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			<title><![CDATA[March, the beloved country]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[If you can avoid the rocks, marching is an essential pastime for all  South Africans, writes musical comedian DEEP FRIED MAN, who is not  averse to the occasional toyi-toyi himself.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T14:16:39+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rebekah Brooks charged over UK tabloid scandal]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Rebekah Brooks, a close confidante of Rupert Murdoch, was charged on  Tuesday with interfering with a police investigation into a phone  hacking scandal that has rocked the tycoon's empire and sent shockwaves  through the British political establishment. By Michael Holden and Kate  Holton.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T11:11:58+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Putin praised by leaders of ex-Soviet states]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Russian President Vladimir Putin won praise from leaders of former  Soviet republics on Tuesday and called for closer integration among the  now-independent states on ce ruled by Moscow. By Gleb Bryanski.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T11:08:25+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Unrepentant Mladic proud of his Bosnian 'legacy']]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[There is something shocking about Ratko Mladic in court. Old and infirm,  he is a shadow of the strutting Bosnian Serb general who once struck  fear into the hearts of Muslims and Croats. But physical weakness has  not dimmed his belief in himself or his cause, or prompted a flicker of  remorse over the war crimes for which he goes on trial in The Hague on  Wednesday. By Douglas Hamilton.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T11:03:44+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hollande makes nervous debut in capital of austerity    ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[France's new president, Francois Hollande, looked understandably nervous  on Tuesday at his first meeting with Angela Merkel, as the world looked  for signs that Europe's new power duo can overcome political  differences to resolve the euro crisis. By Stephen Brown.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T11:00:22+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strange calm in the eye of the Middle East storm]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[An "interim" agreement in the West's nuclear talks with Iran and the  entrance of less hawkish elements into Israel's government offer a rare  glimpse of clear skies in the Middle East. However, the promise of peace  is burdened by the reality that Tehran's nuclear ambitions are only one  facet of its pursuit for regional dominance. By VICTOR KOTSEV.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T10:56:16+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[JPMorgan trade on regulators' radar in April]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Regulators first raised concerns in April about trading positions that  led to a $2 billion-plus loss at JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co, and they posed  questions to senior management at the bank, a source familiar with the  situation said on Tuesday. By Jonathan Spicer.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T10:52:32+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cricket: Five Indian players suspended on corruption allegations]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Five uncapped Indian cricketers have been provisionally suspended  following allegations of corruption in the lucrative Indian Premier  League, the country's cricket board (BCCI) said on Tuesday.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-cricket-five-indian-players-suspended-on-corruption-allegations</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T10:49:18+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[France's Hollande gives Sarkozy terse sendoff]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[French President Francois Hollande gave his predecessor a terse send-off  on Tuesday, omitting to wave Nicolas Sarkozy off from the steps of the  Elysee palace and giving him only a cursory mention in his inaugural  speech. By Catherine Bremer.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-frances-hollande-gives-sarkozy-terse-sendoff</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T10:46:06+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Greece, euro exit and the drummer in the band]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[A year ago, it was nearly impossible to get a diplomat in Brussels to  talk about the possibility of Greece leaving the euro zone. Now, it's  the opening to most conversations. By Luke Baker.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-greece-euro-exit-and-the-drummer-in-the-band</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T10:41:16+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Strauss-Kahn countersues NY hotel maid for $1 mln]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has filed a $1 million  countersuit against the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault,  costing him his job and any chance of being elected president of France.  By Joseph Ax.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T10:15:15+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rejoice! The return of one-sided cricket ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Real cricket finally returns to our screens when England and West Indies  lock horns in the first Test at Lord&rsquo;s on Thursday. ANT SIMS looks ahead  to what awaits the visitors and... there&rsquo;s nothing but bad news.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-rejoice-the-return-of-one-sided-cricket</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T09:32:28+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[FIVE MINUTES: Sport]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[A round-up of today's sport news.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-five-minutes-sport</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T09:26:22+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[FIVE MINUTES: South Africa]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[A round-up of today's news in South Africa.