<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>NEWSMEAT - Headlines</title><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/</link><description>NEWSMEAT publishes daily news and Americas most popular campaign donor search engine.</description><copyright>Copyright 2007 Polity Media</copyright><language>en-us</language><image><url>http://www.newsmeat.com/images/nmlogo.gif</url><title>NEWSMEAT</title><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/</link></image><lastBuildDate>Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:36:34 -0400</lastBuildDate><category>Headlines</category><item><title>Vatican Runs Deficit Amid Economic Crisis</title><description>The Vatican said Saturday it ran a deficit in 2008 as its finances and donations from across the world were hit by the global economic crisis.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54232314&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:32 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54232314&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Ireland Seeks Release of Darfur Aid Workers</title><description>The head of an Irish humanitarian aid agency appealed Saturday for the release of two of its employees kidnapped in Darfur.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54231620&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:28 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54231620&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Small-Town America Pins Hopes on West Trade Route</title><description>For Joe Kiely, the drone of thousands of trucks passing his Colorado plains town signals economic prosperity.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54230475&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Ivan Moreno</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:24 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54230475&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Marines March in Grueling Afghan Sun for July 4</title><description>Taliban militants were nowhere in sight as the columns of U.S. Marines walked a third straight day across southern Afghanistan. But the desert heat proved an enemy in its own right, with several troops falling victim Saturday to temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54229773&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Jason Straziuso</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:21 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54229773&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Honduras Leaves OAS After Body Decries Coup</title><description>Honduras rebuffed demands by the international community to reinstate President Manuel Zelaya and pulled out of the Organization of American States, thrusting the poor Central American nation deeper into political crisis and isolation.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54229404&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Will Weissert and Marcos Aleman</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:20 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54229404&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Fireworks Explosion on NC Island Injures Several</title><description>Authorities say a fireworks explosion on a North Carolina island only reachable by ferry has injured several people.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54228413&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:16 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54228413&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>A Few US Cities Hope to Host Gitmo Transplants</title><description>Once the nation&#8217;s most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54228327&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Jim Suhr</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:16 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54228327&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>INSIDE WASHINGTON: Archives' Many Missing Items</title><description>National Archives visitors know they&#8217;ll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building&#8217;s magnificent rotunda in Washington. But they won&#8217;t find the patent file for the Wright Brothers' Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54228221&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Larry Margasak</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:16 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54228221&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Cheap, Easy Dates for Those Hoping to Get Serious</title><description>A date doesn&#8217;t need to break the bank, especially as potential partners are increasingly likely to value substance over style during the recession.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54227163&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Ashley M. Heher</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:13 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54227163&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Obama&#8217;s Trip: 3 More Countries, 1 Broad Mission</title><description>Determined to change the way the world views the United States, Barack Obama is onto his next foreign mission: rebuilding relations with Russia, proving to global leaders that America is serious about climate change, and outlining his vision for Africa, his father&#8217;s birthplace.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54227162&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Ben Feller</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:13 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54227162&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Police Name 5 Victims of London High-Rise Fire</title><description>Police on Saturday identified five of the six people killed when fire swept through a London high-rise, as investigators try to find out what started the blaze and whether the building&#8217;s design contributed to the tragedy.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54227066&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:13 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54227066&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>60 Votes Not So Super for Obama, Senate Democrats</title><description>Congress returns for its midsummer session Monday with a Senate supermajority not super enough for President Barack Obama&#8217;s top priorities to pass without Republican support.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54226516&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Laurie Kellman</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:12 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54226516&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Budget Battles Keep States From Tackling Reforms</title><description>As lawmakers in cash-strapped states wrestled this year with revenues that kept on falling, both campaign promises and long-standing reform efforts got pushed to the side. There just wasn&#8217;t enough time or money to expand health care or improve education &amp;mdash; or, in Rhode Island, finally get around to banning indoor prostitution &amp;mdash; while also passing a budget.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54226006&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Scott Bauer</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:11 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54226006&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>On Independence Day, Liberty&#8217;s Crown Reopens</title><description>The first visitors to Statue of Liberty&#8217;s crown in nearly eight years have made the arduous climb &amp;mdash; and one couple marked the occasion by getting engaged.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54225441&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Suzanne Ma</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:09 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54225441&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Obama, McCain Give Dueling Holiday Addresses</title><description>In dueling holiday addresses, President Barack Obama appealed for public support of his domestic programs and Sen. John McCain said Americans should side with Iranian election protesters.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54224961&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Will Lester</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:08 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP Features</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54224961&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Colleges Focus on Veterans as GI Bill Ups Numbers</title><description>With a fattened GI Bill covering full tuition and more, the number of veterans attending college this fall is expected to jump 30 percent from last year to nearly half a million. That&#8217;s left many universities looking for ways to ease the transition from combat to the classroom.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54223583&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Kristin M. Hall</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:05 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54223583&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Downturn Dating: Hearts Flutter as Markets Stutter</title><description>Credit the recession for staycations and bringing us more game-night parties at home. But also give it a shout for spurring more first dates.