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		<title><![CDATA[Care2 News Network - Brain Food found by  .]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brainfood for a progressive world - democratically determined.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Burma: The river of death]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[For the people living along Burma's Payapon river the slow-moving waters have always been a sustainer of life, providing irrigation, fish and clean water; but now the same river is delivering the corpses of hundreds of people killed by Cyclone Nargis.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/world'>World</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738894'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738894'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 10 May 2008 19:58:22 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[White House versus White Bear]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A federal ruling that Bush must decide whether to save the polar bear brings to a head to stand-off between one of the world's best loved animals and one of its most unpopular leaders, between the planet's largest bear and its most powerful man.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/political'>US Politics &amp; Gov&#39;t</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738890'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738890'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 10 May 2008 19:52:37 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How the world's oceans are running out of fish]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Our seas are on the brink of an ecological catastrophe, but as scientific guidelines are ignored and catches become ever bigger due to industrial-scale overfishing, the international community has failed to act.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/environment'>Environment</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738881'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738881'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 10 May 2008 19:37:49 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kenya braces for a food shortage]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Out of the 600,000 people displaced by December's post-election violence in Kenya, many were farmers who were unable to plant crops in time, causing disruption that has combined with rising prices to bring the country to the brink of a food crisis.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/other'>Offbeat</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738676'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738676'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 10 May 2008 13:57:52 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Venezuela’s Cultural revolution]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Chávez government attracts attention for its social programmes and controversial nationalisations of industries, yet the Bolivarian revolution’s little reported effect on Venezuela’s art scene has been just as striking.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/society'>Society &amp; Culture</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738649'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738649'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 10 May 2008 13:27:24 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[China's Olympic Angel and Demonised Traitor]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[As the Olympic flame continues its tumultuous journey, the lives of two young Chinese women have taken centre stage in the black and white world of Chinese public opinion, which views one as an angel and the other as a traitor.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/world'>World</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738644'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738644'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 10 May 2008 13:21:44 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Climate concerns drive Australian budget initiatives]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Australian treasurer Wayne Swan will unveil an ambitious $2 billion climate change program in Tuesday's budget, the biggest investment of its kind, the largest slice of which will be pumped into developing low emissions technology programs.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/environment'>Environment</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738641'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738641'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 10 May 2008 13:16:18 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Plan to make Australian timber industry pay for rain]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Having adopted Australia’s National Water Initiative, the Victorian government has moved regulate the state’s thirsty timber plantations, making them accountable for the water they use.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/environment'>Environment</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738635'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738635'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 10 May 2008 13:03:53 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[From the UN to Whitehall, with a will to change our view of Africa]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[British foreign office minister Lord Malloch-Brown believes that it is time to acknowledge that Africa deserves not just a development policy but a foreign policy.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/world'>World</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738632'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738632'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 10 May 2008 12:53:36 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A lifetime wait for change]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[News that Canberra is poised to amend laws that discriminate against same-sex couples was met with widespread celebration this week, but for many elderly gays the welcome announcement comes too late to make much difference.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/world'>World</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738628'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/738628'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 10 May 2008 12:47:18 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Climate change plea from tribe of herders who face extinction]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[One of the largest indigenous groups remaining in Europe, the Sami have been herding reindeer in the Arctic for centuries, but their lifestyle is now at risk as they find themselves on the front line of global climate change.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/environment'>Environment</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/737985'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/737985'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 May 2008 17:36:53 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chinese circle of steel around the silk road]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Once on the fabled Silk Route and now the gateway to central Asian countries with which China has struck gas pipeline deals, Xinjiang has received heavy investment but the region’s indigenous Uygurs feel the Chinese are wiping out their culture.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/world'>World</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/737569'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/737569'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 May 2008 10:24:34 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Costa, New South Wales Labor's good cop, bad cop or true blue?]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[New South Wales Treasurer Michael Costa’s bully-boy tactics may have hurt Labor but not the Premier or the state government plan’s to sell-off its power industry.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/world'>World</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/737534'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/737534'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 May 2008 09:58:54 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Australian Climate Change Minister’s dose of shock therapy]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[As she draws up detailed plans to reduce carbon emissions, Penny Wong, the Australian Climate Change Minister, faces fierce arguments from fossil fuel companies that are on a collision course with the latest scientific predictions on global warming.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/environment'>Environment</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/737510'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/737510'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 May 2008 09:38:54 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Burma’s trail of destruction]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[They have a saying in Burma that if the roof is not sound, the whole house is prone to leaks - and the recent cyclone has blown the country's roof right off, causing a catastrophy that could worsen if the ruling junta continues to resist foreign aid.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/world'>World</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/737491'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/737491'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 May 2008 09:22:13 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[An aid worker’s selfless life]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[From women's hospital nurse to wife of an Ethiopian clan leader, devoted aid worker Valerie Browning has published a memoir of her life, which she believes would have been no life at all without risk.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/world'>World</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/737486'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/737486'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 May 2008 09:18:42 PDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Victorian Premier Brumby fades to brown]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Premier John Brumby has a vision for Melbourne in a climate-changed age, but sustainability experts fear that it is too wedded to coal and cars to match the scale of the environmental problem.<br clear='left'/>Submitted by <a href='http://www.care2.com'> </a> to <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/category/environment'>Environment</a>  &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/737479'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-noteit_gray.gif' width='10' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Note-it!</a> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <a href='http://www.care2.com/news/member/374536718/737479'><img src='http://dingo.care2.com/c2news/icon_tiny-comment_gray.gif' width='13' height='8' border='0'>&nbsp;Add a Comment</a><br/>]]></description>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 May 2008 09:16:28 PDT]]></pubDate>
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