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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:10:58 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Israel and U.S. need to get facts straight before attacking Iran</title>
<description>Many of us doubt that Iran is on the way to building a nuclear bomb. </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:05:09 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/">(Op-ed) Jonathan Power (POWER&amp;rsquo;S WORLD)</source>
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<title>3,000 candidates approved for Iran polls</title>
<description>Iran&amp;#039;s high legislative body, the Guardian Council, has approved more than 3,000 candidates for the parliament elections, Press TV reported.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:10:03 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Israel &amp;#039;plans attack on Tehran within months&amp;#039;</title>
<description>Israel is planning to attack Iran &amp;quot;within months&amp;quot;, the Daily Mail reported Saturday.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:10:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Iran holds military drill</title>
<description>Iran Saturday launched a military drill on its southern territorial waters.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:20:07 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Iran to stop Europe oil exports</title>
<description>Iran will stop its oil exports to Europe, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said Saturday.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:20:02 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Iran starts cruise missile production</title>
<description>Iran Saturday began mass production of its latest anti-vessel cruise missiles, the official media reported.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:50:02 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Khamenei warns &amp;#039;consequences of war 10 times more detrimental for US&amp;#039;</title>
<description>Iran&amp;#039;s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that Iran will respond on its nuclear program, saying the consequences of war would be &amp;quot;10 times more detrimental&amp;quot; for the US.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Khamenei warns Iran will back &amp;#039;any nations, any groups&amp;#039; fighting Israel</title>
<description>Iran&amp;#039;s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that his country will back any group or nation targeting Israel.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:30:09 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>&amp;#039;Israeli assets in US and worldwide under severe Iranian security threat&amp;#039;</title>
<description>Israel&amp;#039;s facilities in North America and around the world are on high alert, as they face an Iranian security threat, an internal document has said. </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:00:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Iran sanctions hurt joint auto venture</title>
<description>CARACAS, Venezuela -;  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that international sanctions on Iran are impeding some of his country&amp;#039;s business deals with Tehran.    The U.S. and  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:03:27 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.utsandiego.com/">San Diego Union-Tribune</source>
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<title>Europe coughing up cash for US military gamble in Iran - analyst</title>
<description>Any economic losses from the EU&amp;#039;s oil embargo on Iran are outweighed by the benefits of the new sense of European unity ushered in by the sanctions. That&amp;#039;s the view of MEP Martin Callanan  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:48:50 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://rt.com/">RT</source>
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<title>Iran Unveils Laser-Guided Smart Munitions</title>
<description>Iran Unveils Laser-Guided Smart Munitions  News number: 9010173037 17:18 | 2012-01-30  http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9010173037  TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Defense Ministry unveiled the  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:59:16 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Backlash as Iran hardliners label Oscar favourite a &amp;#039;dirty picture&amp;#039;</title>
<description>A Separation Production year: 2011 Countries:  Iran, Rest of the world Cert (UK): PG Runtime: 122 mins Directors: Asghar Farhadi, Asghar Farhadi Cast: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Sareh Bayat,  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:41:22 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/">The Guardian</source>
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<title>U.S. and Israel Set Stage for False Flag and Iran Attack</title>
<description>Prison Planet.com  February 4, 2012  Events over the last several days reveal that the United States and Israel plan to conduct a false flag terror event to be blamed on Iran. The event will likely  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:28:12 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.prisonplanet.com/">Prison Planet</source>
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<title>Iranian warships dock at Saudi port</title>
<description>Iranian naval ships docked on Saturday in the Saudi port city of Jeddah on a mission to project the Islamic republic&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;power on the open seas,&amp;quot; the Fars news agency reported.  The  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:01:31 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://news.yahoo.com/">General Sources</source>
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<title>Iranian leader dismisses sanctions, warns U.S. against war</title>
