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<title><![CDATA[USM's external funding near $100M (Mississippi Business Journal)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) will begin this academic year with a two-year average of $100 million in external research funding for projects that have widespread applications from homeland security to math and science education.]]></description>
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<item><title>School funds miused, audit shows</title><link>http://www.chicoer.com/news/national/ci_6670807</link><description>Chico Enterprise-Record - DANVILLE, Calif.—Tens of thousands of dollars raised by high school students were spent on ways not authorized by the class that did the fundraising, an audit found. The San Ramon Valley school district discovered that nearly $100,000, raised by ... </description><pubDate>20 Aug 07 18:57:00 UTC</pubDate></item>

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<title>Commercial College Ordered to Repay U.S. $2.5 Million</title>
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<description>The parent company of Interboro Institute, a commercial college in New York City, has been ordered to repay the federal government about $2.5 million.</description>
<author>KAREN W. ARENSON</author>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:25:12 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Herb Pomeroy, Jazz Player and Teacher, Dies at 77</title>
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<description>Herb Pomeroy was a trumpeter who influenced generations of musicians as a teacher at Berklee College of Music and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:33:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Giving Abandoned Bikes New Life So Students Can Ride</title>
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<description>New York University has approved a plan to recycle abandoned bicycles in an effort to encourage cycling and also lessen the waste created by discarding them. </description>
<author>COLIN MOYNIHAN</author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:29:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Memo From New Delhi: Politics Is the New Star of India&#8217;s Classrooms</title>
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<description>A broad revision of India&#8217;s school curriculum is reshaping how Indian children grasp the workings of their nation and its place in the world.</description>
<author>SOMINI SENGUPTA</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:22:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Harvard Endowment Reports 23% Gain for Fiscal Year</title>
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<description>The results brought the value of the nation&#8217;s largest university endowment, now overseen by Mohamed A. El-Erian, to $34.9 billion.</description>
<author>GERALDINE FABRIKANT</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:26:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<item><title>NMSU, lawmakers talk fundraising secrecy</title><link>http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_6684178</link><description>Las Cruces Sun-News - LAS CRUCES — Seven local lawmakers met with New Mexico State University officials Monday over concerns about whether records of the school&apos;s fundraising arm — the NMSU Foundation — should be public. Rep. Joseph Cervantes, D-Las Cruces, said he ... </description><pubDate>22 Aug 07 05:33:00 UTC</pubDate></item>

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<title>Vital Signs: Patterns: Weight May Influence School Attendance</title>
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<description>The more overweight a child, the more likely he or she is to be absent from school, a new report suggests. </description>
<author>NICHOLAS BAKALAR</author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:45:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<item><title>FIU Launches Campaign to Name J-School for Legendary Miami Reporter ... </title><link>http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003628647</link><description>Editor and Puplisher - NEW YORK A fundraising effort was launched today to name Florida International University&apos;s School Of Journalism for the late Gene Miller, the well-known reporter and editor. Miller won two Pulitzers for local news reporting at the Herald during his ... </description><pubDate>21 Aug 07 19:25:00 UTC</pubDate></item>

