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	<title>Crikey &#187; United Nations</title>
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		<title>Why is China interested in helping war-torn Mali?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/31/why-is-china-interested-in-helping-war-torn-mali/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/31/why-is-china-interested-in-helping-war-torn-mali/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 01:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Professor Damien Kingsbury</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peacekeeping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xi Jinping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is China's decision to get involved in a peacekeeping mission to Mali entirely driven out of altruism? The move is seen as part of an increasingly assertive foreign policy agenda.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Killings in West Papua by Australian-backed anti-terror police</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/06/killings-in-west-papua-by-australian-backed-anti-terror-police/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/06/killings-in-west-papua-by-australian-backed-anti-terror-police/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 23:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Professor Damien Kingsbury</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Papua]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are reports of offices of Densus 88, Indonesia's counter-terrorism police, attacking protesters at flag-raising ceremonies across the province of West Papua.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>We&#8217;re on the Security Council: use it on North Korea</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/17/were-on-the-security-council-use-it-on-north-korea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/17/were-on-the-security-council-use-it-on-north-korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DFAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Jong Un]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN Security Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=363878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia has a Security Council seat -- and is well-placed to show some leadership on North Korea. We used to be creative and front-footed on diplomacy, political commentator and retired diplomat <b>Bruce Haigh</b> argues. So let's lift the ambition.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Haigh: why we&#8217;re wasting our seat at the UN Security Council</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/03/haigh-why-were-wasting-our-seat-at-the-un-security-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/03/haigh-why-were-wasting-our-seat-at-the-un-security-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Carr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China and Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sri Lanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[united nations security council]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=360154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bob Carr is not making use of Australia's Security Council seat. Will we ever stop following in lockstep with the Americans and show some Aussie initiative? Retired diplomat <b>Bruce Haigh</b> offers suggestions.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/03/haigh-why-were-wasting-our-seat-at-the-un-security-council/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Richard Farmer&#8217;s chunky bits</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/28/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-110/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/28/richard-farmers-chunky-bits-110/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[POLITICS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Farmer’s chunky bits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal labor party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horse meat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standard of living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=359366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia is again near the top of the heap in a United Nations Development Programme report, plus other political issues of the day.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The moral inconsistency of Australia&#8217;s stance on Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/15/the-moral-inconsistency-of-australias-stance-on-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/15/the-moral-inconsistency-of-australias-stance-on-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Carr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran sanctions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weapons of mass destruction]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=342335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Iran is alleged to have an active nuclear weapons program. There is no evidence to prove it has one -- and the sanctions that Bob Carr is proposing are unfair, writes political researcher <b>NAJ Taylor</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tectonic shift on the two-state solution?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/05/kingsbury-tectonic-shift-on-the-two-state-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/05/kingsbury-tectonic-shift-on-the-two-state-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Professor Damien Kingsbury</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel Palestinian conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=335883</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a senseless exchange of rockets and shells and now a vote in the UN, the world has seen a tectonic shift in how the Israel-Palestine conflict is viewed.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/05/kingsbury-tectonic-shift-on-the-two-state-solution/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>For Tamils, UN mea culpa is meaningless without action</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/23/for-tamils-un-mea-culpa-is-meaningless-without-action/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/23/for-tamils-un-mea-culpa-is-meaningless-without-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sri Lanka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sri lankan civil war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamil Tigers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=332829</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A UN internal review into the brutal Sri Lanka civil war has found it failed in its mandate to protect. <b>Sam Pari</b> from the Australian Tamil Congress says more is needed than just words.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/23/for-tamils-un-mea-culpa-is-meaningless-without-action/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Could cutting sole parent payments cost Australia UN votes?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/10/08/could-cutting-sole-parent-payments-cost-australia-un-votes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/10/08/could-cutting-sole-parent-payments-cost-australia-un-votes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva Cox</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sole parent payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN Security Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welfare payments]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=320984</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A campaign to stop planned cuts to sole parent payments is aiming at the government's vulnerable underbelly in its bid for a UN Security Council seat. Harming Australia's image may be justified.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/10/08/could-cutting-sole-parent-payments-cost-australia-un-votes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Vietnam heading backwards when it comes to free speech</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/09/28/vietnam-heading-backwards-when-it-comes-to-free-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/09/28/vietnam-heading-backwards-when-it-comes-to-free-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bloggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom on speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vietnamese communist party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=318753</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Vietnam's pursuit of a seat in the UN is not being helped by its mistreatment of journalists and  bloggers. A number have been intimidated and even jailed, writes Monash University's <b>André Dao</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/09/28/vietnam-heading-backwards-when-it-comes-to-free-speech/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why Australia&#8217;s Security Council bid was a mistake</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/09/28/why-australias-security-council-bid-was-a-mistake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/09/28/why-australias-security-council-bid-was-a-mistake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[united nations security council]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=318952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What's missing from the debate on Australia pushing for a seat on the UN Security Council is the question of why it's important. The Lowy Institute's <b>Danielle Cave</b> poses some interesting questions.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/09/28/why-australias-security-council-bid-was-a-mistake/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Calm down, the ITU isn&#8217;t about to take over the internet</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/22/calm-down-the-itu-isnt-about-to-take-over-the-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/22/calm-down-the-itu-isnt-about-to-take-over-the-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International telecommunications Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=297108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hysteria about a UN "takeover of the internet" hides the reality that the ITU is irrelevant to telecommunications.