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		<title>WIDE ANGLE&#8217;s Online Film Series Nominated for Web Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are excited to announce that WIDE ANGLE’s online series of short documentary films, called FOCAL POINT, is nominated for a 2010 Webby Award!

Like WIDE ANGLE, the FOCAL POINT series offers a deeper understanding into the forces shaping the world today through compelling human stories, with FOCAL POINT providing a venue for shorter, less formal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan Government Takeover Plan for Women&#8217;s Shelters Alarms Human Rights Groups</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kabul]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Afghan government's recent proposal to take control of women's shelters has human rights groups and women's rights advocates alarmed that the move further threatens the safety of women and girls in Afghanistan.

The new regulation, drafted by the Ministry of Justice, would subject victims of domestic abuse to compulsory forensic examinations and severely limit women's [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for School Series: Live Discussion on Global Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Call  (718) 506-1351 to join the conversation!

WIDE ANGLE’s unprecedented, award-winning 12-year documentary project, Time for School, follows seven kids in seven countries struggling to get what nearly all American kids take for granted: a basic education. 

On Thursday, September 10th at 12:00 noon, EST, we'll be hosting a live discussion with Oren Rudavsky and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Equatorial Guinea Pardons Simon Mann, Claude Levi-Strauss Dies at 100</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-equatorial-guinea-pardons-simon-mann-claude-levi-strauss-dies-at-100/5709/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Czech Republic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equatorial Guinea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Hague]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Czech President Vaclav Klaus signs the Lisbon Treaty, an agreement meant to streamline European Union decision-making that includes the establishment of an E.U. president. Klaus was the last hold out on the document, which required the unanimous support of all 27 E.U. member states. The treaty could now take effect as early as December.

Former Bosnian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Karzai Declared Winner in Afghanistan, Opposition to Renew Challenge in Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Hamid Karzai is declared winner of Afghanistan's disputed elections after his main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, withdraws from the race.

Suicide attacks hit two of Pakistan's largest cities -- thirty people are killed in a blast in near  Pakistani army headquarters in Rawalpindi, and two suicide bombers and a policeman are killed in a car bombing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Haitian PM Ousted, Honduran Rivals Agree to Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-haitian-pm-ousted-honduran-rivals-agree-to-deal/5699/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and defacto leader Roberto Micheletti agree to a deal that could lead to the creation of a power-sharing government with Zelaya resotred to the presidency. The deal, already hailed as "an historic agreement" by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, must now be approved by the Honduran congress.

In one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Iran Responds to Nuclear Deal, Race for E.U. President Begins</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-iran-responds-to-nuclear-deal-race-for-e-u-president-begins/5694/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[al Qaeda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nuclear proliferation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran hands over an initial response to a draft deal with the U.N. under which the country's uranium would be sent abroad for processing. Iran is seeking two crucial changes to the plan -- a slower timetable for delivery and the "simultaneous exchange" of nuclear fuel in return -- but Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Nearly 100 Dead in Peshawar Blast, Six U.N. Staffers Killed in Kabul</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-nearly-100-dead-in-peshawar-blast-six-u-n-staffers-killed-in-kabul/5691/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 100 people are killed in a massive car bombing in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier. The blast hit a popular market full of fabric and clothing shops frequented mostly by women, and many of the dead are women and children. The attack comes as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Deadliest Month for Americans in Afghanistan, Karadzic Trial Begins Without Karadzic</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-deadliest-month-for-americans-in-afghanistan/5689/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-deadliest-month-for-americans-in-afghanistan/5689/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eight Americans are killed in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan bringing October's death toll to 53 -- the deadliest month for Americans in the eight-year war.

Radovan Karadzic continues to boycott his war crimes trial in the Hague, but the proceedings begin without him.

A French court convicts the Church of Scientology of fraud. Group leaders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Death Toll Rises in Baghdad, Karadzic A No-Show</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-death-toll-rises-in-baghdad-karadzic-a-no-show/5686/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The death toll from Sunday's pair of suicide attacks on government buildings in downtown Baghdad climbs to 155, including as many as 30 children who were at the Justice Ministry's day care center at the time of the attacks.

At least 14 Americans are killed in two separate helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, the largest number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: ASEAN Launches Human Rights Commission, Three New Attacks in Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-asean-launches-human-rights-commission-three-new-attacks-in-pakistan/5684/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launches its first human rights commission, but establishing credibility for the new watchdog group will be a challenge in a region that includes member states such as Burma, ruled by a military junta, and Laos, ruled by a reclusive communist regime.

Fifteen people are killed when a bus carrying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Ethiopia Requests Emergency Food Aid, Karadzic Boycotts His Own Trial</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-ethiopia-requests-emergency-food-aid-karadzic-boycotts-his-own-trial/5681/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethiopia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least 20 people are killed in a battle between Islamic militants and African peacekeepers after militants attack the main airport in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Taliban militants assassinate a Pakistani army brigadier and his driver. Brigadier Moin-ud-din Ahmed was deputy force commander of the United Nations Mission in Sudan, and was home in Islamabad on vacation when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Karzai Agrees to Runoff, Vatican Courts Anglicans</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-karzai-agrees-to-runoff-vatican-courts-anglicans/5679/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Afghan President Hamid Karzai agrees to a runoff election against his main rival, Abdullah Abdullah. The decision is made at the urging of U.S. and European officials, including Senator John Kerry and U.S. Ambassador, Lt. Gen. Karl W. Eikenberry, who met with Karzai in Kabul on Monday. Voting will take place on November 7.

The Vatican [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Karzai Faces Runoff in Afghanistan, Army Battles Taliban in Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-karzai-faces-runoff-in-afghanistan-army-battles-taliban-in-pakistan/5677/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seventy-eight Taliban militants and at least 7 Pakistani soldiers are killed in a Pakistani army offensive in the Taliban stronghold of Waziristan. Around 28,000 soldiers are battling an estimated 10,000 militants, including some Uzbek and Arab fighters. Nearly 100,000 people have fled the region.

The U.N.-backed Electoral Complaints Commission finds that thousands of votes for Afghan [...]]]></description>
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