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    <title><![CDATA[Hamas drifting away from longtime patron Iran]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/09/1941632/hamas-drifting-away-from-longtime.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:30 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hamas appears to be drifting away from its longtime patron Iran - part of a shift that began with last year's Arab Spring and accelerated over Tehran's backing of the pariah regime in Syria.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Associated Press (KARIN LAUB and BRIAN MURPHY)]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iran opposition leader's daughter banned from job]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/09/1941618/iran-opposition-leaders-daughter.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:14 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[An Iranian opposition website reported Thursday that authorities have banned one of the daughters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi from her teaching job.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[The Associated Press ()]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pardoned Moroccan clerics say they were tortured]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/09/1941425/pardoned-moroccan-clerics-say.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:20 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Three conservative clerics whose arrests nine years ago heralded the beginning of Morocco's crackdown on Islamists called on Thursday for a new investigation into their country's worst terrorist attack.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Associated Press (PAUL SCHEMM)]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[Suffering deepens in bombarded Syrian city of Homs]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/09/1941381/syrian-forces-renew-bombardment.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:35 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Between blasts of rockets and mortar fire, Syrians used loudspeakers to call for blood donations and medical supplies Thursday in the stricken city of Homs, where a weeklong government offensive has created a deepening humanitarian crisis.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Associated Press (ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY)]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[US envoy urges renewed Bahrain crisis talks]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/09/1941221/us-envoy-urges-renewed-bahrain.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:50 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The U.S. State Department's top human rights envoy is urging Bahrain's Sunni monarchy and Shiite-led opposition to resume talks aimed at ending yearlong unrest in the strategic Gulf nation.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[The Associated Press ()]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood wants government sacked]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/09/1941200/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-wants.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:50 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called Thursday on the ruling generals to sack the military-appointed government, saying it has failed to manage the deteriorating security and economic situation in the country.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Associated Press (SARAH EL DEEB)]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[Jordan holds ex-intelligence chief in graft probe]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/09/1941114/jordan-holds-ex-intelligence-chief.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:55 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A Jordanian prosecutor says he has ordered a powerful former intelligence chief to be detained for 14 days pending a probe on charges of embezzlement of public funds, money laundering and abuse of office.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[The Associated Press ()]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[Palestinian prisoner on 55th day of hunger strike]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/09/1941038/palestinian-prisoner-on-55th-day.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:46 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[In a high-stakes gamble, an imprisoned member of a Palestinian militant group has waged a hunger strike for almost two months, trying to draw attention to Israel's military justice system and its treatment of detainees who can be held without charge for lengthy periods.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Associated Press (DIAA HADID)]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[Report: Iraq has executed 65 so far in 2012]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/09/1940980/report-iraq-has-executed-65-so.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:10 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Iraqi authorities executed at least 65 people in the first 40 days of 2012 for various offenses, including 14 on a single day, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Associated Press (SAMEER N. YACOUB)]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[5 Yemeni prisoners killed in riots]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/08/1940266/5-yemeni-prisoners-killed-in-riots.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:10 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Security officials say five Yemeni prisoners have been killed in clashes after riots in a prison south of the capital as some tried to flee.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Associated Press (AHMED AL-HAJ)]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[City of Homs becomes focus of Syria's uprising]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/08/1940206/city-of-homs-becomes-focus-of.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:15 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Every day, rockets and mortars fired by regime forces rattle the streets of Homs. Armed rebels ambush government military checkpoints. Hatreds brew on either side of the avenues that divide the bloodstained Syrian city.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Associated Press (DALE GAVLAK and ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY)]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[Libya issues election law for national congress]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/08/1940142/libya-issues-election-law-for.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:02 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Libya has finalized a law to govern an election to choose a national assembly to draft a new constitution - a first step to setting up a new government after the ouster of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[The Associated Press ()]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ahmadinejad seeks rebound in Iranian elections]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/08/1939898/ahmadinejad-seeks-rebound-in-iranian.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:40 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[There's a Persian saying used to describe an under-the-radar political effort: "Driving at night with the lights off." Allies of embattled President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be doing just that as they campaign in Iran's hinterlands in hopes of scoring a comeback in next month's parliamentary elections.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Associated Press (NASSER KARIMI and BRIAN MURPHY)]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ahmadinejad seeks rebound in Iranian elections]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/08/1939872/ahmadinejad-seeks-rebound-in-iranian.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:52 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[There's a Persian saying used to describe an under-the-radar political effort: "Driving at night with the lights off." Allies of embattled President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be doing just that as they campaign in Iran's hinterlands in hopes of scoring a comeback in next month's parliamentary elections.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Associated Press (NASSER KARIMI and BRIAN MURPHY)]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[Syrian forces renew bombardment in Homs]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/08/1939784/eu-threatens-new-sanctions-on.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:35 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Syrian forces fired mortars and rockets that killed scores of people Thursday in the rebellious city of Homs, activists said, the latest strike in a weeklong assault as President Bashar Assad's regime tries to crush increasingly militarized pockets of dissent.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Associated Press (ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY)]]></author>
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    <title><![CDATA[Hamas lawmakers: unity deal with Abbas illegal]]></title>
    <link>http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/02/08/1939693/hamas-lawmakers-unity-deal-with.html</link>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:07 PST</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The Hamas parliamentary bloc in the Gaza Strip has come out against the latest reconciliation deal with rival Fatah, headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[The Associated Press ()]]></author>
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