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<title>Virginia Tech Increases Aid to Victims</title>
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<description>Families of the Virginia Tech students and faculty members shot to death in April will receive more compensation than originally planned.</description>
<author>IAN URBINA</author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:31:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Citing Learning Slumps, Mayor Presents Plan for Low-Performing Middle Schools</title>
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<description>Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said he would direct additional financing to about 50 of the city&#8217;s lowest-performing middle schools.</description>
<author>JENNIFER MEDINA</author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:07:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Study Abroad Is New Focus of Inquiry Into Perks</title>
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<description>New York&#8217;s attorney general is opening an inquiry into the relationships between universities and providers of study abroad.</description>
<author>DIANA JEAN SCHEMO</author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:48:45 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Africa: ADEA - Devt Tool for African Education Ministers - Ndoye (AllAfrica.com)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:27:46 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) is a development tool for Education Ministers, the Executive Secretary, Mr. Mamadou Ndoye has said.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Douglas lashes out at 'new tax' : Education funding issue keeps boiling (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:08:54 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MONTPELIER -- Members of the Vermont House will continue working toward a proposal to fund education spending in the state through an income tax rather than a statewide property tax on primary residences. ... - By LOUIS PORTER Vermont Press Bureau]]></description>
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<title>Pressured School District Reverses, Allowing Play on Murder of Gay Student</title>
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<description>The play, which focuses on the 1998 beating and murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, will be presented as an assembly for Ocean Township High School.</description>
<author>JILL P. CAPUZZO</author>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:07:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How New Arabic School Aroused Old Rivalries</title>
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<description>The good intentions behind opening an Arabic school in New York ran straight into the treacherous ethnic and ideological political currents of the city.</description>
<author>JULIE BOSMAN and JENNIFER MEDINA</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:46:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<item><title>FIU profs want to name school for reporter</title><link>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/210908.html</link><description>Miami Herald - Daugherty enlisted support of Miller&apos;s widow in her fundraising effort. &apos;&apos;For a school of journalism to officially recognize someone with reverence who is a working reporter is a really watershed moment,&apos;&apos; said Caroline Heck Miller, a federal ... </description><pubDate>22 Aug 07 00:54:00 UTC</pubDate></item>

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<title>Education Dept. Seeks Early Compliance on Loan Rules</title>
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<description>The agency is asking for voluntary compliance with its proposed rules banning certain marketing practices by loan companies before the rules take effect next year.</description>
<author>JONATHAN D. GLATER</author>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:41:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<item><title>Beyond bake sales</title><link>http://www.leesburg2day.com/articles/2007/08/21/food/food3562.txt</link><description>Leesburg Today - A proven success in fundraising for school programs is General Mills&apos; Box Tops for Education. Since its debut in 1996, the program has distributed more than $200 million to schools nationwide. That&apos;s some serious milk money. The strategy behind this ... </description><pubDate>20 Aug 07 00:56:00 UTC</pubDate></item>

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<title><![CDATA[Separate board waits for firm funding figures (Owen Sound Sun Times)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:15:21 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's too early to say how the Bruce Grey Catholic District School Board will spend nearly $600,000 promised in a recent provincial government announcement of additional funding for education, said the board's superintendent of business.]]></description>
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<title>Protesters Seek Leader&#8217;s Return to Arabic School</title>
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<description>About 200 demonstrators gathered to show support for the beleaguered Khalil Gibran International Academy, with many calling for the reinstatement of its principal. </description>
<author>JENNIFER MEDINA</author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:20:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Additional school funding urged in Kansas (The Kansas City Star)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:37:13 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Kansas Board of Education is recommending a $41-per-student increase in school aid next year, on top of a $59 increase already approved by lawmakers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Education ministry gives spending math lesson (Maple Ridge News)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:16:15 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[• $5.494-billion education budget – a 19.18 per cent increase from 2000-01. • $7,932 in estimated per student funding in 2007-08 – the highest ever – a $336 increase from 2006-07 and $1,716 more since 2000-01.]]></description>
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<item><title>Man killed in mid-morning shooting near Broadway</title><link>http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/146463.html?imw=Y</link><description>Buffalo News - A man was shot to death this morning in a park near Broadway and Mortimer Street, police ... Earl of Bud, an icon at local sports events, vanished like a ghost in 1997 Father to go on fundraising climb up Mount Kilimanjaro Racial tensions at high school ... </description><pubDate>22 Aug 07 19:52:00 UTC</pubDate></item>

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<title>State Names 17 More &#8216;Persistently Dangerous&#8217; Schools</title>
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<description>All but 2 of the 27 schools on the new list are in New York City, including a dozen schools designed for students with severe disabilities.</description>
<author>JENNIFER MEDINA</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:04:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Leader Picked to Run Arabic School</title>
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<description>Danielle Salzberg, an education official experienced in starting new schools but not in speaking Arabic, will take over as principal at the Khalil Gibran International Academy. </description>
<author>JULIE BOSMAN</author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:56:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>French Gains Foothold on New York City&#8217;s Dual-Language Map</title>
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<description>The inclusion of French brings the total number of languages in the dual-language program to five, including Spanish, Chinese, Haitian-Creole and Russian.</description>
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<item><title>Flood damage in tens of millions</title><link>http://article.wn.com/link/WNAT7b39d416ba9c6a475a8da25db5e0dc8b?source=upge&amp;template=cheetah-article%2Fdisplayarticle.txt</link><description>Buffalo News - GAYS MILLS, Wis. —Waterweary residents across the Midwest began counting their losses ... Earl of Bud, an icon at local sports events, vanished like a ghost in 1997 Father to go on fundraising climb up Mount Kilimanjaro Racial tensions at high school ... </description><pubDate>22 Aug 07 18:55:00 UTC</pubDate></item>

