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		<title>RSS Feed - Digital Journal News from Somalia</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[International Press Freedom Awards 2009]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/282454</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/5/8/3/1/4/3/i/5/9/7/p-small/CPJ.jpg" length="33144" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists will hold an award ceremony  on Nov. 24, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.]]></description>			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:48:29 -0500</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/282454]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[World's top military leaders to meet in Nova Scotia]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/282436</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nicolas Cage visits Kenyan prison to talk to Somali pirates]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/282350</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/9/9/i/5/9/6/p-small/Cage.jpg" length="6112" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Hollywood superstar and debt-ridden actor Nicolas Cage visited a Kenyan prison to talk to the Somali pirates to hear their stories and understand their motivation for their crimes.]]></description>			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:20:28 -0500</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/282350]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Canada is one of top ten least corrupt nations, Somalia worst]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/282273</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/3/3/9/5/2/3/i/5/9/5/p-small/corruption_index.jpg" length="6869" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[New Zealand, Denmark, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland are among the top five least corrupt nations, according to a new survey released by Transparency International. Canada is in the top ten. Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan are the most corrupt.]]></description>			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:24:47 -0500</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/282273]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mystery over Toronto man's murder on Edmonton Synagogue grounds]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/282170</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/3/3/9/5/2/3/i/5/9/4/p-small/beth_israel1.jpg" length="8966" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Beth Israel Synagogue in Edmonton is the scene of a murder mystery. On Thursday, staff at the synagogue called police to report a body they found on the grounds of the synagogue. Police said on  the weekend the victim was shot. He is from Toronto.]]></description>			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:32:24 -0500</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/282170]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Somali pirates seize another ship, other ships escape capture]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/282001</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[It only took days for a giant crack to form in Afar Ethiopia]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281798</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Somali pirates move UK yachting couple further inland]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281427</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Somali centenarian marries 17-year-old girl]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281223</link>
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			<title><![CDATA['Somali pirates seize yacht and take UK couple hostage']]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281128</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Somalia's Al-Shabaab vow to attack capitals Burundi and Uganda]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280920</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Massachusetts Man Planned to Kill Officials, Shoppers, Troops]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280831</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Somali press freedom deteriorates as radio stations closed down]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280813</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/7/3/i/3/2/9/p-small/somalia-map.jpg" length="3422" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[Somalia has been everything except for a paradise for journalists who speak their minds. Press freedom in the war torn country has taken yet another blow, now that two independent radio stations have been forced to close their doors.]]></description>			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:30:30 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280813]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Somali group planned to bomb US targets in South Africa]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280389</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Canada's spy agency can listen to terror suspects overseas]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280132</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Aid workers kidnapped by Somali gunmen freed]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/280005</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Somali pirates hijack Spanish fishing boat]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279960</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Aid Agency Launches East Africa Appeal, 23 Million Lives at Risk]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279843</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Over 20 million in Horn of Africa go hungry]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279776</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Celebrating Ramadan in the American Midwest]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279666</link>
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