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	<title>Crikey &#187; elections</title>
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		<title>Kiwis voting system to go to referendum</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/kiwis-voting-system-to-go-to-referendum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/13/kiwis-voting-system-to-go-to-referendum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Mackerras</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john key]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand election]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<b>Malcolm MacKerras</b> has been trying to persuade New Zealand’s politicians to replace their Mixed Member Proportional electoral system with a better one.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gordon Brown, dead PM walking</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rundle-nothing-that-brown-could-say-would-save-him/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rundle-nothing-that-brown-could-say-would-save-him/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[British PM Gordon Brown addressed the Labour Party conference with his party trailing around 19 points in the opinion polls. It wasn't so much about winning the next election as stopping the bleeding.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd will go to the polls on August 21, 2010. Here&#8217;s why</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rudd-will-go-to-the-polls-on-august-21-2010-heres-why/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rudd-will-go-to-the-polls-on-august-21-2010-heres-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[double dissolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<b>Malcolm MacKerras</b> predicts the double dissolution will be effected in July 2010, causing a general election for all members of both houses to take place on August 21, 2010. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/30/rudd-will-go-to-the-polls-on-august-21-2010-heres-why/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Germans vote peacefully, but not quite contentedly</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/germans-vote-peacefully-but-not-quite-contentedly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/germans-vote-peacefully-but-not-quite-contentedly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Democrats]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The results of the German election indicate Germans are dissatisfied with what they have been offered for so long, and in their calm, orderly way, are saying they would like to try something a bit different.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/germans-vote-peacefully-but-not-quite-contentedly/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>SPD smashed at German ballot box</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/spd-smashed-at-german-ballot-box/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/spd-smashed-at-german-ballot-box/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Democratic Party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chancellor Angela Merkel's dour triumph at the German polls says more about her hapless opposition, writes Humbolt University's <b>Charles McPhedran</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/28/spd-smashed-at-german-ballot-box/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Paying for a Clinton plug</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/24/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-9/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/24/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former President Bill Clinton may have been dishing out the compliments to PM Kevin Rudd, but Rudd fails to mention that the Australian government is a donor to the Clinton foundation.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/24/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-9/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Vote now for radical reforms to Australia&#8217;s electoral system</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/your-chance-to-weight-in-on-radical-reforms-to-australias-electoral-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/your-chance-to-weight-in-on-radical-reforms-to-australias-electoral-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web exclusive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=88546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government is taking submissions on some wide-ranging reforms to Australia's electoral systems, including letting non-citizens vote, removing "truth in advertising" requirements for campaigns, and ending mandatory voting. Have your say.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/23/your-chance-to-weight-in-on-radical-reforms-to-australias-electoral-system/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Merkel looks for a narrower coalition</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/21/merkel-looks-for-a-narrower-coalition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/21/merkel-looks-for-a-narrower-coalition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Democratic Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Democrats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/21/merkel-looks-for-a-narrower-coalition/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Germany votes on Sunday, with Christian Democrat chancellor Angela Merkel an unbackable favourite to be returned. But will the liberals distance themselves from the parties of the traditional left?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/21/merkel-looks-for-a-narrower-coalition/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Voting for Afghanistan. Again and again and again</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/voting-for-afghanistan-again-and-again-and-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/voting-for-afghanistan-again-and-again-and-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Sparrow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abdullah Abdullah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamid Karzai]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/voting-for-afghanistan-again-and-again-and-again/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Election Complaints Commission has already received 1157 allegations of irregularities in Afghanistan. And the allegations are not just coming from disgruntled candidates.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/27/voting-for-afghanistan-again-and-again-and-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Tory experiment worth studying</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/12/a-tory-experiment-worth-studying/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/12/a-tory-experiment-worth-studying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British MP expenses scandal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electoral system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/12/a-tory-experiment-worth-studying/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Foreign observers shy away -- with good cause -- from the US's creaky, dysfunctional electoral process. But the British example serves to remind us that primaries are also well-known in Europe.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/12/a-tory-experiment-worth-studying/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Liberal Rule: historical epoch or chapter of accidents?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/liberal-rule-historical-epoch-or-chapter-of-accidents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/liberal-rule-historical-epoch-or-chapter-of-accidents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[documentaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SBS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/liberal-rule-historical-epoch-or-chapter-of-accidents/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite what you may have seen on SBS series <em>Liberal Rule</em>, the rise and fall of the Howard government did not represent big shifts in national sentiment, writes <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/liberal-rule-historical-epoch-or-chapter-of-accidents/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Indonesia heads to the polls</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/letter-from-jakarta-indonesia-heads-to-the-polls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/letter-from-jakarta-indonesia-heads-to-the-polls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter from...