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			<title><![CDATA[Ayanda Kota – Unapologetic ANC apostate]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Like so many activists, service delivery protesters and people fighting  for basic human rights in impoverished communities across South Africa,  founder of the Unemployed People&rsquo;s Movement Ayanda Kota is harassed,  arrested and suppressed in the hope that he&rsquo;ll shut up or go away. But  Kota says he&rsquo;s going nowhere, and will fight for the rights of the poor  and unemployed until the bitter end. By MANDY DE WAAL.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-07-ayanda-kota-unapologetic-anc-apostate</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-07T00:59:32+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Book Review: The Loss Library and Other Unfinished Stories by Ivan Vladislavic.]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s the question writers dread. The halitotic, moist-eyed fan backs you  into a corner at a launch and gushes, &ldquo;You have such&nbsp; a marvellous  imagination! Where do&nbsp; you get your ideas?&rdquo; Ivan Vladislavic&rsquo;s book, The  Loss Library and Other Unfinished Stories, investigates where stories  come from and, when they aren&rsquo;t used, where they go. Review by DIANE AWERBUCK.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-07-book-review-the-loss-library-and-other-unfinished-stories-by-ivan-vladislavi</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-07T00:39:18+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Chinese model is morbidly obese]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[South Africa wants to adopt 'the Chinese economic model', President  Jacob Zuma is expected to announce this week. This would be a very grave  mistake. The Chinese miracle is not what it seems. Just like with the  American and European debt crises, this will become painfully clear soon  enough. But sadly not by Thursday.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-02-07-the-chinese-model-is-morbidly-obese</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-07T00:10:03+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[It's mine time in Cape Town: the indaba is back]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[As surfers wax their boards and parliamentarians hum and hah about  returning to work, Cape Town, queen of African cities, welcomes 7,200  delegates to&nbsp; the Mining Indaba. It&rsquo;s quite a show. By RICHARD POPLAK.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-06-its-mine-time-in-cape-town-the-indaba-is-back</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T23:09:26+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What do YOU think of Julius Malema?]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has been impossible to ignore.  Even in student politics days he was grabbing headlines. This means that  you&rsquo;ll be very hard-pressed to find someone who doesn&rsquo;t have an opinion  on him. SIPHO HLONGWANE asked a few people what they thought of the man  who once appeared so formidable, and may now be gone for good from  politics. These are their unedited thoughts.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-06-what-do-you-think-of-julius-malema</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T22:29:49+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Has the Nobel Peace Prize lost its way?]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Nominations for this year&rsquo;s Nobel Peace Prize closed last week. However,  Nobel officials are facing an investigation into the view that their recent awards  have lost sight of Alfred Nobel&rsquo;s original intentions. By REBECCA  DAVIS.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-06-has-the-nobel-peace-prize-lost-its-way</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T21:29:30+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nationalisation: It's not about Malema - Mantashe ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The phrases 'Julius Malema' and 'nationalisation' have gone together for  so long in our politics that it's quite difficult to think of one  without the other. As events have transpired, and Malema's pendulum  swings very much the other way, you would think mine nationalisation is  on its way out. It does indeed seem like that. But the politics of it is  much more complicated. On Monday ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe  (who else!) gave an indication of just how complicated. By STEPHEN  GROOTES.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-06-nationalisation-its-not-about-malema-mantashe</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T20:56:50+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reporter's Notebook: Mantashe at work]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Ok, so we know that Julius Malema is on his way out of his position as  ANC Youth League (ANCYL) president and NEC member. But when do the  sanctions kick in? And who will lead the ANCYL once Malema is out? Don&rsquo;t  ask ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe if you want a straightforward  answer. But what he does offer is never uninteresting. By SIPHO  HLONGWANE.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-06-reporters-notebook-mantashe-at-work</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T20:22:01+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Why is Mali's star midfielder so sad?]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[They may be through to the Afcon semifinals, but Mali&rsquo;s celebrations  have been tempered by tensions at home. Midfielder Seydou Keita &ndash; of  Barcelona fame &ndash; appealed for peace, saying how sad he and his team were  at the increasingly disturbing reports of the Tuareg rebellion dividing  the country. By SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-06-why-is-malis-star-midfielder-so-sad</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T20:04:37+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Black Report, Episode Five]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[
The week that was(n't) in beloved South Africa. Seriously. By JOHN VLISMAS &amp; DUNCAN HARLING.
