<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.it"	xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166"	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss"><channel><description>Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day. Part of this analysis extracts entities and entity related information from clusters of stories.The selection and placement of stories are determined automatically by a computer program.
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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material.</description><link>http://emm.newsexplorer.eu/NewsExplorer/entities/en/4753.html</link><language>en</language><title>EMM Entities: News about Ayman al-Zawahiri</title><item><title>Children are just Israel&#39;s latest victims | Mya Guarnieri</title><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2010/jul/20/children-israels-latest-victims-deport</link><emm:origLink>http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2010/jul/20/children-israels-latest-victims-deport</emm:origLink><description>Israel&#39;s plan to deport the children of foreign workers is yet another reminder of the state&#39;s ongoing inhumanity Michelle is the 14-year-old daughter of undocumented migrant labourers from the Philippines. In fluent Hebrew, she sums up the inhumanity of Israel&#39;s plans to deport the children of foreign workers.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guardian-ba9ba1c2e2be9718c3369b1d1b3cf509</guid><source url="null">guardian</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Norway claims al-Qa&#39;ida cell had links to New York subway bomb plot</title><link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-claims-alqaida-cell-had-links-to-new-york-subway-bomb-plot-2022130.html</link><emm:origLink>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-claims-alqaida-cell-had-links-to-new-york-subway-bomb-plot-2022130.html</emm:origLink><description>Three suspected members of al-Qa&#39;ida were arrested in Norway and Germany yesterday in connection with what Norwegian police said was a bomb plot organised by the same planners behind attempts to target the New York subway and a shopping centre in Manchester.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">independent-83ddfb94ac8e33d3624d10fe4e1324c3</guid><source url="null">independent</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>NATO &#39;friendly fire&#39; kills five Afghan troops</title><link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/7/nato-friendly-fire-kills-five-afghan-troops/</link><emm:origLink>http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/7/nato-friendly-fire-kills-five-afghan-troops/</emm:origLink><description>KABUL, Afghanistan | A botched NATO airstrike killed five Afghan soldiers after they were mistaken for insurgents early Wednesday, highlighting continued weak coordination between international troops and the local security forces they are striving to build.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">washtimes-5a3ae227d27ca2ffb6a2a7c0268841c4</guid><source url="null">washtimes</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Arrests in Norway &#39;al-Qaeda&#39; plot</title><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10554523.stm</link><emm:origLink>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10554523.stm</emm:origLink><description>Three people have been arrested in connection with a plot to bomb targets in Norway, police in Oslo have said. Two of the plotters were arrested in Norway and one in Germany, said the head of the Norwegian security police, Janne Kristiansen. The men - a Uighur from China, an Iraqi and an Uzbek - are....</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">phantis-eaca069e1852f2dd8e1df8c70ab9281e</guid><source url="null">phantis</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Osama thought to be in Pakistan: CIA Director</title><link>http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/21-osama-thought-to-be-in-pakistan-cia-860-sk-06</link><emm:origLink>http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/21-osama-thought-to-be-in-pakistan-cia-860-sk-06</emm:origLink><description>WASHINGTON: CIA Director Leon Panetta said on Sunday said that the United States had no good intelligence on the whereabouts of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, although he was thought to be in Pakistan. In an interview with the ABC programme This Week, Mr Panetta conceded that the war in....</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">dawn-f73d8061c480015d8257af22aeee6272</guid><source url="null">dawn</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Sanctions against Iran agreed: Russian official</title><link>http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE65713A20100608?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20reuters/topNews%20%28News%20/%20US%20/%20Top%20News%29</link><emm:origLink>http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE65713A20100608?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:%20reuters/topNews%20%28News%20/%20US%20/%20Top%20News%29</emm:origLink><description>MOSCOW/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.N. sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme have been &quot;completely agreed upon,&quot; a Russian source said, and Washington said a resolution could be passed as early as Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">reuters-3a468795991a18eb32aac356b33c3b8d</guid><source url="null">reuters</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Al Qaeda&#39;s No. 3 believed killed in Pakistan</title><link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/MHuWdCfC6ls/la-fg-pakistan-masri-20100531,0,4747464.story</link><emm:origLink>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/MHuWdCfC6ls/la-fg-pakistan-masri-20100531,0,4747464.story</emm:origLink><description>The death of Sheik Said Masri, the terrorist network&#39;s operations chief and a relative of Osama bin Laden, would be a blow to Al Qaeda. U.S. officials say he was targeted in a drone strike. Al Qaeda&#39;s third-ranking leader — a close associate and relative by marriage to Osama bin Laden — is believed to have been killed in a U.