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		<title>World Links: New Japanese Leader May Pull Out of Afghanistan, World Bank Warns of Climate Catastrophe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan's parliament names Yukio Hatoyama as the country's new prime minister, formalizing the first change of government by a political party with a solid majority in half a century. Hatoyama immediately announces his cabinet, which includes a new defense minister who strongly opposes the country’s military  support for the U.S. in Afghanistan, making it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for School Series: Interview: Angelique Kidjo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aaron Brown]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Angelique Kidjo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Benin-born singer and songwriter Angelique Kidjo rose to fame in Africa as a teenager and became an international star with a Grammy win for the album “Djin Djin.” Yet before she achieved worldwide renown, Kidjo struggled to obtain what many in the developed world take for granted — access to education. She was appointed UNICEF [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Merkel &#8220;Deeply Regrets&#8221; Loss of Innocent Afghan Lives, Rains Displace 600,000 in Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Afgahnistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Partial results for last month's presidential election in Afghanistan give incumbent Hamid Karzai 54 percent of the vote, enough to win in a single round without a run-off. But the country's Electoral Complaints Commission orders a partial recount of the ballots because of evidence of fraud, such as an "exceptionally high number" of votes cast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: NATO Airstrike in Afghanistan Kills 90, North Korea in Final Stages of Uranium Enrichment</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/world-links-nato-bombing-in-afghanistan-kills-90-north-korea-in-final-stages-of-uranium-enrichment/5535/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ernsta</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen climate summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Secretary of State Clinton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[west bank settlements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NATO airstrikes targeting two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan kill more than 90. Reports indicate that while Taliban fighters were killed, villagers invited by the Taliban to remove fuel from one of the tankers were also among the dead and severely burned.

North Korea announces that it is in the final stages [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: World Mourns Senator Ted Kennedy; Dalai Lama to Visit Typhoon-stricken Taiwan</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-leading-iraqi-shiite-cleric-mourned-dalai-lama-to-visit-typhoon-stricken-taiwan/5495/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Irish and South Africans mourn the death of Senator Ted Kennedy, calling him a "comrade and a friend in the fight for liberation." Prominent Canadians pay tribute to Ted Kennedy as a longstanding ally, and note his refusal to invade Iraq. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praises Kennedy as "the voice of the voiceless and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Once Upon a Coup: History of Equatorial Guinea</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/once-upon-a-coup/history-of-equatorial-guinea/5475/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/once-upon-a-coup/history-of-equatorial-guinea/5475/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interactives & Extras]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few people can find Equatorial Guinea on a map; the tiny country is located on the western coast of Africa and is slightly smaller than Maryland. It has grown in importance since 1995 when vast oil reserves were discovered in the Gulf of Guinea. Scroll through the interactive timeline below and click on the “+” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Once Upon a Coup: China&#8217;s Footprint in Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/once-upon-a-coup/chinas-footprint-in-africa/5418/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/once-upon-a-coup/chinas-footprint-in-africa/5418/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ernsta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photo Galleries]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/?p=5418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[China's growing economy has created a voracious demand for oil, gas and other raw materials. Africa possesses many of those raw materials and has become increasingly important to China's future. To ensure continued growth, China has moved aggressively to secure access to the continent's resources. It has courted African rulers with interest-free loans and promises [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Once Upon a Coup: Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/once-upon-a-coup/resources/5409/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ernsta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EQUATORIAL GUINEA

U.S. State Department: Equatorial Guinea
Information about Equatorial Guinea's people, history and foreign relations.

CIA World Factbook: Equatorial Guinea
Information about Equatorial Guinea’s geography, population, government and economy.

BBC News Country Profile: Equatorial Guinea
Information on Equatorial Guinea’s politics and history, with links to the BBC archive of stories on the country.

Equatorial Guinea's Government Website
The official website of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Ahmadinejad Begins Second Term, Pakistani Christians Close Schools Amid Mob Violence</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-ahmadinejad-begins-second-term-pakistani-christians-close-schools-amid-mob-violence/5349/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-ahmadinejad-begins-second-term-pakistani-christians-close-schools-amid-mob-violence/5349/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran's supreme leader formally endorses Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term as president in a ceremony that many prominent critics of the disputed election declined to attend. The president vows Iran will have a stronger global presence in his second term. A mass trial of protesters who opposed the contested election between Ahmadinejad and Mir [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Market Maker: Full Episode</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/the-market-maker/full-episode/5293/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/the-market-maker/full-episode/5293/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[economic crisis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eleni Gabre-Madhin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WIDE ANGLE travels to East Africa to tell the dramatic story of an Ethiopian economist on a mission. Seeking a market-based solution to ending hunger in her famine-plagued country, she creates Ethiopia's first commodities exchange. What she didn't count on was a world financial crisis getting in the way.

Please view the original post to see the video.]]></description>
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		<title>The Market Maker: Video: The Revolution that Wasn&#8217;t Enough</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/the-market-maker/video-the-revolution-that-wasnt-enough/5220/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/the-market-maker/video-the-revolution-that-wasnt-enough/5220/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Green Revolution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roger Thurow and Scott Killman are the co-authors of Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty, a new book published by Public Affairs, in which they argue that mankind has the knowledge and resources to end world hunger, and that this goal might actually be accomplished in this generation.


In the video [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Africa&#8217;s Turn&#8221; for Economic Growth May Continue Amid Global Economic Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/africas-turn-for-economic-growth-may-continue-amid-global-economic-crisis/5225/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/africas-turn-for-economic-growth-may-continue-amid-global-economic-crisis/5225/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Botswana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edward  Miguel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethiopia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Aker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sierra Leone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tanzania]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, the G-8 pledged $20 billion to fight increasingly widespread hunger in Africa. Next week, USAID will begin emergency food assistance to 2.8 million people in Zimbabwe. But at least one economist is cautiously optimistic about Africa’s ability to maintain the modest but steady economic progress it achieved before the global economic downturn.

When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth of a Surgeon: Full Episode</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/full-episode/5196/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/full-episode/5196/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emilia Cumbane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternal mortality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WIDE ANGLE travels to Mozambique, where a bold grassroots initiative to train midwives in advanced life-saving surgery has significantly reduced the country's maternal death rate.

Birth of a Surgeon follows Emilia Cumbane, one of the first midwives-in-training. She performs Cesarean sections and hysterectomies in makeshift operating rooms in rural Mozambique. We follow Cumbane from her home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth of a Surgeon: Video: How Viewers Made A Difference</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/video-how-viewers-made-a-difference/5143/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karin Falck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loui Bernal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WIDE ANGLE viewer donations fund a new generator battery at the Rural Hospital of Manjacaze.]]></description>
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