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<title><![CDATA[Attack on Israel from Lebanon threatens 2nd front]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM <BR>Lebanese militants fired barrages of rockets into northern Israel early Thursday.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:26:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Stonehenge: One totally awesome rave location]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Stonehenge: One totally awesome rave location]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:05:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Israel conditionally welcomes cease-fire proposal ]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[GAZA CITY, Gaza (AP) — Israel ordered a pause in its Gaza offensive for three hours Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach besieged Palestinians, and a government spokesman said it "welcomes" an Egyptian-French cease-fire proposal as long as Hamas halts militant rockets and weapons smuggling.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:12:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[For Israel, lessons from 2006, but old pitfalls]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/world/middleeast/07military.html?_r=1&th&emc=th]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Israel is applying the military insight it gained from the 2006 war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, but diplomatic lessons do not seem to have been so well applied.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:51:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Israel to briefly halt Gaza operations to allow aid]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM <br>The Israeli military says it will briefly halt its operations in Gaza during the day to allow in humanitarian aid and fuel.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:02:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[One year after $100, oil prices cut in half]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON (AP) — One year ago Friday, crude prices eclipsed the once unfathomable price of $100 a barrel for the first time, a day largely lost to history because of the year that followed.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:09:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scientists say comet killed off mammoths, saber-toothed tigers]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jan/02/scientists-say-comet-killed-mammoths-saber-toothed/news-world/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO – First an explosion as powerful as thousands of megatons of TNT rained meteorites down on North America. Then forest fires broke out across the continent, sending up a thick layer of soot and dust that blocked out the sun. A sudden ice age ensued, and some of the Earth's largest animals went extinct in a blink of geological time.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:42:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Clinton, familiar with pitfalls of Mideast politics, may face early test in Gaza]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/washington/02clinton.html?_r=1&th&emc=th]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton's troubled history with Arab-Israeli issues could complicate her task of proving that she can be a mediator in the Middle East. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:35:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. gives control of Green Zone to Iraq]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jan/02/us-gives-control-of-green-zone-to-iraq/news-world/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The walls of the majestic Republican Palace in Baghdad's Green Zone have been stripped bare. The vaults that secured American cash and classified documents are gone, and the concrete blast walls that protected the front entrance were taken down this week. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Global Elite: The History of Power]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www.newsweek.com/id/170186?GT1=43002]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The study of power is not only diverting (which Homer and Shakespeare knew), but illuminating. A biography of an ancient human impulse.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Israel rejects truce call, attacks Gaza ]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/31/israel-rejects-truce-call-attacks-gaza/news-world/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel rejected international pressure to suspend its air offensive against Palestinian militants whose rocket barrages are striking close to the Israeli heartland, sending warplanes Wednesday to demolish smuggling tunnels that are the lifeline of Gaza's Islamic Hamas rulers.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:38:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Roofs collapse under weight of Spokane's record snowfall]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Spokane residents were digging out yesterday after a record-breaking month of snow-collapsed roofs and clogged streets. 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:20:51 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Atheists file suit to bar God references at inauguration]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/31/310020/atheists-file-suit-to-bar-god-references-at-inaugu/news-world/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A group of atheists, led by a California man known for challenging the use of the words "under God" in recitals of the Pledge of Allegiance at public schools, filed a lawsuit yesterday to prohibit prayer and references to God at the swearing-in of President-elect Obama.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:20:41 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[TVA sued for $165 million over coal-ash sludge damage]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/31/310020/tva-sued-for-165-million-over-coal-ash-sludge-dama/news-world/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A group of landowners sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for $165 million yesterday over a failed retention dam that spilled more than a billion gallons of coal-ash sludge.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:20:16 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Internet network may help Obama advance agenda]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/31/internet-network-may-help-obama-advance-agenda/news-world/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Oba&#173;ma's top asset in pushing his agenda will not be his Cabinet secretaries or aides, but rather his online network.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Just a second, 2009 - the Earth needs to catch up]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/30/just-second-2009---earth-needs-catch/news-world/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[AT THE GREENWICH PRIME MERIDIAN, England (AP) — Just a second, 2009.

It's going to take a little longer to say goodbye to the worst economic year since the Great Depression, but all for good cause.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:31:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Children's book based on Holocaust story is pulled ]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/30/childrens-book-based-holocaust-story-pulled/news-world/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) — The fallout continues from Herman Rosenblat's discredited Holocaust story.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:36:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[News Analysis: For Hamas, logic led to cease-fire's end]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/world/middleeast/30hamas.html?_r=1&th&emc=th]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The militant group's return to military actions against Israel is part of its strategy to appear as the Palestinians' principal resistance. 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:46:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Israeli air strikes pound Hamas government compound]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Israeli aircraft kept up a relentless string of attacks on Hamas-ruled Gaza on Tuesday, smashing a government complex, security installations and the home of a top militant commander as thousands of Israeli ground troops, backed by tanks and artillery, massed along the border and waited for a signal to attack.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:09:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[White House demands Hamas stop firing on Israel ]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/29/white-house-demands-hamas-stop-firing-israel/news-world/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The Bush administration is arguing anew for an end to the latest flare up between Israel and the Hamas organization.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:59:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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