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    <pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 05:30:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PM gives no credence to leadership talk</title>
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      <description>PM Julia Gillard is again trying to quell reports of a leadership challenge</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 03:16:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Greens, govt deal to continue  Milne</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/Greens_govt_deal_to_continue__Milne_754487.html</link>
      <description>The Greens will continue to support Labor should Kevin Rudd be returned as PM, says Christine Milne.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 03:30:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Dead Syrian children in gruesome video</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/Dead_Syrian_children_in_gruesome_video_754389.html</link>
      <description>Gruesome video shows rows of dead Syrian children lying in a mosque in bloody shorts and t-shirts.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 21:10:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Doubts cast over Corby's bid for parole</title>
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      <description>Schapelle Corby will be eligible for parole on Monday; if it is determined foreigners are able to apply.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 21:17:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Finland gunman kills two students</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/Two_people_killed_in_Finland_shooting_754384.html</link>
      <description>Police arrested an 18-year-old man suspected of killing two students in a shooting in southern Finland.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 20:29:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Grant Hackett's night of destruction</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/Grant_Hacketts_night_of_destruction_754468.html</link>
      <description>Photos have emerged showing the destruction Grant Hackett allegedly unleashed on his own home.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 01:30:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Japan minister visits nuke plant</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/Japan_minister_visits_nuke_plant_754418.html</link>
      <description>Japan's environment and nuclear minister has visited the Fukushima power plant to inspect a spent fuel pool.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 23:22:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PM calls for workplace bullying review</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/PM_calls_for_workplace_bullying_review_754383.html</link>
      <description>Prime Minister Julia Gillard has  announced a national review into workplace bullying.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 20:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Four NATO deaths in Afghanistan</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/Four_NATO_deaths_in_Afghanistan_754505.html</link>
      <description>Four NATO service members have been killed in separate roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 04:14:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Man killed at shooting in Manchester pub</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/Man_killed_at_shooting_in_Manchester_pub_754413.html</link>
      <description>A 23-year-old man has been killed and three people injured in a shooting at a pub in Manchester.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 21:41:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Appeals for hit-and-run driver identity</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/26/Sydney_hit-and-run_victim_named_754332.html</link>
      <description>A hit-and-run driver who killed a young man in Sydney's northwest has been urged to hand himself in.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 11:31:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>UN urges action on Syria after massacre</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/UN_urges_action_on_Syria_after_massacre_754503.html</link>
      <description>The UN led calls for international action on Syria after reports of a horrific massacre by regime forces.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 04:12:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Wilkie says he feels like a pawn</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/Wilkie_says_he_feels_like_a_pawn_754486.html</link>
      <description>Andrew Wilkie says his relationship with Julia Gillard isn't the same since the failure of the pokie reforms</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 03:30:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Pope's butler arrested in scandal</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/26/Popes_butler_arrested_in_scandal_754342.html</link>
      <description>The Vatican has confirmed that the Pope's butler had been arrested in its embarrassing leaks scandal.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 13:21:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Yemeni troops kill 62 militants</title>
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      <description>Yemeni troops stationed in southern Abyan province have killed 62 al-Qaeda-linked fighters.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 20:12:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hunt to face Leveson inquiry grilling</title>
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      <description>British Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt will appear before the Leveson inquiry this week.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 02:38:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Shooting resulted from road rage attack</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/26/Shooting_resulted_from_road_rage_attack_754320.html</link>
      <description>Police believe a drive-by shooting on the Gold Coast might have been a case of road rage.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 11:29:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>UN chief condemns Syrian brutality</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/UN_chief_condemns_Syrian_brutality_754365.html</link>
      <description>Ban Ki-moon and Kofi Annan have condemned a massacre of more than 90 civilians in Syria as 'brutal'.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 19:32:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/UN_chief_condemns_Syrian_brutality_754365.html</guid>
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      <title>Gillard's leadership under threat again</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/Gillards_leadership_under_threat_again_754355.html</link>
      <description>Reports Prime Minister Julia Gillard's leadership position is again under threat.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 18:41:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>No foreigners in Aussie mining jobs, PM</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/26/No_foreigners_in_Aussie_mining_jobs_PM_754333.html</link>
      <description>PM Gillard has vowed the new skilled migration plan will not take Australian jobs in the mining sector.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 11:32:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Four dead in Japan tunnel explosion</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/Four_dead_in_Japan_tunnel_explosion_754473.html</link>
      <description>Police have confirmed four Japanese construction workers died after being recovered from inside a tunnel.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 02:36:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/Four_dead_in_Japan_tunnel_explosion_754473.html</guid>
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      <title>Burma demonstrations test government</title>
      <link>http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2012/05/27/Burma_demonstrations_test_government_754371.html</link>
      <description>Protests in Burma have provided a test of how the military-backed govt will respond to rising expectations.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 19:39:56 GMT</pubDate>
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