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                                <title><![CDATA[ At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Malaysia's press freedom rating plunges in first assessment under Anwar govt ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 05:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Global media watchdog slams MCMC 'censorship order' on MalaysiaNow ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Flames destroy landmark tower as Sudan war enters sixth month ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Sudan paramilitary threatens to set up authority with Khartoum as capital ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2023 02:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Global media watchdog slams Malaysia's press clampdown ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2023 08:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Reporters Without Borders urges Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil to put an end to such acts of censorship. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Sudanese factions fight over army base in Khartoum ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ After the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces circulated a video of its soldiers claiming to have entered the base and captured tanks, army sources say they managed to drive them out. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Sudan 'spiralling out of control' as one million flee country ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The millions who remain in Khartoum and cities in the Darfur and Kordofan regions have faced rampant looting and long power, communications and water cuts. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Heavy clashes grip Sudan capital as war shows no sign of let-up ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 03:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The RSF, which occupied much of the capital at the outbreak of fighting in mid-April, responded forcefully, resulting in heavy clashes in residential neighbourhoods and civilian casualties and displacement. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Sudan war enters 100th day as mediation attempts fail ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The fighting broke out as the army and paramilitary RSF vied for power, since then more than 3 million people have been uprooted, including more than 700,000 who have fled to neighbouring countries. ]]></description>
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