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">latimes-a8ce69efd1b47a60477d17dc118536e7</guid><source url="null">latimes</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Man reveals World Cup bomb plot</title><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/10125271.stm</link><emm:origLink>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/10125271.stm</emm:origLink><description>An alleged al-Qaeda militant reveals he wanted to bomb the South African World Cup, but the plan had not been approved.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bbc-828fbcfd94e4ac1091e818959230dba2</guid><source url="null">bbc</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Jailed Militant in Iraq Details World Cup Plot</title><link>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/18/world/main6495448.shtml</link><emm:origLink>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/18/world/main6495448.shtml</emm:origLink><description>Al Qaeda Militant Says He Wanted to Target Danish and Dutch Teams to Avenge Insults against Prophet Muhammad</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">CBSnews-51c91c509a08fa8df00428e2fbd9b860</guid><source url="null">CBSnews</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Vote recount gives boost to Allawi</title><link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/vote-recount-gives-boost-to-allawi-1975092.html</link><emm:origLink>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/vote-recount-gives-boost-to-allawi-1975092.html</emm:origLink><description>A cross-sectarian coalition led by secularist former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi held its two-seat win in Iraq&#39;s March 7 election after a recount of votes cast in Baghdad, elections officials said yesterday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">independent-39c55fd0d34e7ee5de4ed38d11b969c2</guid><source url="null">independent</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>AP Exclusive: CIA tracks Al-Qaida moving from Iran (AP)</title><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100513/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_al_qaida_in_iran</link><emm:origLink>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100513/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_al_qaida_in_iran</emm:origLink><description>AP - It&#39;s one of the enduring mysteries of the war on terrorism: What will become of the al-Qaida leaders and operatives who fled into Iran after 9/11 and have been detained there for years?</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">news-yahoo-3bee68f12771a8dad2a8af0f9d5edaff</guid><source url="null">news-yahoo</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>FBI travel to Pakistan as country’s Taleban blamed for Times Square attack</title><link>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7121802.ece</link><emm:origLink>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7121802.ece</emm:origLink><description>FBI investigators are due to arrive in Pakistan after the US said that the country’s Taleban organisation had been behind the attempt to set off a bomb in Times Square.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">thetimes-097092bf193501e0c63131662a4d08ea</guid><source url="null">thetimes</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>SPIEGEL Interview with Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi: &#39;Switzerland Should be Dissolved as a State&#39;</title><link>http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,692626,00.html#ref=rss</link><emm:origLink>http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,692626,00.html#ref=rss</emm:origLink><description>Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi talked to the SPIEGEL about his friendship with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the &#39;youthful exuberance&#39; of his sons, and why he thinks Switzerland is a mafia.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">spiegel-en-241fe3abf387b19308a04ca2039fc5b4</guid><source url="null">spiegel-en</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>What&#39;s not to like about Facebook&#39;s new features? 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As Mr. Rashid stated, economic and military support for non-state militants is really distasteful nowadays.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bbc-fec2f03e09f0de09123cc7c05efe8f63</guid><source url="null">bbc</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>Economic aid for Pakistan a victim of corruption worries</title><link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/j4HLhkLSPtY/la-fg-pakistan-tribal28-2010mar28,0,2721556.story</link><emm:origLink>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/j4HLhkLSPtY/la-fg-pakistan-tribal28-2010mar28,0,2721556.story</emm:origLink><description>In the Bajaur tribal area, the Pakistani generals who say they have cleared it of the Taliban lament the limited infrastructure aid. The slowing of U.S. funds over corruption fears spurs resentment. 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President Barack Obama’s announcement on Tuesday of a major US troop uplift for Afghanistan is set to put significant pressure on France and Germany to increase their....</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ft-d40a851961d54b4515ac35bdc2d03b10</guid><source url="null">ft</source><iso:language>en</iso:language></item><item><title>President gives up nuclear control</title><link>http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/president%20gives%20up%20nuclear%20control/3442802</link><emm:origLink>http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/president%20gives%20up%20nuclear%20control/3442802</emm:origLink><description>Updated on 29 November 2009 Source PA News Pakistan&#39;s president turned over command of the country&#39;s nuclear arsenal to his political ally the prime minister and signalled he was ready to shed more power amid growing pressure to resign. 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