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						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-06-the-black-report-episode-five</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T16:48:12+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ZANEWS Weekly Digest]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[If  you&rsquo;re looking to catch up with all of last week&rsquo;s action in glorious  rainbow nation colour and two-thirds majority resolution, here is the  full 26min ZANEWS Weekly Digest #22 for your streaming pleasure.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-06-zanews-weekly-digest</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T10:47:40+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Phantoms of familiarity haunt the Opera still]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[I saw The Phantom of the Opera three times when it first performed in  South Africa a few years ago. That left operatic overdose and I had  little enthusiasm for seeing it again. Yet when those famous  spine-chilling opening bars first pound out,  cynicism instantly evaporates, replaced by a childlike sense of wonder.  By LESLEY STONES.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-06-the-phantoms-of-familiarity-haunt-the-opera-still</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T02:38:42+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[UK time warp as Thatcher and Falklands dominate headlines]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[People are fighting about Margaret Thatcher and tensions are growing in  the Falkland Islands. Wait a second, is this 1982 or 2012? By REBECCA  DAVIS.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-06-uk-time-warp-as-thatcher-and-falklands-dominate-headlines</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T02:15:20+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sixty years later, Queen Elizabeth II still reigns]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Monday, 6 February, marks the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II&rsquo;s  reign. REBECCA DAVIS takes a look back on a royal career spanning six  decades.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-06-sixty-years-later-queen-elizabeth-still-reigns</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T01:52:52+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Street poll on Malema: We support the verdict]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Julius Malema has always presented himself as a man of the people and  the voice of the voiceless. After it became certain on Saturday that the  ANC Youth League firebrand would be suspended from the party, GREG  NICOLSON took to the streets to gauge his support and the reaction to  the ANC appeals committee ruling.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-06-street-poll-on-malema-we-support-the-verdict</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T01:39:59+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Now the ANC must treat the root cause of the Malema symptom]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The ANC has its work cut out if it wants to prevent the emergence of a  successor to Julius Malema. Merely reining in the ANC Youth League won&rsquo;t  do. The party needs to reconnect with its biggest constituency: the  poor. It needs to convince them, once more, that the party is on their  side.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-02-06-now-the-anc-must-treat-the-root-cause-of-the-malema-symptom</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T01:32:06+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[As Syrian crisis continues, a much brighter day for South African diplomacy]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[After bedlam in Addis Ababa, South African diplomacy was executed with  far more finesse at the United Nations Security Council on Saturday.  South Africa voted in favour of a resolution that would have urged  Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to step down. Russia and China  meanwhile earned the ire of the US &ndash; and much of the civilised world  (everybody excluding the likes of Iran, Syria and North Korea, and  perhaps Venezuela and Cuba) &ndash; by forcing changes to the draft  resolution, only to veto it in the end. By KHADIJA PATEL.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-06-as-syrian-crisis-continues-a-much-brighter-day-for-south-african-diplomacy</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T01:12:15+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Zuma: the dragon has been slain, it's time to raise the victory sword]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Julius Malema is out of the way as a political force. He's on the floor,  seeing stars, and the ref is now counting to the inevitable 10. Jacob  Zuma is once more the prime prize-fighter of his generation. The man in  charge. The &ndash; dare we say it once again &ndash; MacDaddy of our politics. He  and ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe are now the sun around which  the ANC would seem to orbit. But what's next? What does Zuma do now,  where could conceivable threats come from and who's next in the firing  line? By STEPHEN GROOTES.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-06-zuma-the-dragon-has-been-slain-its-time-to-raise-the-victory-sword</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T00:39:29+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Glencore and Xstrata: Former Witsies create mining's most feared mega-merger]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Mick Davis, CEO of Xstrata, was an accounting lecturer at the University  of the Witwatersrand when Ivan Glasenberg, CEO of Glencore, was a  student. Back then, nobody would have guessed that these two would one  day team up to create an entity that could move global markets. Problem  is, the real student-teacher relationship was between Glaseneberg and  the fugitive trader Marc Rich. By KEVIN BLOOM.