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    <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 04:34:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Taxpayers, worker pay for most work injury</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DAVIS, Calif., May 25 (UPI) -- Almost 80 percent of the cost of U.S. work illnesses and injuries are paid by workers and the taxpayers rather than by employer, researchers say.   Lead author Paul Leigh -- a professor of public health sciences affiliated with the University of California, Davis, Center for Healthcare Policy -- said workers' compensation insurance is not used nearly as much as it should be to cover the multibillion-dollar cost of workplace illnesses and injuries.   Leigh and colleagues fo<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5865445/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 03:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>WHO: All children should be immunized</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[GENEVA, Switzerland, May 25 (UPI) -- Ministers of health from 194 countries at the 65th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, said they endorsed a landmark Global Vaccine Action Plan.   A group of leading international vaccine experts coordinated the proposal, which health officials said represents the collective vision of hundreds of global health stakeholders to extend the full benefits of immunization to all people, no matter where they are born, who they are, or where they live.   Currently,<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5865441/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 01:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>June release for new Google tablet?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 25 (UPI) -- Google will unveil its new tablet computer at its I/O conference next month and will give a unit to every developer in attendance, Web site TechnoBuffalo said.   Citing a &quot;trusted source,&quot; TechnoBuffalo said the search giant will show off the device at its conference, scheduled to begin June 27, CNET.com reported Friday.   The rumored 7-inch tablet, reported to have been developed with help from computer maker Asus, based in Taiwan, will come with Nvidia's quad-cor<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5865391/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 22:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>GPS maker describes in-dash solutions</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[OLATHE, Kan., May 25 (UPI) -- Global positioning system-maker Garmin says moving from touchscreens to a console-mounted controller will help divers navigate with fewer distractions.   Known for its portable GPS devices, Garmin has begun moving away from them to focus on permanent in-dash auto installations, the tech Web site Engadget.com reported.   Garmin said it is developing a console-mounted multi-controller that enables adjustments while minimizing distractions.   The system combines a proximity-se<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5865384/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 21:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Dollar hits highest level since 2010</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, May 25 (UPI) -- Gold futures for June delivery were up 0.7 percent Friday to $1,568.90 per troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.   Silver futures for July delivery were up 22.90 cents to $28.386 per troy ounce.   The U.S. dollar rose to its highest level since 2010 on continued concerns about the eurozone. The dollar index rose to 82.416 from 82.342 on the International Exchange.   The euro continued its decline against the U.S. dollar at $1.2527 from Thursday's<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5865286/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 21:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Oil bonanza eludes Cuba after fresh tests</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[HAVANA, May 25 (UPI) -- Cuba is reportedly sitting on vast underwater oil and gas reserves, but none came up in the latest exploration, a joint Chinese-Spanish undertaking.   The Repsol initiative brought Chinese drilling rig operators into the play, but the outcome so far has been a dry well that has had to be abandoned.   More explorations will follow, as both Repsol and Chinese interests aim to expand their presence in Latin America and forge new partnerships in Cuba's slowly liberalizing economy.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5865096/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 20:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spanish cash crunch threatens Catalonia</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MADRID, May 25 (UPI) -- Spain's growing difficulty with shoring up its debt-ridden banks faced a new setback Friday as an otherwise wealthy autonomous region of Catalonia joined the queue for an urgent bailout to help service its liabilities.   Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy held talks with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and other EU leaders in Brussels to try and secure ECB funding for Spain, but Draghi's comments after the meeting left unclear the central bank's intentions.   Rajoy is faci<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5865089/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 20:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Elizabeth Warren's Native American ancestry an issue?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[BOSTON, May 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., urged Harvard University to correct federal records that describe his Democratic challenger as an American Indian.    The Boston Globe reported Thursday Harvard, in at least six diversity reports, said it had a American Indian on the law school faculty. That appears to be based on statements by Elizabeth Warren that she believes she has Indian ancestry.    