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	<title><![CDATA[Pope Francis has chance to inspire world religions to &#39;go green&#39;]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[OSLO - Few religious communities have gone as far in fighting climate change as a church in Queensland, Australia, which has 24 solar panels bolted to the roof in the shape of a Christian cross.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:00:42 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Migration from crisis countries soars by nearly half]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS - Migration from countries worst hit by the financial crisis has jumped by almost half, with southern Europeans in particular fleeing north despite growing unemployment and hostility, the OECD said.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:30:07 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Home builders across US asking: Where have all the good carpenters gone?]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Where have all the carpenters gone? Home builders across the United States are scratching their heads for an answer as they struggle to assemble crews to keep up with growing demand.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:40:53 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Elderly women escape from burning limo in California; similar fire killed Pinay]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[A group of mostly elderly women, half of them in their 90s and some using canes, escaped unharmed from a stretch limousine that burst into flames at a gated senior community in Northern California, police said on Monday. An earlier limousine fire killed Filipina bride Neriza Fojas and eight girlfriends as they were heading across the San Mateo-Hayward bridge.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 06:42:00 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Homelessness rising in Australia due to spike in number of migrants &mdash; study]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - Homelessness in Australia has surged 17 percent since 2006 mainly due to a spike in migrant numbers, though fewer people are sleeping rough on the streets, a report found Wednesday.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:00:32 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Too many immigrants now in France, says former Prime Minister]]></title>
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	PARIS - There are too many immigrants in France, former prime minister Francois Fillon said Thursday, insisting that the country cannot cope with everyone who wants to come in.

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	<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:40:38 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Health, tax issues stir controversy on U.S. immigration bill]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Health benefits and taxes for undocumented foreigners emerged on Tuesday as thorny issues in the U.S. immigration debate as the Senate prepared to consider changes to a sweeping bill next week.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 06:19:19 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Chinese wonder why their tourists behave so badly]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[BEIJING - From faking marriage certificates to get honeymoon discounts in the Maldives to letting children defecate on the floor of a Taiwan airport, Chinese tourists have recently found themselves at the center of controversy and anger.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 15:20:27 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[With change in govt, Mexico records fewer drug-related deaths, disappearances]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY - The drug-related murders that plagued Mexico for six years have decreased in the past six months, while fewer people have disappeared than previously thought, the interior minister said Friday.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 15:50:22 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[At tornado-hit school, colored stickers and pencils litter ruins]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[MOORE, Oklahoma - A miniature bookcase with children&#39;s books spilling out is among the few furnishings still standing amid the tornado-torn rubble of what once was the Briarwood Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:56:45 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Scrambling for the immigrant elite]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[A new era has arrived in immigration. Many countries - the United States, the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands - have for decades taken in poor immigrants with the express intention that they would do work that native citizens had become reluctant to do. The labor was either too hard, too cheap or too dangerous for the locals.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:26:10 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Japanese mayor sparks outrage with sex-slave remarks]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[China expressed outrage on Tuesday over remarks by the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka who said Japan&#39;s system of military brothels during World War Two was &quot;necessary&quot;, as the Japanese government sought to distance itself from the comments.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:17:47 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Americans studying outside U.S. up 4%]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The number of U.S. students enrolled in full-degree programs at universities outside the United States grew 4 percent to about 46,000 last year, according to a report by the Institute of International Education&#39;s Project Atlas.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:21:18 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Low costs lure U.S. college students abroad]]></title>
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	BOSTON&nbsp;- Looking for a low-cost college option? Consider learning German.&nbsp;Patrick Finger, a high school senior from Southern California, did just that. He applied to a dozen or so colleges this year, including several state schools. In the end, he chose a less conventional path, opting to perfect his German language skills over the next year and then enroll at the University of Cologne. Tuition at German universities proved irresistible - it&#39;s free.
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	<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:05:24 +0800</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Chilling out in sizzling Dubai&#39;s all-ice cafe]]></title>
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	<description><![CDATA[DUBAI&nbsp;- Honeymooners and other tourists from the Gulf are heading to the throbbing heart of Dubai to beat the summer heat by cooling off at the first &quot;ice lounge&quot; in the Middle East.]]></description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 23:53:22 +0800</pubDate>
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