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		<generated-date>Tue May 14 01:10:51 PDT 2013</generated-date>

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			<Headline><![CDATA[U.S. general brings Baghdad flag home]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III who oversaw the withdrawal of American returned home with the flag that flew over Baghdad at the end of the war]]></Description>
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			<Date>2011-12-20 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[War Management]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/20/world/meast/iraq-us-withdrawal/index.html?hpt=wo_c2]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Last US troops withdraw from Iraq]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The last convoy of US troops to leave Iraq has entered Kuwait, nearly nine years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[The column of about 100 armoured vehicles carrying 500 soldiers crossed the Iraqi desert. At the peak of the operation there were 170,000 US troops]]></Text>
			<Date>2011-12-17 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Peace Efforts]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16234723]]></URL>
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			<Location>Iraq</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[US flag ceremony ends war in Iraq]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The flag of U.S. forces in Iraq has been lowered in Baghdad, bringing nearly nine years of US military operations in Iraq to a formal end]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[The Defence Secretary, Leon Panetta, told troops the mission had been worth the cost in blood and dollars]]></Text>
			<Date>2011-12-15 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Peace Efforts]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16192105]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Obama speech marks end of Iraq war]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama is marking the end of the Iraq war with a speech at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, telling troops, &apos;welcome home!&apos;]]></Description>
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			<Date>2011-12-14 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Leaders]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16186136]]></URL>
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			<Location>North Carolina</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Biden honors U.S., Iraqi troops]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[U.S. Vice President Joe Biden paid tribute to the sacrifices of U.S. and Iraqi troops at a ceremony for service members from both nations]]></Description>
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			<Date>2011-12-01 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Visit]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/01/world/meast/iraq-biden/index.html?hpt=wo_c2]]></URL>
			<importance>-1.0</importance>
			<Location>Baghdad</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Obama: Iraq war will be over by year's end]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama announced that virtually all U.S. troops will come home from Iraq by the end of the year]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2011-10-21 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[War Management]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/21/world/meast/iraq-us-troops/index.html?hpt=wo_c2]]></URL>
			<importance>6.0</importance>
			<Location>Washington</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[US wasted $30bn on war contracts]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The US government has wasted $30bn in contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last decade, according to a bi-partisan commission]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2011-08-29 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[War Management]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14712172]]></URL>
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			<Location>Washington</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[U.S. official: Iraq 'less safe' than last year]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Stuart Bowen, the official in charge of overseeing reconstruction in Iraq says the country is more dangerous than it was a year ago]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2011-07-30 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[War Management]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/07/30/iraq.us.report/index.html?hpt=wo_c2]]></URL>
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			<Location>Baghdad</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Iraq 'to request' US troops stay]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Outgoing CIA director Leon Panetta: Iraq will ask the US to keep troops in the country beyond an end-of-2011 pullout deadline]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2011-06-09 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[War Management]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13722786]]></URL>
			<importance>-1.0</importance>
			<Location>Washington</Location>
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