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        <title><![CDATA[A 7.8 magnitude quake in the Philippines kills at least 19, fells buildings and sets off a tsunami]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MANILA, JUNE 8An offshore magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the southern Philippines Monday, killing at least 19 people, injuring more than 200 others mostly in damaged buildings and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:42:38 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fire rips through dormitory at girl&#039;s school in Kenya, killing at least 16 students]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[GILGIL, MAY 28A fire ripped through a dormitory in a girls&#039; boarding school in central Kenya on Thursday, killing at least 16 students, a government official said, in the late...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:13:12 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Muslims begin the annual Hajj in sweltering heat against a backdrop of war concerns]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MECCA, MAY 25The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, officially began Monday.More than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia from outside the coun...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 11:24:55 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A powerful bomb has exploded near railway track in southwest Pakistan, wounding more than two dozen]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[QUETTA, MAY 24A powerful bomb exploded near a railway track as a train carrying passengers passed through the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Sunday, wounding more than tw...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 13:51:02 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Japanese woman who scaled the world&#039;s 14 top peaks says she wants to share joy]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[TOKYO, MAY 23The first woman to conquer the world&#039;s second-highest peak, K2, three times has also summited all 14 of the world&#039;s tallest mountains.But Naoko Watanabe, 44,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 14:06:17 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[4 crew members eject safely after two Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BOISE, MAY 18All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho, officials...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 11:10:12 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Death toll in attack on Kyiv apartment building now stands at 24]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[KYIV, MAY 15Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three childr...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:09:35 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dust storms and lightning kill at least 96 people in northern India]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[LUCKNOW, MAY 14Dust storms, heavy rain, and lightning damaged homes and other structures and killed at least 96 people in northern India, officials said Thursday.The storms also in...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:34:46 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[China&#039;s Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BEIJING, MAY 14China&#039;s Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump on Thursday that the two countries could clash over Taiwan if the issue was not handled properly, an unusually...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:05:19 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thailand&#039;s Thaksin released from prison after serving 8 months for abuse of power]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BANGKOK, MAY 11Thailand &#039;s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose 21st-century political odyssey sharply divided Thai society for decades, was released from a Bangkok...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 12:38:24 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Operation Sindoor: A symbol of India&#039;s strong resolve to protect its citizens]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A year ago on 7th May 2025, India launched Operation Sindoor in response to the dastardly terrorist attack in Pahalgam where 26 civilians including a Nepali citizen Sudip Neupane w...]]></description>
        <author>Naveen Srivastava</author>
        <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 15:57:51 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BUENOS AIRES, MAY 7Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 11:00:46 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[An explosion at a fireworks plant in China kills at least 26 people and injures dozens of others]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BEIJING, MAY 5An explosion at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, state media reported Tuesday, prompting the halting o...]]></description>
        <author>THT Online</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 15:16:35 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What to know about hantavirus, the illness suspected in a cruise ship outbreak]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ALBUQUERQUE, MAY 4A rodent-borne illness is suspected of causing an outbreak aboard a cruise ship that has killed three people and sickened others.Studies indicate hantaviruses hav...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 11:26:33 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalized after a health crisis in prison]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BEIRUT, MAY 3Iran&#039;s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in northwestern Iran after a "catastrophic d...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 14:22:08 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Myanmar army shifts to offense as resistance weakens in bloody civil war]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BANGKOK, APRIL 30A little more than a year ago, the government&#039;s military was on the back foot in Myanmar &#039;s bloody civil war, pushed out of great swaths of the country&#...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:28:12 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Iran&#039;s highly enriched uranium likely is at the Isfahan site, the UN nuclear chief tells the AP]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS, APRIL 29The majority of Iran&#039;s highly enriched uranium is likely still at its Isfahan nuclear complex, which was bombarded by airstrikes last year and faced le...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:33:09 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Man charged with trying to kill Trump at dinner took photo with knife in hotel, investigators say]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, APRIL 29The man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents&#039; Association dinner and kill President Donald Trump took a picture of himself in his hote...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:54:02 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump and Charles greet each other warmly as the king begins a day of diplomacy in Washington]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, APRIL 28President Donald Trump and King Charles III greeted each other warmly on Tuesday as the monarch began a day of diplomacy in Washington designed to emphasize a b...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:38:22 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Malian defense chief is killed as jihadis and rebels seize towns and military bases]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[DAKAR, APRIL 27Mali &#039;s defense minister was killed in a sweeping attack by jihadis and rebels who seized several towns and military bases, authorities said Sunday, the latest...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:47:00 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts its blockade and the war ends, officials say]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[CAIRO, APRIL 27Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade on the country and ends the war in a proposal that would postpone discus...