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/22/calm-down-the-itu-isnt-about-to-take-over-the-internet/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The UN&#8217;s 2012 survey of refugees and displaced persons</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2012/06/21/where-the-refugees-are/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2012/06/21/where-the-refugees-are/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asylum Seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=298216</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has released its annual survey of refugees and displaced persons, reports <b>Richard Farmer</b>, which shows Australia well down the list in terms of the number of asylum seeker arrivals. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2012/06/21/where-the-refugees-are/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Syria pledges to withdraw troops</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/03/syrian-pledges-to-withdraw-troops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/03/syrian-pledges-to-withdraw-troops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bashar al-Assad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kofi Annan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria uprising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=283563</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b><em>Crikey</em> media wrap</b>: The Syrian government has pledged to withdraw its troops and weaponry from civilian areas by one week today, as part of a peace plan signed with UN special envoy Kofi Annan.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/03/syrian-pledges-to-withdraw-troops/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Swimming to Cyprus</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/crikey-says-swimming-to-cyprus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/crikey-says-swimming-to-cyprus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arab league]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Bashar al-Assad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Homs continues to endure an onslaught of rockets and mortars in the regime’s worst massacre of civilians since the uprising in Syria began 11 months ago.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/08/crikey-says-swimming-to-cyprus/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>UNESCO welcomes the Palestinians &#8212; at a price</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/01/unesco-welcomes-the-palestinians-at-a-price/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/01/unesco-welcomes-the-palestinians-at-a-price/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[israeli palestinian conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNESCO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=256261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After losing some of the limelight in the past fortnight due to the Israel-Hamas deal for the release of Gilad Shalit, the "official" Palestinian leadership of Fatah and Mahmoud Abbas bounced back yesterday.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Seven billionth baby scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/world/united-nations-reports-7-billion-humans-but-others-dont-count-on-it.html?hp</link>
		<comments>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/world/united-nations-reports-7-billion-humans-but-others-dont-count-on-it.html?hp#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=256188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The birth of the world's seven billionth baby -- little Danica from the Philippines -- became a big media story. But while the United Nations says we've reached seven billion, the US Census Bureau argues that it won't happen for another four months.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Two thirds of global murders occur in Africa or central America</title>
		<link>http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/06/us-un-homicide-idUSTRE7951X020111006</link>
		<comments>http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/06/us-un-homicide-idUSTRE7951X020111006#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico drug wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the worsening drug wars, men in Central America have a whopping 1 in 50 chance of being murdered before 30, according to a new United Nations report.]]></description>
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		<title>Locals in Yasser Arafat Square: &#8216;we know the peace process has stopped&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/22/locals-in-yasser-arafat-square-we-know-the-peace-process-has-stopped/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/22/locals-in-yasser-arafat-square-we-know-the-peace-process-has-stopped/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[israel palestine conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palestinian peace process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the eyes of Palestinians direct negotiations have become delegitimised, writes <b>Nigel O’Connor writes from Ramallah</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Palestine&#8217;s UN bin: a time of great opportunity</title>
		<link>http://inside.org.au/palestine-and-the-united-nations-crisis-as-opportunity</link>
		<comments>http://inside.org.au/palestine-and-the-united-nations-crisis-as-opportunity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palestine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The longstanding situation between Palestine and Israel has become untenable, but Palestine's bid to join the United Nations may turn a crisis into an opportunity, writes <b>James L. Richardson</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Palestine to seek full UN membership</title>
		<link>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4123199,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4123199,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mahmoud abbas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has confirmed that Palestine will submit a statehood bid seeking full United Nations membership later this month, reports <b>Roee Nahmias</b>. ]]></description>
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		<title>Letter from: Ghana &#8230; caught on the wrong side of the political divide</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/23/letter-from-ghana-caught-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-political-divide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/23/letter-from-ghana-caught-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-political-divide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cote'd'ivoire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivory Coast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While Côte d’Ivoire may be relatively stable for now, human rights organisations continue to express concern at the government’s seeming unwillingness to investigate and prosecute its own forces, writes journalist <b>Clair MacDougall</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hold the treaty, I’ll have a six pack</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/15/hold-the-treaty-i%e2%80%99ll-have-a-six-pack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/15/hold-the-treaty-i%e2%80%99ll-have-a-six-pack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancun UN climate change conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN Framework Convention on Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cancun is probably the perfect venue for the 16th Conference of the Parties and for the UN climate change secretariat to kick the partying college students out for a fortnight and get to work on their six-packs. Because that's probably all they'll achieve, says <b>Giles Parkinson</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>In smoggy Tianjin, &#8216;structural imbalance&#8217; is the hot topic</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/06/in-smoggy-tianjin-structural-imbalance-is-the-hot-topic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/06/in-smoggy-tianjin-structural-imbalance-is-the-hot-topic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 02:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[air pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china environment news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN climate summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Day two of UN climate talks in heavily-polluted Tianjin fittingly started with a side event on coal use in China. Burning coal and the "structural imbalance" of energy use is the hot topic, writes <b>Owen Pascoe</b>, who is at the talks for the Australian Conservation Foundation.]]></description>
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		<title>UN set to give Oz a serve on our racial discrimination record</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/27/un-set-to-give-oz-a-serve-on-our-racial-discrimination-record/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/27/un-set-to-give-oz-a-serve-on-our-racial-discrimination-record/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hung parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Territory intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NT Intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racial discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The UN Committee that monitors breaches of the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (the CERD Committee) will report on its examination of Australia this weekend.]]></description>
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