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	<title>Crikey &#187; Charles Richardson</title>
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		<title>Liberals wimp out on another byelection</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/liberals-wimp-out-on-another-byelection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/09/liberals-wimp-out-on-another-byelection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[byelections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Kennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niddrie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[niddrie byelection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273449</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Democracy requires choice, and a party that gets into the habit of denying the voters a choice is failing in its primary duty, however convenient that might be for its elected representatives.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Russia goes its own way over Syria</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/russia-goes-its-own-way-over-syria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/russia-goes-its-own-way-over-syria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bashar al-Assad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hilary clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle east peace process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muammar Gaddafi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[russian president vladimir putin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria protests]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272766</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week there was some hope that Russia might be coming on board with the need to do something about the steadily increasing bloodshed in Syria.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Canberra says no to grazing &#8212; so what are states for?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/canberra-says-no-to-grazing-so-what-are-states-for/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/02/canberra-says-no-to-grazing-so-what-are-states-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alpine national parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baillieu government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mountain cattlemen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Burke]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At least as the federal government sees things, the controversy over cattle grazing in Victoria's Alpine National Park is now over.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Only faint hope for a deal with Iran on nukes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/only-faint-hope-for-a-deal-with-iran-on-nukes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/only-faint-hope-for-a-deal-with-iran-on-nukes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newt gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pauline Hanson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[us presidential race]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a couple of months things have been looking pretty bleak on the Iranian front.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/30/only-faint-hope-for-a-deal-with-iran-on-nukes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>For Big Ted, it&#8217;s time to shift gears</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/for-big-ted-its-time-to-shift-gears/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/for-big-ted-its-time-to-shift-gears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andre Haermeyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Kennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael kapel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Baillieu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tony nutt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The changing of the guard at the top may be a sign that Ted Baillieu feels it is time to shift gears.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Egypt&#8217;s Islamists prepare to govern</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/egypts-islamists-prepare-to-govern/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/23/egypts-islamists-prepare-to-govern/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy in the middle east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hosni Mubarak]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Results of Egypt's phenomenally complex election are now more or less complete.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Constitutional change unlikely, as usual</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/constitutional-change-unlikely-as-usual/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/constitutional-change-unlikely-as-usual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous australians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multiculturalism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270096</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's more than 12 years since the last attempt to amend Australia's constitution, the ill-fated republic referendum of 1999.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Surveilling discontent: Germany keeps a watch on the far-right</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/19/surveilling-discontent-germany-keeps-a-watch-on-the-far-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/19/surveilling-discontent-germany-keeps-a-watch-on-the-far-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anders Breivik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neo-nazis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269826</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The German government has approved a plan to create a database of far-right extremists, as a response to the discovery of a neo-Nazi cell believed to be responsible for a string of murders.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/19/surveilling-discontent-germany-keeps-a-watch-on-the-far-right/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>With China watching, Taiwanese vote for pragmatism</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/with-china-watching-taiwanese-vote-for-pragmatism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/with-china-watching-taiwanese-vote-for-pragmatism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China and Taiwan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taiwan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday's presidential election in Taiwan saw incumbent Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang (KMT) or Chinese Nationalist Party, in power since 2008, re-elected fairly comfortably with 51.6% of the vote]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/16/with-china-watching-taiwanese-vote-for-pragmatism/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Syrian monitors fail to stop the killing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/12/syrian-monitors-fail-to-stop-the-killing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/12/syrian-monitors-fail-to-stop-the-killing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bashar al-Assad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hosni Mubarak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invasion of iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muammar Gaddafi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria protests]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=268199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's fair to say that the Arab League observer mission to Syria started with low expectations.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/12/syrian-monitors-fail-to-stop-the-killing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Scots contemplate an independent future</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/11/scots-contemplate-an-independent-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/11/scots-contemplate-an-independent-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Salmond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alex Salmond wants to be remembered as the founder of a new nation, but if he lets Cameron outmanoeuvre him on a referendum, then it could be a long time before Scotland gets another chance.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richardson: Romney by eight votes, but that&#8217;s enough</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/09/romney-by-eight-votes-but-thats-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/09/romney-by-eight-votes-but-thats-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iowa caucus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267489</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There were two notable things that made this less than a perfect result from Romney's point of view.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Yet another Iowa front-runner &#8212; yes, it&#8217;s Ron Paul</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/yet-another-iowa-front-runner-yes-its-ron-paul/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/yet-another-iowa-front-runner-yes-its-ron-paul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ron paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266934</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Already Newt Gingrich's chances for the Republican nomination are being written off, and there is a new GOP frontrunner in Iowa -- Texas congressman Ron Paul.