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		<title>Top Stories Of 2007 You Probably Missed</title>
		<link>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/12/19/top-stories-of-2007-you-probably-missed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Foreign Policy: Quite interesting collection of 10 stories you probably missed this year. Amongst the list, The American Heartland Grows Crops—with Human Proteins Farmers have long experimented with crops bred to produce better yields, with few ill effects. But with little public debate, something entirely newâ€”rice engineered to produce human proteinsâ€”is coming to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adopted Child &quot;Dumped&quot; By Diplomat [Reverse-Angelina Syndrome]</title>
		<link>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/12/16/adopted-child-dumped-by-diplomat-reverse-angelina-syndrome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seven year old Jade was adopted by Dutch consular Raymond Poeteray and wife when she was 4 months old. The girl of south Korean origin, has received lots of media attention after the Poeterays were accused of &#8220;dumping&#8221; Jade, leaving her to the Hong Kong social welfare department for readoption. The reason behind this they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Honey, I&#8217;m Home, Where Are You?&quot; The Missing Canoeist</title>
		<link>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/12/06/honey-im-home-where-are-you-the-missing-canoeist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/12/06/honey-im-home-where-are-you-the-missing-canoeist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five years after going missing while canoeing, John Darwin, walked into a police station and said &#8220;I think I am a missing person&#8221;. He was presumed dead when the remains of his canoe were found washed up on a beach near Hartlepool in March 2002. Even though the 57 year old is alive and well, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teddy Bear Teacher Freed In Sudan, On Her Way Home</title>
		<link>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/12/03/teddy-bear-teacher-freed-in-sudan-on-her-way-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/12/03/teddy-bear-teacher-freed-in-sudan-on-her-way-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British teacher who had been sentenced and jailed for allowing kids in her school name a teddy bear &#8220;Mohammad&#8221;, has finally been freed. Sudan&#8217;s President Omar al-Bashir pardoned her after talks with two British Muslim peers. In a statement she said: &#8220;I have great respect for the Islamic religion and would not knowingly offend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crime Against Womanity: Hardly Ever Do We See Such &quot;Educated&quot; Stupidity</title>
		<link>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/12/02/crime-against-womanity-hardly-ever-do-we-see-such-educated-stupidity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/12/02/crime-against-womanity-hardly-ever-do-we-see-such-educated-stupidity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard of Dr. Michael J. Bisconti? He currently holds 8 doctorates and now gives us 12 fantastic reasons as to why a woman should/could/would never become president of the United States. Are you ready for this? He&#8217;s got some really convincing and persuasive arguments oh and his logical approach to this subject is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;If The Kids Named The Teddy Bear, Why Didn&#8217;t They Just Punish The Kids?&quot;</title>
		<link>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/12/02/if-the-kids-named-the-teddy-bear-why-didnt-they-just-punish-the-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you see the Sudan demo over jailed British teacher Gillian Gibbons? A bunch of morons people gathered to demonstrate against the &#8220;mild sentence&#8221; Gibbons received and some even publicly called for her to &#8220;be shot&#8221;. She was later on moved for her own safety. I&#8217;m assuming that 99,9% of those &#8220;demonstrators&#8221; were called &#8220;Mohammad&#8221;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army Jobs: Enlist Now And Get $40,000 toward a home or starting a business</title>
		<link>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/12/02/army-jobs-enlist-now-and-40000-toward-a-home-or-starting-a-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/12/02/army-jobs-enlist-now-and-40000-toward-a-home-or-starting-a-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No amount of money could get me to risk my life in a war or being put into a position where I&#8217;d have to kill someone else. I think I have fairly strong believes against war and the whole &#8220;fight for your country&#8221; theme. If the world&#8217;s population had just a little bit more common [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teddy Bear Frenzy, &quot;Western Plot Against Islam&quot;</title>
		<link>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/11/29/teddy-bear-frenzy-western-plot-against-islam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/11/29/teddy-bear-frenzy-western-plot-against-islam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British teacher who was arrested for naming a teddy bear &#8220;Muhammad&#8221; has been found guilty for &#8220;insulting Islam&#8221; and sentenced to 15 days in a Sudanese jail. She will however only have to serve 10 days since she has already spent 5 days in custody since her arrest and afterwards deported. The school&#8217;s director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saudi Rape Victim Apparently Admitted To &quot;Affair&quot;</title>
		<link>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/11/26/saudi-rape-victim-apparently-admitted-to-affair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/11/26/saudi-rape-victim-apparently-admitted-to-affair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the Saudi woman who was sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in jail for, well, being gang raped? She has confessed to an affair according to the Saudi justice minister. He said that the victim &#8220;confessed to doing what God has forbidden&#8230;The charged girl is a married woman who confessed to having an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Teacher Arrested In Sudan For Allowing Pupils To Name A Teddy Bear &quot;Muhammad&quot;</title>
		<link>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/11/26/british-teacher-arrested-in-sudan-for-allowing-pupils-to-name-a-teddy-bear-muhammad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blogissues.com/2007/11/26/british-teacher-arrested-in-sudan-for-allowing-pupils-to-name-a-teddy-bear-muhammad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technorati tags: muslim, issue, race, islam, sudan, news A British school teacher has been arrested in Sudan for allowing her pupils to pick a name for a teddy bear. The six and seven year olds choose &#8220;Mohammad&#8221;. I had to post this story cause it&#8217;s seriously disgusting and so utterly ridiculous. Gillian Gibbons, 54, was [...]]]></description>
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