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		<title>Gov. Dayton decided to blink, well sorta.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can faintly hear the horns sounding triumphantly as a deal to end the Minnesota government shutdown appears close.  The newspapers, radios and even Yahoo are reporting “Dayton: Will concede to GOP to end Minn. Shutdown.” (Source) The June 30th budget the GOP had proposed to Dayton, “would close a $1.4 billion budget difference by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Body of bin Laden</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 20:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was sitting in my 10th grade Chemistry class on September 11th of 2001. I remember my teacher, Mr. Sufka telling us what had happened. We were able to see some images from Yahoo, but the internet was overwhelmed that day and our schools TVs were unfortunately down for repair.  We discussed what happened and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you, Basboosa!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 17, 2010 in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, a 26 year old street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi lit himself on fire. The theft and beatings from the local government officials had become too much for this man to bear. His livelihood had been ruined and there was nothing he could do about it; he felt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The military option against Libya&#8217;s Gaddafi</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fighter jets, aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean, a no-fly zone over Libya and arming the rebels are all options being weighed up by the United States and its allies in the European Union, as a defiant Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is continuing to cling onto power and is ordering airstrikes on towns and arms depots. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is this how Cheeseheads act?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wisconsin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The collective, society, power as a group. These are concepts that are used to demonize the left. Collective bargaining is bad, whether it is a union or average people looking to negotiate the prices of prescription drugs. In the US it is the individual who is lauded, Microsoft would be nothing without Bill Gates, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Picture: Egypt in turmoil</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Images of the thousands of Egyptian protesters that defied a curfew in the capital Cairo and other cities taken throughout the day.]]></description>
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		<title>Political Checklist: State of the Union Preview</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PBS NewsHour Political Editor David Chalian and Senior Correspondent Judy Woodruff discuss what to expect in Tuesday&#8217;s State of the Union Address where Democrats and Republicans will be sitting together. They also talk about the 2012 Senate race already taking shape in Virginia.]]></description>
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		<title>Copts nervous after Egypt church attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New Year&#8217;s day bombing of a church in Alexandria has left many in Egypt&#8217;s Coptic Christian community frustrated and nervous, judging by the protests for the third night in a row. The attack was the worst in a decade and its aftermath is still being felt, with MENA, the official Egyptian news agency, reporting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States Joining Forces to Block 14th Amendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some states looking to deny birthright citizenship]]></description>
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		<title>Ivory Coast Remains in Political Limbo as Civil War Fears Linger</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite calls from the U.N. and West African leaders to accept election results and step down, Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has refused to surrender power and retains control of the nation&#8217;s military forces. Nearly 200 people have been killed in post-election clashes. Gwen Ifill takes a closer look at the situation.]]></description>
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		<title>Khodorkovsky Conviction Renews &#8216;Selective Justice&#8217; Concerns in Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the latest conviction of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Jeffrey Brown examines political dissent, the rule of law and the legal system in Russia with Anna Vassilieva of the Monterey Institute of International Studies and Dimitri Simes of the Nixon Center, both of whom are natives of Russia but now U.S. citizens.]]></description>
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		<title>First Person: Koreas Situation &#8216;A Tinderbox&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Brooks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Richardson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is back in New Mexico after several days in North Korea as an unofficial envoy. He says the situation is still a &#8220;tinderbox&#8221;. (Dec. 22)]]></description>
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