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/23/yet-another-iowa-front-runner-yes-its-ron-paul/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The year in elections: the 10 polls that mattered in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/the-year-in-elections-the-10-polls-that-mattered-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/22/the-year-in-elections-the-10-polls-that-mattered-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 Canada election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[croatia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ireland election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW election 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tunisia revolution]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It hasn't been a big year for elections in Australia, but worldwide it's been quite interesting. <em>Crikey</em> counts down the 10 elections that mattered in 2011.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Vaclav Havel, a hero for our time</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/20/vaclav-havel-a-hero-for-our-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/20/vaclav-havel-a-hero-for-our-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Czech Republic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Czechoslovakia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vaclav havel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266185</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The world is a poorer place this week with the loss of Vaclav Havel.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/20/vaclav-havel-a-hero-for-our-time/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Race for the White House: what to watch for in Iowa</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/race-for-the-white-house-what-to-watch-for-in-iowa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/race-for-the-white-house-what-to-watch-for-in-iowa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michele Bachmann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newt gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republican presidential nomination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ron paul]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265891</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Republican presidential campaign has already provided plenty of drama and entertainment, but things are about to get even more interesting.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/19/race-for-the-white-house-what-to-watch-for-in-iowa/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obama fulfils a promise and brings the troops home</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/15/obama-fulfils-a-promise-and-brings-the-troops-home/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/15/obama-fulfils-a-promise-and-brings-the-troops-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265388</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's not quite over yet, but the Iraq war is in its last days. US president Barack Obama yesterday welcomed home American troops, saying "the final work of leaving Iraq has been done."]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Memo David Cameron: eurosceptics aren&#8217;t really on your side</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/memo-david-cameron-eurosceptics-arent-really-on-your-side/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/memo-david-cameron-eurosceptics-arent-really-on-your-side/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eurozone economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The EU has its problems. Not just economic, but more deep-seated issues to do with its "democratic deficit" -- the way the union has been managed by elites and unaccountable bureaucrats.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/13/memo-david-cameron-eurosceptics-arent-really-on-your-side/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>New Zealanders get what they voted for</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/12/new-zealanders-get-what-they-voted-for/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/12/new-zealanders-get-what-they-voted-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 02:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john key]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new zealand government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key has announced his new ministry, after final results from the NZ electoral commission confirmed his re-election for a second term.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/12/new-zealanders-get-what-they-voted-for/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Free speech and a car dealer come to grief in Thailand</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/09/free-speech-and-a-car-dealer-come-to-grief-in-thailand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/09/free-speech-and-a-car-dealer-come-to-grief-in-thailand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another setback yesterday for free speech, as Colorado car salesman Joe Gordon was sentenced in Bangkok to 2½ years jail for insulting the king of Thailand.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/09/free-speech-and-a-car-dealer-come-to-grief-in-thailand/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull diagnoses media&#8217;s crisis &#8212; and his own party&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/turnbull-diagnoses-medias-crisis-and-his-own-partys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/turnbull-diagnoses-medias-crisis-and-his-own-partys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Hywood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=264100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people these days look to Malcolm Turnbull for enlightenment not on economics but on politics, and that's where things get interesting.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/08/turnbull-diagnoses-medias-crisis-and-his-own-partys/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>51</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do the Liberals have a conscience on gay marriage?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/do-the-liberals-have-a-conscience-on-gay-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/do-the-liberals-have-a-conscience-on-gay-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP national conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The media narrative is overwhelmingly obsessed with Labor's position on the same-s-x marriage issue and  the Coalition's much larger anti-gay contingent has mostly been given a free pass.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/do-the-liberals-have-a-conscience-on-gay-marriage/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>The great Gingrich comeback gathers pace</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/newt-gingrich-takes-lead-in-gop-presidential-nomination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/newt-gingrich-takes-lead-in-gop-presidential-nomination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[newt gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republican]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262995</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It looks as if Christmas has come early for Barack Obama this week.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/newt-gingrich-takes-lead-in-gop-presidential-nomination/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>New Zealand sticks with National</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/28/new-zealand-sticks-with-national/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/28/new-zealand-sticks-with-national/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john key]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=261813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As expected, John Key's National Party was relatively untroubled in Saturday's New Zealand election. But a strong performance from NZ First surprised some pundits.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/28/new-zealand-sticks-with-national/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>NZ Nats cruising to victory, but poll nerds pay attention</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/25/nz-nats-cruising-to-victory-but-poll-nerds-pay-attention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/25/nz-nats-cruising-to-victory-but-poll-nerds-pay-attention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new zealand government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=261525</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand prime minister John Key and his National Party are cruising towards an easy victory in tomorrow's poll. But those who are interested in the prospects for democracy will be interested.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/25/nz-nats-cruising-to-victory-but-poll-nerds-pay-attention/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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