<description>WASHINGTON - Dismissing economic sanctions that are beginning to bite, Iran&amp;#039;s supreme leader said Friday that his country wouldn&amp;#039;t bow to Western demands that it stop enriching uranium and  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:01:18 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Time is urgently running out</title>
<description>)  Following are comments made by Defense Minister Ehud Barak earlier today  (Monday), 30.1.12:  &amp;quot;Yesterday I returned from a few days in Davos. During the global forum, I  was able to meet  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:18:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Arab World Supports War Against Iran Print version. English pravda.ru</title>
<description>Copyright &amp;copy; 1999-2010, PRAVDA.Ru. When reproducing our materials in whole or in part, hyperlink to PRAVDA.Ru should be made. The opinions and views of the authors do not always coincide with  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:15:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Sweden Dismisses War Against Iran As &amp;lsquo;Stupidity&amp;rsquo;</title>
<description>Iran has launched the mass-production of the Zafar (Triumph) marine cruise missile for delivery to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) naval forces.  &amp;quot;Zafar is a radar-controlled, short  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:56 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.iran-daily.com/">Iran Daily</source>
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<title>3,000 Majlis Hopefuls Get GC Approval</title>
<description>Samsung Electronics on Saturday condemned an anti-Iran commercial, expressing dismay at a threat to ban its products over the teaser.  The South Korean electronics giant said it was not involved in  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:52 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Navy&amp;rsquo;s 18th Flotilla In Jeddah</title>
<description>Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said the 18th flotilla of the Iranian Navy has docked in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.  He told Mehr News Agency that it was an important move to enhance  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:49 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Oil Ban Will Not Halt Nuclear Drive</title>
<description>Russia Foreign Ministry in a statement denied claims by a Russian newspaper that Russia and the US has made a deal on Iran and Syria, terming the claims as being &amp;#039;far from reality&amp;#039;.  The  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:45 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Enemies Angry Over Iranian Nation&amp;rsquo;s Progress</title>
<description>Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said the 18th flotilla of the Iranian Navy has docked in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.  He told Mehr News Agency that it was an important move to enhance  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:38 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Iran to Cut Exports To Hostile States</title>
<description>Political Desk  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the belligerent attitude of some countries towards Iran is due to the enemies&amp;#039; anger over Iranian nation&amp;#039;s move to conquer the peaks of  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:36 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Top Regional Ranking In Ophthalmology</title>
<description>Iran ranks first in ophthalmology among both regional and Middle East countries.  Faculty member of Shahid Beheshti University, Dr. Siamak Moradian, made the announcement while speaking to reporters  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:34 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>World Factory Output Down</title>
<description>The world rice harvest in 2011-12 period will close with a record of 721 million tons, as predicted by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.  In its three-month report, the FAO  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:32 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Afghan Civilian Death Toll Hits Record High</title>
<description>Argentinian protesters marched on the British embassy in Buenos Aires, burning the Union flag, in protest at the Duke of Cambridge&amp;#039;s six-week deployment to the Falklands Islands.  A branch of  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:30 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Samsung Condemns Insulting Commercial</title>
<description>Samsung Electronics on Saturday condemned an anti-Iran commercial, expressing dismay at a threat to ban its products over the teaser.  The South Korean electronics giant said it was not involved in  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:25 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>IRGC Wargames Underway In Fars Province</title>
<description>The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force on Saturday began a series of military exercises in Iran&amp;#039;s southern regions on Saturday.  Commander of the IRGC Ground Force Brigadier  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:20 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Disagreements Delay EU Telecom Sanctions</title>
<description>Russia Foreign Ministry in a statement denied claims by a Russian newspaper that Russia and the US has made a deal on Iran and Syria, terming the claims as being &amp;#039;far from reality&amp;#039;.  The  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:16 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Abductions Target Syrian Economy</title>
<description>A senior lawmaker said US-backed terrorists have targeted Syria&amp;#039;s economy by kidnapping Iranian pilgrims in the country.  &amp;quot;The terrorists [in Syria] are trying to create fear among Iranian  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:09 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.iran-daily.com/">Iran Daily</source>
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<title>Iraq Gas Pipeline Ready by 2013</title>
