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		<generated-date>Tue May 14 01:49:21 PDT 2013</generated-date>

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			<Headline><![CDATA[Senate to vote on gun control bill]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The Senate is set to hold a crunch vote on Thursday on whether to debate a gun control law, as a conservative blockade of the bill began to splinter]]></Description>
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			<Date>2013-04-09 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Parliament]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22087342]]></URL>
			<importance>6.0</importance>
			<Location>U.S. Senate</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[JP Morgan accused of hiding losses]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[US bank JPMorgan Chase has been accused of hiding its huge trading losses by a US Senate panel]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2013-03-14 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Bank]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21795662]]></URL>
			<importance>6.0</importance>
			<Location>U.S. Senate</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Senate confirms Brennan as CIA head]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The US Senate has confirmed John Brennan as the new director of the CIA, after a senator&apos;s 13-hour speech delayed the vote]]></Description>
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			<Date>2013-03-07 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Parliament]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21708739]]></URL>
			<importance>6.0</importance>
			<Location>U.S. Senate</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Senate committee approves Hagel bid]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[A US Senate committee has approved the nomination of ex-Republican Senator Chuck Hagel to be President Barack Obama&apos;s secretary of defence]]></Description>
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			<Date>2013-02-12 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Parliament]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21436371]]></URL>
			<importance>6.0</importance>
			<Location>U.S. Senate</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Pentagon nominee in testy hearing]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Defence Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel has sought to allay concerns that he is anti-Israel and soft on Iran, at a testy confirmation hearing]]></Description>
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			<Date>2013-01-31 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Parliament]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21280203]]></URL>
			<importance>6.0</importance>
			<Location>U.S. Senate</Location>
			<x>33.172821</x>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Kerry approved as US secretary of state]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[US Senate has approved Senator John Kerry&apos;s nomination as secretary of state, after he was backed unanimously by the foreign relations committee]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2013-01-29 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Parliament]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21248984]]></URL>
			<importance>-1.0</importance>
			<Location>U.S. Senate</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[US senators plan immigration reform]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[A bipartisan group of senators is to propose an overhaul of the immigration system, including a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2013-01-28 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Immigration]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21233355]]></URL>
			<importance>-1.0</importance>
			<Location>U.S. Senate</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[US Senate approves key tax deal]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The US Senate has approved a deal to avert tax hikes and spending cuts known as the &apos;fiscal cliff&apos;]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2012-12-31 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Agreement]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20880755]]></URL>
			<importance>4.0</importance>
			<Location>U.S. Senate</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Senate leader Harry Reid voices fiscal cliff fear]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The US appears to be heading over the &apos;fiscal cliff&apos;, with prospects dim for a deal to avoid tax rises and spending cuts, the US Senate leader says]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-12-27 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Parliament]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20853624]]></URL>
			<importance>5.0</importance>
			<Location>U.S. Senate</Location>
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