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        <pubDate>2009-11-07 20:20:04</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[In Brief]]></title>
            <pubDate>2009-11-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Former vice-premier Gu Mu   died in Beijing yesterday  aged 96, Xinhua reported. Gu was appointed vice-premier in 1975 and as a member of the secretariat of the Communist Party's central committee in 1980.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Heavy jail terms for mafia twins]]></title>
            <pubDate>2009-11-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The infamous Zhang brothers, the youngest of the Chongqing  mafia bosses caught up in the recent underworld sweep, have been sentenced to 17 years in jail.
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            <title><![CDATA[Self-praising education officials ridiculed on Net]]></title>
            <pubDate>2009-11-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Guangdong education chiefs left themselves open for ridicule after showering themselves with praise in performance self-assessments that were posted on the provincial government's website.
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            <title><![CDATA[Wen to talk to Egyptian leaders ahead of Sino-Africa summit]]></title>
            <pubDate>2009-11-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Premier Wen Jiabao  arrived in Egypt last night  for a summit with African leaders as Beijing bids to expand its diplomatic and economic influence on the resource-rich continent.
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            <title><![CDATA[Hu advocates peaceful use of space]]></title>
            <pubDate>2009-11-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Hu Jintao has attempted to ease growing international concerns over China's ambitions to weaponise outer space by insisting the country was committed to the peaceful use of space.
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            <title><![CDATA[Beijing hints it wants Tibet pledge from Obama]]></title>
            <pubDate>2009-11-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Beijing's wish for US President Barack Obama  to recognise Chinese sovereignty over Tibet during his forthcoming visit  was indirectly confirmed yesterday by a top official.
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            <title><![CDATA[Activist seeks US leader's help in securing friends' release]]></title>
            <pubDate>2009-11-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[A mainland dissident recently freed after eight years in prison, Yang Zili, has written a letter to US President Barack Obama  seeking his help in gaining medical parole for two friends who were jailed with him for forming a political study group.
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            <title><![CDATA[Beijing proposes bigger naval role to curb piracy]]></title>
            <pubDate>2009-11-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[China's proposals to strengthen international anti-piracy escort missions around the Horn of Africa would almost certainly demand expanded naval deployments, according to Western military officials.
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            <title><![CDATA[Teachers shine welcome light onto textbook lies]]></title>
            <pubDate>2009-11-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Students around the world are taught that Thomas Edison,  the 19th-century American scientist and businessman, invented the phonograph, the electric light bulb and the motion picture camera, among other  marvels.
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            <title><![CDATA[Around the Nation]]></title>
            <pubDate>2009-11-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The first hearing of lawsuits related to last year's tainted-milk scandal were cancelled, Beijing's Daxing  District Court said yesterday. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Villages hope elected elders will help fight against graft]]></title>
            <pubDate>2009-11-07 00:00:00</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[A county in Guangdong is  going back to tradition in an attempt to  rein in corrupt local officials, by allowing villages to install groups of elders to supervise their work.
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