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   <title>About.com World News: Most Popular Articles</title>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Situation in Pakistan]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[President Pervez Musharraf's future is on the line as opposition lawmakers form a coalition and vow to oust the former general. But will the instability allow fundamentalist forces to gain ground?]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Top 10 News Stories to Watch]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[These are the top news stories that everyone will be watching as 2008 heats up.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Most Wanted Nazis]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Simon Wiesenthal Center updated its list of most wanted Nazis on April 1, 2008. Find their profiles here.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Why conflict in South Ossetia?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Russian forces battle Georgian troops for control of this breakaway region.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Arab-Israeli Conflict]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[How did the conflict in the Middle East begin, and what is the future for Israel and the Palestinian Authority?]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[France&#039;s Worst Serial Killers?]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/france/qt/fourniret.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The trial of Michel Fourniret -- who reportedly enlisted his wife's help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill -- began March 27, 2008.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[King Abdullah]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A profile of Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, king of Saudi Arabia.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Dmitry Medvedev]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/russia/p/dmitrymedvedev.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A profile of Dmitry Medvedev, the technocrat whom Vladimir Putin is counting on to continue his legacy.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Robert Mugabe]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A profile of the president of Zimbabwe.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Story Behind the &#039;Stans]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/centralandeastasia/f/stans.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Why there are all those countries with the suffix &quot;stan&quot; at the end.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Apartheid]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Apartheid defined in the World News glossary.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Vladimir Putin]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A profile of Russian politician Vladimir Putin.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Aftermath of Cyclone Nargis]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[After deadly Category 4 Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar/Burma on May 2, 2008, relief efforts were hampered by the unwillingness of the military junta to accept outside help.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Nelson Mandela]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A profile of the ANC leader and former president of South Africa.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[World News - Articles]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/cs/a.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[An index of Articles for the World News guide site.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Tzipi Livni]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A profile of Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Torture Chief Duch Weeps]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/cambodia/qt/killingfieldduc.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Duch, now 65, is one of five Khmer Rouge kingpins facing charges of crimes against humanity under the joint U.N.-Cambodian effort.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Abdullah&#039;s Interfaith Effort]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/saudiarabia/qt/abdullahfaith.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabian leader calls for greater dialogue and openness between the world's monotheistic religions. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[No Red Around Valentine&#039;s Day]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/saudiarabia/qt/vdaysaudis.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The religious police go out to gift shops and florists to ensure that nobody sees red for a week.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Russia]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A primer on the massive land sprawl known as the Russian Federation.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Politician&#039;s Anti-Quran Film]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/netherlands/qt/wildersfitna.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Despite warnings that violence would soon follow, far-right Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders released his anti-Quran film &quot;Fitna&quot; on the Internet.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[What&#039;s next for Zimbabwe?]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/zimbabwe/f/mugabereelect.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[After Robert Mugabe declared himself victor in a one-man runoff marred by violence and voter intimidation, the world responds.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Uighur]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The definition of Uighur from the World News glossary.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Wanted for the Rwandan Genocide]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/rwanda/ig/Wanted-for-Rwandan-Genocide/Callixte-Mbarushimana.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[These suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which claimed upwards of 800,000 lives in just a few months, are still wanted and being sought by Interpol.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Karzai Escapes Attempt on Life]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/afghanistan/qt/karzaiassassina.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Taliban fighters marred one of Afghanistan's most celebrated days by staging an attack aimed at President Hamid Karzai.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hmong]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The definition of Hmong from the World News glossary.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Nelson Mandela Turns 90]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/southafrica/ig/Nelson-Mandela-Turns-90/Springboks-Celebrate.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[With much fanfare from around the world, Nelson Mandela celebrated his 90th birthday on July 18, 2008 -- a date flanked by numerous celebrations for the former South African president and legendary apartheid foe.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Taoiseach]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Taoiseach defined in the World News glossary.