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jakarta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/letter-from-jakarta-indonesia-heads-to-the-polls/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today Indonesia will head to the polls to directly elect its president, for only the second time ever in history, freelance Australian journalist <b>Ashlee Betteridge</b> reports from Jakarta.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/08/letter-from-jakarta-indonesia-heads-to-the-polls/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>A big step backwards in the Middle East</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/a-big-step-backwards-in-the-middle-east/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/a-big-step-backwards-in-the-middle-east/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lebanon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mir-Hossein Mousavi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/a-big-step-backwards-in-the-middle-east/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A week after Lebanon's elections were won by the moderate, pro-western forces, Iran has gone the other way, writes <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who wants to be a Liberal MP?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/who-wants-to-be-a-liberal-mp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/who-wants-to-be-a-liberal-mp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victorian Legislative Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victorian liberal party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/who-wants-to-be-a-liberal-mp/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's time to clear some dead wood from the Victorian Liberal Party, writes <b>Charles Richardson</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/who-wants-to-be-a-liberal-mp/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Iranian elections: of mullahs, women and Jews</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/iranian-elections-of-mullahs-women-and-jews/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/iranian-elections-of-mullahs-women-and-jews/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Yusuf</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/iranian-elections-of-mullahs-women-and-jews/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Iranian elections aren’t exactly perfect and neither is Iranian democracy, but Iran is far more democratic than other “moderate” states (as in pro-Western) in the Middle East, writes <b>Irfan Yusuf</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/11/iranian-elections-of-mullahs-women-and-jews/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why the EU matters #1: it stops people being blown up in their beds</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/why-the-eu-matters-1-it-stops-people-being-blown-up-in-their-beds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/why-the-eu-matters-1-it-stops-people-being-blown-up-in-their-beds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/why-the-eu-matters-1-it-stops-people-being-blown-up-in-their-beds/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The EU stops people being blown up in their beds. It prevents them from cowering in fear as foreign armies roll across their country, averts human rights abuses on a scale our minds simply can’t contemplate. It thwarts, in a word, war, writes psephologist <b>Stephen Luntz</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Europeans go to the polls</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/europeans-go-to-the-polls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/02/europeans-go-to-the-polls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week, the second-largest democratic election in the world takes place: an election across the 27 countries of the EU for the 736 members of the European parliament.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>India shows the GFC having impact on global voting</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/18/india-shows-the-gfc-having-impact-on-global-voting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/18/india-shows-the-gfc-having-impact-on-global-voting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 03:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Financial Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manmohan Singh]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that the global financial crisis has not had the devastating effect on the world's governments that many were expecting six months ago.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget 09, quelle bore! And more</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-11/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-11/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ABS cuts mean that labour force stat sample is reduced, Indian voting reaches final stages, Budget was boring.]]></description>
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		<title>Wayne Swan won&#8217;t get his Budget wish</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-9/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/11/richard-farmers-political-bite-sized-meaty-chunks-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 03:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal liberation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horse racing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Presenting the government wish list for Budget 09 (not that they'll get it), astrology v polls in India and the increasing lobbying power of animal liberation groups.]]></description>
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		<title>South Africa desperately needs a viable Opposition</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/27/south-africa-desperately-needs-a-viable-opposition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/27/south-africa-desperately-needs-a-viable-opposition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African National Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacob Zuma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=53414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[South Africa faces major challenges, and they can can only be surmounted by the emergence of a strong opposition.]]></description>
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		<title>India: The biggest election in the whole wide world</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/india-the-biggest-election-in-the-whole-wide-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/india-the-biggest-election-in-the-whole-wide-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manmohan Singh]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=51515</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a process will run for another month, voting begins today in India, the world's largest democracy.]]></description>
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		<title>Bali</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/bali/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/bali/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Letter from...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Hindu ceremony and archipelago-wide feeling of apathy towards a democratic system had many project a very low voter turn out in Bali over the weekend, writes <b>Morgan Harrington</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Banda Aceh</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/14/banda-aceh/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/14/banda-aceh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Letter from...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aceh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=51133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The morning was eerily silent as people made their way to the polling stations on Thursday, but by afternoon, the city of Banda Aceh was back to business as usual, writes <b>Eleanor Kennedy</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Amid dreams of independence, Indonesia goes to the polls</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/08/amid-dreams-of-independence-indonesia-goes-to-the-polls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/08/amid-dreams-of-independence-indonesia-goes-to-the-polls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damien Kingsbury</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megawati Sukarnoputri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suharto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Papua]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Indonesia goes to the polls to elect its national and local legislatures today, in what many see as a foretaste of the presidential polls in July, writes <b>Damien Kingsbury</b>.]]></description>
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