Warren has no connection to any recognized Indian tribe and does not appear to fit the federa<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5865252/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 20:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Turkey warns of faceoff over east Medgas</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[NICOSIA, Cyprus, May 25 (UPI) -- Turkey says waters off the coast of war-divided Cyprus where Greek Cypriots plan to explore for natural gas lie within its continental shelf, sharpening multi-sided disputes over major fields under the eastern Mediterranean.   Ankara has warned international companies bidding for drilling rights in the area that it will not allow any outside exploration in the disputed waters that are internationally acknowledged as belonging to the Greek Cypriot government in Nicosia.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5865094/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 20:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gas fracking boom in Michigan goes bust</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DETROIT, May 25 (UPI) -- Concern over pollution and falling natural gas prices have slowed fracking-based drilling in Michigan, turning an expected boom into a bust, analysts say.   Fracking, the controversial practice of pumping chemical-laced water underground to fracture the rock and extract natural gas, has been practiced in Michigan for decades but the double blow of the pollution debate and falling gas prices have brought new fracking operations to a standstill.   &quot;There is so much gas that we alr<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5865091/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 20:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>U.S. housing market senses a turnaround</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO, May 25 (UPI) -- Selling homes at desperately low prices is a fading phenomenon in some U.S. locations, industry observers said.   The National Association of Realtors said April's inventory of homes on the market was down to a 6.6-month supply. A year earlier in April, there was a 9.1-month supply of homes for sale on the market, given the pace of sales remained consistent.   USA Today reported Friday real estate firm Redfin found less than a three-month supply of homes on the market in n<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5865254/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 20:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Twitter to end Summify digest feature</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES, May 25 (UPI) -- Twitter says Summify, a start-up it purchased earlier this year that aggregated top stores from social networking sites, will end its service late next month.   Summify, which gives users an e-mail digest containing the top stories pulled from their Twitter, Facebook and Google Reader accounts, will stop delivering its e-mails June 22, the Los Angeles Times reported.   On that date users will no longer be able to access their digests and their profile information will be del<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864860/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 19:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>NATO soldier killed by IED in Afghanistan</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[KABUL, Afghanistan, May 25 (UPI) -- A soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, an ISAF statement said.   The statement said the bomb exploded Thursday but did not give the location of the attack or the soldier's nationality, Khaama Press reported.   At least 162 NATO service members, most of them U.S. soldiers, have been killed in Afghanistan since the beginning of 2012, Khaama Press said.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864825/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Spain's banks may need $130B</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MADRID, May 25 (UPI) -- Estimates of what it will cost to rescue banks in Spain are rising, government officials and financial analysts said.   The British newspaper The Guardian reported Friday some analysts estimate it will take $62 billion to $130 billion to keep the country's banks from collapsing under the weight of massive mortgage defaults.   Spain's Finance Minister Luis De Guindos said Wednesday Spain's fourth largest bank, Bankia, would need an additional $11.2 billion.   The government spent<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864638/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Moscow confirms June nuclear talks</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, May 25 (UPI) -- The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed Friday it would host another round of multilateral talks over Iran's nuclear program in mid-June.   Catherine Ashton, the top foreign policy official in the European Union, suggested follow-up negotiations at the conclusion of multilateral talks Thursday in Baghdad.   The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed talks were scheduled for Moscow over two days starting June 18, Russia's state-run news agency RIA Novosti reports.   Tehran is suspected<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864424/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 17:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Sudan, S. Sudan agree to talks</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS, May 25 (UPI) -- The governments of Sudan and South Sudan are called on to demonstrate flexibility during next week's peace talks in Ethiopia, the U.N. chief said.   Khartoum announced this week it agreed to resume peace negotiations with South Sudan's government under the auspices of the African Union starting next week in the Ethiopian capital.   The agreement followed meetings between Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and former South African President Thabo Mbeki, chairman of an AU pa<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864429/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 17:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hillary Clinton praises Egyptian election</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- Washington pledges to work with the democratic leadership in Egypt and stands by its people during the political evolution, the U.S. secretary of state said.   