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     <title><![CDATA[Analysis: Fans overlook Michael Jackson's dark side]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES, July 3 (Reuters) - Just as people choose to forget that Elvis Presley was a bloated drug addict when he died, so Michael Jackson is now the subject of posthumous veneration that overlooks the dark side of his life.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:59:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Russia loosens clasp on NGOs ahead of Obama visit]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, July 3 (Reuters) - The Kremlin eased some restrictions on Russian NGOs on Friday ahead of a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama, in the first major move to strengthen civil society since President Dmitry Medvedev took office. The move was applauded by human rights activists, who said that the reforms cover only a third of NGOs and a lot more remains to be done to improve Russia's human rights record.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:12:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[European Commission assigns 40 million euros to projects in East Europe, South Caucasus]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Brussels, July 3 (Interfax) - The European Commission is allocating 40 million euro to finance several programs in different spheres in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:52:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Saakashvili suspects Russia of planning to divide Georgia]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tbilisi, June 3 (Interfax-AVN) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has accused the Russian authorities of planning to overthrow the Georgian government.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:06:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <link>http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44611</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Investigators will be sent to Russian naval ships combating piracy]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Moscow, July 3 (Interfax) - Investigators from the Investigative Committee with the Russian Prosecutor's Office will start working onboard Russian warships combating piracy to arrest the pirates and bring them to Russian territory, head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin announced.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:04:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[U.S.-Russia summit a chance to improve ties]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (AP) -- Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev will likely sign a stack of agreements during their Moscow summit, but their chief goal may be for the United States and Russia to stop acting like adversaries - even if they can't be friends.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:02:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
     <category domain="http://www.kyivpost.com/world">World</category>
     <link>http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44609</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Analysis: Russia plays checkbook diplomacy]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/446/8_tn.jpg">MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia is using its energy wealth to shore up influence abroad, pouring billions of dollars in loans and grants into former Soviet states and long-standing allies - even as it faces its own severe economic downturn.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:01:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <link>http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44608</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Update: Putin rejects Obama criticism before meeting]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, July 3 (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's charge that he was mired in Cold War thinking, setting the scene for a stormy first meeting at a Moscow summit next week.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:58:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Americas economic leaders eye post-crisis world]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[VINA DEL MAR, Chile, July 3 (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the Americas and multilateral lenders on Friday sought to shore up responses to the global economic crisis on Friday and plan beyond a potential recovery for a post-crisis world.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:55:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Oil falls near $66 after bleak U.S. jobs data]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Oil fell towards $66 a barrel on Friday, adding to a drop of nearly 4 percent the previous day, as unemployment data hardened views economic weakness would sap energy demand further and that last month's rally was overdone.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:54:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <link>http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44605</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Update: Russian premier calls on US to shelve missile shield-media]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, July 3 (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday called on the United States to move relations forward by shelving plans for a missile defence shield in Europe, news agencies reported.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:02:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <link>http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44596</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Factbox: Five facts about accused Nazi guard John Demjanjuk]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[July 3 (Reuters) - Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk has been deemed fit enough by medical experts to stand trial in Germany for helping to kill 29,000 Jews in World War Two, the state prosecutors office in Munich said on Friday.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:01:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Update: Ukraine-born Demjanjuk pronounced fit to stand trial in Germany]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/445/94_tn.jpg">BERLIN, July 3 (Reuters) - Accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk has been deemed fit enough by medical experts to stand trial for helping to kill 29,000 Jews in World War Two, the state prosecutors office in Munich said on Friday.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:58:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Transdniestrian leader: No sense in resuming Tiraspol-Chisinau dialogue before Moldovan elections]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tiraspol, July 3 (Interfax) -At the present time there are no prospects of settling Transdniestrian-Moldovan relations and it would make no sense to resume dialogue between the two before elections in Moldova, said Igor Smirnov, president of the self-proclaimed republic of Transdniestria.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:50:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Russia says it will allow U.S. to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/445/91_tn.jpg">MOSCOW - Russia has announced that it will allow the U.S. to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, providing Washington with an alternative route to supply its forces in landlocked Afghanistan.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:49:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Bomb damages McDonalds restaurant in Greece]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/445/88_tn.jpg">ATHENS, Greece - A bomb exploded outside a central Athens McDonalds restaurant early Friday, causing extensive damage but no injuries in what Greek authorities suspect was an attack by resurgent far-left militants.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:45:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Obama tells Russia's Putin the Cold War is history]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/445/87_tn.jpg">WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said former Russian President Vladimir Putin and his hand-picked successor should expect an in-person reminder the Cold War is over when the U.S. leader makes his first trip to a Moscow summit.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:45:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <link>http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44587</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Russian, U.S. presidents to sign agreements on defense cooperation, transit to Afghanistan]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/445/86_tn.jpg">Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama will sign in Moscow a framework document to expand cooperation between the Armed Forces of the two countries, senior Kremlin aide Sergei Prikhodko has said.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:34:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <link>http://www.kyivpost.com/world/44586</link>
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     <title><![CDATA[Prosecutors: Demanjuk fit to stand trial]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[<img align="left" vspace="5" hspace="10" src="http://kyivpost.img.com.ua/img/forall/a/445/85_tn.jpg">MUNICH - Doctors have determined that John Demjanjuk is fit to stand trial on charges that he was an accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp, prosecutors said Friday.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:27:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Kremlin aide says Moscow will allow transit of U.S. weapons across Russia to Afghanistan]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[MOSCOW - A Kremlin aide says Russia will allow the U.S. to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan.<br clear="all">]]></description>
     <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:14:00 +0300]]></pubDate>
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