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runs.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport1/hi/cricket/7582430.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7582430.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:41:04 GMT</pubDate><category>Cricket</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44964000/jpg/_44964169_dhoni66i.jpg"/></item><item><title>'Un-noticed' crisis </title><description>Desperate situation in south Sudan, in images and sounds</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/today/hi/today/newsid_7582000/7582603.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7582000/7582603.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:17:31 GMT</pubDate><category>Today</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44960000/jpg/_44960202_66x49child.jpg"/></item><item><title>New direction</title><description>With the Games over, where does China go 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</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/7582521.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7582521.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:24:32 GMT</pubDate><category>Americas</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44960000/jpg/_44960021_86baf80f-cbbb-4641-8a24-65bef05ab609.jpg"/></item><item><title>Educating Roma</title><description>Czech attitudes change following landmark ruling </description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/7581969.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/7581969.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:19:51 GMT</pubDate><category>Crossing Continents</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44963000/jpg/_44963450_romaschoolchildren.jpg"/></item><item><title>Deep divisions</title><description>Why protesters 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every person aged 65 or more by 2060.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/7583670.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7583670.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:41:58 GMT</pubDate><category>Europe</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44962000/jpg/_44962213_couplebbc66ind.jpg"/></item><item><title>Egypt urges end to Israel threats</title><description>Egypt is trying to defuse growing tension between Israel and Lebanon, its foreign minister says.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7584156.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7584156.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:17:54 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44962000/jpg/_44962938_flag.jpg"/></item><item><title>Gaddafi charged over cleric kidnap</title><description>Lebanon indicts Libya's leader   over the disappearance of a revered Shia cleric during a visit to the country 30 years ago.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7584557.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7584557.stm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:33:26 GMT</pubDate><category>Middle East</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44963000/jpg/_44963627_sadr66.jpg"/></item><item><title>Pakistan eases refugee deadline</title><description>The UN says Pakistan has agreed to extend the deadline for repatriation of two million Afghan refugees.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/7585383.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7585383.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:44:51 GMT</pubDate><category>South Asia</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44965000/jpg/_44965111_children_ap66.jpg"/></item><item><title>Militants killed in Kashmir siege</title><description>Three suspected militants are shot dead and six hostages freed at a house in Indian-administered Kashmir, security forces say.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/7585403.stm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7585403.stm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:27:45 GMT</pubDate><category>South Asia</category><media:thumbnail width="66" height="49" url="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44965000/jpg/_44965185_troops_afp66.jpg"/></item><item><title>What next for President Musharraf?</title><description>Following the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf, Chris Morris considers the former leader's future.</description><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7577525.stm</link><guid 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