data to N Korea in 1993</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26089_Pak-rejects-Indian-journos-claim-that-BB-smuggled-N-data-to-N-Korea-in-1993.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pakistan embassy in Washington has rejected the claim revealed in a book written by India's known journalist and writer Shyam Bhatia, that former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto had smuggled nuclear data to North Korea in 1993 during a visit to the country, and that she had confided the secret to him under the promise that he won't reveal it in her lifetime.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 08:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aitzaz Ahsan says most corruption cases dropped against Zardari were "justified"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26088_Aitzaz-Ahsan-says-most-corruption-cases-dropped-against-Zardari-were-justified.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senior PPP leader and president of Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association, Aitzaz Ahsan, who was interior minister in Benazir Bhutto's first government, has said that most of the corruption and criminal cases against PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari which were dropped recently were justified, and that the PPP was a feudal political party led by a figure (read Zardari) accused of corruption and violence.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 08:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US rapidly advancing plans to send ground troops to FATA</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26085_US-rapidly-advancing-plans-to-send-ground-troops-to-FATA.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Gauging the prevailing recession-like situation in Pakistan owing to soaring oil prices and political instability, the US hopes that the new PPP-led democratic government would once again turn to it in the hope of getting financial aid, and in return, the Pentagon would push its demand of sending more troops in FATA, writes American journalist Eric Margolis.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 08:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pro-Taliban militants set up court in Swat</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26084_Pro-Taliban-militants-set-up-court-in-Swat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Signaling that they are the virtual rulers in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, the pro-Taliban militants in Swat Valley have set up their own court in the Piochar village of Matta tehsil to resolve the local cases involving disputes over land or money.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 2 June 2008 07:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fire breaks out in Universal studios</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26077_Fire-breaks-out-in-Universal-studios.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A major fire broke out on Sunday on a sound stage at the Universal Studios.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 07:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sheikh Rashid forms 'Awami Muslim League' </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26076_Sheikh-Rashid-forms-Awami-Muslim-League-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Federal Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has left Pakistan Muslim League-Qaid (PML-Q) and announced the formation of his own party named 'Awami Muslim League' (AML). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 07:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2 killed in bomb blast in Iraq</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26066_2-killed-in-bomb-blast-in-Iraq.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least two people were killed and five wounded when a car bomb exploded near the Iranian Embassy in Iraq today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 06:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>On the spot inspection of Narayanhiti palace by Government panel</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26062_On-the-spot-inspection-of-Narayanhiti-palace-by-Government-panel.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A government panel set up to make security arrangements in former King Gyanendra's Narayanhiti palace, today carried out on the spot inspection of the palace. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 03:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Koirala says presidential disputes will be defused before second CA meet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26052_Koirala-says-presidential-disputes-will-be-defused-before-second-CA-meet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Sunday said that the differences over power-sharing and election procedure for the president will be sorted out before the second sitting of the Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting scheduled for June 5.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 12:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>`King's Party' decides to counter anti-Musharraf campaign</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26047_`Kings-Party-decides-to-counter-anti-Musharraf-campaign.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  The Pakistan Muslim League-Quami, also known as the "King's Party" has decided to blunt the ruling coalition's attacks on President Pervez Musharraf.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 11:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Teen accidentally photographs castle ghost </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26044_Teen-accidentally-photographs-castle-ghost-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British teenager claims a picture he snapped while attending a wedding at a Scottish castle proves ghosts exist.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 11:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kashmir Awami National Conference To contest elections , urges separtists Leaders to Contest </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26042_Kashmir-Awami-National-Conference-To-contest-elections-urges-separtists-Leaders-to-Contest-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Our agenda similar to separatists, MUF may be formed again’
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 11:08:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nuke bomb blueprints may up for sale on world black market: Experts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26040_Nuke-bomb-blueprints-may-up-for-sale-on-world-black-market-Experts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nuclear bomb blueprints and manuals on how to manufacture weapons-grade uranium for warheads are feared to be in circulation on the international black market, The Guardian has quoted investigators tracking the world's most infamous nuclear smuggling racket, as saying.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 11:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak High Commission seeks India position on Burney's deportation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26039_Pak-High-Commission-seeks-India-position-on-Burneys-deportation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  The Pakistan High Commission here has sought a factual explanation on why former Human Rights Minister Ansar Burney was deported to Dubai from New Delhi's Indira Gandhi Airport on Friday night, though the Indian Government has apologized for the gaffe through a terse two paragraph statement. 
Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner Afrasiab said Saturday that the High Commission had taken up the matter with the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 10:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan, India to allow dam inspections</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26033_Pakistan-India-to-allow-dam-inspections.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan and India on Saturday allowed each other to examine the Baglihar Dam and Neelum-Jhelum projects. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 09:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan, US ties to remain close: General Majeed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26032_Pakistan-US-ties-to-remain-close-General-Majeed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman General Tariq Majeed has said that U.S- Pakistan defence ties will always remain strong, and that Islamabad is aware of the tough talk by U.S. presidential candidates vis-à-vis review of the relationship.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 09:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama quits his controversy-ridden church</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26030_Obama-quits-his-controversy-ridden-church.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Illinois Senator and Democratic presidential frontrunner Barack Obama resigned from the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago on Saturday following the inflammatory remarks made by his longtime pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright and more recent fiery remarks by another minister at the same church. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 09:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Democrats reach pact on vexed Michigan, Florida delegate vote issue</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26029_Democrats-reach-pact-on-vexed-Michigan-Florida-delegate-vote-issue.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democratic Party leaders on Saturday agreed to seat Michigan and Florida delegates with half votes at this summer's convention with a compromise that left Barack Obama on the verge of the nomination but riled Hillary Rodham Clinton backers who threatened to fight to the August convention. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 09:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sharifs' candidacy cases referred to Pak CEC</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26025_Sharifs-candidacy-cases-referred-to-Pak-CEC.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Election Tribunal of the Lahore High Court has failed to reach a consensus on cases related to the candidacies of Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif, and referred the matter to Pakistan's Chief Election Commissioner (CEC).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 08:53:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sharif should not make impractical demands: Gilani</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26024_Sharif-should-not-make-impractical-demands-Gilani.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has urged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif  to think of the nation's interest, and avoid making impractical demands on the government, suggesting that coalition relationship is cooling off.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 08:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The American girl who hasn't missed a single day of school in her life!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26016_The-American-girl-who-hasnt-missed-a-single-day-of-school-in-her-life.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ While most children would crib about going to school daily, Raquel Williams from East Flatbush is an exception. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 07:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Racehorse banned over 'risque' name</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26014_Racehorse-banned-over-risque-name.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After winning his debut contest, racehorse Aydee Fic has galloped into a storm of controversy, over of his risque name.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 1 June 2008 07:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>5 dead, 65 injured in plane crash in Honduras</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_26013_5-dead-65-injured-in-plane-crash-in-Honduras.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least five people died and 65 injured when a jet owned by Central America's TACA airlines slipped across a runway and onto a road while landing at the Tegucigalpa airport. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 08:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Second plea filed for Hindraf leaders' release in Malaysia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25998_Second-plea-filed-for-Hindraf-leaders-release-in-Malaysia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ DAP (Democratic Action Party) chairman and veteran lawyer Karpal Singh has filed a fresh application before a High Court in Malaysia for the release of the five Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 06:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz state of Victoria, the preferred destination for Indian migrants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25997_Oz-state-of-Victoria-the-preferred-destination-for-Indian-migrants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New figures show that the Australian state of Victoria has emerged as the preferred destination for Indian migrants.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 06:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Intelligence official sees little progress before Bush exits</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25996_Intelligence-official-sees-little-progress-before-Bush-exits.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A top U.S. intelligence official has predicted that the Bush administration would make little progress before leaving office on top national security priorities, including an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, political reconciliation in Iraq and keeping Iran from being able to produce a nuclear weapon. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 06:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aussie high-speed broadband may boost cyber bullying</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25995_Aussie-high-speed-broadband-may-boost-cyber-bullying.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia's high-speed broadband network could be misused for cyber-bullying and other online crimes against children, the government has admitted.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 06:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No more extension of permits for Indian priests and temple musicians in Malaysia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25993_No-more-extension-of-permits-for-Indian-priests-and-temple-musicians-in-Malaysia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Government will not extend permits for priests and temple musicians from India to continue working in the temples in Malaysia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 05:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cheeky robbers use women's G-strings as masks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25992_Cheeky-robbers-use-womens-G-strings-as-masks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pirates using eye patches and robbers using full face masks on their loot has become passe, for the new-age burglars in Australia are using women's G-strings as masks while raiding a store. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 05:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US "comfortable" with new Pak govt's "tolerance" over unilateral strikes against Qaeda </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25986_US-comfortable-with-new-Pak-govts-tolerance-over-unilateral-strikes-against-Qaeda-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US intelligence agency CIA chief Michael V Hayden has said that they were "comfortable" with the new administration in Islamabad in as far as being as tolerant in respect of unilateral US strikes against Al Qaeda from Pakistan's soil, as was the case during Musharraf's reign.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 05:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Starbucks topless mermaid logo 'too racy' for customers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25985_Starbucks-topless-mermaid-logo-too-racy-for-customers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ International coffee house chain Starbucks is under fire for using a logo depicting a topless mermaid.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 04:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan's peace deal with Taliban, not at Afghanistan's cost: Karzai </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25977_Pakistans-peace-deal-with-Taliban-not-at-Afghanistans-cost-Karzai-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has said that any peace deal by Pakistan with the Taliban in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) which puts Afghanistan at risk, would be raised with the leadership in Islamabad. he statement comes days after Pakistan struck peace deal with Taliban.arzai said that the agreement should not compromise his country's interests, failing which Kabul would be "extremely angry". Under any circumstances we cannot allow elements that are inimical to this country or that to operate from either country," Karzai said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 03:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Pak Army still considers Musharraf as country's legal Prez"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25974_Pak-Army-still-considers-Musharraf-as-countrys-legal-Prez.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sources in Pakistan Army have claimed that the country's armed forces still considered President Pervez Musharraf as their supreme commander, as well as the legal and constitutional president of the country. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 03:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Haneef's close pal was grilled for five days   </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25967_Haneefs-close-pal-was-grilled-for-five-days--.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian investigators used special star chamber powers to force a close friend of Bangalore-based Dr.Mohamed Haneef to give evidence in a secret five-day interrogation by the Australian Crime Commission at the height of the anti-terror investigation last year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 02:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aussie docs hail Asian woman's ovary baby a 'miracle'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25966_Aussie-docs-hail-Asian-womans-ovary-baby-a-miracle.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Doctors have hailed the baby born to an Asian couple residing in Australia a 'miracle' after she survived a full-term ovarian pregnancy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 02:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. court ruling could lead to fresh bail bid by Dr. Death</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25963_US-court-ruling-could-lead-to-fresh-bail-bid-by-Dr-Death.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A ruling by a U.S. judge on Monday, is likely to help Dr Jayant Patel to file a fresh bid for bail against moves to have him extradited to Queensland, Australia, to a face a trial for manslaughter.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 02:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistani madrassa boy 'killed by his teacher'  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25954_Pakistani-madrassa-boy-killed-by-his-teacher-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A student of a religious seminary in Pakistan's Punjab province has died after being punished by his teacher.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 01:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian American teen wins U.S. Spelling Bee contest </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25952_Indian-American-teen-wins-US-Spelling-Bee-contest-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Indian American teen Sameer Mishra has won the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee contest held here.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 12:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nearly 200,000 people evacuated from quake-hit Chinese province</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25950_Nearly-200000-people-evacuated-from-quake-hit-Chinese-province.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A total of 197,477 people were evacuated to safe ground at 8 a.m. on Saturday in line with an emergency plan, an official with the quake relief headquarters of Mianyang City in southwest China said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 12:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dr AQ Khan says he admitted selling N-tech under Musharraf's pressure</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25949_Dr-AQ-Khan-says-he-admitted-selling-N-tech-under-Musharrafs-pressure.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's father of nuclear programme Dr AQ Khan is learnt to have withdrawn his admission of supplying nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea and Libya, saying that he had made it under pressure from President Pervez Musharraf.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 12:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's business community welcomes republic declaration</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25946_Nepals-business-community-welcomes-republic-declaration.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The business community in Nepal has welcomed the declaration of Nepal as a republic by the Constituent Assembly (CA).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 12:07:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal to chart security strategies for Narayanhiti palace</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25944_Nepal-to-chart-security-strategies-for-Narayanhiti-palace.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal Government has constituted a committee to formulate a security strategy plan for Narayanhiti palace within a week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 11:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China sweats it out in its warmest spring for 57 years  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25940_China-sweats-it-out-in-its-warmest-spring-for-57-years-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China experienced its warmest spring in fifty-seven years on Friday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 11:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak tribes settle 8-long year feud over dog bite by 'marrying off' 15 underage girls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25934_Pak-tribes-settle-8-long-year-feud-over-dog-bite-by-marrying-off-15-underage-girls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In an astonishing and inhuman case that has come to light in Pakistan's tribal areas, as many as 15 young girls aged between 3 and 10 were married off in a bid to settle an eight-year-long feud between two tribes wherein a dog belonging to the Qalandari tribe had bitten a donkey of the Chakrani tribe.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 10:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf refutes reports about his resignation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25930_Musharraf-refutes-reports-about-his-resignation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has refuted press reports suggesting his resignation, saying that he would continue to perform his duties as the head of the state.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 10:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nawaz not to support PPP if Musharraf not impeached</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25924_Nawaz-not-to-support-PPP-if-Musharraf-not-impeached.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has said that his party won't support the PPP on any issue, if the latter didn't pay heed to its demand of impeaching President Pervez Musharraf.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 09:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"A lucrative US package could have averted 1998 N-tests by Pak"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25920_A-lucrative-US-package-could-have-averted-1998-N-tests-by-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Pakistan foreign minister Gohar Ayub has said that former premier Nawaz Sharif would not have conducted the 1998 nuclear tests, had the then US president offered a 'lucrative' package to Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 08:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush still backs beleaguered buddy Musharraf</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25919_Bush-still-backs-beleaguered-buddy-Musharraf.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Amid reports that President Pervez Musharraf is panning to quit the Presidency and also that the PPP-led coalition government is training its guns to humiliate the President by impeaching him out, US President George Bush is learnt to have called up his long time 'anti-terror ally' to convey his support for him.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 31 May 2008 08:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parties defeated in CA can't claim PM, Prez posts: Prachanda</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25907_Parties-defeated-in-CA-cant-claim-PM-Prez-posts-Prachanda.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) Chairman Prachanda on Friday claimed that the parties defeated in the recently concluded Constituent Assembly (CA) elections have tried to bargain for the posts of Prime Minister and President and said that these positions will not be provided to these parties.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 11:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>1.3 mln quake-hit Chinese to be shifted to higher grounds over the weekend</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25900_13-mln-quake-hit-Chinese-to-be-shifted-to-higher-grounds-over-the-weekend.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Up to 1.3 million people in west China's Sichuan Province have been ordered to evacuate to higher ground for fear of a major "quake lake" burst as a result of flooding and strong aftershocks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 10:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama's pastor puts him in a soup with Clinton remark</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25899_Obamas-pastor-puts-him-in-a-soup-with-Clinton-remark.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Chicago pastor and spiritual adviser of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has mocked his rival Hillary Rodham Clinton by saying that her famous tearing-up moment was fuelled by self-pitying feelings of "I'm white! I'm entitled! There's a black man stealing my show." ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 10:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Difficult task to liberate country from US imperialism: Pak leader</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25891_Difficult-task-to-liberate-country-from-US-imperialism-Pak-leader.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senior leader Rasool Bux Palijo has said that Pakistanis want freedom from US imperialism because they understand that Pakistan has not become a free and independent nation so far. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 09:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal government sends letter to ex-king to vacate Narayanhiti</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25889_Nepal-government-sends-letter-to-ex-king-to-vacate-Narayanhiti.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal government on Friday issued a formal letter to former king Gyanendra Shah and the palace secretariat to vacate the Narayanhiti palace within fifteen days as directed by the first Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 09:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NC, UML express concern over Maoists' claim for President, PM</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25888_NC-UML-express-concern-over-Maoists-claim-for-President-PM.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepali Congress (NC) and the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) leaders on Friday expressed concern over the Maoists' claim for both the posts of constitutional president and executive Prime Minister. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 09:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Extra kilos make women have sex in the dark</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25886_Extra-kilos-make-women-have-sex-in-the-dark.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It's not coyness that makes women switch off lights before sex, but it's the extra kilos that put them off from being too enthusiastic about bedroom activities, reveals a new survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 08:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Japanese man discovers woman living in his closet for almost a year!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25874_Japanese-man-discovers-woman-living-in-his-closet-for-almost-a-year.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Japanese man got the shock of his life when he discovered a woman had been living in his closet for about a year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 07:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US not briefed on Pak peace deal details: Casey</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25872_US-not-briefed-on-Pak-peace-deal-details-Casey.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan had given a broad outline of its talks with the militants, but has not shared details of any agreement it might have reached, a US State Department spokesman told reporters here.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 07:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan failed to tackle militancy on its side: NATO commander</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25870_Pakistan-failed-to-tackle-militancy-on-its-side-NATO-commander.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ General Dan K. McNeill, the US commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, has raised concerns that Pakistan had not followed through on promises to tackle militancy on its side of the border, and in recent months had even stopped its cooperation with NATO on border issues. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 06:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Government formally asks deposed king to leave palace</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25864_Nepal-Government-formally-asks-deposed-king-to-leave-palace.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Deposed monarch King Gyanendra was formally asked by the Nepal Government to vacate the royal palace within the next two weeks, and a palace official said the king was preparing to move to his palatial private home in Kathmandu. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 06:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World's first telephone directory surfaces</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25861_Worlds-first-telephone-directory-surfaces.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The only known copy of the world's first telephone directory has surfaced in Connecticut, and has been put on auction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 05:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Facebook open invite wrecks £4.4m Spanish mansion</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25856_Facebook-open-invite-wrecks-£44m-Spanish-mansion.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A schoolgirl's open invite on Facebook turned her birthday party into a disastrous gate-crashing extravaganza, wherein drunken teenagers trashed a Spanish mansion, worth 4.4 million pounds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 05:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Indian Congress vice-president quits through SMS</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25850_Malaysian-Indian-Congress-vice-president-quits-through-SMS.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Veteran Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) leader Tan Sri K.S. Nijhar has quit as party vice-president and he did it via SMS.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 04:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"US' imperialist designs may turn Pak into a Waterloo"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25846_US-imperialist-designs-may-turn-Pak-into-a-Waterloo.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If the US did not shun its imperialist designs in Pakistan, the latter would become a Waterloo for the US administration, said veteran Pakistani politician Rasool Bux Palijo.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 03:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Race against time to save Chinese relics in quake zone</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25842_Race-against-time-to-save-Chinese-relics-in-quake-zone.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A team of 45 soldiers from the Jinan-based cannon battalion is working on a war-footing to save thousands of historical relics of the 600-year-old Bao'en Temple, which was devastated by the May 12 earthquake.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 03:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US must understand nuances of FATA situation: Washington Times</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25841_US-must-understand-nuances-of-FATA-situation-Washington-Times.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US must understand the nuances of the prevailing situation in FATA where the NWFP government has entered into a peace deal with the pro-Taliban militants and announced ceasefire in return to militants' promise of not carrying out any attacks on civilians, said an editorial published in the Washington Times. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 03:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Samjhota Express' schedule changed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25838_Samjhota-Express-schedule-changed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The schedule of the Samjhota Express, the train link between India and Pakistan, has been changed from yesterday. Now onwards, the train will be coming from Atari on Mondays and Thursdays, and leaving Lahore on Tuesdays and Fridays.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 02:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afridi disappointed with his IPL batting performance</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25836_Afridi-disappointed-with-his-IPL-batting-performance.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's dashing all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who represented Deccan Chargers in the IPL, has said that he was disappointed with his batting performance in the League, though the T20 version of the game suited his style of batting.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 02:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Snake venom, snail slime, placenta - the bizarre ingredients of face creams</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25835_Snake-venom-snail-slime-placenta---the-bizarre-ingredients-of-face-creams.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The next time you reach for your favourite face cream don't forget to glance through it's label, for there is a big possibility that the brand's ingredients might be a 'little' putting off, especially as some of the ingredients include the likes of snake venom, snail slime, shark eggs and even placenta.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 02:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> 'FATA law and order situation in alarming'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25832_-FATA-law-and-order-situation-in-alarming.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The law and order situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) was poor and alarming and it could spread to the entire country if not addressed, chairman of a Senate Committee has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 02:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese experts to probe school debris to fix blame for student deaths</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25831_Chinese-experts-to-probe-school-debris-to-fix-blame-for-student-deaths.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China's quality watchdog  has warned of "severe punishment" to anyone found responsible for the collapsed school building in the May 12 earthquake.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 01:53:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>London gallery exhibits 'abject' Hitler art </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25828_London-gallery-exhibits-abject-Hitler-art-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ About a century after Adolf Hitler's paintings were rejected by the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, a London art gallery is displaying 13 of his watercolours. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 01:41:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Love blossoms for Pak-Indian beauty during Hillary Clinton campaign</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25827_Love-blossoms-for-Pak-Indian-beauty-during-Hillary-Clinton-campaign.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 32-year-old American beauty Huma Abedin, born to an Indian father and a Pakistani mother, is making headlines these days, not only because she is Hillary Clinton's "body woman", but because she is dating a US Congressman who harbours ambitions for running for the New York mayor post.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 01:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's King Gyanendra has been given 15 days to leave his Kathmandu palace</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25825_Nepals-King-Gyanendra-has-been-given-15-days-to-leave-his-Kathmandu-palace.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nepal's King Gyanendra has been given 15 days to leave his Kathmandu palace following the abolishment of the country's monarchy on Wednesday (28.05.08).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 01:09:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Labour support for Brown slumps to its lowest since polling began   </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25822_New-Labour-support-for-Brown-slumps-to-its-lowest-since-polling-began--.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New Labour support for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has slumped to its lowest level since polling began, according to a Telegraph survey. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 12:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama beats McCain in European popularity vote</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25820_Obama-beats-McCain-in-European-popularity-vote.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Illinois Senator Barack Obama has emerged as Europe's favourite candidate for the American Presidency in a poll conducted on behalf of the Telegraph.co.uk.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 12:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vatican decrees excommunication for women priests</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25818_Vatican-decrees-excommunication-for-women-priests.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In its most explicit decree so far against the ordination of women priests, the Vatican has declared that it will punish female priests and the bishops who ordain them with automatic excommunication.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 12:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US Security Adviser Hadley pledges support to Musharraf</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25815_US-Security-Adviser-Hadley-pledges-support-to-Musharraf.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US President's National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley has assured Pakistan's National Security Council Secretary Tariq Aziz that the US would continue to support President Pervez Musharraf.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 12:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Asian woman gives birth to world's first full-term ovarian pregnancy baby</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25799_Asian-woman-gives-birth-to-worlds-first-full-term-ovarian-pregnancy-baby.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A baby born to an Asian couple residing in Australia has been hailed as a 'miracle' after she survived a full-term ovarian pregnancy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 10:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit Indian couple denies abandoning IVF twin girls </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25797_Brit-Indian-couple-denies-abandoning-IVF-twin-girls-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Brit Indian couple accused of dumping their IVF twin girls because they wanted boys, has denied the claims.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 10:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Elizabeth Fritzl snubs £10m worth deals for cellar ordeal revelation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25796_Elizabeth-Fritzl-snubs-£10m-worth-deals-for-cellar-ordeal-revelation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Fritzl, who was held captive by her father for 24 years in a dungeon, has turned down deals worth 10million pounds to reveal her cellar ordeal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 10:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad Josef Fritzl's family to get new identity</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25794_Dungeon-dad-Josef-Fritzls-family-to-get-new-identity.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The entire family of Josef Fritzl will be given a new identity by the Austrian authorities. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 09:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tony Blair on a mission to unite religions of the world </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25792_Tony-Blair-on-a-mission-to-unite-religions-of-the-world-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former British premier Tony Blair has said that he wants to spend the rest of his life bringing religions of the world together. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 09:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Smoking less dangerous than crossing roads: Ex-British PM</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25789_Smoking-less-dangerous-than-crossing-roads-Ex-British-PM.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, an enthusiastic pipe and cigar smoker, considered smoking far less dangerous than crossing the road, and claimed that there was no scientific proof that it was a health hazard. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 09:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No more visas-on-arrival for Indians in Malaysia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25783_No-more-visas-on-arrival-for-Indians-in-Malaysia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tourists arriving from India and Bangladesh will no more be given visas-on-arrival in Malaysia (VOA) and they must must have a two-week social visit pass and a return ticket if they wish to visit the country. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 09:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Murdoch's headquarters infested with bedbugs </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25753_Murdochs-headquarters-infested-with-bedbugs-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bedbugs are biting at the midtown home of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, according to a lawsuit set to be filed Thursday in state court.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 04:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Yorker with mayoral ambitions dating Hillary Clinton's Muslim aide </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25752_New-Yorker-with-mayoral-ambitions-dating-Hillary-Clintons-Muslim-aide-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A New Yorker with mayoral ambitions is dating a Muslim aide of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 04:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gilani urges West to change failing tactics on terror</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25746_Gilani-urges-West-to-change-failing-tactics-on-terror.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has called on the U.S. and NATO to review its counter-terrorism policy in the region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 03:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal celebrates end of 240-year old monarchy: National flag replaces royal flag </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25744_Nepal-celebrates-end-of-240-year-old-monarchy-National-flag-replaces-royal-flag-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The royal flag which represented 240 years of monarchy in Nepal was finally removed from the Narayanhiti Palace, a day after the country was declared a republic.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 03:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Confiscating thieves' shoes to prevent shoplifting can send you to the slammer!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25734_Confiscating-thieves-shoes-to-prevent-shoplifting-can-send-you-to-the-slammer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Gabe Fidanque could never have imagined in wildest of his dreams that his much successful, though weird method, to deter shoplifters could actually get him a jail warning.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 02:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Throwing hats in the air too risky for Brit graduates!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25733_Throwing-hats-in-the-air-too-risky-for-Brit-graduates.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Students in the UK have been warned not to throw their mortar boards or hats in the air at graduation ceremonies in case the falling headgear hurts somebody.
Anglia Ruskin University chiefs want to ban the age-old tradition of gleefully hurling headgear skywards on graduation day. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 02:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cherie Blair's real name is Theresa Cara</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25729_Cherie-Blairs-real-name-is-Theresa-Cara.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ She may be recognised as Cherie Blair but her real name and the one that she was baptised with is Theresa Cara.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 01:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lara Bingle returns to work with a smile</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25727_Lara-Bingle-returns-to-work-with-a-smile.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Putting on a brave face during her first social appearance since the death of her father, Graham, Lara Bingle, the soon-to-be wife of Australian cricketer Michael Clarke, dazzled guests at a lunch at top Rose Bay noshery Catalina on Wednesday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 30 May 2008 01:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vietnamese island showered with UFO remains?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25714_Vietnamese-island-showered-with-UFO-remains.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Aliens from outer space might not be a thing of science fiction anymore, especially after a small Vietnamese island was showered with metal-like debris, courtesy a UFO explosion.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 11:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Deadly snake bites tourist's willy!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25712_Deadly-snake-bites-tourists-willy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A tourist almost died when he stopped for a roadside toilet break and was bitten by a highly venomous snake - on his willy!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 11:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Huge diamond fetches $46mln at Christie's auction in Hong Kong</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25709_Huge-diamond-fetches-$46mln-at-Christies-auction-in-Hong-Kong.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A huge 101.27-carat diamond has been sold for a record 46.2 million dollars at a Christie's auction in Hong Kong. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 11:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Computer-generated child sex abuse images to be banned in UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25705_Computer-generated-child-sex-abuse-images-to-be-banned-in-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Drawings and computer-generated images of child sex abuse could be made illegal under proposals announced by the Ministry of Justice in the UK.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit shopkeeper threatened with arrest for parking ticket warning</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25700_Brit-shopkeeper-threatened-with-arrest-for-parking-ticket-warning.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A shopkeeper in Cheddar, Somerset has been threatened with arrest after alerting her customers to a parking ticket blitz.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Amnesty report raps Pak over poor HR record over past one year  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25696_Amnesty-report-raps-Pak-over-poor-HR-record-over-past-one-year-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In its annual report the Amnesty International has castigated Pakistan for its poor human rights record over the past one year, involving  honour killings, tribal justice and the random killing of civilians by militants and vigilantes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Women are the best cooks in the world, says Jamie Oliver  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25694_Women-are-the-best-cooks-in-the-world-says-Jamie-Oliver-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When it comes to cooking, women are still number one, says celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit-Indian couple dumps newborn IVF twins - for being girls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25693_Brit-Indian-couple-dumps-newborn-IVF-twins---for-being-girls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British couple who travelled to India for IVF treatment abandoned their newborn twins at a hospital in the UK when they found out they were girls.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, a sect leader who kept 'sex slaves' for 20 years surfaces</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25692_Now-a-sect-leader-who-kept-sex-slaves-for-20-years-surfaces.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A sect leader who kept five women as slaves for 20 years and left them looking like Nazi concentration camp inmates has been exposed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 08:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Harry set for Aids mission to Africa</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25688_Prince-Harry-set-for-Aids-mission-to-Africa.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Months after his deployment to Afghanistan, Prince Harry is embarking on a humanitarian mission to Africa to work for a charity he set up to help orphans of the Aids epidemic.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 08:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The dentist whose girlfriend thrills other men with sex shows!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25682_The-dentist-whose-girlfriend-thrills-other-men-with-sex-shows.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ He makes his living by drilling people's teeth in his clinic, while upstairs US-born dentist Victor Patacchiola's ladylove strips to saucy underwear in front of punters.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 07:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>5m pounds lottery couple were 'happier when they were poor'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25679_5m-pounds-lottery-couple-were-happier-when-they-were-poor.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A couple has split three years after winning a 5million-pound lottery - because they were "happier when they were poor."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 07:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit blokes more comfortable ironing their clothes than fixing cars</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25674_Brit-blokes-more-comfortable-ironing-their-clothes-than-fixing-cars.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It seems that British men are becoming less and less masculine with each passing day.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 06:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fritzl's cellar door weighed 660lb</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25672_Fritzls-cellar-door-weighed-660lb.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The 'hell' door which Austrian incest dad Josef Fritzl used to trap his daughter and their kids inside the dungeon weighs a massive 660lb, it has emerged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 06:07:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lord Nelson's death spot is in wrong place!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25671_Lord-Nelsons-death-spot-is-in-wrong-place.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ For many years, tourists have stood and stared at the spot where Lord Nelson took his last breath on HMS Victory - but the plaque marking the spot where he died is in the wrong place.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 06:07:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak lawyers to rock on June 10 Islamabad to force Musharraf to step down</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25668_Pak-lawyers-to-rock-on-June-10-Islamabad-to-force-Musharraf-to-step-down.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistani lawyers have decided to organize a long-march on June 10 to force the federal government to pay heed to their demand of reinstating the deposed judiciary, and also to ensure that President Pervez Musharraf steps down.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 05:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Seventh-day Adventist Church invites Hindu leader Zed to its world headquarters</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25662_Seventh-day-Adventist-Church-invites-Hindu-leader-Zed-to-its-world-headquarters.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As a remarkable interfaith gesture, Seventh-day Adventist Church has invited acclaimed Hindu leader Rajan Zed to its world headquarters in Maryland (USA) and meet its leaders.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 04:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ex-Foreign Minister Bernier's girlfriend gaffe could harm Canada's reputation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25661_Ex-Foreign-Minister-Berniers-girlfriend-gaffe-could-harm-Canadas-reputation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Papers left behind by former Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier have the potential of causing major embarrassment to the country internationally, according to a report in the Globe and Mail newspaper.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 04:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shakespeare's 'cursed' tomb set for makeover</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25655_Shakespeares-cursed-tomb-set-for-makeover.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The deteriorating gravesite of William Shakespeare is set for a makeover - despite bearing a curse against those who move it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 03:53:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Former aide stuns many with his criticism of Bush</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25654_Former-aide-stuns-many-with-his-criticism-of-Bush.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan was the ultimate Bush loyalist, and his criticism of the latter in his book, has taken most by surprise. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 03:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Amnesty calls for independent judiciary in Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25650_Amnesty-calls-for-independent-judiciary-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ International human rights body the Amnesty International (AI) has come out in the open support of Pakistani lawyers who are demanding restoration of deposed judiciary. Launching the AI's 2008 Report here last evening, AI Secretary-General Irene Khan told reporters, "We are calling for not only the reinstatement of deposed judges but also the establishment of an independent judiciary." ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 03:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Even apes prefer their meals cooked </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25645_Even-apes-prefer-their-meals-cooked-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Scientists have shown that our ancestors had a natural liking for cooked meals, by finding that chimps, bonobos, gorillas and orang-utans all prefer cooked food to raw forms of meat, sweet potatoes and carrots.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 02:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Queensland Premier denies Oz police bungle in Dr Death's case</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25644_Queensland-Premier-denies-Oz-police-bungle-in-Dr-Deaths-case.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite allegations of a police bungle, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh today said that lawyers have provided all the necessary legal documents to extradite Dr Jayant Patel, a doctor of Indian origin who acquired the sobriquet "Dr Death" for botching several surgeries resulting in his patients deaths.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 02:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>England cricketers, board sweat it out over Stanford Twenty20 loot</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25642_England-cricketers-board-sweat-it-out-over-Stanford-Twenty20-loot.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ England cricket captain Michael Vaughan and his teammates are being forced to sweat over their share of the Stanford Twenty20 loot. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 02:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scot call-centre workers fear job outsourcing to India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25641_Scot-call-centre-workers-fear-job-outsourcing-to-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A leading business services firm in Scotland has announced that it is relocating more than 300 of its jobs to India. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 02:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK Hindu couple's bedroom turned temple draws 50,000 pilgrims</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25640_UK-Hindu-couples-bedroom-turned-temple-draws-50000-pilgrims.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Indian couple have had more than 50,000 visitors to their home since they turned their spare bedroom into a Hindu temple 29 years ago.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 02:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kazakhs seek new oil and gas export routes to Europe</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25638_Kazakhs-seek-new-oil-and-gas-export-routes-to-Europe.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kazakhstan will seek new routes to Europe for its oil and gas exports as Central Asia's biggest energy producer raises shipments. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 01:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kazakhstan's envoy to India concurrently appointed envoy to Sri Lanka </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25636_Kazakhstans-envoy-to-India-concurrently-appointed-envoy-to-Sri-Lanka-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dr. Kairat Umarov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to India, has been appointed as Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Sri Lanka.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 01:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Husband murdered Indian origin constable wife in UK to enjoy life with hooker</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25634_Husband-murdered-Indian-origin-constable-wife-in-UK-to-enjoy-life-with-hooker.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fadi Nasri, the unfaithful husband of special constable Nisha Patel Nasri, was found guilty on Thursday of hiring a hitman to kill his wife so that he could claim her life insurance and set up home with his pregnant mistress.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 01:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Italy's Leaning Tower of Pisa 'safe for the next 300 years'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25631_Italys-Leaning-Tower-of-Pisa-safe-for-the-next-300-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The famous leaning tower of Pisa has stopped moving for the first time in its 800-year history and according to engineers, who have stabilised the Italian monument, it should remain so for the next 300 years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 12:53:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Flood fears force huge evacuation in China</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25618_Flood-fears-force-huge-evacuation-in-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fears about the onset of floods in the aftermath of the May 12 earthquake in south west China, has forced the authorities to undertake a huge evacuation exercise to prevent the further loss of lives.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 11:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Baloch leaders go missing after HRCP office visit</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25611_Baloch-leaders-go-missing-after-HRCP-office-visit.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Baloch leaders visiting the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's (HRCP) Karachi office have gone missing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 11:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No consensus over Musharraf's impeachment yet: Sherry Rehman</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25610_No-consensus-over-Musharrafs-impeachment-yet-Sherry-Rehman.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Sherry Rehman has said that there is no consensus between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Radical Islam taking advantage of Christianity's decline in Britain'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25602_Radical-Islam-taking-advantage-of-Christianitys-decline-in-Britain.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Radical Islam is threatening to fill a "moral vacuum" in Britain as a result of a decline of Christian values, a leading England bishop has warned. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oxford University to raise 1.25 billion pounds for poor students </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25601_Oxford-University-to-raise-125-billion-pounds-for-poor-students-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Oxford University in its effort to help support poor students has unveiled an unprecedented plan to raise 1.25 billion pounds from donors.
The fund-raising effort, being supported by prominent graduates who include David Cameron, the Conservative leader, and Michael Palin, the television presenter, is vital to ensure that Oxford can compete against the American Ivy League colleges. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 10:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Failure to wear revealing dresses costs 6 Muslim women their jobs in US</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A food packaging company has terminated the services of six Muslim women, after they refused to wear tight-fitting pants and revealing tops, which was against their strict religious beliefs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 09:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists to end 200-year old tradition of Gurkhas serving in British Army  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25589_Maoists-to-end-200-year-old-tradition-of-Gurkhas-serving-in-British-Army-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Maoists, who won a surprise election last month after a decade of civil war, are determined to see an end to the 200-year old tradition of Gurkhas fighting alongside the British Army.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 08:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dr Death's lawyer seeks bail after bungle by Oz police</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25587_Dr-Deaths-lawyer-seeks-bail-after-bungle-by-Oz-police.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The lawyer for Dr Jayant Patel, a doctor of Indian origin who acquired the sobriquet "Dr Death" for botching several surgeries resulting in his patients deaths, is seeking bail for his client before next month's extradition hearing in Portland, Oregon, because of an alleged bungle by Queensland police.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 08:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari agrees to remove Musharraf: Sharif </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25571_Zardari-agrees-to-remove-Musharraf-Sharif-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif today said that Pakistan People's Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has endorsed the action to remove President Pervez Musharraf.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 02:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>People of Kashmir are not fools</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25557_People-of-Kashmir-are-not-fools.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Commenting on situation of Pakistan, a prominent Pakistani writer, Masood Hasan wrote, 'Here is a country that has gone to pieces, all its great slogans and its even greater dreams crushed into dust 60 years after its birth. It can now boast of having the largest amount of failed institutions in the world. It has been reduced to a beggar whom very few are now prepared to give more alms.' (The News, Wednesday, May 21, 2008).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 12:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aborigines 'don't know rape is illegal'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25551_Aborigines-dont-know-rape-is-illegal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Over 90 per cent of people in Arnhem Land do not understand basic legal concepts, and many Aborigines are under the impression that white society is "lawless".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 29 May 2008 12:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>3.9 mln. pounds Lottery winners don't want to overspend!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25541_39-mln-pounds-Lottery-winners-dont-want-to-overspend.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Money can change lifestyle but it can't change habits, not at least for the man who couldn't digest that his wife spent 100 pounds on a handbag after winning 3.9 million pounds in a lottery.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 10:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aussie city planner's sex-for-sanction deal with developer dubbed 'corrupt'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25532_Aussie-city-planners-sex-for-sanction-deal-with-developer-dubbed-corrupt.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Australian city planner's sexual relationship and gifts worth thousands from a developer has landed her in trouble, with the anti-corruption body dubbing it a 'serious corrupt conduct'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 09:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brazilian anti-smoking campaign serves up 'foetus in an ashtray' image</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25529_Brazilian-anti-smoking-campaign-serves-up-foetus-in-an-ashtray-image.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Eye popping images showing the dangers of smoking, which includes a foetus lying in an ashtray, have emerged in a campaign to deter people from lighting up.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 09:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Flavoured condoms used to sweeten milk necessary for Oz inmates' sexual health!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25528_Flavoured-condoms-used-to-sweeten-milk-necessary-for-Oz-inmates-sexual-health.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Inmates at a Queensland, Australia prison are once again going to be issued condoms - despite the fact that they used the flavored condoms to sweeten their milk during the first failed trial.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 09:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kiwi lands 1.2m barracouta using his cellphone as bait!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25526_Kiwi-lands-12m-barracouta-using-his-cellphone-as-bait.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When Les Holland's cellphone died last month, rather than getting it sold or exchanged for a new one, this New Zealander decided to give the 'technological blessing' a new lease on life  - in the form of a 'fishing lure'!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 09:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese mag editors sacked over sexy quake pics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25521_Chinese-mag-editors-sacked-over-sexy-quake-pics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The editors of a Chinese lifestyle magazine have been fired after publishing a photo with models posing in the rubbles of the Sichuan earthquake.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 08:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wanted: Repairman to mend broken toilet at space station!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25519_Wanted-Repairman-to-mend-broken-toilet-at-space-station.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The crew aboard the international Space Station is having a hard time, what with their lone toilet breaking down.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 08:07:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brits' baggage costs more than their holiday!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25518_Brits-baggage-costs-more-than-their-holiday.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Holidays for Britons are far less expensive than the baggage they carry when they leave for a trip, reveals a new research.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 08:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Europeans fancy soccer more than sex!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25516_Europeans-fancy-soccer-more-than-sex.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It seems that nothing can deter British soccer fans from religiously following their favourite sport - not even sex!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 07:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>YouTube lawsuit threatens Internet freedom: Google</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25507_YouTube-lawsuit-threatens-Internet-freedom-Google.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Viacom International Inc.'s 1 billion dollar copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange various kinds of content via the Internet, according to video sharing website's parent company Google.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 06:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rag-and-bone man's forgotten cup turns out 3 BC £100,000 treasure </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25503_Rag-and-bone-mans-forgotten-cup-turns-out-3-BC-£100000-treasure-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 2500-year-old gold cup acquired by a rag and bone man in 1930's is expected to rake in 100,000 pounds at an auction in Dorset on June 5.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 06:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taser shot cures man's irregular heartbeat </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25500_Taser-shot-cures-mans-irregular-heartbeat-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A hospitalised man who had developed an irregular heartbeat reverted to a normal rhythm after being shot with a Taser gun, according to a medical report.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 05:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Eiffel Tower to get 'multicolored' 70-storey skyscraper rival</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25494_Eiffel-Tower-to-get-multicolored-70-storey-skyscraper-rival.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Eiffel Tower will soon be getting a rival for the French capital's skyline when a 71-storey landmark skyscraper is built in La Defense on the edge of Paris.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 05:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz politicians likened to 'toy nodding dogs'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25491_Oz-politicians-likened-to-toy-nodding-dogs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ South Australia's Nationals president Wilbur Klein has likened politicians to toy nodding dogs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 04:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cops meet robbers after breaking into the same house!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25485_Cops-meet-robbers-after-breaking-into-the-same-house.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Misfortune was peeping through the window for these thieves, quite literally, when they entered a house through the window and were welcomed by policemen. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 03:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>For Brit kids, being talented refers only to X-Factor contestants or footballers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25484_For-Brit-kids-being-talented-refers-only-to-X-Factor-contestants-or-footballers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Talent may have different connotations for different people, but for British kids, the meaning of talent is limited to participants of TV shows like X-Factor or footballers, a survey has revealed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 03:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Germany finally honours Third Reich's gays with a memorial in Berlin</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25481_Germany-finally-honours-Third-Reichs-gays-with-a-memorial-in-Berlin.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A controversial monument honouring the many thousands of homosexual men and women persecuted and killed by the Nazis was unveiled in Berlin on Monday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 03:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Amnesty lambastes Bush's hollowness for overlooking Musharraf's HR violations</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25469_Amnesty-lambastes-Bushs-hollowness-for-overlooking-Musharrafs-HR-violations.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ International human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) has criticised Washington's support for Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, at a time when the country was moving towards restoration of democracy, after the February 19 general elections.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 01:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Separated at birth, Spanish twins reunite 28 years on while shopping!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25465_Separated-at-birth-Spanish-twins-reunite-28-years-on-while-shopping.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ They were separated at birth because of a hospital error and for 28 years had no clue about each other's existence, until destiny played its role by uniting them. Now, one of the twin girls is suing the Spanish hospital where the fateful mix-up was made and which led to her growing up in the wrong family. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 01:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad's incest kids set to return to school</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25464_Dungeon-dads-incest-kids-set-to-return-to-school.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The children that Austrian incest beast Josef Fritzl brought out of the cellar as babies will go back to school next term, it has emerged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 01:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dem. Senator urges US to rethink on anti-terror monetary aid to Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25444_Dem-Senator-urges-US-to-rethink-on-anti-terror-monetary-aid-to-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Democrat Senator who is also the chairman of a Senate Committee has urged the US administration to rethink on continuing extending monetary aid to Pakistan in a multimillion-dollar program aimed at training and equipping its paramilitary force unless the country "does more" to keep terrorists from crossing the Afghan border.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 11:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Over 150,000 Chinese evacuated from Beichuan over flood fears</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25439_Over-150000-Chinese-evacuated-from-Beichuan-over-flood-fears.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Over 150,000 people were evacuated on Tuesday night after engineers warned that the earthquake-created dam near Beichuan had burst its banks.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 10:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Security beefed up around Kathmandu's Narayanhity Palace</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25436_Security-beefed-up-around-Kathmandus-Narayanhity-Palace.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As the Constituent Assembly (CA) prepares to officially remove the monarchy in Nepal, authorities have beefed up security around the Narayanhity Palace.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 10:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Carrying out suicide attacks won't kill you, only foreigners", Pak jihadis tell recruits</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25435_Carrying-out-suicide-attacks-wont-kill-you-only-foreigners-Pak-jihadis-tell-recruits.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 14-year-old Pakistan boy caught by Afghan authorities recently has revealed how he was trained at a madarassa in Pakistan, where his trainers told him that he won't die if he carried out a suicide attack and that only the foreigners will die.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 10:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian mission in UK to outsource visa application process</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25433_Indian-mission-in-UK-to-outsource-visa-application-process.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Indian High Commission in the UK will outsource the visa application process from Thursday, bringing relief to nearly half a million Britons visiting India annually. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 09:53:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Celebrations for Republic Nepal begin</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25432_Celebrations-for-Republic-Nepal-begin.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Celebrations have begun across the Nepal as residents are welcoming the declaration of republic.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 09:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban won't accept any Pak peace-deal-condition to stop crossing into Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25423_Taliban-wont-accept-any-Pak-peace-deal-condition-to-stop-crossing-into-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A key Taliban leader has said that they will not accept any government condition to stop cross-border movement (into Afghanistan) to finalise a peace deal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 09:07:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf urges US to give some time to Swat peace deal to work</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25421_Musharraf-urges-US-to-give-some-time-to-Swat-peace-deal-to-work.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly urged the United States to give some time to the recent peace deal, inked between the NWFP government and the pro-Taliban leaders, to work. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 08:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In Peshawar, matchboxes advertise reward of 5 mln dlrs for Osama capture</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25420_In-Peshawar-matchboxes-advertise-reward-of-5-mln-dlrs-for-Osama-capture.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Amid indications from Washington that moves to trace Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden have been heightened, matchboxes carrying the most wanted fugitive's picture are in circulation in Peshawar advertising huge rewards from the US government in return for information about him.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 08:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's Constituent Assembly members sworn-in</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25412_Nepals-Constituent-Assembly-members-sworn-in.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Members of the Constituent Assembly (CA) were sworn-in at a ceremony at the Birendra International Convention Centre (BICC), which will house the 601-member Assembly.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 07:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>McDonald's to go green with eco-friendly coffee </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25382_McDonalds-to-go-green-with-eco-friendly-coffee-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Its burgers might be considered junk food, but McDonald's latest initiative to buy coffee beans grown in environmentally-friendly conditions, might prove to be the fast food giant's first step towards going green.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 01:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Japanese plan to brew 'space beer'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25378_Japanese-plan-to-brew-space-beer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Astronauts can raise their beer mugs in a toast once they successfully make it to space, thanks to a Japanese brewery that is planning to produce the world's first 'space beer' using barley once stored at the International Space Station.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 28 May 2008 12:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Here's how you can stay slim forever  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25365_Heres-how-you-can-stay-slim-forever-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Followed every diet in the book, but love handles still giving you nightmares? Well, celeb dietician Anita Bean has come to your rescue with her new no-nonsense strategies for a proper diet that can help shun fat forever.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 10:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Porn on mobile phones sparks school purge</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25363_Porn-on-mobile-phones-sparks-school-purge.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Cellphones of students of a South African school were seized, after two girls were caught using theirs to watch pornography. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 10:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak needs 159 years, India 50 years to catch up with industrialised world: WB Report</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25362_Pak-needs-159-years-India-50-years-to-catch-up-with-industrialised-world-WB-Report.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A World Bank body has said that Pakistan need 159 years to catch up with the industrialised nations of the world, and that the country could reach this milestone by 2050 if it maintained an annual growth rate of 8.3 per cent, and in 2100 if it maintained a growth rate of 4.9 per cent.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 10:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Coca-Cola not to phase out controversial additive Down Under</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25357_Coca-Cola-not-to-phase-out-controversial-additive-Down-Under.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Coca-Cola Australia has ruled out its plans to remove the controversial additive found in Diet Coke in the country, which has been linked to DNA damage and hyperactivity in children.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 09:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mixing deck of 'world's first DJ' goes under the hammer </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25354_Mixing-deck-of-worlds-first-DJ-goes-under-the-hammer-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A home-made mixing deck, created by the world's first disc jockey is set to go under the hammer in Boston.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 09:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>I'm a fair match for F1 ace Lewis Hamilton: P Diddy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25350_Im-a-fair-match-for-F1-ace-Lewis-Hamilton-P-Diddy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ He might consider Lewis Hamilton a true hero, but P Diddy believes that he is totally a fair competitor for the F1 ace.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 08:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Drink to get drunk' culture on the rise Down Under</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25349_Drink-to-get-drunk-culture-on-the-rise-Down-Under.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia is seeing a sharp rise in what one may call a "drink to get drunk" culture among the youth, which in turn is costing the nation a hell lot of money to keep alcohol-related crime as well as other related problems in control, says a top police official.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 08:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>18-ft long Titanic replica to cost  1.3 million pounds </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25347_18-ft-long-Titanic-replica-to-cost-13-million-pounds-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Almost a century after the Titanic surrendered itself to the Atlantic waters, the first model of the doomed ship has been erected on the lines of the original plans, with a price tag reading 1.3 million pounds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 08:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Urge to 'conquer' hooks men to Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25346_Urge-to-conquer-hooks-men-to-Nintendo-Wii-and-Xbox-360.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Men are more addicted to playing games like the Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 than their female counterparts, because of the vital urge to "conquer," says a new study.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 08:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cat lands top job at Japanese train station!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25345_Cat-lands-top-job-at-Japanese-train-station.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When rail users arrive at Kishi station in western Japan they're welcomed by a tortoiseshell cat named Tama. Don't mistake the nine-year-old for a ticket collector's pet, for the moggy is addressed by her official title of 'stationmaster'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 08:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz mum, daughter conquer Mount Everest</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25339_Oz-mum-daughter-conquer-Mount-Everest.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two women from Sydney have reached the top of Mount Everest, creating history as the first mother-daughter team to climb the world's highest summit.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 07:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindus ask Beliefnet to stop promoting Hollywood movie "The Love Guru"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25333_Hindus-ask-Beliefnet-to-stop-promoting-Hollywood-movie-The-Love-Guru.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hindus have asked Beliefnet, the largest spiritual website, to stop promoting the upcoming Hollywood movie 'The Love Guru', which they say "hurts the Hindu and spiritual community".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 06:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chasing cheese can land you in the hospital!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25329_Chasing-cheese-can-land-you-in-the-hospital.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chasing cheese might sound as soft as a piece of cake, but it left nineteen people nursing cuts and bruises after they took part in an annual "Cheese Rolling" tournament in Gloucestershire on Monday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 06:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak lawyers to observe Negroponte's visit as a 'black day'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25328_Pak-lawyers-to-observe-Negropontes-visit-as-a-black-day.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ahead of US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte's visit to Pakistan, bodies representing lawyers have appealed to the countrymen to boycott the visit as it was "an intervention into Pakistan's internal affairs".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 06:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cellar mum's daughter miraculously wakes from coma</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25326_Cellar-mums-daughter-miraculously-wakes-from-coma.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After fighting for her life for weeks, cellar kid Kerstin has miraculously woken from her coma.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 05:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, a new line in home security - Titan, the £65k 'guard' dog!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25323_Now-a-new-line-in-home-security---Titan-the-£65k-guard-dog.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ They might look like a cuddly family pet - but the highly-trained guard dogs that double as pets are being hailed as of frontline home security. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 05:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit drinkers down 3000-extra calories a week from booze!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25315_Brit-drinkers-down-3000-extra-calories-a-week-from-booze.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ They may not realize it while boozing, but an average British drinker downs a belly-busting 3,000 extra calories every week just from his or her favourite tipple. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 04:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nawaz alleges Musharraf conspiring to keep him out of NA</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25310_Nawaz-alleges-Musharraf-conspiring-to-keep-him-out-of-NA.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Based on a recorded telephonic conversation purportedly involving senior PML-N leader and former Punjab CM Pervez Elahi, former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has alleged that taking the help of the judges he appointed through the Nov 3 PCO (provincial constitutional order), President Pervez Musharraf was conspiring to make sure that his (Nawaz's) nomination papers for the June 18 by-elections were rejected.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 04:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US urges Pak to strike back to counter terror</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25309_US-urges-Pak-to-strike-back-to-counter-terror.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A senior US security officer has said that Pakistan should strike back at "terrorism", else it would continue to see more attacks like the one that killed ex-premier Benazir Bhutto in December last year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 03:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian state to foot education bill of kids of 16 ISA detainees</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25307_Malaysian-state-to-foot-education-bill-of-kids-of-16-ISA-detainees.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The government in the Malaysian state of Selangor has announced plans to provide scholarships to the children of  the16 people from the state who have been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 03:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hillary Clinton lists six reasons for continuing to run for U.S.President</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25304_Hillary-Clinton-lists-six-reasons-for-continuing-to-run-for-USPresident.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New York Senator Hillary Clinton has listed at least six reasons for her decision not to pull out of the Democratic Party's presidential nomination race.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 03:28:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Swedish woman loves sex with her husband - the Berlin Wall!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25303_Swedish-woman-loves-sex-with-her-husband---the-Berlin-Wall.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The fall of the Berlin Wall might be a reason to celebrate for many, but for Eija-Riitta Berliner-Mauer, the collapse of the wall has left her a widow, as she claims that she has been "married" to the giant concrete structure for 29 years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 03:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak-Taliban deal must be enforced, says new NATO commander in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25302_Pak-Taliban-deal-must-be-enforced-says-new-NATO-commander-in-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Newly appointed chief of NATO's command in Afghanistan and Maj Gen in US Army, Jeffrey J Schloesser has said that Pakistan was a sovereign country and it was in NATO's interest that peace agreements between the Pakistani government and militants were enforced.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 03:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Woman returns to life after being brain dead for 17 hours</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25301_Woman-returns-to-life-after-being-brain-dead-for-17-hours.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 59-year-old American woman has stunned doctors and her family by apparently coming back from the dead. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 02:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China prepares to drain swelling quake lake </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25299_China-prepares-to-drain-swelling-quake-lake-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Rescuers are preparing to dynamite the barrier of a swelling earthquake-induced lake at risk of bursting and threatening thousands of people downstream in southwest China.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 02:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Immigrants struggling to speak English will lose benefits under Tory plans</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25294_Immigrants-struggling-to-speak-English-will-lose-benefits-under-Tory-plans.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Immigrant workers and foreign-born citizens who struggle to speak English will be denied benefits unless they accept language lessons, under plans unveiled by the Conservatives.