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T09:20:29+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Racial hatred, racial hope: the science behind prejudice ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Scientists tell us that racism isn&rsquo;t hardwired, giving South Africans  hope for reforming prejudicial bigotry. Could the painful history of a  small, almost all-white US city called Duluth, and the science of how  our minds acquire and process prejudice, hold clues to help South Africa  re-engineer racists? MANDY DE WAAL investigates.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-racial-hatred-racial-hope-the-science-behind</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T08:57:27+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[WWF report: Save the planet or start praying for a new one]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Every two years, the World Wide Fund for Nature brings out a &ldquo;state of  the planet&rdquo; review. This year, the news is bleaker than ever before. By  REBECCA DAVIS.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-wwf-report-save-the-planet-or-start-praying-for-a-new-one</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T08:49:59+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Extra! Extra! Coming soon to a court near you: The Richard Mdluli Show]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[A pro-democracy group will now ask a judge to strip the controversial  policeman of his duties until all allegations around him are tested. ALEX ELISEEV sees &ldquo;people power&rdquo; at play, and how we landed up here.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-extra-extra-coming-soon-to-a-court-near-you-the-richard-mdluli-show</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T08:45:04+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[DA vs COSATU: Photos ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[A day of sticks, stones and broken bones as seen by our photo-reporters.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-da-vs-cosatu-photos</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T08:33:21+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[GOP 2012: Paul, the dynasty]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Texas Congressman Ron Paul announced on Monday that he has now ended  active campaigning for the presidency against Mitt Romney,&nbsp; the only  other Republican Party candidate left in the campaign. But Paul vowed he  would fight on with his so-called &ldquo;delegate strategy&rdquo;. J BROOKS SPECTOR  looks deeper into the reasons why.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-gop-2012-paul-the-dynasty</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T08:01:54+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Saudi Arabia and Bahrain - Towards an (un)holy matrimony]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[This week, leaders of the Persian Gulf gathered in Riyadh to discuss a  Saudi-led initiative to create a union of gulf states, rumoured to be  modelled on the European Union. Onlookers expected the announcement of  an immediate union between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Instead, the  meeting concluded with the Saudis conceding to the other members&rsquo; pleas  for more time. By KHADIJA PATEL.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-saudi-arabia-and-bahrain-towards-an-unholy-matrimony</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T07:43:49+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SA headed for stalemate over AU and has nothing up its sleeve]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Unless the South African government gets its head out of the sand over  the next chairperson of the AU, there&rsquo;ll be another stalemate in  Lilongwe &ndash; and our already battered reputation will take another  hammering. By SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-sa-headed-for-stalemate-over-au-and-has-nothing-up-its-sleeve</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T07:37:50+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Losing confidence and changing business models are two different things]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The Reputation Institute 2012 survey shows South Africans are losing  confidence in the leadership in the private sector. Great. Now we can  start to have the kind of robust debate this country and the world so  badly needs about the true purpose of business. And hopefully this will  amount to something important and meaningful.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-05-16-losing-confidence-and-changing-business-models-are-two-different-things</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T07:32:21+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Freedom of speech; oh, perish the thought]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[While the outrage at racist speech is appropriate and justified, we  shouldn&rsquo;t forgot that legal censure is only one option for dealing with  hateful speech &ndash; and that it might not be our best option.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-05-16-freedom-of-speech-oh-perish-the-thought</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T06:51:18+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Analysis: ANC's ever-disappearing minority support]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Many people were surprised on Tuesday that the Democratic Alliance&rsquo;s  march to Cosatu House was dominated by black people rather than the  party&rsquo;s traditional constituency of liberal white people. It is a sign  that race politics in South Africa is changing, a phenomenon which the  ruling ANC appears not to be responsive to. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-analysis-ancs-ever-disappearing-minority-support</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T06:43:12+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Analysis: DA vs Cosatu - any victors?]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Now that the dust has settled in Braamfontein and the blue tide has  retreated back over the bridge, we wonder what exactly the point of all  of that was. Who won? The DA&rsquo;s march to the vicinity of Cosatu House  says a lot about just how dysfunctional our politics have become. It&rsquo;s  also a sign that things can&rsquo;t continue like this. By SIPHO HLONGWANE.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-analysis-da-vs-cosatu-any-victors</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T06:35:28+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Analysis: The youth wage subsidy should not go the way of the nationalisation debate]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The subsidy ought to be debated on its merits and how it will affect the  labour market, the unemployed and the economy. But much like other  policy debates have unfolded in this country, it has been politicised,  polarised and locked into thoughtless ideological corners. OSIAME MOLEFE  attempts to have a calm look at the proposal.