Vote counting is under way in Egypt following a two-day presidential election this week, the country's first since a revolution in 2011 unseated longtime President Hosni Mubarak after three decades in power.   U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the first round of voting was a historic milestone in Egypt's tra<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864434/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 16:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>$3B in training deals for European firms</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[LONDON, May 25 (UPI) -- Military pilot training and training aircraft were in the news this week, with European companies reaping more than $3 billion in contracts.   BAE Systems in Britain reported more than $2.5 billion of that total for supplying training services and some 77 trainer aircraft to Saudi Arabia.   Switzerland's Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. accounted for the remainder. Under a contract signed with India, Pilatus will provide the country with 75 PC-7 MkII turboprop aircraft, together with an int<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864427/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 16:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>$2.5B jet deal with Saudis boosts BAE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 25 (UPI) -- BAE Systems' $2.5 billion training contract with Saudi Arabia's air force is a major coup for Europe's largest defense contractor and keeps the wolf from the door as Western defense industries face a sharp downturn because of hefty cuts in military spending.   The core of the deal involves the sale of 22 BAE Hawk advanced jet trainer aircraft and 55 turboprop PC-21 aircraft built by Pilatus of Switzerland, both of which can be armed for counterinsurgency missions.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864431/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mexican student protests attract attention</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY, May 25 (UPI) -- Student protests might not be enough to turn the tide of Mexico's July 1st presidential election but they are attracting attention, a political analyst said.   For the second time this week thousands of university students poured into the streets of Mexico City to protest the way the election is being covered by the media, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.   With little more than a month to go, the media is covering the election as if it was a sure victory for Enrique P<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864442/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama pushes for wind power tax credit</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend the tax benefits key to the nation's wind power sector.   Speaking Thursday in Newton, Iowa, from a manufacturing facility for TPI Composites, a global provider of wind turbine blades, Obama said: &quot;If Congress doesn't act, companies like this one will take a hit. Jobs will be lost. That's not a guess. That's a fact.&quot;   The production tax credit, scheduled to expire at the end of the year unless Congress extends it, gives an<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864443/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 16:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Beijing responds to U.S. rights report</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[BEIJING, May 25 (UPI) -- Beijing said it published a human rights report on the United States after saying a similar report from Washington was distorted and too critical.   The U.S. State Department, in its annual human rights report, criticized Beijing for &quot;severe&quot; and &quot;serious&quot; human rights abuses.   Statements on China in the report reference allegations of forced disappearances, repression of free speech and a policy of targeting human rights advocates.   &quot;Repression and coercion, particularly agai<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864425/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Guinea-Bissau situation concerns Pillay</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[HARARE, Zimbabwe, May 25 (UPI) -- Anyone tied to violent repression of human rights in Guinea-Bissau following the April 12 coup must be held accountable, the top U.N. rights commissioner said.   Military forces that toppled the government in Guinea-Bissau in April returned power to civilian authorities this week and agreed to organize elections within a year.   U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed concern about instability in the country despite the political developments.   &quot;A<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864426/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Russian bikers released by Iraq</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, May 25 (UPI) -- Four Russian bikers who were detained in Iraq for alleged espionage and visa violations were released Friday, an official announced.   &quot;The bikers detained in Iraq are already in the Russian Embassy. They have yet to be given back their bikes. Thank you to everyone who helped,&quot; Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced on Twitter.   The bikers, Oleg Kapkayev, Alexander Vardanyants, Oleg Maksimov and Maxim Ignatyev, were on a trip through Central Asia, Iran and Turkey<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864403/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Integrated bridge systems for patrol boats</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[NEW MALDEN, England, May 25 (UPI) -- A new class of patrol boat being built for the Swedish coast guard by an Estonian company will feature Northrop Grumman integrated bridge systems.   