The Telegraph quoted Chris Grayling, the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, as saying that the employment rate for some ethnic minority groups is below the national average, saying that "serious steps" need to be taken to address the problem.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 02:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists and NC, UML meet ends inconclusively</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25289_Maoists-and-NC-UML-meet-ends-inconclusively.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The meeting of the Nepali Congress (NC), the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) and the Maoists has ended inconclusively, as leaders have differed over ways to resolve the deadlock in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 01:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysia sets up foundation to look into welfare of Tamil schools</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25277_Malaysia-sets-up-foundation-to-look-into-welfare-of-Tamil-schools.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Government has decided to set up a Tamil Schools Foundation (TSF) to look into the welfare and maintenance of the 523 Tamil schools in the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 12:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NHRC barred from Nepal's Shaktikhor Cantonment</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25272_NHRC-barred-from-Nepals-Shaktikhor-Cantonment.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Maoists prevented the Nepal Human Rights Commission (NHRC) from entering Shaktikhor Cantonment in Chitwan in the course of investigating the mysterious murder of Ram Hari Shrestha who was killed by the Maoist Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA) in captivity.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 11:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda meets US Deputy Assistant Secretary </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25270_Prachanda-meets-US-Deputy-Assistant-Secretary-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Prachanda met visiting US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Dr. Evan A. Feigenbaum.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 11:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Smart casual' rings death knell for formal business suits in UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25256_Smart-casual-rings-death-knell-for-formal-business-suits-in-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The number of UK employers wanting their staff to be dress in formal attire on a daily basis has significantly decreased in the last four years, according to a survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 10:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban's latest battleground may soon be YouTube</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25251_Talibans-latest-battleground-may-soon-be-YouTube.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In its latest bid to go info-tech-savvy, the Taliban are learnt to be preparing for a media war to counter the Pakistan Army's 'offensives' aimed at them, by putting videos on live websites such as YouTube.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 10:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Stonehenge builders had geometry skills equivalent to Pythagoras</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25247_Stonehenge-builders-had-geometry-skills-equivalent-to-Pythagoras.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study has revealed that the builders of the Stonehenge had a sophisticated knowledge of geometry to rival that of even Pythagoras, the ancient Greek mathematician.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 09:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, a Brit 'dungeon dad' who raped his daughter 800 times surfaces </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25246_Now-a-Brit-dungeon-dad-who-raped-his-daughter-800-times-surfaces-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British woman has revealed that she was raped 800 times and made pregnant by her evil father - a case which is chillingly similar to Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 09:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cellar family considering moving to Britain</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25244_Cellar-family-considering-moving-to-Britain.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The family of Austrian incest beast Josef Fritzl is considering moving to Britain in the hope of being able to live a "normal, peaceful" life. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 09:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Muslim woman accused of imprisoning her daughter-in-law in UK for 13 years</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25239_Pak-Muslim-woman-accused-of-imprisoning-her-daughter-in-law-in-UK-for-13-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Muslim woman has been charged with imprisoning her two daughters-in-law in her house. Naseebah Bibi (62) has been accused of falsely imprisoning Nagina Akhtar - who came to the UK after an arranged marriage in Pakistan - between January 1993 and 2006.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 08:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Osama may be hiding in 'K2' mountain range in north Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25232_Osama-may-be-hiding-in-K2-mountain-range-in-north-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fresh reports by an Arabic TV network have indicated that Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was hiding somewhere in the Karakoram segment of the Himalayan range of mountains, along the Pak-Afghan border which connects Afghanistan to the West, and that the US was planning a manhunt operation to capture him.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 27 May 2008 07:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Indian Congress goes virtual to woo professionals</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25211_Malaysian-Indian-Congress-goes-virtual-to-woo-professionals.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) is looking at the option of cyberspace to re-brand itself.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 08:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>45,000 Sikhs honour a saint on his 36th death anniversary</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25207_45000-Sikhs-honour-a-saint-on-his-36th-death-anniversary.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ About 45,000 Sikhs from Europe, Australia, United States and elsewhere made the pilgrimage to Gurdwara Sahib Malacca in Jalan Temenggong here to commemorate the 36th death anniversary of Sant Baba Sohan Singh Ji.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 08:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Muslim gangs taking control of UK maximum security prison </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25205_Muslim-gangs-taking-control-of-UK-maximum-security-prison-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Muslims at one of Britain's top-security jails have been able to form gangs inside, and staff are ill-equipped and frightened to deal with them, according to a confidential report.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 08:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Texting 'not killing off English language'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25188_Texting-not-killing-off-English-language.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Contrary to popular belief, SMS texting is not corrupting or killing the English language.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 05:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Outsourcing hitting UK IT professionals' salaries hard: Report </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25179_Outsourcing-hitting-UK-IT-professionals-salaries-hard-Report-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new report suggests that the wages of workers in the UK have declined due to the outsourcing of computer contracts to other countries. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 04:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jail dog named 'Allah' spells curtains for UK prison officer</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25176_Jail-dog-named-Allah-spells-curtains-for-UK-prison-officer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Naming his sniffer dog "Allah" has resulted in in prison officer Chris Langridge, 28, being shifted out of Britain's top Belmarsh high-security jail.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 04:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Strong aftershock destroys 71,000 homes, kills six in China </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25174_Strong-aftershock-destroys-71000-homes-kills-six-in-China-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in China on Sunday, killing at least six people. Nearly a thousand were injured.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 04:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>80-year-old man rescued after 11 days from China's quake rubble </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25172_80-year-old-man-rescued-after-11-days-from-Chinas-quake-rubble-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An 80-year-old man was rescued in Mianzhu city of Sichuan  Province 11 days after the area was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 03:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK Govt. plans new rules to curb smoking among youth</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25166_UK-Govt-plans-new-rules-to-curb-smoking-among-youth.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British Health Secretary Alan Johnson has revealed that new plans have been designed to curb smoking among young people. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 03:07:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Church of England rejects call for Muslim conversion, demands inter-faith respect </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25160_Church-of-England-rejects-call-for-Muslim-conversion-demands-inter-faith-respect-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A row has erupted within the Church of England over calls for British Muslims to be converted to Christianity.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 02:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologist inspired by Indiana Jones explores ancient city in Turkmenistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25158_Archaeologist-inspired-by-Indiana-Jones-explores-ancient-city-in-Turkmenistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Inspired by the fictional Indiana Jones, a British archaeologist is exploring an ancient city along the Silk Road in Turkmenistan, which was once a thriving metropolis.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 02:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz Energy Minister 'asked staffer for a threesome'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25157_Oz-Energy-Minister-asked-staffer-for-a-threesome.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Another Aussie MP has been caught in a scandal after it was alleged that he asked a staff member for a threesome.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 02:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Investigation of Haneef case has cost Oz exchequer over eight million dollars</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25146_Investigation-of-Haneef-case-has-cost-Oz-exchequer-over-eight-million-dollars.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Investigations into the  bungled Mohammed Haneef terrorism-support case has cost the Australian exchequer 8.2 million dollars so far. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 12:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hans Christian Andersen was houseguest from hell for Charles Dickens!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25144_Hans-Christian-Andersen-was-houseguest-from-hell-for-Charles-Dickens.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ He may have written the most fascinating fairy tales, but Hans Christian Andersen was the houseguest from hell for Charles Dickens.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 12:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ramiz Raja feels Pak players have not lived up to expectations </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25143_Ramiz-Raja-feels-Pak-players-have-not-lived-up-to-expectations-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has regretted that Pakistani cricketers in the Indian Premier League (IPL) have not lived up to expectations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 12:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Most Pak students surprisingly keen to learn about Hinduism </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25139_Most-Pak-students-surprisingly-keen-to-learn-about-Hinduism-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  Most Pak students in Pakistan are surprisingly keen to learn about Hinduism, despite the hostility that has prevailed between their country and India in the previous sixty years. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 11:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistani Taliban to sue Musharraf</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25135_Pakistani-Taliban-to-sue-Musharraf.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has said that it will sue President Pervez Musharraf in a Federal Shariah Court for the deaths of people at the Jamia Hafsa and in the Tribal Areas, if their peace accord with the government succeeds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 11:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US drones have violated Pakistani airspace five times in North Waziristan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25134_US-drones-have-violated-Pakistani-airspace-five-times-in-North-Waziristan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ United States drones have violated Pakistani airspace five times in North Waziristan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 11:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Speed cameras turning Brits into worse drivers!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25133_Speed-cameras-turning-Brits-into-worse-drivers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ They should be making the country's streets safer, but instead speed cameras are turning Brits into worse drivers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 11:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gilani says reforms package not aimed at instigating a clash with Musharraf</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25128_Gilani-says-reforms-package-not-aimed-at-instigating-a-clash-with-Musharraf.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)'s proposed Constitutional reforms package is not aimed at initiating a clash with President Pervez Musharraf, but rather at restoring the balance of power by giving parliament more authority. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 10:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Clinton's camp blames Obama for fanning fire over RKF gaffe</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25115_Clintons-camp-blames-Obama-for-fanning-fire-over-RKF-gaffe.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hilary Clinton's camp is blaming Senator Barack Obama's team for fanning the fire over her RKF assassination gaffe.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 08:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hilary's Kennedy remark may be 'last nail in her campaign's coffin'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25112_Hilarys-Kennedy-remark-may-be-last-nail-in-her-campaigns-coffin.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Members of the Kennedy family are furious with Hilary Clinton invoking the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy to explain why she hasn't given up the race to become the Democrat candidate for the next US Presidential elections.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 26 May 2008 08:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nawaz will not appear before PCO judges</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25100_Nawaz-will-not-appear-before-PCO-judges.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz [PML(N)] chief Nawaz Sharif has said that he will not defend petitions that challenged his candidature from NA-123 and NA-52 seats in the election tribunal of Lahore High Court (LHC). ]]></description>
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<title>International aid donors turn heat on Burma  </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Representatives of several international aid donors have begun a meeting in Burma's Rangoon city with the objective of renewing pressure on that country to grant unhindered access to areas devastated by Cyclone Nargis. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 07:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China quake zone braces for rain  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25098_China-quake-zone-braces-for-rain-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China's earthquake zone is bracing itself up for heavy rains, which officials say could hamper further relief efforts. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 07:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Government doesn't want clash with President: Gilani</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday that he respects President Musharraf and the government did not want a clash with the presidency]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 07:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Web users getting more 'ruthless and selfish'</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A new research has revealed that web users turn more ruthless and selfish when they go online. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 05:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologist claims discovery of Cleopatra's tomb</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25079_Archaeologist-claims-discovery-of-Cleopatras-tomb.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A flamboyant archeologist claims to have identified the final resting place of Cleopatra, the Hellenistic ruler of Egypt, who originally shared power with her father Ptolemy XII and eventually gained sole rule of Egypt.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 05:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Buckingham Palace may become 'party pad' for Princes William and Harry</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25076_Buckingham-Palace-may-become-party-pad-for-Princes-William-and-Harry.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The home to the Queen, Buckingham Palace is set to become a massive party pad for fun-loving Princes William and Harry.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 04:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New book paints Nazi-occupied Paris as 'one big romp'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25072_New-book-paints-Nazi-occupied-Paris-as-one-big-romp.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Many years before being called 'one of the world's most romantic city', Paris, under Nazi occupation, was 'one big romp', with women sleeping with anyone who could help them through financially difficult times, suggests a new book.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 04:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Morning-after pill is against my religion, Muslim pharmacist tells couple</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A Muslim pharmacist is under fire for refusing to sell a couple emergency contraception because it was against his religious beliefs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 03:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Seven killed in Colombia earthquake </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ At least seven people were killed when an earthquake measuring 5.5 on Richter scale struck Colombian capital Bogota this morning.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 02:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Defeat of militancy in Pakistan still years away, says Pentagon</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25054_Defeat-of-militancy-in-Pakistan-still-years-away-says-Pentagon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pentagon has warned Pakistan that it could take years before Al Qaeda-linked terrorists operating in its tribal region along the Afghan border are defeated.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 02:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cherie Blair wanted to 'set the record straight' with autobiography</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25049_Cherie-Blair-wanted-to-set-the-record-straight-with-autobiography.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Cherie Blair defended her widely publicised memoirs 'Speaking For Myself' to a packed audience at the Hay Festival in mid-Wales, telling them she wanted to 'set the record straight'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 01:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Titanic hunt was cover for secret Cold War submarines mission</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25047_Titanic-hunt-was-cover-for-secret-Cold-War-submarines-mission.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A mission to find the lost ruins of the Titanic was actually a cover story for inspecting the wrecks of two Cold War nuclear submarines, the man who discovered the famous liner has revealed.
Dr Bob Ballard, an oceanographer, has revealed that he had to locate and inspect the remains of the vessels, which sank during the 1960s, in a top secret mission for the US navy before he was allowed to look for the Titanic. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 01:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sir Ranulph Fiennes abandons Everest bid due to exhaustion</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25046_Sir-Ranulph-Fiennes-abandons-Everest-bid-due-to-exhaustion.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes failed in his second attempt to reach the summit of Everest after succumbing to exhaustion.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 01:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The secret behind UK's longest-married couple's blissful relationship</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25040_The-secret-behind-UKs-longest-married-couples-blissful-relationship.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ They met in 1926 and two years later they were married. Now, 80 years down the lane, the soon to be Britain's longest married couple Frank and Anita Milford are still a happy pair - and the secret behind this successful relationship is a little kiss and cuddle before bedtime.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 12:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad could be sued by family as early as next week</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl can be sued for damages by his family as early as next week after authorities determine the state of his assets. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 11:53:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan not creating problems for Afghanistan: Rice</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Despite differences with Islamabad over how talks with the representatives of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) should proceed, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that Washington does not believe that Islamabad wants to exacerbate the situation along tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 11:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Petrol stations use tyre-spiking 'stinger' to combat fuel theft</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25027_Petrol-stations-use-tyre-spiking-stinger-to-combat-fuel-theft.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fed up petrol station owners in London have employed a new method to deal with drivers who flee after filling up their car tanks without paying - tyre-busting stinger devices.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 10:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Croc dines out on shark!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25024_Croc-dines-out-on-shark.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sharks might be considered the rulers of the ocean, but it is the crocodiles that rule Down Under.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 10:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Human trade essentially the dark side of international business'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25016_Human-trade-essentially-the-dark-side-of-international-business.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ There has been a widespread assumption that globalization can only have a positive impact on the society. But according to a new US research, this worldview is far too simplistic and unrealistic and ignores the fact that international human trade is essentially the dark side of international business.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 09:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aitzaz refuses to accept minus-one, three-year service formula </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25013_Aitzaz-refuses-to-accept-minus-one-three-year-service-formula-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Aitzaz Ahsan has refused to use the minus-one and three-year service formula for the reinstatement of deposed judges. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 08:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese propaganda portrays me as devil: Dalai Lama </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25010_Chinese-propaganda-portrays-me-as-devil-Dalai-Lama-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Dalai Lama has said he was saddened that Beijing's state "propaganda" had left many Chinese considering him a "devil with horns." ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 08:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Violators of Nov 3 Pak SC order to be punished: Iftikhar Chaudhry </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25009_Violators-of-Nov-3-Pak-SC-order-to-be-punished-Iftikhar-Chaudhry-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's deposed Chief Justice Muhammad Iftikhar Chaudhry has said that the violators of November 3 order of the Supreme Court (SC), which was passed against the declaration of emergency, will be punished.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 07:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India to have 'open sky' policy with UK  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_25007_India-to-have-open-sky-policy-with-UK-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India is keen on having an open sky policy with the United Kingdom to keep pace with the burgeoning air travel between the two countries. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 25 May 2008 07:07:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China quake toll over 60,000  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24996_China-quake-toll-over-60000-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China's earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more, Premier Wen Jiabao today said as he and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the disaster area. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 08:41:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Koirala asks Prachanda to form new government</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24993_Koirala-asks-Prachanda-to-form-new-government.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today formally called upon Maoist chairman Prachanda to take initiation, as the head of the largest party in the Constituent Assembly (CA), to form a new government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 08:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China brands Dalai Lama, Gordon Brown meeting an interference in its internal affairs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24988_China-brands-Dalai-Lama-Gordon-Brown-meeting-an-interference-in-its-internal-affairs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China has strongly objected to a meeting arranged between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, saying it was "an interference" into China's affairs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 07:41:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Flying English flags by Brits deemed "racist" by UK cops</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24987_Flying-English-flags-by-Brits-deemed-racist-by-UK-cops.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A driver was told to remove an England flag from his car by police because it could offend immigrants, or be fined 30 pounds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 07:41:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Teen girls who date gang members twice as likely to become pregnant</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24984_Teen-girls-who-date-gang-members-twice-as-likely-to-become-pregnant.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Girls who date gang members are twice as likely to become pregnant as compared to those not seeing boys involved with gangs, according to a new study.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 07:07:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PML-N, PPP alliance intact: Sharif</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24981_PML-N-PPP-alliance-intact-Sharif.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that they would maintain alliance with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and enable the government to complete its term.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 06:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Virtual worlds make kids rehearse what they will do in real life</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24980_Virtual-worlds-make-kids-rehearse-what-they-will-do-in-real-life.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Virtual worlds, like BBC's Adventure Rock, are useful tools through which children rehearse what they will do in real life, says a new research.	]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 06:41:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Why Zardari decided to lock horns with Musharraf</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24972_Why-Zardari-decided-to-lock-horns-with-Musharraf.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ever since the new democratic government led by the PPP was formed in Islamabad, Asif Ali Zardari had been absorbing pressures from every corner, but over the past week he changed his demeanor and took on President Pervez Musharraf calling him a "relic of the past".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 05:41:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Comments on Musharraf being a "relic of the past" were not outburst: Zardari</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24959_Comments-on-Musharraf-being-a-relic-of-the-past-were-not-outburst-Zardari.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that his comments about President Pervez Musharraf being a "relic of the past" were not an outburst, and hoped that the President would not be insensitive to what people wanted. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 04:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Britain's 'Got Talent' has a new star - a snooker-playing Collie!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24958_Britains-Got-Talent-has-a-new-star---a-snooker-playing-Collie.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's 'Got Talent' has discovered another talent in Blue - a Collie who plays snooker.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 03:53:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Laura Bush became "Momzilla" planning the wedding, says Jenna </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24955_Laura-Bush-became-Momzilla-planning-the-wedding-says-Jenna-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It was her wedding day, but that didn't make Jenna Bush, now Mrs. Hager, lose her mind. Infact, it was her mom First Lady Laura Bush who turned into "Momzilla".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 03:41:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Portrait of the Queen Mother to go under the hammer</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24952_Portrait-of-the-Queen-Mother-to-go-under-the-hammer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 1936 portrait of late Queen Mother along with her daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret is set be auctioned in Edinburgh on May 29.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 03:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Negroponte coming to  Pakistan to discuss security issues</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24946_Negroponte-coming-to-Pakistan-to-discuss-security-issues.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Lahore, May 24 ANI : United States Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte will be in  Pakistan next week to discuss important security issues with the Pakistan government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 02:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US to support Pak peace pact with militants,  if it curbs terrorist violence</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24945_US-to-support-Pak-peace-pact-with-militants-if-it-curbs-terrorist-violence.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Washington, May 24 (ANI) :  United States has stated that it will support any peace agreement signed by Pakistan with militants in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, provided such a pact curbs terrorist violence and addresses international concerns.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 02:07:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Black foreigners in South Africa say they are treated like animals</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24943_Black-foreigners-in-South-Africa-say-they-are-treated-like-animals.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Black foreign nationals in South Africa who have been the victims of two weeks of violence, have said that they were being treated like animals and asked why only the Blacks were only being targeted. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 01:53:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>South African govt was aware of 'anti-foreigners' sentiments prior to violence</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24941_South-African-govt-was-aware-of-anti-foreigners-sentiments-prior-to-violence.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Amid criticism that it failed to take measures to prevent violence, the South Africa government has admitted it was aware of the potential of anti-immigrant sentiment to explode into violence. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 01:41:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How Brit taxpayers' money goes down ministers' kitchen sinks!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24940_How-Brit-taxpayers-money-goes-down-ministers-kitchen-sinks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When a British MP does up his home, or for that matter even a kitchen sink, it's the taxpayer who foots the bill.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 01:41:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Frenchman set to plunge to Earth from the edge of space</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24939_Frenchman-set-to-plunge-to-Earth-from-the-edge-of-space.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Parachuting has been a hobby for many, but a retired French army colonel is so passionate about the sport that he is preparing to attempt a record-breaking skydive of 1000mph from the edge of space.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 01:28:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf's family are ardent Barak Obama fans</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24925_Musharrafs-family-are-ardent-Barak-Obama-fans.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has been one of the key war-on-terror allies of US President George Bush, but his real brother Dr. Naveed Musharraf who lives in Chicago, opposes Bush's policies and has been a staunch supporter of the Democrats.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 11:41:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Martian Language' is the latest trend among Chinese teens!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24918_Martian-Language-is-the-latest-trend-among-Chinese-teens.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ "3Q Orz"! Does this ring a bell? No, well, you're not the only one. Among China's younger generation of cyber-citizens however, the so-called "Martian Language" trend is catching on really fast.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 10:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The top 20 Sexiest TV Ads Ever revealed </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24905_The-top-20-Sexiest-TV-Ads-Ever-revealed-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sex really does sell. And proving this is the 1991 Cadbury Flake telly advert featuring model Rachel Brown seductively nibbling a Cadbury's Flake in an overflowing bath that has topped a list for the 'Sexiest TV Ad Ever'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 08:41:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad's family may get new identities</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24903_Dungeon-dads-family-may-get-new-identities.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After going through 24 years of hell, the family members of Austrian incest dad Josef Fritzl are looking forward to the prospect of assuming new identities so that they may lead a normal life when they are released from hospital.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 08:28:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Quake-ravaged Chinese town may be converted into a memorial</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24902_Quake-ravaged-Chinese-town-may-be-converted-into-a-memorial.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has informally indicated that his government is seriously considering a proposal to convert Sichuan Province's earthquake-ravaged largest town in Beichuan County into a memorial in honour of those who died in the May 12 calamity. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 08:28:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian community has lost faith in Malaysian Indian Congress, says its chief</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24900_Indian-community-has-lost-faith-in-Malaysian-Indian-Congress-says-its-chief.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysian Indian Congress president and former Cabinet Minister S.Sami Vellu has expressed concern over the Indian community in Malaysia not supporting his party like before. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 08:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz mum, daughter climb Mt.Everest, achieve unique record</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24899_Oz-mum-daughter-climb-MtEverest-achieve-unique-record.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two Sydney women -- a mother and her daughter -- have reached the top Mount Everest, creating history as the first mother-daughter team to climb the world's tallest mountain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 07:53:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brown faces 'quit now' calls from Labour MPs </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24898_Brown-faces-quit-now-calls-from-Labour-MPs-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pressure is mounting on British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to quit for the sake of the future of his New Labour Party in the wake of the Crewe by-election "catastrophe".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 07:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fiennes set to be the oldest man to climb Mt.Everest at 64</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24897_Fiennes-set-to-be-the-oldest-man-to-climb-MtEverest-at-64.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sixty-four-year-old Sir Ranulph Fiennes is close to achieving a long cherished dream of becoming the first man to cross both ice caps via the North and South Poles, and to scale Mt. Everest, the world's highest mountain. 
At 64, he will also be the oldest Briton to climb Everest, reports The Telegraph. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 07:41:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Exiled Tibetans try to upstage China with their own 'Olympics'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24895_Exiled-Tibetans-try-to-upstage-China-with-their-own-Olympics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A small group of exiled Tibetans have been holding their own 'Olympics' in India, with the intention of mocking the holding of Olympics in Beijing, China in August this year.
The four-day games being held near Dharamsala have been organised to highlight the Tibetan campaign for an independent homeland.
Archery was the first event and each competitor was given three arrows to shoot in two minutes. The archers, cheered by a small crowd, went around collecting their arrows after each round because they were in short supply.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 07:28:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Death toll in China crosses 55,000</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24891_Death-toll-in-China-crosses-55000.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The death toll from earthquake in southwest China on Friday crossed 55,000 with nearly 25,000 people still missing. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 02:28:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> 'Seeing China through Indian eyes'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24883_-Seeing-China-through-Indian-eyes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Seeing the current phase of engagements between India and China through Indian eyes while living in China, experiencing the complexities of their life to provide a fresh view on the momentous change taking place in that society, is a welcome change from the academic nature of China studies that has been the norm in India so far, said Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon as he released Smoke and Mirrors: An experience of China, an avante garde book about life in China by Pallavi Aiyar, a journalist based in Beijing and an advisor to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on China-related issues, here last evening.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 01:28:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Somali pirates release MV Victoria</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24882_Somali-pirates-release-MV-Victoria.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Nairobi, May 23 (ANI) : Somali pirates have released MV Victoria, a cargo ship, they  abducted on May 17 off the Somalia coast .]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 01:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese beggar, shoeshine women give their earnings to quake victims  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24881_Chinese-beggar-shoeshine-women-give-their-earnings-to-quake-victims-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A homeless beggar in his 60s and a middle-aged shoeshine woman have come to epitomize people's selflessness in supporting the victims of the Sichuan earthquake.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 01:07:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Quake-hit South West China will take three years to recover</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24880_Quake-hit-South-West-China-will-take-three-years-to-recover.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China's post-earthquake reconstruction work will take three years, said Li Chengyun, the vice governor of Sichuan here on Friday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 01:07:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>McCain looks to fill ticket: Three hopefuls step up</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24874_McCain-looks-to-fill-ticket-Three-hopefuls-step-up.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Republic presidential nominee Senator John McCain is set to meet with at least three potential running mates at a gathering at his ranch this weekend in Arizona, suggesting that he is stepping up his search for a vice-presidential candidate as the Democratic contest heads towards a conclusion.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 12:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'China may up the anti-India ante after Beijing Olympics' </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24873_China-may-up-the-anti-India-ante-after-Beijing-Olympics-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt. General (retired) Shantonu Choudhry expects that China is going to up the anti-India ante after the Beijing Olympic Games, and says that it could lead to some border skirmishes. The attempt will be more flagrant if India's political centre is perceived as weak, he added. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 24 May 2008 12:07:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MoU on Indian workers to be inked soon</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24870_MoU-on-Indian-workers-to-be-inked-soon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysia has finalised the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the employment of Indian migrant workers and is set to sign the document with New Delhi once the Cabinet gives its approval, Human Resources Minister Dr. S. Subramaniam said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 11:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sichuan cultural relics lost in earthquake</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24867_Sichuan-cultural-relics-lost-in-earthquake.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
New Delhi, May 23 (ANI) - The Chinese State Administration of Cultural Heritage has stated this week that sixty-five cultural relics under state protection and 119 under provincial protection in Sichuan province have been severely damaged as a result of May 12 earthquake.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 11:28:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One million temporary homes to be built for Sichuan quake victims</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24864_One-million-temporary-homes-to-be-built-for-Sichuan-quake-victims.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development on Thursday requested local authorities in earthquake-hit areas touild one million temporary homes by August 10 to accommodate the quake victims ofay 12.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 10:53:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Three million tents still needed for quake victims: China</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24863_Three-million-tents-still-needed-for-quake-victims-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China has appealed to the international community again to provide tents to its quake-hit Sichuan province, which needs around 3.3 million tents.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 10:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Abramovich 'vetted' Putin before he became Russia'sPresident   </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24849_Abramovich-vetted-Putin-before-he-became-RussiasPresident--.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Russian multi-billionaire Roman Abramovich is known worldwide for his wealth and his ownership of the football team Chelsea, but few would be surprised to know that he played a significant role in facilitating Vladimir Putin's selection as the President of Russia after Boris Yeltsin.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 09:07:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arcelor-Mittal targets global iron ore and coking coal lock-up </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24837_Arcelor-Mittal-targets-global-iron-ore-and-coking-coal-lock-up-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal's decision to spend 630 million Australian dollars for a 14.9 percent stake in Australia's Macarthur Coal is aimed at cornering supplies of iron ore and coking coal for his global steel giant, ArcelorMittal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 07:41:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysia to provide 600,000 new jobs for locals to reduce foreign labour</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24832_Malaysia-to-provide-600000-new-jobs-for-locals-to-reduce-foreign-labour.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 600,000 job opportunities will be made available after the Ninth Malaysia Plan's mid-term review, to reduce the dependency on foreign workers by 2010. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 06:53:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lost parrot tells vet his name and address!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24826_Lost-parrot-tells-vet-his-name-and-address.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A lost parrot was reunited with its owners in Japan - after squawking out his name and address to a vet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 06:07:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"FATA peace pact may be different from those in the past"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24814_FATA-peace-pact-may-be-different-from-those-in-the-past.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The recent peace pact between the Government of Pakistan and the pro-Taliban tribal elders in the Swat region of NWFP might be quite different from those of the past, "because the authorities had an upper hand in the talks", a former US State Department specialist on South Asia has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 04:41:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Thief paid £3k to leave UK back in a day to continue crime spree!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24808_Thief-paid-£3k-to-leave-UK-back-in-a-day-to-continue-crime-spree.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A prolific bag snatcher who was given 3,000 pounds to quit Britain took the money and came back the next day.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 03:53:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lakshmi Mittal buys world's costliest home for son </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24807_Lakshmi-Mittal-buys-worlds-costliest-home-for-son-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal is reportedly the buyer of the world's costliest home after it was put up for sale at 117 million pounds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 03:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malay Indian leader seeks release from detention on health grounds</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24801_Malay-Indian-leader-seeks-release-from-detention-on-health-grounds.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ P. Uthayakumar, one of the five Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) leaders detained at the Kamunting Detention Centre in Taiping, Malaysia, under the Internal Security Act (ISA), has filed an application for his release on grounds that he has been denied medical attention for his diabetic and heart problems. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 03:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bird-flu risk in six districts of Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24800_Bird-flu-risk-in-six-districts-of-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Six districts of Nepal bordering India are at risk of bird flu according to the Avian Influenza Control Project. 
Dr Manas Kumar Banerjee, the coordinator of Avian Influenza Control Project of Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, which falls under the Ministry of Health and Population, said that Jhapa, Ilam, Panchthar, Taplejung, Sunsari and Morang Districts are at risk of the flu.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 02:53:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>When Israeli fighter pilots almost killed Tony Blair   </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24795_When-Israeli-fighter-pilots-almost-killed-Tony-Blair--.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair came within moments of being killed when two Israeli fighter aircraft threatened to shoot down a private jet taking him to a Middle East conference in the belief that it might have been staging a terrorist attack. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 02:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Customer service levels in call centres worst in a decade </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24794_Customer-service-levels-in-call-centres-worst-in-a-decade-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The BPO or call centre boom in India might just receive a setback due to a decline in customer service levels, with people having to wait two-thirds longer on the telephone today as compared to ten years ago, according to a new study.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 02:07:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hillary expresses concern over Pak govt's peace pact with FATA militants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24792_Hillary-expresses-concern-over-Pak-govts-peace-pact-with-FATA-militants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Expressing her concerns at the recent 'peace pact' between the Pakistan government and the pro-Taliban militants in the Swat region of NWFP, US' Democrat Senator Hillary Clinton has said that  if the US was going to suffer another attack after 9/11, it would most certainly originate from the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 01:53:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Govt forms commission to probe Shrestha's murder </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24789_Nepal-Govt-forms-commission-to-probe-Shresthas-murder-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Government has formed a three-member commission headed by former Supreme Court justice Rajendra Kumar Bhandari to probe the mysterious murder of Ram Hari Shrestha who was killed by the Maoist Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA) in captivity.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 01:41:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Koirala says will speak on government's current status at first CA meeting </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24788_Koirala-says-will-speak-on-governments-current-status-at-first-CA-meeting-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has said that he will clarify the status of the current Government at the Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting on May 28.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 01:28:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Armed Terai outfits meeting in Patna </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24787_Nepal-Armed-Terai-outfits-meeting-in-Patna-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A number of armed outfits operating in Terai are holding meetings in Patna to explore possibilities for unity in action.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 01:28:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parties to continue discussions today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24786_Parties-to-continue-discussions-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Various political parties are continuing their discussions on ways to resolve the political deadlock in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 01:07:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Researchers develop computerised technique to predict cardiovascular disease risk</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24779_Researchers-develop-computerised-technique-to-predict-cardiovascular-disease-risk.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ German researchers have developed a novel, computer-based strategy, which according to them, can predict cardiovascular disease (CVD) by studying the plasma lipoprotein profiles of people.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 12:53:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists get green signal to form government in Nepal </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24778_Maoists-get-green-signal-to-form-government-in-Nepal-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Maoists have finally received the green signal to form the new Government in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 12:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A fifth of Brit kids can't use forks and knives </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24770_A-fifth-of-Brit-kids-cant-use-forks-and-knives-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Forks and knives, which have been an indispensable part of British eating etiquettes for centuries, are losing its charm amongst the nation's kids, with almost a fifth having trouble with the cutlery.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 11:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Zardari, Musharraf two sides of the same coin"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24767_Zardari-Musharraf-two-sides-of-the-same-coin.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's cricket-turned-politician Imran Khan has described PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and President Pervez Musharraf as "two sides of the same coin", and said that both leaders would never restore the sacked judges willingly until they were forced by the masses.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 11:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>French workers on strike as Sarkozy assumes Thatcherite posture on pension eligibility</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24740_French-workers-on-strike-as-Sarkozy-assumes-Thatcherite-posture-on-pension-eligibility.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ French President Nicolas Sarkozy has decided to make people work a year longer to qualify for a full pension, and this has led tens of thousands of workers to stage nationwide protests.
Five of the largest unions in France have joined forces to fight a government proposal obliging employees to work 41 years before retiring, against 40 years at present. They are also angry at plans to cut the numbers of public sector workers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 09:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bill Clinton thinks Hillary should be Obama's VP</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24738_Bill-Clinton-thinks-Hillary-should-be-Obamas-VP.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton maybe determined to remain in the race to be named the Democratic Party's nominee for President, but her husband and former President Bill Clinton is reported to have advised her to seriously consider the option of being Barack Obama's running mate and eventually his Vice President.
According to the New York Times, the prospect of an Obama-Clinton ticket has been fodder for political gossip for months, with some Democratic leaders pushing the idea as a way to unify the party. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 08:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Salahuddin warns Pak govt against 'Junoon' performing in Srinagar on Sunday</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24732_Salahuddin-warns-Pak-govt-against-Junoon-performing-in-Srinagar-on-Sunday.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United Jihad Council (UJC), the Muzaffarabad-based ISI sponsored group of extremist organizations, has reportedly urged the Pakistan government to ensure that Pakistani rock group Junoon does not perform in Srinagar on Sunday in the honour of Indian President Pratibha Patil, who would be on her maiden visit to the Valley after assuming the highest post in her country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 08:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf says would resign if wings clipped</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24731_Musharraf-says-would-resign-if-wings-clipped.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Amid reports of tensions brewing up between the Presidency and PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari over the government drafting a Constitutional package entailing provisions to clip President Pervez Musharraf's wings, the latter is learnt to have said that he would step down rather than being a "toothless" head of the state.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 07:53:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pope John Paul II to be 'beatified by spring 2009'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24730_Pope-John-Paul-II-to-be-beatified-by-spring-2009.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pope John Paul II could ascent to sainthood by next spring, possibly in time for the fourth anniversary of his death, a cardinal at the Vatican predicts.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 07:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fritzl freed three dungeon kids to rake in 2k pounds in child benefit</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24729_Fritzl-freed-three-dungeon-kids-to-rake-in-2k-pounds-in-child-benefit.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl freed three of his kids from their dungeon so that he could get 2,000 pounds a month as child benefit.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 23 May 2008 07:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Cabinet to introduce guidelines for swearing-in ceremony</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24708_Nepal-Cabinet-to-introduce-guidelines-for-swearing-in-ceremony.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The government is set introduce new guidelines for the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected Constituent Assembly (CA) members.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 09:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Koirala requests India to provide uninterrupted fuel supply</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24703_Koirala-requests-India-to-provide-uninterrupted-fuel-supply.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As the fuel crisis deepens in Nepal, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today requested India to provide an uninterrupted supply of petroleum products to Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 08:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists wish to form new government quickly </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24701_Maoists-wish-to-form-new-government-quickly-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a sign of loosing patience, Maoist leader Prachanda in a meeting today tabled a proposal to open the way for the formation of a new government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 08:28:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China quake toll crosses 51,000  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24700_China-quake-toll-crosses-51000-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The death toll from the earthquake in China's Sichuan province has increased to over 51,000, with another 30,000 people missing. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 08:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian envoy calls on Koirala</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24698_Indian-envoy-calls-on-Koirala.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India's Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood called on Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala at the latter's official residence in Baluwatar on Thursday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 08:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN chief arrives in cyclone-hit Myanmar</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24697_UN-chief-arrives-in-cyclone-hit-Myanmar.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Myanmar on Thursday to press that country's military junta to accept a full-scale international relief operation for cyclone survivors.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 07:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepalese Sherpa guide scales Everest for a record 18th time </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24694_Nepalese-Sherpa-guide-scales-Everest-for-a-record-18th-time-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A veteran Sherpa guide has scaled Mount Everest for a record 18th time. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 07:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No mischief will be allowed with Pakistan: Iftikhar Chaudhry </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24688_No-mischief-will-be-allowed-with-Pakistan-Iftikhar-Chaudhry-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Deposed Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has praised the media and the civil society for their support to the lawyers' movement to have the sacked judges restored. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 06:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oregano oil as effective as synthetic insecticides to combat common beetle pest</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24683_Oregano-oil-as-effective-as-synthetic-insecticides-to-combat-common-beetle-pest.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study from National Polytechnic in Algeria has found that Oregano oil can be as effective as synthetic insecticides to combat infestation by a common beetle found in stored cereals.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 06:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>British universities have become costly: HEPI </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24678_British-universities-have-become-costly-HEPI-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British universities have comparatively become costlier for overseas students than other universities excluding the US, a report by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) suggested today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 05:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Celeb chef Gordon Ramsay eats contestant's thumb!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24677_Celeb-chef-Gordon-Ramsay-eats-contestants-thumb.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay gave finger food a whole new meaning when the thumb of a contestant on his reality TV show ended up in the food.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 05:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad's incest child making 'miraculous recovery'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24675_Dungeon-dads-incest-child-making-miraculous-recovery.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kerstin, one of the children Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl fathered with his daughter Elisabeth, is showing signs of a miraculous recovery as she fights for her life in coma.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 05:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Harry 'incensed' over candid snaps at Peter Phillips' wedding</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24670_Prince-Harry-incensed-over-candid-snaps-at-Peter-Phillips-wedding.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince Harry is reportedly furious after candid snaps of him at his cousin Peter Phillips' wedding were splashed all over a celebrity magazine.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 04:41:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit dog may be the oldest pooch in the world!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24669_Brit-dog-may-be-the-oldest-pooch-in-the-world.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The owners of a Labrador that has lived to the ripe old age of 29 believe that she is oldest pooch in the world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 04:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wanted: 438,000 cigarette butts for Aussie artist!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24663_Wanted-438000-cigarette-butts-for-Aussie-artist.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Aussie Adrian Avenell, of Devonport, needs 438,000 cigarette butts to make a sculpture for an anti-smoking project and he wants Tasmania's smokers to help him.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 03:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the man who has had sex with 1,000 cars!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24661_Meet-the-man-who-has-had-sex-with-1000-cars.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A stunning woman won't set his heart racing but a car is more than enough to leave Aussie bloke Edward Smith gasping for more.