<description>Domestic Economy Desk    Iran&amp;#039;s gas pipeline to Iraq has seen a physical progress of 40 percent and will be extended to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad by the Ten-Day Dawn of the next Iranian year  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Public Urged to Contribute To Infrastructural Projects</title>
<description>Private investors can contribute to the construction and development of highways, airports, ports and aviation fleet of Iran, said roads and urban development minister on Saturday.  Speaking in the  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:29:01 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Foreign Investment Up by 100%</title>
<description>Domestic Economy Desk    Foreign investment grew by 100 percent in the current Iranian year (to end March 19) compared to the figure for the previous year, announced head of the Investment, Economic  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:58 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Businesspersons Hold Seminar in Georgia</title>
<description>Domestic Economy Desk    The first seminar themed &amp;#039;Intellectual Contribution of Iranian Economic Activists in Georgia&amp;#039; was held in Tbilisi concurrent with the 10-Day Dawn celebrations  ... </description>
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<title>Chabahar Transit Facilities Attractive</title>
<description>Domestic Economy Desk    Iran&amp;#039;s gas pipeline to Iraq has seen a physical progress of 40 percent and will be extended to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad by the Ten-Day Dawn of the next Iranian year  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:52 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>China Limits Mortgages for Foreigners</title>
<description>From Page 1    The Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers&amp;#039; Index (PMI), compiled by Markit, rose to 48.8 last month from 46.9, revised up from a flash reading but recording its sixth month  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Turkey&amp;rsquo;s Annual Inflation at 10.6%</title>
<description>Turkey woke up to a white on Friday, but this time to find the highest peak in inflation for the past three years replacing reports of blizzards and snowstorms on the morning news.  Turkey&amp;#039;s  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:44 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Egypt Requests $1b Loan</title>
<description>Japan&amp;#039;s Parliament has approved a 2.5 trillion yen ($32.9 billion) extra budget bill, the fourth one to fund reconstruction projects after last year&amp;#039;s disasters and support the  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:41 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Deutsche Bank Reports Loss</title>
<description>Deutsche Bank, Germany&amp;#039;s biggest bank, reported a loss in fourth-quarter profit as Europe&amp;#039;s sovereign-debt crisis crimped trading and the company booked writedowns on holdings.   Net  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:35 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Travelogue Festival in Tehran</title>
<description>Iranica Desk    The First Festival of Travelogue Writing, held on Friday in Tehran, was named after eminent Iranian poet, Nasser Khosrow Qobadiani.  Arash Nour Aqayei, secretariat of the conference,  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Alborz Mountain Range Surveyed</title>
<description>The Alborz (literally meaning high) is one of the two main mountain ranges of Iran. It separates the Caspian Sea region in the north from the central plateau, which is predominantly a desert.  The  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:26 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Deforestation Threatens Brazil&amp;rsquo;s Wetland</title>
<description>The Pantanal, a stunning biodiversity sanctuary in central-western Brazil, is threatened by intensive farming and deforestation, a leading environmental group warned as the world marked World  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:24 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Greenpeace Warns of Storm of Crises</title>
<description>The head of environmental pressure group Greenpeace warned on Friday the world faced a &amp;quot;perfect storm&amp;quot; of crises and was heading for what he termed a crisis of &amp;quot;epic  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:20 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Five Ways to Make Time for Yourself</title>
<description>Sometimes life is just so hectic that by the time you&amp;#039;ve worked your way through all the tasks in the day, there&amp;#039;s no time to devote to yourself.  Even if you get up earlier or go to bed  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Malaria Kills Twice As Many as Thought</title>
<description>Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people worldwide a year, nearly twice as many as previously thought, according to new research published on Friday that questions years of assumptions about the  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:09 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Sugar Must Be Regulated Like Cigarettes</title>
<description>Sugar is a poison and its sale should be as tightly regulated as cigarettes and alcohol, scientists say.  They warn that sugary foods and drinks are responsible for illnesses, including obesity,  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>4th Life-Supporting Planet Discovered</title>
<description>Astronomers say they&amp;#039;ve discovered a fourth planet outside our solar system that could support life.  It orbits a star called GJ 667C about 22 light years away from Earth, TIME wrote.  The star  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:28:01 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Eating Fish Lowers Colon Polyps Risk&amp;lrm;</title>
