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		<lastmod>2017-07-07T11:59:48-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/12/chinese-economy-unexpectedly-slows-will-the-bubble-in-china-babble-burst/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/12/was-ike-to-truman-as-obama-is-to-bush/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:02:03-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/12/us-dithers-syria-melts-dangers-grow/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:02:23-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/13/the-bbc-and-the-jews/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:03:43-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/13/amateur-hour-at-the-un-mt-rushmore-edition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:07:40-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/13/indo-pak-beyond-kashmir/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:10:12-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/14/academic-claptrap-and-its-consequences/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:11:00-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/14/dark-clouds-gather-over-lebanon/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:12:09-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/14/bo-xilai-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:12:45-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/14/california-mess-worsens/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/14/upping-the-ante-in-egypt-israel-labeled-a-racist-state/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:14:50-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/15/hot-religion-update-kashmiri-grand-mufti-attacks-ahmadiyyas/</loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/15/greeces-bank-jog-turns-into-a-run-is-viral-panic-next/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:16:28-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:17:06-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/16/ows-rip/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/16/game-of-thrones-china-pushes-back/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:20:18-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/16/most-of-the-time-i-am-alone-with-my-ritual/</loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/16/persecution-watch-the-iranian-war-against-the-bahai/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:21:03-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/16/desperate-states-take-money-from-distressed-homeowners/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/16/the-news-that-isnt-news-exhibit-426/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/16/nyc-set-on-chasing-last-remaining-industry-out-of-town/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:23:03-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/16/feckless-in-syria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:24:59-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/17/the-geopolitics-of-greeces-exit-from-the-euro/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:25:30-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/17/former-spanish-pm-iran-actually-wants-to-destroy-israel-but-were-sure-its-just-a-misunderstanding/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:26:23-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/17/decline-think-again/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:27:10-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/17/blue-civil-war-heats-up/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/17/political-science-research-meltdown-less-than-meets-the-eye/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:27:59-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/18/after-multiple-embarrassments-north-korea-resumes-work-on-nuclear-reactor/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:31:52-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/18/brazil-just-another-bric-in-the-wall/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:32:44-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/18/asia-pivot-boost-trade-and-dont-forget-the-navy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:33:09-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/19/ratcheting-up-the-crisis-in-europe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:34:04-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/19/notching-up-a-win-in-burma/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:34:47-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/20/ex-brazil-president-wins-million-dollar-prize/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:36:22-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/20/romney-inching-up-in-presidential-race/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:36:30-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:39:55-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/21/kickstarting-the-jobs-of-the-future/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:40:44-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:41:32-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/21/syrias-violence-spreads-to-beirut/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:41:55-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/21/bank-runs-speed-up-european-decision-making/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:42:22-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:43:09-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:43:27-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/22/mitt-we-hardly-know-you/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:44:33-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-07T12:45:40-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/24/europe-the-worlds-worst-dentist-with-the-worlds-dullest-drill/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:10:40-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/24/as-talks-with-iran-begin-bumps-in-the-road-ahead-are-likely/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:10:51-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/24/improbable-beliefs/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:11:27-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/24/black-gold-rush-america/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:11:44-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/25/look-before-you-leap/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:12:43-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/25/despearte-times-unethical-measures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:13:13-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/23/wisconsin-news-gets-worse-for-dems/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:14:13-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/23/economic-troubles-batter-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:15:28-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/25/california-city-saves-itself-by-ditching-blue-model/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:19:56-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/26/game-of-thrones-turns-sicilian-chinese-general-taunts-australia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:20:30-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/26/new-spanish-finance-horrors-shock-the-world/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:20:55-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/26/no-deal-with-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:21:12-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/26/cuomo-takes-on-unions/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:21:41-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:25:42-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:26:04-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/27/the-met-sets-critics-free/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:26:34-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/28/germany-on-greece-reunification-part-ii/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:28:42-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/28/chinas-bad-emperor-problem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:28:55-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/28/germanys-pirates-expand-through-europe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:29:26-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/28/chinas-nine