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<title><![CDATA[NextStudent Grad PLUS Loans Can Help Graduate Students Fully Finance Their Education (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ With the school year beginning, some graduate degree students may be finding themselves with educational expenses still left to cover, even after grants and Federal Stafford Loans. For students pursuing a master's, doctorate or professional degree, Federal Grad PLUS Loans from NextStudent, a leading Phoenix-based education funding company, provide another financing option that can help these ...]]></description>
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<title>New Jersey Education Dept. Has Problems, Audit Finds</title>
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<description>The department suffers from inadequate staffing and resources, organizational problems and a lack of training and communications, according to an audit by state officials. </description>
<author>WINNIE HU</author>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:28:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Forced to Pick a Major in High School</title>
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<description>A high school in New Jersey is requiring students to declare a major as freshmen.</description>
<author>WINNIE HU</author>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Budget delay hurts education programs (San Bernardino Sun)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:18:01 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BANNING - Just as the state's top education official was about to address the impasse over the $145 billion state budget, he received word that the budget was passed by the Legislature on Tuesday.]]></description>
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<title>Head of City&#8217;s Arabic School Steps Down Under Pressure</title>
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<description>Debbie Almontaser stepped down as the principal of Khalil Gibran International Academy after she was quoted defending the use of the word &#8220;intifada&#8221; as a T-shirt slogan.</description>
<author>JULIE BOSMAN</author>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:44:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>In Study Abroad, Gifts and Money for Universities</title>
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<description>As overseas study has become a prized credential for undergraduates, a competitive industry has emerged.</description>
<author>DIANA JEAN SCHEMO</author>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:39:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Jersey School Checks Are Defended After Audit</title>
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<description>The New Jersey education commissioner disputed an audit that found the Education Department lacked the ability to carry out its increased oversight responsibilities.</description>
<author>WINNIE HU</author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:48:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<item><title>Canteens serve junk food ban</title><link>http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,22286656-5006301,00.html</link><description>News.com.au - School fundraising, camps and excursions are also on the hit-list. Education Minister Jane Lomax-Smith said daily sales of foods high in fat and sugar from the school canteen would soon be a thing of the past. &quot;We want every school and preschool in ... </description><pubDate>21 Aug 07 15:21:00 UTC</pubDate></item>

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<title>College Ratings Race Roars On Despite Concerns</title>
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<description>U.S. News &amp; World Report releases its rankings of America&#8217;s top colleges, under attack as never before by college officials who accuse it of using dubious statistics.</description>
<author>ALAN FINDER</author>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:05:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>On Education: A Successful Plan for Racial Balance Now Finds Its Future Uncertain</title>
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<description>A Supreme Court decision from June could impact a racially balanced schools plan that has been maintained for 18 years by White Plains.</description>
<author>JOSEPH BERGER</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:13:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Budget progress stalled by sudden divide on K-12 education funding (Merced Sun-Star)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:42:20 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO — An unresolved issue surrounding K-12 education funding was threatening to dismantle a tentative deal in the state Senate on Monday, but legislative leaders said they were hopeful a compromise could be reached in time for a late-hour budget vote.]]></description>
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<title>Astronaut Teaches in Space, and Lesson Is Bittersweet</title>
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<description>Barbara R. Morgan&#8217;s lesson from space was just over 20 minutes, but it was supposed to make up for more than 20 years.</description>
<author>JOHN SCHWARTZ</author>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:44:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>More Students Finish School, Given the Time</title>
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<description>New York City is making an effort to help students who need more than four years to complete high school.</description>
<author>JENNIFER MEDINA</author>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:21:34 GMT</pubDate>
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