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		<title>Can the US Army embrace atheists?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BBC &#8211; Kate Dailey In a land of faith and flag, Justin Griffith is challenging the US military to abandon its religious ties. When he was a child growing up in Plano, Texas &#8211; a place he describes as the &#8220;oversized, goofy buckle on the Bible belt&#8221; &#8211; he would bring his bible to science [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/can-the-us-army-embrace-atheists/</link>
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		<title>Sudan&#8217;s president warns of possible war with south</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Examiner &#8211; AP Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has warned of a war between Khartoum and South Sudan because their failure to settle a dispute over an oil export deal. Al-Bashir told Blue Nile TV on Friday that war &#8220;is a possibility&#8221; because of escalating tensions with Juba over the spat. But he said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/sudans-president-warns-of-possible-war-with-south/</link>
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		<title>Haynes to retire after 28 years in Senate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Examiner &#8211; AP Sen. Joe Haynes announced Friday that he will not seek re-election in 2012, saying a newly redrawn district by Republicans wasn&#8217;t necessarily a factor in his decision. However, the Goodlettsville Democrat, who has served in the Senate for 28 years, did note what he called an &#8220;interesting symmetry&#8221; in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/haynes-to-retire-after-28-years-in-senate/</link>
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		<title>CBO in process of updating Obamacare estimates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Examiner &#8211; Philip Klein Congressional Budget Office bean counters are taking a fresh look at President Obama’s national health care law, and will have updated figures on key provisions in March, director Doug Elmendorf testified this week in Congress. Though he stopped short of saying there would be a full re-scoring of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/cbo-in-process-of-updating-obamacare-estimates/</link>
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		<title>Mars too dry for life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Telegraph &#8211; Nick Collins Analysis of soil from the red planet found that its surface had been dry for such a long time that any life would have to be lurking deep underground. Researchers deduced that there had been water present during a warmer period lasting up to 5,000 years in the distant past, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/mars-too-dry-for-life/</link>
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		<title>Taliban leader Mullah Omar &#8216;sent letter to Barack Obama&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Telegraph &#8211; Barney Henderson Taliban leader Mullah Omar purportedly sent a letter to President Barack Obama last year indicating an interest in peace talks, US officials have claimed. The unsigned letter from the one-eyed preacher was passed through a Taliban intermediary in July and was considered authentic by current and former US officials. &#8220;As [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/taliban-leader-mullah-omar-sent-letter-to-barack-obama/</link>
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		<title>SAT DATA FALSIFIED TO LEGITIMIZE RACIAL PREFERENCES?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[World Net Daily &#8211; (Big Government) College president&#8217;s commitment to diversity included defending hate-crime hoaxer Claremont McKenna College, a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles, has earned international infamy for fraudulently misreporting its SAT scores to game the U.S. News &#38; World Report rankings. Richard Vos, dean of admissions since 1987, resigned in disgrace [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/sat-data-falsified-to-legitimize-racial-preferences/</link>
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		<title>SEE BIG BANK MONEY-LAUNDERING EVIDENCE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[World Net Daily &#8211; Jerome R Corsi A former employee of one of the world’s largest international banks has provided WND with more than 1,000 pages of documents, including customer account ledgers for dozens of companies through which the financial institution was laundering money each month, according to the whistleblower. “I found many accounts through [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/see-big-bank-money-laundering-evidence/</link>
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		<title>COURT ASKED TO HALT CENSORSHIP OF ANTI-JIHAD SPEECH</title>
		<description><![CDATA[World Net Daily &#8211; Bob Unruh A team of attorneys from the American Freedom Law Center today asked a court in New York for a preliminary injunction that would uphold the principle of free speech in the advertisements on the transit authority’s facilities. A lawsuit had been filed last fall over the refusal by the New York [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/court-asked-to-halt-censorship-of-anti-jihad-speech/</link>
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		<title>Exclusive: Israel Warns US Jews: Iran Could Strike Here</title>
		<description><![CDATA[abc NEWS &#8211; Richard Esposito Israeli facilities in North America &#8212; and around the world &#8212; are on high alert, according to an internal security document obtained by ABC News that predicted the threat from Iran against Jewish targets will increase. &#8220;We predict that the threat on our sites around the world will increase … on both [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/exclusive-israel-warns-us-jews-iran-could-strike-here/</link>
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		<title>Greece Seeks Second Rescue, Fights for Euro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg &#8211; Jonathan Stearns Greece’s fight to win its second international bailout may only open a new chapter in its struggle to remain in the euro area. The rescue plan, which European officials and Greek creditors say may be wrapped up in coming days, includes a loss of more than 70 percent for bondholders in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/greece-seeks-second-rescue-fights-for-euro/</link>
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		<title>Mexico Drug Cartels in Regions Steeped in Witchcraft, Demonic Influence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Christian Post &#8211; Evelyn Cook Mexico&#8217;s epidemic of violence first erupted in 2006, according to most accounts. But an ex-Muslim from India, who serves as a Christian pastor along the Texas-Mexican border, believes the problem began much earlier, with human sacrifice, witches, and the adoration of death in ancient Aztec days. Bombay-born Mujahid Hussein, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/mexico-drug-cartels-in-regions-steeped-in-witchcraft-demonic-influence/</link>