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Spanish Voters Keep Socialists]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/spain/qt/spainelex08.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero overcame conservative Popular Party challenger Mariano Rajoy, but his Socialist party fell short of a parliamentary majority. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Peshmerga]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/mp/g/peshmerga.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The term peshmerga is explained in the World News glossary.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mahmoud Abbas]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/palestinianauthority/p/mahmoudabbas.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[President Mahmoud Abbas has been instrumental in shaping the future of the Palestinian territories after the death of Yasser Arafat.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Massive Earthquake in China]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/china/ig/Massive-Earthquake-in-China/Searching-for-Family.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands die when western China is struck by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake on May 12, 2008.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Protests Grow Over Tibet]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[In March 2008, with the Beijing Olympics just months away, peaceful protests led by monks in Tibet sparked a violent crackdown by the Chinese government. In response, protests against China and in support of a free Tibet have grown across the globe.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Kadima]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The definition of Kadima from the World News glossary.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Iraq&#039;s Mass Graves]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[As we neared the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, yet another mass grave was discovered in a country that is pocked with crude burial sites dating back to Saddam Hussein's Baathist rule that began in 1979. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Myanmar (Burma)]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A profile of Myanmar, previously formally known as Burma.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Chavez Nationalizes Cement]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/venezuela/qt/chavezmexico.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The cement industry is the latest state takeover for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Drill in Indonesia]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Between a third and a half of the human-to-bird transmission cases reported since 2003 have been in Indonesia.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Gulf Coast Braces for Hurricane Gustav]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/unitedstates/ig/Gulf-Coast-Braces-for-Gustav/Evacuating-the-Homeless.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, and other Gulf Coast areas fled in a historic evacuation as Hurricane Gustav bore down on the United States.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The 4,000th U.S. Death in Iraq]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/unitedstates/qt/4000iraqdeath.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A roadside bomb killed four U.S. servicemen on March 23, 2008, pushing deaths to the latest grisly milestone.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Morgan Tsvangirai]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The leader of the Movement for Democratic Change presents the strongest challenge to Robert Mugabe's iron grip on rule.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A profile of the African country once known as Rhodesia.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[First Communist President]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Demetris Christofias became the only communist president in Europe. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ecuador, Colombia&#039;s FARC Fight]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Ecuador claims Colombia -- and U.S. ally President Alvaro Uribe -- violated its territorial integrity by striking at FARC commander Raul Reyes just across its border.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bolivarian]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Suffering in the Occupied City of Gori]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Residents of one Georgian town live with uncertainty as Russian troops occupy their streets.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Merkel Speaks to Knesset]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Chancellor Angela Merkel, dubbed by Forbes the most powerful woman in the world, expressed &quot;shame&quot; over Germany's role in the Holocaust.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[INTERPOL]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Palestinian Militant Groups]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A roundup of the different militant groups operating out of the Palestinian territories.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[2008 Paraguayan Election]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Three top contenders battled for the presidency of Paraguay in a bid to replace President Nicanor Duarte.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[World News - QuickTips]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[An index of QuickTips for the World News guide site.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Richter scale]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Maoists Make Gains in Nepal]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The final results from Nepal's April 10, 2008, elections show the Maoists have won the largest bloc in the 601-seat Assembly with 220 seats.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mahdi Army]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Squid Boasts Largest-Known Eye]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[New Zealand scientists are in awe of the largest-known recovered carcass of a colossal squid.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Radovan Karadzic]]></title>
         <link>http://worldnews.about.com/od/serbia/p/karadzic.htm</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A profile of the Bosnian Serb leader facing multiple counts of genocide after years on the lam.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Bosnian Genocide]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[As the Srebrenica massacre is in the news again with the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, we look back on just what the former Bosnian Serb leader will be standing trial for.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[A ban on Turkey&#039;s rulers?]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Chief prosecutor of the High Court of Appeals Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya wants the AKP party banned for &quot;anti-secular activities&quot; -- and such a move wouldn't be unprecedented.]]></description>
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