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    <pubDate>2012-02-07 16:40</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taiwan National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Director General released on bail over China art]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The director general of the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei was released on bail of NT$100,000 (US$3,300) on]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 03:51 PM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taiwan Consumer Price Index and food prices show large rise in January]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Consumer prices and in particular food prices rose at the highest pace in about three years, reports said Tuesday.
	Statistics released by]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 02:53 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Taiwan News, Staff Writer]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[New premier vows economic transformation]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Chen vowed to push for an economic transformation to further develop the service sector, focus more on domestic demand and diversify]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 10:45 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Taiwan News, Staff Writer,Taiwan News, Newspaper]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Top HK official has no immediate plans to visit Taiwan: spokesman]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Hong Kong, Feb. 7 (CNA) Donald Tsang, chief executive of the Hong  Kong Special Administrative Region of China, currently has]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 04:18 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Central News Agency]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Palestinians take step toward reconciliation with Islamic militant group]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[After months of wavering, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took a decisive step Monday toward reconciliation with the Islamic militant group Hamas, a move Israel promptly]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 03:17 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By Evelyn Lin<br>Taiwan News, Staff Writer]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romanian President Traian Basescu named Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu as new PM]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[After Emil Boc stated that his resignation is to “ease the social situation, Romania’s President Traian Basescu named Foreign Intelligence chief, Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu as new]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 02:59 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By Gobby Wang<br>Taiwan News, Staff Writer]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[MOFA mum on president's visit to Africa]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Taipei, Feb. 7 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on  Tuesday downplayed media speculation that President Ma Ying-jeou will]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 01:34 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Central News Agency]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Egypt’s plan to charge 19 American pro-democracy activists, US shows "deeply concerned"]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The United States demanded "clarification" over Cairo's apparent plans to put dozens of pro-democracy activists, including 19 Americans, on trial over charges of illegal funding]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 12:23 PM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By Evelyn Lin<br>Taiwan News, Staff Writer]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama imposes new sanction against Iran as freezing its property in US]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The White House moved to enforce tightened sanctions against Iran on Monday because of the country’s suspect nuclear program, freezing all property of the Central]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 11:47 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By Evelyn Lin<br>Taiwan News, Staff Writer]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pakistan officials: 13 killed as factory collapses in Lahore, dozens still trapped]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Ten women and three children were killed with dozens of others trapped under rubble when a factory collapsed in the Pakistani city of Lahore on]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 11:29 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By Evelyn Lin<br>Taiwan News, Staff Writer]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama: Israel has not decided on attacking Iran]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON
President Barack Obama said Sunday he does not think Israel has decided whether to attack Iran over its disputed nuclear program, a standoff that has]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 11:25 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press,Taiwan News, Newspaper]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[China defends its veto of U.N. measure on Syria]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[BEIJING
China said Monday it was forced to veto a United Nations vote on Syria because it was called before differences in the proposal were bridged]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 11:25 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press,Taiwan News, Newspaper]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Egypt to try 19 Americans in face of straining ties]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[BEIJING
Ignoring a U.S. threat to cut off aid, Egypt has referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 11:25 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press,Taiwan News, Newspaper]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Conservative wins Finland presidential vote]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[HELSINKI
A former finance minister has won Finland’s presidential election and will become the country’s first conservative head of state in five decades.
Sauli Niinisto took 63]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 11:25 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[<br>Associated Press,Taiwan News, Newspaper]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[US and allies seeking way to press on Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad after UN failure]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. and allies are seeking another way to end the violence in Syria and increase the pressures on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 10:52 AM</pubDate>
      <author><![CDATA[By Gobby Wang<br>Taiwan News, Staff Writer]]></author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ex-ministers deny interest in running for DPP chairmanship]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Two former ministers during the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration yesterday denied media speculation that they might be interested in mounting bids to become the]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834422]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 10:45 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[President swears in new Cabinet]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[President Ma Ying-jeou swore in new Premier Sean Chen and new Cabinet members in a ceremony held at the Presidential Office yesterday.
After taking his oath]]></description>
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      <pubDate>2012-02-07 10:45 AM</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[China to step up web monitoring to fend off ‘Arab Spring’ influences]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Authorities in China have announced that a recent directive ordered the creation of a Chinese Communist Party]]></description>
      <link><![CDATA[http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1834403]]></link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-07 10:45 AM</pubDate>
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