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      <title>Say goodbye to the Stock Exchange</title>
      <description>Say goodbye to the idea of effective financial regulation through the Dodd Frank mechanisms or any other.</description>
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      <title>Enforcers and morality police stalk the globe</title>
      <description>Enforcing a political line: Pressure tactics are used from Tehran to Brooklyn to Washington, DC.</description>
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      <title>Next steps for Al Jazeera America</title>
      <description>The new Al Jazeera America is still under attack. How can it respond?</description>
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      <title>Meet Jack Lew, the insider's outsider</title>
      <description>The more things change, the more they stay the same with Obama's nomination of Jack Lew to replace Tim Geithner.</description>
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      <title>The middle class has been saved - or has it?</title>
      <description>Obama is basking in the glory of having averted the deepening of a crisis that is more structural than political.</description>
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      <title>Will Americans ever get to see Al Jazeera?</title>
      <description>Even though Al Jazeera is considered "controversial", competitors "fear its reputation for news excellence".</description>
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      <title>Looking back at the news of 2012</title>
      <description>We hear about issues, not interests - the newscasts "lack context, background, analysis and interpretation".</description>
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      <title>As Britain debates new rules, the US plans more deregulation</title>
      <description>In the US, the media is all about the market - notions of public service are antiquated and only paid lip service to. </description>
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      <title>Back at the polls again: You want to feel good, but.</title>
      <description>Politics has become a lucrative business for media outlets, journalists and campaign consultants, writes Schechter.</description>
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      <title>Threats of cyber war, realities of cyber censorship</title>
      <description>Cyber war is already underway, not just between some countries, but within countries and against cyber-active citizens.</description>
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      <title>US 2012: Money isn't everything</title>
      <description>More money has been "invested" in American politics than ever before, but will it prove decisive?</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 06:44:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Race is the stealth issue as a black president downplays black rights</title>
      <description>Obama uses his "black cultural vibe when it serves his purposes" stoking a sense of black pride and community. </description>
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      <title>Obama and the words he never said</title>
      <description>Obama should have went on the offensive rather than let Romney steal the show.</description>
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      <title>Is Iran trying to tell us something we won't hear?</title>
      <description>Media outlets are the 'last to recognise shifts in policy positions', says author.</description>
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      <title>The futility of politics as a blame game</title>
      <description>The goal of the blame game is not to enlighten, but to weaken the opposition by pushing it on to the defensive. </description>
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      <title>PUI in South Africa: The new initials of desperation</title>
      <description>The political transition of the early 90s was not accompanied by a social and economic transformation in South Africa. </description>
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      <title>South Africa: A throwback to the past, a shock for the future</title>
      <description>Police killed 44 striking miners at a platinum mine in South Africa on August 16.</description>
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      <title>Lessons from the Olympics</title>
      <description>Global inequalities are on parade at the Olympic Games, but few want to discuss them.</description>
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      <title>The good news from South Africa</title>
      <description>The nation's vibrant media is seemingly united against a new information law that would curtail freedoms.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:51:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Media, Mandela, and mayhem in the Congo</title>
      <description>A new bout of violence in central Africa is largely ignored by the rest of the world.</description>
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      <title>Sanctions on Iran: A prelude to war?</title>
      <description>Are US sanctions on Iran an attempt to deter attention from economic difficulties at home?</description>
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      <title>Broadcasting or fraudcasting?</title>
      <description>More news veterans are leaving the industry, but not all have yet confronted their former corporate paymasters.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:49:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mandela's long walk to freedom</title>
      <description>As his 94th birthday approaches, the former leader of South Africa has moved home to his ancestral village.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 22:31:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>President Obama as 'warrior-in-chief'</title>
      <description>Militaries always need enemies to justify their existence and expansion, says author.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:22:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hey, hey LBJ - why have you come back today?</title>
      <description>When faced with the possibility of a reactionary conservative White House, radicals may vote for a 'less bad' liberal.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 19:59:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The ideas and vision behind Occupy activism</title>
      <description>A new startup may have a promising future as a supplement to the disorganized Occupy movement.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 14:04:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The inequality that ate American democracy</title>
      <description>We can all expect to lose because economics (and inequality) guides and trumps politics, says author.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:53:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Are we on the deck of another Titanic?</title>
      <description>The US housing bubble is what caused the global economic meltdown, but politicians are still dawdling.</description>
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      <title>Why can't the media do a better job of covering elections? </title>
      <description>In a 'post-journalism era', media outlets operate on routines, not innovation.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:59:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama turns super-hawk</title>
      <description>Stealing George W Bush's playbook, Obama has decided to repackage himself as a tough guy in the war against terror. 