Smith claims to have had sex with 1,000 cars insisting that he would prefer a car over a woman any day. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 03:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World Bank, IMF responsible for food, fuel crisis: India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24658_World-Bank-IMF-responsible-for-food-fuel-crisis-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India has blamed the policies of World Bank, IMF and "excessive and unsustainable" demand in developed countries for the present crisis arising out of rising food and fuel prices. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 03:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Over 50pc Oz women 'not satisfied in bed'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24657_Over-50pc-Oz-women-not-satisfied-in-bed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A survey has revealed that over 50 per cent Australian women have difficulty getting sexual satisfaction. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 02:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Germans summoning exorcists from abroad to drive the Devil away</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24655_Germans-summoning-exorcists-from-abroad-to-drive-the-Devil-away.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hundreds of Germans are on the search for priests who can help them get rid of their demons - literally.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 02:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Former New York Governor's wife back in public eye after hooker scandal   </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24652_Former-New-York-Governors-wife-back-in-public-eye-after-hooker-scandal--.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Silda Spitzer, wife of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, shedding the shame of her husband's downfall emerged from self-imposed exile looking stunning in an orange evening dress to attend a charity event.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 02:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MIC takes up case of 187 Indian students for scholarship</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24633_MIC-takes-up-case-of-187-Indian-students-for-scholarship.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has appealed to the Government to reconsider the appeal of 187 Indian high achievers who were unsuccessful in their applications for Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships this year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 12:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scrabble turns sixty</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24616_Scrabble-turns-sixty.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It's no Xbox or PlayStation, but board game Scrabble has something to boast about that the other two don't - sixty years of entertaining kids and adults.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 11:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China readjusts Olympic torch relay route following quake</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24614_China-readjusts-Olympic-torch-relay-route-following-quake.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) today decided to adjust the route of the Olympic torch relay because of the May 12 earthquake.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 11:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hillary may take her fight all the way to Democrat Convention in August</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24613_Hillary-may-take-her-fight-all-the-way-to-Democrat-Convention-in-August.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has sent out new signals that she might take her fight for the nomination all the way to the party's convention in August. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 11:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Condoms-with-vodka drinks campaign raises stink </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24608_Condoms-with-vodka-drinks-campaign-raises-stink-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  A promotional campaign in which free condoms are handed out with every purchase of Vodka Cruisers has been slammed as "poor form" by a national alcohol body.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 10:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Woman bares all to stop road workers' wolf whistles!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24607_Woman-bares-all-to-stop-road-workers-wolf-whistles.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Some overly appreciative Kiwi road workers got more than what they bargained for when an Israeli tourist, tired of their wolf whistles, stripped in front of them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 10:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN chief flies to Myanmar to facilitate aid</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24603_UN-chief-flies-to-Myanmar-to-facilitate-aid.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday flew to Myanmar to press upon the ruling military junta to allow full-blown international aid effort for the 2.4 million victims of Cyclone Nargis. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 09:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dalai Lama appeals for no protests when Olympic torch passes through Tibet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24599_Dalai-Lama-appeals-for-no-protests-when-Olympic-torch-passes-through-Tibet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dalai Lama, has asked the Tibetans to stop protesting against the Olympic torch relay and refrain from demonstrating when the symbol of the games passes through their homeland. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 09:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Animal activists ask European court to declare chimp a 'person'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24597_Animal-activists-ask-European-court-to-declare-chimp-a-person.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian animal rights activists are fighting to get a 26-year-old chimpanzee legally declared as a "person" so the animal can enjoy "human rights".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 09:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dr Manmohan Singh's childhood pal from Pak hopes to meet him, Bhabhi, kids</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24596_Dr-Manmohan-Singhs-childhood-pal-from-Pak-hopes-to-meet-him-Bhabhi-kids.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Raja Ali Muhammad, a farmer hailing from Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's ancestral village Gah, in Chakwal district in Pakistan, who studied with the latter in a primary school before Manmohan's family moved to India after the Partition, has been granted visa to visit India. Though no arrangement has yet been made to allow him to meet the Indian premier, he hopes media help could arrange a meeting.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 08:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US 'reserves judgment' on Swat 'peace pact'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24595_US-reserves-judgment-on-Swat-peace-pact.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US has said that it was closely monitoring the situation in Pakistan's tribal areas where the new PPP-led government had inked a "peace pact" with the Pro-Taliban militants, and that it would "reserve its judgment" over the new development.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 08:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NWFP Government, local Taliban ratify peace truce </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24580_NWFP-Government-local-Taliban-ratify-peace-truce-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The NWFP Government and local Taliban have agreed to a peace agreement under which "Shariah" laws will be promulgated in Swat and Malakand districts and security forces will be withdrawn, while the Taliban have agreed to acknowledge the writ of the government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 04:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'India and Britain should work together to find technology solutions'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24578_India-and-Britain-should-work-together-to-find-technology-solutions.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Minister of State for Industry Ashwani Kumar today met Lord Digby Jones, British Minister of State for Trade and Investment and discussed wide ranging issues in order to reinforce the India-UK bilateral economic and commercial relationship.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 04:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Witty emails don't lead to love</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24559_Witty-emails-dont-lead-to-love.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Australian researcher has warned online daters to be cautious of witty emails, as they don't lead to love.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 01:53:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jesus 'answers' pilot's prayers </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24558_Jesus-answers-pilots-prayers-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ 'Prayers are always answered' - this phrase saw reality when two men prayed for divine intervention amid air when their plane's microlight ran out of fuel mid-flight and they still managed to land safely on ground next to a "Jesus is Lord" sign.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 01:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Immigrants getting British citizenship every three minutes in the UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24545_Immigrants-getting-British-citizenship-every-three-minutes-in-the-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Becoming British is getting much easier these days, for immigrants are getting British passports at a rate of one every three minutes, which in itself is a record till date.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 22 May 2008 12:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The car wash that comes with bikini clad pole dancers and erotic videos!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24544_The-car-wash-that-comes-with-bikini-clad-pole-dancers-and-erotic-videos.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Kittens car wash in Australia is in trouble for offering a service not provided by other car wash centers - bikini clad pole dancing staff and erotic videos.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 11:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kerala Minister calls all god men in the state frauds </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24538_Kerala-Minister-calls-all-god-men-in-the-state-frauds-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Government of Kerala appears to be on a collision course with religious groups in the wake of the several scandals associated with them, which the political leadership feels has done damage to the image of the state.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 11:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Putin still the power behind Russian 'throne', says key adviser</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24531_Putin-still-the-power-behind-Russian-throne-says-key-adviser.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Moscow, May 21 (ANI) : Vladimir Putin remains the country's real power ,Russian president Dmitry  Medvedev ,one of his closest allies has confirmed. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 10:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Flying phallus attacks Garry Kasparov!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24530_Flying-phallus-attacks-Garry-Kasparov.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former World Chess Champion and Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov was attacked by radio-controlled flying phallus during a meeting of opposition activists. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 10:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the Brit women who've been neighbours for 72 years!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24513_Meet-the-Brit-women-whove-been-neighbours-for-72-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two women who have lived next door to each other in Cambridge for an amazing 72 years are set to clinch a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as Britain's longest continuous neighbours.   ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 08:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The most common ways to die at work</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24512_The-most-common-ways-to-die-at-work.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ There are many who go by the motto 'work is life', but now a new Government report in Australia has listed ways in which life can actually end at workplace.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 07:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Inhaling laughing gas on duty can get you sacked!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24504_Inhaling-laughing-gas-on-duty-can-get-you-sacked.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A paramedic has been fired for inhaling laughing gas in the ambulance for a quick high while on duty.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 06:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Malaysian thieves who struck for sex not money!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24497_The-Malaysian-thieves-who-struck-for-sex-not-money.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Looks like money is not always the first choice for thieves, at least not in the case of these Malaysian burglars who chose sex over cash when they struck at a housing estate.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 05:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Naked women posse rides through London for charity!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24496_Naked-women-posse-rides-through-London-for-charity.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A group of naked women rode horses through London's Hyde Park on May 19 to take part in the naked 'Lady Godiva' ride.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 05:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologists uncover quarry from Second Temple period in Israel</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24493_Archaeologists-uncover-quarry-from-Second-Temple-period-in-Israel.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists have uncovered another Second Temple Period quarry in Israel, whose stones were used to build the Western Wall. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 05:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Negroponte says Pentagon ready to equip, train Pak Army</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24487_Negroponte-says-Pentagon-ready-to-equip-train-Pak-Army.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US is working hard to help Pakistan acquire the necessary will and tools to conduct aggressive and sustained counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations in the years to come, and the Pentagon will equip and train special operations units of the Pakistan Army for the purpose, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte has said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 04:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nawaz says "Presidency 're-energising' itself after rift in ruling coalition</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24477_Nawaz-says-Presidency-re-energising-itself-after-rift-in-ruling-coalition.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has said that President Pervez Musharraf was gaining strength after the recent rift in the ruling coalition, as a result of which his party walked out of the government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 03:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Seven Malay women languishing in Pak jails on drug charges</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24476_Seven-Malay-women-languishing-in-Pak-jails-on-drug-charges.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Seven Malaysian women, who claimed they were duped into becoming drug mules, are languishing in Pakistani jails. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 03:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Malay Indian ISA detainee tortured in captivity </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24471_-Malay-Indian-ISA-detainee-tortured-in-captivity-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The wife of a Malay Indian Internal Security Act detainee has lodged a police report against the Home Ministry, police and the Kamunting Detention Centre in Perak, claiming that her husband had been tortured. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 02:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>HINDRAF leaders seek judicial review of their incarceration</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24468_HINDRAF-leaders-seek-judicial-review-of-their-incarceration.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The five leaders of the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) have filed an application for a judicial review of the Federal Court decision which rejected their habeas corpus appeal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 02:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda holds talks with UML leaders</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24462_Prachanda-holds-talks-with-UML-leaders.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Prachanda has held discussions with Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) leaders with the aim of breaking the political deadlock in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 01:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Five million Chinese homeless after May 12 quake</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24461_Five-million-Chinese-homeless-after-May-12-quake.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nine days after an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the open-ended Richter Scale hit China's south-western Sichuan Province, the authorities are grappling with the next urgent task of finding shelter for up to five million residents.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 01:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Valley shutdown affects normal life in Kathmandu</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24460_Valley-shutdown-affects-normal-life-in-Kathmandu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The valley shutdown called by relatives of Ramhari Shrestha, who was killed by the Maoist in Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA) in captivity has affected the normal life and business activities in Kathmandu.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 01:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Liz Hurley, Cherie Blair wear Indian for Asian Women of Achievement Awards</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24459_Liz-Hurley-Cherie-Blair-wear-Indian-for-Asian-Women-of-Achievement-Awards.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Liz Hurley and Cherie Blair looked resplendent as they got into the spirit of the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in London.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 01:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World's first online lovers celebrate 25th wedding anniversary!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24457_Worlds-first-online-lovers-celebrate-25th-wedding-anniversary.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If you thought falling in love online was a new thing, think again, for a couple who met via online in 1982 just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 01:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US concerned over Pak's peace pact with pro-Taliban militants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24450_US-concerned-over-Paks-peace-pact-with-pro-Taliban-militants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Expressing its concerns against the recent peace pact signed between the Pakistan Government and the pro-Taliban militants, the US has reportedly warned Islamabad that the deal might allow the tribal extremists to plot attacks in Pakistan and abroad.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 12:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghan minister warns Pak against 'appeasement' of tribal militants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24448_Afghan-minister-warns-Pak-against-appeasement-of-tribal-militants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's policy of 'appeasing' the Taliban was dangerous and the peace talks between Islamabad and militants would lead to more cross-border attacks, said Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 12:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz woman uses Pammie's 'boobs' to lure teen to sex!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24446_Oz-woman-uses-Pammies-boobs-to-lure-teen-to-sex.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Even a photograph of Pamela Anderson's boobs is potent enough to lure men. And, this has been proved by a 32-year-old Aussie woman who sent a picture of the actress' breasts to a 15-year-old workmate into an affair.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 12:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China's quake-hit dams safe, but risks remain, says official</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24432_Chinas-quake-hit-dams-safe-but-risks-remain-says-official.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Most of the lakes and damaged dams in China's Sichuan Province are currently safe, but face the danger of heavy rain and aftershocks in the next few days, an official has warned.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 11:42:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>HINDRAF lawyer and MP receives a death threat</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24431_HINDRAF-lawyer-and-MP-receives-a-death-threat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bukit Gelugor MP and HINDRAF lawyer Karpal Singh received a death threat with a live bullet enclosed on Tuesday afternoon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 11:41:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Row over Dalai Lama's visit to Britain</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24430_Row-over-Dalai-Lamas-visit-to-Britain.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A row has cropped up over the 11-day visit of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, with critics accusing the Gordon Brown Government of deliberately downgrading his visit by having the meeting at Lambeth Palace instead of the official 10, Downing Street. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 11:28:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Arcelor-Mittal acquires nearly 15 percent stake of Australian coal giant Macarthur</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24428_Arcelor-Mittal-acquires-nearly-15-percent-stake-of-Australian-coal-giant-Macarthur.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian-owned steel conglomerate Arcelor-Mittal has acquired a 14.9 per cent stake in Australia's Macarthur Coal and entered into discussions with company regarding a potential transaction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 11:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ted Kennedy diagnosed with malignant brain tumour </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24424_Ted-Kennedy-diagnosed-with-malignant-brain-tumour-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democrat Senator Edward M. Kennedy has been admitted to the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and been diagnosed with a malignant form of brain tumour.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 10:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama claims Democratic nomination for president  'within reach'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24423_Obama-claims-Democratic-nomination-for-president-within-reach.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senator Barack Obama believes that he has amassed enough additional delegates to claim a nearly insurmountable advantage in his race to win the Democratic Party's nomination for president against Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 10:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>60-year-old woman miraculously survives 196 hrs after China quake</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24422_60-year-old-woman-miraculously-survives-196-hrs-after-China-quake.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If a human-being survives without food and water for nearly 200 hours, what else could it be described than a miracle of miracles. After last Monday's earthquake of 7.8 magnitude, a woman lay buried under the rubble of a temple, only to be rescued after 196 hours, and that too without any major injury.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 10:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindus urge UK film organisations to halt Hollywood movie "The Love Guru" </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24421_Hindus-urge-UK-film-organisations-to-halt-Hollywood-movie-The-Love-Guru-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hindu groups have contacted cinema or film related organizations in UK urging them not to distribute or screen upcoming Hollywood movie "The Love Guru" till its presenter Paramount Pictures makes necessary changes to it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 10:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indo-Pak talks elicit mixed reactions from J-K</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24416_Indo-Pak-talks-elicit-mixed-reactions-from-J-K.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The ongoing India-Pakistan peace talks have elicited mixed reactions from political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 09:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Elisabeth Fritzl taught kids grammar, language and math in cellar</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24409_Elisabeth-Fritzl-taught-kids-grammar-language-and-math-in-cellar.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian cellar mum Elisabeth Fritzl's lawyer has revealed that she taught her kids math and grammar while incarcerated in her dad's dungeon. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 08:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cellar mum plans to sue Josef Fritzl</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24408_Cellar-mum-plans-to-sue-Josef-Fritzl.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Elisabeth Fritzl - the Austrian girl who was held captive by her father in a cellar for 24 years - is planning to sue her monster dad Josef for his fortune, her lawyer has revealed. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 08:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>More cross border CBM's are on the cards, No breakthrough on Siachen yet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24400_More-cross-border-CBMs-are-on-the-cards-No-breakthrough-on-Siachen-yet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After day long marathon meetings between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan, and Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee's meetings with Nawaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari and Asfayandar Wali Khan, both countries reportedly are very  close to signing an  agreement on cross border trade, which may include the opening of  the road between Kargil and Skardu, increasing the frequency of buses plying between the two Kashmirs, the launch of a bilateral postal service and also the launch of an ambitious helicopter service between Muzaffarabad and Srinagar.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 03:53:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan offers to share nuke technology with Bangladesh</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24396_Pakistan-offers-to-share-nuke-technology-with-Bangladesh.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan has offered to help Bangladesh with the latter's proposed first nuclear power reactor.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 03:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China earthquake toll surpasses 40,000</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24391_China-earthquake-toll-surpasses-40000.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The death toll from last week's earthquake in south-west China has climbed to 40,075, according to sources. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 02:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Maoist leader to meet Naxal groups in Kolkata</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24387_Nepal-Maoist-leader-to-meet-Naxal-groups-in-Kolkata.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai is planning to visit Kolkata in June to meet Naxal groups.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 02:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Resolving sacked judiciary issue is the key to ending impasse in Pak: Sharif</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24382_Resolving-sacked-judiciary-issue-is-the-key-to-ending-impasse-in-Pak-Sharif.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Muslim League-N chief and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif believes that reinstating the judges who were sacked by President General Pervez Musharraf on November 3, 2007, would ensure the resolution of the country's other problems. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 21 May 2008 01:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf must not be equated with Pak, nor Pak with him: Nawaz</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24354_Musharraf-must-not-be-equated-with-Pak-nor-Pak-with-him-Nawaz.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the PPP-led coalition government must emerge out from the shadow of Pakistan President Musharraf, who, according to him, had dominated Pakistan and its relationship with the US for too long. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 10:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World's first pregnant man is desperate for some 'man-ternity clothes'!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24353_Worlds-first-pregnant-man-is-desperate-for-some-man-ternity-clothes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ He is happy and content with being the world's first pregnant man but when it comes to 'man-ternity' clothes things get a bit dicey for Thomas Beatie, who is just over six weeks away from giving birth.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 10:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Plans to turn 'The Sound of Music' home into hotel raises a stink </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24349_Plans-to-turn-The-Sound-of-Music-home-into-hotel-raises-a-stink-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Plans to make a hotel out of a former home of the von Trapp family immortalized in the 1960s film 'The Sound of Music' have fuelled fierce resistance from neighbours, who fear that the move will see the area flooded by tourists.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 09:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cherie feels disappointed by criticism over her autobiography </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24345_Cherie-feels-disappointed-by-criticism-over-her-autobiography-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie Blair has expressed disappointment over the storm of criticism stemming from the publication of excerpts of her autobiography 'Speaking For Myself'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 09:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pet owner turns dead cat into black diamond ring!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24336_Pet-owner-turns-dead-cat-into-black-diamond-ring.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British woman left distressed over the death of her pet cat has turned him into a one-third-of-a-carat black diamond with the help of a U.S. firm. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 07:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hungry man in a hurry rams Merc into curry house!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24333_Hungry-man-in-a-hurry-rams-Merc-into-curry-house.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It was certainly a 'thrust of hunger', when a man drove his car right into a curry house smashing it through the front entrance of a restaurant.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 07:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Huge phone, e-mail database may see UK turn into a `Big Brother' state</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24324_Huge-phone-e-mail-database-may-see-UK-turn-into-a-`Big-Brother-state.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The British Home Office is reported to have sounded out telecommunication firms and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) about creating a huge database on every phone call, e-mail and time spent on the internet by the public.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 06:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak military searching for key Taliban trainer's killing evidence</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24317_Pak-military-searching-for-key-Taliban-trainers-killing-evidence.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Speenkay Raghzai (Pak-Afghan Border): The Pakistan Military has claimed to have intercepted Taliban militants' communications saying that Qari Hussain, the Taliban's chief ideologist and principal suicide bombing trainer, was killed in "Operation Zalzala", and has started looking for evidence of his death.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 05:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Anti-Neo-Nazi hotline created in Germany</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24311_Anti-Neo-Nazi-hotline-created-in-Germany.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Germany has created a neo-Nazi hotline and website for parents who are worried about their children getting attracted to far-right extremists. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 04:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologists find 238-yr-old Spanish shipwreck in Chile</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24307_Archaeologists-find-238-yr-old-Spanish-shipwreck-in-Chile.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A private archaeological excavation firm has discovered the remains of a 238-year-old shipwrecked Spanish galleon on the coast near the Chilean town of Curepto, located in Chile's Region VII.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 04:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists distribute seized land to squatters in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24301_Maoists-distribute-seized-land-to-squatters-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Maoist cadres in Nepal have started distributing the land which they seized during insurgency to the families of freed kamaiya (bonded laborer) and landless squatters in Kailali District. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 03:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two million Britons emigrate in 10 years</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24300_Two-million-Britons-emigrate-in-10-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two million British citizens have left the UK in the last decade, and new figures suggest that this is the greatest exodus from the country in almost a century. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 03:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>400 Indian delegates to attend 3-day peace moot in Pak from Sat</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24297_400-Indian-delegates-to-attend-3-day-peace-moot-in-Pak-from-Sat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 400 Indian delegates are likely to pass through the Wagah Border on Friday to participate in the Eighth Joint Convention of Indo-Pak Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD), in Peshawar from May 24 to 27.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 03:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad 'cries himself to sleep'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24294_Dungeon-dad-cries-himself-to-sleep.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest beast Josef Fritzl cries himself to sleep in prison, it has emerged. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 02:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Elisabeth Fritzl to speak about cellar hell in TV interview</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24275_Elisabeth-Fritzl-to-speak-about-cellar-hell-in-TV-interview.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest victim Elisabeth Fritzl held captive and sexually abused by her father for 24 years, is set to give her first televised interview revealing details of her cellar nightmare.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 01:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Gangajal" fallout sees Karachites taking law into their own hands</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24274_Gangajal-fallout-sees-Karachites-taking-law-into-their-own-hands.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With the recent increase in the incidents of people setting robbers afire publicly or beating them to death, it is believed that Bollywood film "Gangajal" has cast a long lasting impression on the Pakistani populace.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 01:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama tells Republicans to lay off his wife </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24273_Obama-tells-Republicans-to-lay-off-his-wife-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama has warned Republicans not to hit on his wife Michelle, and to lay off her.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 12:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Political parties still at odds over power-sharing in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24269_Political-parties-still-at-odds-over-power-sharing-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Major political parties have not made any progress toward power-sharing in the formation of new government in Nepal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 12:28:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aftershock of magnitude 6 to 7 likely to hit China quake area</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24261_Aftershock-of-magnitude-6-to-7-likely-to-hit-China-quake-area.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An aftershock of six to seven on the Richter scale is likely to hit the Wenchuan earthquake area in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, Xinhua quoted the local seismological bureau, as saying.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 11:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Paparazzo injures guard at dungeon family's hospital</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24255_Paparazzo-injures-guard-at-dungeon-familys-hospital.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Austrian hospital, where the family of incest fiend Josef Fritzl is being treated, will be guarded by security officers in teams of two and a police dog. Such a move has been made after a guard was severely injured by a paparazzo photographer and had to be treated in hospital.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 11:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian-born woman to get Asian Woman Achievement Award</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24252_Indian-born-woman-to-get-Asian-Woman-Achievement-Award.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Indian-born woman is among the chosen few to be selected for the 2008 Asian Women of Achievement award.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 10:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Resolution for reinstating pro-Musharraf judges being drafted"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24250_Resolution-for-reinstating-pro-Musharraf-judges-being-drafted.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Top officials in the Pakistan Prime Minister Office are said to be preparing a draft resolution for the reinstatement of the deposed judges acceptable to President Pervez Musharraf.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 10:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rocket attacks on Peshawar govt officials' residences, no damage</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24234_Rocket-attacks-on-Peshawar-govt-officials-residences-no-damage.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two rockets were fired at the residences of an intelligence official and a WADPA (Water and Power Development Authority) official last evening, though no loss of life and property was reported.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 08:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sikh doc tops child heath diploma exam in Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24233_Sikh-doc-tops-child-heath-diploma-exam-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dr Mimpal Singh has become the first Pakistani Sikh not only to successfully pass the examination of Diploma in Child Health (DCH), but also topped the examination conducted by the Services Institute of Medical Sciences.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 08:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistani Taliban accepts responsibility for Mardan suicide attack</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24219_Pakistani-Taliban-accepts-responsibility-for-Mardan-suicide-attack.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  Pakistani Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for a weekend suicide attack in Mardan city in North West Frontier Province in which 13 people lost their lives.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 20 May 2008 12:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NATO beefs up forces along Afghan-Pakistan border </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24215_NATO-beefs-up-forces-along-Afghan-Pakistan-border-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) on Monday strengthened troops along the Afghan border fearing the peace deals between Pakistan and the Taliban will lead to increase in militant attacks into Afghanistan, NATO's commander in Afghanistan General Dan McNeill said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 11:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Court acquits Zardari in drugs case </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24211_Court-acquits-Zardari-in-drugs-case-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Lahore court has acquitted the Co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, Asif Ali Zardari, in a drugs case.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 11:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nearly 50 per cwnt of British youngsters don't use condoms with new partners</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24199_Nearly-50-per-cwnt-of-British-youngsters-dont-use-condoms-with-new-partners.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite constant attempts to create awareness about condom use, British teenagers still lack adequate knowledge and nearly half of all under-25s don't use condoms with new partners, a new survey by Ipsos MORI has revealed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 09:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China mourns quake dead </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24192_China-mourns-quake-dead-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Millions of people in China and overseas observed three minutes silence at 2:28 p.m. Monday to mourn thousands of people killed in an earthquake which hit the nation's on May 12.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 08:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit kids as young as eight carrying weapons to school</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24185_Brit-kids-as-young-as-eight-carrying-weapons-to-school.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Apart from carrying books and stationary, British children, as young as 8 years, use their school-bags as an all purpose kit for school-brawls, equipped with guns, knives and axes, reveals a new report.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 08:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brits spend 18 years of their working lives commuting to work!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24182_Brits-spend-18-years-of-their-working-lives-commuting-to-work.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Commuters in Britain spend up to 18 years of their working lives reaching and getting back from office.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 07:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Peter Phillips quaffed champagne just 90 minutes before tying the knot</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24181_Peter-Phillips-quaffed-champagne-just-90-minutes-before-tying-the-knot.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Royal groom Peter Phillips downed bottles of champagne with his dad and friends at a pub- just 90 minutes before tying the knot. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 07:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese woman's miraculous survival after 150 hrs post-quake ordeal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24179_Chinese-womans-miraculous-survival-after-150-hrs-post-quake-ordeal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Survival tales continue in the Chinese province of Sichuan, the worst hit in Monday's earthquake of 7.8 magnitude. A woman was rescued last evening after remaining buried under the debris for more than 150 hours.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 07:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Experts condemn Fritzl's incest family reunion</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24178_Experts-condemn-Fritzls-incest-family-reunion.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Authorities of the Austrian hospital where the family of incest monster Josef Fritzl are being treated have been severely panned the reunion of the two sets of siblings involved in the case.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 07:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sotheby's dealer tries to conquer the Everest</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24166_Sothebys-dealer-tries-to-conquer-the-Everest.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After a failed attempt, Andre Zlattinger, head of Scottish pictures at auction house Sotheby's, is attempting to conquer the Everest in a bid to raise funds for the hospital where his mother was treated for cancer before her death.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 05:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak, US reaffirm commitment to fight terror</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24154_Pak-US-reaffirm-commitment-to-fight-terror.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At the first meeting between the heads of government after a new democratic government assumed office in Islamabad, Pakistan and the US are learnt to have reaffirmed their commitment to the fight against terrorism and extremism.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 04:07:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Musharraf will say goodbye at the right time"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24151_Musharraf-will-say-goodbye-at-the-right-time.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's Press Secretary Rashid Quereshi has said Musharraf wants to be a Constitutional President and will quit the office at the "right time".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 03:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian-born nuke expert warns China to ensure safety of its quake-hit nuke plants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24143_Indian-born-nuke-expert-warns-China-to-ensure-safety-of-its-quake-hit-nuke-plants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian-born Dr Anupam Srivastava, director of the University of Georgia's Asia programme and a nuclear consultant, has reportedly ruled out leakage of radioactive material in China's earthquake-hit Sichuan Province, but cautioned the authorities in that area to take steps to ensure proper storage and safety of the stockpile.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 02:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jairam Ramesh to discuss bilateral issues with Egyptian ministers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24141_Jairam-Ramesh-to-discuss-bilateral-issues-with-Egyptian-ministers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Union Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh, who is representing India at World Economic Forum on the Middle East in Egypt, is scheduled to meet Egyptian ministers this afternoon, to discuss bilateral issues. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 02:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian conglomerate pumps RM15 billion into Malaysian project</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24140_Indian-conglomerate-pumps-RM15-billion-into-Malaysian-project.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Indian conglomerate is the latest investor to pump money into the Iskandar Malaysia project in Johor.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 02:28:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India dispatches more relief to quake-hit China</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24139_India-dispatches-more-relief-to-quake-hit-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India dispatched another planeload of relief to earthquake-hit China today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 02:28:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK black and Asian police officers not getting the top jobs </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24138_UK-black-and-Asian-police-officers-not-getting-the-top-jobs-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Black and Asian police officers are not being considered for top jobs in the force, according to a senior police chief.
The Chief Constable of Cheshire constabulary, Peter Fahy, admitted that officers from ethnic minorities were being unfairly discriminated against.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 02:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Slain Bugti's grandson rejects Pak govt's talks-offer</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24137_Slain-Bugtis-grandson-rejects-Pak-govts-talks-offer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Barhamdagh Khan Bugti, the grandson of Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Bugti, has reportedly rejected the Pakistan government's offer for talks, saying that the government's claims of providing relief to Balochistan were designed to secure an "honourable retreat for the defeated forces".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 02:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>HINDRAF leader says his passport was revoked</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24135_HINDRAF-leader-says-his-passport-was-revoked.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) leader P. Waytha Moorthy continues to claim hat his Malaysian passport has been revoked despite the government stating otherwise. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 01:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Burmese kids risk facing starvation deaths </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24132_Burmese-kids-risk-facing-starvation-deaths-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Burmese children affected by Cyclone Nargis face the risk of dying of starvation unless food is rushed to them, international aid agencies have warned.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 01:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian cabbie bashing stirs up strong protests in Adelaide</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24131_Indian-cabbie-bashing-stirs-up-strong-protests-in-Adelaide.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a second similar incident in less than three weeks in Australia, strong protests by taxi drivers' continued for two days on the streets of Adelaide yesterday, following an incident wherein one cabbie Balraj Singh was brutally bashed up by two unidentified men last weekend.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 01:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US convey reservations against IPI gas pipeline project</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24130_US-convey-reservations-against-IPI-gas-pipeline-project.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan should desist from carrying forward the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project because the present "financial, political, legal and security" circumstances did not favour it, and even Iran might eventually stall the pipeline project as it might short of resources, said a US State Department official.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 01:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepali Congress leaders doubt Maoist's intention</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24128_Nepali-Congress-leaders-doubt-Maoists-intention.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepali Congress (NC) acting president Sushil Koirala has said that his party is still not assured about the intention of the Maoists in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 12:53:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Manmohan Singh confident democratic experiment would succeed in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24127_Manmohan-Singh-confident-democratic-experiment-would-succeed-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has said that he is confident that Nepalese political parties would make a success of the "democratic experiment" they are involved in through electoral process in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 12:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK's MI5 cornered over prostitute orgy scandal </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24119_UKs-MI5-cornered-over-prostitute-orgy-scandal-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British intelligence outfit MI5 has been accused of failing to vet recruits properly after it emerged that one of its surveillance officers was married to a prostitute who exposed Max Mosley's involvement in a sado-masochistic orgy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 11:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, a beer brewed especially for dogs!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24118_Now-a-beer-brewed-especially-for-dogs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Now, you can actually enjoy a chilled mug of beer with your best friend - thanks to a no-alcohol beer brewed especially for dogs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 11:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian man must prove physical, financial state for netting fourth wife!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24117_Malaysian-man-must-prove-physical-financial-state-for-netting-fourth-wife.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It seems that Mohamed Nor Awang, an odd-job worker in Malaysia, will not get a fourth wife so easily.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 11:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Miracle, as woman rescued after 124 hrs of China quake with only mild back injuries</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24103_Miracle-as-woman-rescued-after-124-hrs-of-China-quake-with-only-mild-back-injuries.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A young woman survived without food and water for nearly 124 hours in a Chinese province before she was rescued from under the debris of a five-storey building which collapsed during last Monday's earthquake of 7.8 magnitude. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 11:07:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Top kashmiri leader to meet prime minister of India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24101_Top-kashmiri-leader-to-meet-prime-minister-of-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Will seek assurance of free and fair polls

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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 11:04:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fritzl's dungeon son 'thrilled McDonald's is real'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24099_Fritzls-dungeon-son-thrilled-McDonalds-is-real.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dungeon victim Felix Fritzl couldn't believe it when he was taken to a secret trip to McDonald's - because he thought that the ads for the burger giant were fiction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 10:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aussie dads are world's laziest fathers!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24097_Aussie-dads-are-worlds-laziest-fathers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When it comes to being lazy, dads the world over are no competition for Aussie fathers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 10:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Landslides during China quake results in formation of 21 lakes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24094_Landslides-during-China-quake-results-in-formation-of-21-lakes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Massive landslides resulting from the strong earthquake of 7.8 magnitude last Monday in southwest China, have led to the formation of at least 21 lakes in various cities after land blocked the rivers flow. Water has been flowing over some of these blockages in Qingchuan county, but posed no danger.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 10:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian Air Force plane leaves with second batch of aid for China </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24093_Indian-Air-Force-plane-leaves-with-second-batch-of-aid-for-China-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Indian Air Force (IAF) flight carrying a second consignment of 30 tonnes of relief supplies for the quake-affected people of China left from here today. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 10:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Menon to leave for talks with Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24091_Menon-to-leave-for-talks-with-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Foreign Secretary Shiv Shanker Menon is leaving for Islamabad today for Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary level talks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 09:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghan envoy urges Pak to abandon peace talks with tribal 'militants'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24081_Afghan-envoy-urges-Pak-to-abandon-peace-talks-with-tribal-militants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Afghanistan's ambassador in Washington, Saeed Jawad has reportedly urged Pakistan to abandon negotiations with tribal elders at areas along the Pak-Afghan border, who, according to him, were 'militants'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 08:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pranab's Pak visit may pave way for release of 96 Indian prisoners</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24079_Pranabs-Pak-visit-may-pave-way-for-release-of-96-Indian-prisoners.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Pakistan beginning Tuesday, may pave the way for the release of at least 96 Indian prisoners languishing in various Pakistan prisons and who have already completed their jail sentences.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 08:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Time ripe to resolve Kashmir issue, Bush tells Gilani</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24077_Time-ripe-to-resolve-Kashmir-issue-Bush-tells-Gilani.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In his first meeting with new Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, US President George W. Bush reportedly told him that it was the right time to settle the Kashmir issue which has been pending for more than two decades now.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 19 May 2008 08:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hard work is required for democracy in Middle East: Bush</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24069_Hard-work-is-required-for-democracy-in-Middle-East-Bush.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Addressing Middle East leaders at the World Economic Forum, US President George W Bush said on Sunday that if they want to advance democracy and civil liberties in their region, they will have to work hard.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 18 May 2008 05:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China announces three-day mourning period for quake victims </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24066_China-announces-three-day-mourning-period-for-quake-victims-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China has announced three-day national mourning period for May 12 earthquake victims. Flags are to be kept at half-mast and all public amusements will be suspended for three days from Monday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 18 May 2008 05:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US and UK pushing PPP to make deal with Musharraf': Guardian</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24058_US-and-UK-pushing-PPP-to-make-deal-with-Musharraf-Guardian.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The brewing disturbances in Pakistan People's Party-Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) coalition will leave no alternative with the PPP but to deal with President Pervez Musharaff, the Guardian reported. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 18 May 2008 02:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Army supports Government's peace initiatives in tribal areas: Masood</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24057_Army-supports-Governments-peace-initiatives-in-tribal-areas-Masood.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Corps Commander Peshawar Lt-Gen Masood Aslam has said that Army fully supports Government's peace initiatives in the tribal areas and seeks its direction for the resolution of the issues in the conflict-hit areas.
Talking to reporters at the screening of a documentary 'Sipahi Maqbool Hussain' at the Garrison Auditorium here, he said, "The Army is a part of the government and is fully on board in the peace process now under way in the tribal areas and Swat."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 18 May 2008 02:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NC, TMDP agrees to entrust government leadership to Maoist</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24045_NC-TMDP-agrees-to-entrust-government-leadership-to-Maoist.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepali Congress (NC) and the Terai Madhes Democratic party (TMDP) on Sunday agreed that the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M), which has emerged as the largest party in the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections, should lead the next government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 18 May 2008 01:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US to extend help to Pakistan in food crisis: Bush </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24041_US-to-extend-help-to-Pakistan-in-food-crisis-Bush-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US President, George W. Bush has assured US help for Pakistan to meet the food crisis in the country. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 18 May 2008 12:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich - the mystery buyer of Bacon-Freud's masterpieces </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24040_Russian-tycoon-Roman-Abramovich---the-mystery-buyer-of-Bacon-Freuds-masterpieces-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The mystery buyer of Francis Bacon's 'Triptych', which was sold for 86.3 million dollars and Lucian Freud's Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, 1995, which fetched 33.6 million dollars, is Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, according to reliable sources. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 18 May 2008 11:53:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wedding bells for Prince William and Kate Middleton?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24033_Wedding-bells-for-Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Looks like Prince William and long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton are all set to take their relationship to the next level, for according to sources, the royal heart-throb is planning to wed the love of his life. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 18 May 2008 10:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Most expensive T-shirt in Adelaide comes at A$1000</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24023_Most-expensive-T-shirt-in-Adelaide-comes-at-A$1000.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Canadian label, Dom Rebel, is offering a T-shirt studded with Swarovski crystals for 1000 Australian dollars - making it the most expensive T-shirt in Adelaide.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 18 May 2008 09:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lizard found inside chicken egg</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24013_Lizard-found-inside-chicken-egg.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A man was shell-shocked, quite literally, when he cracked an egg while preparing a meal and to his astonishment found a fully formed gecko inside the shell.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 18 May 2008 08:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scot rabbi creates world's first official Jewish tartan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24011_Scot-rabbi-creates-worlds-first-official-Jewish-tartan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The world now has the first official Jewish tartan thanks to a Scottish rabbi.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 18 May 2008 07:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Women make better bus drivers than men</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24009_Women-make-better-bus-drivers-than-men.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ One of Sydney's largest bus operators will now be able to exclusively recruit women drivers and not be worried about being sued for discrimination.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 18 May 2008 07:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The man who ditched his bride-to-be to wed stag-night girl</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24006_The-man-who-ditched-his-bride-to-be-to-wed-stag-night-girl.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ He was about to say 'I do' to his bride but at the last minute Ray Shabi changed his mind and escaped wedlock to marry a woman he met on his stag night. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 18 May 2008 06:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush Administration taking a tougher line on providing military aid to Pakistan: US expert</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_24001_Bush-Administration-taking-a-tougher-line-on-providing-military-aid-to-Pakistan-US-expert.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Daniel Markey, a South Asia expert at the US Council on Foreign Relations, said on Saturday that Washington is more circumspect about providing military equipment to Pakistan as it feels that much of the money is used by the South Asian country to stoke up terror attacks against arch enemy India, rather than fighting the Al Qaedas terror network.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 11:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN Secretary-General not expecting UNMIN's mandate extension</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23989_UN-Secretary-General-not-expecting-UNMINs-mandate-extension.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has remarked that he does not anticipate the extension of the term of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 09:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US plans a new big prison for its "big" plans in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23987_US-plans-a-new-big-prison-for-its-big-plans-in-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pentagon is planning to build a new 40-acre detention complex on the main American military base in Afghanistan, which means that the US intends to continue to hold prisoners overseas for years to come. Ostensibly the reason for constructing the new prison is to overcome serious health risks to Afghan detainees, in general, and American military personnel, in particular, at the Bagram military base prison in Afghanistan, which presently holds 630 prisoners (much more than its capacity).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 09:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Cyclone Nargis to have bigger impact than Tsunami</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23969_Cyclone-Nargis-to-have-bigger-impact-than-Tsunami.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ World Vision chief executive Tim Costello, who returned after a 10-day visit to Myanmar, has said that Cyclone Nargis is going to have a bigger impact on the country than the (Boxing Day) tsunami did on Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 07:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, Oz politician Troy Buswell accused of grabbing MP's testicles!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23962_Now-Oz-politician-Troy-Buswell-accused-of-grabbing-MPs-testicles.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Barely has the scandal of West Australian Opposition leader Troy Buswell sniffing a female colleague's chair and pulling another's bra strap died down that he's been accused of squeezing another MP's testicles.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 06:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak has no control over two airstrips in its tribal areas meant for exclusive US use</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23957_Pak-has-no-control-over-two-airstrips-in-its-tribal-areas-meant-for-exclusive-US-use.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Belying Pakistan's claims that it won't allow any foreign troops to operate from its soil, it has been learnt that two airstrips - one near Wana and the other near Nokundi (both tribal areas bordering Afghanistan), are for the exclusive use of the US for security operations in Afghanistan and the Tribal Areas, and that they were not under the direct control of either Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), or the Pakistan Air Force.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 05:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Warm weather will increase risk of disease in Chinese quake hit areas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23955_Warm-weather-will-increase-risk-of-disease-in-Chinese-quake-hit-areas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chinese Meteorological Administration (CMA) has said that regions around the epicentre of the earthquake will experience warmer weather over the next three days.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 05:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>46 injured need evacuation as lake burst imminent in China's quake hit zone </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23954_46-injured-need-evacuation-as-lake-burst-imminent-in-Chinas-quake-hit-zone-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Forty-six people were seriously injured and are in dire need of help in Beichuan county of the Sichuan province, which was the epicentre of the 7.8 magnitude quake that has so far killed 22,069 people in China.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 05:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The martial arts expert who drilled his own head!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23950_The-martial-arts-expert-who-drilled-his-own-head.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A martial arts expert stunned the audience by holding a running drill to his head and walking away without a scratch. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 04:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Rivalry-bitten Pak politicians 'sabotaging' democracy"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23940_Rivalry-bitten-Pak-politicians-sabotaging-democracy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With the PML-N walking out of the ruling PPP-led alliance, hopes for national unity and revival of democracy in Pakistan, which had risen after the February 18 elections, had been dashed, and the country's traditional political rivals were solely to be blamed for it, said an editorial in The Times.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 03:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"30 pc of US aid siphons off as 'overhead expenses' before reaching Pak, Afghanistan"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23939_30-pc-of-US-aid-siphons-off-as-overhead-expenses-before-reaching-Pak-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nearly 30 per cent of the US' aid for Afghanistan and Pakistan is siphoned off as "overhead expenses", in the form of consulting fee and other costs, before it reaches the region, said US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher during a recent hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 03:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Humiliated Sikh traffic warden files another complaint against colleagues in Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23935_Humiliated-Sikh-traffic-warden-files-another-complaint-against-colleagues-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Gulab Singh, the only Sikh warden in traffic police in Lahore who had even put in his papers last month alleging misbehaviour by his colleagues, has once again complained of humiliation in public by his seniors.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 02:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Islamabad Bar says Zardari-Musharraf nexus obstructing restoration of judges </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23929_Islamabad-Bar-says-Zardari-Musharraf-nexus-obstructing-restoration-of-judges-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is impeding the reinstatement of the deposed judges by joining hands with President Musharraf, said Riasat Ali Azad, General Secretary of the Islamabad Bar Association.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 02:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Quake-hit China to probe collapsed schools' construction quality</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23927_Quake-hit-China-to-probe-collapsed-schools-construction-quality.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China's Ministry for Housing and Urban and Rural Construction has reportedly decided to probe the construction quality of the schools which collapsed in Monday's earthquake, of 7.8 magnitude, killing a large number of school kids.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 01:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Oz Muslim TV comedy show depicting human side of Islam a hit</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23916_New-Oz-Muslim-TV-comedy-show-depicting-human-side-of-Islam-a-hit.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new weekly TV comedy show "Salam Cafe" in Australia, depicting the "human side" of the Muslims and providing viewers an insight into the inaccurate perceptions of Islam, has been a hit, even more than "Newstopia" which previously occupied the Wednesday night timeslot.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 12:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Most extensive preservation project for Great Wall of China launched</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23915_Most-extensive-preservation-project-for-Great-Wall-of-China-launched.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has launched the most extensive preservation project for the Great Wall of China, with a survey and repair already in progress. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 12:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ancient Turkish city might have housed world's first stock exchange</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23912_Ancient-Turkish-city-might-have-housed-worlds-first-stock-exchange.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  If reports are to be believed, the ancient city of Aizanoi in Turkey might have housed the world's first stock exchange.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 11:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Works of 'World's Worst Poet' rakes in more than Harry Potter at auction!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23908_Works-of-Worlds-Worst-Poet-rakes-in-more-than-Harry-Potter-at-auction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ He was dubbed as the "world's worst poet", but now Scottish Bard William McGonagall has had the last laugh, for his odes have raked in more money than the very famous Harry Potter books at an auction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 11:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kids admit violent video games make them aggressive</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23901_Kids-admit-violent-video-games-make-them-aggressive.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A majority of kids in Britain believe that playing violent computer games, such as the recently launched Grand Theft Auto IV, are responsible for aggressive behaviour, according to a new survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 10:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Trapped China quake survivor ate cigarettes, paper tissues, drunk urine</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23897_Trapped-China-quake-survivor-ate-cigarettes-paper-tissues-drunk-urine.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 46-year-old survivor of the Monday's earthquake of 7.8 magnitude ate cigarettes, paper napkins and drunk his urine to keep himself alive before being rescued after 100 hours of ordeal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 09:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologists discover pre Achaemenid era city in Iran </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23896_Archaeologists-discover-pre-Achaemenid-era-city-in-Iran-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A team of archaeologists from the Yazd Cultural Heritage Center (YCHC) in Iran has discovered the Achaemenid era predecessor of the city of Yazd.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 09:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Manmohan Singh dedicates Tala Hydropower Project to India and Bhutan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23893_Manmohan-Singh-dedicates-Tala-Hydropower-Project-to-India-and-Bhutan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Friendly ties between India and Bhutan took another step forward with Prime Ministers Dr. Manmohan Singh and Jigmi Y. Thinley dedicating the 1020 megawatt Tala Hydroelectric Project in Bhutan's Chukha Valley to the two countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 09:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>When trapped Chinese school kids sang "Let's write our ending together"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23891_When-trapped-Chinese-school-kids-sang-Lets-write-our-ending-together.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Teenagers trapped under the debris of their school building after the earthquake of 7.8 magnitude hit southwest China on Monday afternoon, sang pop song "Let's write our ending together", which gave them strength enough to help getting though the ordeal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 09:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Being pretty helps in politics, says female Italian minister</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23889_Being-pretty-helps-in-politics-says-female-Italian-minister.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Beauty may have nothing to do with politics, but former showgirl and now, an Italian cabinet minister Mara Carfagna, begs to differ. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 08:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Manmohan Singh assures India is ready for SA peace </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23888_Manmohan-Singh-assures-India-is-ready-for-SA-peace-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today said that India was ready to assist in making the region more peaceful, secure and prosperous. He was addressing the Bhutan Parliament this morning. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 08:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Margaret Thatcher tried to 'seduce' Sir Edward Heath, claims BBC drama</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23887_Margaret-Thatcher-tried-to-seduce-Sir-Edward-Heath-claims-BBC-drama.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ During her hunt for a Conservative seat, Margaret Thatcher once tried to seduce Sir Edward Heath, a new BBC drama has claimed. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 08:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian govt confirms HINDRAF leader's passport not revoked</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23885_Malaysian-govt-confirms-HINDRAF-leaders-passport-not-revoked.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar has said that the Government had not revoked HINDRAF chairman P. Waythamoorthy's passport, and that he was still in possession of his passport in London.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 08:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon kids take first steps in 'magical' outside world</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23883_Dungeon-kids-take-first-steps-in-magical-outside-world.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Freed dungeon boys Stefan and Felix Fritzl have taken their first ever steps in the "magical" outside world. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 08:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PM says India, Bhutan have a challenge to evolve sustainable development</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23880_PM-says-India-Bhutan-have-a-challenge-to-evolve-sustainable-development.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  Having spent the better part of his two-day official visit to Bhutan lauding that country's emergence as the youngest democracy in the world and for its improving relations with India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday, cautioned that the challenge before both would be to evolve a "model of sustainable, inclusive and equitable development in the coming years."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 17 May 2008 07:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BRIC nations join chorus for Security Council reforms </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23876_BRIC-nations-join-chorus-for-Security-Council-reforms-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Making its presence felt in the first ever stand alone Brazil-Russia-China--India (BRIC) meet here, Brazilian Foreign Minister Cellos Amorin said if the Security Council will not start responding in a just and fair manner then nations will start looking for alternatives.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 11:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India and Brazil rubbish blames of world food shortage  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23874_India-and-Brazil-rubbish-blames-of-world-food-shortage-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In the first standalone Brazil-Russia-India-China (BRIC) meeting which concluded on Friday at the little known industrial Russian town of yeketerinburg, both the emerging economies, India and Brazil rubbished the blame on world food crises and have traded their guns on the developed world for the shortage. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 11:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India deeply values its ties with Bhutan, to enhance it: Manmohan Singh</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23872_India-deeply-values-its-ties-with-Bhutan-to-enhance-it-Manmohan-Singh.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Welcoming Bhutan into the fraternity of democratic nations, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today assured the Bhutanese leadership of India's full support and cooperation, as it "embarks upon a new and exciting journey".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 11:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India, Bhutan to target hydroelectricity generation of 10,000 MW by 2020</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23871_India-Bhutan-to-target-hydroelectricity-generation-of-10000-MW-by-2020.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India and Bhutan on Friday agreed to double the target of hydroelectricity generation to 10, 000 megawatts from 5,000 megawatts by 2020, a reflection of the level of confidence and trust shared presently between the leaderships of the two countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 11:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PM visits Bhutan to strengthen ties between the two countries</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23869_PM-visits-Bhutan-to-strengthen-ties-between-the-two-countries.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reached Bhutan on Friday on a two-day visit, to the Himalayan kingdom to boost economic and bilateral ties.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 10:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BRIC nations urge for U.N. reforms to make it more efficient</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23866_BRIC-nations-urge-for-UN-reforms-to-make-it-more-efficient.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Foreign Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC), the world's emerging and rapidly growing economies, have urged for reforming the United Nations to make it more efficient to deal with the emerging global challenges.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 10:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Manmohan Singh gets grand ceremonial guard of honour</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23865_Manmohan-Singh-gets-grand-ceremonial-guard-of-honour.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It was a ceremonial guard of honour worth replicating for its precision and panache. Visiting Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh was given a grand welcome at the Tashichhodzong, the seat of government in Bhutan Capital Thimphu on Friday afternoon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 10:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Laden vows to reclaim every inch of Palestine on Israel 60th anniversary</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23864_Laden-vows-to-reclaim-every-inch-of-Palestine-on-Israel-60th-anniversary.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In an audio message released today, deliberately timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of Israel's foundation, Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has reportedly vowed to reclaim "every inch of Palestine".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 10:07:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>5,000 pounds compensation for woman tormented by 'farting boss'!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23860_5000-pounds-compensation-for-woman-tormented-by-farting-boss.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ This can surely be termed as a 'smelly compensation', quite literally, for a woman has won herself a whopping 5,000 pounds after her boss kept teasing her by farting in her direction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 09:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bacon masterpiece sets auction record with 43m pounds</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23859_Bacon-masterpiece-sets-auction-record-with-43m-pounds.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Renowned artist Francis Bacon's masterpiece - 'Triptych', has set a new record in sales by fetching a whopping 43 million pounds at an auction in New York.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 09:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ISI briefs Pak PM, Zardari about security issues</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23854_ISI-briefs-Pak-PM-Zardari-about-security-issues.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his party boss Asif Ali Zardari today visited ISI headquarters where they were reportedly briefed about security issues the country was facing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 08:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Animals, clouds not true indicators of earthquake: Chinese scientists</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23847_Animals-clouds-not-true-indicators-of-earthquake-Chinese-scientists.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chinese scientists have said that the migration of toads or unusual cloud formations cannot be the true indicators of earthquakes.
Zhang Guomin, a senior researcher at the China Earthquake Administration, said on the government's website that predictions cannot simply be based on the movement of animals.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 08:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Woman bites off partner's cheek in drunken lover's tiff at 30,000ft!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23845_Woman-bites-off-partners-cheek-in-drunken-lovers-tiff-at-30000ft.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Love took an ugly turn mid-air when a woman bit her partner's face during a drunken row at 30,000ft and "ripped part of his cheek off", it has emerged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 07:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak EC allows Sharif brothers to contest by-polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23839_Pak-EC-allows-Sharif-brothers-to-contest-by-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif had a sigh of relief last evening when the country's Election Commission accepted their nomination papers for the June 18 by-polls. Interestingly, the same Election Commission had rejected the duo's nomination papers ahead of the February 18 general elections, saying that they were involved in different 'cases'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 07:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit woman claims to have seen alien spaceship</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23834_Brit-woman-claims-to-have-seen-alien-spaceship.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A woman in London claims that she has seen an alien spaceship hovering over Golders Green.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 06:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit girls increasingly taking to life of crime </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23830_Brit-girls-increasingly-taking-to-life-of-crime-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The number of recorded offences committed by girls in Britain has risen by 25 percent in the last three years, according to a new report.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 05:53:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince William snubs royal wedding for ex-girlfriend's Kenyan bash </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23825_Prince-William-snubs-royal-wedding-for-ex-girlfriends-Kenyan-bash-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kate Middleton will attend a royal wedding on May 17 alone, while Prince William travels to Africa for another bash with his ex.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 05:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fears over possibility of plague outbreak in Sichuan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23824_Fears-over-possibility-of-plague-outbreak-in-Sichuan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Four days after the devastating earthquake which shattered Sichuan province of China, claiming over 20,000 lives, the place is likely to become home to many diseases as the victims' bodies are still trapped in debris and not buried.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 05:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindus urge Canadian film organisations to not screen "The Love Guru" </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23816_Hindus-urge-Canadian-film-organisations-to-not-screen-The-Love-Guru-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hindu groups have contacted various film related organizations in Canada urging them not to distribute or screen upcoming Hollywood movie "The Love Guru" till its presenter Paramount Pictures makes necessary changes to it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 04:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Manmohan Singh given rousing welcome in Bhutan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23798_Manmohan-Singh-given-rousing-welcome-in-Bhutan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, was given a rousing welcome on his arrival at Paro International Airport on Friday morning by both Bhutanese dignitaries and locals.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 03:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lara Bingle's moving eulogy to dad flanked by Clarke</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23796_Lara-Bingles-moving-eulogy-to-dad-flanked-by-Clarke.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian model and would be Mrs Michael Clarke, delivered a moving eulogy before hundreds of mourners in a farewell message to her father.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 02:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Former New York Governor's call girl booker ready to reveal all</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23795_Former-New-York-Governors-call-girl-booker-ready-to-reveal-all.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Temeka Lewis, the primary booker for a prostitution ring whose clients included former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, has agreed to tell a grand jury all she knows.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 02:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama hits back at Bush over his "foolish delusion" remarks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23792_Obama-hits-back-at-Bush-over-his-foolish-delusion-remarks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Barack Obama, who is on the verge of winning the Democratic nomination, has reacted swiftly after President George Bush assailed him for his professed willingness to engage in diplomacy with terrorists and tyrants.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 02:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghan hijacker working as BA cleaner at Heathrow</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23788_Afghan-hijacker-working-as-BA-cleaner-at-Heathrow.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A member of a gang who hijacked a plane at Stansted Airport in 2000 is now working at Heathrow Airport.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 01:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Breakaway JKLF group forms new party in London</title>
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London, May 15: Claiming to be founder members of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), the erstwhile former members formed the Kashmir National Party in London on Thursday, and accused the JKLF leadership of having compromised the front's ideology by making "private deals with secret agencies of India and Pakistan".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 01:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cherie Blair should quit bench over 'disgraceful memoirs', says ex-judge </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Cherie Blair should be sacked as a judge over her "disgraceful memoirs" that "demean the legal profession", a leading lawyer said on May 15.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 12:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US toughens stance on Pakistan's talks with militants </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23774_US-toughens-stance-on-Pakistans-talks-with-militants-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States has toughened its stance on a proposed agreement with the militants in the Federal Administered Tribal Areas, saying that "any deal Pakistan reaches with them should be worth more than the paper it is written on".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 12:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reaches Bhutan </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today arrived in Bhutan on a two-day official visit.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 11:53:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nirmala Deshpande's ashes to be immersed near Sukkur</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The ashes of Indian peace activist Nirmala Deshpande will be immersed in the Indus River near Sukkur on Saturday.]]></description>
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<title>Weakness in Oz police case to keep Haneef in detention exposed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Australian Federal Police (AFP) considered placing Indian born doctor Mohamed Haneef on a control order or in preventative detention just three days after he was arrested, but were advised there was insufficient information to support their move.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 10:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ogling man's chest is legal, but not woman's boobs, rule judges</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23750_Ogling-mans-chest-is-legal-but-not-womans-boobs-rule-judges.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ogling at 007's chest is perfectly fine but dare not leer at any of his girls, well that is not only the warning of James Bond but also the ruling on what constitutes voyeurism by a panel of leading judges at the Court of Appeal on May 15.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 09:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian man's three wives happy to see him get fourth!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23749_Malaysian-mans-three-wives-happy-to-see-him-get-fourth.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Having two wives at the same time is certainly not the best idea for any man, considering all the bickering and vying for hubby's attention - but with Mohamed Nor Awang, an odd-job worker, the case is 'bit' different.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 09:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad's threats to gas cellar family were 'a bluff': Police</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest dad Josef Fritzl's threats to his cellar family that he would gas them to death if they tried to escape their underground dungeon were a mere bluff, cops have revealed. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 09:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MIC wants more scholarships for Indian students</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23746_MIC-wants-more-scholarships-for-Indian-students.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) is unhappy with the low percentage of Public Service Department overseas scholarships allocated to Indian students. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 09:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Western experts looking for signs of damage in Chinese N-sites in earthquake</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23745_Western-experts-looking-for-signs-of-damage-in-Chinese-N-sites-in-earthquake.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China's main centres for designing, making and storing nuclear arms lie in the shattered earthquake zone, and leading Western experts are looking for signs of any damage that might allow radioactivity to escape. ]]></description>
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<title>India, Pak should clinch all issues in Islamabad on May 20: Sharif </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Rebutting the speculations about split between the Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that both the parties will "clinch all issues" with India in the forthcoming meeting in Islamabad on May 20. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 08:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Presidency set to restore judges minus Iftikhar Chaudhry</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Presidency has finalised its proposals for the re-appointment of all sacked judges minus former Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 08:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US encourages discussion to resolve J-K issue</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The United States has reiterated its support for the peaceful settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir issue, saying it would continue encouraging discussion among parties to resolve the dispute.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 08:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad smuggled daughter to hospital while wife was on holiday</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest dad Josef Fritzl took his sick girl, Kerstin to hospital while his wife was on holiday, it has emerged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 07:53:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Appointment of Taseer as Punjab Governor 'part of conspiracy': PML-N</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan today said that no consultations were made with PML-N leaders for the appointment of the new governor in Punjab. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 04:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN to hold emergency Myanmar summit: British PM </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that the United Nations is to organise an emergency summit on the Myanmar cyclone disaster, and added that it would be held in Asia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 04:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ban on LTTE extended by two years</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Central Government has extended the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as an unlawful association by two years. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 02:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RIC troika calls for clamp down on spread of heroin from Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23710_RIC-troika-calls-for-clamp-down-on-spread-of-heroin-from-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Raising concerns over the illicit drugs trade going on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the Russia-India-China troika in the joint communique has called for the creation of a security belt around Afghanistan to halt the spread of heroin.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 02:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Silvio Berlusconi in trouble for 'flirty' note to female MPs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has been caught passing a flirtatious note during a parliamentary session to two young female politicians.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 01:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sharif to contest election from NA-123 </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An election tribunal on Thursday accepted the nomination papers of Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif to contest election from NA-123. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 01:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lush staff strips off for the environment!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In a bid to protect the environment, staff at Lush in Christchurch launched an unwrap campaign, publicising the evils of too much packaging by stripping off.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 16 May 2008 12:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cherie reveals Blair was left shell shocked by Di's death</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23692_Cherie-reveals-Blair-was-left-shell-shocked-by-Dis-death.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In her autobiography, 'Speaking for Myself,' Cherie  Blair has opened up about her and Tony's reaction to the bombshell news of Princess Diana's death.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 11:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Star Wars-obsessed couple tie the knot the intergallactic way</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When it came to their wedding day, Star Wars-obsessed couple Bramwell Brightey, 33, and his girlfriend Tamsyn Lofts, 29, decided that nothing could be more perfect than exchanging their vows as Han Solo and Princess Leia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 08:07:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cherie fell in love with Tony Blair on top deck of bus No.74</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In the latest extract of her memoirs, 'Speaking for Myself,' Cherie Blair disclosed that she found love with her future husband on the top deck of a Number 74 bus.
In her autobiography, Cherie Blair said that she was already seeing two boyfriends when she met Tony Blair and that their love blossomed during a journey home on a Routemaster. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 06:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Swiss 'Rocket Man' flies at 8,200ft</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ After strapping an 8ft jet-powered wing to his back, a former Swiss fighter pilot became a human 'rocket man' flying at 8,200ft for more than five minutes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 05:29:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India takes tough stand on terrorism at RIC troika talks (Flash)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Talking tough on the issue of terrorism, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today told his Russian and Chinese counterparts here that there can be no justification for any terrorist acts, and added that there should be zero tolerance towards this menace. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 04:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Court says detention of HINDRAF leaders legal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23642_Court-says-detention-of-HINDRAF-leaders-legal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Malaysian federal court has ruled that the detention of the five Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) leaders at the Kamunting Detention Centre is legal, and they will remain incarcerated for another 19 months at least. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 03:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Row over new Muslim police officers group in Scotland</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23640_Row-over-new-Muslim-police-officers-group-in-Scotland.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A row has broken out over the creation of Scotland's first faith-based police group.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 03:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Man tries selling 'slag' wife on eBay!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23632_Man-tries-selling-slag-wife-on-eBay.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A husband who accused his wife of having an affair with a colleague in her office took the ultimate online revenge - by placing her for sale on eBay.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 02:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ex-German Chancellor Kohl marries woman 35 years younger </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has married a woman 35 years his junior in a ceremony at the hospital where he has been undergoing treatment since February.
Kohl, 78, who oversaw the reunification of Germany in 1990, married Maike Richter, a 44-year-old economist, last week at a hospital in Heidelberg in the presence of close friends.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 02:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Washington `Madam' pleads guilty in Spitzer prostitution probe   </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ashley Dupre's madam Temeka Lewis has pleaded guilty to promoting a prostitution and money laundering racket that nailed former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 01:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Madame Tussaud's drops plans for Gordon Brown waxwork</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23603_Madame-Tussauds-drops-plans-for-Gordon-Brown-waxwork.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Madame Tussaud's has dropped plans to immortalise British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in wax.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 11:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Russians take to yoga to beat the stress</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23596_Russians-take-to-yoga-to-beat-the-stress.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As the growth story of Russia's burgeoning economy continues, Russians have actively taken to yoga to beat the stress of their cosmopolita...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 11:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Josef Fritzl enjoyed romps with teenage rent-boys, transsexual hookers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23583_Josef-Fritzl-enjoyed-romps-with-teenage-rent-boys-transsexual-hookers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest dad Josef Fritzl enjoyed romps with teenage rent-boys and transsexual hookers in a Thai sex paradise, it has emerged. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 10:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad's family thanks public for support</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23581_Dungeon-dads-family-thanks-public-for-support.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Weeks after Josef Fritzl's crime surfaced, his family has for the first time expressed gratitude for the support they have received - and to wish for a "normal life" in the future. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon kids reveal their hopes for the future</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23580_Dungeon-kids-reveal-their-hopes-for-the-future.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After being freed from the clutches of sex beast Josef Fritzl, his children have revealed their hopes for the future. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sir V.S.Naipaul's biography tipped to win Samuel Johnson prize</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23579_Sir-VSNaipauls-biography-tipped-to-win-Samuel-Johnson-prize.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A shocking biography of the Nobel laureate Sir V.S.Naipaul, 'The World Is What It Is', which exposes his cruelty towards those closest to him, is tipped to win the Samuel Johnson prize.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. drone kills dozen militants in Pak's Bajaur Agency (Lead:)</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23578_US-drone-kills-dozen-militants-in-Paks-Bajaur-Agency-Lead-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least a dozen militants have been killed in a suspected United States missile strike in the Damadola area of the Bajaur tribal Agency.
According to a senior security official, two missiles, apparently fired by a US drone aircraft, destroyed a house and a compound used by suspected al Qaeda militants]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India could use Jaipur blasts to create a crisis with Pakistan: STRATFOR</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23574_India-could-use-Jaipur-blasts-to-create-a-crisis-with-Pakistan-STRATFOR.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India could use Tuesday's serial bombings in Rajasthan capital Jaipur to create a crisis with Pakistan, America's private intelligence gathering agency STRATFOR has claimed]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 09:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak judges discussing new oath offer</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23573_Pak-judges-discussing-new-oath-offer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pakistan Government's latest move to create dissension within the ranks of the judiciary by offering to 're-appoint' judges of the high courts, appears to be succeeding partially as the affected judges have started to discuss the merits and demerits of accepting the new oath offer.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 08:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pranab Mukherjee visits Russia to enhance strategic ties</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23569_Pranab-Mukherjee-visits-Russia-to-enhance-strategic-ties.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee reached the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on Wednesday to attend a trilateral meeting of F...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 08:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>British Film Institute assures protesting Hindus not to release or screen "The Love Guru"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23568_British-Film-Institute-assures-protesting-Hindus-not-to-release-or-screen-The-Love-Guru.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The prestigious British Film Institute (BFI) has assured protesting Hindus that it will not screen or release the upcoming Hollywood movie "The Love Guru".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 08:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dozen militant killed in suspected U.S. missile strike</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23565_Dozen-militant-killed-in-suspected-US-missile-strike.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least a dozen militants have been killed in a suspected United States missile strike in the Damadola area of the Bajaur tribal Agency.