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-analysis-the-youth-wage-subsidy-should-not-go-the-way-of-the-nationalisation-debate</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T06:28:40+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bricks, Rocks, Screams: DA battles Cosatu on Johannesburg streets]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The Democratic Alliance marched to Cosatu House in Johannesburg on  Tuesday to&nbsp; promote the youth wage bill. There were plenty of flying  bricks and words of war, but not much was said about the bill. By GREG  NICOLSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-16-bricks-rocks-screams-da-battles-cosatu-on-johannesburg-streets</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T06:21:32+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[US 2012: Weary warriors favor Obama]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show  "drooling over firearms," as he puts it. Retired after 30 years in the  U.S. Army, he has lined his study with books on war, framed battalion  patches from his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, a John Wayne poster, and  an 1861 Springfield rifle from an ancestor who fought in the Civil War.  But when it comes to the 2012 presidential election, Master Sergeant  McDowell is no hawk. By Margot Roosevelt.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T11:13:43+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SA battles to keep blackouts at bay]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It is five o'clock in the evening in South Africa and the computer dials  at the nerve-centre of state electricity firm Eskom are cranking  towards the red as millions of people get home and turn on their  heating, hot water and cookers. In the next two hours, demand will jump  sharply, pushing the grid towards its limits and a repeat of the  emergency rolling blackouts, known as 'load-shedding', that wreaked  havoc on Africa's biggest economy in 2008. By Agnieszka Flak.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T11:08:05+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Romney seeks evangelical votes, opposes gay marriage]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sought to calm fears that  his Mormon faith would be an obstacle to evangelical Christian voters,  stressing shared conservative values while acknowledging religious  differences. By Sam Youngman.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-romney-seeks-evangelical-votes-opposes-gay-marriage</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T11:04:26+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Maldonado's triumph unites polarised Venezuela]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Venezuelan driver Pastor Maldonado's remarkable first Formula One  victory brought a rare moment of national unity to a homeland bitterly  divided months before a presidential vote. By ANDREW CAWTHORNE.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-maldonados-triumph-unites-polarised-venezuela</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T11:01:28+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Athletes' sudden deaths expose big knowledge gaps]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[When London marathon medical director Sanjay Sharma was called to attend  someone who had collapsed with suspected cardiac arrest a mile from the  finish line last month, he expected to find a man in his seventies. By  Naomi O'Leary and Kate Kelland.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-athletes-sudden-deaths-expose-big-knowledge-gaps</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T10:57:14+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[US Army: fundamental to the corps]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The instructor at a United States military graduate school caught  teaching students that the US is at war with Islam, not terror, was  merely expressing the same neo-conservative ideology and Christian  fundamentalist ire that rehabilitated the US Army after the Vietnam War.  When Colonel Matthew Dooley warned of a "total war" that would see  Mecca nuked, he was waving the sword of the free world. By BRIAN M  DOWNING (Asia Times)]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-us-army-fundamental-to-the-corps</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T10:23:31+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[I'll have a quadruple scotch and a JPMorgan chaser: Wall Street goes to hell. Again.]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been a bad week for business, not that there have been too many  good weeks for business of late. Disaster at JP Morgan; disaster at  Yahoo; another crappy internet &ldquo;start up&rdquo; hits the toilet. Can&rsquo;t wait  for that Facebook IPO? Perhaps you require a status update. By RICHARD  POPLAK.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-ill-have-a-quadruple-scotch-and-a-jpmorgan-chaser-wall-street-goes-to-hell-again</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T10:01:18+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike: Who exactly represents them?]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[First a Palestinian minister announced that a deal had been reached with  Israel to end a weeks-long hunger strike by hundreds of prisoners.  Then, various activists countered assertions of the reported deal,  claiming the Palestinian Authority actually did not represent the hunger  strikers and had no right to make such announcements on their behalf.  The only certainty is that there is a crisis in the Palestinian  leadership. By KHADIJA PATEL.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T09:26:15+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Five Minutes: Sport]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[A round-up of the sport news stories of the day.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-sport-news-in-five-minutes</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T09:00:58+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Five Minutes: South Africa]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[A round-up of the news stories of the day.