The system to be supplied by Northrop's Sperry Marine business, based in Britain, to Baltic Workboats AS is based on its VisionMaster FT technology, which integrates navigation and ship control functions in a secure and redundant Ethernet network.   Northrop Grumman said each boat will have three Sperry Marine TotalWatch<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864401/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Europe concerned by Azeri rights issues</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS, May 25 (UPI) -- Members of the European Parliament called on Azerbaijan to end its suppression of human rights, adding Baku must get in line with international standards.   Baku this week played host to celebrations for the Eurovision Song Contest, set to get under way Saturday.   Members of the European Parliament adopted a resolution expressing concern over human rights abuses in the Azeri capital during the celebrations.   &quot;Citing reported attacks, harassment, threats and imprisonment of jo<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864402/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gas prices dropping for summer</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- Except for the West Coast, U.S. motorists can expect more relief at gas pumps heading into the peak summer driving season, forecasters said.   Weak demand, slumping crude oil prices and ample inventories will keep pushing gas prices lower, USA Today reported Friday.   Analyst Brian Milne of Telvent DTN said he expects gas prices to drop to $3.55 a gallon for regular by mid-June.   &quot;We're getting a bit of a break here,&quot; said Tom Kloza of the Oil Price Information Service.   Kl<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864157/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gulf Keystone spuds Iraqi oil well</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ERBIL, Iraq, May 25 (UPI) -- Gulf Keystone Petroleum announced it started work on its Sheik Adi-2 exploration well in the semiautonomous Kurdish region of Iraq.   The energy explorer, listed on the London stock exchange, announced it spudded Sheik Adi-2, located about 1 mile north of the first well in the area.   &quot;The Sheik Adi block is located immediately to the west of the company's Shaikan block, which is a major discovery,&quot; the company emphasized.   In November the explorer revised the reserve estim<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864142/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Azeri gas essential for Europe, BP says</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[BERLIN, May 25 (UPI) -- The Shah Deniz 2 natural gas field in the Azeri waters of the Caspian Sea is key to the development of a major European gas transit network, BP said.   The European Union is pursuing a network of natural gas pipelines in its so-called Southern Corridor, a system meant to break the Russian grip on the regional energy sector.   Iaian Conn, chief executive officer for refining and marketing for BP, told a delegation in Berlin phase 2 of the Shah Deniz natural gas field in the Caspia<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864158/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>U.S. to test oil spill response system</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. government called on an oil-spill response company to conduct a live drill in the Gulf of Mexico to test its capabilities, the interior secretary said.   The non-profit Marine Well Containment Co. was set up in the wake of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to respond to disasters like the incident at BP's Deepwater Horizon oil platform.   MWCC announced last year it increased the abilities of its capping system to work in water depths of 10,000 feet, an increa<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864020/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Canada backs gas pipeline expansion</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[OTTAWA, May 25 (UPI) -- Canadian regulators announced they approved of plans offered by pipeline company TransCanada to expand an eastern natural gas system.   The National Energy Board approved of a $130 million plan by TransCanada for its proposed Eastern Mainline Expansion system.    The system includes about 8 miles of new pipeline in Ontario, the Platts news service reports. The expansion would increase the natural gas carrying capacity to Toronto and southern Ontario. Construction should begin in<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864013/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Dow slips in early trading</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, May 25 (UPI) -- U.S. stocks opened mixed Friday, with the Dow Jones industrial average down slightly.   The Dow wavered in midmorning trading, dropping 13.35 points or 0.11 percent to 12,516.40.   On Thursday, it had climbed 34 points, its first time in the black this week.   Investor eyes are on Europe. With no major economic reports scheduled for release before a long weekend, markets were off slightly across the continent, down 0.16 percent in Paris and 0.32 percent in London. In Germany, t<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864017/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>IEA worried by CO2 trends</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[PARIS, May 25 (UPI) -- Carbon dioxide emissions tied to the burning of fossil fuels reached a record level of 31.6 gigatons last year, the International Energy Agency reports.   Global emissions peaked in 2011 to a level 1 gigaton short of a benchmark needed to limit the increase in the average global temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. The IEA said CO2 emissions should peak at 32.6 gigatons no later than 2017 to keep warming trends in check.   &quot;The new data provide further evi<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864026/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Statoil hails Brazilian oil success</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[STAVANGER, Norway, May 25 (UPI) -- Norwegian energy company Statoil and its partners confirmed more than 700 million barrels of light crude oil exist in a block off the Brazilian coast.   