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  <title><![CDATA[Egypt Facing Chaotic Presidential Election As Military Looms Over Supposed Shift To Democracy]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[In the likely event that no one candidate receives half of the vote, a run-off between the top two candidates will be held the following month.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 22:53:45 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Counterfeit Anti-Malarial Drugs Increase Fatalities, Boost Parasites' Resistance In Africa And Southeast Asia: Report]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Over one-third of the drugs distributed to fight malaria in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia over the last 10 years were either fake or of poor quality, according to a report published by the Lancet on Tuesday.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 17:44:01 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Falling Indian Rupee: What Government Has Done To Protect Economy]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Blaming the Euro Zone crisis for a weak Indian economy Indian Finance3 Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that government is taking several steps to protect the economy and rupee from further pressures.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:56:49 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chris Mahlangu Found Guilty of South African White Supremacist Eugene Terreblanche's Murder [VIDEO]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Farm worker Chris Mahlangu found guilty of the murder of white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche while co-accused Patrick Ndlovu found not guilty.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/343918/20120522/eugene-terreblanche-chris-mahlangu-guilty-murder-patrick.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:31:17 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Facebook Shares Recover After 9% Plunge But Fall Again]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, kept falling Tuesday, three business days after its $16,7 billion initial public offering.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/343902/20120522/facebook-ipo-price-social-netwiork.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:02:54 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Muammar Gaddafi’s Ex-Spy Chief to Face Charges in Mauritania]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Muammar Gaddafi&#039;s former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi faces charges in Mauritania for illegally entering the country, a source said.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/343897/20120522/muammar-gaddafi-s-ex-spy-chief-face.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:50:19 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[OECD Sees Euro Zone Crisis Threatening Global Recovery]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The United States and Japan are leading a fragile economic recovery among developed countries that could yet be blown off course if the euro zone fails to contain the damage from its problem debtor states, the OECD said on Tuesday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/343889/20120522/euro-zone-greece-spain-debt-financial-crisis.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:29:28 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[South Africa: Jacob Zuma ‘The Spear’ Painting Defaced in Johannesburg]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A controversial painting of South African president Jacob Zuma with his genitals hanging out has been vandalised in Johannesburg.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:11:58 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Euro Recovers Monday On Technicals, But Greek Exit Shadows Trade]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The euro-to-dollar exchange rate recovered Monday from the lows seen late  Friday, when the European currnecy nearly touched multiyear lows. Still, the rise appeared to spring mostly from technical retracements, as tradersbelieve Greece will soon be forced to exit the currency union.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/343620/20120521/euro-usd-chf-trade-currency.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 22:38:25 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Mali: Interim President Traore Attacked By Protesters Following  Agreement With Military Junta, ECOWAS]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Diancounda Traore, the interim president of Mali, was beaten in his office by protesters on Monday in the capital city of Bamako.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 21:53:32 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Nigeria Arrests Man Trying to Enter Ministry with Grenades and Ammunition]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Man arrested as he tried to smuggle hand granades and rifle ammunition into Nigeria&#039;s information ministry in Abuja.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 17:37:09 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Funeral of Lockerbie Bomber al-Megrahi Held in Libya [VIDEO/PHOTOS]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Small ceremony held for funeral of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, convicted of murdering 270 in Lockerbie.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 17:01:28 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Israel: South Africa Ban of West Bank Products Smacks of Racism]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Israel&#039;s foreign ministry spokesman said South Africa&#039;s decision to ban imported goods marked as &#039;made in Israel&#039; when they come from the West Bank settlements had &quot;characteristics of racism&quot;.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/343424/20120521/israel-south-africa-trade-ban-west-bank.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:36:29 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Facebook IPO: Now That You Own Shares, 3 Key Signs To Look For]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Shareholders of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, are set to get the shares Tuesday, following Friday’s tumultuous first sales after the $16 billion initial public offering.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/343412/20120521/facebook-ipo-shares-warn-bono-price-nasdaq.htm</guid>
  <link>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/343412/20120521/facebook-ipo-shares-warn-bono-price-nasdaq.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:16:13 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Technology Focus: Facebook’s IPO Boosts Its Cash – Now What?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[One value of going public for any company is to raise cash as well as mint new shares for acquisitions. Facebook (Nasdaq: FB)’s $16 billion initial public offering was no exception.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/343108/20120520/facebook-ipo-zuckerberg-sandberg-shares-intel-ibm.htm</guid>
  <link>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/343108/20120520/facebook-ipo-zuckerberg-sandberg-shares-intel-ibm.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 15:54:32 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Lockerbie Bomber Megrahi Dies In Libya]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing over Scotland, which killed 270 people, has died at home in Libya, his brother said Sunday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/343095/20120520/megrahi-lockerbie-libya-pan-103-terrorism.htm</guid>
