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		<title>Food banks face critical shortages</title>
		<link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/12/05/main/food-banks-face-critical-shortages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food banks across the United States, facing critical shortages, were forced to distribute emergency rations intended for disaster relief.
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		<title>Swedes fight for topless rights</title>
		<link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/11/20/main/swedes-fight-for-topless-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swedish women were fighting for their right to go topless.
Scandinavian feminists were outraged when two women were asked to cover up their breasts by a lifeguard at a public pool near Stockholm.
One of the women, 22-year-old Ragnhild Karlsson, said: &#8216;If women are forced to wear a top, shouldn&#8217;t men also have to?&#8217;
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		<title>Iraq war update</title>
		<link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/11/07/main/iraq-war-update-25/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was reported that 2007 was the deadliest year yet for US troops in Iraq, hundreds of US diplomats protested against a government move to force them to accept postings in war-torn Iraq, the UN reported that independent security contractors in Iraq are mercenaries, Congress approved a $459 billion military spending bill, and the Pentagon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN: World has too many people in it</title>
		<link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/27/main/un-world-has-too-many-people-in-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peppermint lately</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN reported that we may be passing the point of no return.
The human population is living far beyond its means and inflicting damage to the environment that could pass points of no return. Humanity is changing Earth&#8217;s climate so fast and devouring resources so voraciously that it is poised to bequeath a ravaged planet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN warns of deteriorating situation in Gaza</title>
		<link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/25/main/un-warns-of-deteriorating-situation-in-gaza/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/25/main/un-warns-of-deteriorating-situation-in-gaza/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UN warned that the situation in Gaza was deteriorating fast in a way that undermined potential progress in planned peace talks, and Israel&#8217;s defense minister approved sanctions against Gaza, including cuts in the supply of electricity and fuel.
monsters and critics
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		<title>Gaza hospitals shut-down operations due to lack of supplies</title>
		<link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/22/main/gaza-hospitals-shut-down-operations-due-to-lack-of-supplies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hospitals throughout Gaza have shut down their operating rooms due to a lack of essential anaesthetic drugs, the Hamas de facto administration in the Strip said.
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		<title>British gov: Burma still holding 2,500 people</title>
		<link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/20/main/british-gov-burma-still-holding-2500-people/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/20/main/british-gov-burma-still-holding-2500-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The military regime in Burma is still holding up to 2,500 people in prisons and labour camps around the country, and continues to arrest suspected dissidents, the British government claimed yesterday.
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		<title>Israel seizes more Palestinian land</title>
		<link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/11/main/israel-seizes-more-palestinian-land/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Israeli military ordered the seizure of vast new swaths of Palestinian land in the West Bank.
The land surrounds four Palestinian villages outside East Jerusalem. The move appears aimed at expanding the Israeli settlement of Maleh Adumin &#8212; already Israelâ€™s largest in the West Bank. The Israeli military says the seized land would be used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burma&#8217;s junta: Peace has been restored</title>
		<link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/10/main/burmas-junta-peace-has-been-restored/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/10/main/burmas-junta-peace-has-been-restored/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burma&#8217;s junta claimed that peace and stability had been restored following its crackdown on mass pro-democracy protests in which at least 30 people, but likely far more, were killed.
Up to 6,000 monks had been arrested, Internet service to the country was almost completely cut off, and the army was paying 20,000 kyat to the families [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burma military crackdown intensifies</title>
		<link>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/03/main/burma-military-crackdown-intensifies/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.politicalnonsense.com/2007/10/03/main/burma-military-crackdown-intensifies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burmaâ€™s military government has intensified its crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, abducting people from their homes in the middle of the night. U.S. Embassy personnel have found some Buddhist monasteries completely deserted while others have been closed off by soldiers.
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