<description>Women who eat about three servings of fish per week have a somewhat lower chance of having polyps during a routine colonoscopy than women who eat just one serving every two weeks, according to a new  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:58 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Supergiant in Deepest Sea</title>
<description>A huge crustacean has been found lurking 7 km down in the waters off the coast of New Zealand.  The creature--called a supergiant--is a type of amphipod, which are normally around 2-3 cm long, BBC  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:49 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Amazon Fungus Eats Polyurethane</title>
<description>To the multitude of arguments for protecting rainforest biodiversity, here&amp;#039;s a new addition: An Amazonian fungus could eat our most durable landfill waste.  According to Popsci, a group of  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:45 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Mars Too Dry for Life</title>
<description>Sugar is a poison and its sale should be as tightly regulated as cigarettes and alcohol, scientists say.  They warn that sugary foods and drinks are responsible for illnesses, including obesity,  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:40 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Mashaal, Abbas to Meet in Doha</title>
<description>Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khalid Mashaal are expected to meet in Qatar on Sunday, after postponing a meeting on Thursday in the Egyptian capital.  Elected Premier of  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:37 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Two Sudans Closer To War Than Peace</title>
<description>Sudan is closer to war than peace with the breakaway state of South Sudan, President Omar Al-Bashir said on national television on Friday, with a dispute over oil and other issues stoking tensions.   ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:35 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>UN Vote on Syria Will End in Scandal</title>
<description>Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khalid Mashaal are expected to meet in Qatar on Sunday, after postponing a meeting on Thursday in the Egyptian capital.  Elected Premier of  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:32 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Egypt Clashes Enter Third Day</title>
<description>Police fired tear gas and birdshot at protesters on Saturday in the third day of deadly clashes in Cairo, as anger at the ruling military boiled over after 74 people died in football-related  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>2 Killed in Yemen Violence</title>
<description>Sudan is closer to war than peace with the breakaway state of South Sudan, President Omar Al-Bashir said on national television on Friday, with a dispute over oil and other issues stoking tensions.   ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:27 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>NYPD Under Fire for Spying on Shiite Community</title>
<description>Civic groups from around the US are calling for a legal investigation into intelligence-gathering on Shiite Muslims by the New York Police Department.  The complaint comes after an internal memo  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:19 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Gilani to Discuss Afghan Peace in Qatar</title>
<description>Civic groups from around the US are calling for a legal investigation into intelligence-gathering on Shiite Muslims by the New York Police Department.  The complaint comes after an internal memo  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:16 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Russians Stage Rival Protests Over Putin</title>
<description>Argentinian protesters marched on the British embassy in Buenos Aires, burning the Union flag, in protest at the Duke of Cambridge&amp;#039;s six-week deployment to the Falklands Islands.  A branch of  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Kazemi for More Glories</title>
<description>Rice&amp;#039;s Iranian forward Arsalan Kazemi said that he will do his best to shine in his team.  Speaking to ISNA, Kazemi, &amp;quot;I am more motivated to shine for my team. We could have more games in  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:11 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Fans&amp;rsquo; Expectations `Too High&amp;rsquo;</title>
<description>Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung believes the club&amp;#039;s impressive list of previous triumphs has created unrealistic expectations for the current team.  Sir Alex Ferguson is currently  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Bynum, Bryant Lead Lakers Past Nuggets</title>
<description>World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka will face a big test of her new status this weekend as women&amp;#039;s tennis moves from singles tournament play to the Fed Cup teams event.  The Australian Open champion  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:01 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Van der Garde Gets Caterham Test Role</title>
<description>World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka will face a big test of her new status this weekend as women&amp;#039;s tennis moves from singles tournament play to the Fed Cup teams event.  The Australian Open champion  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:26:56 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>FIFA Ranking Rescheduled To March 7</title>
<description>FIFA have decided to push the publication of the latest FIFA-Coca-Cola Ranking to March 7 in order that the last day of matches in Round 3 of the Asian Qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup will be  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:26:53 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Vonn&amp;rsquo;s 50th WCup Win</title>
