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		<title>RSS Feed - Digital Journal News from Tanzania, United Republic of</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[60 albinos killed for body parts in Tanzania, Burundi in 2009]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/282077</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tiny toad gone for good; Red List of endangered species grows]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281795</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Four Tanzanian Men to Hang, Albino Man Killed for Body Parts]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/281745</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[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[Exim Bank to debut in Comoros soon]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279604</link>
		<enclosure url="http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/8/8/3/2/1/6/i/5/5/1/p-small/money.jpg" length="6125" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure>			<description><![CDATA[A local commercial bank, Exim Bank (Tanzania) is set to spread wings to the Horn of Africa country of Djibouti after a successful debut in the Indian archipelago of the Comoros.]]></description>			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:17:30 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279604]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bee hives dumped at voter registration station in Zanzibar]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279603</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tanzania PM looking at assembly plant for agricultural equipment]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279284</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Top al-Qaeda Leader May Have Been Killed in Somalia]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/279230</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mexico City bans stores from distributing plastic bags]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/278169</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Study says pregnant women has higher risk with swine flu]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276672</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Homophobia and its impact on AIDS rates in Africa]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276254</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[China to build surgery training center in Tanzania]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/276180</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fake S-26 Breast Milk Substitute invades East Africa]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/274566</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Fake S-26 Breast Milk Substitute has been spotted   being sold in East African supermarkets and shops. S-26 which is  the most popular BMS  among other brands has been faked.]]></description>			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:51:22 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/274566]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Albinism Murder Trial begins in Tanzania]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/273834</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Highly anticipated trial of twelve people accused of murdering persons with albinism and using their body parts for witchcraft purpose is set to begin in western Tanzanian.]]></description>			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:51:59 -0400</pubDate>		<guid><![CDATA[http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/273834]]></guid>
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			<title><![CDATA[Louisiana and Somalia World's Harshest in Treating Juvenile Crime]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/272860</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[British student visits African orphanage, buys it for £30,000]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/271528</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Extinct Plant Found in South Africa]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/270676</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Eight dealers in human-body parts arrested in Burundi]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/269305</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[UN  Chief  jets  into  Tanzania  today]]></title>
<link>http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/268049</link>
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