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			<title><![CDATA[Eco-sex activists 'F*ck for Forest' use porn to save the earth]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/347992</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Europe introduces complete ban on sale of animal tested cosmetics]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/345558</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Food: EU to relax rules on animal protein in animal feed]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/343731</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rock stars pay for tapestry to honor Vaclav Havel]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/337327</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Triclosan is harmful to the ecology of rivers]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/335588</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Steer clear of GM crops, Greenpeace and US farmers warn EU]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/335401</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[IIHF World Championships rake in 8.2 million euros]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/332581</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Doctors launch 'I don’t take bribes' campaign]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/331037</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Video: Male ants gang-mate dying, half-eaten queen]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/321840</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Boys accidentally burn down historic Slovakian castle]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/321052</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Daniel and Henrik Sedin move into top 20 NHL family scoring list]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/319574</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Moody's downgrades six European countries amid debt crisis]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/319600</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Biggest demonstration since fall of Communism in Hungary]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/318265</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[America — The real Lord of War]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/317549</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ryan Miller calls for action against NHL crease-crashers]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/316609</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Marek Hamsik celebrates too soon, comes back to bite him]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/315455</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Anti-Defamation League recognises Slovak-Hungarian politician]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/313878</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[NGOs: The Parasitic Altruists]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/310727</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hockey: Canada defeats Swiss in overtime at World Championships]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/306297</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leading world economies: top to bottom]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/303846</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Updated: Gunman kills 7 in Slovakian capital Bratislava]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/296779</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Slovakia's PM seeks to form minority government]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/293361</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Central Europe battles floodwaters, at least 20 killed]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/293050</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Architects, engineers take 9/11 concerns to Congress]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/288092</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Danish forces free 25 people from pirates]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/287127</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Man who accused hockey coach of sex assault dies suddenly in B.C.]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/283995</link>
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			<title><![CDATA['I am not guilty' says hockey coach charged with molesting boy]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/283360</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Famous hockey coach charged with sexual assault on his student]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/283111</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[71 dead, 1,100 kids in hospital in Ukraine Swine Flu Tsunami]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281533</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[New York City To Host Celebration Of Communism’s Demise]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281477</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[NATO Defense Ministers Support McChrystal Afghanistan Strategy]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280941</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Biden's advisor: Think less of what US can do for Central Europe]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280792</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beer Drinkers, Beware of Climate Change]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279182</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hungarians Turn To U.S. About Slovak Language Law Amid Demos]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/278656</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Slovak-Hungarian Relations Worsen as Hungary's President Barred]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/278050</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Organiser Explains Why Picnic Helped Bring Down Iron Curtain]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/277903</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[European Leaders Remember Picnic That Opened Iron Curtain]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/277879</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[19 Miners Trapped In Slovak Coal Mine Explosion]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/277352</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hungary To Turn to U.N. Over ’Discriminatory’ Language Law]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276917</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Law Undermines Minority Rights in Slovakia]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/275617</link>
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