According to a senior security official, two missiles, apparently fired by a US drone aircraft, destroyed a house and a compound used by suspected al Qaeda militants]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 07:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Legal hurdles preventing sacked judges' restoration: Sindh Deputy Speaker</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23564_Legal-hurdles-preventing-sacked-judges-restoration-Sindh-Deputy-Speaker.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Deputy Speaker of the Sindh Assembly, Shehla Raza, has said that legal hurdles are coming in the way of the immediate reinstatement of the deposed judges in Pakistan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 07:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistani insurgents pose threat to US and the world: Boucher</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23562_Pakistani-insurgents-pose-threat-to-US-and-the-world-Boucher.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US Assistant Secretary of State for Central Asia and South Asia Affairs, Richard Boucher, has said insurgents in Pakistan's frontier region continue to pose a serious threat to the United States and the rest of the world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 07:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sharif urges people to take to the streets for sacked judges restoration </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23560_Sharif-urges-people-to-take-to-the-streets-for-sacked-judges-restoration-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has urged the people to take to the streets for the restoration of sacked Pakistani judges.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 07:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Women leaders in Nepal demand share of 26 cabinet-nominated CA members</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23557_Women-leaders-in-Nepal-demand-share-of-26-cabinet-nominated-CA-members.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's women leaders and women's rights activists on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to the government demanding the inclusion of women in the list of 26 Constituent Assembly (CA) members to be nominated by the cabinet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 02:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban moving at half speed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23553_Taliban-moving-at-half-speed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  US-led security forces and the Afghan Army waited for the Taliban Spring Offensive, but it never came. Gun battles with the Taliban were down 50 percent so far, compared to last year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 02:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RIC troika to discuss impact of Jaipur blast</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23548_RIC-troika-to-discuss-impact-of-Jaipur-blast.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The synchronized terror strikes which rocked pink city Jaipur, killing more than 70 people, will be discussed in the talks between the Foreign Ministers of Russia, India and China (RIC) when they meet in the Russian city of Yekatarinburg. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 01:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Koirala urges for proper tone in public remarks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23545_Koirala-urges-for-proper-tone-in-public-remarks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Wednesday called for more restraint to be shown in both words and deeds stating the country is going through a sensitive stage in the transitional process.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 15 May 2008 01:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US takes inspiration from Benazir Bhutto, launches 'One Woman Initiative' </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23533_US-takes-inspiration-from-Benazir-Bhutto-launches-One-Woman-Initiative-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a single moderate woman inspired the US to launch the "One Woman Initiative" to help nurture other women who could become forces for moderation and peaceful change. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 11:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China used by Hitler's bodyguard to go under the hammer</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23531_China-used-by-Hitlers-bodyguard-to-go-under-the-hammer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A China dinner set used by Hitler's bodyguard is set to go under the hammer.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 11:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists suggest new methods that allow traffic optimisation over large areas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23528_Scientists-suggest-new-methods-that-allow-traffic-optimisation-over-large-areas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ To ensure smooth traffic flow, a group of scientists have developed new methods for determining the traffic situation across a wide area, and have refined processes that enable traffic to be optimally channelled.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 10:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Drunk 'Darth Vader' beats jail rap in Jedi church attacks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23517_Drunk-Darth-Vader-beats-jail-rap-in-Jedi-church-attacks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A drunk Briton who pretended to be Star Wars villain Darth Vader and attacked two Jedi fanatics escaped a jail sentence on May 13.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 09:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>13-year-old splashes $30K on hookers, Xbox using dad's credit card!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23515_13-year-old-splashes-$30K-on-hookers-Xbox-using-dads-credit-card.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 13-year-old boy from Texas has been convicted of fraud for hiring two hookers and racking up 30,000 dollars in charges on his father's credit card, it has emerged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 09:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mummified "salt men" of Iran shifted to archaeological museum</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23499_Mummified-salt-men-of-Iran-shifted-to-archaeological-museum.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Four salt men, which are Iranian mummies, have been shifted to an archaeological museum in Iran.   ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 07:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese schoolboy hero saved 33 lives in Sichuan earthquake</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23494_Chinese-schoolboy-hero-saved-33-lives-in-Sichuan-earthquake.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Zhu Fumin, a senior high secondary student, is being serenaded as a hero for saving the lives of 33 of his classmates.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 06:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shortlist for Turner Prize dominated by women</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23478_Shortlist-for-Turner-Prize-dominated-by-women.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a span of 24 years of the Turner prize, only three women have won. But now, looks like things are changing with the announcement that three out of four artists on this year's shortlist - Bangadeshi-born Runa Islam, Goshka Macuga from Poland and the Belfast-born artist Cathy Wilkes - are women. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 04:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Einstein viewed religion as 'childish superstition'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23476_Einstein-viewed-religion-as-childish-superstition.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Albert Einstein described religion as "childish superstition" and "primitive legend," in a letter to be auctioned in London this week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 04:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal govt to provide Rs 800 million to NOC </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23472_Nepal-govt-to-provide-Rs-800-million-to-NOC-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal government has decided to provide Rs 800 million to state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) to ease the supply of petroleum products.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 03:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PML-Q decides to "exploit" PPP-PML-N differences in the run-up to by-polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23469_PML-Q-decides-to-exploit-PPP-PML-N-differences-in-the-run-up-to-by-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In the run-up to the by-polls slated for June 26, the erstwhile ruing party in Pakistan, the PML-Q has decided to exploit the differences between the PPP and the PML-N and "misdeed" of the new government and take it to the voters.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 03:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Swastika' attracts Indian's neighbours' ire in New Zealand</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23467_Swastika-attracts-Indians-neighbours-ire-in-New-Zealand.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Indian who painted a 'Swastika' on his rooftop in New Zealand as a good omen has attracted his neighbours' ire because of its resemblance to the symbol of the Nazis.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 03:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>British 'X Files' revealed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23465_British-X-Files-revealed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Top-secret details about hundreds of sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects in the UK have been released for public viewing for the first time.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 03:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cherie reveals Tony Blair's heart sank at George Bush's election win </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23454_Cherie-reveals-Tony-Blairs-heart-sank-at-George-Bushs-election-win-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
London, May 14 (ANI) In more exclusive extracts from her memoirs, 'Speaking For Myself,' Cherie Blair has revealed that the Blairs' hearts sank when they learnt that George Bush's victory over Al Gore in 2000 had been ratified and that he was to become President of the United States.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 01:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Freud painting sets auction record with 17.2 million pounds</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23440_Freud-painting-sets-auction-record-with-172-million-pounds.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The life-size painting depicting a Jobcentre supervisor, by British artist Lucian Freud has entered record books for fetching the highest ever auction price.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 12:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US paid 5 lakh dlrs to Pak to arrest terror suspect, reveal court papers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23434_US-paid-5-lakh-dlrs-to-Pak-to-arrest-terror-suspect-reveal-court-papers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Papers filed in a Canadian court last year disclosed that a US intelligence agency paid a bounty of 500,000 dollars to Pakistan military for the arrest of Abdullah Khadr, the Canadian son of a suspected Al Qaeda financier Ahmed Said Khadr.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 11:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Royal Air Force sends out condoms to attract 20,000 recruits</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23430_Royal-Air-Force-sends-out-condoms-to-attract-20000-recruits.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Top brass of the Royal Air Force are sending out condoms to 20,000 young men in a recruitment drive. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 11:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Anti-US pamphlets distributed in Swat on the sidelines of peace talks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23429_Anti-US-pamphlets-distributed-in-Swat-on-the-sidelines-of-peace-talks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Peshawar, May 14 (AIN): Even as the NWFP government held the second-round of peace talks with the pro-Taliban militants in Peshawar, unknown persons distributed pamphlets asking the provincial government, military and the people of Pakistan to join hands with the Taliban against the US.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 11:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rice says it's a wrong perception that US supported Pak military regime prior to polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23426_Rice-says-its-a-wrong-perception-that-US-supported-Pak-military-regime-prior-to-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States always wanted restoration of democracy in Pakistan and it was a wrong perception among the Pakistanis that prior to the February 18 polls the US had supported "the military government" without caring about democracy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 11:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Quake damages priceless Chinese artifacts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23417_Quake-damages-priceless-Chinese-artifacts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Monday's earthquake in China's south western Sichuan province has irretrievably damaged priceless artefacts and buildings containing some of the country's cultural heritage.
The China Daily quoted local officials and experts as saying that a 12-storey Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) pagoda in Langzhong was one of the items damaged by the 7.8-magnitude quake on Monday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 10:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"If reinstated, Iftikhar will declare Musharraf's re-election illegal"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23416_If-reinstated-Iftikhar-will-declare-Musharrafs-re-election-illegal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's deposed chief justice Iftikhar Choudhry has said that if reinstated he would re-examine the legitimacy of the country's President Musharraf's second term beginning November 2007, and would declare it illegal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 10:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari exonerated in all pending cases</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23408_Zardari-exonerated-in-all-pending-cases.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari was freed of one more criminal case last evening when a Sindh Hight Court judge set aside a case in which he had been accused of smuggling artefacts to London.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 09:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vatican believes aliens could also be God's creations</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23407_Vatican-believes-aliens-could-also-be-Gods-creations.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If you want to believe in the green man from Mars, well then that's now OK with the Catholic Church.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 09:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian group seeks Malaysian Government contracts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23406_Indian-group-seeks-Malaysian-Government-contracts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Petaling Jaya-based Malaysian Indian Contractors Association (PKIM) has called on the Government to give jobs to Indian contractors.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 09:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Myanmar junta accused of 'hoarding foreign aid</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23404_Myanmar-junta-accused-of-hoarding-foreign-aid.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The military regime in Myanmar has been accused of hoarding high-quality foreign aid for itself, even as people badly affected by 'Cyclone Nargis' are making do with rotten food.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 09:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NWFP govt gives in to pro-Taliban militants' demand, enforces Shariah</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23402_NWFP-govt-gives-in-to-pro-Taliban-militants-demand-enforces-Shariah.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The NWFP government is learnt to have given in to the demand of the pro-Taliban terrorists in the Swat region of enforcing Shariah - Shari Nizam-e-Adl Regulations 1999 - in Malakand division within a month.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 09:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad revelled in 'playing God', say psychiatrists</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23399_Dungeon-dad-revelled-in-playing-God-say-psychiatrists.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Cellar dad Josef Fritzl revelled in "playing God" with other people's lives, say psychiatrists.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 08:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cops to use dogs to sniff out more bodies around Fritzl's dungeon</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23398_Cops-to-use-dogs-to-sniff-out-more-bodies-around-Fritzls-dungeon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian cops will be using sniffer dogs and sophisticated ground-penetrating radar to see whether more bodies are hidden in the earth around the dungeon where Josef Fritzl imprisoned daughter Elisabeth for 24 years]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 08:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Josef Fritzl shifted 197 tons of earth by hand while building dungeon </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23396_Josef-Fritzl-shifted-197-tons-of-earth-by-hand-while-building-dungeon-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Austrian incest dad Josef Fritzl shifted 197 tons of earth by hand while building his cellar, police has revealed. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 08:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>More Troops Send On international border in Jammu and Kashmir</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23394_More-Troops-Send-On-international-border-in-Jammu-and-Kashmir.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Four additional companies of the Border Security Force will be deployed along the Indo-Pak border in Samba-Kathua sector of Jammu and Kashmir
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 08:09:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UAE to make big investments in India's infrastructure development</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23381_UAE-to-make-big-investments-in-Indias-infrastructure-development.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dubai's Minister of Cabinet Affairs Mohammad al Gargavi on Tuesday said that Dubai's flagship companies are all set to invest in Indian infrastructure in a big way.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 03:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Food security high on agenda of  BRIC, RIC troika in Yekatarinburg</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23376_Food-security-high-on-agenda-of-BRIC-RIC-troika-in-Yekatarinburg.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The issue of global food security is likely to dominate the agenda of the Foreign Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) when they meet in the Russian city of Yekatarinburg later this week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 03:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>1,300 rescuers reach China quake epicenter, death toll rises to 11,921</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23370_1300-rescuers-reach-China-quake-epicenter-death-toll-rises-to-11921.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 1300 rescuers have reached China's quake-ravaged Sichaun province, where the death toll is said to have risen to 11, 921.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 02:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Strong aftershock rocks Chengdu</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23369_Strong-aftershock-rocks-Chengdu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A strong aftershock measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked Chengdu, the capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, around 3:10 p.m. on Tuesday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 14 May 2008 02:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kishunji, Thapa against abolishing monarchy immediately in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23342_Kishunji-Thapa-against-abolishing-monarchy-immediately-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and Home Minister of the royal cabinet and chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal Kamal Thapa has asked the parties not to abolish the institution of monarchy until a new constitution is promulgated.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 10:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>500-year-old crystal skull stolen </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23341_500-year-old-crystal-skull-stolen-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A treasured large crystal skull believed to be 500 years old has been stolen from its perch at Kindred Spirits, a New Age store in Claremont, California.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 10:42:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz driver straps in beer, instead of toddler</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23335_Oz-driver-straps-in-beer-instead-of-toddler.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Northern Territory driver was slapped with a fine of 750 dollars for putting a seatbelt around a carton of beer instead of a five-year-old kid in his car.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 09:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Saucy 'call girl' billboard disrupts traffic</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23331_Saucy-call-girl-billboard-disrupts-traffic.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The traffic in central Christchurch, New Zealand, is not running smoothly anymore - all because of a nationwide billboard campaign that is promoting the new Prime Television programme 'Secret Diary of a Call Girl.']]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 09:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientist develop microwave zapping system to fend off 'invasive species' </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23321_Scientist-develop-microwave-zapping-system-to-fend-off-invasive-species-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Scientists in Louisiana have announced the development of a new cost-effective microwave zapping system that would kill unwanted plants and animals that hitch a ride to the United States in the ballast water of merchant ships. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 08:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UML, NC not to join new Nepal Government</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23306_UML-NC-not-to-join-new-Nepal-Government.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepali Congress (NC) and the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) have decided not to join the new government and have also set preconditions for their support to a government led by Maoists in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 06:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Thief returns to his "cushy" jail cell!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23305_Thief-returns-to-his-cushy-jail-cell.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Not many would think of a jail as an ideal place to spend one's time in, let alone a lifetime. But, 42-year-old Wesley Crawford is a different cup of tea altogther.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 06:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US State Dept says Pak itself has to address its political issues</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23290_US-State-Dept-says-Pak-itself-has-to-address-its-political-issues.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US State Department has once again said that Washington was not meddling into Pakistan's internal political affairs and that issues like judges restoration and who should be a part of the federal coalition or not, are to be addressed by Pakistanis themselves.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 04:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese envoy sees 'foreign hand behind Tibetans' protest in Kathmandu</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23283_Chinese-envoy-sees-foreign-hand-behind-Tibetans-protest-in-Kathmandu.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China's Ambassador to Nepal, Zheng Xianglin, has claimed that Tibetans have been carrying out their protests with the backing of 'foreigners' and some human rights groups in Kathmandu.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 03:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian envoy contacts Nepal Speaker on CA meet </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23282_Indian-envoy-contacts-Nepal-Speaker-on-CA-meet-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India's Ambassador to Nepal, Rakesh Sood, has asked the speaker at the interim parliament, Subash Nemwang, about the modalities for holding the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA) in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 03:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Saudi professor to get 150 lashes for unchaperoned meeting with a woman</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23279_Saudi-professor-to-get-150-lashes-for-unchaperoned-meeting-with-a-woman.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Saudi Arabian man is to get 150 lashes and spend eight months in prison after he was caught meeting a woman without a chaperone in a coffee shop. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 02:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Boucher did discuss Pak judges issue with Asiz, Sharif in London: Paper</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23275_Boucher-did-discuss-Pak-judges-issue-with-Asiz-Sharif-in-London-Paper.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Contradicting the claims by the US embassy in Islamabad that US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher had not discussed the judges restoration issue with PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif during his one-to-one meetings with the duo in London last week, the Globe and Mail today reported Boucher actually tried to make Zardari and Sharif agree on a formula for the restoration of the judges fired by President Pervez Musharraf in November.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 02:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>David Kelly's suicide was Tony's darkest day, says Cherie Blair</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23268_David-Kellys-suicide-was-Tonys-darkest-day-says-Cherie-Blair.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The darkest day of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's political life was when one of his closest confidants, David Kelly, committed suicide over Iraq War-related evidence that put him in poor light, says Cherie Blair.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 01:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India-UAE relations to focus on energy security: Pranab Mukherjee</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23267_India-UAE-relations-to-focus-on-energy-security-Pranab-Mukherjee.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that energy security and infrastructure are the main foundations on which the relations between In...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 01:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Families of HINDRAF, ISA detainees say detention centre is unsafe</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23254_Families-of-HINDRAF-ISA-detainees-say-detention-centre-is-unsafe.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Families of Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees have said that the Kamunting Detention Centre in Putrajaya is unsafe, and have demanded that Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi visit the place to assess the conditions for himself.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 12:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dalai Lama expects talks with China to resume next month</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23253_Dalai-Lama-expects-talks-with-China-to-resume-next-month.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tibetan spiritual leader, The Dalai Lama, has said that he expects formal talks between his envoys and their Chinese counterparts to resume next month.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NWFP minister says only ceasefire, no peace pact with pro-Taliban militants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23252_NWFP-minister-says-only-ceasefire-no-peace-pact-with-pro-Taliban-militants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Refuting press reports that the NWFP government had inked a peace pact with the pro-Taliban militants in the Swat region, provincial Senior Minister Bashir Ahmad Bilour has said that it was merely a ceasefire agreement and the provincial government had not given in to the militants' demands.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Toads warned of impending quake in Sichuan province on Saturday</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23248_Toads-warned-of-impending-quake-in-Sichuan-province-on-Saturday.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Warnings about a major earthquake taking place in China's Sichuan province were, would you believe it, given by toads, two days before the tragedy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit women carry 27billon pounds in their handbags!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23247_Brit-women-carry-27billon-pounds-in-their-handbags.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ever wonder just how much money women carry around in their bags? Well, as it turns the figure is a whopping 27 billion pounds for British women.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Inca skull surgeons in ancient Peru were highly skilled</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23245_Inca-skull-surgeons-in-ancient-Peru-were-highly-skilled.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study has determined that Inca surgeons in ancient Peru were highly skilled and they used to successfully remove small portions of patients' skulls to treat head injuries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 10:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First CA meet to convene on May 28 in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23242_First-CA-meet-to-convene-on-May-28-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has called the first Constituent Assembly (CA) meeting on May 28 at Birendra International Convention Centre (BICC), Baneshwor.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 10:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tortured Brit terror suspects reveal secret ISI interrogation centre in Rawalpindi</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23241_Tortured-Brit-terror-suspects-reveal-secret-ISI-interrogation-centre-in-Rawalpindi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI reportedly runs a secret interrogation centre in the Saddar district of Rawalpindi, where it has in the past tortured a number of British nationals suspected of terrorism and who were arrested on directions from UK.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 10:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz docs amazed at "miraculous" recovery of stabbed Indian cabbie </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23224_Oz-docs-amazed-at-miraculous-recovery-of-stabbed-Indian-cabbie-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The doctors attending to part-time taxi-driver Jalvinder Singh, who was stabbed several times and left bleeding profusely two weeks ago by the side of a Clifton Hill street, have described his recovery as "miraculous". They said that the knife stabs had almost reached his heart and pierced one of his lungs leading to loss of nearly five liters of blood.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 08:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Imran says Asif hindering judges' restoration just to please Americans</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23219_Imran-says-Asif-hindering-judges-restoration-just-to-please-Americans.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has said that PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari was scuttling the moves of restoration of deposed Supreme Court judges just to please the Americans who want to see their old time "war against terror" ally President Pervez Musharaf in power.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 08:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Psychiatrist brands Josef Fritzl "Dr. Frankenstein"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23218_Psychiatrist-brands-Josef-Fritzl-Dr-Frankenstein.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sex beast Josef Fritzl has been branded "Dr. Frankenstein" as medics began tests to determine whether he is mad.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 08:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari denies crackdown plan on Pak media</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23216_Zardari-denies-crackdown-plan-on-Pak-media.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Refuting press reports suggesting that the new federal government was planning a crackdown on the 'unrelenting' media persons, PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari said that the government coalition believed in the freedom of the press, and that no strategy had been chalked out regarding crackdown on journalists.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 07:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari asks PM not to accept PML-N ministers' resignations</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23214_Zardari-asks-PM-not-to-accept-PML-N-ministers-resignations.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Following PML-N's decision to walk out of the Pakistan coalition government last evening, PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has asked Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani not to accept the resignations of PML-N ministers, as he would try to resume talks with the second largest coalition partner.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 07:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>7,600 feared killed in China earthquake (Lead: China)</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23205_7600-feared-killed-in-China-earthquake-Lead-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A massive earthquake that struck central and south western China on Monday has reportedly killed over 7,600 people and trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school, raising fears the overall death toll could increase sharply. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 02:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>3000 to 5000 feared dead in China quake</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23196_3000-to-5000-feared-dead-in-China-quake.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Between 3,000 and 5,000 people are feared to have been killed by an earthquake measuring 7.8 in just one county of south-western China's Sichuan province, reports say. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 01:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pranab Mukherjee arrives in the UAE</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23195_Pranab-Mukherjee-arrives-in-the-UAE.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrived here on Monday on a three-day visit to take bilateral interactions between India and the UAE forward. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 01:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Commonwealth readmits Pakistan(lead: Commonwealth )</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23191_Commonwealth-readmits-Pakistanlead-Commonwealth-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Commonwealth decided on Monday to readmit Pakistan, suspended last year when President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 12:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>South West China quake kills 107, buries nearly 900 (Lead:Quake)</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23189_South-West-China-quake-kills-107-buries-nearly-900-Lead-Quake.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 107 people have been reported killed by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in southwest China on Monday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 13 May 2008 12:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Commonwealth set to readmit Pakistan </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23185_Commonwealth-set-to-readmit-Pakistan-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The 53-nation Commonwealth is to readmit Pakistan, suspended last year when President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 11:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Labour expresses outrage over Cherie Blair's 'money-grabbing' memoirs </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23178_New-Labour-expresses-outrage-over-Cherie-Blairs-money-grabbing-memoirs-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie's controversial disclosures in her one million pound memoirs has raised the hackled of New Labour, which claims that she is only out to make a fast buck.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 11:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aussie bosses feel the need for pre-nups for office romances</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23168_Aussie-bosses-feel-the-need-for-pre-nups-for-office-romances.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With budding office romances, bosses Down Under are making sure that they don't get caught in the crossfire if a relationship goes bust - by asking couples to sign a 'workplace pre-nup'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 09:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Experts say US must strategically shift policy on  Pak-based extremists</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23152_Experts-say-US-must-strategically-shift-policy-on-Pak-based-extremists.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Experts and critics of the Bush administration's policies in Pakistan, have called on it to undertake a strategic shift in dealing with extremists in the region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 07:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon Dad's 5-year-old son making remarkable recovery</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23150_Dungeon-Dads-5-year-old-son-making-remarkable-recovery.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Elisabeth Fritzl's five-year-old son Felix is making an amazing recovery, say doctors treating him.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 07:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Amstetten locals want dungeon dad's 'horror house' demolished</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23149_Amstetten-locals-want-dungeon-dads-horror-house-demolished.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Locals at Amstetten have urged the Austrian authorities to demolish the "horror house" belonging to dungeon dad Josef Fritzl.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 07:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad's prison cell 'cushier' than what he provided his victims</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23148_Dungeon-dads-prison-cell-cushier-than-what-he-provided-his-victims.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ He may be in jail, but dungeon dad Josef Fritzl's cell is far more comfortable than the one in which he kept his daughter Elisabeth, and the children he fathered with her, imprisoned for 24-years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 07:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New party will reflect ground reality in its ideology</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23147_New-party-will-reflect-ground-reality-in-its-ideology.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ While speaking to Kashmiri journalist Murtaza Ali, Dr Shabir Choudhry said, "We will launch a new party this week. New party will reflect present day ground reality of Jammu and Kashmir in its aims and objective."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 07:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Daughter's wedding was 'awfully special': George Bush</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23143_Daughters-wedding-was-awfully-special-George-Bush.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ American President George Bush describes his daughter's wedding weekend as "awfully special" and emotional for the family.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 06:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz kids to be taught anti-gambling measures</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23141_Oz-kids-to-be-taught-anti-gambling-measures.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The risk of gambling addictions among children as young as 13 has prompted new counselling measures in New South Wales (NSW) schools.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 06:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindraf demands ISA abolition, its leader's proper medical treatment  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23126_Hindraf-demands-ISA-abolition-its-leaders-proper-medical-treatment-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) supporters have staged nationwide protests demanding proper medical treatment for Hindraf leader P. Uthayakumar, freedom for Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees and abolition of the ISA. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 04:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hezbollah's gains in Lebanon part of a regional process, next Jordan and Egypt</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23125_Hezbollahs-gains-in-Lebanon-part-of-a-regional-process-next-Jordan-and-Egypt.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hezbollah's gains in Lebanon last week are part of a regional process that began last year in the Gaza Strip and will continue in Jordan and Egypt, a Hamas official has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 04:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lara Bingle pays tribute to her father after his death</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23123_Lara-Bingle-pays-tribute-to-her-father-after-his-death.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian model and would be Mrs Michael Clarke, Lara Bingle, has paid tribute to her father, Graham, who died in hospital on Saturday night.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 04:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Your pooch costs you £31,000 in its lifetime!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23117_Your-pooch-costs-you-£31000-in-its-lifetime.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dog lovers are dishing out up to 31,000 pounds to look after their pet canines over its lifetime, according to a new survey. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 03:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian youth groups in Malaysia seek funds for education </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23113_Indian-youth-groups-in-Malaysia-seek-funds-for-education-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A coalition of Indian youth groups headed by the Malaysian Indian Youth Council (MIYC), is asking the government to fund their social education programmes. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 02:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fears of arms race after 40 developing countries seek nuclear power programmes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23112_Fears-of-arms-race-after-40-developing-countries-seek-nuclear-power-programmes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ More than 40 developing countries from the Persian Gulf region to Latin America have recently approached United Nations officials to express interest in starting nuclear power programmes, a trend which might lead to the intensification of the arms race.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 02:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Son's evidence might land Dungeon dad in jail for murder </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23111_Sons-evidence-might-land-Dungeon-dad-in-jail-for-murder-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dungeon dad Josef Fritzl's 18-year old son Stefan, whom he held captive with his daughter Elisabeth, might provide evidence that could convict the sex-beast of murdering one of the twins he produced by raping his daughter.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 02:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak seeks unmanned surveillance planes from Oz to patrol Afghan border</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23109_Pak-seeks-unmanned-surveillance-planes-from-Oz-to-patrol-Afghan-border.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ During Australian Defence Minister Angus Houston's recent visit to Islamabad, the Pakistan government reportedly urged him to provide unmanned surveillance aircraft and train its defence personnel to help it patrol its 2400-km border with Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 02:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US media predicts fall of Pak govt over judges issue impasse</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23108_US-media-predicts-fall-of-Pak-govt-over-judges-issue-impasse.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Even as today's deadline for restoration of deposed Supreme Court judges is almost certain to expire, and the PML-N expected to take a "stand" today regarding continuance of its support to the PPP-ld coalition government, the US media has predicted fall of the three-month old democratic government in Islamabad.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 02:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>1000-year-old Hindu temple in Pak in desperate need of upkeep</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23107_1000-year-old-Hindu-temple-in-Pak-in-desperate-need-of-upkeep.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Belying Pakistan government's tall claims regarding upkeep of Hindus worship places and other sites, a 1000-year-old Hindu temple - Shri Varun Dev Mandir - in Monora in Pakistan is lying in a dilapidated state.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 02:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian national robbed by Malaysian policeman </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23106_Indian-national-robbed-by-Malaysian-policeman-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Seven men including a Malaysian policeman allegedly beat up and robbed an Indian national, Ayyavu Gannapandhithan, of 2,545 Ringgit, a hand phone and a digital camera in an alley near the Masjid Jamek Light Rail Transit station here.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 02:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MIC chief demands Indian representatives for each constituency</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23105_MIC-chief-demands-Indian-representatives-for-each-constituency.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kangsar Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) division Chief M. Bhupalan said that the Malaysian Government should appoint an Indian representative in each parliamentary constituency to identify and handle their problems.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 01:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>To appease China, Brown not to meet Dalai Lama at 10 Downing Street</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23104_To-appease-China-Brown-not-to-meet-Dalai-Lama-at-10-Downing-Street.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a bid to avoid confrontation with China over Tibet, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has reportedly decided not to receive the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his official residence "10 Downing Street". ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 01:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>JI slams Gilani's bid to pardon Sarabjit</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23103_JI-slams-Gilanis-bid-to-pardon-Sarabjit.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Secretary General Syed Munawar Hasan has reportedly criticized Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's recommendation to President Pervez Musharraf to pardon Indian convict Sarabjit Singh on death row, after reviewing his case.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 01:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US commences aid-flights to cyclone-hit Myanmar</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23094_US-commences-aid-flights-to-cyclone-hit-Myanmar.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After long negotiations with Myanmar's military rulers, the U.S. launched its first aid-flight to Myanmar today and will send two more air shipments on Tuesday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 01:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Toll in Burma can be six times more than Boxing Day tsunami</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23075_Toll-in-Burma-can-be-six-times-more-than-Boxing-Day-tsunami.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ International aid agency OXFAM has warned that the death toll in Burma could reach 1.5 million, and said that the toll would be six times that of the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 11:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pranab Mukherjee arrives in Dubai </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23074_Pranab-Mukherjee-arrives-in-Dubai-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrived in Dubai today as part of the ongoing high-level interactions between India and the UAE.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 11:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cops probing links between dungeon dad and unsolved teen murder</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23059_Cops-probing-links-between-dungeon-dad-and-unsolved-teen-murder.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dungeon dad Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter as a sex slave for 24 years and fathered seven children with her, might be involved in another unsolved sexually-motivated murder of a teenager in the 1960s.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 11:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Blair used Cherie's miscarriage grief to protect Iraq strategy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23057_Blair-used-Cheries-miscarriage-grief-to-protect-Iraq-strategy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In her new biography, former British PM Tony Blair's wife Cherie reveals her heartbreak about a miscarriage in 2002 - and how her husband used it to protect strategy on Iraq.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 10:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak woman honoured in US</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23056_Pak-woman-honoured-in-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Zubeida Khan, a Pakistani-American community activist, was last evening awarded the 'Woman of the Year Award' for the 38th US Congressional District for her contributions as a board member of the Beverly Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees. ]]></description>
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<title>Medieval shipwreck found on a construction site in Barcelona</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23051_Medieval-shipwreck-found-on-a-construction-site-in-Barcelona.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The wreck of a 13th or 14th century ship has been found on a construction site in Barcelona's city centre.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 10:07:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Charles' father questions benefits of organic farming</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23050_Prince-Charles-father-questions-benefits-of-organic-farming.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Organic farming, one of Prince Charles' greatest passions, has been challenged by none other than his own father Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 09:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Elisabeth Fritzl never wants to see dungeon dad's face again </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23048_Elisabeth-Fritzl-never-wants-to-see-dungeon-dads-face-again-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Now that her horrific 24-year dungeon ordeal is finally over, Elisabeth Fritzl has vowed never to see her rapist father again.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 09:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Buddhist nuns among female Tibetan protesters detained in Nepal protests</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23045_Buddhist-nuns-among-female-Tibetan-protesters-detained-in-Nepal-protests.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Police in Nepal have arrested more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, including many Buddhist nuns, after demonstrations in Kathmandu against China's crackdown in Tibet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 09:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nawaz to decide future of PML-N's ties with PPP today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23042_Nawaz-to-decide-future-of-PML-Ns-ties-with-PPP-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif will chair a joint meeting of his party's Central Working Committee (CWC) and parliamentary group in Lahore today to decide whether to continue his party's support to the PPP-led government or move out of the coalition.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 08:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cops could have traced sex beast Fritzl's dungeon 5yrs ago</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23039_Cops-could-have-traced-sex-beast-Fritzls-dungeon-5yrs-ago.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Fritzl's 24 year dungeon ordeal could have come to an end 5 years ago if cops hadn't failed to find the secret prison during an arson probe.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 08:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian envoy, TMDP leaders call on Maoist leadership</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23031_Indian-envoy-TMDP-leaders-call-on-Maoist-leadership.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Newly appointed Indian ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood on Sunday called on the Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist (CPN-M) leadership. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 06:07:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MPRF proposes new govt formation prior to CA meet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23029_MPRF-proposes-new-govt-formation-prior-to-CA-meet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) on Sunday floated the proposal to form the new government prior to the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly (CA).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 05:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Businesswomen must be superior than men</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23001_Businesswomen-must-be-superior-than-men.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Matching their pace with men doesn't seem to satisfy women, at least not in the realm of business. A new survey has revealed that women think they have to be superior than men in order to succeed in business.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 02:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pranab Mukherjee to attend IBSA meeting in South Africa</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_23000_Pranab-Mukherjee-to-attend-IBSA-meeting-in-South-Africa.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Union External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has reached Cape Town to participate in the fifth meeting of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Ministerial Trilateral Commission, which is beginning today. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 02:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How doctor's one-man campaign exposed Josef Fritzl's truth</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22996_How-doctors-one-man-campaign-exposed-Josef-Fritzls-truth.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Austrian doctor whose actions led to the capture of Josef Fritzl says his suspicions were raised within seconds of meeting the devil dad.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 01:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Austrian cops to quiz dungeon dad's wife again</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22994_Austrian-cops-to-quiz-dungeon-dads-wife-again.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Rosemarie, the wife of sex beast Josef Fritzl, is to be questioned again by police to determine whether she knew about his secret life in the cellar.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 01:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BlackBerry leading to irrational behaviour among users</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22983_BlackBerry-leading-to-irrational-behaviour-among-users.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Much like drugs and alcohol, the BlackBerry smartphone has become an addiction that is not only controlling lives and increasing stress loads, but is even threatening relationships with loved ones.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 12:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Britain at risk of losing one fifth of its churches</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22982_Britain-at-risk-of-losing-one-fifth-of-its-churches.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new research has shown that Britain will lose up to a fifth of its churches in the space of a generation if an appropriate action is not taken to stop the decline. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 12 May 2008 12:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jenna Bush weds Henry Hager in a low-key ceremony</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22981_Jenna-Bush-weds-Henry-Hager-in-a-low-key-ceremony.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna married the son of a prominent Virginia Republican at the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas on May 10.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 11:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mum dives straight in to save man from shark attack</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22975_Mum-dives-straight-in-to-save-man-from-shark-attack.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A courageous mum risked her life to save a man savaged by a 4m shark just off a popular beach in Western Australia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 11:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vatican introduces Latin website</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22970_Vatican-introduces-Latin-website.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Latin, the Vatican's official language, has finally entered its website alongside Italian, English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 10:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rent-a-dog service faces flak from animal welfare organizations</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22967_Rent-a-dog-service-faces-flak-from-animal-welfare-organizations.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hassles like money or constant care and cleaning stops many from owning a pet of their own no matter how much they desire to have one. But a new rent-a-dog service coming to London might just make the day for such pet-lovers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 10:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindus urge India Censor Board to halt Hollywood movie "The Love Guru" </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22965_Hindus-urge-India-Censor-Board-to-halt-Hollywood-movie-The-Love-Guru-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hindu groups have contacted Central Board of Film Certification (Censor Board) and Ministry of Information  and  Broadcasting of India, urging them not to screen upcoming Hollywood movie "The Love Guru" till its presenter Paramount Pictures makes necessary changes in it.
Bhavna Shinde, representing Hindu Janjagruti Samiti and Sanatan Society for Scientific Spirituality, in communiqués to these organizations, said, "...stop distributing or screening the movie till Paramount has made necessary changes to the movie, so that it will not hurt the feelings of the worldwide spiritual and Hindu community."
"If the trailer is an indicator of the content of the movie...then we feel that this movie is most likely to hurt the sentiments of seekers from various spiritual paths...it will hurt the religious sentiments of millions of Hindus worldwide, who hold the 'Guru-disciple' relationship as sacred," she said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 09:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Voters expect next U.S. President to fix the economy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22950_Voters-expect-next-US-President-to-fix-the-economy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Americans are expecting the next president to provide economic relief, but a distinguished University of Mississippi economics professor says that the experience with tax-rebate initiatives indicate that most Americans will save their rebates or use them to pay bills.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 08:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian-born researcher blames US, media for global food crisis</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22949_Indian-born-researcher-blames-US-media-for-global-food-crisis.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  An Indian-born University of Buffalo food security expert has blamed the United States and the media for the global food crisis by claiming that policy makers have not paid enough attention to the link between food systems and global warming, besides the impact of fossil fuels.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 07:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sporadic aid trickles into Burma  </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22944_Sporadic-aid-trickles-into-Burma-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Aid for Cyclone Nargis survivors in Myanmar is trickling in sporadically, and the United Nations fears that only a quarter of the survivors have received aid so far. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 07:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, former UK Deputy PM  Prescott defends Brown </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22943_Now-former-UK-Deputy-PM-Prescott-defends-Brown-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is the latest entrant to the controversy surrounding Gordon Brown over his alleged pressure tactics on Tony Blair.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 07:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK soldiers are taking loans to eat, says report</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22942_UK-soldiers-are-taking-loans-to-eat-says-report.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Many soldiers in the British Army are living in poverty, and some of them are so poor, that they are unable to eat and are forced to rely on emergency food voucher schemes set up by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), claims a damning and highly sensitive internal report.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 07:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Koirala says will talk with coalition partners on government formation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22941_Koirala-says-will-talk-with-coalition-partners-on-government-formation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has announced that he has started a dialogue with leaders of all political parties within the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and other newly emerged Terai-based parties on the issue of government formation and commencement of smooth proceedings of the Constituent Assembly which is set to convene within a fortnight.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 06:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Inter-faith prayers offered for Nirmala Deshpande in Karachi</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22940_Inter-faith-prayers-offered-for-Nirmala-Deshpande-in-Karachi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Inter-faith prayers were offered at the Jinnah Medical and Dental College here on Saturday for Indian peace activist Nirmala Deshpande, who recently died in New Delhi. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 06:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak lawyers to observe May 12 as Black Day </title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22939_Pak-lawyers-to-observe-May-12-as-Black-Day-.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lawyers across Pakistan will observe Monday (May 12) as a "Black Day" to condemn the killing of innocent civilians in Karachi on the same day last year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 06:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mukherjee may propose new CBMs during visit to Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22935_Mukherjee-may-propose-new-CBMs-during-visit-to-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to propose new confidence-building measures (CBMs) to Pakistan during his forthcoming visit to Islamabad on May 21.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 06:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PPP-PML-N London talks end in deadlock</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22933_PPP-PML-N-London-talks-end-in-deadlock.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Talks between key leaders of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) on the sacked judges' restoration issue being held here have ended in a deadlock.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 05:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Another meeting between Asif Zardari, Shahbaz Sharif today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22915_Another-meeting-between-Asif-Zardari-Shahbaz-Sharif-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A meeting between President of Pakistan Muslim League-N Shahbaz Sharif and Pakistan People's Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has been set on Saturday evening, sources have said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 03:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Viagra the most popular pill for elderly Saga travellers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22912_Viagra-the-most-popular-pill-for-elderly-Saga-travellers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Viagra has become the most popular pill among the elderly on Saga cruises.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 03:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US tells India to take Bush's food habit comment positively</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22910_US-tells-India-to-take-Bushs-food-habit-comment-positively.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States State Department has asked India to take comments made by President George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice that calorie intake of Indians is contributing to higher food prices positively. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 03:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The man who travels 275 miles every week for a Sunday roast</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22905_The-man-who-travels-275-miles-every-week-for-a-Sunday-roast.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ One might call it an obsession or a ritual, but a man making a 275-mile round trip every week, just for having his favourite Sunday lunch has to be something more than that.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 02:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Di's ex-butler Paul Burrell escapes perjury probe</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22896_Dis-ex-butler-Paul-Burrell-escapes-perjury-probe.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Royal butler Paul Burrell will not be prosecuted for perjury despite confessing he lied at Princess Diana's inquest. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 01:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Spooks can check out spirits in Scotland's eerie Ghost Fest</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22893_Spooks-can-check-out-spirits-in-Scotlands-eerie-Ghost-Fest.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ From the next week onwards, Scotland will turn its interest from whisky, something which the nation is famous for, to a different type of spirit - as the famous Ghost Fest returns to Edinburgh. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 12:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Eight killed in bomb explosion in Sri Lanka</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22887_Eight-killed-in-bomb-explosion-in-Sri-Lanka.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least eight people have been killed in a bomb explosion in Sri Lanka's Ampara District. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 12:07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gordon Brown pushed Tony Blair to quit, says wife Cherie</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22881_Gordon-Brown-pushed-Tony-Blair-to-quit-says-wife-Cherie.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Gordon Brown hounded Tony Blair out of office, the latter's wife, Cherie, has dramatically claimed in her autobiography, serialised versions of which will start appearing in The Sun from today.
Cherie Blair accuses Brown of "rattling the keys above his head" as far back as April 2004. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 11:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad requests a visit from his wife</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22879_Dungeon-dad-requests-a-visit-from-his-wife.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Incest monster Josef Fritzl has requested a visit from his wife after an Austrian court extended his remand custody.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 11:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak army chief Kiyani briefs Gilani on Balochistan situation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22876_Pak-army-chief-Kiyani-briefs-Gilani-on-Balochistan-situation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The bus services between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad and Poonch and Rawalakote would shortly operate on a weekly basis. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 10:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN halts aid to Burma after seizure of two plane loads of food  (Update-Myanmar Cyclone)</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22869_UN-halts-aid-to-Burma-after-seizure-of-two-plane-loads-of-food-Update-Myanmar-Cyclone.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) has halted aid shipments to Burma after two plane loads of food were impounded on arrival by that country's military authorities. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 09:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US envoy meets MQM leaders in Karachi</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22866_US-envoy-meets-MQM-leaders-in-Karachi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, Anne W.Patterson, met with the MQM leadership in Azizabad here on Friday and expressed Washington's resolve to "interact and consult with all democratic forces" of the country. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 09:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Baloch leader Akhtar Mengal released from prison</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22865_Baloch-leader-Akhtar-Mengal-released-from-prison.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Balochistan Chief Minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal was released from a jail in Karachi on Friday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 09:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shiv Shankar Mukherjee  assumes charge as India's envoy to the UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22862_Shiv-Shankar-Mukherjee-assumes-charge-as-Indias-envoy-to-the-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India's High Commissioner designate to the United Kingdom Shiv Shankar Mukherjee assumed formal charge of his responsibilities here today. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 09:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's ruling SPA forms taskforce to prepare CA meet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22858_Nepals-ruling-SPA-forms-taskforce-to-prepare-CA-meet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A meeting the ruling Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) Friday reached an understanding to call the first Constituent Assembly meeting by the last week of May. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 08:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak fashion model admits she and Musharraf "old friends"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22854_Pak-fashion-model-admits-she-and-Musharraf-old-friends.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistani beauty queen and fashion model, Maria Mateen, who represented her country twice in international beauty pageants, denied press reports claiming that she had a desire to go on a date with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 08:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iraqi police arrests al-Qaeda chief</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22848_Iraqi-police-arrests-al-Qaeda-chief.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Iraqi police has arrested the fugitive Abu Hamza al-Muhajir who called himself the head of al-Qaeda. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 07:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad made hookers play dead during sex</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22840_Dungeon-dad-made-hookers-play-dead-during-sex.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If haunting his own daughter was not enough for sex beast Josef Fritzl, he also terrorized prostitutes by asking them to pretend to be dead before having kinky sex with them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 06:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince William to join Royal Navy drug patrols in the Caribbean</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22838_Prince-William-to-join-Royal-Navy-drug-patrols-in-the-Caribbean.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince William is all set to fight a cocaine war in the Caribbean, it has emerged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 06:07:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad's incest kids being treated in wooded refuge</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22834_Dungeon-dads-incest-kids-being-treated-in-wooded-refuge.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The children of incest monster Josef Fritzl will be getting their first taste of the outside world after a lifetime imprisoned underground, at a leading psychiatric clinic in Austrian woods.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 05:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nirmala Deshpande remembered in Pak as a peace, HR activist</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22833_Nirmala-Deshpande-remembered-in-Pak-as-a-peace-HR-activist.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Human rights activists and experts from various fields remembered Gandhian icon Nirmala Deshpande, who passed away in New Delhi on May 1, as an apostle of peace who always fought for the cause of human rights in India.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 05:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda may meet King Gyanendra</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22829_Prachanda-may-meet-King-Gyanendra.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's Maoist leader Prachanda said today that he is willing to meet King Gyanendra to arrange for his graceful exit.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 04:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf not to meet Chaudhrys in future</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22828_Musharraf-not-to-meet-Chaudhrys-in-future.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Mushrraf has reportedly decided not to meet PML-Q president and former premier Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and not to entertain their phone calls in future.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 04:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Senate to probe PCB's bank balances</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22823_Pak-Senate-to-probe-PCBs-bank-balances.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Senate's Standing Committee on Sports is contemplating to probe PCB's bank accounts. A meeting of the Committee was slated to be held this morning to take a decision to this effect.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 04:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad's son-in-law describes family's 'terrible ordeal'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22820_Dungeon-dads-son-in-law-describes-familys-terrible-ordeal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The son-in-law of dungeon dad Josef Fritzl has described how his father-in-law, whom he had believed to be a "normal family man," kept his dual life under wraps with a string of lies.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 03:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Toyota Prius declared Britain's most iconic car</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22818_Toyota-Prius-declared-Britains-most-iconic-car.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The hybrid Toyota Prius car has triumphed in a major satisfaction survey and has attained an iconic status due to high satisfaction levels with the model's quality and reliability.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 03:28:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nawaz says political will required to reinstate deposed judges</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22813_Nawaz-says-political-will-required-to-reinstate-deposed-judges.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has said that political will was required to reinstate the deposed judges.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 02:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Abolishing quadrilateral treaty involving India, worst decision of Rudd Government</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22811_Abolishing-quadrilateral-treaty-involving-India-worst-decision-of-Rudd-Government.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The worst foreign policy decision that the Rudd Government has made was to abolish the quadrilateral security dialogue between the US, Japan, India and Australia, says an editorial in The Australian.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 02:41:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologists discover 1,200 yr old Irish Viking trade center</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22810_Archaeologists-discover-1200-yr-old-Irish-Viking-trade-center.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists have discovered one of the Vikings' most important trading centres in Ireland, which is estimated to be 1,200 years old.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 02:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Militants set afire another girls' school in Swat</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22800_Militants-set-afire-another-girls-school-in-Swat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a second incident of its type in less than a week, a group of unidentified militants set fire to the Sherpalam Primary Girls' School in Swat's Matta tehsil last night.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 01:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sabeel Ahmed arrives in Bangalore</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22798_Sabeel-Ahmed-arrives-in-Bangalore.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India-born doctor Sabeel Ahmed in the Glasgow Airport bombing case, arrived here early this morning after serving 18 months in a UK jail.