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-06-glencore-and-xstrata-former-witsies-create-minings-most-feared-mega-merger</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-06T00:05:03+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sudan's President Bashir: the belligerent eye of a perfect storm]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The vultures are circling around Sudan&rsquo;s President Omar Al-Bashir. He&rsquo;s  faced problems before, of course, but a perfect storm of resistance and  discontent brewing in and out of his country is the most serious threat  to his rule yet. SIMON ALLISON takes the liberty &ndash; not that such  liberty&rsquo;s are usually allowed in Bashir&rsquo;s Sudan &ndash; of explaining to the  Sudanese strongman the precariousness of his position, and  second-guessing his solutions.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-05-sudans-president-bashir-the-belligerent-eye-of-a-perfect-storm</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-05T23:38:19+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[World shaking, Obama rising, Romney in a bubble]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[American presidential elections are about the domestic economy. However,  little is known about the views of a candidate on entering the race,  this is so fixed in the minds of his aides, he is seen as their property  to shape. The world beyond the USA matters little. By J BROOKS SPECTOR.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-05-world-shaking-obama-rising-romney-in-a-bubble</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-05T22:33:01+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Analysis: Facebook's $100-billion reality]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[When Facebook filed an S-1 form with the Securities and Exchange  Commission, confirming its IPO intentions, financial data about the  company was made public for the first time. STYLI CHARALAMBOUS waded  through 200-plus pages of numbers and legalese to make sense of it all.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-05-analysis-facebooks-100-billion-reality</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-05T21:52:26+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Malema; the wax has melted, Icarus!]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[We've said all along that Julius Malema is clever. We've admired his  political cunning,  his sense of political theatre and his ability to wake up thousands of  previously dormant political souls. But like so many youngsters before  him, he flew too high, too fast, too dangerously. By STEPHEN GROOTES.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-05-malema-the-wax-has-melted-icarus</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-05T09:38:31+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Naïve and absurd: ANC dismisses Malema's appeal, the end in sight]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Only one charge of the original six brought against the ANC Youth League  was set aside by the ANC&rsquo;s national disciplinary committee of appeals.  Julius Malema&rsquo;s days in the wilderness are that much closer now &ndash; all  that remains is for the original disciplinary committee to hear evidence  in mitigation of sentence. The ANC has signalled that it wants to  present evidence in aggravation of sentence at that hearing. So it isn&rsquo;t  quite over yet. But the letters on the wall are large and clear. By  SIPHO HLONGWANE.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-04-nave-and-absurd-anc-dismisses-malemas-appeal-the-end-in-sight</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-04T16:58:45+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ZANEWS: Dubul' ibhunu e Gabbana]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[With autumn around the corner, Juju has awarded the tender for his new  killer fashion line to an up and coming designer. Will that help him  find money to pay his ANC membership? And other African countries feel  we&rsquo;re arrogant like Americans. Why, are they jealous? And... what&rsquo;s that  smell?]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-03-zanews-dubul-ibhunu-e-gabbana</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-03T09:56:13+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The great ANC policy farce begins]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It sometimes feels as if the debate around mine nationalisation has  always been with us. In a way it has &ndash; the Nats had it in their  manifesto in 1948, Nelson Mandela included it in his first speech out of  Pollsmoor in 1990, and&nbsp; Julius Malema seemed to take it over. The two  phrases 'Julius Malema' and 'nationalisation' have become intertwined in  our political lexicon. We're now at the sharp end of this debate. The  ANC's national executive committee is locked (and we mean behind closed  doors) in a policy discussion for the next four days. Officially, it's  preparations for the ANC's policy conference later this year.  Unofficially, it's working out the playing field for what will be  discussed. By STEPHEN GROOTES.