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	<title>Wide Angle &#187; Syria</title>
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		<title>Contestant No. 2: Slideshow: Who Are the Druze?</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/contestant-no-2/slideshow-who-are-the-druze/5255/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Druze are a tight-knit social and religious community of mostly Arab descent with an estimated one million members worldwide. Most Druze live in Syria, Lebanon and Israel, and about 40,000 live in the United States. They do not allow conversion to their religion, and only the child of a Druze mother and a Druze [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Woman&#8217;s Brave Struggle to Expose &#8220;Honor Killings&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Jordan Farmer Kills Sister Over Alleged Affair,” read a recent headline from the Agence France-Presse. The 24-year-old man stabbed his sister after he became suspicious that she was having an affair. This is an “honor killing.”

That this story became news is partly the accomplishment of an award-winning Jordanian journalist who broke the silence about honor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: U.S. Drones Strike Taliban, Chinese Authorities Arrest Prominent Dissident</title>
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		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/world-links-u-s-drones-strike-taliban-chinese-authorities-arrest-prominent-dissident/5043/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reformist Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi's wife says the country is in a "state of martial law." Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vows the government will not give in to mass protests against the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Khamenei says President Obama sent him a letter before the election that called for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Worst Countries to Be a Blogger</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/ten-worst-countries-to-be-a-blogger/4674/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/ten-worst-countries-to-be-a-blogger/4674/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lucy kennedy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Burma]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert Mahoney]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[





Iran's Evin Prison





The Committee to Protect Journalists names the ten worst countries in the world to be a blogger.

Burma tops the list -- Burmese blogger Maung Thura is serving a 59-year prison sentence for disseminating video footage after Cyclone Nargis last year. 

Runner-up Iran has ordered all bloggers to register their sites with the government, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Links: Tsvangirai&#8217;s Wife Killed in Car Crash; U.S.-Syria Talks to Begin</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asian markets tumble a day after Wall Street's drop to a 12-year low.

NATO revives full diplomatic relations with Russia, which were cut off in August 2008 on account of Russia's war with Georgia.

The wife of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is killed in a car accident; the prime minister himself suffers slight injuries.

Mauritania expels its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europe To Host Up to 10,000 Iraqi Refugees</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/europe-to-host-up-to-10000-iraqi-refugees/3597/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/europe-to-host-up-to-10000-iraqi-refugees/3597/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Union announced on November 27 that it will provide asylum for to up to 10,000 Iraqi refugees currently living in Jordan and Syria.

Germany has volunteered to host the most number of these refugees: 2,500 people. Six E.U. countries currently accept Iraqi refugees, with the largest share so far living in Sweden, which provided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senior U.S. Official Visits Syria to Discuss Iraqi Refugees</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/senior-us-official-visits-syria-to-discuss-iraqi-refugees/1190/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/senior-us-official-visits-syria-to-discuss-iraqi-refugees/1190/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa biagiotti</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/?p=1190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[James Foley, the U.S. State Department senior coordinator for Iraqi refugees, is meeting with Middle East officials to discuss the Iraqi refugee needs in the region and, ultimately, to speed up the process of admitting Iraqi refugees to the U.S. Since October 1, 2007, the Bush administration has admitted 4,742 Iraqi refugees, and said it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Exodus: Production Diary II: A Day at the Museum</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/iraqi-exodus/production-diary-ii-a-day-at-the-museum/2680/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/iraqi-exodus/production-diary-ii-a-day-at-the-museum/2680/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa biagiotti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filmmaker Tania Rahkmanova writes on location in Syria during the filming of Iraqi Exodus.

June 6, 2008: After three days of visiting Iraqi refugee organizations and meeting Iraqi refugee families, I have a day to write and prepare for the shoot that begins tomorrow. The stories of suffering in Iraq and subsequent frustration in Syria pile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Exodus: Video: Syrian Ambassador on the Impact of Refugees</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/iraqi-exodus/video-syrian-ambassador-on-the-impact-of-refugees/2806/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/iraqi-exodus/video-syrian-ambassador-on-the-impact-of-refugees/2806/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bashar Ja'afari, the Syrian ambassador to the United Nations, describes how Iraqi refugees have changed life in Syria. The country has accepted the overwhelming majority of Iraqi refugees, with refugee estimates as high as 2 million. In this WIDE ANGLE web exclusive video, Ambassador Ja'afari explains the Syrian perspective, Syria's relationship with the United States [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Exodus: Production Diary I: Welcome to Syria</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/iraqi-exodus/production-diary-i-welcome-to-syria/2679/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/iraqi-exodus/production-diary-i-welcome-to-syria/2679/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa biagiotti</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[18 With a Bullet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filmmaker Tania Rahkmanova writes on location in Syria during the filming of Iraqi Exodus. 

May 31, 2008: If a night at the theater begins with checking your coat in the cloakroom, then a documentary film shoot begins with passing border patrol.

At 10 p.m., I landed in the Damascus airport from Paris. The airport is  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Exodus: Video: Full Episode</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/iraqi-exodus/video-full-episode/2827/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/iraqi-exodus/video-full-episode/2827/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/?p=2827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WIDE ANGLE reports from the frontlines of the staggering refugee crisis that is unfolding in the Middle East as Iraqis flee their war-torn country at the rate of up to 50,000 people per month. Our story takes us to the heart of the crisis – to Syria and Jordan, which harbor the vast majority of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Exodus: Production Diary III: A Family Still Torn Apart by War</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/iraqi-exodus/production-diary-iii-a-family-still-torn-apart-by-war/2681/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/iraqi-exodus/production-diary-iii-a-family-still-torn-apart-by-war/2681/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa biagiotti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filmmaker Tania Rahkmanova writes on location in Syria during the filming of Iraqi Exodus.

June 12, 2008: Yesterday I met an Iraqi journalist named Fadhle. He is currently a refugee living in France but was visiting Syria. Fadhle was a very famous journalist in one of the main Iraqi newspapers. I won’t be using him for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Admits More Iraqi Refugees</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/iraqi-exodus-us-admits-more-iraqi-refugees/781/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/iraqi-exodus-us-admits-more-iraqi-refugees/781/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/?p=781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In May, the United States accepted 1,141 Iraqi refugees--the most the U.S. has accepted in a given month. The Bush administration projected it could admit almost 8,000 more refugees by the end of September, closing in on (but not guaranteeing) its goal of 12,000 refugees by fiscal year-end.

The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Future for Lebanon: Timeline: Lebanon from 1920 to 2005</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/future-for-lebanon/timeline-lebanon-from-1920-to-2005/2418/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/future-for-lebanon/timeline-lebanon-from-1920-to-2005/2418/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>diana cofresi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[





April 1920
With the end of World War I and the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Allies give France a mandate over Greater Syria


Sept. 1, 1920
France divides Greater Syria into Syria and Lebanon


1926
Lebanon draws up its constitution, dividing power between major religious groups


1943
Lebanon gains independence from France, whose troops withdraw completely in 1946


1958
Civil war; U.S. [...]]]></description>
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