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-the-news-in-five-minutes-south-africa</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T08:56:41+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Racism killed the Rainbow Nation]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It is Friday night at one of my aunts. We are overeating as Jews do on  Friday night. I am settling in to being bored for at least the next  hour. The conversation drifts around the table for a few minutes until  one of my uncles brings his particular brand of wit and insight to the  proceedings.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-05-15-racism-killed-the-rainbow-nation</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T08:39:51+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[JPMorgan CIO Drew retires after giant trading loss]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co Chief Investment Officer Ina Drew is retiring,  the first casualty after the bank suffered trading losses that could  reach more than $3 billion and that have sparked an investigation by  U.S. securities regulators. By Matt Scuffham and David Henry.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-jpmorgan-cio-drew-retires-after-giant-trading-loss</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T07:27:06+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The real art of war: MSF's humanitarian negotiations]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The greatest myth surrounding humanitarian aid is that those who provide  assistance are noble actors independent from the realities of war.  M&eacute;decin sans Fronti&eacute;res&rsquo; recent book Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed lays bare the compromises and justifications made in conflict zones &ndash;  and GREG NICOLSON spoke to two of its contributors.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-the-real-art-of-war-msfs-humanitarian-negotiations</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T07:17:22+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Defiance 2.0: Malema's back, alive & kicking ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It was always going to be easy for Julius Malema to draw a big crowd for  his first media briefing since being expelled from the ANC. And he did  some of his best work: talking tough on Richard Mdluli and the whole &ldquo;I  just can&rsquo;t wait to be king&rdquo; bombshell. But the real test, as ALEX ELISEEV writes, is whether he can keep the country&rsquo;s attention.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-defiance-20-malemas-back-alive-kicking</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T07:11:24+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Tortoise and the Hare: How African economies withstand the financial crisis]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[You know the story and its underlying message: slow and steady wins the  race. You probably don&rsquo;t know the story of African economic  under-development and Western economic growth, which is not quite as  exciting. But the message, as outlined in a new IMF report, is similar &ndash;  and it&rsquo;s good news for the sluggish but increasingly stable African  economies. By SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-the-tortoise-and-the-hare-how-african-economies-withstand-the-financial-crisis</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T07:00:32+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fair trade, unfair trade-off]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Last Friday was World Fair Trade Day and this week is, locally,  Fairtrade Coffee Week. Sure, a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go  down, but is it more about superficially soothing one&rsquo;s conscience or  genuinely supporting fair trade? How do consumers know fair trade is  really all that fair? IVO VEGTER does some digging &ndash; and decides fair  trade coffee just isn&rsquo;t his cup of tea.&nbsp;]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2012-05-15-fair-trade-unfair-trade-off</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T06:57:57+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Permjot Valia in SA: where entrepreneurial angels fear to tread]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[South Africa is a tough place for people who are looking for angel or  venture capital funding. The market is small and uncompetitive, but this  needs to change if we want to grow the vibrant entrepreneurial sector  that is so crucial to local economic growth. MANDY DE WAAL speaks to UK  business angel and start-up mentor Permjot Valia about money,  entrepreneurs and poverty.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-permjot-valia-in-sa-where-entrepreneurial-angels-fear-to-tread</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T06:35:05+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another internecine war rocks the government]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[A war of words has broken out between trade and industry minister Rob  Davies and national consumer commissioner Mamedupi Mohlala-Mulaudzi. She  says she&rsquo;s been unfairly dismissed. He doesn&rsquo;t agree, and the DA has  joined the fray. By OSIAME MOLEFE.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-another-internecine-war-rocks-the-government</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T06:29:57+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reporter's Notebook: Doorstopping De Klerk]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[When FW De Klerk agreed to do his friends at the South African Gold Coin  Exchange a favour and cut the ribbon on their 30th Scoin shop, you can  be sure he wasn&rsquo;t betting on being at the centre of a media storm that  had erupted four days previously. REBECCA DAVIS probably wouldn&rsquo;t have  been there otherwise.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-reporters-notebook-doorstopping-de-klerk</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T06:21:37+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[DA Youth vs Cosatu - youth wage bill battle lines are drawn up, sharply]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It promises to be a most unusual face-off: on Tuesday, the Democratic  Alliance Youth is going to march to Cosatu House in Johannesburg to  pressure the union federation to drop its opposition to the youth wage  subsidy. The language in the run-up to the showdown has not been calm.  Things could turn ugly. By SIPHO HLONGWANE.