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		<title>Obama unveils US food security plan for Africa &#124; BBC News</title>
		<link>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/obama-unveils-us-food-security-plan-for-africa-bbc-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama has announced a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, US officials say. They say the initiative is aimed at alleviating shortages as world food supplies are being stretched by rising demand in Asia&#8217;s emerging markets. Food security is also on the agenda of this weekend&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN nuclear chief to visit Iran for talks &#124; BBC News</title>
		<link>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/un-nuclear-chief-to-visit-iran-for-talks-bbc-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The head of the UN nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran on Sunday to &#8220;discuss issues of mutual interest&#8221;. Yukiya Amano of the International Atomic Energy Agency is scheduled to hold meetings with senior officials in Tehran on Monday. The IAEA would like Iran to allow its inspectors to visit a site at Parchin. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UGANDA: Amnesty or prosecution for war criminals? &#124; IRIN Africa</title>
		<link>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/uganda-amnesty-or-prosecution-for-war-criminals-irin-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[KAMPALA, 17 May 2012 (IRIN) &#8211; The arrest of a senior Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander has reignited debate in Uganda about what to do with alleged war criminals: let them go, to encourage other rebels to surrender; or prosecute them in the name of accountability and justice. LRA commander Caesar Acellam Otto, along with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Agonizes Over Apology to Pakistan &#124; WSJ.com</title>
		<link>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/u-s-agonizes-over-apology-to-pakistan-wsj-com/</link>
		<comments>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/u-s-agonizes-over-apology-to-pakistan-wsj-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For nearly six months after U.S.-led forces accidentally killed two dozen Pakistani troops at the Afghanistan border, officials at the highest reaches of the Obama administration have been locked in a heated debate over what might appear to be a small step—apologizing for the loss. The U.S. had expressed &#8220;regret&#8221; for the Nov. 26 deaths. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran attack decision nears, Israeli elite locks down &#124; Reuters</title>
		<link>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/iran-attack-decision-nears-israeli-elite-locks-down-reuters/</link>
		<comments>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/iran-attack-decision-nears-israeli-elite-locks-down-reuters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters &#8211; A private door opens from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s office in central Jerusalem directly into a long, modestly furnished, half-paneled room decorated with modern paintings by Israeli artists and a copy of Israel&#8217;s 1948 declaration of independence. It contains little more than a long wooden table, brown leather chairs and a single [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Special Forces Being Deployed to Protect &#8220;Security&#8221; of Yemen &#124; thenewamerican.com</title>
		<link>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/u-s-special-forces-being-deployed-to-protect-security-of-yemen-thenewamerican-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When asked by reporters if U.S. troops would be sent to Yemen, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta responded, “There&#8217;s no consideration of that. Our operations now are directed with the Yemenese going after al-Qaida.&#8221; “No consideration” is exactly the type of vague and undefined phrase the American people have come to expect from representatives of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House OKs continued war in Afghanistan &#124; The Associated Press</title>
		<link>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/house-oks-continued-war-in-afghanistan-the-associated-press/</link>
		<comments>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/house-oks-continued-war-in-afghanistan-the-associated-press/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — The House endorsed the continued war in Afghanistan on Thursday despite acknowledgment from Republicans and Democrats that the American people are war-weary after more than a decade of conflict. By a vote of 303-113, lawmakers rejected an amendment that would have swiftly ended combat operations in Afghanistan by limiting funds only to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upgrading US Nuclear Weapons More Expensive Than Planned &#124; Spiegel Online</title>
		<link>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/upgrading-us-nuclear-weapons-more-expensive-than-planned-spiegel-online/</link>
		<comments>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/upgrading-us-nuclear-weapons-more-expensive-than-planned-spiegel-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Disarmament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European deployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[increased costs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peacenews.org/?p=17375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The B61 is the last remnant of the Cold War in Germany. An estimated 10 to 20 of the atomic bombs are thought to remain in storage at a German Air Force base in Büchel, a village in the Eifel mountains of western Germany. Should war break out, the Tornado aircraft belonging to the German [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Army general objects to GOP plan to slow troop reductions &#124; The Hill&#8217;s DEFCON Hill</title>