Sabeel was d...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 11 May 2008 12:53:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Myanmar death toll may surpass 100,000</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22787_Myanmar-death-toll-may-surpass-100000.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The death toll in Myanmar due to devastating Cyclone Nargis may surpass 100,000 while at least 95 per cent of the buildings in the Irrawady Delta region have been destroyed, said a top US diplomat.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 11:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari says Musharraf's impeachment may harm economy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22778_Zardari-says-Musharrafs-impeachment-may-harm-economy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that while the ruling party the PPP does not recognise President Pervez Musharraf as a constitutional president, the country's economic conditions may deteriorate if he was impeached.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 10:07:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Freedom of Press under new constitution demanded in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22771_Freedom-of-Press-under-new-constitution-demanded-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) on Wednesday demanded a guarantee for the Freedom of Press under the new constitution of Nepal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 09:07:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No obstacle to implement republic through first CA meet: Speaker</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22768_No-obstacle-to-implement-republic-through-first-CA-meet-Speaker.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Speaker of Nepal's interim Parliament Subash Nemwang on Wednesday said there are no complications to implement the republican agenda in the country through the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly (CA).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 08:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian envoy calls on PM to discuss govt formation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22765_Indian-envoy-calls-on-PM-to-discuss-govt-formation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood called on Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Wednesday at the PM's official residence in Baluwatar and discussed the latest political situation in Nepal and formation of the next government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 08:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Terrorist training camps still intact in PoK, say its leaders</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22755_Terrorist-training-camps-still-intact-in-PoK-say-its-leaders.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a startling revelation, senior leaders and intelligentsia from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have told ANI that the terrorist infrastructure in the area i...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 07:08:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brits eat 8.3m calories of junk food in their lifetime on an average</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22749_Brits-eat-83m-calories-of-junk-food-in-their-lifetime-on-an-average.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new survey has found that Brits consume more than 8.3million calories in their lives through unhealthy food.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 06:29:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One in 10 Brits turn up drunk for work!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22748_One-in-10-Brits-turn-up-drunk-for-work.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ One in three Brit workers has been to work with a hangover, while more than one in 10 turned up drunk for work, a study has found.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 06:28:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Self-rule' in Gilgit-Baltistan demanded</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22745_Self-rule-in-Gilgit-Baltistan-demanded.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Balawaristan National Front (BNF), a nationalist organisation of Gilgit-Baltistan, has demanded self-rule for the region, dissolution of the Northern Areas' Legislative Assembly, and holding of elections for a constituent assembly to draft a constitution for the region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 05:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RSF terms armed groups in Nepal as predators of press freedom</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22737_RSF-terms-armed-groups-in-Nepal-as-predators-of-press-freedom.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Reporters without Borders (RSF) in its annual report 2008, has termed the armed groups in southern Nepal as 'predators of press freedom'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 04:53:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Image of leaf could be world's 'oldest' photo</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22736_Image-of-leaf-could-be-worlds-oldest-photo.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It might be a little out of focus, but the ochre-coloured image of a leaf printed on light-sensitive paper has been hailed as the world's first photograph, dating back more than 200 years, experts have claimed. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 04:53:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Congressmen slam Bush's mindless aid to Pak for fighting terror sans results</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22735_Congressmen-slam-Bushs-mindless-aid-to-Pak-for-fighting-terror-sans-results.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US aid program that has reimbursed Pakistan's military to the tune of six billion dollars since 2001 (following 9/11 attacks) has come under severe criticism from Congressional Democrats, who call it "too costly without demonstrating results".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 04:42:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the man who has been hiccupping for 15 months!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22734_Meet-the-man-who-has-been-hiccupping-for-15-months.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British musician is desperately looking forward to a cure for his hiccups - which have been going on for 15 months.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 04:41:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian town to soon have a Muslim 'pub'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22729_Malaysian-town-to-soon-have-a-Muslim-pub.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Municipal Council in Kuantan, Malaysia, has proposed that a Muslim pub be opened where patrons could enjoy soft drinks and fruit juices.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 12:28:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PML-Q leaders want Ch Shujaat to sever ties with Musharraf to save party's image</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22727_PML-Q-leaders-want-Ch-Shujaat-to-sever-ties-with-Musharraf-to-save-partys-image.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At a meeting between PML-Q parliamentarians and their party chief (and former premier) Ch. Shujaat Hussain, the legislators appealed to the latter to sever ties with President Pervez Musharraf to save the party from further losing its image among the masses. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 12:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prehistoric Iranian site is lost ancient city of Marhashi</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22725_Prehistoric-Iranian-site-is-lost-ancient-city-of-Marhashi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists have come up with a new theory, which suggests that the prehistoric site of Jiroft in Iran is the lost ancient city of Marhashi. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 11:53:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US could start a new Cold War, warns former Russian President Gorbachev</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22724_US-could-start-a-new-Cold-War-warns-former-Russian-President-Gorbachev.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev has warned that the United States could push the world into a new Cold War. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 11:53:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Constitution making process will be more difficult: Koirala</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22722_Constitution-making-process-will-be-more-difficult-Koirala.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has told the newly elected members of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) that the constitution making process would be a more difficult task than the peace process in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 11:41:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UML calls for nationwide protest against YSL in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22721_UML-calls-for-nationwide-protest-against-YSL-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ UML leaders in Nepal have called for a nationwide protest against the Maoists and their youth wing-Young Communist League (YCL).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 11:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Clinton wins Indiana primary by a narrow margin</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22719_Clinton-wins-Indiana-primary-by-a-narrow-margin.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton narrowly won the Indiana primary election on Tuesday night.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 11:07:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Over 3.3 million child labourers in Pak"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22717_Over-33-million-child-labourers-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ International Labour Organisation (ILO)'s National Project Manager in Pakistan, Saba Mohsin Raza has said that the country was experiencing "worst forms of child labour" with over 3.3 million child workers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 10:53:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>83 per cent men view buying sex as an 'addiction'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22716_83-per-cent-men-view-buying-sex-as-an-addiction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new survey has shed light on why men are hooked on hookers, by revealing that a vast majority of males view buying sex as a form of addiction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 10:53:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Five Baitullah bombers enter Karachi, warns Pak Interior Ministry</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22713_Five-Baitullah-bombers-enter-Karachi-warns-Pak-Interior-Ministry.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Interior Ministry is learnt to have cautioned the Sindh Home Department about the entry of as many as five members of Baitullah Mehsud group into Karachi to carry out suicide bombings in the city.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 02:42:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak PM orders ISI's political wing to be a part of IB</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22711_Pak-PM-orders-ISIs-political-wing-to-be-a-part-of-IB.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In a major reshuffle in the country's intelligence apparatus, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has handed over the political wing of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to the Intelligence Bureau (IB).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 10 May 2008 02:28:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Swiss Bank' case against Zardari disposed off</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22700_Swiss-Bank-case-against-Zardari-disposed-off.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Sindh High Court is learnt to have disposed off the infamous "Swiss Bank" case in which PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and his late wife Benazir Bhutto were accused of stashing 50 million dollars in Swiss bank accounts. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 9 May 2008 06:54:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak cleric asks Indian counterpart to withdraw 'fatwa' on cow slaughter</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22698_Pak-cleric-asks-Indian-counterpart-to-withdraw-fatwa-on-cow-slaughter.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Islamic cleric in Pakistan has demanded that the 'fatwa' issued by the mufti of the Darul Uloom Deoband (in India's Uttar Pradesh), which cautioned Indian Muslims to be wary of Hindus' feelings while slaughtering cows, be withdrawn immediately. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 9 May 2008 06:41:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Death toll in Myanmar's devastating cyclone soars to 22,000</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22695_Death-toll-in-Myanmars-devastating-cyclone-soars-to-22000.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The death toll from the devastating cyclone that hit Myanmar last week has soared above 22,000 and over 41,000 others are missing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 9 May 2008 06:28:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"I'm no monster," says dungeon dad</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22682_Im-no-monster-says-dungeon-dad.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who imprisoned his daughter and continually raped her for 24 years, says he is "no monster".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 9 May 2008 04:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Princes William and Harry raise £850,000 to help wounded Brit troops</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22675_Princes-William-and-Harry-raise-£850000-to-help-wounded-Brit-troops.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince William and younger brother Prince Harry have raised almost 1 million pounds for troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 9 May 2008 12:03:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistani youth delegation to India says 'people-to-people' ties important</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22672_Pakistani-youth-delegation-to-India-says-people-to-people-ties-important.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A group of youth activists from Pakistan, on a goodwill visit to India has said that such visits are important as they provide the young people of both sides a platform to interact and understand one another.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 9 May 2008 09:44:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China to probe Google 'breach of state secrecy laws'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22668_China-to-probe-Google-breach-of-state-secrecy-laws.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China has announced that it will probe the alleged breaching of state secrecy laws and showing "illegal" maps of the country by the Internet search engine Google and other websites. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 9 May 2008 08:26:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian state government committee to study woes of Tamil schools'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22666_Malaysian-state-government-committee-to-study-woes-of-Tamil-schools.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Tamil education sub-committee has been created to look into the problems faced by Tamil schools in Malaysia. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 9 May 2008 07:54:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad even terrorized hookers during sex in brothels</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22663_Dungeon-dad-even-terrorized-hookers-during-sex-in-brothels.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If raping his daughter wasn't enough, sex beast Josef Fritzl paid hookers to have sex in a brothel's dungeon, it has emerged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 9 May 2008 07:42:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindu tribals being prevented from cremating their dead in Pak's NWFP</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22644_Hindu-tribals-being-prevented-from-cremating-their-dead-in-Paks-NWFP.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Muslims are reportedly not allowing Hindu tribals living in Kurram, Hangu, Orakzai and Kohat tribal areas to perform the last rites of their dead at the 'Shamshan Ghat' approved by the Britishers in the pre-Independence era.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 05:40:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gunman shot dead by police near Liz Hurley's home</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22641_Gunman-shot-dead-by-police-near-Liz-Hurleys-home.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A gunman was killed by police last night after a five-hour stand-off in one of London's poshest areas, where reside the likes of showbiz stars like Liz Hurley and Mick Jagger and footballers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 05:07:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New immigration rules will give Brits first preference for jobs'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22635_New-immigration-rules-will-give-Brits-first-preference-for-jobs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New immigration rules announced by the Gordon Brown Government have ensured that Britishers will be given first preference for jobs in the future.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 04:28:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Osama is hiding in Wazirstan"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22633_Osama-is-hiding-in-Wazirstan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If an American journalist is to be believed, Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is hiding in Waziristan, somewhere near the city of Miram Shah.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 03:53:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama wins North Carolina primary, race tightens in Indiana</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22631_Obama-wins-North-Carolina-primary-race-tightens-in-Indiana.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ One of the frontrunners for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential polls, Barack Obama, won the crucial North Carolina (NC) primary on Tuesday, but the contest in Indiana is presently too close to call. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 03:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>200 devotees to decide place of Nirmala Deshpande's ashes immersion in Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22626_200-devotees-to-decide-place-of-Nirmala-Deshpandes-ashes-immersion-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The spot for immersing the ashes of Gandhian icon Nirrmala Deshpande in Pakistan is yet to be decided, and nearly 200 peace activists and devotees of the apostle of peace will take a decision to this effect at a meeting here Friday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 02:29:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Most terror outfits operating through popular US-based websites</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22620_Most-terror-outfits-operating-through-popular-US-based-websites.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Some of the world's most dangerous organizations are operating through popular American-based websites, a new study undertaken by Tel Aviv University has claimed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 11:08:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nirmala remembered in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22616_Nirmala-remembered-in-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The invaluable services rendered by Nirmala Deshpande who passed away in India last week, were remembered at a condolence meeting jointly organized by the South Asia Partnership, Pakistan, and Sindh Democratic Forum here last evening.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 10:41:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sex with trafficked women is rape, says new Brit govt campaign</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22611_Sex-with-trafficked-women-is-rape-says-new-Brit-govt-campaign.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Home Office has launched a campaign warning men that paying for sex with exploited or trafficked women is no different than committing rape.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 09:54:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>JKLF dissolved, name of new party to be announced soon</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22602_JKLF-dissolved-name-of-new-party-to-be-announced-soon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senior and founding members of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front have decided to dissolve the party because some top party leaders have betrayed the ideology, and has used the party to advance their personal interests and interest of secret agencies.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 07:41:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"In 'close contact' with Zardari, Washington distancing from Musharraf"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22601_In-close-contact-with-Zardari-Washington-distancing-from-Musharraf.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US Deputy Secretary of State, John D Negroponte has said that Washington was distancing itself from Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and extending its support to the new democratic government in Islamabad. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 07:28:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>An ogler's guide on where to find the prettiest women in Paris</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22587_An-oglers-guide-on-where-to-find-the-prettiest-women-in-Paris.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A speechwriter for the French foreign minister has used his creativity and talent to create a lust-filled, controversial guide to Paris' women.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 05:29:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pre-poll survey of key primaries shows Clinton ahead of Obama</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22585_Pre-poll-survey-of-key-primaries-shows-Clinton-ahead-of-Obama.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A poll commissioned ahead of two key primaries in Indiana and North Carolina has showed Hillary Rodham Clinton leading against her Democratic Party rival Barak Obama by seven percentage points.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 05:09:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal coalition leaders to meet on Friday</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22584_Nepal-coalition-leaders-to-meet-on-Friday.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  Leaders of seven political parties in Nepal will discuss the model of the future government and the implementation of a republic at an all-party meeting on Friday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 05:08:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda directs Maoist youth to avoid intimidation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22583_Prachanda-directs-Maoist-youth-to-avoid-intimidation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Prachanda has directed Young Communist League (YCL) cadres to avoid intimidation and attacks against rival political parties in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 04:55:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US moving to end negative travel advisory on Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22582_US-moving-to-end-negative-travel-advisory-on-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Williams Al Martin, Political and Economic Councillor at the US Embassy in Nepal has said that the United States (US) is executing homework to pull out a negative travel advisory that appears on the State Department's website.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 04:54:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>D.C. Madam' apologized to mom, sister in suicide notes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22577_DC-Madam-apologized-to-mom-sister-in-suicide-notes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The D.C. madam, who hanged herself behind her mother's trailer, has begged for her forgiveness, saying she committed suicide because she couldn't bear to "live the next six to eight years behind bars."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 04:14:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nirmala Deshpande's ashes reach Karachi for immersion in the Indus</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22576_Nirmala-Deshpandes-ashes-reach-Karachi-for-immersion-in-the-Indus.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A delegation of the Pakistan-India Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy carried a pot containing the ashes of Indian leader Nirmala Deshpande to Karachi last evening to perform the last rites here.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 04:10:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Condition of dungeon sex slave's daughter 'improving'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22569_Condition-of-dungeon-sex-slaves-daughter-improving.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Days after fearing that dungeon victim Kerstin Fritzl might die because of multiple organ failure and slipping into a coma, the Austrian police has now revealed that the 19-year-old's condition is improving.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 03:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Josef Fritzl started building dungeon when daughter was 12</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22568_Josef-Fritzl-started-building-dungeon-when-daughter-was-12.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned and repeatedly raped his daughter over a 24-year period, planned the improvised dungeon in 1978 - when she was only 12 years old.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 03:07:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad may have raped even his granddaughter</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22565_Dungeon-dad-may-have-raped-even-his-granddaughter.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dungeon dad Josef Fritzl's daughter Elisabeth might not be his only sex slave in the dingy cellar of his house, for new reports have emerged that his granddaughter Kerstin could also be a victim of his monstrous deeds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 02:41:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak identifies land for building its Mumbai consulate</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22561_Pak-identifies-land-for-building-its-Mumbai-consulate.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan has reportedly finalized a 4000-square meter plot near the Mumbai airport which it would be soon acquiring for constructing its Mumbai consulate building.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 02:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak govt allows uncensored broadcast of BBC news bulletins</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22560_Pak-govt-allows-uncensored-broadcast-of-BBC-news-bulletins.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The PPP-PML-N coalition government has reportedly lifted sanctions on broadcast of BBC news bulletins and allowed private FM radio channels to relay them without prior vetting.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 02:07:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Senior UK cops say 'car vandalism is not a crime'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22559_Senior-UK-cops-say-car-vandalism-is-not-a-crime.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senior police officers in the UK say that car vandalism should not be considered to be a crime in case nothing is stolen from the vehicle. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 01:54:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China insists that the Dalai Lama must show sincerity</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22558_China-insists-that-the-Dalai-Lama-must-show-sincerity.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China has insisted that Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama must show sincerity if talks over Tibet are to continue.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 01:53:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Corporal punishment rife in Pak madarassas despite 3-year-old ban</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22556_Corporal-punishment-rife-in-Pak-madarassas-despite-3-year-old-ban.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Students learning the Quran in madarassas in Pakistan's Punjab province continue to be subjected to corporal punishment even three years after the Punjab government banned corporal punishment in all its schools. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 01:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>For Brits, May 6  is  the most expensive day of the year</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22553_For-Brits-May-6-is-the-most-expensive-day-of-the-year.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ For Britons, today is the most expensive day of the year, as it involves splurging on the Bank Holiday weekend and paying off a host of household bills and direct debits. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 01:08:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>England to be most crowded European country in 50 years</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22552_England-to-be-most-crowded-European-country-in-50-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ England is set to become the most crowded European country in the next 50 years, official forecasts suggest. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 01:08:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf's impeachment out of question: Shujaat</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22549_Musharrafs-impeachment-out-of-question-Shujaat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PML-Q president and former Pakistan premier Shujaat Hussain has said that the ruling coalition will never impeach President Pervez Musharraf. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 8 May 2008 12:42:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jewish leader calls for boycott of the movie "The Love Guru" movie</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22545_Jewish-leader-calls-for-boycott-of-the-movie-The-Love-Guru-movie.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A prominent Jewish Rabbi has called for boycott of upcoming movie "The Love Guru" because it "lampoons Hinduism, mocks Ashram life and Hindu philosophy" and asking "who laughs at religious practices".
Rabbi Elizabeth W. Beyer of Nevada, in a statement, said, " 'The Love Guru' lampoons Hinduism, mocks Ashram life and Hindu philosophy.  While 'Guru Pitka' states that he endorses no particular religion, the movie clearly portrays him as a guru - religious leader of Hindus." ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 09:09:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UML might join govt under certain conditions: UML leader KP Oli</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22540_UML-might-join-govt-under-certain-conditions-UML-leader-KP-Oli.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist  (CPN-UML) leader KP Sharma Oli on Tuesday said that the behavior and activities of CPN-Maoist and its cadres will determine the UML decision on whether or not to be part of the next government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 08:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Madhes based parties says will not to be part of next govt</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22539_Madhes-based-parties-says-will-not-to-be-part-of-next-govt.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Leader of various Madhes based parties, which have established themselves as substantial figures in Nepal's political scenario after the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) polls on Tuesday said that they will not take part in the formation of the next government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 08:32:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Implementation of republic main agenda of CA: Maoist leader Bhattarai</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22538_Implementation-of-republic-main-agenda-of-CA-Maoist-leader-Bhattarai.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senior Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) leader Dr. Babu Ram Bhattarai on Tuesday said that implementation of a republic will be the main agenda of the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly (CA).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 08:31:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Three feared dead in a suicide attack in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22537_Three-feared-dead-in-a-suicide-attack-in-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least three people, including a policeman, were killed and four injured on Tuesday when a suicide bomber riding a rickshaw attacked a police checkpoint in Pakistan's northwest. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 08:07:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Di's butler Burrell planning sumptuous 50th birthday bash</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22529_Dis-butler-Burrell-planning-sumptuous-50th-birthday-bash.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Late Princess Diana's former butler Paul Burrell is planning a sumptuous, hush-hush party to mark his 50th birthday in style over in America.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 06:08:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Italians giving costly pasta the snub</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22527_Italians-giving-costly-pasta-the-snub.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It looks like pasta is on its way out - in Italy of all places - courtesy rising prices and falling sales.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 05:29:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Protests in Karachi against arrests of Pakistanis on "fake visa" charges in India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22518_Protests-in-Karachi-against-arrests-of-Pakistanis-on-fake-visa-charges-in-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hundreds of relatives of those arrested in India on charges of fake visas or overstaying their visas, organized a strong protest in front of the Karachi Press Club, alleging that Indian authorities had arrested more than 200 Pakistani visitors on charges of fake visas, even though they were holding valid visas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 03:54:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Racial disparities still rampant in drug arrests in the US: NYT</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22508_Racial-disparities-still-rampant-in-drug-arrests-in-the-US-NYT.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Over two decades after President Ronald Reagan escalated the war on drugs, arrests for drug sales or drug possession are still rising in the United States. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 02:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australian politician indulged in mock sexual ecstasy, says unnamed woman</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22505_Australian-politician-indulged-in-mock-sexual-ecstasy-says-unnamed-woman.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The woman at the centre of the seat-sniffing scandal involving West Australian Opposition Leader Troy Buswell says he writhed in mock sexual pleasure during the incident.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 02:07:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Imran Hashmi, Mahesh Bhatt in Pak for 'Jannat' premier</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22502_Imran-Hashmi-Mahesh-Bhatt-in-Pak-for-Jannat-premier.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bollywood actor Imran Hashmi and film director Mahesh Bhatt are likely to visit Karachi on May 12 for the premiere of film 'Jannat' directed by Suhail Khan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 01:53:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's Young Communists League demands separate Ministry for youth</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22500_Nepals-Young-Communists-League-demands-separate-Ministry-for-youth.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) youth wing Young Communists League (YCL) on Tuesday demanded formation of a separate ministry to put forward the youth's tribulations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 12:42:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NC vice-President tells Maoist to change army structure before govt formation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22499_NC-vice-President-tells-Maoist-to-change-army-structure-before-govt-formation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepali Congress (NC) Vice-President and Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Ram Chandra Poudel on Tuesday said that the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) has to change its army structure prior to forming a new government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 12:29:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Koirala urges journalists to help draft new constitution</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22498_Koirala-urges-journalists-to-help-draft-new-constitution.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Tuesday said journalists have to play an important role in drafting a new democratic constitution. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 10:17:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>George Bush's special wedding gift for daughter - a limestone altar</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22490_George-Bushs-special-wedding-gift-for-daughter---a-limestone-altar.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US First Lady Laura Bush has revealed her husband and American president George Bush has prepared an extra-special wedding gift for daughter Jenna - a limestone altar.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 01:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kids aim for the record books with tallest Lego tower</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22488_Kids-aim-for-the-record-books-with-tallest-Lego-tower.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Thousands of children and their families in Berkshire are hoping to enter record books by building what is thought to be the tallest tower ever made from Lego bricks.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 7 May 2008 01:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Miss Great Britain bids to be MP</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22484_Miss-Great-Britain-bids-to-be-MP.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After been coroneted 'Miss Great Britain', Gemma Garrett is now set to try her luck in the country's politics.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 6 May 2008 08:42:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Govt. delegations prepare for the seventh IISS Asia Security Summit</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22482_Govt-delegations-prepare-for-the-seventh-IISS-Asia-Security-Summit.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) will bring together 27 official government delegations led by defence ministers and other senior officials from the Asia Pacific region and wider security community to participate in the 7th IISS Asia Security Summit, The Shangri-La Dialogue, to be held from May 30 to June 1, 2008 in Singapore.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 6 May 2008 08:28:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mardan residents fear Taliban reprisal if peace proposal fails</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22475_Mardan-residents-fear-Taliban-reprisal-if-peace-proposal-fails.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Following fresh attacks by the Taliban on government installations over the past few weeks in North West Frontier Province (NWFP), residents of Mardan district fear of such attacks on them as well if the new provincial government failed to reach a peace agreement with the Taliban in Swat and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 6 May 2008 07:42:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dungeon dad secured underground horror cell with eight doors</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22465_Dungeon-dad-secured-underground-horror-cell-with-eight-doors.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dungeon dad Josef Fritzl secured the underground cellar, where he held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven children with her, with eight doors, it has emerged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 6 May 2008 05:28:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shocking rates of sexual abuse in south Australia's tribal lands</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22464_Shocking-rates-of-sexual-abuse-in-south-Australias-tribal-lands.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Young children are suffering widespread and traumatic sexual abuse in Australia's oldest self-governing Aboriginal tribal lands, according to an inquiry.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 6 May 2008 04:53:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak-based terrorists behind UK troops' woes in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22462_Pak-based-terrorists-behind-UK-troops-woes-in-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Foreign troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan have claimed that nearly 60 percent of the guerrillas they are fighting in the Garmser town in Afghanistan are Pakistanis. Describing them as being 'ideologically driven young men', the UK troops say that they consider the war as a "religious obligation of struggle, or jihad".
Afghan officials said that Islamabad at best turned a blind eye to the flow (of terrorists from Pakistan into Afghanistan), and at worst encourages it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 6 May 2008 04:45:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mother refuses to bury Scarlett Keeling till doctors return her organs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22454_Mother-refuses-to-bury-Scarlett-Keeling-till-doctors-return-her-organs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fiona MacKeown, the 43-year-old mother of murdered Briton Scarlett Keeling, has refused to bury her daughter until Indian doctors return her organs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 6 May 2008 01:41:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the Great Dane that's 'adopted' an abandoned deer</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22448_Meet-the-Great-Dane-thats-adopted-an-abandoned-deer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Meet giant Great Dane Rocky who has landed himself a new role - as the stepmum of an abandoned fawn, Cindy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 6 May 2008 12:54:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the goldfish that bends it like Beckham!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22445_Meet-the-goldfish-that-bends-it-like-Beckham.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Comet, the goldfish is surely on track to become the smartest fish in the world, for it can perform a range of unbelievable aquatic activities.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 6 May 2008 09:07:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Saddam was scared of contacting HIV from US soldiers, reveals his secret diaries</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22444_Saddam-was-scared-of-contacting-HIV-from-US-soldiers-reveals-his-secret-diaries.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A leading Arabic newspaper, which has got access to secret diaries purportedly belonging to the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, reveals that he was afraid he would catch venereal diseases, including HIV, from the US soldiers guarding his prison.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 6 May 2008 09:07:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan's 'runaway brides' handed over to their families</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22434_Pakistans-runaway-brides-handed-over-to-their-families.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Magistrates and police in various provinces of Pakistan have reportedly handed over more than two dozen women who were involved in an illegal bride trade to their heirs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 2 May 2008 02:29:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Friends born on the same day, die in accident with each other</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22431_Friends-born-on-the-same-day-die-in-accident-with-each-other.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ This sure is a classic example of twist of fate. Pals Khoo Ching Leong and Tey Swee Seng, were born on the same day, and 19 years later died together.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 2 May 2008 02:07:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>After holding talks with Zardari, Sharif says it will yield positive results</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22404_After-holding-talks-with-Zardari-Sharif-says-it-will-yield-positive-results.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Soon after holding parleys with the Pakistan People's Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said that the talks were a step towards resolving the issue of reinstatement of the judges.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 2 May 2008 12:20:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit teen Scarlett mother says Goa Govt. failed to hand over missing organs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22385_Brit-teen-Scarlett-mother-says-Goa-Govt-failed-to-hand-over-missing-organs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fiona MacKeown, mother of British teenage girl Scarlett Keeling who was raped and murdered in Goa, has said that the authorities in the state have failed to hand over her daughter's missing organs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 2 May 2008 06:12:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan suicide attack injures 30</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22382_Pakistan-suicide-attack-injures-30.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 30 people were injured after a suicide bomber attacked the offices of a pro-Taliban group in Khyber tribal district on Thursday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 2 May 2008 06:00:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian budget airline AirAsia to fly to Trichy from October</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22370_Malaysian-budget-airline-AirAsia-to-fly-to-Trichy-from-October.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malaysian budget airline AirAsia will fly daily to the south Indian city of Trichy from Kuala Lumpur effective October.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 2 May 2008 02:40:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>10 feared dead in Khyber Agency suicide attack</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22369_10-feared-dead-in-Khyber-Agency-suicide-attack.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 10 persons were feared dead and several others were wounded in a Khyber Agency suicide attack today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 2 May 2008 01:33:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>10 feared dead in Khyber Agency suicide attack</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22368_10-feared-dead-in-Khyber-Agency-suicide-attack.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 10 persons were feared dead and several others were wounded in a Khyber Agency suicide attack today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 2 May 2008 01:33:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India among world's most terror-afflicted nations: US State Department</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22363_India-among-worlds-most-terror-afflicted-nations-US-State-Department.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In its latest report on terrorism, the U.S. State Department has emphatically stated that India continues to rank among the world's most terror-afflicted countries, and adds that terrorists continue to foment terrorist ideology in that country because of poor law enforcement management.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 11:31:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban, al Qaeda the main drivers of Islamic terrorism in EU: Report</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22321_Taliban-al-Qaeda-the-main-drivers-of-Islamic-terrorism-in-EU-Report.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pro-Taliban groups and al-Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan are increasingly being recognized as one of the main drivers of Islamist extremism and terrorism in the European Union (EU), according to a EU terrorism situation and trend report.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 08:00:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No party other than Maoist will lead next govt: Mahara</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22308_No-party-other-than-Maoist-will-lead-next-govt-Mahara.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) Maoist leader and Minister for Information and Communication Krishna Bahadur Mahara said on Thursday that the Maoist are ready to lead the next government without the help of other parties if the latter did not want to join the next government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 07:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari, Sharif meet again to discuss judges' reinstatement issue</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22307_Zardari-Sharif-meet-again-to-discuss-judges-reinstatement-issue.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Pakistan primer Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan People's Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari were meeting here today to resolve the contentious issue of reinstatement if judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf last year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 06:51:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>U.S.-Pakistan ties can be reinforced in four ways, says expert</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22305_US-Pakistan-ties-can-be-reinforced-in-four-ways-says-expert.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A policy and communications consultant and the editor of the Pakistan Policy Blog, has said that there is a need for the Bush Administration to redefine its relationship with Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 06:40:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Terror attacks in Pakistan rising, U.S. State Department reports</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22304_Terror-attacks-in-Pakistan-rising-US-State-Department-reports.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Terrorist attacks have more than doubled in Pakistan from 2006 to 2007, reflecting the growing violence in the country's turbulent tribal areas and new bombings against Pakistani government officials and security services, according to a report released Wednesday by the State Department. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 06:40:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>90 Roman Empire skeletons found in mass grave in Gloucester</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22297_90-Roman-Empire-skeletons-found-in-mass-grave-in-Gloucester.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Over 90 skeletons have been found in a mass grave in Gloucester, which archaeologists say could be the remains of victims of the Antonine plague, an outbreak of smallpox that swept across the Roman empire between 165 A.D. and 189 A.D.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 06:00:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak risks sliding to dictatorship in absence of good governance:Experts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22296_Pak-risks-sliding-to-dictatorship-in-absence-of-good-governance-Experts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If they fail to deliver what was expected of them, namely good governance, security, law and order and basic necessities, Pakistan could slide back into the old "musical chairs routine" of civilian/military rule, experts have warned.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 06:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit raped in Udaipur claims she was intimidated and harassed for four months</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22295_Brit-raped-in-Udaipur-claims-she-was-intimidated-and-harassed-for-four-months.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The 40-year-old British woman, who was successful in securing the conviction yesterday of a man who raped her in Udaipur, Rajasthan, has claimed that she faced intimidation, harassment and the "woeful" inadequacy of the British High Commission for four months before achieving her objective.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 05:50:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The 40 books that shaped Sebastian Faulks' writings</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22293_The-40-books-that-shaped-Sebastian-Faulks-writings.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Aspiring writers have a once in a lifetime opportunity to take a sneak-peek into the list of 40 books that Sebastian Faulks says have shaped his writings.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 05:41:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PPP, PML-N claims substantial progress in Dubai talks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22292_PPP-PML-N-claims-substantial-progress-in-Dubai-talks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Both the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have claimed that they have made substantial progress during their meeting in Dubai on the judges' restoration issue.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 05:40:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Witnesses who testify against Haneef during inquiry hearing, risk facing civil lawsuits</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22285_Witnesses-who-testify-against-Haneef-during-inquiry-hearing-risk-facing-civil-lawsuits.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Witnesses who gave evidence at an inquiry looking into the botched prosecution of Indian-born doctor Mohamed Haneef, now risk being sued for defamation because the inquiry was not given the powers of a royal commission.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 05:00:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>American Bar Association to honour Pakistani lawyers, judges</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22278_American-Bar-Association-to-honour-Pakistani-lawyers-judges.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The American Bar Association (ABA) has decided to give its annual Rule of Law Award to those lawyers and judges who have demonstrated courage in upholding the rule of law in Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 09:01:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>American Bar Association to honour Pakistani lawyers, judges</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22277_American-Bar-Association-to-honour-Pakistani-lawyers-judges.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The American Bar Association (ABA) has decided to give its annual Rule of Law Award to those lawyers and judges who have demonstrated courage in upholding the rule of law in Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 09:01:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Presidency preparing to counter restoration of sacked judges</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22273_Pak-Presidency-preparing-to-counter-restoration-of-sacked-judges.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Presidency in Pakistan has reportedly evolved a strategy to obstruct the restoration of the sacked judiciary through a stay order if the new coalition government attempts to restore them through an executive order. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 08:11:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindus in US urge world film distributors to halt screening of "The Love Guru"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22271_Hindus-in-US-urge-world-film-distributors-to-halt-screening-of-The-Love-Guru.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hindu groups are contacting film distributor associations, exhibitor groups, theater owners and others in various parts of the world, including the United States, to urge them not to distribute or screen the movie "The Love Guru" till Paramount Pictures, the producer of the film, makes necessary changes to it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 08:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Peace deal responsible for resurgence of terrorist attacks: State Department</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22269_Peace-deal-responsible-for-resurgence-of-terrorist-attacks-State-Department.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US State Department's annual review of terrorism around the world said that the major reason for a resurgence of terrorist attacks is the peace deal signed by the Pakistan Government and tribal leaders last year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 07:50:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak rejects charge of Karzai murder plan being developed in its tribal areas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22268_Pak-rejects-charge-of-Karzai-murder-plan-being-developed-in-its-tribal-areas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas has rejected charges that the plot to kill Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai last week was hatched in Pakistan's tribal areas. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 06:41:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban forwards its demands to NWFP government</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22265_Taliban-forwards-its-demands-to-NWFP-government.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Government has received a list of demands from the local Taliban, as condition for tension and violence in the Swat Valley.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 06:21:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Barack Obama, Bill Clinton are more alike than they know about</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22263_Barack-Obama-Bill-Clinton-are-more-alike-than-they-know-about.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton have more in common than their voter party registration cards, says a researcher. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 05:40:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Five new ambassadors submit credentials to PM</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22261_Five-new-ambassadors-submit-credentials-to-PM.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Newly appointed ambassadors for Nepal from five different countries on Wednesday submitted their letter of credentials to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 01:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India willing to review 1950 treaty</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22260_India-willing-to-review-1950-treaty.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Foreign Affairs Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on Wednesday said that India was willing to review the 1950 Indo-Nepal peace and friendship treaty under the present circumstances.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 12:50:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepali Congress parliamentary committee meeting underway</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22258_Nepali-Congress-parliamentary-committee-meeting-underway.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ As the deadline for submitting the names of the representatives for the Proportional Representation (PR) nears, Nepali Congress (NC) parliamentary committee meeting to finalise the list of the nominees for Constituent Assembly (CA) is underway at the Prime Minister's official residence at Baluwatar here on Wednesday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 12:40:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Martin, Prachanda discuss army integration</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22257_Martin-Prachanda-discuss-army-integration.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Chief Ian Martin on Wednesday called on CPN-Maoist Chairman Prachanda at the latter's residence at Naya Bazaar in the capital.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 12:40:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sharif, Zardari talks on judges restoration continue in Dubai</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22256_Sharif-Zardari-talks-on-judges-restoration-continue-in-Dubai.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A second round of talks between Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chief Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief, Nawaz Sharif, has begun.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 12:30:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak PM  ready for meaningful talks with India on Kashmir</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22255_Pak-PM-ready-for-meaningful-talks-with-India-on-Kashmir.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said that the people of Kashmir have sacrificed their lives and livelihood in their quest for self-determination, and therefore,  his government is committed to ensuring that these sacrifices are not in vain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 12:30:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jamaat chief announces Black Day protests on May 12</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22254_Jamaat-chief-announces-Black-Day-protests-on-May-12.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Chief of Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and the Muttahida-Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), Qazi Hussain Ahmad, on Wednesday announced countrywide Black Day protests on May 12 if the sacked judiciary was not restored. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 1 May 2008 12:20:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The world's smallest chessboard that was created between heartbeats!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22236_The-worlds-smallest-chessboard-that-was-created-between-heartbeats.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Russian man worked between his heartbeats for six months to create the smallest chess game in the world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 08:40:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Teen magazines defend their sex-related content</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22234_Teen-magazines-defend-their-sex-related-content.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Teen magazines Dolly and Girlfriend have collaborated to defend their sex-related content, insisting they are providing readers important information they want and need.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 07:50:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cancer, stroke top causes of death in Chinese</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22233_Cancer-stroke-top-causes-of-death-in-Chinese.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Ministry of Health (MOH) study has revealed that cancer and stroke are the top two causes of death in Chinese.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 07:20:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Web 'still in its infancy,' says inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22232_Web-still-in-its-infancy-says-inventor-Sir-Tim-Berners-Lee.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee believes that his invention is 'still in its infancy.']]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 07:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Greek islanders from Lesbos won't let lesbians steal their thunder!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22228_Greek-islanders-from-Lesbos-wont-let-lesbians-steal-their-thunder.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Residents of the Greek island Lesbos have slapped a lawsuit on a gay group, insisting that they are the real Lesbians.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 06:40:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Peter Pan house up for sale</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22224_Peter-Pan-house-up-for-sale.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The house which helped inspire JM Barrie's classic children's story Peter Pan is up for sale for the second time in eight years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 06:20:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Electric nail files voted 'Most Pointless Gadget of All Time'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22220_Electric-nail-files-voted-Most-Pointless-Gadget-of-All-Time.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Electric nail files have been deemed the 'Most Pointless Gadget of All Time' in a new survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 06:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz judge rejects Haneef's lawyer's demand for an inquiry</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22195_Oz-judge-rejects-Haneefs-lawyers-demand-for-an-inquiry.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former New South Wales Supreme Court judge John Clarke has rejected a request from Dr Haneef's lawyer Stephen Keim, to ask federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland for royal commission powers, which include the right to compel witnesses to give evidence or provide documents.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 01:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Melbourne taxi drivers get better safety measures</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22178_Melbourne-taxi-drivers-get-better-safety-measures.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Taxi drivers driving on Melbourne streets have got better safety measures following Tuesday's stabbing of an Indian-born taxi driver.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 11:30:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistanis unhappy at new govt's apathy to skyrocketing prices</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22173_Pakistanis-unhappy-at-new-govts-apathy-to-skyrocketing-prices.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The new PPP-PML-N coalition government in Islamabad has failed to impress upon the public at large as it has been unable to contain the skyrocketing prices during its first month of governance.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 11:10:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Man who stabbed Indian-born cabbie in Melbourne is 'HIV positive'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22172_Man-who-stabbed-Indian-born-cabbie-in-Melbourne-is-HIV-positive.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A man accused of stabbing a Melbourne taxi driver is HIV positive and has no recollection of the incident, a court has heard.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 11:00:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dalai Lama must 'set basis' for dialogue, says China</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22170_Dalai-Lama-must-set-basis-for-dialogue-says-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Chinese Government hopes that Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will set the parameters for future dialogue with Beijing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 10:50:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese slave children being 'sold like cabbages'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22169_Chinese-slave-children-being-sold-like-cabbages.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Thousands of children are being sold "like cabbages" to China's booming factories as virtual slave labour. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 10:50:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Support for Scottish independence from rest of UK slumps</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22168_Support-for-Scottish-independence-from-rest-of-UK-slumps.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Support for the independence of Scotland from the rest of the United Kingdom is at an all-time low, with fewer than one in five voters wanting the break up.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 10:40:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari to meet Altaf soon to discuss Sindh power sharing</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22155_Zardari-to-meet-Altaf-soon-to-discuss-Sindh-power-sharing.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is likely to meet MQM chief Altaf Hussain in London in the next two days to discuss and finalise the power-sharing formula in the Sindh province.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 09:40:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf promises full co-operation and support to Gilani</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22153_Musharraf-promises-full-co-operation-and-support-to-Gilani.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In his first official meeting with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in Rawalpindi last evening, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf reportedly promised him full co-operation and support. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 09:30:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Thousands of Brit kids lie about age to sign up for Bebo, MySpace</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22151_Thousands-of-Brit-kids-lie-about-age-to-sign-up-for-Bebo-MySpace.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Social networking sites such as Bebo and MySpace are forcing thousands of young children to lie about their age, warned a Conservative MP in the UK.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 09:20:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindu temple was demolished on MIC chief Vellu's orders, says rival</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22150_Hindu-temple-was-demolished-on-MIC-chief-Vellus-orders-says-rival.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A former minister of the Malaysian state of Selangor has claimed that Malaysian Indian Congress President S. Sami Vellu is the person responsible for ordering the demolition of the Hindu temple in Padang Jawa.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 09:10:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Osama's son banned from Britain</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22148_Osamas-son-banned-from-Britain.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A son of Osama bin Laden has been banned from entering Britain to live with his new wife because of fears that his presence would cause "considerable public concern". ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 09:00:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince William undertakes secret trip to Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22137_Prince-William-undertakes-secret-trip-to-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince William, second in line to the British throne, has secretly visited British troops deployed in Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 08:10:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IPF president and ex-MIC man Pandithan dead</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22128_IPF-president-and-ex-MIC-man-Pandithan-dead.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian Progressive Front (IPF) president and former vice-president of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) Tan Sri M.G. Pandithan, died at the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital here on Wednesday morning. He was 68.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 07:20:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ex-Oz Minister Andrews' to reveal that Haneef evidence was withheld</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22127_Ex-Oz-Minister-Andrews-to-reveal-that-Haneef-evidence-was-withheld.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Australian Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews is expected to tell an inquiry commission looking into the Dr. Mohamed Haneef case that Australian Federal Police did not inform him of evidence that debunked allegations against Dr Haneef's second-cousin Sabeel Ahmed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 07:20:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World Bank to grant 127 million dollars in aid to Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22126_World-Bank-to-grant-127-million-dollars-in-aid-to-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal will soon receive aid worth 127 million dollars from the World Bank (WB) to ensure the success of the ongoing peace process in the country.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 07:10:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal sign MoU with Bahrain to get legal status</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22124_Nepal-sign-MoU-with-Bahrain-to-get-legal-status.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal and the Kingdom of Bahrain have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on labour and occupational training to ensure greater benefits for Nepali workers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 07:00:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US alarmed at Pak peace deal with tribal militants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22122_US-alarmed-at-Pak-peace-deal-with-tribal-militants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US policy makers, diplomats and senior military officers are reportedly expressing concerns at the peace deal being negotiated between the Pakistan government and tribal militants along the Pak-Afghan border, saying that like in the past this deal might also result in regrouping and rearming of extremists, and plotting fresh attacks in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Europe and the US.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 06:40:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taxi-drivers' protests disrupt Melbourne traffic over stabbing of Indian cabbie</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22121_Taxi-drivers-protests-disrupt-Melbourne-traffic-over-stabbing-of-Indian-cabbie.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Traffic has been disrupted in Melbourne since last evening, following strong protests from nearly one thousand taxi drivers demanding safety, after a 23-year-old Indian part-time taxi driver was stabbed several times by a miscreant in the wee hours of Tuesday morning.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 06:40:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iraqi National Museum recovers 701 items looted after Saddam's overthrow</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22118_Iraqi-National-Museum-recovers-701-items-looted-after-Saddams-overthrow.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Iraqi National Museum has recovered 701-looted artefacts looted after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 30 April 2008 05:21:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit Sikhs celebrate Baisakhi in style</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22109_Brit-Sikhs-celebrate-Baisakhi-in-style.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The British Sikh Association (BSA) celebrates Baisakhi in a style. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 07:10:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Boldon named Britain's cold capital</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22100_Boldon-named-Britains-cold-capital.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If you're planning a trip to Boldon, a former mining town near Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, make sure that you carry a handful of pills to help you stay away from sneezing, for the place has been named as the cold capital of Britain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 06:20:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Most Aussie women feel workplace is "bit of a boys' club"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22083_Most-Aussie-women-feel-workplace-is-bit-of-a-boys-club.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Many Aussie women feel that they are not treated equally in the workplace - and one in five of their male colleagues agree.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 05:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Woman enslaved by dad in dungeon looked like albino "apparition"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22071_Woman-enslaved-by-dad-in-dungeon-looked-like-albino-apparition.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Elisabeth Fritzl, the Austrian woman who was held prisoner in a dungeon for almost 24 years by her father and gave birth to seven of his children, looked like an albino "apparition" starved of sunlight, according to police.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 04:00:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN rejects BBC report accusing Indian peacekeepers of wrongdoings in Congo</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22039_UN-rejects-BBC-report-accusing-Indian-peacekeepers-of-wrongdoings-in-Congo.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Following investigations by the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), the UN has rejected two-to-three year old allegations by a BBC Radio report accused Indian troops of wrongdoings and mismanagement in Congo.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 01:20:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak to free 17-year-old Indian fisherman tomorrow on 'humanitarian grounds'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22038_Pak-to-free-17-year-old-Indian-fisherman-tomorrow-on-humanitarian-grounds.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 17-year-old Indian fisherman who wandered into Pakistan's territorial waters last year will be freed tomorrow on humanitarian grounds owing to his poor health conditions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 01:10:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak tribal areas are Qaeda's headquarters for planning attacks in EU: Report</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22037_Pak-tribal-areas-are-Qaedas-headquarters-for-planning-attacks-in-EU-Report.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tribal areas in Pakistan are the "command and control centre" for Al Qaeda's planning attacks in the EU, said an annual report prepared by the European Police (Europol) Office.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 01:10:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Student apologises to Malay Indian leader for death threat</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22025_Student-apologises-to-Malay-Indian-leader-for-death-threat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An 18-year-old college student has apologised to DAP national chairman Karpal Singh for posting a death threat against him on a website hosted by Pas Johor Baru. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 12:00:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan slips down on the scale of global press freedom index</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22015_Pakistan-slips-down-on-the-scale-of-global-press-freedom-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Freedom of Press has further deteriorated in Pakistan, if the results of the annual "Freedom of the Press Survey" covering the year 2007 issued by Freedom House, are to be believed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 11:40:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US poll: Clinton leads McCain by nine points</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_22004_US-poll-Clinton-leads-McCain-by-nine-points.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democratic Party presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton now leads Republican presidential nominee John McCain by nine points in a head-to-head presidential match-up, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 11:31:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Stabbed Indian taxi driver in critical condition in Melbourne hospital</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21998_Stabbed-Indian-taxi-driver-in-critical-condition-in-Melbourne-hospital.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Police have released images of a Indian-born taxi driver, who received multiple stab wounds and was left by the roadside for two-and-a-half hours this morning.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 11:00:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari credited for post-election corruption-free environment in Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21989_Zardari-credited-for-post-election-corruption-free-environment-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari deserves much of the credit for not letting Pakistan descend into corruption and mismanagement following elections, said an article published in the Washington Times today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 10:20:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Abramovich 'was Putin's enforcer', claim his friends turned rivals</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21985_Abramovich-was-Putins-enforcer-claim-his-friends-turned-rivals.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Roman Abramovich, the owner of the Chelsea Football Club, was an undeclared member of President Putin's regime in Russia, documents in a clash-of-the-oligarchs court battle have suggested.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 10:00:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nawaz links Sarabjit's clemency to release of prisoners by India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21980_Nawaz-links-Sarabjits-clemency-to-release-of-prisoners-by-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PML-N leader and former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said that the death sentence of Indian national Sarabjit Singh, facing execution on charges of carrying out bomb blasts in Lahore, should be reduced to life imprisonment if India releases all Pakistani prisoners from its jails.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 09:33:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Spitzer's girl Dupre wants cut from topless video shot in 2003</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21979_Spitzers-girl-Dupre-wants-cut-from-topless-video-shot-in-2003.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the call or escort girl responsible for finishing off former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's political career, is in the news again, this time for demanding a cut from video sales.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 09:32:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian taxi driver critical after receiving multiple-stab injuries in Australia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21976_Indian-taxi-driver-critical-after-receiving-multiple-stab-injuries-in-Australia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Indian student aged 23, who drives a taxi as a part time job, was reportedly attacked by some unidentified miscreants in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. He was left bleeding from the multiple stab wounds along the roadside in Clifton Hill.
Yet to be identified, the Indian youth is said to be in a critical condition in a hospital.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 09:10:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Burrell to build a 'royal palace' for himself in US</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21974_Burrell-to-build-a-royal-palace-for-himself-in-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Princess Diana's former butler Paul Burrell is planning to build his own 'royal palace' in the US.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 09:01:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iran official slams smuggling of Barbie, Harry Potter toys</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21973_Iran-official-slams-smuggling-of-Barbie-Harry-Potter-toys.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Iran's Prosecutor General Ghorban Ali Dori Najafabadi has issued a dire warning about the culturally "destructive" consequences of importing Barbies, Harry Potter toys and more from the West.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 09:00:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>White House describes Indo-US N-deal as "critically important"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21969_White-House-describes-Indo-US-N-deal-as-critically-important.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Indo-US nuclear deal is "critically important" and the US will never declare it as "dead", said White House Press Secretary Dana Perino here last evening.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 08:30:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>5th century Japanese royal tomb opened to scholars for first time</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21965_5th-century-Japanese-royal-tomb-opened-to-scholars-for-first-time.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A fifth century imperial tomb in Japan has been opened for the first time to scholars.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 08:10:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US doubts Pak peace deal with Taliban, FATA extremists</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21964_US-doubts-Pak-peace-deal-with-Taliban-FATA-extremists.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The recent peace deal signed by Pakistan with the Taliban and other dissident elements in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is being seen with skepticism in the US, where many claim that it won't succeed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 08:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>One Indian among three killed in wall collapse in Malaysia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21961_One-Indian-among-three-killed-in-wall-collapse-in-Malaysia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ One Indian was among three persons killed in a wall collapse in a factory on Sunday evening in Johor Baru area, located at the southernmost tip of Peninsular Malaysia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 07:50:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Defence Minister says Musharraf still "politically relevant"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21958_Pak-Defence-Minister-says-Musharraf-still-politically-relevant.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has said that though most of Pakistanis didn't want Pervez Musharraf to continue as President, but he still remained "politically relevant".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 07:31:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Militants behead 'spy' in Pakistani tribal area</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21949_Militants-behead-spy-in-Pakistani-tribal-area.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pro-Taliban militants in the Pakistan's tribal areas on Monday beheaded a policeman accusing him of spying for security forces.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 03:20:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Declare Nepal a Republic state on very first sitting of parliament: Koirala</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21942_Declare-Nepal-a-Republic-state-on-very-first-sitting-of-parliament-Koirala.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Monday said that it would be good for all to declare Nepal a republican state from the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly as per the provision in the interim onstitution. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 02:40:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistani Taliban cancels peace pact deal with government</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21941_Pakistani-Taliban-cancels-peace-pact-deal-with-government.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud has cancelled peace talks with the Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani Government as it refused to withdraw troops from a troubled tribal area, but the ceasefire would remain intact.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 02:40:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PPP, MQM reach on power sharing deal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21939_PPP-MQM-reach-on-power-sharing-deal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan People's Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement Monday reached over a power sharing deal in Sindh, sources said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 29 April 2008 02:30:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China train mishap, a case of human error(lead: China train)</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21916_China-train-mishap-a-case-of-human-errorlead-China-train.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A train collision in east China that killed at least 66 people early today was caused by human error and terrorism had been ruled out.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 09:00:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Illegal excavation continues at archaeological sites in Mardan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21912_Illegal-excavation-continues-at-archaeological-sites-in-Mardan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Illegal excavation, which has already destroyed at two least two Budhist sites and a monastery, continues in Mardan in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) unabatedly.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 08:41:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Another fashion giant boycott's Aussie wool</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21902_Another-fashion-giant-boycotts-Aussie-wool.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has successfully urged Miami-based Perry Ellis International to boycott wool from Australian mulesed sheep.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 07:51:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vladimir Nabokov's last work to be published</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21892_Vladimir-Nabokovs-last-work-to-be-published.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  The son of late Russian-American author Vladimir Nabokov has decided to publish his father's final work against his last wishes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 07:01:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sherpao says present coalition govt has nothing to do with Waziristan peace accord</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21889_Sherpao-says-present-coalition-govt-has-nothing-to-do-with-Waziristan-peace-accord.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Aftab Ahmed Sherpao, former interior minister and chief of his faction of the PPP, has said that the present day PPP-PML-N coalition government in Pakistan had no role to play in drafting Waziristan peace accord, and claimed that it was drafted by the previous regime much before the February 18 polls.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 06:51:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"I want to revamp Pak judiciary so that 'no Zardari languishes in jail again for 8 years'"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21883_I-want-to-revamp-Pak-judiciary-so-that-no-Zardari-languishes-in-jail-again-for-8-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that he wished to revamp the country's judiciary and enact a new legislation to change the system so that no person languishes in jail for years together, like him.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 06:42:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rudd embarrassed by halal gaffe at 2020 Summit</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21872_Rudd-embarrassed-by-halal-gaffe-at-2020-Summit.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An embarrassed Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been forced to apologise to Muslim delegates at this month's 2020 Summit because their religious dietary needs were ignored by caterers who could not tell the difference between halal and vegetarian food.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 06:00:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush takes potshots at his successors</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21871_Bush-takes-potshots-at-his-successors.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At his last White House Correspondents' Dinner, U.S. President George Bush played to the crowd in style, marking the event by striking a series of bizarre poses, conducting a military band and taking a few potshots at his potential successors.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 06:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Top Tory Lord's sex games revealed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21870_Top-Tory-Lords-sex-games-revealed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A top Tory Lord has been exposed as a sex addict hooked on orgies with 3,000-pound-a-night vice girls.
According to news of the world, Lord Laidlaw, 64 regularly flies hookers out to Monte Carlo for cocaine-fuelled bondage romps behind his wife's back.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 03:33:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Having lost faith in conferences, Baloch nationalist parties not interested in APC</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21869_Having-lost-faith-in-conferences-Baloch-nationalist-parties-not-interested-in-APC.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The nationalist parties of Balochistan have reportedly refused to attend the all-parties conference (APC) which PPP Co-chairman Asif Zardari has called to address Balochistan's grievances. Citing a reason for the same, they said that they have lost their faith in conferences and committees. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 03:31:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"No reconciliation of Baloch issue in near future because people feeling 'alienated'"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21867_No-reconciliation-of-Baloch-issue-in-near-future-because-people-feeling-alienated.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A key Baloch leader has reportedly said that there was no possibility of reconciliation on the Balochistan issue in the near future because of the growing "sense of alienation" among the Baloch people. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 03:23:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Britain's voting system open to fraud, says report</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21866_Britains-voting-system-open-to-fraud-says-report.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The voting system in Britain is vulnerable to large-scale fraud and is being undermined by political parties' spending on marginal seats, a report has warned.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 03:11:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hillary's Himalayan trust to receive humanitarian award</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21865_Hillarys-Himalayan-trust-to-receive-humanitarian-award.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Himalayan Trust will be recognised for four decades of volunteer work improving the lives of Sherpa communities in Nepal, by receiving the Variety International Humanitarian Award at a gala event in Auckland.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 03:10:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>If govt fails to resolve judges' issue, PML-Q may table resolution in NA</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21863_If-govt-fails-to-resolve-judges-issue-PML-Q-may-table-resolution-in-NA.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If the ruling coalition failed to resolve the judicial crisis, the PML-Q would bring a resolution in the National Assembly for the solution of the crisis, said PML-Q president and former Pakistan premier Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 03:00:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brits are ruder now than a decade ago</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21861_Brits-are-ruder-now-than-a-decade-ago.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Brits are ruder now than a decade ago, with spitting being their most offensive habit, according to a new poll. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 02:50:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Over 1.5m Oz workers at risk from workplace carcinogens</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21859_Over-15m-Oz-workers-at-risk-from-workplace-carcinogens.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Over 1.5 million employees in Australia might be exposed to potentially cancer-causing products on the job without even knowing it, according to Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU) figures.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 02:42:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dozens killed, injured as trains collide in China</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21857_Dozens-killed-injured-as-trains-collide-in-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dozens of passengers were killed or injured on Monday when a passenger train en route from Beijing to Qingdao city in eastern China derailed and hit another train.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 02:30:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist Central Committee meet begins</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21852_Maoist-Central-Committee-meet-begins.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  The Central Committee (CC) meeting of the Maoists is being held here from today. This will be the first meeting of the party's Central Committee after the Constituent Assembly (CA) election.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 02:01:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Harry to get campaign medal for Afghan stint</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21849_Prince-Harry-to-get-campaign-medal-for-Afghan-stint.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  British royal Prince Harry's turn in Afghanistan will see him receiving a campaign medal next week.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 01:50:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PPP, PML-N bickering over two Punjab ministries</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21847_PPP-PML-N-bickering-over-two-Punjab-ministries.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The PPP and the PML-N are learnt be bickering over two important provincial ministries - Health, and Communication and Works, in the newly formed Punjab provincial government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 01:40:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist leaders appeal for release of cadres in Bihar jail</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21845_Maoist-leaders-appeal-for-release-of-cadres-in-Bihar-jail.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ CPN-Maoist leaders C.P Gajurel and Hisila Yami have requested Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to release dozens of their party cadres languishing in Bihar jails. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 01:30:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Harry Potter joins Shakespeare, Dickens in Brit schools!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21843_Harry-Potter-joins-Shakespeare-Dickens-in-Brit-schools.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kids in the UK can now look forward to studying something besides Shakespeare and Dickens in school, for they will soon have the adventures of Harry Potter and his friends to sift through.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 01:20:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian authorities prevent Hindraf bailer from flying to India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21838_Malaysian-authorities-prevent-Hindraf-bailer-from-flying-to-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ K.P. Samy, of Indian origin, who posted bail for the 64 Hindraf supporters charged with causing mischief and participating in an illegal assembly, was yesterday prevented at the KL International Airport from traveling to India.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 12:50:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PML-N leaders to discuss modalities of judges issue with Zardari in Dubai</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21836_PML-N-leaders-to-discuss-modalities-of-judges-issue-with-Zardari-in-Dubai.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A four-member PML-N delegation, including Shahbaz Sharif, the brother of Nawaz Sharif, will today leave for Dubai to hold parleys with PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari to discuss modalities for the restoration of the deposed Supreme Court judges before the April 30 deadline.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 12:41:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda rests after elections</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21830_Prachanda-rests-after-elections.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After engaging in a hectic schedule of political parleys and election campaigning, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) Chairman Prachanda is relaxing at the Everest Panorama Resort in Daman.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 12:16:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UML leader sets terms for Maoist-led government in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21827_UML-leader-sets-terms-for-Maoist-led-government-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) has said that before extending their support to the Maoists, the political parties in Nepal want to see the dissolution of the YCL, a constitutional amendment for the formation and ouster of a government through a simple majority, and a commitment that they would strictly adhere to previous promises.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 12:01:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>If France leaves Afghanistan, Pakistan will fall: Sarkozy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21823_If-France-leaves-Afghanistan-Pakistan-will-fall-Sarkozy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ French President Nicolas Sarkozy claimed in a TV show that if France abandons Afghanistan, Pakistan will fall like a house of cards. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 11:40:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Narcotics case hearing against Zardari adjourned till May 17</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21821_Narcotics-case-hearing-against-Zardari-adjourned-till-May-17.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The hearing of narcotics case against Pakistan Peoples Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has been adjourned till May 17 due to court holiday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 11:30:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Male stripper's truncheon not an 'offensive' weapon</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21817_Male-strippers-truncheon-not-an-offensive-weapon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Use of a real truncheon by a male stripper who dresses as a policeman in his act is not offensive, according to Scottish prosecutors.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 11:10:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Russian tourist photographs a UFO in south London</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21814_Russian-tourist-photographs-a-UFO-in-south-London.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A foreign student on a sightseeing spree in South London has claimed to have seen and photographed a UFO.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 10:50:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hitler's Berlin bunker transformed into a modern art gallery</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21802_Hitlers-Berlin-bunker-transformed-into-a-modern-art-gallery.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A wealthy Polish-born advertising agent, who claims to collect art that he does not understand, has transformed Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's five-storied, 120-room bunker on Berlin's Reinhardtstrasse into a modern art gallery.
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 09:11:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Democratic progress improved US' perceptions about Pak"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21798_Democratic-progress-improved-US-perceptions-about-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Outgoing Pakistan ambassador to the US Mahmud Ali Durrani has said that the restoration of democracy in Pakistan post-February 18 polls has improved Pakistan's image in the eyes of the US, and that bilateral ties between the two countries would improve further in the near future.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 08:50:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Phoenix University to hear invocation from the ancient Hindu scriptures</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21794_Phoenix-University-to-hear-invocation-from-the-ancient-Hindu-scriptures.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hymns from the Rig Veda, the oldest scripture of the world composed around 1,500 BC, will form part of the invocation at the commencement ceremony of the University of Phoenix, the largest private university in North America.
