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		<title>Host Scores Well–For Corruption</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/25/host-scores-well-for-corruption/?mod=WSJBlog</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 17:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa Mock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Azerbaijan, host of Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest, is rated 143rd out of 183 countries on perceptions of corruption.]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland: From Tiger To Turkey</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/25/ireland-from-tiger-to-turkey/?mod=WSJBlog</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ireland is the most successful country ever in the Eurovision song contest, having won the coveted singing prize on no less than seven occasions. Can massive-haired pop duo Jedward bring the trophy home for the first time since 1996?]]></description>
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		<title>EUphoria for Swedish PM Reinfeldt</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/23/euphoria-for-swedish-pm-reinfeldt/?mod=WSJBlog</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/23/euphoria-for-swedish-pm-reinfeldt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 21:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Robinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Time Brussels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurovision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the doorstep of Wednesday’s informal EU summit, leaders gathered for another high-level meeting to search for the elusive combination of growth and jobs that will end the continent’s woes. As they ran through the standard script – spending will just store up future troubles, austerity is tough but worth it, Greece must do their homework, Real Time Brussels couldn’t resist asking leaders about the continent’s other high-level gathering this week: the glittery, singing one.

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		<title>A Whiff of Eurovision at EU Summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 15:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriele Steinhauser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While tonight's EU summit is much less sparkly than the Eurovision song contest, Germany's Angela Merkel may have a secret weapon for winning votes: Her chief European adviser is related to former Eurovision winner Lena Meyer-Landrut.]]></description>
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		<title>Eurovision Inspiration in Debt Crisis</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/21/in-debt-crisis-eurovision-inspiration/?mod=WSJBlog</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/21/in-debt-crisis-eurovision-inspiration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frances Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's popular to ridicule Eurovision as a bubble of kitschy, campy glamour, far removed from the pressing issues of the day. Wrong!]]></description>
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		<title>‘Angela Is Right!’</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/19/angela-is-right/?mod=WSJBlog</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/19/angela-is-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 15:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Fidler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Angela Merkel's position on austerity gets some support ahead of the Group of Eight summit.]]></description>
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		<title>A Product Greece Still Makes: Money</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/18/a-product-greece-still-makes-money/?mod=WSJBlog</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/18/a-product-greece-still-makes-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriele Steinhauser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[European Central Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite a decade of lost competitiveness, Greece still has printing presses that churn out euros, lottery tickets and other secure pieces of paper.]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Graybeard vs. Governments</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/18/internet-graybeard-fights-governments/?mod=WSJBlog</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/18/internet-graybeard-fights-governments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 12:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa Mock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Time Brussels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The world's democracy-challenged governments are trying to sever the Internet from its free-wheeling roots.]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s Toast the Greek Bailout</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/15/lets-toast-the-greek-bailout/?mod=WSJBlog</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/15/lets-toast-the-greek-bailout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Dalton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Dalton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[euro crisis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greece is close to running primary surplus, so maybe the euro zone and the IMF should declare the bailout a success.]]></description>
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		<title>The Slippery Structural Deficit</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/11/the-slippery-structural-deficit/?mod=WSJBlog</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2012/05/11/the-slippery-structural-deficit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Dalton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[European Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Dalton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Construction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EU is putting more emphasis on the "structural" budget deficit, but estimating it is fraught with problems.]]></description>
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