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			<Headline><![CDATA[Bombs in Karbala, Najaf kill more than 60]]></Headline>
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			<Topic><![CDATA[Car Bomb]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Yukos unit fetches $9bn at auction]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Baikal Finance Group outbid favourite Gazprom to buy Yuganskneftegas. Yukos said that the auction was illegal]]></Description>
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			<Date>2004-12-19 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Topic><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Sudan 'suspends Darfur offensive']]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Foreign Minister said after urgent talks with international envoys that troops would only respond if fired upon first]]></Description>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Woman barred from men's soccer]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[FIFA has ruled that Maribel Dominquez, a leading woman footballer, is not eligible to play for a professional men&apos;s club]]></Description>
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			<Date>2004-12-19 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Topic><![CDATA[Female Sports]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Shia leaders appeal for calm]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Shia Muslim leaders have warned against revenge attacks following bombings in Najaf and Karbala]]></Description>
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			<Date>2004-12-19 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Topic><![CDATA[Politics]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Santos win Brazilian championship]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Ricardinho and Elano scored as Santos defeated Vasco 2-1 to win its second championship in 3 years]]></Description>
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			<Date>2004-12-19 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Soccer]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/12/19/brazil.santos.ap]]></URL>
			<importance>6.0</importance>
			<Location>Sao Paulo</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Rumsfeld faces Iraq letters row]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[US Defence Secretary has pledged to personally sign letters of condolence to the families of  soldiers killed in action]]></Description>
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			<Date>2004-12-19 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Topic><![CDATA[Leaders]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4110091.stm]]></URL>
			<importance>6.0</importance>
			<Location>Washington</Location>
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