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                                <title><![CDATA[ Mana Jalur Gemilang? Menjelang Merdeka ke-68, bendera Malaysia kurang kelihatan di sebalik keluhan rakyat ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 12:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Suasana sambutan 31 Ogos tidak dirasai dengan kurangnya kibaran bendera Malaysia berbanding tahun sebelum ini. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Tak jemput Mahathir ke sambutan Merdeka tindakan 'biadap', kata pemikir terkemuka ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 09:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Chandra Muzaffar mengulas klip tular  pemimpin berusia 99 tahun itu yang menghadiri sambutan Hari Kebangsaan atas kapasiti peribadi. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Ulangkaji' sepintas sejarah Merdeka ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2024 02:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Gambar-gambar yang merakamkan detik penting negara ini biasa dilihat, tetapi kerap diambil ringan akan kepentingannya kepada sejarah kemerdekaan. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Menghargai, mempertahankan integriti wilayah negara ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2023 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Rakyat tidak akan redha satu inci pun wilayah negara diambil oleh negara lain. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Suasana sambutan Hari Kebangsaan ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Djohan Shahrin ]]></dc:creator><dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Sadiq Mohamad Sani ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 03:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Ribuan rakyat Malaysia memenuhi Dataran Putrajaya untuk menyambut Hari Kebangsaan ke-66. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Rakyat Malaysia sambut Hari Kebangsaan ke-66 ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Semangat patriotisme terserlah apabila rakyat Malaysia menyambut Hari Kebangsaan. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Kisah novel Pak Sako, suatu catatan sempena hari kebangsaan ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2023 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Nampaknya sesiapa ada kuasa, mereka tidak keberatan untuk mengharamkan buku. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Merdeka sekali lagi disambut penuh semangat ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Djohan Shahrin ]]></dc:creator><dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Sadiq Mohamad Sani ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Selepas dua tahun negara dilanda pandemik Covid-19, warga Malaysia sekali lagi meraikan Hari Merdeka. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Ahli politik perlukan ‘kesedaran kemerdekaan’ untuk pertahankan negara ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2022 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Keadaan penjajahan sekarang adalah berbentuk ekonomi dengan cara 'termakan budi'. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Konfrontasi ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Hishamuddin Rais ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 01:48:41 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Sukarno, sosok ini amat-amat dihormati oleh keluarga aku. ]]></description>
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