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                                <title><![CDATA[ US combat ships, likely en route to join war on Iran, make ‘logistical stops’ at Penang port ]]></title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[ The timing of their presence is set to raise questions about the Malaysian government’s position on the US-Israeli war against Iran. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Fugitive Malaysian businessman 'Fat Leonard' to seek asylum in Venezuela, reports say ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Leonard Glenn Francis reportedly told a court in Caracas that he wanted to stay in Venezuela to appeal for political asylum and that he was suffering from metastatic kidney cancer. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Venezuela arrests Malaysian contractor 'Fat Leonard' in US Navy bribery case ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Leonard Glenn Francis was detained at the country's main international airport under a red notification requested by the US for crimes of corruption and bribery. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Fat Leonard, Malaysian contractor in US Navy bribery case, escapes house arrest ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 02:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Leonard Glenn Francis cut off his GPS anklet some time Sunday morning, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US Navy engineer admits trying to sell nuclear sub secrets ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:55:08 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ In exchange for his guilty plea, Jonathan Toebbe is expected to be sentenced to between 12.5 to 17.5 years in prison. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Fat Leonard, the Penang boy who dodged death sentence and held US missile secrets ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Mustakim Zulkifli ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2021 07:58:38 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Growing up in the corrupt port world of Penang in the 1960s, he learnt the trick to infiltrating the US Navy through sex parties and illicit gifts. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Muslim, Jewish sailors sue US Navy for banning religious beards ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2021 06:33:08 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The sailors maintain that the navy has a 'robust tradition of bearded sailors' and the ban is recent. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Russia and China warn US Navy to steer clear as warships near both ‘backyards’ ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:12:45 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Moscow and Beijing are separately accusing Washington of provocative behaviour over Ukraine and Taiwan. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US to send more warships to South China Sea, Philippines ambassador says ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2021 02:54:13 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Earlier this month, an estimated 200 Chinese fishing vessels positioned themselves around the Philippines-claimed Whitsun Reef. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US Navy in South China Sea not good for peace, says Beijing as aircraft carrier group sails in ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:28:15 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The US carrier group was demonstrating 'freedom of the seas', the US military said, just days after Joe Biden became US president. ]]></description>
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