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-03-the-great-anc-policy-farce-begins</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-03T08:14:07+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madonsela vs SA's car crash of accountability]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Mistakes and bad judgement calls happen. But as Judge Nkola Motata,  Robert McBride, and Jackson Mthembu have shown us, it is what comes next  that really counts. With more than enough enemies out to get her,  Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has shown that, in the face of  calamity, she can be a model of accountability. By MANDY DE WAAL.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-03-madonsela-vs-sas-car-crash-of-accountability</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-03T01:58:57+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The night football died]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;They say&nbsp;football's&nbsp;a&nbsp;matter of life and death&nbsp;&ndash; but it's more  important than that,&rdquo; Liverpool's Bill Shankly famously quipped long ago.  We still don&rsquo;t know exactly what happened at the Port Said stadium that  cost 73 football lovers their lives. Whatever it was, it was not  football. &ldquo;Football can go to hell if this is the situation,&rdquo; Mohamed  Aboutrika, 'the smiling assassin', Al Ahly&rsquo;s star playmaker said  afterward. To hell with football indeed: Aboutrika announced his  retirement from football on Thursday evening.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-02-03-the-night-football-died</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-03T01:10:17+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The day the music died]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[On 3 February 1959, a single engine Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft, flown  by&nbsp;21-year-old Roger Peterson, and carrying rock and roll sensations  Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP Richardson &ndash; 'The Big Bopper' &ndash;  crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa at around 1:30 in the morning. The three  young rock stars never made it to their next concert. But they became  immortal. By J BROOKS SPECTOR.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-03-the-day-the-music-died</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-03T00:14:13+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['Vigil-aunties' policing behaviour of young Muslim women]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[They are calling them 'vigil-aunties', and two events in different  corners of the world this week have brought them into the spotlight. By  REBECCA DAVIS.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-02-vigil-aunties-policing-behaviour-of-young-muslim-women</link>
			<guid>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-02-vigil-aunties-policing-behaviour-of-young-muslim-women</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-02-02T23:28:08+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Street life: drug trafficker's diary]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[In this instalment of Street Life, Susan, a 28-year-old former  prostitute and local drug mule living on the streets of Hillbrow shares  her story. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s getting really lame,&rdquo; she says. By GREG NICOLSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-02-street-life-diary-of-an-sa-drug-trafficker</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-02T23:12:12+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A diplomat, a dictator, a wedding, a hug: Ibrahim Gambari's faux-pas that wasn't]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Advice to aspiring diplomats: Don&rsquo;t hug war criminals, and especially  don&rsquo;t be photographed hugging them. That&rsquo;s what happened to Ibrahim  Gambari, the UN&rsquo;s man in Darfur, when he ran into Sudan&rsquo;s President  Bashir at a glitzy wedding in Khartoum. But here&rsquo;s the thing: hugs and  socialising are part of diplomacy, and might be what&rsquo;s needed to keep  the faltering peace process going. By SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-02-a-diplomat-a-dictator-a-wedding-a-hug-ibrahim-gambaris-faux-pas-that-wasnt</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-02T21:12:52+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ali's legendary trainer Angelo Dundee leaves ringside at 90]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[In a sport that is now a mere sideshow, no one made a better boxing  corner-man and trainer than Angelo Dundee. He stood beside some of the  greatest fighters and the greatest fights, and leaves the ring a legend.  By RICHARD POPLAK.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-02-alis-legendary-trainer-angelo-dundee-leaves-the-ringside-at-90</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-02T13:39:28+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ZANEWS: Life after PDV]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[What now for rugby now that PdeV has gone? What of our plans to lead the AU? And why does Julius want a street battle with President Zuma?]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-02-zanews-life-after-pdv</link>
			<guid>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-02-zanews-life-after-pdv</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-02-02T10:55:42+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Truth2Power â?? Thuli Madonsela & the importance of free press]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[South Africa&rsquo;s press landscape is untransformed. The Press Code needs  work. The Ombudsman should be tougher, more independent, and pro-active.  There&rsquo;s a lot wrong with the local print news sector, but the public  protector in her submission to the Press Freedom Commission reminded us  all of that is right, and why a free, independent and self-regulating  press is the only way forward. By MANDY DE WAAL.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-02-truth2power-thuli-madonsela-free-press</link>