-dashed-line-a-test-for-americas-asia-pivot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:29:46-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/28/us-freedom-threatened-by-elite-crime-greed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:30:02-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/29/frank-fukuyama-on-chinas-bad-emperor-problem/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:31:11-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/29/meet-robert-mugabe-the-new-friendly-face-of-the-united-nations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:32:04-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/29/adam-garfinkle-on-obamas-blunders-in-afghanistan-and-the-middle-east/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:32:43-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/30/we-are-all-persian-grammarians-now/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:33:34-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/30/after-obamacare/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:34:11-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:34:29-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/30/darkness-descends-on-detroit/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:34:55-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/30/signs-of-the-apocalypse-washington-post-says-listen-to-sarah-palin/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:36:33-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/30/china-dismisses-indias-new-friendship-with-myanmar/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:36:54-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/30/obama-administration-cancels-assads-library-card/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:37:20-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/30/game-of-thrones-china-cozies-up-to-pakistan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:38:16-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/31/american-shale-gas-solves-poverty-too/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:38:34-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:39:13-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:40:10-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/31/anti-mormonism-the-fashionable-prejudice/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:41:08-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/05/31/the-pitfalls-of-passive-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:42:18-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/01/the-war-on-the-young-in-spain/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:42:43-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/01/is-it-finally-crunch-time-in-europe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:43:50-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/01/the-greatest-city-youve-never-seen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:44:07-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/01/washington-and-allies-watch-impotently-as-danger-grows-in-syria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:45:25-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/01/obama-follows-bush-model-on-cyberattacks/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:45:44-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/01/storm-clouds-on-the-horizon-in-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:45:58-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/01/israels-immigrant-debate-turns-hateful-violent/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:46:39-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/02/the-wrong-way-to-fight-inequality/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:47:30-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/02/game-of-thrones-us-pushes-naval-buildup-in-asia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-07T13:47:49-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/24/where-the-witch-hunts-are-real/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T13:45:34-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/25/euromess-distilled/</loc>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/25/russia-israel-rapprochement/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T13:46:52-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/25/syria-more-bloodshed-no-invasion/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T13:47:07-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/25/nyt-wapo-get-it-mostly-right-on-egypt-libya/</loc>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/25/the-real-problem-with-security-leaks/</loc>
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	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/25/in-syria-annan-has-one-bullet-and-its-a-blank/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T13:50:05-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/25/time-to-occupy-the-pension-funds/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T13:51:01-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/26/israel-and-georgia-have-fallen-out-of-love/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T13:55:11-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/26/university-of-virginia-only-the-beginning/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T13:55:48-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/26/chinese-fed-up-with-one-child-policy/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T13:56:04-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/26/bbc-admits-overhyping-arab-spring/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T13:56:26-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/26/china-in-trouble-officials-are-selling-their-porsches/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T13:56:38-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/26/german-court-declares-judaism-a-crime/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T13:58:45-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/27/who-is-an-american/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T14:01:08-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/27/is-freedom-of-religion-endangered-in-the-united-states/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T14:01:56-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/29/serbias-nationalists-take-over-and-turn-to-russia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T14:03:39-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/27/turkey-talks-tough-but-rejects-war-with-syria/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T14:03:52-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/28/is-africa-the-new-terrorist-safe-haven/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T14:04:37-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/28/jews-and-muslims-unite-to-fight-germany-for-basic-human-freedom/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T14:05:44-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/28/the-great-debate-begins-over-americas-strategy-in-the-pacific/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T14:05:58-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/28/biggest-winner-in-healthcare-decision-the-founders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T14:06:32-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/29/merkel-smiles-monti-saved-markets-soar/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T14:07:15-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/29/the-quiet-resurgence-of-japanese-nationalism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T14:07:43-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/29/usps-starve-the-beast/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T14:08:00-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/29/what-should-we-make-of-iranian-anti-semitism/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T14:10:02-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/30/circumcision-wars-in-germany-and-cyberspace/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T14:10:37-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/30/drezner-predicts-close-election-defends-poli-sci/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T14:11:30-04:00</lastmod>
	</url>
	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/06/30/us-reaches-out-to-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-10T14:11:41-04:00</lastmod>
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