Hindu leader Rajan Zed, who read the first Hindu prayer in the US Senate in Washington DC in July last, will give the invocation here on May 31. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 08:30:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>FATA unit of PML-N condemns EU for supporting Prez Musharraf's tenure</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21792_FATA-unit-of-PML-N-condemns-EU-for-supporting-Prez-Musharrafs-tenure.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) unit of the PML-N has condemned the European Union (EU) foreign committee for 'pressuring' Pakistan government to let Pervez Musharraf continue as President for the next five years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 08:20:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Akram says IPL, ICL may lead to premature retirement of cricketers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21784_Akram-says-IPL-ICL-may-lead-to-premature-retirement-of-cricketers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram has said that though Indian cricket leagues - IPL and ICL - may improve the cricketers' lifestyle, but it will lead to premature retirement of cricketers from international cricket.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 07:40:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tamil daily license's renewal by Malaysian govt welcomed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21778_Tamil-daily-licenses-renewal-by-Malaysian-govt-welcomed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian government's decision to renew the license to publish Tamil daily Makkal Osai has been hailed by the Indian community, most of whom are Tamils, in Malaysia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 07:10:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindus call for abolition of Internal Security Act in Malaysia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21776_Hindus-call-for-abolition-of-Internal-Security-Act-in-Malaysia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A group of Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) supporters reportedly handed over a letter writing in a child-like handwriting yesterday to the country's highest ranking office, calling for the abolishment of the Internal Security Act (ISA) and the release of its five members detained under the Act.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 07:00:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Steel tycoon Mital, Hinduja brothers in 2008 Sunday Times Rich List</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21771_Steel-tycoon-Mital-Hinduja-brothers-in-2008-Sunday-Times-Rich-List.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and two of the four Hinduja brothers - Srichand and Gopichand - have been listed in the 2008 Sunday Times Rich List]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 06:30:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chennai-based Raj TV soon to be available for Tamilians in Malaysia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21768_Chennai-based-Raj-TV-soon-to-be-available-for-Tamilians-in-Malaysia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chennai-based Raj TV will soon link up with Malaysian Astro All Asia Networks Plc (Astro) to air its programmes in Malaysia. Most of the Indians living in Malaysia are Tamilians.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 06:20:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tell-all book on former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer pitched at 350,000 dollars</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21765_Tell-all-book-on-former-New-York-Governor-Eliot-Spitzer-pitched-at-350000-dollars.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A proposed book on former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's sexcapades, which ended his career in politics, is expected to fetch 350,000 dollars at the start.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 06:01:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brits are terrible bedroom liars</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21764_Brits-are-terrible-bedroom-liars.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ They might be famed for their good looks and charisma, but Brits are terrible, when it comes to telling the truth about the number of sexual partners they have had.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 28 April 2008 06:01:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz Muslim cleric says Christian women should wear veils</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21754_Oz-Muslim-cleric-says-Christian-women-should-wear-veils.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Outspoken Muslim cleric Taj al-Din al-Hilali has claimed that the Bible "mandates" the wearing of the veil by Christian women.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 26 April 2008 01:50:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sivakumar the first Indian to be Speaker of Malaysian Assembly</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21750_Sivakumar-the-first-Indian-to-be-Speaker-of-Malaysian-Assembly.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tronoh V. Sivakumar (37) created history yesterday when he became the first Indian to assume the chair of Speaker of Malaysia Assembly. He is the 12th Speaker of the Malaysian Assembly.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 26 April 2008 01:30:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Analyst says reopening talks with the Dalai Lama, China's best starting point</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21749_Analyst-says-reopening-talks-with-the-Dalai-Lama-Chinas-best-starting-point.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An independent political analyst in Beijing has said that China's move to reopen a dialogue with Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is the best starting point for a peaceful solution to the Tibet issue.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 26 April 2008 01:20:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Senior British Airways pilot exposes racist cockpit culture</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21741_Senior-British-Airways-pilot-exposes-racist-cockpit-culture.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A senior British Airways pilot has revealed startling levels of casual racism in the company, which once famously claimed to be "the world's favourite airline".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 26 April 2008 12:40:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malay Indian leaders blamed for being out of touch with the community needs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21740_Malay-Indian-leaders-blamed-for-being-out-of-touch-with-the-community-needs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Leaders of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) in Malaysia, which largely represents the Indian community here, has expressed their dis-satisfaction and anger at the Malay Indian leaders in top posts for being out of touch with the community's needs.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 26 April 2008 12:40:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Harry will have to wait for a while to prove his prowess on the battlefield</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21719_Prince-Harry-will-have-to-wait-for-a-while-to-prove-his-prowess-on-the-battlefield.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince Harry's dream of proving him as a soldier by returning to the frontline in Afghanistan were dashed yesterday, when Chief of the General Staff, Gen Sir Richard Dannatt said that the decision to send him there would be taken at an "appropriate time", and not soon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 26 April 2008 11:31:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Banned jihadi outfits re-emerging in Karachi under different names</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21714_Banned-jihadi-outfits-re-emerging-in-Karachi-under-different-names.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Banned jihadi organizations like Harkatul Mujahideen, Hizbul Mujahideen and Al-Badar have reportedly started regrouping themselves in Karachi under different names and are holding rallies and meetings inside mosques and distributing pamphlets to spread information about their activities.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 26 April 2008 11:20:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Car bomb explosion in Pakistan kills four, injures 30</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21700_Car-bomb-explosion-in-Pakistan-kills-four-injures-30.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least four people were killed and thirty other injured in a car bomb explosion that demolished a police station in North West Frontier Province (NWFP).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 05:20:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist win in Nepal could spell curtains Gurkhas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21690_Maoist-win-in-Nepal-could-spell-curtains-Gurkhas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The tradition of Gurkha soldiers being an integral part of the UK armed forces is probably at risk with the coming to power of the Maoists.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 04:31:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist leader Prachanda wants Indo-Nepal Friendship treaty scrapped</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21688_Maoist-leader-Prachanda-wants-Indo-Nepal-Friendship-treaty-scrapped.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ties between India and Nepal are unlikely to get off to a positive start with the coming of a Maoist-led coalition government in Nepal, as Maoist leader Prachanda has upped the ante and demanded the scrapping of the 1950 India-Nepal Peace and Friendship Treaty.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 04:20:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China privately told to put its mine deals in Australia on hold</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21687_China-privately-told-to-put-its-mine-deals-in-Australia-on-hold.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 10 Chinese companies have withdrawn foreign investment applications to buy into Australian resources companies under pressure from the Kevin Rudd Government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 04:20:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK bar under fire over free vodka offer for women</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21677_UK-bar-under-fire-over-free-vodka-offer-for-women.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A UK bar has come under fire for offering eight hours of free vodka to all its women customers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 03:30:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lahore Police revise most wanted terrorists' list to check suicide attacks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21670_Lahore-Police-revise-most-wanted-terrorists-list-to-check-suicide-attacks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In the wake of the recent spurt in suicide attacks in the city, the Lahore Police has prepared an updated list of most wanted terrorists in the province.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 02:50:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cutty Sark's counter lifted for restoration</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21652_Cutty-Sarks-counter-lifted-for-restoration.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The lifting of the seven tonne counter or a large part of the stern of the damaged historical ship Cutty Sark for restoration has led the concerned authorities to believe that conservation is back on track.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 01:20:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ex-New York Governor Spitzer hit with further sex allegations</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21651_Ex-New-York-Governor-Spitzer-hit-with-further-sex-allegations.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Eliot Spitzer, the former Governor of New York, has been hit by further allegations about his sexual predilections in the wake of the prostitution ring scandal that led to his downfall.   pitzer is now being linked to a second prostitute.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 01:20:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese embassy rented crowd during Canberra Olympic relay</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21648_Chinese-embassy-rented-crowd-during-Canberra-Olympic-relay.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Chinese Embassy in Australian capital Canberra hired thousands of Chinese students to demonstrate during the Olympic relay on Thursday, reports news.com.au.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 01:02:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"India, Pak N-tests stabilised their bilateral ties"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21644_India-Pak-N-tests-stabilised-their-bilateral-ties.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The back-to-back nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan in 1998 actually helped in bringing about stability in South Asia, and were a turning point in forging better bilateral ties between the two countries, internationally acclaimed nuclear experts said here at a seminar.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 12:40:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Explain HINDRAF leaders detention: Malaysian Indian Congress</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21633_Explain-HINDRAF-leaders-detention-Malaysian-Indian-Congress.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) has asked the government to explain why five leaders of the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) are being detained under the Internal Security Act, and how they pose a threat to national security. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 11:50:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Did Benazir die because she bought 'jinxed' apartment in Manhattan?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21632_Did-Benazir-die-because-she-bought-jinxed-apartment-in-Manhattan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ One of the first owners of a penthouse apartment in New York's Manhattan area has said that former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto died because she had bought a jinxed apartment, which has a dark and mysterious history, in as much as who ever bought it met a tragic end.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 11:40:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Shakespeare gets a 'yoof-speak' makeover</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21630_Shakespeare-gets-a-yoof-speak-makeover.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British author and satirist has re-written the complete works of England's most famous playwright William Shakespeare for the "chav-speak" generation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 11:30:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Minister does not rule out further Hindu temple demolitions</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21629_Malaysian-Minister-does-not-rule-out-further-Hindu-temple-demolitions.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Even as the Malaysian Government is planning to introduce guidelines to govern the construction and demolition of places of worship, the country's Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister, Shafie Apdal, has stopped short of giving an assurance that there would be no recurrence of the temple demolition incident in Kampung Jawa, Selangor, on the eve of Deepavali last year, which raised the ire of Hindus around the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 11:30:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Napoleon's desk fetches 96,500 pounds at auction</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21623_Napoleons-desk-fetches-96500-pounds-at-auction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A bedside table that once belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte had fetched a whopping 96,500 pounds at auction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 11:00:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Inmates 'too comfy to seek escape' from Brit jails</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21618_Inmates-too-comfy-to-seek-escape-from-Brit-jails.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Brit jails are so 'cushy' that prisoners are passing up easy opportunities to escape from them, a prison officers' leader has claimed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 10:30:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan readies a 15-point draft accord for ensuring peace with militants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21598_Pakistan-readies-a-15-point-draft-accord-for-ensuring-peace-with-militants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pakistan government is learnt to have formulated a 15-point accord which calls upon the militants operating in the country's tribal areas to immediately end militant activity. The 15-point draft accord also talks about exchange of prisoners in return for the gradual withdrawal of the Pakistani military from part of the tribal region of South Waziristan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 08:50:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> JK Rowling obsession may see exodus of authors from Bloomsbury</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21595_-JK-Rowling-obsession-may-see-exodus-of-authors-from-Bloomsbury.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Leading authors of Bloomsbury, the publishing house behind the Harry Potter phenomenon, are leaving the hardback publisher, because of one common reason - JK Rowling.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 08:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Keelty, Andrews may miss public grilling in Dr Haneef case</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21589_Keelty-Andrews-may-miss-public-grilling-in-Dr-Haneef-case.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Australian immigration minister Kevin Andrews and the country's Police Commissioner Mick Keelty are likely to escape public grilling at the inquiry into the prosecution of Dr Mohamed Haneef of Indian origin who was falsely linked to terrorists and jailed for a few weeks in Australia, before being found innocent.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 07:00:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf's pics, messages being torn away from govt textbooks in Lahore</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21588_Musharrafs-pics-messages-being-torn-away-from-govt-textbooks-in-Lahore.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On orders from their senior officials, a group of supervisors of the Mianwali district's Education Department are tearing away pages carrying pictures and messages of President Pervez Musharraf from the textbooks of classes One to Tenth. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 07:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sikhs move to a new three million dollar temple in Reno</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21585_Sikhs-move-to-a-new-three-million-dollar-temple-in-Reno.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sikhs in Reno, Nevada have started the move to a newly built three million dollar Sikh Temple (Gurudwara) by carrying a copy of Guru Granth Sahib in a decorated vehicle in a procession of devotees from old Temple on Second Street to the new one on 1380 Selmi Drive.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 06:45:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> "Militants intruding into Afghanistan from Pak side"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21583_-Militants-intruding-into-Afghanistan-from-Pak-side.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A top US general in Afghanistan has said that a large number of insurgents were still pouring into Afghanistan from Pakistan, as a result of which insurgent violence in Afghanistan could reach record levels this year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 06:30:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US says it won't not interfere in Musharraf's impeachment, judges' restoration</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21582_US-says-it-wont-not-interfere-in-Musharrafs-impeachment-judges-restoration.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The US has said that it would not meddle into Pakistan's internal affairs, like Pervez Musharraf's impeachment or restoration of the deposed judges.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 06:30:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>President says her visit to three Latin American countries will help strengthen ties</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21578_President-says-her-visit-to-three-Latin-American-countries-will-help-strengthen-ties.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On her return from two-week long visit to three Latin American countries - Mexico, Brazil and Chile, President Pratibha Patil said that her visit was successful as it would help India strengthen cooperation with these countries as, she said, "we face same more or less same problem and share a common platform of democracy."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 25 April 2008 06:10:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Election Commission completes counting of votes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21572_Nepal-Election-Commission-completes-counting-of-votes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Election Commission has completed the counting of votes under the proportional representation electoral system. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 24 April 2008 05:30:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canada introduces changes to work permits for international students</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21570_Canada-introduces-changes-to-work-permits-for-international-students.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Canada's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Diane Finley has announced changes to work permits for international students who graduate from eligible programs at certain Canadian post-secondary institutions, making it easier to attract foreign students to Canada. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 24 April 2008 05:20:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Indian envoy reaches Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21568_New-Indian-envoy-reaches-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood eached Kathmandu on Thursday to assume his duty. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 24 April 2008 05:10:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Militants kill 'US spy' in Pakistani tribal area</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21567_Militants-kill-US-spy-in-Pakistani-tribal-area.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A shopkeeper has been shot dead by militants in the restive Pakistani tribal region accusing him of "spying for US forces."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 24 April 2008 05:00:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US concerned about Pakistan-Taliban peace agreement</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21562_US-concerned-about-Pakistan-Taliban-peace-agreement.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Bush Administration on Wednesday expressed its concern over a possible agreement between the Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani Government and the Taliban operatiing in Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 09:30:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Nepal Govt. will encourage private investment: Maoist Chairman</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21552_New-Nepal-Govt-will-encourage-private-investment-Maoist-Chairman.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) Chairman Prachanda on Wednesday said that the new government under his party's leadership would create conducive atmosphere for national and foreign investments.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 08:30:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pro-Tibet vigil held in Canberra</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21551_Pro-Tibet-vigil-held-in-Canberra.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pro-Tibet activists have held a vigil outside the Chinese embassy in Canberra where they were urged to avoid clashing with pro-China demonstrators during tomorrow's Olympic torch relay.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 08:11:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Government drafts peace agreement with militants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21550_Pak-Government-drafts-peace-agreement-with-militants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani Government has drafted a peace pact with the Taliban operating in the restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 08:10:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Blind US support to Musharraf unacceptable, say experts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21544_Blind-US-support-to-Musharraf-unacceptable-say-experts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Extending blind U.S. support to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and his dwindling band of collaborators will only prolong the agony and ordeal of the people of Pakistan, visitors to U.S. Centre for Strategic and International Studies and Pakistani opinion makers feel.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 07:40:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Commercialisation of air traffic control boosts performance</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21537_Commercialisation-of-air-traffic-control-boosts-performance.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Commercialisation of air traffic control organizations can significantly improve performance with respect to cost, safety, and technical modernization, says a new study.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 07:01:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince William gets knighthood nod ahead of ex-Oz PM</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21529_Prince-William-gets-knighthood-nod-ahead-of-ex-Oz-PM.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's Prince William has been declared as the latest recipient of the highest and oldest royal honours - he's now been made a Royal Knight of the Garter.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 06:17:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>67 killed in fresh violence in Sri Lanka</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21526_67-killed-in-fresh-violence-in-Sri-Lanka.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 67 people have been killed in fresh violence in northern Sri Lanka.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 03:51:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Suicide attack kills ten police officers in Afgahnistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21521_Suicide-attack-kills-ten-police-officers-in-Afgahnistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In Afghainstan, ten police officers were killed and as many were injured in three separate incidents on Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 03:30:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bangladesh Supreme Court refuses to bail out corrupt politicians</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21517_Bangladesh-Supreme-Court-refuses-to-bail-out-corrupt-politicians.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In what can be termed as another nail in the coffin for corrupt politicians arrested by the caretaker government in Bangladesh, that country's Supreme Court today ruled that they would not be entitled to bail until their trials are over.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 03:10:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Protests mark water shortage in Bangladesh</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21515_Protests-mark-water-shortage-in-Bangladesh.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The residents of Dhaka staged a street protest carrying empty water cans to demand an end to water and power shortages.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 03:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Water shortage in Bangladesh</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21503_Water-shortage-in-Bangladesh.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The residents of Kabul staged a street protest carrying empty water cans to demand an end to water and power shortages.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 02:00:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak militants shun suicide bombings, turn to abducting key officials for being "heard"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21487_Pak-militants-shun-suicide-bombings-turn-to-abducting-key-officials-for-being-heard.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Militants in Pakistan have shunned carrying out suicide bombings and have turned to kidnapping high profile personalities, in a bid to make the government fulfill their demands more forcibly, say the country's military and security officials.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 12:40:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, watch your favourite ITV shows on iTunes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21482_Now-watch-your-favourite-ITV-shows-on-iTunes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Got an iPod? Like classic TV dramas? Well, then you just got luckier, for UK commercial broadcaster ITV is set to make a selection of its hit TV shows available for download on iTunes in the UK.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 12:10:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz Governor General rules out republic while Queen on throne</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21481_Oz-Governor-General-rules-out-republic-while-Queen-on-throne.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australia's Governor General, Sir Michael Jeffery, does not foresee an Australian republic during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 12:10:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince William's five Chinook 'joyrides' to visit family and friends revealed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21479_Prince-Williams-five-Chinook-joyrides-to-visit-family-and-friends-revealed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince William flew his RAF chopper over Royal homes and enjoyed free helicopter "joyrides" as part of his introduction to the forces, it has emerged. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 12:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK Police 'have foiled 15 terror plots since 7/7</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21468_UK-Police-have-foiled-15-terror-plots-since-7-7.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 15 terrorist plots have been foiled in the three years since the London bombings of July 7, 2005 in which 52 people lost their lives.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 11:00:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ancient Great Wall sites found in China</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21466_Ancient-Great-Wall-sites-found-in-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Several ancient Great Wall sites from different periods were found in northwestern China's Gansu Province after a survey of the Great Wall within the province began in 2007.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 10:50:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Yoga becoming popular among Chileans in Santiago</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21463_Yoga-becoming-popular-among-Chileans-in-Santiago.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
 By Ravinder Singh Robin ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 10:40:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz judge compares Queensland university to an Islamic madrassa</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21462_Oz-judge-compares-Queensland-university-to-an-Islamic-madrassa.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A judge of the Queensland District Court has described the state's Griffith University as being similar to a hard-line Islamic "madrassa" in Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 10:30:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India vows to strengthen partnership with Chile</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21454_India-vows-to-strengthen-partnership-with-Chile.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
 By Ravinder Singh Robin  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 09:50:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Only Sikh traffic warden in Lahore police resigns over turban abuse</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21436_Only-Sikh-traffic-warden-in-Lahore-police-resigns-over-turban-abuse.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Gulab Singh, the only Sikh warden in traffic police in Lahore, reportedly resigned last weekend after one his colleagues misbehaved with him and even tossed up his turban. After submitting his resignation, he said that it was a routine affair that his colleagues misbehaved with him and made fun of him being a Sikh.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 08:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Catholics recognize US Hindu leader Rajan Zed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21435_Catholics-recognize-US-Hindu-leader-Rajan-Zed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Catholic Diocese of Reno has awarded a special certificate to internationally acclaimed Hindu leader Rajan Zed for "vibrant interfaith communication".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 08:10:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Justice (Retd) Bhagwandas rejects formula of restoration of judges sans deposed CJP</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21433_Justice-Retd-Bhagwandas-rejects-formula-of-restoration-of-judges-sans-deposed-CJP.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Justice (Retd) Rana Bhagwandas, the only Hindu judge to be installed as one of the Pakistan Supreme Court judges, has rejected the "minus-one" formula, saying that reinstatement of all deposed judges except deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry would "aggravate" the judicial crisis and that it would harm the cause of independence of the judiciary and the rule of law.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 08:00:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Short of funds, Pak decides to buy only 18 F-16s from US</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21428_Short-of-funds-Pak-decides-to-buy-only-18-F-16s-from-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If diplomatic sources here are to be believed, due to intense financial constraints the new Pakistan government has decided to halve the number of F-16 fighter jets it had originally decided to buy from the US.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 07:40:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hillary Clinton wins Pennsylvania primary</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21424_Hillary-Clinton-wins-Pennsylvania-primary.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hillary Clinton, fighting for the Democratic presidential nomination against Barack Obama, today won the primary in the Pennsylvania state. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 07:20:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>President Patil visits Chile school funded by India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21421_President-Patil-visits-Chile-school-funded-by-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday inaugurated a science laboratory at Escuela Republica De La India School, which is funded by India. On the occasion, she donated 30,000 dollars for the modernization of the school.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 23 April 2008 05:24:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lanka to continue probe of alleged rights abuses: Minister</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21416_Lanka-to-continue-probe-of-alleged-rights-abuses-Minister.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sri Lanka's Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said on Tuesday that President Mahinda Rajapakse-led government is committed to completing the work of the Presidential commission of inquiry into rights abuses.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 06:52:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Peaceful demonstration against religious exclusivism during Pope's UN address</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21401_Peaceful-demonstration-against-religious-exclusivism-during-Popes-UN-address.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Forum for the Protection of Religious Pluralism held a peaceful demonstration outside the United Nations Headquarters during Pope's address to UN on April 18. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 05:40:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz schoolgirl club's dark side of sex, booze and drugs revealed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21400_Oz-schoolgirl-clubs-dark-side-of-sex-booze-and-drugs-revealed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An exclusive group of Australian schoolgirls has come under fire for following practices that promote underage sex, drinking and drug taking.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 05:31:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal Congress blames Maoists youth wing for defeat</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21399_Nepal-Congress-blames-Maoists-youth-wing-for-defeat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nearly 22 district units of Nepali Congress have blamed the terror unleashed by the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists' Young Communist League (YCL) for the party's rout in the Constituent Assembly polls. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 05:31:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India, Chile for protecting interests of developing nations (Update - Patil)</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21398_India-Chile-for-protecting-interests-of-developing-nations-Update---Patil.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
By Ravinder Singh Robin]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 05:20:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Berlin Council moved to name a highway by Benazir</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21395_Berlin-Council-moved-to-name-a-highway-by-Benazir.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Berlin Council was moved by the German Social Democratic Party's parliamentary group today for naming a highway after Pakistan's martyred leader Benazir Bhutto.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 05:10:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The most valuable tree in Britain is worth 750k pounds!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21376_The-most-valuable-tree-in-Britain-is-worth-750k-pounds.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A plane in the heart of Mayfair has been valued at 750,000 pounds, making it Britain's most valuable tree.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 03:30:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>World's biggest scone - weighing 57lbs created!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A family of bakers has created the world's biggest scone, and it's 700 times bigger than a standard one.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 02:50:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21366_Cambodias-King-Norodom-Sihamoni-to-attend-the-opening-ceremony-of-the-Beijing-Olympics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni will attend the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 02:43:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Salahuddin slams Musharraf over concessions to India on Kashmir(Lead:Salahuddin)</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21351_Salahuddin-slams-Musharraf-over-concessions-to-India-on-KashmirLead-Salahuddin.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Leaders of militant groups based in Pakistan  have criticised President Pervez Musharraf' for offering "too many concessions to India". ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 01:50:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The house that inspired Rudyard Kipling to write 'Kim' up for sale</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Highland home where Rudyard Kipling wrote one of his most celebrated novels is up for sale for almost 500,000 pounds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 01:40:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The man who was labeled a criminal for overfilling his bin!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21340_The-man-who-was-labeled-a-criminal-for-overfilling-his-bin.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ All he did was overfilling his bin, and now Brit Gareth Wilson-Corkhill has been fined with a 225 pounds bills and been branded a criminal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 01:01:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK's RAF blows up 50 million pound spy plane in Kandahar</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21334_UKs-RAF-blows-up-50-million-pound-spy-plane-in-Kandahar.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The British Royal Air Force has blown up a 50 million pound spy plane after it crash landed in Afghanistan to prevent the Taliban from accessing its secrets. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 12:30:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Salahuddin slams Musharraf over concessions to India on Kashmir</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21327_Salahuddin-slams-Musharraf-over-concessions-to-India-on-Kashmir.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Leaders of militant groups fighting against India's rule in Jammu and Kashmir have criticised President Pervez Musharraf's policies and vowed to continue their fight to end their subjugation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 12:21:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz FM says Mugabe is 'clearly stealing Zimbabwe election'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21326_Oz-FM-says-Mugabe-is-clearly-stealing-Zimbabwe-election.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has accused Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe of trying to steal the recent elections in his country to remain in power.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 12:20:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China creating world's largest panda breeding center</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ China's Sichuan Province is building the world's largest giant panda breeding centre.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 12:10:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China's protection of human rights differs from West</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21322_Chinas-protection-of-human-rights-differs-from-West.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Chinese expert has said that his country's human rights' development differs distinctly from those in Western countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 12:00:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak PM says his govt won't bow down in front of militants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21319_Pak-PM-says-his-govt-wont-bow-down-in-front-of-militants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Giving enough hints that his government would not bow to Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan's demand of release of five-six militants in exchange of Pakistan's ambassador in Afghanistan, Tariq Azizuddin, who has been held hostage by the Pakistani wing of the Taliban for almost two months, Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that his government will neither be "blackmailed" by militants nor will it listen to their "unrealistic" demands.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 11:40:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Princes William and Harry meet with injured battlefield heroes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21318_Princes-William-and-Harry-meet-with-injured-battlefield-heroes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Princes William and Harry visited injured military personnel at a rehabilitation centre in Surrey on April 21.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 11:40:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Balochistan govt withdraws all "politically motivated" cases against Akhtar Mengal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21313_Balochistan-govt-withdraws-all-politically-motivated-cases-against-Akhtar-Mengal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The new Balochistan government has reportedly withdrawn all cases, including those of sedition, against detained former Balochistan chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 11:10:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologists find 3000-year-old jewellery box in Fiji</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21300_Archaeologists-find-3000-year-old-jewellery-box-in-Fiji.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists in Fiji have found a 3000-year-old pot containing jewellery belonging to the region's original South Pacifican settlers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 10:10:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindi version of 'Samjhota Express' to be launched in Delhi on Saturday</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Hindi edition of the book Samjhota Express will be held at the Islamic Cultural Centre in New Delhi on April 26 amid the presence of film and literary personalities both from India and Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 09:11:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee to visit Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21277_External-Affairs-Minister-Pranab-Mukherjee-to-visit-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to visit Nepal after the new dispensation assumes charge.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 08:40:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists win 120 out of 240 directly elected seats in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21276_Maoists-win-120-out-of-240-directly-elected-seats-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists has won 120 out of the total 240 directly elected seats under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system of the Constituent Assembly polls. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 07:50:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Dr Death" seeking to turn next month hearing into a 'full-blown trial'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21271_Dr-Death-seeking-to-turn-next-month-hearing-into-a-full-blown-trial.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US government prosecutors have accused Dr Jayant Patel of attempting to turn his next month's extradition hearing in Portland, into a "full-blown trial".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 07:21:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canada PM for stronger trade ties with India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21268_Canada-PM-for-stronger-trade-ties-with-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has outlined the initiatives his government has undertaken to improve trade ties with India, an emerging economic superpower and the world's most populous democracy.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 07:10:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan drops key demand in exchange of Pak envoy's release</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21267_Tehrik-i-Taliban-Pakistan-drops-key-demand-in-exchange-of-Pak-envoys-release.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Militants belonging to Pakistan's wing of the Taliban - the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, who are holding Pakistan's envoy in Afghanistan Tariq Azizuddin, have reportedly dropped the demand of release of Taliban leader Mullah Obaidullah, on realizing that the demand was not open to negotiations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 06:46:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari says countdown for restoration of judges not begun yet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21263_Zardari-says-countdown-for-restoration-of-judges-not-begun-yet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has reportedly said that the countdown for the restoration of judges sacked on November 3, 2007, has not yet begun.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 06:20:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PML-N may quit cabinet over judges' restoration issue</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21262_PML-N-may-quit-cabinet-over-judges-restoration-issue.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Not even a month has passed since the new PPP-PML-N coalition government assumed office in Islamabad that the relations between the two coalition partners have started turning sour.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 06:20:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India, Chile sign four agreements</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21261_India-Chile-sign-four-agreements.html</link>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 22 April 2008 06:10:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>No residue of Monarchy will be kept in Nepal, says Prachanda</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) chairman Prachanda on Monday said that 'no residue of the monarchy would be held in reserve.']]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 06:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda urges parties to collaborate to form next 'consensus government'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21247_Prachanda-urges-parties-to-collaborate-to-form-next-consensus-government.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) chairman Prachanda on Monday urged all political parties to work in tandem to from a "government of consensus and ascertain sustainable peace in the country. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 05:50:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US to remove Nepal Maoists from terror watch list</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21246_US-to-remove-Nepal-Maoists-from-terror-watch-list.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ United States Ambassador to Nepal Nancy J Powell has said that the Bush Administration is likely to remove the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) from its terrorist Watch list.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 05:50:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Advent of on-demand television has changed Brits' TV viewing habits</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21240_Advent-of-on-demand-television-has-changed-Brits-TV-viewing-habits.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Being glued to television at the same time all around the UK has become a thing of the past in the country, thanks to the advent of on-demand television, which has brought a revolution in the nation's viewing habits over the past few years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 05:20:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Laura Bush, Jenna release their first book together</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21233_Laura-Bush-Jenna-release-their-first-book-together.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US First Lady Laura Bush and daughter Jenna launched their first children's book written together, titled 'Read All About It!']]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 04:41:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A 750 quid fake ID can help a terrorist disappear in the UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21228_A-750-quid-fake-ID-can-help-a-terrorist-disappear-in-the-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If you are terrorist or a criminal and you want to do the disappearing act in Britain, all it takes is 750 pounds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 04:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz punters back Obama to win US prez polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21220_Oz-punters-back-Obama-to-win-US-prez-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Punters in Australia are backing Democratic front-runner Barack Obama to win his party's nomination as presidential candidate and to go on and win the November election.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 03:40:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Selfishness, greed and family breakdown among present-day "social evils"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21210_Selfishness-greed-and-family-breakdown-among-present-day-social-evils.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study projects selfishness, greed and family breakdown as present-day "social evils". ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 02:50:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Only Pakistan forces have right to operate within national territory: Musharraf</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21204_Only-Pakistan-forces-have-right-to-operate-within-national-territory-Musharraf.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ President Pervez Musharraf on Monday said Islamabad would continue to support the war on terror, adding that only Pakistani forces would be given permission to operate within the country. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 02:20:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Menon says Indo-Pak group on nuclear-CBMs produced results</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21196_Menon-says-Indo-Pak-group-on-nuclear-CBMs-produced-results.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India's Foreign Secretary SS Menon has said that the Pakistan-India expert group on nuclear confidence-building measures (CBM) had produced good results.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 01:40:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Biggest pilgrimage for Pak Hindus "Mata Hinglaj" begins in Karachi</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21172_Biggest-pilgrimage-for-Pak-Hindus-Mata-Hinglaj-begins-in-Karachi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Three-day long Mata Hinglaj celebrations, the biggest pilgrimage of Pakistani Hindus, started in Hungol, Balochistan, last evening, where thousands of Hindus, mainly women, children and the elderly, gathered at the Swami Narain Temple in Karachi to depart in a pilgrim caravan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 12:40:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK Foreign Secy says most of world terror came from Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21166_UK-Foreign-Secy-says-most-of-world-terror-came-from-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Most of the terrorism the world was facing today has emanated from Pakistan at one point of time or other, said British Foreign Secretary David Miliband. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 12:10:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Iron Age druid's grave could be first burial site of its kind discovered in Britain</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21165_Iron-Age-druids-grave-could-be-first-burial-site-of-its-kind-discovered-in-Britain.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists have discovered the grave of an Iron Age druid, near Colchester in Essex, UK, which could be the first burial site of an ancient mystic ever to be discovered in Britain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 12:00:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>RAF turn Jedi knights during sortie on Taliban</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21164_RAF-turn-Jedi-knights-during-sortie-on-Taliban.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain's Royal Air Force pilots turned "Jedi Knights" on Sunday night, piloting eight Harriers bristling with hi-tech weaponry, on Taliban camps in Afghanistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 12:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India, Malaysia agree on direct flights between Penang and Chennai</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21160_India-Malaysia-agree-on-direct-flights-between-Penang-and-Chennai.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India and Malaysia have agreed to allow direct flights between Penang and Chennai.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 11:40:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet a girl who's terrified of buttons!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21159_Meet-a-girl-whos-terrified-of-buttons.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 22-year-old Britain girl is battling with one of the world's most bizarre phobias - fear of buttons.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 11:30:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China to build its first inland Antarctic research station in 2009</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21158_China-to-build-its-first-inland-Antarctic-research-station-in-2009.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China will complete the construction of its first inland Antarctic research station at the highest peak in the region next year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 11:30:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fearing anger, Bush admin rejects US commanders' proposal to hit tribal areas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21156_Fearing-anger-Bush-admin-rejects-US-commanders-proposal-to-hit-tribal-areas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fearing anger from within Pakistan's new government that has been negotiating with the militants, the US administration is learnt to have rejected a proposal by US commanders to take crackdown action against extremists into Pakistani areas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 11:20:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit motorists' are spied upon by US, other nations</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21155_Brit-motorists-are-spied-upon-by-US-other-nations.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Authorities in the United States and other enforcement agencies across the world are reportedly now in a position to monitor routine journeys of millions of British motorists thanks to new anti-terrorism rules introduced by British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.
According to The Telegraph, this foreign surveillance-related revelation has angered MPs and civil liberties groups.  n Sunday, they accused Smith of being secretive about plans to export pictures.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 11:10:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, Brit civil servants get grooming lessons!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21154_Now-Brit-civil-servants-get-grooming-lessons.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Senior British bureaucrats are being offered taxpayer-funded classes to improve their dress sense and personal grooming.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 11:10:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US official says GAO report on Pak terror role is incomplete</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21153_US-official-says-GAO-report-on-Pak-terror-role-is-incomplete.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A US State Department official has described the GAO (General Accounting Office) report, issued last week suggesting that Pakistan was not pulling its weight in the war against extremists in the Tribal Areas bordering Afghanistan, as not portraying a complete picture of the efforts that were underway by concerned US and Pakistani agencies.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 11:00:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologists discover ancient Roman staircase</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21151_Archaeologists-discover-ancient-Roman-staircase.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Roman staircase, which appears to have led into a previously unknown major building.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 10:50:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jemima Khan decides to back reformed jihadists</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21149_Jemima-Khan-decides-to-back-reformed-jihadists.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Jemima Khan, the ex-wife of Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, will be backing reformed jihadists as she has become the patron of "Quillium Foundation", an organisation to be launched later this week to combat terrorism.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 10:40:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NSU urges party to stay out of new government</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21148_NSU-urges-party-to-stay-out-of-new-government.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nepal Students Union (NSU) has asked its party, the Nepali Congress not to join the new government to be formed after the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 10:40:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>3000-year-old board games and a compass-rose discovered in Iranian island</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21147_3000-year-old-board-games-and-a-compass-rose-discovered-in-Iranian-island.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An ancient four-pointed compass-rose showing directions of 'four cardinal points' and a number of board-games carved on rocks, dating back to around 3000 years, have been discovered in the Iranian island of Kharg in the Persian Gulf.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 10:30:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepali workers to leave for South Korea by June</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21146_Nepali-workers-to-leave-for-South-Korea-by-June.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Ministry of Labor (MoL) official has said that Nepali workers will leave for South Korea under the Employment Permit System (EPS) by June this year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 10:30:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese protest against western support for 'Tibet independence</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21145_Chinese-protest-against-western-support-for-Tibet-independence.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ People in several Chinese cities have launched protests against a demand by some Western countries to grant independence to Tibet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 10:20:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cultural privileges of Nepal King Gyanendra to be withdrawn</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21144_Cultural-privileges-of-Nepal-King-Gyanendra-to-be-withdrawn.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The cultural privileges allocated to Nepal's King Gyanendra will be withdrawn soon, Ram Bahadur Thapa, a senior Maoist leader has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 10:20:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Top US security personnel warns another Qaeda attack can come from Pak's FATA</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21143_Top-US-security-personnel-warns-another-Qaeda-attack-can-come-from-Paks-FATA.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen has said that the next attack on the US was likely to come from Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and that US' preoccupation with Iraq should not cloud American military planners' 'vision of threats' emanating from FATA.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 10:10:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia just added 20 more UK's to its size</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21142_Australia-just-added-20-more-UKs-to-its-size.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Following an agreement with the United Nations, Australia has been able to extend its territory by 2.5 million square kilometres, adding 20 more United Kingdom's to its size.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 10:10:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal vote count to be completed by Tuesday</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21140_Nepal-vote-count-to-be-completed-by-Tuesday.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Election Commission (EC) of Nepal has said that the final vote count is likely to be completed by Tuesday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 10:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Diwali temple destruction cost Hindu votes in Malyasian polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21124_Diwali-temple-destruction-cost-Hindu-votes-in-Malyasian-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Blaming the destruction of a Hindu temple in the Malaysian State of Selangor two days before the festival of lights, Diwali, for the ruling Barisan Nasional party losing key Hindu votes in the last general election, Malaysian Indian Congress president S. Samy Vellu has reiterated his party's undivided support to make Abdullah Ahmad Badawi the next Prime Minister of Malaysia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 09:00:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The life of the Pope courtesy his cat!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21119_The-life-of-the-Pope-courtesy-his-cat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If you want your children to know about the life of Pope Benedict XVI, then all you need to do is get them the autobiography that has been penned by his cat.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 08:40:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Congressmen to grill US govt on lack of plan to fight al Qaeda in Pak tribal areas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21113_Congressmen-to-grill-US-govt-on-lack-of-plan-to-fight-al-Qaeda-in-Pak-tribal-areas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Some of the US Congressmen are learnt to be planning to grill the US government after a recent GAO (General Accounting Office) report found that the main reason for the problem in areas along the Pak-Afghan border was a lack of a comprehensive plan on the part of the US to fight al Qaeda.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 08:10:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>London to Dhaka on train via Delhi in 23 days!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21109_London-to-Dhaka-on-train-via-Delhi-in-23-days.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In what would be the world's greatest rail journey, a new rail link, to be opened later this year, will enable one to undertake a 23-day journey by train from London to Dhaka via New Delhi. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 07:50:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban demand Benazir's murder suspects' release in exchange for Pak envoy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21101_Taliban-demand-Benazirs-murder-suspects-release-in-exchange-for-Pak-envoy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The kidnappers of missing Pakistan envoy Tariq Azizuddin have reportedly demanded the release of 12 prisoners, including the men suspected of plotting Benazir Bhutto's assassination, in exchange for his release.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 07:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>President Pratibha Patil reaches Chile</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21099_President-Pratibha-Patil-reaches-Chile.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
By Ravinder Singh Robin]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 21 April 2008 06:50:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Britain wants long-term partnership with Pakistan to curb terrorism: Miliband (David Miliband in Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21089_Britain-wants-long-term-partnership-with-Pakistan-to-curb-terrorism-Miliband-David-Miliband-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who is on a two day visit to Pakistan, said that his country wants a long-term partnership with Pakistan to end militancy in its tribal area bordering Afghanistan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 05:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two MQM workers killed in Karachi firing</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21087_Two-MQM-workers-killed-in-Karachi-firing.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least two Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists ere killed and two others injured when unidentified gunmen fired shots in the andhi area on Saturday night. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 04:50:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India, S Arabia to give multi entry visa to businessmen</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21086_India-S-Arabia-to-give-multi-entry-visa-to-businessmen.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Saudi Arabian counterpart Prince Saud Al-Faisal on Sunday agreed to grant multi entry visa to businessme...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 04:30:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Saudi Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz to visit India in February</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21078_Saudi-Prince-Salman-Bin-Abdul-Aziz-to-visit-India-in-February.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Saudi Arabian Prince and Riyadh Governor, Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, will visit India in February next year. 

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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 02:20:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists could provide cultural rights to Nepal King</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21076_Maoists-could-provide-cultural-rights-to-Nepal-King.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Maoists could provide the outgoing Nepal King Gyanendra with economic, social and cultural rights and benefits while abolishing monarchy.   ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 11:10:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mexican youth want more cultural, education exchange programme with India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21069_Mexican-youth-want-more-cultural-education-exchange-programme-with-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 10:40:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian envoy to Nepal meets Prachanda</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21068_Indian-envoy-to-Nepal-meets-Prachanda.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankhar Mukherjee on Sunday held discussion with Nepal Communist Party Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) Chairman Prachanda about political developments taking place in the country. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 10:20:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>12 Indian fishermen abducted by Pakistan: Gujarat Fishermen Association</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21059_12-Indian-fishermen-abducted-by-Pakistan-Gujarat-Fishermen-Association.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least a dozen Indian fishermen have been abducted by the Pakistan Marine Security Agency from the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat, claims Gujarat Fishermen Association.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 09:50:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The secret love affair that inspired Rolls Royce's flying lady emblem</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21054_The-secret-love-affair-that-inspired-Rolls-Royces-flying-lady-emblem.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It is the real story of a high-society love affair kept under wraps to avoid any scandal. Though it got doomed, the relationship inspired a public display of adoration - in the form of world's most famous symbols - Rolls Royce's flying lady.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 08:50:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince William lands his RAF helicopter in girlfriend's back garden</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21053_Prince-William-lands-his-RAF-helicopter-in-girlfriends-back-garden.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Days after being slammed for using Chinook to fly himself and brother Harry to a stag weekend on the Isle of Wight, Prince William is again back in news, and this time too, it is for all the wrong reasons. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 08:40:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologists uncover remains of medieval castle</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21043_Archaeologists-uncover-remains-of-medieval-castle.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A team of archaeologists has uncovered what seem to be the remains of a medieval castle in Maenclochog, UK.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 07:40:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Asbo for disabled man after 10000 council calls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21038_Asbo-for-disabled-man-after-10000-council-calls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A disabled complainant has been given an Anti- Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) for pestering council staff with 10,000 phone calls in four months. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 07:14:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Free-diving swimmer's skinny dip bid for cancer funds</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21033_Free-diving-swimmers-skinny-dip-bid-for-cancer-funds.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A free-diving swimmer is planning to dive naked into all of Scotland's major lochs to raise money for breast cancer charities. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 06:50:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Eight killed, 60 injured in Pak oil tanker blast</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21028_Eight-killed-60-injured-in-Pak-oil-tanker-blast.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least eight people were killed and 60 injured in an oil tanker explosion near Abad Kar Sugar Mills in Tando Muhammad Khan late on Saturday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 06:10:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US commanders in Afghanistan want to attack militants in Pakistan: NYT</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21027_US-commanders-in-Afghanistan-want-to-attack-militants-in-Pakistan-NYT.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ United States commanders in Afghanistan have reportedly urged the Bush Administration to allow them to expand the range of their operations into Pakistan, a request that has been promptly rebuffed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 06:10:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Except for Sarabjit, all Pak death sentences to be commuted to life terms</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21026_Except-for-Sarabjit-all-Pak-death-sentences-to-be-commuted-to-life-terms.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani's Adviser on Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik, has said that with the exception of Sarabjit Singh, the Indian on death row in Pakistan for the last 17 years, all other death row inmates may have their sentences changed to life imprisonment.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 06:02:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari says to contest June by-polls and be Pak PM</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21024_Zardari-says-to-contest-June-by-polls-and-be-Pak-PM.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said that he would contest the June 3 by-elections and might assume the office of prime minister if needed. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 05:50:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sarabjit says wants to meet daughter before execution</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21023_Sarabjit-says-wants-to-meet-daughter-before-execution.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sarabjit Singh, the Indian sentenced to death for his alleged involvement in the 1991 bomb attacks in Pakistan's Punjab province, has reportedly sent a special request to authorities in Islamabad to be allowed to meet his younger daughter Poonam whom he has never seen.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 20 April 2008 05:50:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pranab Mukherjee reaches Riyadh, meets King Abdullah</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21020_Pranab-Mukherjee-reaches-Riyadh-meets-King-Abdullah.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday reached here to boost investments in trade, infrastructure and oil sector between India and Saudi Arabia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 04:40:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghanistan arrests 68 Pakistani nationals</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21018_Afghanistan-arrests-68-Pakistani-nationals.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Security forces in Afghanistan arrested 68 Pakistani men immediately after they crossed the Afghan-Pakistan border over suspected links with the Taliban, the defence ministry said on Saturday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 04:30:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal poll panel says election costs were within limit</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21016_Nepal-poll-panel-says-election-costs-were-within-limit.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Election Commission (EC) of Nepal has said the April 10 Constituent Assembly election costs were well within the limit of its budget estimate.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 04:10:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aitizaz Ahsan takes back resignation from Pak SC bar association office</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21013_Aitizaz-Ahsan-takes-back-resignation-from-Pak-SC-bar-association-office.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association president Chaudhry Aitizaz Ahsan on Saturday said that he would not resign from his post. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 04:00:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist leader Prachanda ready to talk to King for 'graceful removal of monarchy'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21008_Maoist-leader-Prachanda-ready-to-talk-to-King-for-graceful-removal-of-monarchy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Maoist Chairman Prachanda has said that in order to facilitate the creation of a republic in Nepal, he is ready to talk to King Gyanendra to bring about a graceful removal of monarchy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 03:30:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Former Bangladesh PM Hasina hospitalized</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21006_Former-Bangladesh-PM-Hasina-hospitalized.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was admitted to hospital on Saturday after she experienced blood pressure problems.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 03:20:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Missing Pak envoy to Afghanistan appears on TV, says he is being held by theTaliban</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_21000_Missing-Pak-envoy-to-Afghanistan-appears-on-TV-says-he-is-being-held-by-theTaliban.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's missing Ambassador to Afghanistan, Tariq Azizuddin, appeared on the Al Arabiya Television network on Saturday, and said that he was being held by Taliban militants.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 02:54:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Pak Government receiving all possible assistance from US</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20996_New-Pak-Government-receiving-all-possible-assistance-from-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The new Pakistani Government is receiving all possible help from the Bush Administration, and the US Congress is doing its every bit to bring peace to the restive tribal areas of that country, according to a media report.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 02:30:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit army girl faces sack after barrack bar strip</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20984_Brit-army-girl-faces-sack-after-barrack-bar-strip.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A female military cop has been accused of performing a sex act on her boyfriend in a barracks bar.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 01:30:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Despite MQM's displeasure, EU observers stand by Pak elections' report</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20981_Despite-MQMs-displeasure-EU-observers-stand-by-Pak-elections-report.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite the displeasure expressed by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM), the European Union Election Observation Mission (EUEOM) stood by its claim that the February 18 parliamentary elections in Pakistan were inherently flawed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 01:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian deputy PM to seek explanation over Samy Vellu's remark</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20975_Malaysian-deputy-PM-to-seek-explanation-over-Samy-Vellus-remark.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, has said he would ask Malaysian Indian Congress president Samy Vellu to explain his remarks that he would seek international support if the Malaysian Government continued to ignore the Indian community.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 12:50:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Non-Muslim' Brit father and son banned from swimming in a pool</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20954_Non-Muslim-Brit-father-and-son-banned-from-swimming-in-a-pool.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Clissold Leisure Centre in North London is in a soup after it denied a non-Muslim man and his son entry to their swimming pool.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 11:00:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China launches largest ever Tibet cultural relic preservation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20947_China-launches-largest-ever-Tibet-cultural-relic-preservation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China on Friday launched a 570 million yuan (81.43 million dollar) project to preserve 22 historical and cultural relics in the southwestern Tibet Autonomous Region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 10:30:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>President Pratibha Patil visits ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20946_President-Pratibha-Patil-visits-ancient-Mexican-city-of-Teotihuacan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
By Ravinder Singh Robin ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 10:20:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese authorities say Tibet will reopen to tourists 'soon'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20944_Chinese-authorities-say-Tibet-will-reopen-to-tourists-soon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Tibet regional government has said that it plans to reopen the region to foreign tourists "soon", without giving a specific date.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 10:10:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bajaur militants offer shelter to al Qaeda chief Osama, Omar</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20943_Bajaur-militants-offer-shelter-to-al-Qaeda-chief-Osama-Omar.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Militants of Bajaur Agency have reportedly offered shelter to Osama bin Laden and Mulla Mohammad Omar "if they ask for it".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 10:10:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US to provide military aid to Pakistan to fight terrorism : Robert Gates</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20942_US-to-provide-military-aid-to-Pakistan-to-fight-terrorism--Robert-Gates.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said that the US will provide military aid to Pakistan to fight terrorism. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 10:00:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US drones resume their flights in Waziristan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20941_US-drones-resume-their-flights-in-Waziristan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ United States drones have resumed their Waziristan flights. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 10:00:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China's terracotta army covered with beaten egg</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20940_Chinas-terracotta-army-covered-with-beaten-egg.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Analysis of China's terracotta army, a collection of 7,000 soldier and horse figures in the mausoleum of the country's first emperor, has revealed that it was entirely covered with beaten egg when it was constructed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 09:50:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tensions between East Europeans and Asians growing in UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20939_Tensions-between-East-Europeans-and-Asians-growing-in-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tensions between the new wave of Eastern European immigrants and a settled Asian population is emerging as a cause of grave concern to authorities in Scotland.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 09:50:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>17 killed, 35 hurt  in Bangladesh bus mishap</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20929_17-killed-35-hurt-in-Bangladesh-bus-mishap.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 17 people, including women and children, were killed on Saturday, when the bus in which they were travelling overturned on a Bangladesh highway.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 08:30:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Was 'KGB' interrogation behind daily's retraction of Putin's marriage story?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20927_Was-KGB-interrogation-behind-dailys-retraction-of-Putins-marriage-story.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After little-known Moscow newspaper the Moscow Korrespondent reported Russian President Vladimir Putin's plans to divorce his wife and marry a former gymnast Alina Kabaeva, officers of the Federal Security Service, the successor to the Russian intelligence agency KGB, reportedly went twice to interrogate the paper's editor about sources behind the story.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 08:20:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>East Timor shaken by undersea earthquake</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20923_East-Timor-shaken-by-undersea-earthquake.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ East Timor was affected on Saturday by an undersea quake that reportedly measured 6.4 on the Richter scale.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 08:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Substandard rivets to blame for Titanic's sinking</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20918_Substandard-rivets-to-blame-for-Titanics-sinking.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Researchers have discovered that the Titanic, a liner reputed to be unsinkable, sank so quickly after hitting an iceberg because of substandard rivets.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 07:30:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>CNN reporter Richard Quest charged with drug possession</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20917_CNN-reporter-Richard-Quest-charged-with-drug-possession.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ CNN International news reporter Richard Quest was arrested in New York on Apr 18 with a small amount of methamphetamine in his pocket.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 07:30:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindus to contribute for renovation of centuries-old Hanuman temple in Karachi</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20914_Hindus-to-contribute-for-renovation-of-centuries-old-Hanuman-temple-in-Karachi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Centuries-old Hanuman temple - Shri Punch Mukhi Hanuman Mandir - in Karachi is all set for a renovation, a move which the locals say was due for past several years. However, the money for the purpose would not come from the Pakistan government, but in the form of contributions from small middle and lower income Hindu community in the city.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 07:10:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>British footballer Gary Lineker backs Mahatma Gandhi statue in Leicester City</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20909_British-footballer-Gary-Lineker-backs-Mahatma-Gandhi-statue-in-Leicester-City.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British footballer Gary Lineker, whose name figured along with India's Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi for the bronze statue to be installed in Leicester City, has given his support for installing Gandhi's statue.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 06:40:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Pak plan may leave Musharraf no option but to "bow out without facing impeachment"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20907_New-Pak-plan-may-leave-Musharraf-no-option-but-to-bow-out-without-facing-impeachment.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The new regime in Pakistan is learnt to devised its strategy last night to oust President Pervez Musharraf by bringing about constitutional changes that would 'curtail' Musharraf's powers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 06:30:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Russian daily that reported Putin's marriage plans suspended</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20905_Russian-daily-that-reported-Putins-marriage-plans-suspended.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Russian daily Moskovsky Korrespondent which a couple of days ago carried a news report claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin had divorced his wife and was planning to marry his party MP and a former gymnast who was less than half of his age, has been suspended. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 06:20:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>President Pratibha Patil pays homage at Mahatma Gandhi statue in Mexico</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20904_President-Pratibha-Patil-pays-homage-at-Mahatma-Gandhi-statue-in-Mexico.html</link>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 06:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pranab Mukherjee's Saudi Arabia tour from today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20902_Pranab-Mukherjees-Saudi-Arabia-tour-from-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will undertake his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia from today. 