Statoil, along with operator Repsol Sinopec, a Spanish-Chinese consortium, and its partners at Brazilian energy company Petrobras confirmed &quot;significant&quot; potential exists at its BM-C-33 block in the Campos basin off the cost of Brazil.   &quot;The total estimated resources of the block amount to more than 700 million barrel<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864023/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Eni unveils major Egyptian oil find</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MILAN, Italy, May 25 (UPI) -- Italian energy company Eni announced it made a &quot;significant&quot; discovery of oil in the Western Desert of Egypt.   Eni said it encountered more than 250 feet of net oil pay during drilling operations at its Emry Deep 1X well, located about 180 miles southwest of Alexandria in the Western Desert.   The company said initial production tests yielded around 3,500 barrels of oil per day and 1 million cubic feet per day of associated natural gas.   &quot;The discovery is now estimated to<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864025/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gazprom: Nord Stream tests prove its merit</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, May 25 (UPI) -- Russian energy company Gazprom said its infrastructure has proven capable of supplying the maximum amount of natural gas through the Nord Stream pipeline.   Gazprom this week said it pushed 2.6 million cubic feet of natural gas per day through the first leg of the twin pipeline system as part of a load test to ensure the system meets industry-wide standards.   Nord Stream is part of a network of pipelines planned to diversify Russian natural gas exports to European consumers. The<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864015/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Oil holds steady overnight</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, May 25 (UPI) -- Oil prices moved slightly higher Friday morning, with outside influences keeping gains in check, a barrel of crude holding to less than $91.   Overnight, the price of West Texas Intermediate for July delivery added 33 cents to $90.74 per barrel.   Natural gas for June delivery lost 3.8 cents to $2.609 per million British thermal units.   Home heating oil added 0.25 cents to $2.8282 per gallon.   Gasoline futures off 0.16 cents to $2.8177 per gallon.   At the pump, the national<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864019/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Khartoum releases rights activist</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[KHARTOUM, Sudan, May 25 (UPI) -- Sudanese rights activist Haidar Mahmoud Abdurrahman Manis was free Friday following months of incarceration for denouncing the military, officials said.   The Sudan Tribune said Manis was arrested in March in the Setta Haj Youssef market on the outskirts of Khartoum North by four men in civilian clothes. He was transported in a vehicle believed to belong to Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Services, witnesses told Amnesty International.   Manis denounced Kharto<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864116/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>U.S. suggests caveats to Iranian gas line</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- A natural gas pipeline from Iran could be considered if Tehran meets the expectations of the international community, a U.S. official suggested.   Delegates from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India met this week to sign off on a multilateral natural gas pipeline from Turkmen gas fields.    Victoria Nuland, a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, said the project is a good example of the energy diversification efforts needed for the region.   &quot;This is a perfect<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864024/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Officers sentenced in New Zealand oil spill</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 25 (UPI) -- Authorities in New Zealand announced two officers of the wrecked cargo vessel Rena, which leaked oil in October, were sentenced to seven months in prison.   Rena struck a reef off the coast of New Zealand in October. It broke apart earlier this year and salvage teams are working to get remaining shipping containers off the vessel.   The ship spilled about 2,000 barrels of oil into the Bay of Plenty when it hit the reef. Maritime New Zealand, the agency responding<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5864018/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DIA linguistics contract for SAIC</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MCLEAN, Va., May 25 (UPI) -- Linguistic, operational, translation and management services in support of the U.S. National Media Exploitation Center are to be provided by SAIC.   The Virginia company said the contract for services it received from the Defense Intelligence Agency is a single award with a one-year base performance period and four one-year options.   If all options are exercised, the award would be worth about $33 million.   &quot;We are proud of our track record as one of the largest language s<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5863891/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 13:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Attack damages fixed in Yemen pipeline</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[SANAA, Yemen, May 25 (UPI) -- Yemen LNG said Friday repairs have been completed on a pipeline that transports natural gas from Mareb province to its plant in Shabwa.   Operations on the pipeline had been halted April 26 after it was damaged in attacks by tribes linked to al-Qaida, officials said.   The Yemen Post said Yemen LNG had to cancel six gas shipments because of the attacks.   