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			<Headline><![CDATA[US warns Syria over Lebanon role]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Rice has warned Syria against interfering in Lebanon, following the killing of former Prime Minister by a car bomb]]></Description>
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			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Warning]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Iran to aid Syria against threats]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Iran has vowed to back Syria against &apos;challenges and threat&apos; as both countries face US pressure]]></Description>
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			<Date>2005-02-16 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Aid]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Syria 'to shift Lebanon troops']]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Lebanon&apos;s Defence Minister: Syria is to move some of its troops in Lebanon closer to its own border]]></Description>
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			<Date>2005-02-24 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Ground Forces]]></Topic>
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			<Location>Lebanon</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Israel blames Syria for bombing]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Islamic Jihad&apos;s Damascus office said it carried out the attack. Defence Minister has accused Syria of involvement]]></Description>
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			<Date>2005-02-26 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Terror]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4301447.stm]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Syria denies Israel attack role]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[A Syrian foreign ministry official said his country had shut down Islamic Jihad&apos;s Damascus office]]></Description>
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			<Date>2005-02-26 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Terror]]></Topic>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Syria 'gave up' brother of Saddam]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Sab&apos;awi Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti, #36 on the U.S. list of the 55 most-wanted, was Saddam&apos;s personal adviser]]></Description>
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			<Date>2005-02-27 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[War & Army]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/27/saddam.halfbrother]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Lebanon's pro-Syrian PM resigns]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The government abruptly resigned during a stormy parliamentary debate, prompting a roar from protesters]]></Description>
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			<Date>2005-02-28 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Government]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/28/lebanon.protests]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Lebanese turn protests on Syria]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Opposition has called for protests to continue after demonstrations resulted in the resignation of the government]]></Description>
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			<Date>2005-02-28 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Protest]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4306925.stm]]></URL>
			<importance>-1.0</importance>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Rice turns up the heat on Syria]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The secretary of State has said Syria&apos;s involvement in its neighbours is blocking change across the region]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2005-03-01 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Female Politics]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4309927.stm]]></URL>
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			<Location>Washington</Location>
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