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	<description>Random musings</description>
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		<title>Do your homework before you fly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 19:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A woman told the cabin crew that she heard the cleric saying over phone "jahaz udne wala hai, ham udane wala hai" (the plane is about to take off, we are about to blow up), police said.]]></description>
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		<title>Google Maps: We cater to your delusions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s news:

<blockquote>
While China continues to claim Arunachal Pradesh as its own, technology giant Google seems to have decided to take a line to please both Beijing and New Delhi.

On the Google Maps site localised for users</blockquote>&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>For your eyes only &#8212; unless you have a telescopic lens</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may encounter a plot like this in a bad spy novel. It goes something like this:

&#60;

blockquote>
A top ranking anti-terrorism official enters <strong>10 Downing Street</strong> clutching a folder containing a "For your eyes only" document. He briefs the Prime Minister --- about an ongoing stakeout involving potential terrorists]]></description>
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		<title>Incredible Union &#8212; Barack and Piyush</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few years back, say about the time when a certain Hussein was being hanged, who would have thought &#8212; or wagered &#8212; that another Husein would soon be giving USA&#8217;s State of the Union speech. Wait, there is more.&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Peace TV</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Making fun of another religion in a public forum can never be a recipe for peace. Dr. Zakir, please use your enormous intellect and memory to find and memorize passages from the Bible that convey the same message as that of the Koran. And let peace be upon everybody.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama inauguration: Did we need to listen to Yo Yo Ma at 12 noon?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election 2008]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The constitution says that the President-elect becomes President --- oath or no oath --- at 12 noon. And what was happening at 12 noon? Yo Yo Ma was playing Cello along with other musicians.]]></description>
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		<title>Shoe &#8216;bombs&#8217; thrown at Bush in Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now, thanks to 2 Shoe 'bombs' thrown at Bush in Iraq, the press will be asked to remove their shoes at every press conference! One thing is for sure. Watch the video. Bush's reflexes are pretty good.]]></description>
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		<title>We have come a long way &#8212; but still a long way to go</title>
		<link>http://blog.srinivasan.biz/world/we-have-come-a-long-way-but-still-a-long-way-to-go</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election 2008]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like the old Virginia Slims ad that said &#8212; though, for the wrong reasons &#8212; &#8220;You have come a long way baby&#8221;, we have come a long way in electing Barack Obama as President. But as the events of the&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Palin &#8212; Plain wrong choice</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election 2008]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When asked about the functions of a Vice President, Palin gave an incorrect reply which means she doesn&#8217;t fully understand the differences between the executive and legislative branches.

<blockquote>
A vice president has a really great job because not only</blockquote>&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Lieberman: what party will he join next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election 2008]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[8 years ago, Lieberman was the Vice Presidential nominee of the Democratic party. If not for some hanging chads and interference by the Supreme Court, he would have become the Vice President.

Then he became an Independent.

Lieberman has become&#8230;]]></description>
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