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:50:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Will we be ruled by April fools?</title>
      <description>We are living in a time when absurdity is no longer confined to one day, but is established as a lasting condition.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:49:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Occupy's six month anniversary promises a revival</title>
      <description>As spring begins, Occupiers are re-emerging, but, six months since the movement started, what does the future hold?</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:34:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Global financial crisis as a human rights issue</title>
      <description>The UN should have the obligation to protect citizens who are being abused by elite decisions and inequality. </description>
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      <title>Hackers busted</title>
      <description>A hacker possibly affiliated with Anonymous is co-operating with the FBI, helping them to catch fellow hackers.</description>
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      <title>US and Israel: Good cop/bad cop on Iran</title>
      <description>The US postures as good cop to the world, while Israel portrays the attack dog by threatening to bomb Iran.</description>
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      <title>Media manipulation: Why some ideas are more visible than others</title>
      <description>'Maestro' Alan Greenspan was celebrated in the media, even though his Randian philosophy led to financial catastrophe.</description>
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      <title>Nothing is 'settled': Fighting fraud with a fraud</title>
      <description>US government and banks reach a $25bn dollar settlement over fraud during the sub-prime mortgage fiasco.</description>
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      <title>On becoming an 'opt-out'</title>
      <description>The TSA's scanning policies have raised questions on the boundaries of personal privacy.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:02:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Will Obama go after Wall Street criminals?</title>
      <description>The latest crackdown on fraud by the Obama administration may itself be a fraud.</description>
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      <title>How Gingrich garnered South Carolina support</title>
      <description>Newt Gingrich played to the crowd and used their cynicism of the media to his advantage in the SC Republican debates.</description>
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      <title>#OccupyNigeria shows the movement's global face</title>
      <description>Cuts in fuel subsidies have inspired demonstrators in Africa's most populous country to demand change. </description>
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      <title>Colbert for president!</title>
      <description>Steven Colbert announced he will form "an exploratory committee for president of the United States of South Carolina".</description>
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      <title>Want to understand the economy? Don't read the press</title>
      <description>Financial crimes and woes are severely underreported in the media, and in many cases, completely overlooked.</description>
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      <title>Celebration and criticism as the ANC turns 100</title>
      <description>Reflecting on the first 100 years of Africa's oldest liberation movement, celebrating its centenary today.</description>
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      <title>A happy 'news' year</title>
      <description>As the New Year comes in with a bang, politics recede with a whimper, with signs of paralysis and stalemate.</description>
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      <title>The year's top story is not getting coverage</title>
      <description>The financial industry may end up doing what the media isn't - exposing its abuses and bringing itself down.</description>
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      <title>A new banking crisis: You can bank on it</title>
      <description>Most bankers, thanks to bailouts and cheap money, watched their holdings rise even as average people lost savings. </description>
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      <title>Courage in high places in short supply</title>
      <description>"Avoiding strong stands and pandering to your political base is in" among world leaders, author says. </description>
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      <title>Is the Iraq War actually over? </title>
      <description>Despite what it says, the US is 'leaving' Iraq with a myriad of problems and a leader who takes after Saddam Hussein. </description>
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      <title>Is it time to Occupy the Grammys?</title>
      <description>The recent cuts in Grammy Award music categories display an audacious cultural insensitivity.</description>
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