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		<description><![CDATA[Syria, Iran and the Balance of Power in the Middle East &#124; STRATFOR By George Friedman U.S. troops are in the process of completing their withdrawal from Iraq by the end-of-2011 deadline. We are now moving toward a reckoning with the consequences. The reckoning concerns the potential for a massive shift in the balance of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themasterblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5203186&amp;post=3306&amp;subd=themasterblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FARC Is Weakened, But Far From Dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FARC Is Weakened, But Far From Dead FARC has been severely hit by the killing of its leader Alfonso Cano, but it has proven to be a resilient and adaptive insurgent movement and is unlikely to demobilize any time soon. For the Colombian conflict to be resolved, political measures will be crucial. By Lisa Wüstholz [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themasterblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5203186&amp;post=3305&amp;subd=themasterblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can an All-American Boy Like Romney Still Aspire to the White House? Jonathan S. Tobin &#124; @tobincommentary 11.23.2011 &#8211; 11:30 AM As Alana noted yesterday, Mitt Romney​’s somewhat stiff personality appears to be as much of a handicap to his presidential candidacy as his record of flip-flops on some major issues like health care and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themasterblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5203186&amp;post=3304&amp;subd=themasterblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bring U.S. military in line with new reality &#8211; CNN.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jon Huntsman takes on the military. Bring U.S. military in line with new reality &#8211; CNN.com By Jon Huntsman , Special to CNN 2011-11-22T12:48:11Z Republican presidential hopeful Gov. Jon Huntsman speaks to students at George Washington University in October. Editor&#8217;s note: Jon Huntsman, former governor of Utah and U.S. ambassador to China, is a candidate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themasterblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5203186&amp;post=3303&amp;subd=themasterblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2021: The New Europe By NIALL FERGUSON Map illustration by Peter Arkle&#8216;Life is still far from easy in the peripheral states of the United States of Europe (as the euro zone is now known).&#8217; Welcome to Europe, 2021. Ten years have elapsed since the great crisis of 2010-11, which claimed the scalps of no fewer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themasterblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5203186&amp;post=3302&amp;subd=themasterblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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