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		<title>RSS Feed - Digital Journal News from Cuba</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drought in Venezuela prompts Chavez promise to 'bomb clouds']]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/282206</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[9/11 Suspects to be tried in New York]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/282081</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/7/3/i/5/9/4/p-small/KhalidShaikhMohammed.jpg" length="4064" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Gitmo detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court]]></description>			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:38:27 -0500</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/282081]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cuban Bloggers Beaten, Detained]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281958</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/4/2/9/0/i/3/4/7/p-small/copy_0_cuba.jpg" length="3344" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Three bloggers in Cuba were forcibly detained by Cuban secret police on Friday. One of the bloggers was Yoani Sanchez, whose blog details life in Cuba and the reality of living under Communist rule.]]></description>			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:37:52 -0500</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281958]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fidel Castro: Cuba's swine flu from US tourists]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281412</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/7/5/7/5/6/4/i/5/1/8/p-small/FidelCastro.jpg" length="5185" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[After United States President Barack Obama eased restrictions for Cuban-Americans to ease access to Cuba, former leader Fidel Castro is blaming US tourists for the increase in swine flu in his country.]]></description>			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:55:44 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281412]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Castro's sister admits history of working with CIA]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281125</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/7/3/i/6/6/0/p-small/fidelcastrocuba.jpg" length="3205" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[On the eve of the launching of her book, Fidel Castro's younger sister Juanita revealed she worked with the CIA during the early years of his brother's regime.]]></description>			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:30:18 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281125]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fidel Castro's Sister Worked for the CIA]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281113</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/7/3/i/6/6/0/p-small/fidelcastrocuba.jpg" length="3205" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[A newly published book by Juanita Castro, younger sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro, has revealed that back in the 1960s she cooperated with the CIA whilst still living on the Caribbean island.]]></description>			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:47:52 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281113]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Press freedom in 2009? So far, not so good]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280440</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/9/9/i/4/6/3/p-small/JournalistTakingNotes.jpg" length="4639" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[2009 will be remembered for many things, from Obama's victory and Michael Jackson kicking the bucket to swine flu and the economic meltdown. It will also be remembered for some serious violations of press freedom.]]></description>			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:42:37 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280440]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Che Guevara’s Children in South Africa To Lobby For 'The Five']]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280391</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hijacker Luis Pena Soltren caught in New York after 40 years]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280376</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/7/3/i/5/8/0/p-small/PanAmericanWorldAirways.jpg" length="3145" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Reports are coming in that Luis Armando Pena Soltren has been arrested in New York at John F Kennedy airport. Soltren is the alleged hijacker of Pan American Flight 281 in 1968.]]></description>			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:08:22 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280376]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Cyclone Of Guantanamo: Yuriorkis Gamboa]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280305</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. House Prohibits Transfer of Guantanamo Detainees]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279946</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Senior U.S. Diplomat in High-Level Talks with Cuban Government]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279857</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Guantanamo Bay unlikely to close by January 2010]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279738</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cuba gets ready for a major concert, resentment from US]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279404</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Death of a Cuban leader, lifted restrictions signal new future]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279146</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photos of 9/11 Mastermind Might Fuel New Attacks Against U.S.]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/278991</link>
			<description><![CDATA[New photographs of self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed have leaked onto the Internet and experts are concerned the images might inspire new attacks against the United States.]]></description>			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:08:02 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/278991]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cuba facing a toilet paper shortage]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/278404</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Canada appealing ruling to repatriate Omar Khadr - again]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/278222</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cuban President Will 'Continue Perfecting, Defending Socialism']]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276851</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ireland to Take 2 Guantanamo Inmates]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276678</link>
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