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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'Principles? Wear a skirt better lah': Singapore foreign minister under fire over remarks on Iran's control of Hormuz ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Pictures of Vivian Balakrishnan being welcomed by a group of Zionist rabbis have reignited debate on the city-state's deep bonds with Israel. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Iran unrest: Peaceful protests hijacked by violent rioters ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Anwar’s display of servility to Trump ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ P Ramasamy ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 03:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The reception accorded to US President Donald Trump bordered on obsequiousness and servility. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ On Gaza and the vested interests and failures of Arab-Muslim countries ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ronald Benjamin ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The fundamental issue is the continuous supply of weapons by the industrial military complex in the US and the West which Arabs leaders are dependent on. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ The world on the brink of a major war? ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamari Mohtar ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 02:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Mexico rejects new border wall plan ahead of talks with US officials ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Mexican president blamed the extreme right of the Republican Party for pushing the administration of US President Joe Biden, a Democrat, to approve new wall construction ahead of the US 2024 presidential election. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US budget fight could create opening for China in the Pacific ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 04:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Biden administration had hoped to see Congress endorse new 20-year funding programs for Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Speaker Kevin McCarthy ousted by US House Republicans in historic vote ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The House looks set to go leaderless for at least a week, as multiple Republicans say they plan to meet on Oct 10 to discuss possible successors. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ When is the third Republican US presidential debate and who are the candidates? ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 03:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The third debate will take place in Miami, though the Republican National Committee has yet to specify the venue or exact time. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to gun charges in Delaware court ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 00:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Hunter Biden was charged last month with three counts related to lying on a federal form to acquire a Colt Cobra handgun in 2018 and for being an illegal drug user in possession of the gun. ]]></description>
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