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			<Headline><![CDATA[Two-headed baby dies after op]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[A young baby has died hours after landmark surgery to remove a live second head]]></Description>
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			<Date>2004-02-07 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Health Disasters]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3464491.stm]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Violence mars presidential election]]></Headline>
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			<Date>2004-05-16 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Election, Vote]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Mejia concedes poll]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[President has conceded defeat in an election marked by an outpouring of public anger over the worst economic crisis]]></Description>
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			<Date>2004-05-16 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Topic><![CDATA[Election, Vote]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Storms 'leave 130 dead']]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Some 450 homes were flooded due to torrential rains, which cut off some roads and led to power cuts]]></Description>
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			<Date>2004-05-24 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Topic><![CDATA[Weather Related]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[270 die in floods]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[About 110 bodies were found in the Jimani area, and 200 people were believed to be missing]]></Description>
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			<Date>2004-05-25 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Flood]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Caribbean floods death toll soars]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[At least 363 people have been killed in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. 100 had been dumped in the mass grave]]></Description>
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			<Date>2004-05-25 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[500 dead in Caribbean floods]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Many more are missing in floods and mudslides in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 13,000  have been made homeless]]></Description>
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			<Date>2004-05-26 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Flood]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3746619.stm]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Carribean floods toll hits 900]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[300 bodies have been recovered in a southern Haitian town of Mopou devastated by floods]]></Description>
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			<Date>2004-05-26 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Flood]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/05/26/caribbean.storms.ap]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Caribbean teams race against floods]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Rescue teams are scrambling to get food and clean water to survivors in flood-ravaged regions]]></Description>
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			<Date>2004-05-28 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Rescue]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3756621.stm]]></URL>
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