  <link>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/343095/20120520/megrahi-lockerbie-libya-pan-103-terrorism.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 14:45:52 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Meet Priscilla Chan, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Wife [PHOTOS]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Chan, a Chinese-American fellow student, graduated from Harvard in 2007 and had worked as a 4th and 5th Grade Science Teacher at the Harker School in San Jose for two years before joining the UCSF medical school.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/343059/20120520/priscilla-chan-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-s.htm</guid>
  <link>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/343059/20120520/priscilla-chan-facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-s.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 09:37:44 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Facebook IPO: The Inexorable Deterioration Of Human Society Continues]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Facebook has become a showcase for vulgar narcissism and voyeurism.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342837/20120518/facebook-ipo-zuckerberg-social-media-communication.htm</guid>
  <link>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342837/20120518/facebook-ipo-zuckerberg-social-media-communication.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 18:54:06 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Mbeki In Sudan To Mediate Peace Talks]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Former South African President Thabo Mbeki was in Khartoum on Friday to try and push Sudan and South Sudan back to the negotiation table.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342728/20120518/sudan-south-thabo-mbeki-war-african-union.htm</guid>
  <link>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342728/20120518/sudan-south-thabo-mbeki-war-african-union.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:59:26 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[UN Chief Holds al-Qaeda Responsible For Suicide Bombings In Syria]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday he believed al Qaeda was behind the twin suicide car bomb blasts that killed at least 55 people in Syria last week.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342601/20120518/syria-bashar-al-assad-un-ban-ki.htm</guid>
  <link>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342601/20120518/syria-bashar-al-assad-un-ban-ki.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 09:52:24 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[34 Killed As Bus Falls Into River In Vietnam]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A crowded bus tipped over a bridge and crashed into a river in central Vietnam, killing 34 people and injuring 20, some of them in serious condition, Vietnam authorities said.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342533/20120518/vietnam-bus-crash.htm</guid>
  <link>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342533/20120518/vietnam-bus-crash.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 07:37:10 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Guinea-Bissau: ECOWAS Troops Arrive For Peacekeeping Mission]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[On Thursday, 70 troops arrived in Guinea-Bissau as part of a peacekeeping initiative by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The troops are meant to stabilize the country as it prepares for national elections in 12 months, following a military coup that deposed the civilian government.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342427/20120517/guinea-bissau-ecowas-troops-military-junta-government.htm</guid>
  <link>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342427/20120517/guinea-bissau-ecowas-troops-military-junta-government.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:39:04 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Somaliland: Death By Firing Squad Ordered For 17 Civilians]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A military court in Somaliland sentenced 17 civilians to death for attacking army officers in the capital of Hargeisa.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342229/20120517/somaliland-death-penalty-somalia-attack.htm</guid>
  <link>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342229/20120517/somaliland-death-penalty-somalia-attack.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:16:19 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[China 'Quietly' Nudging North Korea To Drop Nuclear Test: Report]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[China has been nudging North Korea to shelve the plans for a third nuclear test, though it remains unclear how North may react to the pressure, sources aware of the secretive discussions between the two nations have said.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342217/20120517/china-north-korea-nuclear-test-pyongyang-beijing.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:46:01 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Libya: Saif al–Islam Gaddafi Refuses to Appoint Defence Lawyer]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Sailf al-Islam Gaddafi, who is currently awaiting trial in Libya, refuses to appoint Libyan lawyer to defend him, top Libyan diplomat says.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342160/20120517/saif-islam-gaddafi-refusing-appoint-lawyer-libya.htm</guid>
  <link>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342160/20120517/saif-islam-gaddafi-refusing-appoint-lawyer-libya.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:11:49 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan Demands $4.1 Billion A Year; Plans To Sell Islamic Bonds]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Afghanistan, bracing for a potential sharp decline in financial support from the West amid fears of a fresh military offensive by the Taliban insurgents, has demanded $4.1 billion a year for its security forces after the foreign troops pull out in 2014, ahead of the NATO summit starting Sunday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://africa.ibtimes.com/articles/342096/20120517/afghanistan-islamic-bonds-military-defense-spending-nato.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:33:17 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[2011 Gold Production in Tanzania Up 13%]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Production of the precious safe haven yellow metal gold by Tanzania, Africa&#039;s fourth largest gold producer, jumped 13 per cent to 40.4 tonnes in 2011 from 35.6 tonnes in 2010, as companies increased production output prompted by the metal&#039;s rising price during the period in reviews.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 04:38:58 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Global Losses From Greek Euro Zone Exit Could Reach €1 Trillion]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The financial markets appear to have already priced in Greece’s departure from the euro bloc.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:56:57 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ratko Mladic Goes On Trial Over War Crimes, Genocide; Taunts Survivors In Court]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic went on trial Wednesday on 11 counts of war crimes, including genocide during Bosnian war in the 1990s, which saw the Srebrenica massacre and the bloody siege of Sarajevo.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:54:32 SAST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Half Of South Sudan Facing Hunger Crisis: UN]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[More than four million people in South Sudan -- about half of the country&#039;s population -- face hunger and food shortages as clashes with Sudan along the border continue, according to the United Nations.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:34:46 SAST</pubDate>
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