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       <title>Australia - livepress.com</title>
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  <updated>2006-03-31 13:20:19</updated>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Fire Prompts Evacuation Of Tokyo Theater]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?53716"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?53716</id>
    <updated>2006-03-22 08:07:44</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Christina Ficara - AHN Staff Reporter
 Tokyo, Japan (AHN) &#150; Hundreds of patrons are evacuated after a fire at a Tokyo theater. No injuries are immediately reported. 
 The Associated Press reports the fire broke out in the basement of a large theater in central Tokyo.
 Fire officials say it...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Bush Says Even After Violence, Iraqis 'Are Committed To Unity']]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?53466"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?53466</id>
    <updated>2006-03-21 22:07:24</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Matthew Borghese - AHN Staff Writer
 Washington, D.C. (AHN) - U.S. President, George Bush, believes that after sectarian violence erupted following the bombing of a mosque in Samarra, Iraqis chose unity over a civil war. 
 Bush says, "When violence broke out, the Iraqi army didn't break apart...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[U.S. And African Leaders Meet To Discuss Naval Piracy]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?52876"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?52876</id>
    <updated>2006-03-21 06:43:31</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Matthew Borghese - AHN Staff Writer
 Washington, D.C. (AHN) - A meeting between the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, U.S. European Command and U.S. Naval Forces Europe is underway to discuss "Maritime Safety and Security in the Gulf of Guinea." 
 With participants from 11 African nations,...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Most Powerful Cyclone In Three Decades Lashes Australia]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?52517"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?52517</id>
    <updated>2006-03-20 17:02:21</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[ Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer
 Cairns, Australia (AHN)&#151;The most powerful cyclone to hit Australia in three decades lashed the country's eastern coast, crushing houses, uprooting trees, and stripping farms bare. 
 Although there were amazingly no fatalities reported, the damage from Cyclone...]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[WMO sees link between global warming and hurricanes 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?55159"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?55159</id>
    <updated>2006-03-24 12:15:59</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters - There is growing evidence of a link 
between global warming and natural disasters such as droughts 
and flooding, the head of the World Meteorological Organization 
(WMO) said on Friday.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Villepin sees unions, refuses to withdraw jobs plan 
    (AFP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?55146"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?55146</id>
    <updated>2006-03-24 11:36:16</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AFP - Talks between French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and trade unions ended in deadlock after Villepin refused to withdraw his contested youth jobs contract.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[L.A. Investigating Alleged Patient Dumping 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?55136"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?55136</id>
    <updated>2006-03-24 11:21:46</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - Authorities are examining a surveillance tape that shows an elderly woman wandering Skid Row in a hospital gown and slippers as they investigate the practice of hospitals and police agencies dumping homeless people downtown.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Stock futures mixed, Google set to jump 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?55009"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?55009</id>
    <updated>2006-03-24 06:27:15</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters - Wall Street looked set for a mixed 
opening on Friday but technology shares were expected to rise 
after  Google  Inc.  jumped after-hours as Standard &amp; 
Poor&#039;s said it would be added to its benchmark S&amp;P 500 Index.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Families Search for Dirty War's Missing 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?55007"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?55007</id>
    <updated>2006-03-24 06:12:08</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - Clara Petrakos knows this much: the baby was born on the floor of a clandestine detention center during Argentina's Dirty War. Now, 29 years later, Petrakos is searching for the sister she never knew.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Blast hits Sunni mosque in Iraq 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?55000"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?55000</id>
    <updated>2006-03-24 05:48:02</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - A bomb planted near the entrance to a 
Sunni mosque in a town northeast of Baghdad exploded as 
worshippers were leaving midday prayers on Friday, and police 
said casualties were feared.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Hannah, Scheider in retro 'Honeymoon' 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54987"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54987</id>
    <updated>2006-03-24 05:11:19</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[Reuters - The decidedly retro cast 
of Daryl Hannah,  Roy Scheider ,  Eric Roberts  and  Sean Young  are 
on their way to "Dark Honeymoon," an indie thriller scheduled 
to begin shooting in May.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Indonesia recalls envoy over Australian decision to grant asylum to Papuans 
    (AFP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54925"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54925</id>
    <updated>2006-03-24 01:39:15</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AFP -  Indonesia  has recalled its ambassador to Canberra amid a furore over Australia&#039;s decision to grant temporary visas to 42 asylum seekers from restive Papua province.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Judge Won't Revive Colo. Title IX Lawsuit 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54923"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54923</id>
    <updated>2006-03-24 01:39:14</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - A federal judge rejected a request to revive the lawsuit at the heart of the University of Colorado recruiting scandal, saying Thursday that two women who claimed they were sexually assaulted by athletes had not proven their claim against the school was valid.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Cruise ship fire leaves one dead, several injured]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54922"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54922</id>
