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		<title>RSS Feed - Digital Journal News from Niger</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nigerian rebel group wants peace talks before ceasefire]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280837</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/1/8/1/6/4/9/i/5/5/8/p-small/MEND_Rebel.jpg" length="5611" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[The Nigerian rebel group, Movement for Emancipation of the Niger Delta, stated on Wednesday that it wants peace talks before a ceasefire agreement.]]></description>			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:44:37 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280837]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[African Sickle-Cell Anemia Deaths Heighten By Vaccine Shortage]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279097</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/5/7/8/1/9/3/i/5/1/6/p-small/10026_lores.jpg" length="4291" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Despite readily available vaccines, death rate of sickle-cell anemia in African children remains to be a growing concern,  researchers said Thursday.]]></description>			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:52:09 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279097]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[AFRICOM, The Real Reason Behind Hillary Clinton’s Africa Tour]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/277471</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/9/1/2/2/9/7/i/5/5/3/p-small/africa.jpg" length="8471" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emphasized that her seven-country tour of Africa was intended to promote unity and democracy, fight corruption, and boost US investments in African trade and agriculture.]]></description>			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:11:12 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/277471]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Swiss Man Freed by al-Qaeda]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/275861</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/1/7/0/5/i/3/9/7/p-small/malimap.jpg" length="8181" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[There was great joy and relief in Switzerland this evening as news came through that Swiss national Werner Greiner, who had been held hostage by an al-Qaeda group in Mali since January, had been freed.]]></description>			<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:43:03 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/275861]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Royal Dutch Shell agrees to settlement with Nigerians]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/273888</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/9/9/i/5/2/3/p-small/Shellsign.jpg" length="2645" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a $15.5 million out-of-court settlement in a case that accuses the company of complicity in human rights abuses in Niger Delta, Nigeria.]]></description>			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:59:42 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/273888]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Two Canadian diplomats have been freed in Mali]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/271374</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/2/4/2/6/4/5/i/5/0/3/p-small/fowler.jpg" length="2747" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Mali officials say that two Canadian diplomats held hostage by African militants were released on Wednesday. The two were held captive for four months.]]></description>			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:57:54 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/271374]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[UN to Ground West Africa Humanitarian Air Service]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/269378</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/7/3/i/4/0/4/p-small/wfp-Helicopter.jpg" length="3430" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[The United Nations said it is shutting down its Humanitarian Air Service in West Africa due to a serious lack of funding.]]></description>			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:03:24 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/269378]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Belgium sues Senegal for hiding Chad war criminal Habré]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/269081</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Polio Campaign Kicks off in West Africa]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/268166</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Canadian uranium search will kill off the last Bushmen of Africa]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/263726</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Niger: Rebels Claim They Hold Canadian Envoy]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/263567</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A rebel group has said that its members seized Robert Fowler and three others during a commando operation in the Tilabery region.]]></description>			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:03:49 -0500</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/263567]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cameroon: Armed Gunmen Kidnap Ten From Oil Vessel]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/261802</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Google launches special sites and services for the Olympics]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/258379</link>
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