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		<title>OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO SHUT DOWN FANNIE AND FREDDIE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[theblaze.com &#8211; Becket Adams The Obama administration is working to attract more private funding for mortgage markets while winding down government-backed housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told reporters that administration officials are exploring legislative options for overhauling the nation’s housing finance system with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, as well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/obama-administration-plans-to-shut-down-fannie-and-freddie/</link>
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		<title>Romney Says He’ll Rescind Contraception Mandate Not Just for Religious Institutions, But for Individuals, Non-Religious Employers and Insurers as Well</title>
		<description><![CDATA[cnsnews.com &#8211; Patrick Burke The Republican presidential campaign of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney told CNSNews.com today that if elected Romney will rescind in its entirety a regulation finalized last month by the Obama administration that requires all health-care plans in the United States to cover sterilizations and all FDA-approved contraceptives, including those that cause [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/romney-says-he%e2%80%99ll-rescind-contraception-mandate-not-just-for-religious-institutions-but-for-individuals-non-religious-employers-and-insurers-as-well/</link>
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		<title>Anti-Putin protesters battle cold and divisions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reuters &#8211; Timothy Heritage It took several minutes and a woolly hat to resolve the latest differences among the loose alliance of Russian opposition groups challenging Vladimir Putin&#8217;s 12-year rule. Unable to agree on the order of a protest march through Moscow on Saturday, the organizers, gathered round a few tables shoved together in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/anti-putin-protesters-battle-cold-and-divisions/</link>
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		<title>Jobless rate at three-year low as payrolls surge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reuters -  Lucia Mutikani The United States created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to a near three-year low, giving a boost to President Barack Obama. Nonfarm payrolls jumped 243,000, the Labor Department said on Friday, as factory jobs grew by the most in a year. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/jobless-rate-at-three-year-low-as-payrolls-surge/</link>
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		<title>David Cameron to make official US visit &#8211; White House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BBC Prime Minister David Cameron will make an official visit to the US next month, the White House has said. Mr Cameron and his wife Samantha will be in the US on 13-14 March. A spokesman said President Barack Obama would welcome Mr Cameron to &#8220;highlight the fundamental importance of the US-UK special relationship&#8221;. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/david-cameron-to-make-official-us-visit-white-house/</link>
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		<title>South Sudan shoot-out at Unity state peace talks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BBC At least 37 people have been killed in South Sudan during a shoot-out at a peace meeting aimed at ending recent violence, officials said. Officials from three states and the UN had met for talks in the remote town of Mayendit in Unity state in an effort to reduce inter-ethnic tensions. The talks were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/south-sudan-shoot-out-at-unity-state-peace-talks/</link>
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		<title>Senate passes insider trading ban for its members</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Times &#8211; Paige Winfield Ending a week that began with consensus but fractured into contention, the Senate voted Thursday to strengthen insider-trading bans for its members, and in the process agreed to ban bonuses for Fannie Mae and Freddie Macexecutives. After spending the afternoon voting on a score of amendments that had hampered negotiations earlier in the week, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/senate-passes-insider-trading-ban-for-its-members/</link>
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		<title>KUHNER: Getting a reading on Romney</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Times &#8211; Jeffrey T Kuhner Conservatives are asking a reasonable question: Will a Mitt Romney candidacy turn into another debacle like Sen. John McCain’s in 2008? The Arizona maverick was said to be the most “electable” of the Republican nominees. ManyGOP voters held their noses and supported Mr. McCain. Yet he was defeated &#8211; convincingly &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/kuhner-getting-a-reading-on-romney/</link>
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		<title>Holder should walk the plank on &#8216;Fast and Furious&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Examiner A petulant, angry, and defiant Attorney General Eric Holder refused yesterday to take any responsibility for the growing scandal surrounding Operation Fast and Furious, the ill-conceived and incompetently managed program in which federal agents allowed thousands of guns to be purchased in the United States by known suppliers to Mexican drug cartels. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/holder-should-walk-the-plank-on-fast-and-furious/</link>
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		<title>Kuwait: Hardline Islamists seize control of parliament</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Telegraph The Islamist secured 34 seats in the 50-member parliament, results showed today. All four of the female MPs who served in the previous parliament lost their seats. Liberals, who had five seats in the previous parliament, now have just two. Voters punished pro-government MPs during Thursday&#8217;s parliamentary election, reducing them to a small [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/kuwait-hardline-islamists-seize-control-of-parliament/</link>
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		<title>Independent Scotland would be laden with debt, warns NIESR</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Telegraph - Angela Monaghan An independent Scotland would be heavily indebted and at increased risk of default, placing greater restrictions on economic and fiscal policy, a think tank has warned. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research said Scotland would have no insurance from fiscal risk sharing with the UK if it voted for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/independent-scotland-would-be-laden-with-debt-warns-niesr/</link>
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		<title>Argentina accuses Britain of using the Falklands as a distraction from economic woes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Telegraph Argentina has accused David Cameron&#8217;s government of fanning the row over the Falklands Islands in an attempt to distract the British public from high unemployment. The moves &#8220;have to do with British domestic politics, with the high unemployment,&#8221; said Vice President Amado Boudou yesterday. &#8220;This is an attempt to cover for a government [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/argentina-accuses-britain-of-using-the-falklands-as-a-distraction-from-economic-woes/</link>