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54223488&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Ashley M. Heher</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:05 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54223488&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>ALL BUSINESS: Cash Is King for Investors</title><description>That old saying &quot;cash is king&quot; certainly rings true these days. Investors can&#8217;t seem to get enough of it, which ultimately could be bad news for the stock market and the economy.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221903&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Rachel Beck</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:01 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221903&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Correction: France-Crash Investigation Story</title><description>In a July 2 story about the probe into the crash of Air France flight 447, The Associated Press erroneously quoted Charles-Henri Tardivat, a lawyer for the victims' families, as saying the phase of grief had passed. Tardivat said families &quot;started concentrating on their families, their grief, and how to be able to put a close on at least that part of their life&quot; once they realized how little was available from the investigation.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221389&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:52 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221389&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Iranian Hardliner Calls Opposition Leader US Agent</title><description>A top aide to Iran&#8217;s all-powerful leader has accused the country&#8217;s main opposition leader of being an American agent who should be tried for treason, increasing the pressure on reformists disputing the outcome of last month&#8217;s presidential election.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221376&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Ali Akbar Dareini</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:52 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221376&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>British PM&#8217;s Wife Joins 1000s at Gay Pride Parade</title><description>The wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined thousands of revelers in London&#8217;s annual gay pride march.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221334&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:49 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221334&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Clashes at Protest vs US Base Expansion in Italy</title><description>Protesters have clashed with police at a demonstration against the planned expansion of an airport and U.S. military base in the northern city of Vicenza.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221276&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:46 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221276&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Barak, Mitchell to Meet Again on Settlements</title><description>An Israeli defense official says Defense Minister Ehud Barak is to hold a second round of talks with U.S. special Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell next week in an effort to resolve differences between the two sides on Jewish settlements in the West Bank.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221251&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Steve Weizman</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:34 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221251&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Illegal Ads a Sticky Situation for Many Towns</title><description>Roll up to an intersection in many places and the sign you see might not only tell you to stop, yield or turn in a certain direction, it might also feature unwanted ads for a taco joint, surf shop, miracle diet, a political candidate, or urge tourists to go home.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221216&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Wayne Parry</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:32 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221216&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Artists Salute &#8216;King of Pop&#8217; at La. Essence Fest</title><description>Brass band musicians on trumpet, trombone and tuba belted out &quot;A Closer Walk With Thee&quot; as the Essence Music Festival gave a salute to Michael Jackson befitting a New Orleans jazz funeral procession.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221165&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Chevel Johnson</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:25 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221165&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Colin Powell Cautions Obama on Big Government</title><description>Colin Powell worries that President Barack Obama is trying to tackle too many big issues at one time and he offers this advice: take a hard look at costs and consider the additional red tape that will be created.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221157&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:24 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54221157&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Vatican Runs Deficit Amid Economic Crisis</title><description>The Vatican ran a deficit in 2008 as its finances and donations from across the world were hit by the global economic crisis.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219756&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:01 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219756&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Omg! Positive Tone Boosts Yahoo Celeb Site to Top</title><description>Think of the most popular brands in celebrity news, and you&#8217;ll probably come up with a small list that includes Entertainment Tonight, US Weekly and People.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219447&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Ryan Nakashima</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:00 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219447&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Guests for the Sunday TV News Shows</title><description>Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219216&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>The Associated Press</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:53 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219216&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>BT Offers Staff Time off in Exchange for Pay Cut</title><description>Telecoms company BT Group PLC is offering staff a year off work in return for a 75 percent cut in that year&#8217;s pay.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219098&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:44 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219098&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Colin Powell: Celebrate Michael Jackson&#8217;s Art</title><description>Colin Powell says Michael Jackson had controversy in his life, but in death his art should be celebrated.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219086&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:39 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219086&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Illegal Ads a Sticky Situation for Many Towns</title><description>Roll up to an intersection in many places and the street sign you see might not only tell you to stop, yield or turn in a certain direction: It might also advertise a taco joint, a surf shop, a miracle diet, a political candidate, or urge tourists to go home.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219073&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Wayne Parry</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:35 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219073&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Texas Brewer, Once Near Defeat, Shines Again</title><description>By all accounts, Shiner beer shouldn&#8217;t have made it this long. The Spoetzl Brewery ferments its brew in a one-stoplight town that&#8217;s not on the way to anywhere, and much larger regional brewers long ago succumbed to consolidation and the muscle of national brewers.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219074&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Michelle Roberts</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:35 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219074&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Pope Urges G8 Leaders to Act on Crisis</title><description>Pope Benedict XVI has urged G-8 leaders meeting in Italy next week to rewrite global financial rules and defend the world&#8217;s poor from the effects of the economic downturn, the Vatican said Saturday.