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	<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>What did Obama do to win the Nobel Peace Prize?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/10/09/what-did-obama-do-to-win-the-nobel-peace-prize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times asks what President Obama did to win the Nobel Peace Prize.]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 worst celebrity endorsements</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/10/06/top-10-worst-celebrity-endorsements/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/10/06/top-10-worst-celebrity-endorsements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/?p=1751</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Advertisers, and the celebrities who endorse their services, will be liable for any untruthful statements made about products, as part of a crackdown by US regulators announced on Monday.
But apart from being welcomed by the FT in an editorial on Wednesday, the new rules, which cover the use of testimonials in advertising, could prove a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FT debate: How can media companies best get paid for their content online?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/31/ft-debate-how-can-media-companies-best-get-paid-for-their-content-online/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/31/ft-debate-how-can-media-companies-best-get-paid-for-their-content-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FT</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/?p=1206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson
The free ride is coming to an end. Owners of media content, squeezed by a shrinking advertising market, piracy and aggregators building audiences from their stories, programmes and films, are looking for new ways to get paid for their efforts. In a week-long series starting today, the FT is looking a new at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan elections - live</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/30/japan-elections-live/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/30/japan-elections-live/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Harding</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/?p=1276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the FT&#8217;s live coverage of the elections in Japan.
0140  For comprehensive coverage of the election and what it all means, please read the newspaper tomorrow. Good night!
0139  It&#8217;s been an exciting evening, but the real fun starts now, as the shape of the DPJ government becomes clear and the LDP works [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan elections - an exciting evening ahead</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/30/japan-elections-an-exciting-evening-ahead/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/30/japan-elections-an-exciting-evening-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Harding</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/?p=1246</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A landmark Japanese election - one that all the polls say will see the ejection of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for only the second time in 53 years - is nearing a climax. Voting ends at 8pm in Japan, which is 12 noon in London, and 7am on the US East Coast.
After that, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Bernanke get a second term as Fed chief?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/25/should-bernanke-get-a-second-term-as-fed-chief/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/25/should-bernanke-get-a-second-term-as-fed-chief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leyla Boulton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/?p=986</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So President Barack Obama has offered Ben Bernanke a second term as chief of the Federal Reserve, the US central bank.
Krishna Guha, the FT&#8217;s US Economics Editor, has pointed out that economists, investors and fellow central bankers overwhelmingly favour the Fed chairman&#8217;s reappointment.  Francesco Guerrera, the FT&#8217;s US Finance and Business Editor, says the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scottish official bemoans Libya’s ‘broken promise’</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/24/scottish-official-bemoans-libyas-broken-promise/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/24/scottish-official-bemoans-libyas-broken-promise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leyla Boulton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/?p=871</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scotland&#8217;s Justice Secretary accused Libya of breaking a promise not to give freed Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi a hero&#8217;s welcome on his return home, PA reports.
 &#8221;It is a matter of great regret that Mr Megrahi was received in such an inappropriate manner,&#8221; Kenny MacAskill told an emergency session of the Scottish Parliament. &#8220;It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gordon Brown remains silent in furore over Lockerbie bomber</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/24/gordon-brown-remains-silent-in-furore-over-lockerbie-bomber/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/24/gordon-brown-remains-silent-in-furore-over-lockerbie-bomber/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Parker</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/?p=796</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gordon Brown kicked off the week by congratulating England’s cricket team for winning the Ashes while maintaining a dogged silence over the decision by the Scottish government to release the Lockerbie bomber.
The prime minister’s spokesman insisted it would be inappropriate for Mr Brown to comment on a matter that “was and remains a matter for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO calls for doubling of Afghani security forces</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/20/nato-calls-for-doubling-of-afghani-security-forces/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/20/nato-calls-for-doubling-of-afghani-security-forces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FT</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/?p=676</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Vincent Bevins and agencies
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for a doubling of Afghan security forces to 400,000 to allow them to take over for Western troops, according to Reuters. “We should develop the capacity of the Afghan national security forces, the army and the police, so they can take care of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan elections: counting begins</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/20/afghanistan-elections-counting-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/news-blog/2009/08/20/afghanistan-elections-counting-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FT</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vincent Bevins and agencies
Counting has begun in Afghanistan amid further evidence that turnout was uneven and claims of fraud may need to be investigated.
Election officials have confirmed earlier reports that turnout was low, especially in the south, where incumbent Hamid Karzai’s support is stronger. AP reported that voting in Kandahar, the south’s largest city [...]]]></description>
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