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<title>Antarctica melting faster than expected: scientist</title>
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<description><![CDATA[New Zealand scientists have warned that Antarctica is melting faster than expected. Professor Peter Barrett of Victoria University's Antarctic Research Center told the annual Antarctic Conference, held on July1-3 in Auckland, that the rate of ice loss was up 75 percent since1996, and was increasing quickly. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:37:10 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Climate change causes wild sheep to shrink</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Wild sheep are shrinking on a remote island in Scotland because of climate change, says a U.K. study. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:58:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NASA's LRO spacecraft sends first lunar images to earth</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img border=1 src=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/xinsrc_3120706031035531211276.jpg></a><br>NASA's LRO has transmitted its first images since reaching lunar orbit on June 23, NASA said Thursday in a press release. LRO will help NASA identify safe landing sites for future explorers, locate potential resources, describe the moon's radiation environment and demonstrate new technologies. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:32:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China's satellite positioning system to offer better service</title>
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<description><![CDATA[China's home-grown global navigation satellite system, Compass, will provide regional service in 2011 with a constellation of 12 satellites. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:44:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Users warned of "Michael Jackson" email virus</title>
    <link>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/03/content_11644604.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The email has a subject line of "Remembering Michael Jackson" and is sent from "sarah@michaeljackson.com," Sophos said in a statement. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:51:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Expo on geographic information applications kicks off in Beijing </title>
    <link>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/02/content_11639169.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The National Exposition on Geographic Information Applications and Maps, on the motif of intensifying the service of geographic information application and promoting its industrialization, epitomizes its application in national economy, social development and people's livings since the 60 years of the founding of the People's Republic of China. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:05:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Brazil plans to expand rocket launching base at north</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Brazil plans to expand its Alcantara aerospace base in the north by building 12 more rocket launching pads at there, the government said Wednesday.  <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:53:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>India to launch indigenous Oceansat-2 satellite next month</title>
    <link>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/01/content_11634928.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, July 1 (Xinhua) -- India will launch its ... <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:15:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DELL may release Android gadget</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rumors are rife that Dell the number 2 computer manufacturer in the world may be set to launch itself into the mobile phone market, again.  <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:39:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Solar probe Ulysses ends historic mission of discovery</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ulysses officially ceased operations on Tuesday after operating for more than 18 years and charting the region of space above the poles of the sun. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Russia sends U.S. communications satellite into orbit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Alexander Borbrenyov, press secretary of the Khrunichev center, said a Russian Proton-M carrier rocket, with a Sirius FM5 atop, blasted off at around 23:10 Moscow time (1910 GMT) from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. The satellite is expected to separate from the booster 9 hours later. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:42:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Global IT spending to drop nearly 11% in 2009: Forrester</title>
    <link>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/01/content_11630151.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Global spending on information technology (IT) may fall 10.6 percent in 2009, more sharply than the 3-percent decrease projected at the beginning of the year. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:28:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Second Russian cargo spaceship undocks from ISS</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Russian cargo spaceship Progress M-02M undocked from the International Space Station (ISS)and began autonomous flight, the Mission Control Center outside Moscow said. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:21:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple iPhone proves too hot for some</title>
    <link>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/30/content_11627912.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[First reported by Internet users in France, the Apple iPhone has run up against some bad publicity after some users say their device had overheated.  <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:33:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vietnam to operate its 1st satellite image receiving station</title>
    <link>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/30/content_11627667.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[HANOI, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Ministry of ... <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:35:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report: Seagrass losses accelerating</title>
    <link>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/30/content_11627525.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[About 30 percent of seagrass meadows in the world's oceans have been lost over the past three decades because of population growth, climate change and ecological degradation, according to a report Tuesday. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:01:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple CEO Steve Jobs returns to work</title>
    <link>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/30/content_11623275.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Steve Jobs, Apple Inc's chief executive officer (CEO), is back to work after taking a medical leave for nearly six months, U.S. media reported on Monday. According to an Apple spokesman, Jobs is at Apple a few days a week and working at home the remaining days.  <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:26:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple in trouble of keeping iPhone 3GS on shelf </title>
    <link>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/29/content_11618673.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The iPhone 3GS becomes so hot that Apple is in trouble of keeping it on the shelf, showed the data of the company's retail availability Web tool. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:08:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft puts limitation on free Windows 7 upgrades</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has limited the number of newly purchased PC machines that can be upgraded to Windows 7 for free to 25 by the new operating system (OS)'s release date. Gartner analyst Michael Silver said the limitation might aim to goose sales of its Software Assurance licenses to businesses. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:14:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>AirPower 09 opens in Austria </title>
    <link>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/27/content_11610154.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two aerodones perform during the AirPower 09 in Zeltweg in the Austrian bundesland of Steiermark, June 26, 2009. Spectators can watch aerobatics performances as well as exhibitions during the AirPower 09 airshow which takes place from June 26 to 27.  <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:31:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Swiss adventurer unveils solar-powered plane for global flight</title>
    <link>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/27/content_11609033.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The sleek Solar Impulse has a huge wingspan, the equivalent of a Boeing 747, but weighs less than the average car. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple's silence on Jobs' health questioned</title>
    <link>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/26/content_11602849.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Analysts and legal experts are questioning whether Apple has run afoul of federal securities rules by keeping silent on its CEO Steve Jobs' health, a newspaper report said on Thursday. Apple had disclosed in early January that Jobs had a "hormone imbalance" and would take a leave of absence, but never said he was so sick that he needed a liver transplant. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:03:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Adobe to build Flash into new Android phone</title>
    <link>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/25/content_11597827.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Adobe Systems said Wednesday that its Flash Player will be built into the HTC's new Android-based Hero phone. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:18:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft unveils energy-saving online application</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img border=1 src=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/xin_14206062509189682597214.jpg></a><br>Microsoft Corp on Wednesday launched a test version of its new online application which the software giant said can help consumers save energy and money. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:14:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. scientists use flying radar system to study earthquakes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Scientists are using a new radar imaging system on the belly of a Gulfstream jet to track California's earthquake faults, it was reported on Tuesday. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:35:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NASA's lunar probe successfully enters moon orbit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After a four-and-a-half-day journey from Earth, a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has successfully entered orbit around the moon, NASA said Tuesday. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:34:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Boeing 787 Dreamliner first flight postponed for 5th time</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img border=1 src=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/xin_452060624083687558098.jpg></a><br>Chicago-based Boeing Company announced on Tuesday that the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner, which is scheduled by the end of this month and has already been two years delayed, will be postponed for the fifth time due to a need to reinforce an area within the side-of-body section of the aircraft. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:33:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>54-million-year-old skull reveals early evolution of primate brains</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Researchers have developed the first detailed images of a primitive primate brain, unexpectedly revealing that cousins of our earliest ancestors relied on smell more than sight. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:42:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vietnam to host 4th World Information Technology Forum</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Vietnam will host the fourth World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR) in Hanoi from Aug. 26 to 28, Vietnam News Agency reported Monday. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:40:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Toxic molecule may help birds "see" north, south: research</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<img border=1 src=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/xin_4820606230842703172543.jpg></a><br>Researchers at the University of Illinois report that a toxic molecule known to damage cells and cause disease may also play a pivotal role in bird migration. The molecule, superoxide, is proposed as a key player in the mysterious process that allows birds to "see" Earth's magnetic field. <div style="display:none"><SCRIPT type='text/javascript' language='JavaScript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=rss.xinhuanet.com'></SCRIPT></div>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:39:35 GMT</pubDate>
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