Mukherjee's visit is expected to focus on working out a joint mechanism to boost investments in trade, infrastructure and oil sector between the two countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 19 April 2008 05:50:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Militants gun down female health worker in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20893_Militants-gun-down-female-health-worker-in-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A female health worker has been shot dead by suspected militants in northwest Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 06:20:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal poll panel to announce results in about ten days</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20892_Nepal-poll-panel-to-announce-results-in-about-ten-days.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Election Commission (EC) of Nepal on Friday said that the final results of the proportional electoral (PR) system could be declared in about ten days.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 06:20:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Majority of Americans thumb down U.S. economy progress, Iraq war</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20884_Majority-of-Americans-thumb-down-US-economy-progress-Iraq-war.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. economy and the Iraq war are the top two issues on American voters' minds, according to a new Washington Post-ABC poll.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 05:40:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tamil newspaper in Malaysia shut down for breaching guidelines</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20883_Tamil-newspaper-in-Malaysia-shut-down-for-breaching-guidelines.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Government has decided not to renew the licence of the Tamil daily Makkal Osai because it has breached some of its licensing guidelines.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 05:30:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Three Indians traumatised after first visit to Malaysia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20882_Three-Indians-traumatised-after-first-visit-to-Malaysia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ All that they wanted to do was to enjoy a holiday in Malaysia, but the three Indian nationals, on their first visit to this country, ended up being arrested and detained at the Semenyih Camp for 18 days.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 05:30:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UNDP calls for adoption of cluster munitions treaty</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20878_UNDP-calls-for-adoption-of-cluster-munitions-treaty.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ On the eve of the Global Day of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a report calling the impact of cluster munitions on civilians a blow to development and urging the international community to support a comprehensive treaty that decisively and effectively bans the use of cluster munitions.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 05:10:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Statue of Mahatma Gandhi unveiled in Turin</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20877_Statue-of-Mahatma-Gandhi-unveiled-in-Turin.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A grand bronze bust of Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation, was unveiled today at Piazza Cavour, in the heart of the north Italian industrial city of Turin by India's Ambassador to Italy, Rajiv Dogra, and Giuseppe Castronovo, the President of Turin City Council. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 05:00:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>`Our loyalty should be with the ideology,' says JKLF leader: Shabir Choudhry</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20868_`Our-loyalty-should-be-with-the-ideology-says-JKLF-leader-Shabir-Choudhry.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Addressing a team of senior JKLF members in Birmingham, Dr Shabir Choudhry, a senior party leader, has said: "Our loyalty should be with true ideology of JKLF and not with self centred leaders who have compromised ideology and sacrifices of the people."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 04:20:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Hindu Gymkhana" in Karachi soon to be handed over to Hindus</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20851_Hindu-Gymkhana-in-Karachi-soon-to-be-handed-over-to-Hindus.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hindu Gymkhana, a historical site and a hub of the Hindu community in Karachi, will soon be handed over to the Hindus, after the National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA), presently housed in its premises, is shifted out.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 02:50:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>French are the world champs of annual holidays</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20844_French-are-the-world-champs-of-annual-holidays.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new poll has shown that the French are the world champions, when it comes to taking annual holidays.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 02:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Training of Frontier Corps could restore NWFP population's confidence in civilian govt.: Experts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20838_Training-of-Frontier-Corps-could-restore-NWFP-populations-confidence-in-civilian-govt-Experts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[As Pakistan works to combat extremism, it should consider adopting policies to deprogram or de-radicalise militants that pose less of a direct security threat in the country's border areas as compared to the Taliban and Al Qaeda, says experts.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 01:50:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pharaoh Seti I's tomb in Egypt bigger than believed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20815_Pharaoh-Seti-Is-tomb-in-Egypt-bigger-than-believed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists have discovered that the tomb of pharaoh Seti I, which is the largest tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, is bigger than originally believed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 12:50:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US has no plans to destroy key terrorist training camp in FATA</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20812_US-has-no-plans-to-destroy-key-terrorist-training-camp-in-FATA.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Even after six years of the 9/11 air attacks on its twin towers and Pentagon, the US still does not have a coherent plan to destroy a key staging area for terrorist attacks in FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas), the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the US Congress' audit and investigative arm, has said in its new report.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 12:40:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US' share in Pak exports falls to 22 pc</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20807_US-share-in-Pak-exports-falls-to-22-pc.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US' share in Pakistan exports has dropped to 22 percent during the first half of current financial year, as compared to 26 percent in the same period last year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 12:13:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wrong number epidemic hits Lahore's landlines and mobiles!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20806_Wrong-number-epidemic-hits-Lahores-landlines-and-mobiles.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In Pakistan misdirected phone calls have become a common phenomenon, as a result of which people getting connected to wrong numbers have become a routine. Thanks to some technical fault in phone service providers due to "over burdening", people have to call more than once to reach out to the right number.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 12:13:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Reform Pak security apparatus to dismantle terror networks: Experts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20804_Reform-Pak-security-apparatus-to-dismantle-terror-networks-Experts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An expert on South Asian affairs has said that the terror networks in Afghanistan and in Pakistan's border areas can only be neutralised or dismantled if Pakistan security and intelligence apparatus is reformed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 12:00:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>U.S.-Pak joint counter-terror strategy key to restoring normalcy in Afghanistan: Expert</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20801_US-Pak-joint-counter-terror-strategy-key-to-restoring-normalcy-in-Afghanistan-Expert.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Coalition efforts in Afghanistan have suffered from a disjointed and poorly coordinated approach among the different NATO contributors and an overall lack of resources to achieve mission objectives.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 11:40:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian movies "Calcutta 71", "Gandhi" to be screened at Lahore film fest</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20793_Indian-movies-Calcutta-71-Gandhi-to-be-screened-at-Lahore-film-fest.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two old Indian films - "Calcutta 71" and "Gandhi" - will be screened during the six-day-long film festival in Pakistan beginning today. An initiative of the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA), the film festival is organised by the Lahore Film and Literary Club (LFLC) at the South Asian Media Centre in Lahore.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 11:00:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Female mice avoid inbred males on basis of scent alone</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20791_Female-mice-avoid-inbred-males-on-basis-of-scent-alone.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new study from the University of Liverpool has found that female mice recognize inbred males on the basis of their scent alone.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 10:50:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Physicist claims a third of Russian Prez Medvedev's votes were rigged</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20789_Physicist-claims-a-third-of-Russian-Prez-Medvedevs-votes-were-rigged.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Up to a third of votes cast for Dmitri Medvedev to be Russia's next President may have been rigged, a comprehensive new study of the election results has found. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 10:40:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tome shows how 5-year-old Prince Charles doted on his granny</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20788_Tome-shows-how-5-year-old-Prince-Charles-doted-on-his-granny.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince Charles was extremely fond of his granny and was writing affectionate letters to her from the age of five.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 10:40:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>20kg ketamine drug seized from two Indians at Malaysia airport</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20786_20kg-ketamine-drug-seized-from-two-Indians-at-Malaysia-airport.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Over the past two weeks, two Indians have been reportedly arrested at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in separate incidents, and 20 kg of ketamine drug, worth about 280,000 Ringitt Malaysia (RM), was seized from them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 10:30:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Temple demolition "atom bomb" cost ruling party Hindu votes in Malaysia polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20783_Temple-demolition-atom-bomb-cost-ruling-party-Hindu-votes-in-Malaysia-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ MIC (Malaysian Indian Congress) president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has said that the demolition of Hindu temples issue had caused the majority of the damage to Barisan National party's chances, as a result of which it lost most of the seats it might have won in the just concluded general elections.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 10:10:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pranab Mukherjee to visit Saudi Arabia from tomorrow</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20778_Pranab-Mukherjee-to-visit-Saudi-Arabia-from-tomorrow.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will begin his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia from Saturday.
Mukherjee's visit to Riyadh is expected to focus on working out a joint mechanism to boost investments in trade, infrastructure and oil sector between the two countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 09:50:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>President calls for improved privileged partnership with Mexico(Update-President Mexico visit)</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20764_President-calls-for-improved-privileged-partnership-with-MexicoUpdate-President-Mexico-visit.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 09:10:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US report says terrorists still freely roam around in Pak's FATA</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20751_US-report-says-terrorists-still-freely-roam-around-in-Paks-FATA.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new US report on combating terrorism in Pakistan has said that terrorists were still operating freely in Pakistan along its Afghanistan border, particularly in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 08:10:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Miss Pakistan "loves Musharraf, loves Musharraf, loves Musharraf"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20744_Miss-Pakistan-loves-Musharraf-loves-Musharraf-loves-Musharraf.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf might have been pushed to the backseat after the new democratic government took over in Islamabad, but he still seems to rule over the hearts of his countrymen, particularly the women! ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 07:31:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Celebs have 'little influence' on swaying American votes: Poll</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20741_Celebs-have-little-influence-on-swaying-American-votes-Poll.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Oprah Winfrey may have thrown her weight behind Barack Obama, and Jack Nicholson may be backing Hillary Clinton, but that doesn't mean they will be able to influence the way Americans cast their vote, a new poll has found.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 07:20:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Bobbit" case in Pak: Female doctor chops off her ex-lover's genitals</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20739_Bobbit-case-in-Pak-Female-doctor-chops-off-her-ex-lovers-genitals.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A married woman, said to be a doctor by profession, reportedly chopped off her ex-lover's genitals after she learnt that the latter was planning to get married.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 06:13:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>President calls for improved privileged partnership with Mexico</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20738_President-calls-for-improved-privileged-partnership-with-Mexico.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 06:00:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>President Pratibha Patil invites Mexican investors</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20737_President-Pratibha-Patil-invites-Mexican-investors.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
By Ravinder Singh Robin]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 18 April 2008 06:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India among 6 countries to participate in "My Karachi" exhibition</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20735_India-among-6-countries-to-participate-in-My-Karachi-exhibition.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India will be among the six countries that have reportedly confirmed their participation in the upcoming fifth "My Karachi" exhibition. A few European countries have also shown interest in the international event to be held from June 6 to 8.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 06:40:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US pleased with new Pak Government, to give it  "democracy dividend"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20720_US-pleased-with-new-Pak-Government-to-give-it-democracy-dividend.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pleased with the way democracy has taken off in Pakistan after nine years of military-backed rule, the Bush Administration has reportedly promised to curb drone-related air strikes against suspected militants in Pakistan, and is ready to give Islamabad a fresh aid package worth over seven billion dollars.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 05:20:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak civil society strives for Musharraf's ouster: Asma Jehangir</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20706_Pak-civil-society-strives-for-Musharrafs-ouster-Asma-Jehangir.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Chairperson Asma Jehangir has said that the civil society's struggle would continue until President Pervez Musharraf is ousted. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 04:14:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Recycling rubbish may do more harm than good: Study</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20704_Recycling-rubbish-may-do-more-harm-than-good-Study.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Recycling rubbish could do more harm than good to the environment, a new research has revealed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 04:00:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian experts says Islam permits use of contraceptives</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20700_Malaysian-experts-says-Islam-permits-use-of-contraceptives.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Islamic scholar has said that neither the Koran nor the Sunnah forbids a Muslim from using condoms, birth control pills and other contraceptives for family planning.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 03:40:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan sugar mill blast claims seven lives</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20698_Pakistan-sugar-mill-blast-claims-seven-lives.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least seven persons were killed and twenty wounded on Thursday morning after a tank of hot liquid sugar syrup exploded.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 03:30:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Harry is now Lieutenant Wales</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20690_Prince-Harry-is-now-Lieutenant-Wales.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British royal Prince Harry has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant after completing two years' service in the Army.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 02:50:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hillary Clinton seeks American youth vote, lets loose her most trusted weapon -- Chelsea Clinton</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20653_Hillary-Clinton-seeks-American-youth-vote-lets-loose-her-most-trusted-weapon----Chelsea-Clinton.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Keen to rope in the support of American youth for her bid to become the next President of the United States, Democrat frontrunner Hillary Clinton, has decided to seek the assistance of her most trusted person - her daughter Chelsea - to woo the youth away from rival Barack Obama.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 12:20:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan still a key ally of the US in the war on terror</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20645_Pakistan-still-a-key-ally-of-the-US-in-the-war-on-terror.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Bush Administration still believes that Pakistan is a key ally in the war against terrorism.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 11:40:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US surgeon says case against `Dr. Death' minimal and insufficient</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20644_US-surgeon-says-case-against-`Dr-Death-minimal-and-insufficient.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An experienced US surgeon has criticised the prosecution case compiled by Australian authorities against Dr Jayant Patel, the former Queensland surgeon accused of manslaughter.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 11:30:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ancient Mayans were highly skilled spinners and weavers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20643_Ancient-Mayans-were-highly-skilled-spinners-and-weavers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An analysis of textile fragments excavated from a 5th century Mayan tomb in Honduras has revealed high quality fabrics, which suggests that the Mayans were highly skilled spinners and weavers.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 11:30:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Putin 'to wed Olympic gymnast half his age'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20642_Putin-to-wed-Olympic-gymnast-half-his-age.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Vladimir Putin, 56, is currently the President of Russia and the chairman of the ruling United Russia Party, but rumours are floating around in Moscow that he is likely to tie the nuptial knot with 24-year-old Olympic gymnast and model Alina Kabaeva.
According to The Telegraph, the whispers of the romance are particularly scurrilous because Putin has not officially announced any separation from his 50-year-old wife, Ludmilla.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 11:20:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US should do more work with new Pak government: Sharif</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20636_US-should-do-more-work-with-new-Pak-government-Sharif.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the US should do more work with the newly elected Parliament. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 10:50:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New exhibition reveals adventurous life of James Bond creator</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20633_New-exhibition-reveals-adventurous-life-of-James-Bond-creator.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ He worked for British intelligence and loved fast cars, dry martinis and beautiful women. Now, you can know about the man behind the world's most famous secret agent, James Bond.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 10:40:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rare Oskar Schindler photo up for sale</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20630_Rare-Oskar-Schindler-photo-up-for-sale.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A rare autographed picture of German industrialist skar Schindler, who saved 1,400 Jews from death during WW II is being sold for 154,000 dollars. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 10:20:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak rights panel says dispute, not blasphemy reason behind Hindu killing</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20623_Pak-rights-panel-says-dispute-not-blasphemy-reason-behind-Hindu-killing.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A fact finding team of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that Jagdesh, a Hindu who was murdered on April 8 in Karachi on the suspicion that he had uttered blasphemous words, was killed because of a personal dispute with two fellow workers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 09:50:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>President Patil arrives in Mexico on a three-day visit</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20607_President-Patil-arrives-in-Mexico-on-a-three-day-visit.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
By Ravinder Singh Robin]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 08:50:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Govt's claims of parleys with Baloch extremists a 'pack of lies'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20600_Pak-Govts-claims-of-parleys-with-Baloch-extremists-a-pack-of-lies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has said that the Pakistan Government's claim of holding negotiations with the rebel group are nothing but a "pack of lies."]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 08:21:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari gets reprieve in murder case</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20599_Zardari-gets-reprieve-in-murder-case.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two Pakistani courts have acquitted Pakistan People's Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in a murder case that was registered against him 11 years ago.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 08:10:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>We are committed to nuclear deal with India, says US</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20598_We-are-committed-to-nuclear-deal-with-India-says-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States on Wednesday has said it is still working hard and is very committed to the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 08:10:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>70-year-old Brit has had 'broken leg for 50yrs'!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20585_70-year-old-Brit-has-had-broken-leg-for-50yrs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 70-year-old pensioner was stunned when an X-ray showed he has had a broken leg for half a century. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 06:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NASA scientists outsmarted by 13-year-old schoolboy!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20584_NASA-scientists-outsmarted-by-13-year-old-schoolboy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 13-year-old schoolboy stunned NASA scientists after he corrected their estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 17 April 2008 05:50:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>President Patil lauds Lula da Silva's zero-hunger programme</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20563_President-Patil-lauds-Lula-da-Silvas-zero-hunger-programme.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Calling for furthering broad base ties and strengthening partnership between India and Brazil, President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday lauded the Zero Hunger programme launched by her Brazilian counterpart Lula da Silva.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 07:10:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UML quits Nepal govt; Koirala urges it to reconsider its decision</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20560_UML-quits-Nepal-govt--Koirala-urges-it-to-reconsider-its-decision.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After its defeat in the Constituent Assembly elections, the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) on Wednesday quit the Girija Prasad Koirala Government ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 06:50:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New draft law  may take Afghanistan back toTalibanisation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20556_New-draft-law-may-take-Afghanistan-back-toTalibanisation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Afghan Parliament is to take up  new legislation banning the wearing of make up by women, men and women talking to each other in public, men wering T-shirts and sporting long hair, use of loud speakers, pigeon flying, animal fights. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 06:30:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dalai Lama set to become honorary citizen of Paris</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20555_Dalai-Lama-set-to-become-honorary-citizen-of-Paris.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanou, on Wednesday said that he would ask the city council to make the Dalai Lama an honorary citizen of the city. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 06:30:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Every issue will be decided in line with the Constitution: Gilani</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20553_Every-issue-will-be-decided-in-line-with-the-Constitution-Gilani.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani on Wednesday said that the issue of judges and the future of President Musharraf will be decided in line with the Constitution.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 06:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Call for a men-only book prize</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20550_Call-for-a-men-only-book-prize.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ One of the six authors short listed for the women-only Orange Prize has come up with a new idea too get more boys reading - a literary award only for men.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 06:00:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wife urges Di's butler Burrell to return to the UK to 'face the flak'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20549_Wife-urges-Dis-butler-Burrell-to-return-to-the-UK-to-face-the-flak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Princess Diana's former butler Paul Burrell is being urged by his wife to return to the UK.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 06:00:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sexual imagery, allusion banned in ads for kids Down Under</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20542_Sexual-imagery-allusion-banned-in-ads-for-kids-Down-Under.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Kids will no longer feature in advertisements, which show sexual imagery or indicate children in a sexual way under new rules to be introduced.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 05:20:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parents punish eldest kids more</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20532_Parents-punish-eldest-kids-more.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  A new study has revealed that eldest children are more likely to be punished by their parents for breaking the family discipline. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 04:30:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Soon, urinals in aircraft may cut lavatory queues</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20522_Soon-urinals-in-aircraft-may-cut-lavatory-queues.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ German manufacturers Dassel interiors have come up with a design to install urinals on passenger aircraft to reduce queues for the lavatory.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 03:40:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia will arrest Chinese officers if act aggressively during Canberra torch relay</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20521_Australia-will-arrest-Chinese-officers-if-act-aggressively-during-Canberra-torch-relay.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chinese paramilitary officers will be arrested if they "laid a hand" on anybody during the Canberra leg of the Olympic torch relay, organisers of the event in Australia said on Wednesday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 03:40:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Widow of Brit Muslim teacher says he was killed because he converted to Christianity</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20516_Widow-of-Brit-Muslim-teacher-says-he-was-killed-because-he-converted-to-Christianity.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The widow of a British Muslim teacher killed in Somalia has said radical Muslims finished him off because he had converted to Christianity.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 03:10:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK may import moderate imams from Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20504_UK-may-import-moderate-imams-from-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Moderate Muslim clerics are to be brought in from Pakistan in an effort to combat extremism in British mosques, British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 02:14:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan to participate in DSA 2008</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20503_Pakistan-to-participate-in-DSA-2008.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's defence industry will have one of the biggest presence in the Defence Services Asia 2008 (DSA 2008) exhibition which will be held here from April 21 to 24.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 02:13:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU observers commend Nepal on successful elections</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20497_EU-observers-commend-Nepal-on-successful-elections.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The European Union Election Observation Mission (EUEOM) has praised the way the Constituent Assembly elections were held in Nepal, saying the poll represents a crucial step towards introduction of inclusive democracy in that country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 01:40:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gurkhas want their retired army heroes to stay in the UK</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20490_Gurkhas-want-their-retired-army-heroes-to-stay-in-the-UK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A large number of Gurkhas staged a demonstration here on Tuesday to demand their war heroes be allowed to stay in Britain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 01:00:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Diana inquest costs British taxpayer £12.5 million</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20482_Diana-inquest-costs-British-taxpayer-£125-million.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The inquest into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and her companion Dodi Al Fayed has cost the British tax-payer 12.5 million pounds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 12:20:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Carla Bruni's secret passion - William Shakespeare</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20473_Carla-Brunis-secret-passion---William-Shakespeare.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ France's First Lady Carla Bruni has a secret passion - the works of great William Shakespeare.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 11:40:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Potatoes could alleviate global food crisis</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20460_Potatoes-could-alleviate-global-food-crisis.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ They might be derided for contributing to expanding waistlines but potatoes may be the solution for alleviating the global food crisis.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 11:20:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ex-German Chancellor Helmut Kohl to marry his girlfriend</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20458_Ex-German-Chancellor-Helmut-Kohl-to-marry-his-girlfriend.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is to marry a woman 35 years his junior.  ohl, 78, will wed 43-year-old Maike Richter, an economist from Germany's finance ministry. They have been in a relationship since 2005, reports The Telegraph.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 11:10:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brigitte Bardot in race hate row</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20457_Brigitte-Bardot-in-race-hate-row.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Paris prosecutor has called for French film legend Brigitte Bardot to receive a two-month suspended prison sentence and a 12,000-pound fine for inciting racial hatred in a letter.  ardot, now an animal rights activist, has been convicted four times since 1997 on similar charges, reports The Telegraph.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 11:00:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aboriginal girls being given contraceptive implants</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20456_Aboriginal-girls-being-given-contraceptive-implants.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Government health officials are implanting aboriginal girls as young as 12 with long-lasting contraceptive devices.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 11:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BBC's new media boss to stand down</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20453_BBCs-new-media-boss-to-stand-down.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The BBC's head of future media and technology Ashley Highfield is leaving to launch an on-demand video service for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 10:40:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistani intelligentsia condemn US, West for being "unfair" to Muslim world</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20448_Pakistani-intelligentsia-condemn-US-West-for-being-unfair-to-Muslim-world.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistani intelligentsia has condemned the US and its allied western governments, saying that they were exercising an "unjust policy" towards the Muslim world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 10:20:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysia court sets Sept 15 as next date for Hindraf members' illegal assembly case</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20446_Malaysia-court-sets-Sept-15-as-next-date-for-Hindraf-members-illegal-assembly-case.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Even after one year, Malaysia's Attorney-General Chambers are yet to decide on the representation made by the 66 men charged with participating in an illegal assembly organised by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf). ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 10:10:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scottish govt allocates 270,000 pounds to aid Muslim women facing domestic abuse</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20439_Scottish-govt-allocates-270000-pounds-to-aid-Muslim-women-facing-domestic-abuse.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Scotland government is learnt to have decided to allocate 270,000 pounds for a women group committed to support Muslim women subjected to domestic abuse in the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 09:30:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysia okays visas for Hindu priests, artisans, musicians from India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20437_Malaysia-okays-visas-for-Hindu-priests-artisans-musicians-from-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Cabinet has reportedly decided to approve and renew visas and permits for Hindu priests, musicians and artisans from India. The decision was taken last week after the issue was brought to the attention of the Cabinet, said the country's Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 09:20:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IB chief to visit Pak tomorrow, Kashmir on agenda</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20433_IB-chief-to-visit-Pak-tomorrow-Kashmir-on-agenda.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[IB Chief Haldar to Discuss  with pakistani counter part about intelligence-sharing mechanism In Kashmir ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 09:04:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak caucus in US wants aid to be linked to democracy, judges restoration</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20416_Pak-caucus-in-US-wants-aid-to-be-linked-to-democracy-judges-restoration.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Co-chair of the Pakistan Caucus in the US Congress Sheila Jackson Lee has said that in future US' financial aid to Pakistan should be linked to restoration of democracy, including the rehabilitation of the judicial system.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 07:40:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prez Pratibha Patil says India, Brazil trade ties witnessing an upsurge</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20411_Prez-Pratibha-Patil-says-India-Brazil-trade-ties-witnessing-an-upsurge.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ President Pratibha Patil has said that India and Brazil share a perfect blend of trade ties, particularity in the wake of perceptible upsurge in investment flows between the two countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 16 April 2008 05:40:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US, UK, Australia congratulate PM Koirala on successful CA polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20408_US-UK-Australia-congratulate-PM-Koirala-on-successful-CA-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Tuesday held separate consultations with the British and US ambassadors and discussed the political situation in Nepal in the aftermath of the historical Constituent Assembly (CA) elections.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 10:35:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN rights council urges India to ratify anti-torture treaty</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20405_UN-rights-council-urges-India-to-ratify-anti-torture-treaty.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday said India must take rapid action to ratify the UN Convention against torture for more than a decade after pledging to do so.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 10:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sindh Governor to be changed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20394_Sindh-Governor-to-be-changed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has reportedly started to ponder over replacing Sindh Governor Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 09:20:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepali Congress mulling over remaining in government</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20391_Nepali-Congress-mulling-over-remaining-in-government.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Central leaders of the ruling Nepali Congress are mulling over the issue remaining in government, or giving preference to drafting a "democratic Constitution" and take the ongoing peace process to its "logical conclusion".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 09:10:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU Commissioner praises elections in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20388_EU-Commissioner-praises-elections-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, has congratulated the people of Nepal, the country's political parties and participating candidates for their commitment to the historic elections in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 08:50:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN yet to receive Pak request for probe into Bhutto assassination</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20386_UN-yet-to-receive-Pak-request-for-probe-into-Bhutto-assassination.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United Nations is yet to receive a letter from Pakistan for conducting an international probe into the December 27, 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 08:40:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gilgit-Baltistan leader kidnapped, says Skardu leader</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20384_Gilgit-Baltistan-leader-kidnapped-says-Skardu-leader.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A key leader of the Gilgit Baltistan United Movement (GBUM) today charged Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency of kidnapping Gilgit Baltistan Democratic Alliance (GBDA) Chairman Ghulam Shezad Agha.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 08:30:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Patil to address Brazil Senate, oversee signing of four pacts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20379_Patil-to-address-Brazil-Senate-oversee-signing-of-four-pacts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ President Pratibha Patil will address Brasil's Senate and oversee the signing of four bilateral agreements, including an extradition treaty, before leaving for Mexico on the second leg of her three-nation tour. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 08:10:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Video featuring first step of making euthanasia pill posted on the Internet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20376_Video-featuring-first-step-of-making-euthanasia-pill-posted-on-the-Internet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A pro-euthanasia group has released on the Internet an instructional video featuring the first of eight steps of making a euthanasia tablet.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 07:50:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aborigine kids injected with leprosy for research</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20363_Aborigine-kids-injected-with-leprosy-for-research.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Some Aboriginal children who were taken from their parents and put into institutions were used as medical guinea pigs, a Senate inquiry has been told.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 06:40:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malay Sikhs refuse to back down on `Bengali identity' comment</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20361_Malay-Sikhs-refuse-to-back-down-on-`Bengali-identity-comment.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sikhs based in Malaysia have refused to back down over the issue of being referred to as Bengalis, saying the fact that a government minister had made the comment, had made the Sikh community a laughing stock in Malay society.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 06:30:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jinnah Park, Murree Road to be named after Benazir Bhutto</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20348_Jinnah-Park-Murree-Road-to-be-named-after-Benazir-Bhutto.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The PPP has decided to name the famous Jinnah Park in Rawalpindi after former Pakistan premier Bhutto Park. Besides, a monument of slain PPP chairperson will be installed in the Liaquat Bagh, and the Murree Road and General Hospital will also be named after her.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 05:30:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UN hasn't received any request from Pakistan for Benazir killing probe</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20347_UN-hasnt-received-any-request-from-Pakistan-for-Benazir-killing-probe.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ United Nations has said that so far it had not received any request from the Pakistan government for an UN probe into the assassination of former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 05:20:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Left MPs to march into Parliament against inflation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20345_Left-MPs-to-march-into-Parliament-against-inflation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ MPs belonging to Left parties will today march into the Parliament to protest against the rising inflation.  The Left parties offer outside support to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 05:10:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Al Qaeda has new sanctuaries in Pakistan"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20344_Al-Qaeda-has-new-sanctuaries-in-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Al Qaeda has established new sanctuaries in tribal Areas and the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan, US investigating agency Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director, Robert S Mueller has said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 05:10:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Boucher says now Taliban, al-Qaeda feeling "squeezed" between Pakistan, Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20343_Boucher-says-now-Taliban-al-Qaeda-feeling-squeezed-between-Pakistan-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US Assistant Secretary of State, Richard Boucher has said that both the Taliban and Al Qaeda were lately facing a tough time in Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas as they have to fight on two fronts now, i.e. Pakistan and Afghanistan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 05:00:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists all set to form next government in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20342_Maoists-all-set-to-form-next-government-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists has won 116 seats out of the 209 results announced so far, and is very close to garnering simple majority in the Constituent Assembly polls of Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 05:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India-Brazil to ink MoUs, extradition treaty</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20341_India-Brazil-to-ink-MoUs-extradition-treaty.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
By Ravinder Singh Robin]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 04:50:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto 'more influential' than even Bush in Time survey</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20339_PPP-Chairman-Bilawal-Bhutto-more-influential-than-even-Bush-in-Time-survey.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The 19-year-old Bhutto-Zardari scion and son of former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is known to be placed at the 20th slot in the list of top influential people in the world prepared by the Time magazine. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 04:40:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BA loses Kate Moss' £10,000 birthday gift for pal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20335_BA-loses-Kate-Moss-£10000-birthday-gift-for-pal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Supermodel Kate Moss is reportedly fuming after the Terminal 5 fiasco at Heathrow airport saw her losing a birthday present worth 10,000 pounds for pal Fran Cutler.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 04:20:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>TV star Jason Beghe slams Scientology on YouTube</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20331_TV-star-Jason-Beghe-slams-Scientology-on-YouTube.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Once a strong promoter of the Church of Scientology, US TV star Jason Beghe has left the religion behind and dubbed it "destructive" and a "rip off" in a new YouTube video rant.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 04:00:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistani Sikhs refuse to register marriages under Act approved by Musharraf</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20326_Pakistani-Sikhs-refuse-to-register-marriages-under-Act-approved-by-Musharraf.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ No Sikh marriage has been solemnized so far in Pakistan under the Sikh Marriage Act (SMA) 2008 which was approved by President Pervez Musharraf on January 16, because the Sikhs say that the Act has many anomalies.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 03:40:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf for China-Gulf oil and gas pipelines passing through Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20320_Musharraf-for-China-Gulf-oil-and-gas-pipelines-passing-through-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that he was talking with the Chinese leadership to build oil and gas pipelines between China and the Gulf and passing through Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 03:10:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Diana's dead - so get over it' T-shirts leave critics livi</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20310_Dianas-dead---so-get-over-it-T-shirts-leave-critics-livi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A provocative new range of T-shirts has caused controversy by urging people to 'get over' the death of Princess Diana and warning that police are 'targeting fat chicks'.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 02:20:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince William completes RAF training - by flying to pub!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20301_Prince-William-completes-RAF-training---by-flying-to-pub.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British royal Prince William completed his RAF training when flew himself and brother Harry by helicopter across London and over water - for a stag party.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 01:16:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Saucy Brit lovers dream of having sex at Wembley</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20294_Saucy-Brit-lovers-dream-of-having-sex-at-Wembley.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The UK's famous Wembley stadium has topped a list of places where saucy Brits would most like to have sex.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 12:30:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malay Indian woman bags world cookbook award</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20286_Malay-Indian-woman-bags-world-cookbook-award.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 70-year-old Malay Indian cookbook writer, Mohana Gill, has won The Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2007 for her book on vegetarian cooking. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:30:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>7 in 10 Americans disapprove of Bush's economic policies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20284_7-in-10-Americans-disapprove-of-Bushs-economic-policies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Seven in 10 Americans now give negative ratings to the president's stewardship of the sinking U.S. economy. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:15:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China strongly opposes US Senate's Tibet resolution</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20282_China-strongly-opposes-US-Senates-Tibet-resolution.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China has expressed indignation over and opposition to a resolution on Tibet adopted by the US Senate.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 11:00:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>7/7 terror accused were heading for Pakistan to pursue jihad commitment</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20281_7-7-terror-accused-were-heading-for-Pakistan-to-pursue-jihad-commitment.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two of the three men accused of helping the 7 July bombers plan their attacks were preparing to fly out to Pakistan to "pursue their commitment to jihad" when they were arrested, a court has heard.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 10:46:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sacked Islamic schoolteacher wins 70,000 pounds as race claim</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20259_Sacked-Islamic-schoolteacher-wins-70000-pounds-as-race-claim.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A teacher, who was sacked by an Islamic school has won almost 70,000 pounds as compensation for unfair dismissal for pointing out that the school was using "race hate" textbooks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 15 April 2008 07:50:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Taleban kill 11 policemen in southern Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20241_Taleban-kill-11-policemen-in-southern-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Taleban insurgents have attacked a police post in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, killing at least 11 policemen, an official has said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 03:30:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Top separatist Kashmir Leader may participate  in coming elections</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20240_Top-separatist-Kashmir-Leader-may-participate-in-coming-elections.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chairman of Peoples Conference, Sajjad Gani Lone said his party had not yet decided about participation in the polls. 

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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 03:29:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fierce fighting in Sri Lanka leaves 81 rebels, 11 soldiers dead</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20239_Fierce-fighting-in-Sri-Lanka-leaves-81-rebels-11-soldiers-dead.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Fierce weekend fighting in Sri Lanka's northern region has left 81 Tamil separatists and 11 government soldiers killed, the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry said on Monday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 03:25:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>13 injured in Multan violence</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20236_13-injured-in-Multan-violence.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 13 people were injured in violence in neighbouring Multan on Monday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 03:20:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>0ma Nicholson calls on Pak to restore Gilgit, Baltistan rights</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20229_0ma-Nicholson-calls-on-Pak-to-restore-Gilgit-Baltistan-rights.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Baronness Emma Nicholson, a member of the European Parliament, has criticised Pakistan for not paying adequate attention to the socio-economic plight of people residing in Gilgit and Baltistan, which forms a part of the Northern Territories of Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 02:37:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Stink bomb from plane's loo crashes into house</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20223_Stink-bomb-from-planes-loo-crashes-into-house.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It was literally a 'shitty' escape for a UK family when a huge block of ice from a plane's toilet smashed into their ceiling and hit their bed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 02:10:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Only male designers can help 'trashy' women become classy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20222_Only-male-designers-can-help-trashy-women-become-classy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A top Aussie fashion guru has claimed that women dress in a "trashy way and it's the men who are more stylish when it comes to designing for the other sex.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 02:10:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Anti-terror law could allow Aussie bosses to snoop on emails</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20212_Anti-terror-law-could-allow-Aussie-bosses-to-snoop-on-emails.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Picture this-your boss scanning through that mushy mail from your lover or what you write in your instant messenger window while chatting with your friends and colleagues while in office, and that too without your consent. Such invasion of privacy might just upset you, but that's what bosses in Australia will be doing if a new law comes into practice.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 01:05:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz men's mag holds 'win a divorce' competition</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20211_Oz-mens-mag-holds-win-a-divorce-competition.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After running a breast augmentation competition, an Australian men's magazine is all set to spark controversy once again - by giving its readers the chance to win a divorce.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 12:47:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tesco to offer degree course in 'shelf-stacking'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20206_Tesco-to-offer-degree-course-in-shelf-stacking.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British supermarket giant Tesco is hoping to widen higher education and bring in a new kind of "educational qualification" - by offering degrees in the art of 'shelf-stacking.'
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 12:30:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pauper's paintings rake in 2.1 million pounds</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20178_Paupers-paintings-rake-in-21-million-pounds.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The paintings of an artist, who had just 12 pounds in his name when he died, have fetched him 2.1million pounds at an auction. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 11:08:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UK police hand out gun permits to seven-year-olds</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20175_UK-police-hand-out-gun-permits-to-seven-year-olds.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Police have given gun licences to children aged just seven. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 10:56:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari to fly to London to achieve a political reconciliation with Altaf Hussain</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20163_Zardari-to-fly-to-London-to-achieve-a-political-reconciliation-with-Altaf-Hussain.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After the Altaf Hussain's party the MQM decided to sit in the Opposition in the National Assembly, PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is learnt to have decided to fly to London for a political reconciliation with Hussain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 09:55:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists set to sweep the Constituent Assembly polls in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20160_Maoists-set-to-sweep-the-Constituent-Assembly-polls-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists has so far won 89 of the 163 constituencies for which results have been declared, and appears to be heading for a landslide victory. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 09:50:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Beijing restaurants exempted from smoking ban</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20156_Beijing-restaurants-exempted-from-smoking-ban.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Restaurants, bars and Internet cafes in Chinese capital Beijing have been exempted from a proposed smoking ban in response to concerns expressed by business owners.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 09:09:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jamie Oliver named most iconic British chef of all time</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20151_Jamie-Oliver-named-most-iconic-British-chef-of-all-time.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ TV chef Jamie Oliver has emerged as the most iconic British chef of all time in a new poll. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 08:55:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australia reviewing migrant worker visa status</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20149_Australia-reviewing-migrant-worker-visa-status.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Australian Government plans to review the exploitation of migrant workers, salary levels and English language requirements, which form part of the temporary skilled migrant program.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 08:50:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two NC leaders win Nuwakot-2, Dadeldhura constituencies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20146_Two-NC-leaders-win-Nuwakot-2-Dadeldhura-constituencies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two senior leaders of the Nepali Congress (NC) have won the Nuwakot-2 and the Dadeldhura constituencies. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 08:04:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dalai Lama says his aides are talking to China: NYT</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20143_Dalai-Lama-says-his-aides-are-talking-to-China-NYT.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tibetan spiritual leader --The Dalai Lama -- said on Sunday that his aides are in touch with the Chinese Government over the protests in Tibet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 07:55:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf slams West's attempts to undermine Beijing Olympics over Tibet, HR issues</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20140_Musharraf-slams-Wests-attempts-to-undermine-Beijing-Olympics-over-Tibet-HR-issues.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has reportedly condemned attempts from the West to undermine the Beijing Olympics by talking of boycotting the Games opening, and opposed the West's 'superimposition' of democratic values and human rights on China.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 07:40:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Sikhs miffed at being referred to as Bengalis</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20138_Malaysian-Sikhs-miffed-at-being-referred-to-as-Bengalis.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sikhs residing in Malaysia have taken strong exception to being referred to as Bengalis. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 07:35:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>President Pratibha Patil recalls common bond between India, Brazil</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20127_President-Pratibha-Patil-recalls-common-bond-between-India-Brazil.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ President Pratibha Patil, on a state visit to Brazil, has said that India and Brazil were large democracies and had common historical bond in the form of Portuguese presence in Goa as well as in Brazil during the 17th and 18th centuries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 07:05:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>President Pratibha Patil recalls common bond between India, Brazil</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20126_President-Pratibha-Patil-recalls-common-bond-between-India-Brazil.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ President Pratibha Patil, on a state visit to Brazil, has said that India and Brazil were large democracies and had common historical bond in the form of Portuguese presence in Goa as well as in Brazil during the 17th and 18th centuries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 07:05:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>President Pratibha Patil greets countrymen on Baisakhi</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20123_President-Pratibha-Patil-greets-countrymen-on-Baisakhi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
By Ravinder Singh Robin]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 06:53:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pranab Mukherjee to flag off Dhaka-Kolkata Moitree Express today</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20122_Pranab-Mukherjee-to-flag-off-Dhaka-Kolkata-Moitree-Express-today.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A passenger train service between India and Bangladesh, which was suspended for more than four decades, is all set to resume operations today. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 14 April 2008 06:51:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists' leader Prachanda meets Koirala</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20119_Maoists-leader-Prachanda-meets-Koirala.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) chairman Prachanda on Sunday met Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 April 2008 04:35:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>European Parliament has special focus on Gilgit, Baltistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20117_European-Parliament-has-special-focus-on-Gilgit-Baltistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Representatives of the European Parliament have said that they have a special focus on Gilgit and Baltistan, which according to them was the most neglected and marginalized region of former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 April 2008 04:30:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India ready to work with Maoists Government in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20114_India-ready-to-work-with-Maoists-Government-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists bagging 54 seat so far in the Constituent Assembly, the possibility of the former rebels making the government in the country has strengthened. Reacting to this development, the Indian Government has said that it will work with the Maoists. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 April 2008 04:20:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MK Nepal says it would be inappropriate to continue in govt</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20112_MK-Nepal-says-it-would-be-inappropriate-to-continue-in-govt.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party o Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal on Sunday said that it will now be morally inappropriate to continue in the government.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 April 2008 02:37:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Haitian Prime Minister ousted over spiralling food prices</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20101_Haitian-Prime-Minister-ousted-over-spiralling-food-prices.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Haitian Prime Minister Jacques-Édouard Alexis has been ousted in a no confidence vote over spiralling food and fuel prices in the country. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 April 2008 11:35:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Meet the youngest British woman to ski to the North Pole</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20089_Meet-the-youngest-British-woman-to-ski-to-the-North-Pole.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ While many youngsters of her age are glued to social networking websites, Camilla Hempleman-Adams is a bit different - the teenager has become the youngest British woman to ski to the North Pole. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 April 2008 10:05:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>King Gyanendra expresses satisfaction over people's participation in Nepal polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20082_King-Gyanendra-expresses-satisfaction-over-peoples-participation-in-Nepal-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepalese King Gyanendra on Sunday expressed his satisfaction over the enthusiastic participation of Nepalese people in the Constituent Assembly elections.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 April 2008 09:51:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak-based militants may attack US: Bush</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20059_Pak-based-militants-may-attack-US-Bush.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ U.S. President George W Bush believes another 9/11 attack on the United Sates should be considered a reality, and warned that such an attack could originate from Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 April 2008 05:55:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists win 23 seats in Nepal, lead in 65</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20058_Maoists-win-23-seats-in-Nepal-lead-in-65.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's Maoist took an early lead in an election aimed at cementing a peace deal that ended a decade-long civil war in the country. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 April 2008 05:55:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PML-N willing to shake hands with Altaf if he returns</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20056_PML-N-willing-to-shake-hands-with-Altaf-if-he-returns.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is willing to shake hands with MQM chief Altaf Hussain if he returned to the country within 10 days and eliminated his party's terrorist cell allegedly led by Salim Shahzad, said PML-N spokesperson Siddiqul Farooq. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 13 April 2008 05:50:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush Administration must recognise Maoist's victory in Nepal: Carter</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20050_Bush-Administration-must-recognise-Maoists-victory-in-Nepal-Carter.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Criticising the Bush Administration's policy not to engage in parleys with the Maoists in Nepal, former US President Jimmy Carter on Saturday said that if Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) does well in the Constituent Assembly, the US must recognise it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 06:30:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda wants to continue working with other political parties</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20048_Prachanda-wants-to-continue-working-with-other-political-parties.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After winning his seat in the Constituent Assembly, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist chief Prachanda on Saturday said that he wants to continue working with other political parties and the international community. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 06:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda wants to continue working with other political parties</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20047_Prachanda-wants-to-continue-working-with-other-political-parties.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After winning his seat in the Constituent Assembly, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist chief Prachanda on Saturday said that he wants to continue working with other political parties and the international community. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 06:26:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda wants to continue working with other political parties</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20046_Prachanda-wants-to-continue-working-with-other-political-parties.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After winning his seat in the Constituent Assembly, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist chief Prachanda on Saturday said that he wants to continue working with other political parties and the international community. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 06:26:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Asian observers say Nepal elections were successful and credible</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20045_Asian-observers-say-Nepal-elections-were-successful-and-credible.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) on Saturday described the Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal as successful and credible.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 06:23:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Asian observers say Nepal elections were successful and credible</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20044_Asian-observers-say-Nepal-elections-were-successful-and-credible.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) on Saturday described the Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal as successful and credible.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 06:23:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Asian observers say Nepal elections were successful and credible</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20043_Asian-observers-say-Nepal-elections-were-successful-and-credible.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) on Saturday described the Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal as successful and credible.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 06:23:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda emerges victorious, his party takes initial lead</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20039_Prachanda-emerges-victorious-his-party-takes-initial-lead.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) chairman Prachanda on Saturday won Kathmandu constituency-10 seat of the Constituent Assembly with his party taking an initial lead in seat counts]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 02:35:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU says, Nepal polls met international standard</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20035_EU-says-Nepal-polls-met-international-standard.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Describing the Constituent Assembly election in Nepal as a crucial step towards an inclusive democracy, European Observation Mission on Saturday said that so far the election has met several international standards. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 02:25:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MK Nepal to resign as UML general secretary</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20033_MK-Nepal-to-resign-as-UML-general-secretary.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Taking responsibly for the defeat of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) in the Constituent Assembly elections, party's general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal on Saturday announced resignation from his post.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 02:20:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Di's ex-butler Paul Burrell 'close to breaking point'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20013_Dis-ex-butler-Paul-Burrell-close-to-breaking-point.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After his reputation went kapoot during the course of Princess Diana's inquest, disgraced former royal butler Paul Burrell is on the verge of suffering a nervous breakdown, according to his pals. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 01:26:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU resolution interferes into China's internal affairs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20008_EU-resolution-interferes-into-Chinas-internal-affairs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Chinese Foreign Ministry has charged the European Parliament with interfering in the country's internal affairs by passing a resolution on Tibet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 12:02:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tony Blair rakes in six-figure fee for 90-minute speech</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_20000_Tony-Blair-rakes-in-six-figure-fee-for-90-minute-speech.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has raked in a whooping six-figure fee for a 90-minute speech at a conference in Barcelona, Spain.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 11:41:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lucian Freud's naked jobcentre muse expected to break auction record</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19999_Lucian-Freuds-naked-jobcentre-muse-expected-to-break-auction-record.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A life-size painting depicting a Jobcentre supervisor, by British artist Lucian Freud is expected to fetch the highest ever auction price for a work by a living artist when it goes under the hammer next month.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 11:40:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Every tenth word a Brit utters is a 'umm' or a 'err'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19995_Every-tenth-word-a-Brit-utters-is-a-umm-or-a-err.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ They come really 'handy' when you're at lose of words, or are nervous. But all these 'umms' and 'errs' - the so-called 'fillers' - have seemingly cast a spell on the Britons, for according to a new study, nearly 10 per cent of their speech is wasted on such words.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 10:59:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malay Indian to pedal for a 'green' cause</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19991_Malay-Indian-to-pedal-for-a-green-cause.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malay Indian S. R Nithy plans to pedal 7,483km through the Indian sub-continent on a solar-powered rickshaw in the name of the environment. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 10:47:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malay Indian to pedal for a 'green' cause</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19990_Malay-Indian-to-pedal-for-a-green-cause.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Malay Indian S. R Nithy plans to pedal 7,483km through the Indian sub-continent on a solar-powered rickshaw in the name of the environment. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 10:47:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian films reign in Pakistan because of their quality production, good scripts</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19987_Indian-films-reign-in-Pakistan-because-of-their-quality-production-good-scripts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian movies have made their way into Pakistani cinemas because of their quality production and good scripts, though local film makers are against screening of Bollywood films in their country, saying it would be "unpatriotic".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 10:38:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New label will dilute Scotch, say purists</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19986_New-label-will-dilute-Scotch-say-purists.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new classification, which is due to go before Parliament this summer, could undermine Scotland's famous single malts and lead to distillery closures and job losses, feel whisky purists. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 10:36:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China unveils its fastest train</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19984_China-unveils-its-fastest-train.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China's first domestically produced with the speed of 350 kilometres per hour, rolled off the production line.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 10:33:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China unveils its fastest train</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19983_China-unveils-its-fastest-train.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China's first domestically produced with the speed of 350 kilometres per hour, rolled off the production line.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 10:33:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush says any fresh attacks on US will be from militants hiding in Pak</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19982_Bush-says-any-fresh-attacks-on-US-will-be-from-militants-hiding-in-Pak.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US President George Bush has said that if his country was attacked once again like 9/11, it would be the work of "militants hiding inside Pakistan".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 10:22:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ian Fleming's 'Moneypenny' letters raise over 14000 pounds at auction</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19978_Ian-Flemings-Moneypenny-letters-raise-over-14000-pounds-at-auction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A collection of letters by James Bond author Ian Fleming written to his real-life "Miss Moneypenny" have raked in a whopping 14,340 pounds at a London auction, surpassing all expectations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 10:10:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>80% of Indonesian teens watch porn at the cost of their studies</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19977_80-of-Indonesian-teens-watch-porn-at-the-cost-of-their-studies.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Teenagers in Indonesia, world's most populous Muslim country, are increasingly visiting porn-sites usually at the cost of their studies, the country's women's minister has said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 10:10:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indian representatives to be appointed in Malaysian GLCs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19972_Indian-representatives-to-be-appointed-in-Malaysian-GLCs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian representatives must be appointed to all Malaysia Government-Linked Companies (GLCs) to ensure dissemination of information on opportunities, policies and benefits to the community.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 09:56:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aryans hailed from the Canary Islands: Franco and Nazis</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19965_Aryans-hailed-from-the-Canary-Islands-Franco-and-Nazis.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Spanish dictator Francisco Franco is said to have actively supported the Nazi view that the Aryans had their origins in the Canary Islands, and therefore their claims of racial superiority over the Jews were justified.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 09:36:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>7th century Anglo-Saxon burial suggests pagan cult</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19962_7th-century-Anglo-Saxon-burial-suggests-pagan-cult.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists have excavated a seventh century grave from the center of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in England, which has revealed a woman's jewelry-draped body, leading scientists to believe that she might have lead a pagan cult.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 09:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindraf supporters demand proper medical treatment for their leader</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19961_Hindraf-supporters-demand-proper-medical-treatment-for-their-leader.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) supporters demonstrated outside the Kamunting detention camp near Taiping, demanding that their leader, P. Uthayakumar, be given proper medical attention.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 09:26:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US for talks with "reconcilable" elements in tribal areas along Pak-Afghan border</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19957_US-for-talks-with-reconcilable-elements-in-tribal-areas-along-Pak-Afghan-border.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher has said that his country was in favour of holding parleys with the "reconcilable" elements in the tribal areas along the Pak-Afghan border. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 09:16:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>America's violent gang culture enters Australia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19956_Americas-violent-gang-culture-enters-Australia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ America's violent gang culture has entered Australia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 09:12:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hillary asks Bill Clinton to keep his mouth shut</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19951_Hillary-asks-Bill-Clinton-to-keep-his-mouth-shut.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has asked her husband, Bill Clinton, to keep his mouth shut and stop making excuses, which compounded her false claim that she landed "under sniper fire" on a goodwill trip to Bosnia as First Lady.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 09:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoists leading with five seats in Nepal polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19945_Maoists-leading-with-five-seats-in-Nepal-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Communist Party of Nepal (CPN)-Maoists have won five seats and appear to sweep the polls shown by the initial results of counting of votes in the Constituent Assembly elections of Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 08:46:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak control of Taliban key to winning war on terror in Afghanistan, says Aussie PM</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19937_Pak-control-of-Taliban-key-to-winning-war-on-terror-in-Afghanistan-says-Aussie-PM.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said that a greater effort from Pakistan to control the Taliban in its border region was as important to winning the battle in Afghanistan as a proper military and civilian strategy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 08:20:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan closer to true democracy than ever before, says ex-US envoy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19929_Pakistan-closer-to-true-democracy-than-ever-before-says-ex-US-envoy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A former US diplomat, who once served in Pakistan, has said that after Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani taking over as the new prime minister of Pakistan, the country was now closer to "true democracy" than ever before.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 07:16:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Communists win in Manang district of Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19924_Communists-win-in-Manang-district-of-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) candidate Dev Gurung won the sole constituency in Manang district. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 07:05:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PML-N not ready to build working relationship with Musharraf, says Ch Nisar</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19921_PML-N-not-ready-to-build-working-relationship-with-Musharraf-says-Ch-Nisar.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A senior PML-N leader has said that his party was not ready to build a working relationship with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, as the party's ministers refuse to meet or travel with him.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 06:55:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PML-N not ready to build working relationship with Musharraf, says Ch Nisar</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19920_PML-N-not-ready-to-build-working-relationship-with-Musharraf-says-Ch-Nisar.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A senior PML-N leader has said that his party was not ready to build a working relationship with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, as the party's ministers refuse to meet or travel with him.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 06:55:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Hindu beaten to death by co-workers in police presence in Karachi</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19919_A-Hindu-beaten-to-death-by-co-workers-in-police-presence-in-Karachi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Karachi Police stood like a mute spectator when Jagdish Kumar, a Hindu factory worker, was being lynched by his co-workers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 12 April 2008 06:52:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sindh govt reshuffles bureaucracy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19915_Sindh-govt-reshuffles-bureaucracy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Government of Sindh transferred at least five District Coordination Officers (DCO). This is the first major reshuffling in the Provincial Administration after the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) took control.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 05:16:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak lawyers boycott courts over Karachi violence</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19908_Pak-lawyers-boycott-courts-over-Karachi-violence.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lawyers in the principal cities of Lahore and Karachi today boycotted court proceedings in protest against Wednesday's violence in Karachi.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 05:00:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Philippines calls for regional meeting on rice crisis</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19899_Philippines-calls-for-regional-meeting-on-rice-crisis.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is calling on the international community - with particular emphasis on onors - to start focusing on solutions to what's being described as a "rice price crisis" in Asia and elsewhere.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 01:55:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Britain launches first forced marriage helpline</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19897_Britain-launches-first-forced-marriage-helpline.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker today launched a new national helpline for victims of forced marriages and honour-based violence, part-funded by the Forced Marriage Unit.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 01:50:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mass media campaigns effective in convincing young adults for safer sex</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19873_Mass-media-campaigns-effective-in-convincing-young-adults-for-safer-sex.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two researchers from University of Kentucky department of communication have found that targeted mass media campaigns can effectively convince young adults to adopt safer sex practices.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 12:20:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BBC chief warns against being overly cautious while reporting on Islam</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19852_BBC-chief-warns-against-being-overly-cautious-while-reporting-on-Islam.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Director General of the BBC, Mark Thompson, has warned broadcasters against becoming overly cautious while reporting on Islam.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 11:30:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indonesian masseuses asked to padlock their pants to curb prostitution</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19845_Indonesian-masseuses-asked-to-padlock-their-pants-to-curb-prostitution.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Massage parlours in an Indonesian town have asked their female masseuses to padlock their skirts and pants, in a bid to curb prostitution.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 11:10:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nude portrait of Carla Bruni fetches 91k dollars at auction</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19838_Nude-portrait-of-Carla-Bruni-fetches-91k-dollars-at-auction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A photo of French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, standing naked in a pigeon-toed pose - while covering her modesty with her hands - has been sold for a whopping 91,000 dollars.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 10:55:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Life on the dole better for graduates than 'stop-gap' jobs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19827_Life-on-the-dole-better-for-graduates-than-stop-gap-jobs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Students are better off and happier in the long-term if they go on the dole after graduation rather than take up a "stop-gap" job, according to a British research.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 10:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tower of London to undergo œ2million facelift</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19826_Tower-of-London-to-undergo-œ2million-facelift.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Tower of London's oldest building is set to undergo a 2 million pounds facelift.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 10:07:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Resentment against movie "The Love Guru" broadens in USA</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19824_Resentment-against-movie-The-Love-Guru-broadens-in-USA.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Opposition is growing against the upcoming Hollywood movie "The Love Guru" over denigrating Hindu traditions.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 10:01:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Giant dinosaur footprint found in northwestern China</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19823_Giant-dinosaur-footprint-found-in-northwestern-China.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Chinese and German experts have said they have unearthed a large group of fossilized dinosaur tracks, the largest cluster ever found in China, in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 09:56:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince William to receive his RAF wings</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19822_Prince-William-to-receive-his-RAF-wings.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince William will be presented with his RAF "wings" by his father Prince Charles at a graduation ceremony at RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 09:55:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dr Death's extradition hearing delayed until May</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19818_Dr-Deaths-extradition-hearing-delayed-until-May.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The extradition hearing of Dr. Jayant Patel, wanted for manslaughter in Australia's Queensland, has been deferred by a US judge until May 27. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 09:46:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak HR body demands probe by foreign experts into Karachi violence</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19816_Pak-HR-body-demands-probe-by-foreign-experts-into-Karachi-violence.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for a probe by international experts into Wednesday's violence that hit the streets of Karachi, in which at least seven lawyers were allegedly burnt alive by unidentified miscreants.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 09:40:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Musharraf still has a role to play in Pakistan: Boucher</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19815_Musharraf-still-has-a-role-to-play-in-Pakistan-Boucher.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher, who looks after South Asian Affairs at the State Department, has said that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf still had a role to play in his country despite the installation of a democratic government there.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 09:35:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pullout of US forces from Iraq will strengthen Al Qaeda in Pak: Bush</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19810_Pullout-of-US-forces-from-Iraq-will-strengthen-Al-Qaeda-in-Pak-Bush.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Defending his decision to postpone withdrawal of US troops from Iraq after July, US President George W. Bush has said that the US disengagement from the Arab country would "strengthen" Al Qaeda in Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 09:27:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit-Indian Sikh wards off knife wielding robber with wine bottle</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19805_Brit-Indian-Sikh-wards-off-knife-wielding-robber-with-wine-bottle.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British Sikh did not succumb to the threat by a knife-waving robber and chased him with a wine bottle. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 09:20:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kuala Lumpur residents miffed with open-air crematorium near Hindu temple</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19804_Kuala-Lumpur-residents-miffed-with-open-air-crematorium-near-Hindu-temple.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The residents of Sentul, a main town area in Kuala Lumpur, are unhappy with an open-air crematorium near a Hindu temple.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 09:16:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Indian Congress to set up call centre, web portal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19802_Malaysian-Indian-Congress-to-set-up-call-centre-web-portal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) is planning to set up a call centre and a web portal to help the Indian community living in the country. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 09:10:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Was US Vice President Dick Cheney fishing with a naked woman?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19798_Was-US-Vice-President-Dick-Cheney-fishing-with-a-naked-woman.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A photo taken of US Vice President Dick Cheney has created stir over whether he went fly fishing with a naked woman.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 09:02:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepali Congress candidate wins Kathmandu -1 constituency</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19790_Nepali-Congress-candidate-wins-Kathmandu--1-constituency.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepali Congress (NC) Vice-President Prakash Man Singh on Friday won the election in Kathmandu -1 constituency. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 07:50:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>UNMIN urges political parties in Nepal to accept people's decision</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19788_UNMIN-urges-political-parties-in-Nepal-to-accept-peoples-decision.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) has urged the political parties and leaders to accept outcome of the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 07:45:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Terrorists planning to kidnap key politicians, officials from Punjab: Pak Interior Ministry</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19785_Terrorists-planning-to-kidnap-key-politicians-officials-from-Punjab-Pak-Interior-Ministry.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If a Pakistan Interior Ministry report is to be believed, militant groups are planning to abduct senior government officials and politicians, or their families, from four major cities of the Punjab province.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 07:35:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First Muslim "pub" in UK with no hard drinks but plenty of poppadoms</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19784_First-Muslim-pub-in-UK-with-no-hard-drinks-but-plenty-of-poppadoms.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The first Muslim "pub" has come up in the United Kingdom, but no alcoholic drinks would be served to its visitors.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 07:35:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Athletes indulging in Tibetan 'propaganda' may face expulsion from Olympics</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19783_Athletes-indulging-in-Tibetan-propaganda-may-face-expulsion-from-Olympics.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Athletes supporting Tibetan "propaganda" may face expulsion from the Beijing Olympics under anti-propaganda rules.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 07:31:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>4000 Indian Sikh pilgrims to celebrate 'Besakhi' in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19779_4000-Indian-Sikh-pilgrims-to-celebrate-Besakhi-in-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Around 4000 Indian Sikh pilgrims will cross into Pakistan through the Wagah Border today, to celebrate the Besakhi festival visiting several Gurudwaras in their neighbouring country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 07:05:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Karachi a dangerous city for journalists, say Pak scribes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19777_Karachi-a-dangerous-city-for-journalists-say-Pak-scribes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In the wake of attacks on journalists covering Wednesday's violence in Karachi, a top journalists body in Pakistan has said that the country's financial capital was no more a safe place for journalists.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 11 April 2008 07:01:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Baloch Liberation Army rejects Pakistan government's offer for talks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19771_Baloch-Liberation-Army-rejects-Pakistan-governments-offer-for-talks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has turned down the Pakistan Government's invitation for talks.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 05:25:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gas cylinder explosion in Lahore scrap market kills 8</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19770_Gas-cylinder-explosion-in-Lahore-scrap-market-kills-8.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least eight persons were killed on Thursday when a gas cylinder exploded in a scrap market in Lahore. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 05:21:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Independent candidate gunned down in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19767_Independent-candidate-gunned-down-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An independent candidate of the Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal was gunned down this evening. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 04:26:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India hails Nepal election as 'welcome and historic step'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19766_India-hails-Nepal-election-as-welcome-and-historic-step.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Soon after the voting for the crucial Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal ended, the Indian Government on Thursday hailed it as a "welcome and historic step" towards realising the aspirations of the people of Nepal for a democratic future.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 04:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>60 per cent cast votes in Nepal elections</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19765_60-per-cent-cast-votes-in-Nepal-elections.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Around sixty per cent of electorate exercised their franchise on Thursday in the crucial Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 04:21:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Terrorists in Bangladesh have links in Britain, says Jacqui Smith</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19760_Terrorists-in-Bangladesh-have-links-in-Britain-says-Jacqui-Smith.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said there were links between Bangladesh and British terror networks and to counter them the two countries have planned to form a high level joint working group. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 03:15:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Democracy in, restrictions off on Pakistan, says Rice</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19758_Democracy-in-restrictions-off-on-Pakistan-says-Rice.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that since there is a democratically elected government in Pakistan, the US assistance to Pakistan stands immediately resumed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 03:10:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US security chief: Cyber threats 'on par' with 9/11</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19753_US-security-chief-Cyber-threats-on-par-with-9-11.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ One of America's most senior security officials has said that the threat posed by cyber-crime is "on a par" with the attacks of September 11, 2001. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 02:25:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bush to China: Dalai Lama is the man you can do business with</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19752_Bush-to-China-Dalai-Lama-is-the-man-you-can-do-business-with.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ U.S. President George Bush and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd both believe that China should engage in a dialogue with Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, as he is the man with whom business can be done.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 02:21:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>800-year-old key to Islam's most holy shrine sold for 9.2million pounds</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19750_800-year-old-key-to-Islams-most-holy-shrine-sold-for-92million-pounds.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A 12th-century iron key to the Ka'ba in Mecca, the holiest site in Islam, was sold for 9.2 million pounds at Sotheby's in London on Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 02:02:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Poverty, inequalities make natural disasters more lethal in S. Asia: Oxfam</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19746_Poverty-inequalities-make-natural-disasters-more-lethal-in-S-Asia-Oxfam.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Poverty and inequalities make natural disasters much more lethal in South Asia, a study for Oxfam International has found.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 01:50:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Booths captured in three districts of Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19739_Booths-captured-in-three-districts-of-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Polling booths have reportedly been captured in Lalitpur, Dolakha and Baglung districts of Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 01:21:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Northern Areas Legal Framework Order should be abrogated: Choudhry</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19735_Northern-Areas-Legal-Framework-Order-should-be-abrogated-Choudhry.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The controversial Legal Framework Orders (LFOs) imposed in Pakistan's underdeveloped and remote Northern Areas from time to time, should be abrogated immediately if the people of these areas are to be seriously helped, said Dr. Shabir Choudhry, Chairman of the Diplomatic Committee of the London-based Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 01:17:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BBC ordered to apologize on-air over 'swearing' on Live Earth</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19729_BBC-ordered-to-apologize-on-air-over-swearing-on-Live-Earth.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The BBC has been ordered to make an on-air apology to viewers over repeated swearing by stars including Madonna and Phil Collins during last summer's Live Earth concert.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 01:10:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Carter terms Nepal elections as a groundbreaking event</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19722_Carter-terms-Nepal-elections-as-a-groundbreaking-event.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former US President Jimmy Carter termed today's election as a groundbreaking event, which is being closely watched by the whole world. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 12:38:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Now, 'intelligent' paper memo notes with built-in alarm clock</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19721_Now-intelligent-paper-memo-notes-with-built-in-alarm-clock.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A British technology company has created an 'intelligent' paper memo note with a built-in alarm clock.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 12:35:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Top leaders cast votes in Nepal elections</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19705_Top-leaders-cast-votes-in-Nepal-elections.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal's top political leaders, including Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, Maoist Chairman Prachanda and Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal today cast their votes in their respective home districts.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 11:50:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The sexiest professions that could land you a hot date</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19690_The-sexiest-professions-that-could-land-you-a-hot-date.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Want to be an instant hit with your date on the first day out? Just tell him or her that you're an actor, nurse or personal trainer, at least that will work in Australia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 11:32:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Britain's most expensive coffee is made out of cat-poo!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19688_Britains-most-expensive-coffee-is-made-out-of-cat-poo.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Get ready to shell out 50 pounds for an intoxicating cup of coffee - made from cat excreta.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 11:25:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bob Irwin receives $1m retirement package</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19675_Bob-Irwin-receives-$1m-retirement-package.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Late Steve Irwin's father Bob Irwin will be receiving a 1-million-dollar retirement package following his split from Queensland zoo he founded.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 10:36:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Bangladeshi artifacts reveal 2,500 year old craftsmanship</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19674_Bangladeshi-artifacts-reveal-2500-year-old-craftsmanship.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The discovery of a few semi-precious stone beads with motifs at the Wari-Bateshwar archaeological site in Bangladesh, has indicated that the spot was a rich trade centre, with its people having a history of craftsmanship as old as around 2,500 years. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 10:32:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jordanian hate preacher Qatada could soon be free</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19666_Jordanian-hate-preacher-Qatada-could-soon-be-free.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Jordanian hate preacher Abu Qatada could soon be freed - after winning a legal battle against his deportation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 10:11:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>`Dr. Death' evaluating options to avoid extradition to Australia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19651_`Dr-Death-evaluating-options-to-avoid-extradition-to-Australia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian-born Doctor Jayant Patel, who is facing manslaughter charges in Australia, is reportedly evaluating various options to avoid being extradited to Australia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 09:01:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US removes military coup-related restrictions from Pakistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19631_US-removes-military-coup-related-restrictions-from-Pakistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The United States has removed military coup-related restrictions from Pakistan, enabling the latter to continue to receive American assistance in the future.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 07:05:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mushrooming of Small organizations, threat to Kashmir society: ANC, Government to be informed regard</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19624_Mushrooming-of-Small-organizations-threat-to-Kashmir-society-ANC-Government-to-be-informed-regard.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Addressing the weekly party workers meet , the Party President and Former Chief Minister Mr. G.M.Shah said  on  one hand we have the boycott call from separatist parties and on the other hand I want to know the reasons for  us to participate in the ensuing elections. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 06:32:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Historic Constituent Assembly election in Nepal begins</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19622_Historic-Constituent-Assembly-election-in-Nepal-begins.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Polling to the historic Constituent Assembly (CA) election in Nepal has begun this morning, amidst tight security. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 05:26:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Al-Qaeda operative who planned UK bombings dead at Pak-Afghan border: US</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19621_Al-Qaeda-operative-who-planned-UK-bombings-dead-at-Pak-Afghan-border-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US counter-terrorism officials have claimed that al-Qaeda operative Abu Obaidah al-Masri who is said to be the key man behind the 2005 subway and bus bombings in London and the plot to blow up airliners, has died somewhere along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 05:11:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Six lawyers burnt alive as unidentified miscreants unleash violence in Karachi</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19619_Six-lawyers-burnt-alive-as-unidentified-miscreants-unleash-violence-in-Karachi.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least six lawyers were burnt alive and many others injured in Karachi last evening, after some unidentified persons set afire the Tahir Plaza building housing nearly 200 offices of lawyers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thursday, 10 April 2008 05:05:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Extensive development in J-K in comparison to POK'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19607_Extensive-development-in-J-K-in-comparison-to-POK.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Member of European Parliament (MEP) Geoffrey van Orden said there had been extensive political and economic development in Jammu and Kashmir, which was 'totally lacking' in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK).]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 04:50:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2 dead, over 40 vehicles torched in Karachi violence</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19606_2-dead-over-40-vehicles-torched-in-Karachi-violence.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The number of deceased in the Karachi violence has risen to two on Wednesday, following the armed clashed that erupted outside Malir Bar, where two groups entered into gun battle in reaction to the manhandling of MQM leader today and former Law Minister Sher Afgan Niazi Khan yesterday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 04:50:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>King urges all Nepalis to participate in tomorrow's CA polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19604_King-urges-all-Nepalis-to-participate-in-tomorrows-CA-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepal King Gyanendra has invited all Nepalis to participate in tomorrow's Constituent Assembly polls. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 03:35:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepalis will cast two votes in Thursday's Constituent Assembly poll</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19602_Nepalis-will-cast-two-votes-in-Thursdays-Constituent-Assembly-poll.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nepalis will cast two votes on Thursday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 03:30:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dhaka-Kolkata train to start from April 14</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19599_Dhaka-Kolkata-train-to-start-from-April-14.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bangladesh and India are planning to start the Dhaka-Kolkata train service from April 14 under a three-year agreement.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 03:23:30 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US teenager bashed by friends for YouTube video</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19572_US-teenager-bashed-by-friends-for-YouTube-video.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ YouTube mania has taken an ugly turn with young 'cewebrities', a pun on celebrities, going to any kind of low to grab their 15 minutes of fame - a teen in the US was allegedly bashed by her friends so that they could post the attack on the video-sharing website.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 01:06:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Monks interrupt foreign, state media tour of Tibet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19567_Monks-interrupt-foreign-state-media-tour-of-Tibet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Tibetan monks interrupted the second state media trip to a protest-hit area of Tibet, which proved to be another setback to China's attempts to counter international criticism of the state crackdown of the unrest.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 12:55:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Angry China terms Rudd's Tibet comments unfounded</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19562_Angry-China-terms-Rudds-Tibet-comments-unfounded.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An angry Chinese Government today termed Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's blunt message that there are significant human rights problems in Tibet as "totally unfounded".]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 12:48:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aussies to turn backs on Olympic torch during April 24 relay</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19555_Aussies-to-turn-backs-on-Olympic-torch-during-April-24-relay.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pro-Tibet Australian protesters are planning to turn their backs on the Olympic torch during its Australian relay leg this month.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 12:38:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India calls for nuclear weapon development, production and stockpiling strictures</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19547_India-calls-for-nuclear-weapon-development-production-and-stockpiling-strictures.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ India's Permanent-Representative to the United Nations (UN), Nirupam Sen has called for an unequivocal commitment from all nuclear power states to prohibit development, production and stockpiling of nuclear weapons for their non-discriminatory and verifiable elimination within a specified framework. mbassador Sen appealed to member states to use the UN forum for an intense dialogue and strengthen the international community to initiate concrete steps for a nuclear weapons-free world, while addressing the substantive session of the Disarmament Commission.
