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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL (Reuters) - The British military is mystified after what was first announced as a major haul of opium poppy seeds amounted to nothing more than a hill of beans.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA["Great Train Robber" is refused parole (Reuters)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - "Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs lost his long-running bid for early jail release on Wednesday after the British government said he should not be allowed out on parole because he was "wholly unrepentant."]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Guns and booze don't mix, lawsuit argues (Reuters)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A well-known restaurateur is fighting back against Tennessee&#39;s newly enacted law that allows gun owners to bring their weapons into bars and restaurants that serve alcohol.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Airline crew bares all to get flyers' attention (Reuters)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Air New Zealand has hit on a novel way to make sure even the most jaded flyers keep their eyes glued on its flight safety briefing.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[EU court okays Dutch, Italy to sell "Bavaria" beer (Reuters)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Europe&#39;s highest court on Thursday upheld the right of Dutch and Italian brewers to sell their &#39;Bavaria&#39; beer in Italy, rejecting a bid by a company making a rival beer with the equivalent name in German to stop them.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Housewife first up for 100-day "live sculpture" (Reuters)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - A housewife from Sleaford in Lincolnshire will be the first of thousands of people to stand for one hour on top of a plinth in London&#39;s Trafalgar Square as part of a 100-day "live sculpture" exercise.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Plenty of gut, little glory for stringers (Reuters)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - After supervising around 3,000 re-strings during the Wimbledon fortnight one might think Roger Dalton could put his feet up with a bowl of strawberries on Sunday and watch the men&#39;s singles final in peace.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Internet porn filter -- no Garfield please (Reuters)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING (Reuters) - What do Johnny Depp , Garfield , Paris Hilton and roast pork have in common? In China, the answer is that a new government-mandated Internet filter rates some pictures of all four of them as bad for your moral health.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Russia bans all gambling and shuts casinos (Reuters)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia closed down its casinos overnight as gambling was banned nationwide, a move the industry says could throw a third of a million people out of work.]]></description>
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