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	<title>Crikey &#187; Iran</title>
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		<title>WIll the RBA cut the official interest rate?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/will-the-rba-cut-the-official-interest-rate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/will-the-rba-cut-the-official-interest-rate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The market is less confident today than it was a week ago that the Reserve Bank Board will cut the official interest rate when it meets tomorrow.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[newt gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pauline Hanson]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cut the diplospeak and stop warmongering in the Middle East</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2012/01/21/stop-warmongering-in-the-middle-east/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2012/01/21/stop-warmongering-in-the-middle-east/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[israel chamber of commerce]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270278</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Washington needs to normalize relations with Iran, openly repudiate the Israeli war drums, and finally accept the verdict of history in Iran adverse to its strategic ambitions, writes <b>Richard A Falk</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Economic war&#8217;: Iran responds to EU ban</title>
		<link>http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/01/201214173537709411.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/01/201214173537709411.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tehran]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of a preliminary agreement from the European Union to ban oil from Iran in response to its nuclear program, Iran has blasted the EU while being careful not to encourage popular unrest. <em>Aj Jazeera</em> reports.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gazing into the bloodied crystal ball: the wars of 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/12/27/next_years_wars</link>
		<comments>http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/12/27/next_years_wars#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=267282</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What conflicts are likely to escalate this year, with potentially devastating ramifications? Crisis in Syria, Iran/Israel and Afghanistan are at the top of the list, writes <b>Louise Arbour</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>When it comes to bombs in Iran, don&#8217;t believe the hype</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/11/14/iranians-nuclear-contagion-dont-believe-the-hype/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/11/14/iranians-nuclear-contagion-dont-believe-the-hype/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258934</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently there has been much hype concerning Iran's nuclear weaponisation. This speculation might actually feed into Iran's hands and the notion that it is an international outcast, writes <b>NAJ Taylor</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Remember, Tehran’s nuclear ambiguity was learnt from Israel</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/11/10/remember-tehrans-nuclear-ambiguity-was-learnt-from-israel/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/this-blog-harms/2011/11/10/remember-tehrans-nuclear-ambiguity-was-learnt-from-israel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Iran is under a greater level of scrutiny for ten years of nuclear weapons development than Israel has been for possessing them for over 40 years, argues <b>NAJ Taylor</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Did Iran work to &#8216;miniaturise&#8217; nuclear weapons?</title>
		<link>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-08/iran-worked-to-miniaturize-weapon-design.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-08/iran-worked-to-miniaturize-weapon-design.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent intelligence from more than 10 countries claims Iran worked on developing new, smaller nuclear weapons until at least 2010, reports <b>Jonathan Tirone</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rundle: a little bit of the Cameron crew Fox off, hero to zero</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/17/rundle-a-little-bit-of-the-cameron-crew-fox-off-hero-to-zero/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/17/rundle-a-little-bit-of-the-cameron-crew-fox-off-hero-to-zero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liam fox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK economy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=253035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You hardly knew where to look in London this week. The government didn't fall, but a section of it sheared off, and fell into the sea.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>War on the internet: the key fronts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/02/war-on-the-internet-1-censorship-harassment-and-attacks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/02/war-on-the-internet-1-censorship-harassment-and-attacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anonymous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=226813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A widespread and in many ways concerted series of attack by governments on the internet is underway, one that has increased in scope and complexity since WikiLeaks humiliated the US government and social media helped fuel the Arab Spring.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Carey&#8217;s Fairfax plea &#8230; journos turn on subs &#8230; SMH mistaken identity &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/30/media-briefs-careys-fairfax-plea-journos-turn-on-subs-smh-mistaken-identity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/30/media-briefs-careys-fairfax-plea-journos-turn-on-subs-smh-mistaken-identity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 03:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media briefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Carey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sydney Morning Herald]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=225929</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In today's Media Briefs: Peter Carey's message to Fairfax ... Journos blame their subs -- on Twitter ... The Bryce ain't right ... Reporters in line for copyright windfall ... and more]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ahmadinejad in the crosshairs of political assassination</title>
		<link>http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/05/2011512101644247806.html/</link>
		<comments>http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/05/2011512101644247806.html/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 23:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=223088</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's dismissal of his intelligence minister has caused a high profile spat with supreme leader Ali Khamenei. Conservatives are seizing the opportunity to try and seal Ahmadinejad's fate, writes <b>Geneive Abdo</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Iran web virus created by a &#8220;government or well funded group&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.cjbk.com/InternationalNews/Article.aspx?id=235800</link>
		<comments>http://www.cjbk.com/InternationalNews/Article.aspx?id=235800#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=174736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to new analysis from a US web security firm, a web virus Iran claims was targeted at its nuclear program was initiated by a highly organized outfit: either a government or a well resourced private group. ]]></description>