			<guid>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-02-truth2power-thuli-madonsela-free-press</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-02-02T07:42:44+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Toyota Auris XR HSD: Is green a go?]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Green cars might not be top of mind right now, but the threat of global  warming and its ensuing calamities is persuading more and more people to  sit up and take notice. In other words, green is becoming sexy. Does  that make Toyota&rsquo;s Auris HSD a desirable machine? DEON SCHOEMAN finds  out.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-02-toyota-auris-xr-hsd-is-green-a-go</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-02T01:53:44+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Syria: A civil war by another name]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It has become increasingly clear that Syria will have no magic 'Tahrir  Square' moment. Bashar Al-Assad will not fade away innocuously into the  twilight, no matter how loudly the Arab League shouts at him. The  reports of violence have grown more serious in recent days and it&rsquo;s not  just Al-Assad&rsquo;s troops on a merry shooting spree. The Free Syrian Army,  modelled on the rebel movement in Libya, is taking the fight to  Al-Assad, with catastrophic consequences. By KHADIJA PATEL.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-02-syria-a-civil-war-by-another-name</link>
			<guid>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-02-syria-a-civil-war-by-another-name</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-02-02T01:33:41+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cosatu and corruption, the phantom menace]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Corruption is public enemy number one, apparently. But I&rsquo;m not entirely  convinced it deserves the title. And even if it did, there are more  pernicious goings on, particularly in the public sector that, by focusing  solely on corruption, will slip by unnoticed. Maybe Cosatu is aware  of this in its elevation of corruption to SA&rsquo;s most wanted.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-02-02-cosatu-and-corruption-the-phantom-menace</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-02T01:20:59+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. de Villiers: the baby-faced captain with the ruthless streak]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The recent ODI series against the Sri Lankans saw the Proteas win 3-2.  It was also the debut of AB de Villiers&rsquo; captaincy. PAUL BERKOWITZ was  pleasantly surprised by the flair and innovation that he&rsquo;s brought to  the captaincy.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-02-dr-jekyll-and-mr-de-villiers-the-baby-faced-captain-with-the-ruthless-streak</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-02T00:52:03+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The new Democratic Alliance kitchen cabinet springs to life]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the DA Leader in Parliament Lindiwe Mazibuko announced the  party&rsquo;s new shadow cabinet. The 'generational mix' that Julius Malema  and Fikile Mbalula have been calling for? It doesn&rsquo;t get much better  than the roster of individuals Mazibuko put in her kitchen cabinet. By  SIPHO HLONGWANE.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-02-the-new-democratic-alliance-kitchen-cabinet-springs-to-life</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-02T00:27:34+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[High CEO turnover and the role of the chairman]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The job of CEO has become very tricky. Now activist shareholders  and the increasing demands of the market are reshaping the job of the  chairman. A genial hands-off approach is not cutting it any more.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-02-01-high-ceo-turnover-and-the-role-of-the-chairman</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-01T23:37:05+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Addis Rising: Finding the future in an African Boom Town]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[William Gibson, the science fiction writer and coiner of the term 'cyberspace', has long observed that the future isn't really the future,  but an elusive slice of the present. Nothing proves his theory more  than Addis Ababa. By RICHARD POPLAK.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-addis-rising-finding-the-future-in-an-african-boom-town</link>
			<guid>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-addis-rising-finding-the-future-in-an-african-boom-town</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-02-01T22:57:31+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Frankie's vs. Woolworths: Good old-fashioned David-and-Goliath battle]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Retail giant Woolworths was dealt an embarrassing blow on Wednesday, which  resulted in a product being discontinued when it was ruled that they had  imitated Frankie's Olde Soft Drink Company. By GREG NICOLSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-frankies-vs-woolworths-good-old-fashioned-david-and-goliath-battle</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-01T22:09:34+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Facebook IPO: The hype and the value]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s official, Facebook has finally filed for a public stock offering.  