<description>Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung believes the club&amp;#039;s impressive list of previous triumphs has created unrealistic expectations for the current team.  Sir Alex Ferguson is currently  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:26:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>A view of the 4th Dawn of Islamic Revolution&amp;rsquo;s Innovation and Flourishment Festival held on Saturday.</title>
<description>Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA)  Mohammad Reza Erfanian  Emad Abshenass  88755761-2  88761869  88049761-5  88500617 - IranDaily@IranAgahiha.com  http://www.iran-daily.com   ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:26:46 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Nazeri, Alizadeh Plan Concert</title>
<description>Nazeri, Alizadeh Plan Concert    Acclaimed Iranian vocalist Shahram Nazeri, accompanied by tar virtuoso Hussien Alizadeh will perform a concert in Paris.  According to ISNA, the performance,  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:26:44 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Fajr Film Market Underway</title>
<description>Fajr Film Market Underway    The Iranian International Film Market was opened Thursday at Tehran&amp;#039;s Milad Tower.  The market is held annually on the sidelines of the Fajr International Film  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:26:43 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Tehran Gallery Hosting Gustav Mahler Exhibit</title>
<description>Fajr Film Market Underway    The Iranian International Film Market was opened Thursday at Tehran&amp;#039;s Milad Tower.  The market is held annually on the sidelines of the Fajr International Film  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:26:41 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.iran-daily.com/">Iran Daily</source>
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<title>War Semiotics Book Ready Soon</title>
<description>Fajr Film Market Underway    The Iranian International Film Market was opened Thursday at Tehran&amp;#039;s Milad Tower.  The market is held annually on the sidelines of the Fajr International Film  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:26:39 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.iran-daily.com/">Iran Daily</source>
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<title>Tom Cruise to Present Oscars</title>
<description>Tom Cruise will serve as a presenter at the 84th Academy Awards, producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer said, AP said.  Cruise, a three-time Oscar nominee for his roles in &amp;quot;Born on the Fourth  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:26:36 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.iran-daily.com/">Iran Daily</source>
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<title>Civil War Photographs On Show</title>
<description>Entitled as &amp;#039;Nam-Avard&amp;#039;, the first book on Iran-Iraq War Semiotic Studies and 608th volume of Resistance Art and Literature series will be unveiled at the Book City Center with the  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:26:34 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.iran-daily.com/">Iran Daily</source>
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<title>Iran begins new military exercises in south</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:03:51 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://news.yahoo.com/">General Sources</source>
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<title>Iran - Press freedom violations recounted in real time</title>
<description>1st February 2012 - Two journalists freed on bail   Reporters Without Borders had learned of the release on bail on 3 January of the documentary  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:46:22 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://en.rsf.org/">Reporters without Borders</source>
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<title>Iran threatens to ban Samsung following Israeli ad</title>
<description>Teheran is considering a ban on Samsung to protest an advertisement for  an Israeli cable provider that makes light of the war of words and  mysterious explosions being waged between Iran and  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:12:37 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.jpost.com/">Jerusalem Post</source>
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<title>The West strengthens China&amp;#039;s influence in Iran</title>
<description>Iran warns its Arab neighbors that in the event of the introduction of sanctions against the country they should not increase oil production. Otherwise, as promised by representatives of the Islamic  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:59:53 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Israel threatens war against Iran within months</title>
<description>Even as the US and its European allies intensify punitive economic sanctions against Iran, there are growing signs that Israel is threatening military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in the  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:12:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Iran, Israel - and US - on collision course over nukes</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:07:07 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.sltrib.com/">Salt Lake Tribune</source>
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<title>Iran Begins Military Exercises, Insists on Avoiding Tensions</title>
<description>4 de febrero de 2012, 10:11 Tehran, Feb 4 (Prensa Latina) The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) of Iran began military exercises aimed at demonstrating its defensive capacity against threats  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:02:41 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.plenglish.com/">Prensa Latina</source>
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<title>Samsung condemns &amp;#039;anti-Iran&amp;#039; ad featuring its tablet</title>