    <updated>2006-03-24 01:33:25</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[A fire broke out  on the Jamaica-bound Star Princess cruise ship, and one person died of a heart attack, according to cruise line officials. Two people suffered significant smoke inhalation and nine others had "minor complications from smoke inhalation," said a statement from Princess Cruises, which is owned by Carnival Corp. The Star Princess, with 3,813 passengers and crew, was en route to Montego Bay, Jamaica, after departing Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Sunday, the cruise line said.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Australia reaffirms support for united Indonesia 
    (AFP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54913"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54913</id>
    <updated>2006-03-24 00:53:52</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AFP - Australia, stung by Indonesian outrage over Canberra&#039;s decision to grant asylum to refugees from Papua, has insisted that it remained opposed to independence for the restive Indonesian province.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[No Crying for Big Baby: LSU Takes Out Duke 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54855"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54855</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 21:59:04</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - No need for LSU and Big Baby to cry in this NCAA tournament. Glen &quot;Big Baby&quot; Davis, a shot-blocking freshman and the rest of the Tigers are one win away from the Final Four after J.J. Redick and top-seeded Duke stumbled again in the round of 16.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Belarus police break up opposition rally 
    (Reuters)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54821"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54821</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 20:40:23</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    Reuters - Belarussian police on Friday broke up a 
five-day-old opposition rally mounted in protest against 
President Alexander Lukashenko&#039;s re-election, detaining about 
200 demonstrators.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Blog: Everybody Loves a Big Baby 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54806"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54806</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 20:21:22</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - Now that March Madness is in full swing, AP sportswriters will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports from the NCAA tournament:  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Cigarette Eyed in Deadly Cruise Ship Fire 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54769"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54769</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 19:24:27</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - A fire apparently started by a cigarette broke out aboard a giant cruise ship early Thursday as it sailed through the moonlit Caribbean, leaving one passenger dead, 11 people injured and at least 100 rooms scorched.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Father of 'Aussie Taliban' hopes to meet Blair during Canberra visit 
    (AFP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54732"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54732</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 18:50:06</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AFP - The father of Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks will attend an address to Canberra&#039;s parliament by British Prime Minister Tony Blair in hopes of gaining his backing for the release of his son, officials said.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Raptors Waive Center Antonio Davis 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54695"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54695</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 17:34:05</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - The Toronto Raptors waived Antonio Davis on Thursday, effectively ending a season in which the center was suspended for five games for climbing into the stands after his wife got into a confrontation with a fan in Chicago.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Cruise ship fire leaves 1 dead, several injured]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54660"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54660</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 16:30:57</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[A fire broke out  on the Jamaica-bound Star Princess cruise ship, and one person died of a heart attack, according to cruise line officials. Two people suffered significant smoke inhalation and nine others had "minor complications from smoke inhalation," said a statement from Princess Cruises, which is owned by Carnival Corp. The Star Princess, with 3,813 passengers and crew, was en route to Montego Bay, Jamaica, after departing Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Sunday, the cruise line said.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Blaze breaks out aboard cruise ship, 1 dead]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54657"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54657</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 16:18:32</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[A fire broke out today on the Jamaica-bound Star Princess cruise ship, and one person died of a heart attack, according to cruise line officials. Two people suffered significant smoke inhalation and nine others had "minor complications from smoke inhalation," said a statement from Princess Cruises, which is owned by Carnival Corp. The Star Princess, with 3,813 passengers and crew, was en route to Montego Bay, Jamaica, after departing Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Sunday, the cruise line said. The cause of the fire is not yet known.]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Blog: The Aftermath of Australia's Cyclone 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54630"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54630</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 15:32:49</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[    AP - AP correspondent Burt Herman is covering the effects of Cyclone Larry in Australia.  ]]></summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title><![CDATA[Penguins Defenseman Cairns Suspended 
    (AP)
]]></title>
    <link href="http://livepress.com/go/?54611"/>
    <id>http://livepress.com/go/?54611</id>
    <updated>2006-03-23 15:02:39</updated>
    <summary><![CDATA[AP - Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Eric Cairns was suspended for three games by the NHL Thursday for his conduct during a loss to Ottawa earlier this week.]]></summary>
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