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-da-youth-vs-cosatu-youth-wage-bill-battle-lines-are-drawn-up-sharply</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T06:15:02+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tokyo Sexwale's three letters: A, B, Z]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The charismatic politician-turned-businessman-turned-politician is  having another go at the ANC presidency. He made a series of fatal  blunders the last time around, which resulted in an abrupt climb-down  from his soapbox. As the &ldquo;Anyone But Zuma&rdquo; campaign takes flight, it  would perhaps be wise for him and his backers to avoid making the same  mistakes again. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-15-tokyo-sexwales-three-letters-a-b-z</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-15T06:07:05+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Super Rugby Round-up: Week 12]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[A round-up of the weekend's Super Rugby matches.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-14-super-rugby-roundup-week-12</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-14T10:45:20+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Spain faces corrosion not collapse from euro crisis]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Students are protesting on Barcelona's elegant boulevards, public-sector  wages are being cut for the second time in three years and resentment  is growing against the central government and beneficiaries of bank  bailouts. By Alan Wheatley (Reuters).]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-14-spain-faces-corrosion-not-collapse-from-euro-crisis</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-14T10:42:08+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[JPMorgan CEO says bank reacted badly to red flags]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co CEO Jamie Dimon said his bank reacted badly to  warning flags last month that it had large losses in financial  derivatives trading, a $2 billion embarrassment that has given banking  regulators new ammunition. By David Henry (Reuters).]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-14-jpmorgan-ceo-says-bank-reacted-badly-to-red-flags</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-14T10:40:18+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Exiles: Iran advancing active nuclear arms programme]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[An exiled Iranian opposition group said on Saturday that Iran has some  60 scientists and engineers involved in a concerted and expanding  programme to develop nuclear weapons under defence ministry auspices. By  Nicholas Vinocur and Fredrik Dahl.&nbsp;]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-14-exiles-iran-advancing-active-nuclear-arms-programme</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-14T10:37:30+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Federer beats the clay blues to win Madrid Open]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Roger Federer left a lasting impression on the Madrid Open's  controversial blue claycourt by grinding out a 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory  against Czech Tomas Berdych to match Rafa Nadal's record of 20 Masters  titles on Sunday. By IAIN ROGERS (Reuters).]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-14-federer-beats-the-clay-blues-to-win-madrid-open</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-14T10:33:48+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Facebook IPO has halo effect for venture capitalists]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[For the handful of venture capitalists who backed Facebook in its  early days, a huge financial payoff is not the only thing they may be  celebrating when the company goes public later this week. By SARAH  MCBRIDE.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-14-facebook-ipo-has-halo-effect-for-venture-capitalists</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-14T10:30:40+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[City clinch Premier League title in dramatic finale]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Manchester City secured a first English title in 44 years in  extraordinary circumstances on Sunday as stoppage-time goals from Edin  Dzeko and Sergio Aguero snatched a 3-2 win over Queens Park Rangers to  deny Manchester United another championship. By MARTIN HERMAN (Reuters).]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-14T10:25:16+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Black Report, Episode 17]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The week that was(n't) in beloved South Africa. Seriously. By JOHN VLISMAS &amp; DUNCAN HARLING.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-14-the-black-report-episode-16</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-14T09:48:27+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ilan Godfrey wins OPENPhoto Award]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg-based photographer Ilan Godfrey has won the inaugural  OPENPhoto Award for the essay Legacy of the Mines, his intriguing and  evocative series of square images depicting people on the fringes of the  commodity world. By staff reporter.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-14-ilan-godfrey-wins-openphoto-award</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reporter's notebook: Mother's Sunday, South Africa]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[To mark Mother&rsquo;s Day this year, GREG NICOLSON took to the streets of  Johannesburg to speak to mothers, daughters and sisters about their  position in South Africa: rights, opportunities, and the role they play  in the country&rsquo;s development and democracy.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-14-reporters-notebook-mothers-sunday-south-africa</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-14T08:35:53+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Maverick Art: Kalk Bay Confidential]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[This is a story of a maritime lawyer who dropped his legal practice to  turn a local church into a theatre and dinner space, armed only with  passion and dedication. To some it was a move of maverick bravery, to  others, it signalled serious trouble ahead. Welcome to the Kalk Bay  Theatre, unrestrained and revelatory brainchild of Simon Cooper. By  EMILY GAMBADE.]]></description>
						<link>http://www1.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2012-05-14-maverick-art-kalk-bay-confidential</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-14T08:17:23+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The News in Five Minutes: South Africa ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[A round-up of South Africa's news today.]]></description>
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