But does the company&rsquo;s revenue-generating model justify its expected  valuation of $100 billion? Will anybody aside from the investment  bankers and industry insiders benefit from the listing? KEVIN BLOOM  considers the question.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-facebook-ipo-the-hype-and-the-value</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-01T17:14:59+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[China in Africa: the blowback begins]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[If this isn&rsquo;t a sign of how far the USA has fallen, I don&rsquo;t know what  is. Twenty years ago it would have been American workers targeted by  rebel groups. But the times they are a-changing, and two kidnappings in  the last week suggest China&rsquo;s increasingly dominant role in the world &ndash;  and especially Africa &ndash; is being recognised. And not in a good way. By  SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-china-in-africa-the-blowback-begins</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-01T14:08:42+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[In Florida, Romney squashes Gingrich]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Ultimately the polls were right. Mitt Romney trounced Newt Gingrich in  Florida. Now there are only 46 more states to contest in this grinding  battle for the affections of the Republican Party. By J BROOKS SPECTOR.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-in-florida-romney-squashes-gingrich</link>
			<guid>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-in-florida-romney-squashes-gingrich</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-02-01T09:59:09+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ZANEWS: The Donald is angry]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Pigs, dogs, hyenas, vultures and crocodiles all come home to roost as Cosatu introduces its Corruption Watch. The president&rsquo;s in the air. With several planes. And just what the heck is going on in the US, why is the Donald angry?]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-zanews-the-donald-is-angry</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-01T09:38:08+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Truth, reconciliation and Sri Lanka's failure]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[A South African-styled truth and reconciliation commission in Sri  Lanka was meant to piece together a fragmented population. It was meant  to uncover whether any person, group or institution directly or  indirectly bears responsibility for alleged human rights abuses. But the  commission&rsquo;s report is being rejected for failing to hold those  responsible for human rights violations to account. By KHADIJA PATEL.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-truth-reconciliation-and-sri-lankas-failure</link>
			<guid>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-truth-reconciliation-and-sri-lankas-failure</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-02-01T01:19:21+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[From Khayelitsha to UCT]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[This month sees close to 170,000 first-year students enrolling at South  African universities. For many, the adjustment from their old lives to  new incarnations as university students will be the biggest change  they&rsquo;ve yet experienced. REBECCA DAVIS spent a day with three students  moving out of Khayelitsha to take up places in residence at the  University of Cape Town.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-from-khayelitsha-to-uct</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-01T01:09:45+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Umlungu Mdala ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a saying in isiXhosa that I reveal with great circumspection -  it might even be frowned upon to do so - but I&rsquo;ll take my chances. The  saying is, &ldquo;Umlungu mdala&rdquo;, directly translated as, &ldquo;the white man is  old&rdquo;, although a more fitting translation would be, &ldquo;the white man is  wise&rdquo;. It&rsquo;s a saying old people use and maybe still let out in amazement  at the inventions assumed to originate from white people.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-02-01-umlungu-mdala</link>
			<guid>http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-02-01-umlungu-mdala</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-02-01T00:42:20+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Twitter censorship, the Streisand Effect and three fingers pointing back]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s sometimes difficult to escape the feeling that we&rsquo;re living under  the tyranny of the perpetually indignant. Taking the time to think  things through and developing a measured response to some hot-button  issue is a luxury we&rsquo;re infrequently allowed.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-02-01-twitter-censorship-the-streisand-effect-and-three-fingers-pointing-back</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-01T00:32:28+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nationalisation, Zambian-style: no need to panic]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Another of our southern African neighbours is embarking on a round of  nationalisation. Don&rsquo;t be afraid, at least not yet. Unlike Zimbabwe,  Zambia&rsquo;s plan is well thought through and designed to correct the  rampant corruption that accompanied the previous administration&rsquo;s  privatisation deals. By SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-nationalisation-zambian-style-no-need-to-panic</link>