French based Total E&amp;amp;P owns 39.62 percent of Yemen LNG. Its partners include Hunt, Yemen Gas Co., SK Innovation Co.,<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5863850/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Yemen to crack down on al-Houthis</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[SANAA, Yemen, May 25 (UPI) -- Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirby warned there would be a crackdown on the al-Houthi movement and accused Iran of meddling by supporting the rebels.   Qirby told al-Watan newspaper Wednesday Iran was playing a dangerous game in Yemen by supporting the al-Houthis, Shiite rebels.    Yemen, from 2005-2009, fought a bloody war against al-Houthis.    &quot;Even though we urged Iran many times not to meddle in our affairs, Iran continues to support terrorism, to foment chaos,<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5863880/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hollande visit troops in Afghanistan</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[KABUL, Afghanistan, May 25 (UPI) -- France's new president arrived in Afghanistan Friday to visit French troops and hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a French military official said.   The surprise visit of Francois Hollande comes less than a week after the new leader announced at a NATO summit French troops would pull out of Afghanistan by Dec. 31, two years ahead of schedule, The New York Times reported.   France is the fifth-largest troop-contributing nation with 3,300 soldiers in Afghan<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5863881/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New Mexico wildfire grows to 70,000 acres</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ALBUQUERQUE, May 25 (UPI) -- A massive wildfire in New Mexico had burned 70,000 acres and destroyed 12 homes, fire officials said.   The homes, along with seven outbuildings, were in the Willow Creek subdivision in southwest New Mexico. A voluntary evacuation order was been issued for the town of Mogollon.   More than 400 crews fought the Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire but their efforts were hampered by high winds, KOAT-TV, Albuquerque, reported.   Fire officials said caution was advised for the entire G<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5863699/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 12:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Outside View: Palestinian refugees forever?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- Palestinian identity is founded in on three parts. One is that resistance to Israel is permanent and holy. Another is that Palestinians are, individually and communally, refugees, made so at the hands of Israel. The third part is that the world, specifically the United Nations and Western countries, must support these refugees until they can return to a future Palestine and to homes in what is now Israel.   Since 1950 the vehicle for Palestinian refugees to be supported has b<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5863599/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Outside View: Negotiating with Iran: A better way forward</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[BALTIMORE, May 25 (UPI) -- This week, six world powers resumed discussions with Iran in Baghdad to avert what increasingly appears to be a nuclear standoff. What the Obama administration hopes to achieve through such talks is anybody's guess. History suggests that diplomatic engagement with Iran is a fool's errand.   Preliminary talks in Istanbul last month were generally received with cautious optimism and claims of modest progress. Whether such optimism was warranted, however, is questionable at best.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5863579/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Critics pan Britain's draft energy bill</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[LONDON, May 25 (UPI) -- The British government unveiled a draft energy bill this week critics say will raise prices and favors new gas-fired power plants over renewable sources.   British Energy Secretary Ed Davey published the draft law Tuesday amid negative reviews from energy companies, which predicted it will result in higher consumer prices by creating inefficiencies, and environmentalists, who panned it as not firmly committing Britain to renewable power generation.   Saying criticisms from &quot;veste<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5863578/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Critics decry prisoner swap of smugglers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CANBERRA, Australia, May 25 (UPI) -- Critics in Australia and Indonesia have slammed what they believe is a prisoner deal involving a drug trafficker and several people smugglers.   Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr said there is no direct link between the release a week ago of three Indonesians convicted in Australia of involvement in people smuggling and the five-year reduction in the sentence of an Australian woman serving originally 20 years in Bali, Indonesia, for smuggling marijuana.   Indones<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5863600/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 10:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Student-loan interest rates set to double</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- U.S. student-loan interest rates are set to double in five weeks after the Senate rejected Democratic and Republican proposals to keep them at 3.4 percent.   The lawmakers left Washington for a weeklong Memorial Day break after shooting down dueling measures that offered different ways of paying the $5.9 billion price tag to extend the current interest rate on subsidized Stafford student loans for a year.   The loans are annually taken out by nearly 8 million students.   The<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/5863490/>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 07:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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