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219072&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Ariel David</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:35 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219072&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>VP Biden Celebrates July 4 With US Troops in Iraq</title><description>Vice President Joe Biden celebrated the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, a day after warning Iraqi leaders that U.S. assistance will be jeopardized if the country reverts to ethnic and sectarian violence.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219008&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Kim Gamel</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:34 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219008&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Ruling Favors Antiguan Receiver in Stanford Case</title><description>A firm appointed by Antiguan authorities to liquidate the assets of R. Allen Stanford&#8217;s offshore Caribbean bank has won control of assets in the U.K. worth more than $100 million, a defeat for a U.S.-appointed receiver in an ongoing fight over jurisdiction in the case.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219007&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:30 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54219007&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Tour De France Starts in Monaco</title><description>Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong has begun his comeback at the Tour de France in the first-stage individual time trial.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54218975&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:26 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54218975&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>HK Lawmakers Discuss Disney Expansion Plan</title><description>Hong Kong lawmakers said Saturday they would be unwilling to approve a plan to expand the city&#8217;s Disneyland unless the government and Walt Disney Co. tell them how the theme park has performed since it opened in 2005.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54218956&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:23 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54218956&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>The Old Is New Again at Saturday Evening Post</title><description>The Saturday Evening Post, a centuries-old publication that helped make illustrator Norman Rockwell a household name and showcased some of America&#8217;s greatest writers, is returning to its roots to show readers the value of a quiet read in an increasingly frenetic digital age.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54218535&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Charles Wilson</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:05 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54218535&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>GM Europe: Talks on Selling Opel Near Completion</title><description>Negotiations for the sale of General Motors Corp.&#8217;s unit Adam Opel GmbH to Canadian autoparts maker Magna are progressing well and should soon be complete, the head of GM Europe said in remarks released Saturday.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54218143&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:02 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54218143&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Myanmar Junta Blocks UN Chief From Meeting Suu Kyi</title><description>UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was &quot;deeply disappointed&quot; after the reclusive chief of Myanmar&#8217;s military junta refused to let him meet pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54217477&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Afp</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:00 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AFP Asian Edition</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54217477&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Rescuers Recount Comoros Girl&#8217;s Rescue</title><description>Doe Cyrille and his crew searched for hours in crashing winds and waves up to 16 feet (5 meters) high for any sign of Yemenia Flight 626. Then they spotted a girl impossibly clinging to a piece of debris.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54217257&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Tom Maliti</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:51 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54217257&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>SKorea Says North Fires 7 Missiles off East Coast</title><description>North Korea fired seven ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54217246&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Kwang-Tae Kim</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:50 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54217246&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>On Independence Day, Liberty&#8217;s Crown Reopens</title><description>The first visitors allowed into the Statue of Liberty&#8217;s crown in nearly eight years began the arduous climb Saturday on an Independence Day journey laden with symbolism of freedom and national pride.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54217198&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Suzanne Ma</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:40 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54217198&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Pakistani Airstrikes Kill at Least 12 Militants</title><description>Pakistani warplanes and helicopter gunships pounded Taliban positions in the country&#8217;s volatile northwest on Saturday, killing at least 12 suspected insurgents, security officials said, as the government kept up pressure on Islamist militants along the Afghan border.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54217144&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Riaz Khan</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:22 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54217144&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>UN Chief Denied Suu Kyi Visit</title><description>UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon &#8216;deeply disappointed&#8217; after Myanmar&#8217;s military junta rejected his bid to visit the detained opposition leader.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54217130&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Reuters Video</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:19 GMT</pubDate><copyright>Reuters News Video</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54217130&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>2 US Troops Die in Attack on Base in Afghanistan</title><description>Taliban militants fired rockets and mortars at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two American troops and wounding several more in a two-hour battle, officials said.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54217066&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Fisnik Abrashi and Rahim Faiez</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:14 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54217066&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Trouble in the Niger Delta</title><description>Over the last 5 years militants in Nigeria&#8217;s oil rich Delta have been attacking oil installations and kidnapping foreign workers.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54216796&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Reuters Video</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:09 GMT</pubDate><copyright>Reuters News Video</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54216796&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>F1&#8217;s Ecclestone Criticized After Hitler Comments</title><description>Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone faced criticism from politicians and Jewish groups Saturday after being quoted as saying that Adolf Hitler &quot;got things done.&quot;</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54215490&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Staff</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:00 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AP News</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54215490&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
<item><title>Ten Chechen Police Killed in Russian Caucasus</title><description>Ten Chechen police were killed on Saturday when militants fired on their convoy in the neighbouring Russian region of Ingushetia, one of the deadliest recent attacks in the increasingly volatile Caucasus.</description><link>http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54215352&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</link><author>Afp</author><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:00 GMT</pubDate><copyright>AFP Global Edition</copyright><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newsmeat.com/news/meat.php?articleId=54215352&amp;channelId=2951&amp;buyerId=newsmeatcom&amp;buid=3281</guid></item>
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