		<link>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/top-army-general-objects-to-gop-plan-to-slow-troop-reductions-the-hills-defcon-hill/</link>
		<comments>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/top-army-general-objects-to-gop-plan-to-slow-troop-reductions-the-hills-defcon-hill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said Wednesday he’s opposed to a plan from House Republicans to slow the reduction of U.S. forces over the next five years. The House Armed Services Committee included language in the Defense authorization bill to limit troop reductions to 15,000 per year for the Army and 5,000 for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Blocks New Iran Sanctions Bill, Insisting on Including Threat of War &#124; Antiwar.com</title>
		<link>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/gop-blocks-new-iran-sanctions-bill-insisting-on-including-threat-of-war-antiwar-com/</link>
		<comments>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/gop-blocks-new-iran-sanctions-bill-insisting-on-including-threat-of-war-antiwar-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans delayed a vote on Thursday that would have increased the already harsh economic sanctions on Iran’s oil sector, arguing for the inclusion of tougher language that threatens military attack. “I feel I’ve been jerked around,” Democratic Leader Harry Reid said on the Senate floor after the Republicans blocked the vote. . Senate Republican [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US helping get arms to Syria rebels: Report &#124; The AP via Times Of India</title>
		<link>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/us-helping-get-arms-to-syria-rebels-report-the-ap-via-times-of-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bashar al Assad]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON: The United States is helping bring more and better weapons to Syria&#8217;s rebels, including anti-tank weaponry, for their fight against President Bashar al-Assad regime, The Washington Post said today. President Barack Obama&#8217;s administration insisted it was not directly supplying the weapons or providing funding, with Gulf states paying for the new arms, the Post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gutting START; Re-Starting a Nuclear Arms Race &#124; Counterpunch</title>
		<link>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/gutting-start-re-starting-a-nuclear-arms-race-counterpunch/</link>
		<comments>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/gutting-start-re-starting-a-nuclear-arms-race-counterpunch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Line-by-line Analysis of National Defense Authorization Act, Nuclear Provisions by ROBERT ALVAREZ The U.S. House of Representatives will soon take up the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. (H.R. 4310). Attached is a section by section analysis of the nuclear weapons provisions I did over the past couple weeks. Also, here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greenpeace should not choose green over peace &#124; Sidney Holt, guardian.co.uk</title>
		<link>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/greenpeace-should-not-choose-green-over-peace-sidney-holt-guardian-co-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/greenpeace-should-not-choose-green-over-peace-sidney-holt-guardian-co-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peacenews.org/?p=17359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The organisation&#8217;s support of a marine reserve in the Chagos islands displays a lack of regard for islanders wanting to return Greenpeace International is a fine organisation. It uniquely combined the aims of promoting &#8220;peace&#8221; – including enhancing human rights – and, as an element of that, protecting the green (and blue) environment. Remember the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Redefines Afghan Success Ahead of NATO Conference &#124; NYTimes.com</title>
		<link>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/u-s-redefines-afghan-success-ahead-of-nato-conference-nytimes-com/</link>
		<comments>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/u-s-redefines-afghan-success-ahead-of-nato-conference-nytimes-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Leaders of the NATO nations will meet in Chicago on Sunday to set in motion the massive machinery necessary to wind down the war in Afghanistan. But even as American officials prepare a list of benchmarks they can cite as achieved in the war effort — expect to hear much about strategic partnership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Bill Shifting Red Line for War on Iran Passes Overwhelmingly &#124; Antiwar.com</title>
		<link>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/house-bill-shifting-red-line-for-war-on-iran-passes-overwhelmingly-antiwar-com/</link>
		<comments>http://peacenews.org/2012/05/house-bill-shifting-red-line-for-war-on-iran-passes-overwhelmingly-antiwar-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 02:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill in the House of Representatives has just been passed which inches the United States dangerously close to war with Iran just days ahead of a second round of diplomatic talks with Iran about its nuclear program. The vote, passed 401-11, effectively calls for a military attack on Iran when it obtains a “nuclear weapons [...]]]></description>
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