He also stressed the necessity for a global agreement on "no first use" of nuclear weapons and called for negotiation of a convention on complete prohibition of use or threat to use such arms. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 12:15:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghan Defence  minister,along with top Afghan millitary  officials  to  visit Kashmir</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19514_Afghan-Defence-ministeralong-with-top-Afghan-millitary-officials-to-visit-Kashmir.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Top Afghan Minister Is going to have a on spot visit in kashmir and will be visiting the army Headquarter in srinagar kashmir and will take a briefing from the top security officials of kashmir regarding the operations against the millitants , said a high level army official in srinagar .He will be the first  Afghan Minister visiting Kashmir since the broke out of violence]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 10:35:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz PM Rudd says Tibet facing a human rights problem</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19508_Oz-PM-Rudd-says-Tibet-facing-a-human-rights-problem.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Visiting Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told Beijing University students that there are significant human rights problems in Tibet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 09:50:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mohamed al Fayed abandons Di legal fight</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19505_Mohamed-al-Fayed-abandons-Di-legal-fight.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Mohamed al Fayed has announced that he has abandoned his 10-and-a-half-year legal quest to prove that Diana, Princess of Wales and his son Dodi al Fayed were murdered by the British security services on the orders of Prince Philip.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 07:49:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hindu factory worker tortured and killed in Karachi blasphemy dispute</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19492_Hindu-factory-worker-tortured-and-killed-in-Karachi-blasphemy-dispute.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dozens of Muslim workers at a factory in Karachi beat to death a Hindu colleague on Tuesday for alleged blasphemy, officials said.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 05:35:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Aitzaz Ahsan decides to resign as Supreme Court Bar Association president</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19486_Aitzaz-Ahsan-decides-to-resign-as-Supreme-Court-Bar-Association-president.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  Aitzaz Ahsan has decided to resign from the post of president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) in protest against the unwarranted thrashing of the former federal law minister, Dr Sher Afgan Khan Niazi.hsan said that his resignation is with immediate effect, but announced he would continue with the lawyers movement for the restoration of sacked judiciary. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 05:20:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ex-Pak Law Minister gets a severe shoe and stone thrashing</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19484_Ex-Pak-Law-Minister-gets-a-severe-shoe-and-stone-thrashing.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's former Law Minister, Dr. Sher Afgan Niazi, a die-hard supporter of President Pervez Musharraf, received a thorough thrashing from lawyers on Tuesday and was detained for almost five hours at an advocate's house.
Niazi was lashed with shoes, stones, rotten eggs, tomatoes, as hundreds of lawyers laid a siege around the building were he was kept.
Some of the angry lawyers ripped off his clothes, shattered windowpanes of an ambulance in which he  was trying to get into.He was literally placed on the floor of the vehicle to be saved from furious lawyers who surrounded the van from all sides.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wednesday, 9 April 2008 05:15:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama visited Pakistan as a college student</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19483_Obama-visited-Pakistan-as-a-college-student.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democrat presidential hopeful Barack Obama has said that he had travelled to Pakistan as a college student.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 04:52:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Situation unfavourable for polls in five Nepal districts'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19482_Situation-unfavourable-for-polls-in-five-Nepal-districts.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ National Election Monitoring Alliance (NEMA) on Tuesday said that situation in five districts of Nepal are not favourable for the April 10 Constituent Assembly polls.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 04:50:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Israeli observers arrive in Nepal to monitor CA polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19481_Israeli-observers-arrive-in-Nepal-to-monitor-CA-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An election observation team from Israel arrived in Kathmandu on Tuesday to monitor the crucial April 10 Constitution Assembly elections. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 04:32:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Stage set for crucial CA polls in Nepal</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19473_Stage-set-for-crucial-CA-polls-in-Nepal.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ With campaigning for the crucial April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) elections ending yesterday, the stage is all set for one of the most important polls in the history of Nepal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 02:46:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>End reign of terror, deprivation in Gilgit, Baltistan: EU-Kashmir Alliance</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19472_End-reign-of-terror-deprivation-in-Gilgit-Baltistan-EU-Kashmir-Alliance.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Brussels, Apr.8 ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 02:40:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Japanese parliamentarians to monitor Nepal election</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19467_Japanese-parliamentarians-to-monitor-Nepal-election.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two Japanese parliamentarians will reach Nepal tomorrow to monitor the Constituent Assembly elections that will be held on Thursday. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 02:25:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>25 Nepali Congress activists injured in suspected Maoist attacks</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19444_25-Nepali-Congress-activists-injured-in-suspected-Maoist-attacks.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least twenty-five activists of the Nepali Congress (NC) were injured on Tuesday in suspected Maoists attacks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 01:20:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Effective and transparent governance essential for inclusive growth: Vice-President</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19443_Effective-and-transparent-governance-essential-for-inclusive-growth-Vice-President.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Tuesday called for effective and transparent governance to guarantee inclusive growth. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 01:15:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In Nepal, a polling booth for two voters!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19442_In-Nepal-a-polling-booth-for-two-voters.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Only two voters are expected to exercise their franchise at a polling booth during the April 10 Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 01:12:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Indo-Nepal border sealed to avoid discrepancies during CA polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19431_Indo-Nepal-border-sealed-to-avoid-discrepancies-during-CA-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Two days ahead of the crucial April 10 Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal, Indo-Nepal border was sealed on Tuesday, and would remained sealed for three days to avoid discrepancies during the polls.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 12:55:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal's political leaders must ensure free, fair polls: Ban Ki-moon</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19429_Nepals-political-leaders-must-ensure-free-fair-polls-Ban-Ki-moon.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged political leaders of Nepal to ensure that the April 10 Constituent Assembly elections are "free, fair and credible," and asked them to set a "historic milestone" in the peace process.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 12:47:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Duke University to reach out to Indian origin students</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19420_Duke-University-to-reach-out-to-Indian-origin-students.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Duke University Vice President Larry Moneta told Indo-American leader Rajan Zed on Monday that the university will continue to do more in the honour of Abhijit Mahato, Indian doctorate student who was killed in January this year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 12:16:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EU, Kashmir Alliance to discuss Gilgit and Baltistan rights violations</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19396_EU-Kashmir-Alliance-to-discuss-Gilgit-and-Baltistan-rights-violations.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Representatives of the European Parliament and the International Kashmir Alliance (IKA), are meeting in Brussels in a short while from now to discuss problems afflicting the under-developed and neglected Gilgit and Baltistan areas of Pakistan.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 11:25:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Di's former butler Paul Burrell could now face perjury inquiry</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19393_Dis-former-butler-Paul-Burrell-could-now-face-perjury-inquiry.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former royal butler Paul Burrell could now face a perjury investigation following the conclusion of the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and her lover Dodi al Fayed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 11:20:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Balochistan Assembly calls for ending military operation in the province</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19389_New-Balochistan-Assembly-calls-for-ending-military-operation-in-the-province.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The newly elected Balochistan assembly unanimously demanded that the federal government should approach the United Nations to investigate the killings of Benazir Bhutto, Nawab Akbar Bugti and Nawabzada Balaach Marri, and called to immediately stop military operation in the province.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 11:10:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mohamed al Fayed still cries murder despite final Di verdict</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19388_Mohamed-al-Fayed-still-cries-murder-despite-final-Di-verdict.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Harrods owner Mohamed al Fayed has refused to accept the London jury verdict - that Princess Diana and his son Dodi al Fayed were unlawfully killed due to the negligence of the drunk chauffer and chasing paparazzi.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 11:10:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US pitching for open-ended military presence in Iraq, says Guardian</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19383_US-pitching-for-open-ended-military-presence-in-Iraq-says-Guardian.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A confidential draft agreement covering the future of US forces in Iraq shows that a provision is being made for an open-ended military presence in the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 10:55:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China confirms bird flu outbreak in Tibet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19382_China-confirms-bird-flu-outbreak-in-Tibet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at a farm in a Tibet Autonomous Region village.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 10:55:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal not to permit anti-China activities: Koirala</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19380_Nepal-not-to-permit-anti-China-activities-Koirala.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has said that Nepal will not permit anti-China activities.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 10:50:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist mobilization can lead to inappropriate CA results: Martin</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19379_Maoist-mobilization-can-lead-to-inappropriate-CA-results-Martin.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), Ian Martin, has  warned that Maoists could disrupt the appropriate results of the Constituent Assembly. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 10:47:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologists unearth 35,000-year-old knives in Australia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19373_Archaeologists-unearth-35000-year-old-knives-in-Australia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists have unearthed ancient knives that date back to at least 35,000 years, in a rock shelter in Australia's remote northwest, making it one of the oldest archaeological finds in that part of the country.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 10:32:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dalai Lama's 1951 telegram to Mao expresses support for China's role in Tibet</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19372_Dalai-Lamas-1951-telegram-to-Mao-expresses-support-for-Chinas-role-in-Tibet.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[  China's State Archives Administration has published a telegraph sent by the 14th Dalai Lama to Chairman Mao Zedong in October 1951, in which he expressed his support for the agreement on measures of the peaceful liberation of Tibet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 10:30:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's rare dagger expected to fetch £500k at auction</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19356_Mughal-emperor-Shah-Jahans-rare-dagger-expected-to-fetch-£500k-at-auction.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A rare gold-encrusted dagger of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, who built the world famous monument Taj Mahal in memory of his beloved wife, is expected to fetch 500,000 pounds when it goes under the hammer on April 10.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 09:53:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz incest father's daughter from second marriage feels traumatized</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19349_Oz-incest-fathers-daughter-from-second-marriage-feels-traumatized.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The daughter from the second marriage of John Earnest Deaves, the man who has had an incestuous relationship with a daughter from his first marriage,  is completely traumatised by the revelation, her mother has said.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 09:31:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Election official abducted from Nepal's Mahottari district</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19341_Election-official-abducted-from-Nepals-Mahottari-district.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Rajendra Pandey, an election official, was abducted in Mahottari district, when he was on his way to a polling centre in the district. ]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 09:07:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Princes William and Harry welcome Di verdict</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19315_Princes-William-and-Harry-welcome-Di-verdict.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Princes William and Harry, the sons of Princess Diana, have welcomed the final verdict of a jury at the London High Court - that their mother and her boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed were unlawfully killed in 1997.]]></description>
<author></author>
<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 07:16:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Negligent driver and chasing paparazzi killed Di: Inquest jury</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19314_Negligent-driver-and-chasing-paparazzi-killed-Di-Inquest-jury.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Princess Diana and her lover Dodi al-Fayed were killed by the "grossly negligent" driving of chauffeur Henri Paul and the pursuing paparazzi, a jury at London's High Court has ruled.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 07:15:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scientists infer structure of open nicotinic acetylcholine ion channel in a living cell</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19312_Scientists-infer-structure-of-open-nicotinic-acetylcholine-ion-channel-in-a-living-cell.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ University of Illinois researchers say have mapped the interior of a key component of the relay system that allows the neurotransmitter acetylcholine to carry impulses from neurons to skeletal muscle cells and many parts of the nervous system.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 07:10:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak lawyers to undertake `Long March' if sacked judges are not restored</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19303_Pak-lawyers-to-undertake-`Long-March-if-sacked-judges-are-not-restored.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The legal fraternity in Pakistan has warned that it  will organise a "Long March" across the country if the coalition government does not restore the sacked judiciary within 30 days of its formation.
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan told reporters here on Monday that all sacked judges would also join the "Long March". 
He said no "package" or "formula" that did not include the restoration of all the judges, including sacked chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, would be accepted.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 06:47:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Former Sindh CM Rahim lashed by shoes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19297_Former-Sindh-CM-Rahim-lashed-by-shoes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Sindh Chief Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Quami (PML-Q) leader Arbab Ghulam Rahim was given a shoe lashing by a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) supporter on Monday, as he was leaving the provincial assembly here through a side entrance.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tuesday, 8 April 2008 06:26:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jimmy Carter arrives in Nepal to lead his Centre's observers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19288_Jimmy-Carter-arrives-in-Nepal-to-lead-his-Centres-observers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former US president and co-founder of the Carter Center, Jimmy Carter, arrived on Monday in Kathmandu leading a 60-member international election observer mission that will monitor the April 10 Constituent Assembly elections. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 04:25:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Blast at Nepali Congress election rally injures 9</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19287_Blast-at-Nepali-Congress-election-rally-injures-9.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least nine people were injured, two of them critically, on Monday when a bomb exploded at an election rally of the Nepali Congress in Birgunj. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 04:20:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Taliban commander' arrested in Afghanistan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19286_Taliban-commander-arrested-in-Afghanistan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A senior Taliban commander has been arrested in Kandahar, according to Afghan officials.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 04:20:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Poll observers in Nepal told to go to rural areas</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19278_Poll-observers-in-Nepal-told-to-go-to-rural-areas.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ In Nepal, nine civil society leaders have urged the Election Commission (EC) and election observers to go to rural and remote areas, saying that people might not be able to exercise their franchise in a fearless environment in these areas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 01:50:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How Richard Branson joined the Mile High Club</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19253_How-Richard-Branson-joined-the-Mile-High-Club.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Virgin magnate Richard Branson has come clean on his entry into the Mile High Club - by admitting to having a steamy sex session with a married woman in the loo of an aircraft.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 12:41:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Blast at election rally site in Kathmandu injures one</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19250_Blast-at-election-rally-site-in-Kathmandu-injures-one.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least one person was injured in a bomb blast that took place at a proposed site of an election assembly of the Nepali Congress (NC) this afternoon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 12:35:25 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Only copy of 15th century sacred book set for public display</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19243_Only-copy-of-15th-century-sacred-book-set-for-public-display.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A rare and only near-complete copy in existence of a 15th century sacred book, 'The Sarum Missal', is set to be put on display.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 12:01:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Celeb cook Delia Smith slammed for putting too much salt in her new recipes</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19241_Celeb-cook-Delia-Smith-slammed-for-putting-too-much-salt-in-her-new-recipes.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Celebrity cook Delia Smith's television series 'How To Cheat At Cooking' has been slammed by dietary experts, who say that the recipes created on the show are overdosed with salt.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 11:56:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'Steve hid pain and suffering behind bubbly persona': Bob Irvin</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19231_Steve-hid-pain-and-suffering-behind-bubbly-persona-Bob-Irvin.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Late Steve Irvin's father has revealed that the 'Crocodile Hunter' concealed a lot of pain behind his vivacious and bubbly personality.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 11:31:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Parents face fines of up to 500 dollars to control drunken children</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19211_Parents-face-fines-of-up-to-500-dollars-to-control-drunken-children.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Get ready to face fines of up to 500 dollars if your teenage children are going high on booze. This is the strategy that will be adopted by Sutherland state government to curb the growing binge-drinking epidemic in children as young as 10.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 11:05:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>1ft 11in tall Indian teen is the world's smallest girl</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19210_1ft-11in-tall-Indian-teen-is-the-worlds-smallest-girl.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ She stands just 1ft 11in tall, but Jyoti Amge is not a toddler - rather she's a 15-year-old teenager, who holds the record of being the world's smallest girl.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 10:31:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese frigate for Pakistan launched from Shanghai</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19209_Chinese-frigate-for-Pakistan-launched-from-Shanghai.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China launched the first of four F-22P frigates that it built for the Pakistani Navy under a 600 million US dollar deal, which was signed in April 2005, from a shipyard here. 
Prior to the launch, the Pakistani Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir, said the frigates would form a very important component of Pakistan's surface fleet.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 10:30:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Code of conduct still being violated by Maoists, says Nepali Congress</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19206_Code-of-conduct-still-being-violated-by-Maoists-says-Nepali-Congress.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, the chief campaign coordinator of the Nepali Congress (NC), has said that despite last week's pact inked by top three leaders, the incidents of violation of code of conduct have continued in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 10:20:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ex-Oz PM Howard honoured with 54,000 dollars</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19203_Ex-Oz-PM-Howard-honoured-with-54000-dollars.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard has been gifted with a cheque of 54,300 Australian dollars by an American financial services firm for his role in promoting Australia as an economic power house.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 10:02:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australian father-daughter end their sexual relationship</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19202_Australian-father-daughter-end-their-sexual-relationship.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An Australian father, John, and his daughter, Jenny Deaves, have said they have ended their sexual relationship of 9 years that had resulted in the birth of a child.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 10:01:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lachlan Murdoch pulls out of deal with James Packer</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19201_Lachlan-Murdoch-pulls-out-of-deal-with-James-Packer.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Media heir Lachlan Murdoch has pulled out of a 3.3 billion dollar deal to privatise Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd (CMH) with friend and fellow tycoon James Packer.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 09:55:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>More UK troops to be sent to fight Taliban</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19199_More-UK-troops-to-be-sent-to-fight-Taliban.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britain is all set to send 450 more soldiers to Afghanistan and take control of its war-torn region for at least the next two years following pressure from the US, the Telegraph reported.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 09:50:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Scottish retreat for Charles and Camilla despite growing 'rows'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19197_Scottish-retreat-for-Charles-and-Camilla-despite-growing-rows.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will celebrate their third wedding anniversary together this week, despite growing concern among the couple's friends about the shaky state of their relationship.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 09:45:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Olympics body chief nixes talk of Beijing Olympics boycott</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19196_Olympics-body-chief-nixes-talk-of-Beijing-Olympics-boycott.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The head of the organization representing the 205 national and regional Olympic committees has dismissed calls for a boycott of the Beijing Olympic Games, saying politicians who are pushing for it are making an error.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 09:40:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China, New Zealand sign free trade pact</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19195_China-New-Zealand-sign-free-trade-pact.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ China and New Zealand signed a free-trade agreement with each other here on Monday.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 09:40:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Assyrian rulers may have been the world's first CEOs</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19194_Assyrian-rulers-may-have-been-the-worlds-first-CEOs.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The discovery of a likely ancient local administrative center near the Old City of Jerusalem has fuelled speculations among archaeologists that Assyrian rulers may have been the first to devise corporate strategies. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 09:35:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit's love affair with cars, a habit hard to give up</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19190_Brits-love-affair-with-cars-a-habit-hard-to-give-up.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Britons' love affair with cars is alive and kicking despite rising petrol prices and increased congestion, according to a research.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 09:25:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lhasa Police says most Tibetan riot victims still alive</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19189_Lhasa-Police-says-most-Tibetan-riot-victims-still-alive.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Police in Tibetan capital Lhasa have claimed that the list of Tibetan rioters declared dead by the "Dalai Clique" is fabricated, saying that most of those named are still alive.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 09:25:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Trooper  commits suicide in Jammu and Kashmir</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19188_Trooper-commits-suicide-in-Jammu-and-Kashmir.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[
 An Army trooper  allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle at a camp in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 09:21:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>To woo voters, Brown to borrow Blair's election slogan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19184_To-woo-voters-Brown-to-borrow-Blairs-election-slogan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ To win back disaffected voters in southern England British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will borrow one of Tony Blair's election slogans.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 09:16:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda accuses Nepal media of prejudice towards him</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19179_Prachanda-accuses-Nepal-media-of-prejudice-towards-him.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ CPN (Maoist) Chairman Prachanda has accused Nepal media of being very prejudiced towards him and is making a case for retaining the status quo for now in Nepal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 09:06:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Margaret Thatcher still mesmerises Brits</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19169_Margaret-Thatcher-still-mesmerises-Brits.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first woman prime minister who left office undefeated 18 years ago, is still so appealing to people that she may win a general election even today. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 08:55:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hillary's chief strategist resigns</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19166_Hillarys-chief-strategist-resigns.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's chief strategist Mark Penn resigned after embarrassing her by flying to Colombia on private business to lobby for a free trade deal that she opposes.  illary is on the presidential campaign trail in Oregon and is struggling to keep alive her election hopes alive.
The departure of her top official is a major blow to Hillary and could help fuel a sense of crisis in her candidacy, the Telegraph reported. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 08:47:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Crocodile hunter hid pain and suffering, says father</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19156_Crocodile-hunter-hid-pain-and-suffering-says-father.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Bob Irwin, father of Australian crocodile hunter Steve Irwin, has said that his son hid pain and suffering behind bubbly personality.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 08:23:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>'US to attack FATA, interrogate AQ Khan if Musharraf steps down'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19147_US-to-attack-FATA-interrogate-AQ-Khan-if-Musharraf-steps-down.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ President Pervez Musharraf thinks that if he steps down as head of state, the US will go for direct military attacks on Pakistan's tribal areas bordering Afghanistan and will also take away Dr AQ Khan for interrogation.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 07:50:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brit Jews, Muslims say no to labelling of halal and kosher meat</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19145_Brit-Jews-Muslims-say-no-to-labelling-of-halal-and-kosher-meat.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Jews and Muslims in Britain have reportedly objected to a Government proposal to label halal and kosher meat before they are put on sale.
Reacting to Food and Farming Minister Lord Rooker's proposal that suggests that the public should be given the choice of deciding whether they want to buy food from animals that have been bled to death, community leaders and members said this step to label meats went against their religious beliefs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 07:40:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Britain has most dismal fertility treatment record in Europe</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19144_Britain-has-most-dismal-fertility-treatment-record-in-Europe.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ New figures published by the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology have shockingly claimed that Britain has the worst fertility treatment safety records in Europe, ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 07:37:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sharif to contest by-election from Lahore constituency in May</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19142_Sharif-to-contest-by-election-from-Lahore-constituency-in-May.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has announced that he will contest the by-election from Lahore's National Assembly seat number 123 in May this year.
PML-N sources said that the seat has been vacated by party stalwart Javed Hashmi, who won from three constituencies in the last general election. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 07:31:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari to clear names of Sindh ministers</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19138_Zardari-to-clear-names-of-Sindh-ministers.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is expected to give his approval to a list of Sindh ministers here today.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 07:19:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>20 tonnes of dead fish block Karachi harbour</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19137_20-tonnes-of-dead-fish-block-Karachi-harbour.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Karachi Port Trust (KPT) officials are battling against time to rid the habour of about 20 tonnes of dead fish of different sizes.
According to KPT officials, the operation to clear the port of the dead fish will continue on Monday. They said the dead fish appeared mysteriously in the backwaters of the harbour, near Baba Island and Bhitt Island, late Saturday night.
Panic has spread among fishermen,  but KPT officials described it as the annual Red Tide phenomenon.
"This is the work of the Red Tide, locally known as 'Mara Pani (The killer water).' It is a normal phenomenon and happens several times a year. There is no need to panic," said the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) Marine Pollution Control Manager, Muhammad Zahiya Usmani.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 07:15:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NYT describes Benazir's tome as a work of `enormous intelligence'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19136_NYT-describes-Benazirs-tome-as-a-work-of-`enormous-intelligence.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's posthumously published book has been described by the New York Times as a work of "enormous intelligence, courage and clarity", containing the best-written and most persuasive modern interpretation of Islam.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 07:10:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistan, Afghanistan will jointly combat extremism, says Karzai</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19133_Pakistan-Afghanistan-will-jointly-combat-extremism-says-Karzai.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has reiterated that he will work closely with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani to fight extremism plaguing both countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 07:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak Law Minister may have finalised Constitutional package for sacked judges</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19132_Pak-Law-Minister-may-have-finalised-Constitutional-package-for-sacked-judges.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's Law and Justice Minister Farooq H Naek has reportedly prepared a "Constitutional Package" that could determine the future of the over 60 judges sacked by the Musharraf regime on November 2-3, 2007.
Sources told The Nation on condition of anonymity that this package has been forwarded to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and will be sent later to parliament for its approval.
According to the package, all deposed judges will be restored and Provisional Constitutional Order-appointed judges will also remain in their seats. A Parliamentary Committee will also be formed which will decide the destiny of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) by analysing case-to-case judgment. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Monday, 7 April 2008 06:55:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>25 arrested for marring Olympic torch relay in London</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19124_25-arrested-for-marring-Olympic-torch-relay-in-London.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least 25 people were arrested here on Sunday as they tried to disrupt the Olympic torch parade's 31-mile-long journey through the British capital. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 April 2008 05:00:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Duke of Edinburgh discharged from hospital</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19123_Duke-of-Edinburgh-discharged-from-hospital.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Phillip, was discharged from London's King Edward VII Hospital on Sunday after being treated for a chest infection. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 April 2008 04:55:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vice President Ansari leaves for Kazakhstan</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19121_Vice-President-Ansari-leaves-for-Kazakhstan.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ After his successful visit to Turkmenistan, Vice President Hamid Ansari on Sunday left for Kazakhstan. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 April 2008 04:50:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prachanda slams media for being "very prejudiced"</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19120_Prachanda-slams-media-for-being-very-prejudiced.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M) chairman Prachanda on Sunday accused the Nepalese media of being "very prejudiced" against him.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 April 2008 04:50:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Maoist attack injure Nepali Congress candidate</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19110_Maoist-attack-injure-Nepali-Congress-candidate.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Maoists have severely beaten a candidate of Nepali Congress (NC) and other leaders of the party yesterday afternoon]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 April 2008 01:46:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sir Salman Rushdie: 'Embracing Islam was all a pretence'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19107_Sir-Salman-Rushdie-Embracing-Islam-was-all-a-pretence.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Award-winning novelist Salman Rushdie has confessed that he pretended to 'embrace Islam' hoping that it would reduce the threat of Muslims acting on the fatwa to kill him.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 April 2008 12:00:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Falling grapes, half moons - the road signs that are driving France crazy</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19106_Falling-grapes-half-moons---the-road-signs-that-are-driving-France-crazy.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ If you're planning a trip to France make sure to brush up a set of odd new road signs that advise on matters such as the proximity of wine and places to put a canoe in the water.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 April 2008 11:56:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Prince Harry asks for Chelsy Davy's hand in marriage?</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19096_Prince-Harry-asks-for-Chelsy-Davys-hand-in-marriage.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Prince Harry has sparked speculation that he is willing to marry girlfriend Chelsy Davy, by having an "intense" discussion with the latter's parents.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 April 2008 09:48:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Princess Diana's life could be heading for Broadway</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19091_Princess-Dianas-life-could-be-heading-for-Broadway.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A musical based on the life and death of Princess Diana could be heading for the Broadway stage, it has emerged.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 April 2008 08:50:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>International People’s Tribunal announced in Kashmir</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19087_International-Peoples-Tribunal-announced-in-Kashmir.html</link>
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<pubDate>Sunday, 6 April 2008 05:11:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kashmir issue will be resolved in accordance with historic stand: Pak Foreign Minister</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19078_Kashmir-issue-will-be-resolved-in-accordance-with-historic-stand-Pak-Foreign-Minister.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday said that the Kashmir issue will be resolved in accordance with the country's historic stand. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 03:10:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PML-Q chief rules out Musharraf's impeachment</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19075_PML-Q-chief-rules-out-Musharrafs-impeachment.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has ruled out the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 02:50:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>3 Pakistani soldiers, 5 Baloch nationalists killed</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19072_3-Pakistani-soldiers-5-Baloch-nationalists-killed.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ At least three Pakistani soldiers and five Baloch nationalists were killed on Saturday in a gunfight in Balochistan province.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 02:40:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Afghanistan to ban Indian TV soaps by April 15</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19071_Afghanistan-to-ban-Indian-TV-soaps-by-April-15.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Afghanistan's Ministry of Culture and Information has confirmed that the government will ban the broadcasting of popular Indian soap operas by April 15.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 02:40:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US man makes 2.6 million dollars by selling his domain name</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19054_US-man-makes-26-million-dollars-by-selling-his-domain-name.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ When Chris Clark bought the domain name pizza.com in 1994, he never thought in his wildest dreams that it would fetch him 2.6m dollars after 14 years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 01:26:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>007 creator's Golden Eye home to be turned into a celeb village</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19053_007-creators-Golden-Eye-home-to-be-turned-into-a-celeb-village.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ James Bond creator Ian Fleming wrote all the 007 adventures at "Golden Eye", his Jamaican seaside villa. And now, Fleming's home is to be turned into a 120 million dollar resort.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 01:22:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ledra Street in divided Nicosia reopens after 45 years.</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19037_Ledra-Street-in-divided-Nicosia-reopens-after-45-years.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ For the first time in 45 years, inhabitants of the divided city of Nicosia in the Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, walked freely the full length of Ledra Street, the street that symbolised Cyprus' tragic history.
The barricades that had severed the Street were torn down at dawn on Thursday, only hours before the long-awaited crossing was finally opened to the public. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 11:45:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US should respect Pakistan's need for political space, says expert on South Asia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19031_US-should-respect-Pakistans-need-for-political-space-says-expert-on-South-Asia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Noted South Asia expert Teresita C Schaffer has said that the US should respect Pakistan's need for political space in the aftermath of a new government coming in place in Islamabad, especially when it was determined to convince its people that it was defending its own interests rather than following a US lead.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 11:30:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>People react strongly to Hillary Clinton because she violates their expectations</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19028_People-react-strongly-to-Hillary-Clinton-because-she-violates-their-expectations.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A new research undertaken by the University of St.Louis has come to the conclusion that Democratic presidential candidate invites strong reactions from most Americans because she violates people's expectations.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 11:20:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zardari, Nawaz "faulted" for opposing force against Taliban, Al Qaeda, says US expert</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19027_Zardari-Nawaz-faulted-for-opposing-force-against-Taliban-Al-Qaeda-says-US-expert.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A key US negotiator for ensuing peace in the Middle East has said that PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif had "faulted" while declaring that they intend to deal with terror by talking to extremist groups in the tribal border areas, and opposing American bombing in those areas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 11:20:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Al Qaeda keen to acquire N-weapon to use it, says US official</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19022_Al-Qaeda-keen-to-acquire-N-weapon-to-use-it-says-US-official.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A US intelligence official has said that Al Qaeda was planning to acquire a nuclear weapon to use it and not to simply to build a stockpile. He said that Al Qaeda was a dynamic and rarely followed a straightforward path.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 11:06:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Archaeologists find 470 Viking-era silver Arab coins in Sweden</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19015_Archaeologists-find-470-Viking-era-silver-Arab-coins-in-Sweden.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Archaeologists have discovered about 470 rare Viking-age silver Arab coins that date from the 7th to 9th century, at an early Iron Age burial site near Stockholm in Sweden.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 10:46:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Six-legged robots would help to make lunar bases mobile</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19003_Six-legged-robots-would-help-to-make-lunar-bases-mobile.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ NASA engineers are developing a giant, six-legged robot that would be able to pick up and move a future moon base thousands of kilometers across the lunar surface, allowing astronauts to explore a much wider area.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 08:38:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China-made frigate to head for Pakistan on Monday</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19002_China-made-frigate-to-head-for-Pakistan-on-Monday.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The first of four F-22P frigates ordered by the Pakistan Navy from China three years ago will be launched on Monday from a Shanghai shipyard.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 08:33:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Trans-Atlantic bombers packed condoms, porn magazines in luggage to avoid detection</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_19000_Trans-Atlantic-bombers-packed-condoms-porn-magazines-in-luggage-to-avoid-detection.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The eight Islamic extremists facing trial in Britain for their alleged role in attempting to blow-up Trans-Atlantic passenger jets in the middle of 2006, reportedly packed condoms and pornographic magazines in their hand luggage, to avoid the suspicion of airport security staff as to their extremist antecedents.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 08:21:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Trans-Atlantic bombers packed condoms, porn magazines in luggage to avoid detection</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18999_Trans-Atlantic-bombers-packed-condoms-porn-magazines-in-luggage-to-avoid-detection.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The eight Islamic extremists facing trial in Britain for their alleged role in attempting to blow-up Trans-Atlantic passenger jets in the middle of 2006, reportedly packed condoms and pornographic magazines in their hand luggage, to avoid the suspicion of airport security staff as to their extremist antecedents.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 08:21:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak coalition appears divided over Dr AQ Khan's release: Paper</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18998_Pak-coalition-appears-divided-over-Dr-AQ-Khans-release-Paper.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Differences among the coalition partners in the new Pakistan government came to the fore last night when a senior PML-N leader demanded "immediate release" of detained nuclear scientist Dr AQ Khan, while the largest party the PPP chose not to respond to the demand.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 08:20:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pak coalition appears divided over Dr AQ Khan's release: Paper</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18997_Pak-coalition-appears-divided-over-Dr-AQ-Khans-release-Paper.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Differences among the coalition partners in the new Pakistan government came to the fore last night when a senior PML-N leader demanded "immediate release" of detained nuclear scientist Dr AQ Khan, while the largest party the PPP chose not to respond to the demand.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 08:20:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian Indian Congress wants more Indians in public service</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18994_Malaysian-Indian-Congress-wants-more-Indians-in-public-service.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) wants the recruitment of eligible Indians into the public sector to go up to eight per cent.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 08:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India-Singapore ties set to expand: Singapore PM</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18993_India-Singapore-ties-set-to-expand-Singapore-PM.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An India-Singapore Strategic Dialogue is to be instituted in a Track 2 diplomacy mode to examine new areas of bilateral cooperation and to exchange views, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said at a gala dinner here on Friday evening. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 08:05:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>"Dr Death" Jayant Patel loses bail plea in the US</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18988_Dr-Death-Jayant-Patel-loses-bail-plea-in-the-US.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Dr Jayant Patel of Indian origin, who earned the sobriquet "Dr Death" for botching several surgeries resulting in patients deaths, is learnt to have lost his plea for getting released from a Portland jail while he fought extradition to Australia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Saturday, 5 April 2008 06:35:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Close aide of Maulana Fazlullah, 6 others arrested in Swat valley</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18978_Close-aide-of-Maulana-Fazlullah-6-others-arrested-in-Swat-valley.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistani security forces on Friday arrested seven suspected militants, including a close aide of pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Fazlullah. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 04:35:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz Government will soon send observers to monitor Nepal polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18977_Oz-Government-will-soon-send-observers-to-monitor-Nepal-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith on Friday said that his government would soon sent observers to monitor the April 10 Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 04:35:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Britain provides 14 million dollar aid for Nepal elections</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18975_Britain-provides-14-million-dollar-aid-for-Nepal-elections.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Gordon Brown Government of Britain has announced 14 million dollar aid to support the April 10 Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 04:30:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pakistani lawyers demand Attorney General Qayyum's resignation</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18972_Pakistani-lawyers-demand-Attorney-General-Qayyums-resignation.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan's Lawyer associations on Friday demanded the Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani Government to remove Malik Muhammad Qayyum immediately from the Attorney General of Pakistan's post.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 03:35:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US prepares to take on emerging al Qaeda leader</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18966_US-prepares-to-take-on-emerging-al-Qaeda-leader.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Bush Administration has reportedly expressed concern over the emergence of aLibyan as the voice of al Qaeda, and is reportedly gearing itself up to take him on.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 03:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>US still hopes to operationalise civil nuclear deal with India</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18964_US-still-hopes-to-operationalise-civil-nuclear-deal-with-India.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Tom Casey has expressed hope about the civil nuclear agreement with India being cleared in the next few months.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 03:05:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>International leaders to examine India's rise as a great power</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18959_International-leaders-to-examine-Indias-rise-as-a-great-power.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Nearly 200 prominent individuals in government, business, academia, policy, media and the armed forces from India and the world will gather at the India Global Forum, organised by The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), in association with Citi (formerly Citigroup), between April 18 and 20 here to examine factors responsible for India's emergence as a "Great Power". ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 02:50:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fair skinned people to be banned from solariums in Western Australia</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18947_Fair-skinned-people-to-be-banned-from-solariums-in-Western-Australia.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Lying on tanning beds might help you achieve the desirable tanned look, but along with it there's a consolation prize in store - chances of developing cancer. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 01:25:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nepal EC disqualifies 280 candidates ahead of polls</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18946_Nepal-EC-disqualifies-280-candidates-ahead-of-polls.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ The Election Commission (EC) has disqualified 280 candidates whose candidatures were not conforming to the election law and has also announced action against four violators of the election code of conduct]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 01:20:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Most Brits fail basic spelling test</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18944_Most-Brits-fail-basic-spelling-test.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ It seems that millions of Britons will have to retake the spelling lessons they got in school.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 01:19:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Malaysian woman sues husband over loss of virginity</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18936_Malaysian-woman-sues-husband-over-loss-of-virginity.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A Malaysian woman is suing her husband for a million dollars over the loss of her virginity.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 01:05:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oz workers find their bosses 'stingy' and 'bloody tight'</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18929_Oz-workers-find-their-bosses-stingy-and-bloody-tight.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ More than a third of Australian employees find their bosses miser and stingy, according to a new survey.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 12:57:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Men more likely to die of a broken heart than women</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18921_Men-more-likely-to-die-of-a-broken-heart-than-women.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Losing a partner can be heart breaking for anyone, but it is often seen that the impact of grief is more on women than men. But a new research has challenged this notion, by finding that men are more likely to die of a broken heart than the fairer sex.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 12:35:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rushdie vows to keep his private life under wraps after Padma split</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18900_Rushdie-vows-to-keep-his-private-life-under-wraps-after-Padma-split.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Sir Salman Rushdie has vowed to keep his private life under wraps, following his split with fourth wife Padma Lakshmi.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 12:08:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Woman bites pit bull to save her pet pooch!</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18890_Woman-bites-pit-bull-to-save-her-pet-pooch.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ An American woman saved her pet dog from a pit-bull attack - by biting the bull back.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 11:40:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Two grannies to swap jam making and needlework for brothel tour</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18889_Two-grannies-to-swap-jam-making-and-needlework-for-brothel-tour.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ They have relaxed themselves with needlework and jam-making for years, but now two members of Hampshire's Women's Institute are set to embark on a rather off-colour activity - touring brothels. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 11:40:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Air America anchor suspended over Hillary whore comments</title>
<link>http://www.thecheers.org/news/World-news/news_18877_Air-America-anchor-suspended-over-Hillary-whore-comments.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Air America Radio's afternoon host Randi Rhodes has been suspended for her abusive remarks against Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during an off-the-air public event in San Francisco. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Friday, 4 April 2008 10:40:24 GMT</pubDate>
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