<description>Seoul: Samsung Electronics on Saturday condemned an Israeli commercial featuring a Samsung tablet, expressing dismay at Iran&amp;#039;s threat to ban its products over the apparently anti-Tehran  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:27:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>An attack on Iran must be stopped | Andrew Murray</title>
<description>&amp;#039;Today&amp;#039;s anti-war campaign must break the parliamentary consensus for war which proved so calamitous in 2003.&amp;#039; Photograph: Mike Kemp/In  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:22:25 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/">The Guardian</source>
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<title>Iran turns up the heat some more</title>
<description>Iran has started military exercises with ground troops, the latest show of force as tensions stay high between Tehran and Israel and the West. Nancy Cordes speaks with Juan Zarate about the  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:16:14 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://feeds.cbsnews.com/">CBS News</source>
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<title>Iran turns up the heat some more</title>
<description>Iran has started military exercises with ground troops, the latest show of force as tensions stay high between Tehran and Israel and the West. Nancy Cordes speaks with Juan Zarate about the  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:16:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>UPDATE 9-Oil up sharply on U.S. jobs surge, Iran</title>
<description>* Iranian leader threatens retaliation for oil embargo  * Increase in U.S. nonfarm payrolls lifts oil prices  * Coming up: API oil data 4:30 p.m. EST Tuesday  (Recasts, updates prices to  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:07:23 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Brent crude ends at near 3-month high on U.S. jobs, Iran</title>
<description>Brent crude oil futures rose on Friday for  the fourth day in a row and settled at the highest level in nearly three months,  as strong U.S. jobs growth in January and  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:07:18 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Israeli Defense minister implies a strike on Iran nuclear program is near</title>
<description>(AXcess News) Tel Aviv - Tensions between Israel and Iran are on the rise after a group of top Israeli leaders engaged in a round of saber-rattling on Thursday and Iran&amp;#039;s Supreme Leader  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:49:37 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.axcessnews.com/">Axcess News</source>
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<title>UN nuclear agency pressures Tehran</title>
<description>VIENNA o Seemingly failed talks this week between Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency have instead increased pressure on Tehran to defuse suspicions before another meeting later in the month that it  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:34:22 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.sltrib.com/">Salt Lake Tribune</source>
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<title>Iran begins war games in Strait of Hormuz</title>
<description>February 4, 2012  Iran has started military exercises, planned weeks in advance, in the narrow Strait of Hormuz. The exercises come after the West dispatched more warships to the region amid  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:28:04 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.prisonplanet.com/">Prison Planet</source>
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<title>Globalist Dennis Ross Admits Iran Attack Possible</title>
<description>Dennis Ross , admitted that an attack on Iran&amp;rsquo;s nuclear facilities is a possibility.  If sanctions imposed on Iran fail, Ross told Euronews correspondent Fariba Mavaddat, an attack &amp;quot;is  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:28:02 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.prisonplanet.com/">Prison Planet</source>
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<title>Americans talk about an Israeli strike on Iran, but prepare own offensive</title>
<description>February 4, 2012  US Secretary of State Leon Panetta has been outspoken about a possible Israeli offensive against Iran taking place as of April and one American TV channel theorized simplistically  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:27:57 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.prisonplanet.com/">Prison Planet</source>
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<title>Less than One-Fifth of All Americans Favor Military or Covert Action Against Iran</title>
<description>the same neoconservatives who pushed the Iraq war are now loudly beating the drums of war against Iran, neither the American or Israeli people want war.  A new United Technologies/National Journal  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:27:55 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.prisonplanet.com/">Prison Planet</source>
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<title>Iran reenacts Ayatollah Khomeini&amp;#039;s 1979 return with cardboard cutout</title>
<description>He&amp;rsquo;s baaack - not in the flesh, but as a cardboard cutout.Thirty-three years after Ayatollah Khomeini returned from Parisian exile to revolutionize Iran, the country&amp;rsquo;s regime re-enacted  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:26:34 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.nypost.com/">New York Post</source>
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<title>An attack on Tehran would be madness &amp;ndash; so don&amp;rsquo;t rule it out.</title>
<description>The Independent February 4, 2012  If Israel really attacks Iran this year, it - and the Americans - will be more dotty than their enemies think. True, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a crackpot, but then so  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:20:01 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.infowars.com/">Infowars.com</source>
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