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:38:49 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ukrainians thought they had reduced the risks at Chernobyl. Then Russia invaded]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[PRIPYAT, APRIL 26The two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant came decades apart in the dead of night.The first, at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, spread a cloud of deadly...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:03:28 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Shots fired as gunman charges toward ballroom at White House correspondents&#039; dinner. Trump unharmed]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, APRIL 26A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents&#039; Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturda...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:59:47 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Baltic skies, NATO and Russian pilots size each other up warily but without a tilt into war]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&Scaron;IAULIAI AIR BASE, APRIL 25When NATO&#039;s call came, the French fighter pilots scrambled with practiced urgency, already suited up to shorten their response times.They das...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:59:15 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump orders US military to &#039;shoot and kill&#039; Iranian small boats choking Strait of Hormuz]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[DUBAI, APRIL 23President Donald Trump said Thursday he has ordered the U.S. military to "shoot and kill" small Iranian boats that deploy mines to choke traffic through the Strait o...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:18:45 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[NATO intercepts Russian military aircraft flying over the Baltic Sea]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&Scaron;IAULIAI AIR BASE, APRIL 22NATO intercepted Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets that flew over the Baltic Sea on Monday, a muscular display of air power on the allian...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:14:10 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Iran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz as US maintains blockade and diplomacy stalls]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[DUBAI, APRIL 22Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway. The attacks came a d...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG, APRIL 21The French ambassador to Johannesburg said Tuesday that South Africa should be allowed to attend the Group of 20 summit this year in the United States despite...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a 15-year reign that saw the company&#039;s market value soar by more than $3.6...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[MADRID, APRIL 20Migrants in Spain began applying to legalize their status Monday after the Southern European nation launched a mass legalization measure that could affect hundreds...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, APRIL 20Pakistan moved ahead Monday with preparations for a new round of talks between the United States and Iran two days before a tenuous ceasefire is set to expire, e...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[PARIS, APRIL 20Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris on Monday, where investigators are looking into allegations of misconduct related to the social media platform X, including the...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, APRIL 19President Donald Trump said U.S. negotiators will head to Pakistan on Monday for another round of talks with Iran, raising hopes of extending a fragile ceasefir...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[CAIRO, APRIL 19Iran doubled down on its pledge to restrict ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz as long as the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports remains in place, as mediators s...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[CAIRO, APRIL 18The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in reta...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[CAIRO, APRIL 18The dueling blockades in the Strait of Hormuz lurched into uncharted waters on Saturday. The United States pressed ahead with its campaign to choke off Iranian ports...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[JAKARTA, APRIL 17A helicopter flying between palm oil plantations on Borneo Island crashed, killing the eight people on board, Indonesian officials said Friday.The Airbus H130 owne...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[BEIRUT, APRIL 17A 10-day truce appeared to be holding in Lebanon early Friday, promising a pause in fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group and possibly clearing o...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[CAIRO, APRIL 16Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, two days after the countries held their first direct diplomatic talk...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[BEIJING, APRIL 15Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that the stability and certainty of China-Russia relations are particularly "precious" in the face of an international...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[BERLIN, APRIL 15Ukraine and Germany are starting work on plans for the joint production of advanced drones and other battle-tested defense systems, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sa...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[WARSAW, APRIL 14Afghan migrants in Poland face forced deportations and fear for their lives at the hands of the Taliban-run government back home, concerns that rights groups say ha...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, APRIL 14The standoff between the United States and Iran deepened Tuesday as the U.S. declared it had blockaded Iran&#039;s ports, Tehran threatened to strike targets acr...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[CAIRO, APRIL 13The U.S. military vowed to blockade all Iranian ports starting Monday, part of efforts to force Tehran into agreeing to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz and accepti...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, APRIL 12President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. Navy would "immediately" begin a blockade to stop ships from entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after histo...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[DUBAI, APRIL 10With the ceasefire in Iran still shaky, U.S. Vice President JD Vance headed Friday to Pakistan for high-level talks with Iranian officials, as Israel and Hezbollah t...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:35:50 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[LONDON, APRIL 9A new reality is setting in for travelers worldwide: rising fees, fewer flight options and difficult decisions about whether a trip is worth the cost.The culprit is...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, APRIL 9President Donald Trump repeated his complaint about NATO after a closed-door meeting with the alliance&#039;s Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday for discu...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, APRIL 8U.S. President Donald Trump pulled back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran late Tuesday, as the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that i...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
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        <description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, APRIL 7Iranian officials on Tuesday urged young people to form human chains to protect power plants, as U.S. President Donald Trump warned that a "whole civilization will d...]]></description>
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