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<title><![CDATA[Considering suicide and finding comfort in Cohen, Canadian journalist recalls his nightmare in Tehran jail]]></title>
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<author>KATE HAMMER</author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 0:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hamas: The unlikely peacemaker]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Former Israeli minister seizes on shift in public opinion toward talks with Palestinian party]]></description>
<author>PATRICK MARTIN</author>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 0:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China's links to Africa grow, with pledge of $10-billion in preferential loans]]></title>
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<author>GEOFFREY YORK</author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 0:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Palestinian leader Abbas stepping down]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Man who had staked his career on reaching a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel will likely serve his people's needs better by leaving the scene]]></description>
<author>PATRICK MARTIN</author>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 0:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Arab-Kurd tensions threaten to ignite volatile Iraqi province]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ninewa a cauldron of old wrongs and new grievances]]></description>
<author>PATRICK MARTIN</author>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 0:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PIRACY]]></title>
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<author>Tavia Grant</author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 0:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Freed from Iranian jail, Canadian reporter joins wife in England]]></title>
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<author>JOSH WINGROVE</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 0:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Violence is lessening, but safety 'skin-deep' in Iraq]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Strong forces keep dangers in check]]></description>
<author>PATRICK MARTIN</author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 0:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Iran nuclear talks set to begin]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Shaken by political and economic turmoil, Tehran says it will meet with Western officials]]></description>
<author>Doug Saunders</author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 0:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[THE SHADOWY NEGOTIATOR WHO FREED FOWLER AND GUAY]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[He's Mali's go-to man for haggling with terrorists and he brokered the deal that set two Canadians free. Yet questions surround the mediator. Now he comes out of the shadows to describe how he talked to the kidnappers, shared a blanket with Fowler and suffered through a sandstorm to get diplomats to safety]]></description>
<author>GEOFFREY YORK</author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 0:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A video, a prisoner swap and a whiff of hope]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Held captive by Hamas for 3&frac12; years, Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit appears alive and well; Israel frees 19 Palestinian women]]></description>
<author>PATRICK MARTIN</author>
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<pubDate>Sat, 3 Oct 2009 0:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[China's birthday present: More resources]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[As regime marks 60 years, it continues to funnel its massive U.S.-dollar reserves into energy and commodities]]></description>
<author>BARRIE MCKENNA</author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 0:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[From Africa's best to 'failed state']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Kenya, once the envy of its neighbours, has fallen victim to violence and corruption]]></description>
<author>GEOFFREY YORK</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 0:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nuclear ambitions unite leaders against Iran]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tehran's clandestine plans give U.S. rare chance to organize international support]]></description>
<author>BARRIE MCKENNA</author>
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<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 0:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CANADA TO GUARANTEE LENDING FOR AFRICA]]></title>
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<author>Campbell Clark</author>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 0:00 -0400</pubDate>
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