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		<title>RSS Feed - Digital Journal News from Georgia</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Blanket Authority for DFA to Import Rice]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280491</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[EU-Sponsored Report Blames Georgia for 2008 War with Russia]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279887</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[In wake of Biden visit, tension escalate between Russia, Georgia]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276840</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Clinton hits the reset button on Biden's comments on Russia]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276575</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/7/3/i/4/2/7/p-small/SenJoeBiden.jpg" length="3892" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to dampen U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's sharp remarks on Russia, saying that the Russian Federation is a 'great power.']]></description>			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:55:54 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276575]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[US Vice-President Visits Georgia]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276373</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/7/3/i/4/2/7/p-small/SenJoeBiden.jpg" length="3892" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[United States Vice-President Joe Biden visited Georgia's Parliament and their President Mikheil Saakashvili to discuss their relations and future NATO plans.]]></description>			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:43:20 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276373]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[US, Russia strengthen ties]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/275364</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/9/9/i/5/3/4/p-small/Obamasmiling.jpg" length="5017" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, Russia – A glimmer of hope with regards in strengthening US-Russia relations provided an encore in what was a glamorous celebration of US Independence day.]]></description>			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:02:16 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/275364]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Reports of Police Brutality in Tbilisi]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/274170</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tensions Run High Between Georgia and Russia During NATO Exercise]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/272276</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[After Two Diplomats Expelled, NATO-Russia Tensions Heat Up]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/271813</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/9/8/i/1/0/1/p-small/nato.jpg" length="3061" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[After the expulsion of two Russian diplomats over allegations of spying, tensions between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) could start brewing up.  In a sense, it is reigniting a throw down since the Cold War.]]></description>			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:46:38 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/271813]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Medvedev: NATO exercises in Georgia a 'dangerous decision']]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/271133</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Israel Checkmates Russia in Arms Sales to Iran]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/268052</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ex-president F W de Klerk joins expat voting rights court battle]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/267576</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Politics and money hampering EU gas pipeline, again]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/266568</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gas Flow to the EU Will Resume Tuesday]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/265082</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[US launches massive airlift for Darfur peace mission]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/264905</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Russia Moves to Weaken EU Economy by Stopping all Gas Shipments]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/264749</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Russia Continues to Sabre Rattle While Economy Near Collapse]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/263816</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/7/3/i/3/4/3/p-small/arrowlaunchcaravan.jpg" length="2775" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[The spectacular rise in the price of oil over the past 2 years has been a bonanza for Russia. This new found wealth has seen more military spending and the political bluster to go with it. With the price of oil collapsing Russia may have blinked.]]></description>			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:59:00 -0500</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/263816]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Putin to Sarkozy: 'I want to hang Georgian president by the balls']]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/262381</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/7/3/i/3/6/0/p-small/vladimir_putin02.jpg" length="4428" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin supposedly told French President Nicolas Sarkozy that he wanted to hang the Georgian President Michael Saakashvili “by the balls” for starting the war in S. Ossetia.]]></description>			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:13:17 -0500</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/262381]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[A New Look at Russia-Georgia Conflict]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/262119</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Georgian War Survivor: Georgian Military Attacked Ossetia]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/260952</link>
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