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		<title>SUSAN G. KOMEN FOUNDATION REVERSES STANCE, PLEDGES TO CONTINUE FUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[theblaze.com &#8211; Madeleine Morgenstern The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity has reversed its decision to halt fundingof breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood, the organization announced Friday. In a statement, Komen for the Cure Founder and CEO Nancy Brinker apologized for “recent decisions” and said the organization would continue to fund Planned Parenthood. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/susan-g-komen-foundation-reverses-stance-pledges-to-continue-funding-planned-parenthood/</link>
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		<title>Pelosi Vows to Stand With Obama Against Catholic Church; Says Decision Forcing Catholics to Act Against Faith Was ‘Very Courageous’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[cnsnews.com &#8211; Thomas Cloud House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) vowed today that she will join with the Obama administration in standing up against the Catholic Church in defending a new regulation that will require Catholic individuals to buy, and Catholic institutions to provide, health insurance plans that cover sterilizations and artificial contraceptives, including those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/pelosi-vows-to-stand-with-obama-against-catholic-church-says-decision-forcing-catholics-to-act-against-faith-was-%e2%80%98very-courageous%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s leader: War would be detrimental to U.S.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CNN The supreme leader of Iran issued a blunt warning Friday that war would be detrimental to the United States &#8212; and that Iran is ready to help anyone who confronts &#8220;cancerous&#8221; Israel. &#8220;You see every now and then in this way they say that all options are on the table. That means even the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/irans-leader-war-would-be-detrimental-to-u-s/</link>
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		<title>Syrian security forces tortured children, rights group says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CNN Syrian army and security officers detained and tortured children with impunity during the past year, a rights group said in a report Friday, as it urged the United Nations to take action. The Human Rights Watch report comes as the U.N. Security Council considers a draft resolution intended to pressure Syria to end its months-long crackdown [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/syrian-security-forces-tortured-children-rights-group-says/</link>
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		<title>Cold weather death toll passes 100 in Ukraine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BBC More than 100 people have now died as a result of freezing weather in Ukraine since last Friday, the government has announced in Kiev. Most of the 101 who died were homeless people and 64 of them were found dead on the streets, the emergencies ministry said. Hundreds of others have been treated in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/cold-weather-death-toll-passes-100-in-ukraine/</link>
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		<title>Two US tourists &#8216;kidnapped in Egypt&#8217;s Sinai peninsula&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BBC Gunmen in Egypt&#8217;s Sinai peninsula have kidnapped two American women tourists, Egyptian security sources say. They were travelling in a small bus with three other tourists from St Catherine&#8217;s monastery on Mount Sinai to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh when it was stopped by the gunmen. One official told the Reuters news [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/two-us-tourists-kidnapped-in-egypts-sinai-peninsula/</link>
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		<title>More Cairo clashes after Port Said football deaths</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BBC At least two people have been killed in the latest unrest in the Egyptian capital Cairo, amid continuing anger over 74 deaths after a football match in Port Said on Wednesday. Many Egyptians blame the authorities for failing to protect fans. A demonstrator and a soldier died on Friday as clashes continued outside the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/more-cairo-clashes-after-port-said-football-deaths/</link>
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		<title>Russia &#8216;cannot support&#8217; UN Syria draft resolution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BBC Russia&#8217;s deputy foreign minister says his country &#8220;cannot support&#8221; a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria. According to the Interfax news agency, Gennady Gatilov said that despite changes that took some of its concerns into account, Russia could not support the text in its current form. &#8220;This is not enough for us,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/russia-cannot-support-un-syria-draft-resolution/</link>
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		<title>US economy creates 243,000 jobs in January</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BBC The US economy created 243,000 jobs in December, the highest total for nine months, official figures show. The rise was much more than expected. Analysts had forecast an increase of about 150,000 jobs. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3%, which was the lowest rate in nearly three years, and down from a revised rate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/03/us-economy-creates-243000-jobs-in-january/</link>
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		<title>Colombia police suffer deadly attacks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BBC At least five people have been killed and more than a dozen injured in an attack on a police station in western Colombia. The violence in Villa Rica comes a day after 11 people were killed in an explosion in Tumaco, in the south. Police blamed that attack on the left-wing rebel group, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/02/colombia-police-suffer-deadly-attacks/</link>
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		<title>Bernanke: Fed will protect U.S. economy from Europe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CNN - Annalyn Censky  The recovery remains &#8220;frustrating slow&#8221; in the United States, and now Europe&#8217;s debt crisis is posing additional challenges, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Thursday. &#8220;Risks remain that developments in Europe or elsewhere may unfold unfavorably and could worsen economic prospects here at home,&#8221; Bernanke told the House Budget Committee. But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.irnnews.com/2012/02/02/bernanke-fed-will-protect-u-s-economy-from-europe/</link>
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