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		<title>The benefits of Ahmadinejad</title>
		<link>http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/ahmadinejad-speech-at-un-2010?src=rss</link>
		<comments>http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/ahmadinejad-speech-at-un-2010?src=rss#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=173667</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gets a lot of -- rightly deserved -- flak from the Western media. But <em>Esquire</em> offers up five reasons why Ahmadinejad is good, like he could help stabilise Afghanistan and also serves as constant comedy fodder.]]></description>
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		<title>The master spinner from Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11366959</link>
		<comments>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11366959#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=172871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spins a story better than most PR people. He sidesteps tricky questions by instead attacking the US, changes his answer depending on the audience and relies on a translator, making it easy to ignore interviewers' questions.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter from Iran: nuts and riots aside, extreme kindness lives here</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/25/letter-from-iran-nuts-and-riots-aside-extreme-kindness-lives-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/25/letter-from-iran-nuts-and-riots-aside-extreme-kindness-lives-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bridges</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=167423</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 30 days I interacted with the people of Iran like I've never interacted with the people of a foreign country before. Nowhere have I encountered a people so universally kind, friendly and generous. ]]></description>
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		<title>Will Israel bomb Iran?</title>
		<link>http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/09/the-point-of-no-return/8186/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/09/the-point-of-no-return/8186/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=163808</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The idea of a nuclear Iran has both the US and Israel freaking out and an Israeli attack against Iran is becoming a genuine possibility. <b>Jeffery Goldberg</b> speculates how it would unfold.]]></description>
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		<title>Camping in the Kaluts</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2010/08/07/camping-in-the-kaluts/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2010/08/07/camping-in-the-kaluts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bridges</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Travel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=162793</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Waking to a desert sunrise and having a dip in a genuine oasis, <b>Scott Bridges</b> tells of his camping trip to Kaults, a formation of eroded rocks in Iran.]]></description>
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		<title>PHOTO GALLERY: A visit to Iran&#8217;s golden triangle</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2010/08/03/esfahan-yazd-and-shiraz-some-piccies/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2010/08/03/esfahan-yazd-and-shiraz-some-piccies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Esfahan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shiraz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yazd]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Full of must-see sights, the central-Iranian cities of Esfahan, Yazd and Shiraz form a golden triangle for tourists. <b>Scott Bridges</b> compiles some of his favourite travel snaps of this beautiful, historically rich part of the world. ]]></description>
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		<title>Iran inching towards party politics</title>
		<link>http://mondediplo.com/2010/07/06rafsanjani</link>
		<comments>http://mondediplo.com/2010/07/06rafsanjani#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=159765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The role of factional politics is gradually diminishing in Iran, the nation moving towards an ideologically driven system and, eventually, the formation of disciplined political parties, writes <b>Mahan Abedin</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>First Iran-pressions</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2010/07/13/first-iran-pressions/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2010/07/13/first-iran-pressions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bridges</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Travel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tehran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=152802</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Scott Bridges</b> has landed in Tehran, a city full of concrete in various states of disrepair, air conditioner units hanging out of every window at precarious angles and monolithic ’60s-era high-rises.]]></description>
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		<title>Washington, we have a problem</title>
		<link>http://www.slate.com/id/2258830/?wpisrc=eDialog</link>
		<comments>http://www.slate.com/id/2258830/?wpisrc=eDialog#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NASA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=151575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The space race is over and NASA now struggles to justify its existence. Instead of moon landings, diplomacy with Muslim majority countries has become of its main aims.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran bans the mullet</title>
		<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7873621/Iran-government-issues-style-guide-for-mens-hair.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7873621/Iran-government-issues-style-guide-for-mens-hair.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[haircut]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=151420</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ponytails, spiky hair and mullets don't cut it in Iran, according to the government's new style guide of men's hair. Thankfully the quiff wasn't labelled as a "decadent Western cut".]]></description>
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		<title>The plan: the big trip 2.0</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2010/07/02/the-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/back-in-a-bit/2010/07/02/the-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jordan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=150211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Scott Bridges</b> finally unveils his latest travel plans: a few months solo travelling in Iran, Jordan and Egypt. Yes, it's going to be quite the crazy adventure.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran explodes over UN inspectors</title>
		<link>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iRqjZV1Meppj40hTs8IBOv4DdsQwD9GFMRVO0</link>
		<comments>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iRqjZV1Meppj40hTs8IBOv4DdsQwD9GFMRVO0#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran nuclear program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear weapons program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=147424</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More conflict between Iran and the U.N. has ensued following the ban of two nuclear inspectors from Tehran. Iran officials allege the inspectors leaked false information about experiments conducted at a research laboratory.  ]]></description>
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