			<guid>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-nationalisation-zambian-style-no-need-to-panic</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-02-01T00:26:30+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Congo, the fixer and a client called Vodacom]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[When Vodacom&rsquo;s business partnership in the Congo fell apart at the  seams, and the company&rsquo;s directors in the DRC were about to land in  jail, the mobile giant&rsquo;s chairman phoned Moto Mabanga, a fixer with firm  ANC connections. Mabanga fixed the problem all right, but he and  Vodacom had a difference of opinion on a little matter of a  multi-million dollar success fee. No problem for Mabanga; he&rsquo;s managed  to get a Kinshasa commercial court to make a $21-million award against  Vodacom. Now if only Vodacom would recognise the DRC&rsquo;s jurisdiction. By  MANDY DE WAAL.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-the-congo-the-fixer-and-a-client-called-vodacom</link>
			<guid>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-the-congo-the-fixer-and-a-client-called-vodacom</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-02-01T00:13:14+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Satawu to strike against Prasa CEO]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union will go on strike  this Friday, demanding a forensic investigation into corruption and  nepotism at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa. Prasa&rsquo;s group  CEO, says the union, is ignoring the allegations and must be suspended.  But until details are revealed, the strike will be a fruitless and  costly exercise. By GREG NICOLSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-satawu-to-strike-against-prasa-ceo</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-01T00:08:18+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Arguably: Christopher Hitchens in all his charisma and vileness]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Arguably, by Christopher Hitchens, Atlantic 2011. Review by KAVISH CHETTY.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-02-01-arguably-christopher-hitchens-in-all-his-charisma-and-vileness</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-01-31T23:31:25+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cash-strapped NGOs rage against government, lottery – is anyone listening?]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Many NGOs are on the brink of financial collapse and they&rsquo;ve laid the  blame squarely at the feet of the department of social development and  the new Lottery Board. Now they&rsquo;re turning to the media and public at  large, hoping somebody will finally pay attention. By SIPHO HLONGWANE.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-01-31-cash-strapped-ngos-rage-against-government-lottery-is-anyone-listening</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-01-31T23:25:09+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Press freedom as the ANC sees it]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[We all know the ANC and the Press (the capital is deliberate) have had a  rough ride together over the years. And we know that there are parts of  the ANC that seem to be hell-bent on using its power as the majority in  Parliament to make sure the press is brought to heel. Some see it as a  deliberate campaign to stop freedom of speech, and to get rid of those  pesky front-page exclusives featuring the word "corruption". Others  think the ANC has a point. On Tuesday, in front of the Press Freedom  Commission's members, the ANC had its say. By STEPHEN GROOTES.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-01-31-press-freedom-as-the-anc-sees-it</link>
			<guid>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-01-31-press-freedom-as-the-anc-sees-it</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-01-31T23:19:19+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sixty years later, The Mousetrap still catches everyone]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[A raging snowstorm, an isolated mansion, a collection of guests who may  or may not be who they claim to be. The lights go out. Somebody screams.  Ah, there&rsquo;s nothing like classic Agatha Christie to chill the blood and  stir the brain. By LESLEY STONES.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-01-31-sixty-years-later-the-mousetrap-still-catches-everyone</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-01-31T15:10:53+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ten years of 'The Axis of Evil' - the phrase that will live in infamy]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Over the years, a three-word phrase came to symbolise virtually the entire  foreign policy framework of the Bush administration. The &ldquo;Axis of Evil&rdquo;  and similar derivations has become shorthand for international bad  behaviour, writes J BROOKS SPECTOR.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-01-31-ten-years-of-the-axis-of-evil-the-phrase-that-will-live-in-infamy</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-01-31T14:36:29+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SA’s first Twitter talk show launches]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Sunday evening saw political analyst Eusebius McKaiser launch what he  claims is a first for South Africa: a talk-show which takes place  entirely on Twitter. REBECCA DAVIS took a look at the inaugural  Twitterview.]]></description>
						<link>http://dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-01-31-sas-first-twitter-talk-show-launches</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-01-31T10:35:13+02:00</pubDate>
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