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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/14/daniel-yergin-on-the-energy-revolution/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/15/the-failure-of-top-down-economic-management/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/21/california-americas-answer-to-greece/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:20:32-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/21/california-debt-revised-upwards/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/21/afghan-surge-ends-not-with-a-bang-but-a-whimper/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:23:01-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/21/onshoring-gains-momentum/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/22/game-of-thrones-us-woos-burma-pt-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:23:46-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/22/reader-mailbag-taking-history-seriously/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:24:22-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/22/obamas-war-on-the-young-contd/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/23/your-own-personal-industrial-revolution/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:28:14-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/24/japan-steps-up-economic-battle-with-china-over-islands/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:28:38-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/24/gazprom-choking-as-energy-revolution-gathers-steam/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:28:53-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/24/even-msm-beginning-to-notice-obamas-middle-east-failures/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:30:20-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/24/bo-xilai-saga-former-police-chief-sentenced-to-15-years-is-bo-next/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:30:52-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/24/are-terrorists-threatening-free-speech/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:31:11-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/24/get-ready-for-syrian-kurdistan-3/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:31:47-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/25/teachers-unions-about-to-bolt-from-democratic-party/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:32:02-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/25/msm-tipping-point-on-obama-in-the-middle-east/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:32:21-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/25/china-launches-useless-aircraft-carrier-with-much-fanfare/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:32:38-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/25/fighting-energy-bears/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:33:53-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/25/good-news-on-housing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:34:20-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/25/no-european-homage-to-catalonia/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:34:37-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/25/new-riots-in-chinese-factories/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:34:50-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/26/japan-begins-trade-war-with-china/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:35:43-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/26/an-instruction-manual-for-the-radical-transformations-of-identity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:35:59-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/26/syrian-mess-pushing-iraq-into-irans-arms/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:36:17-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/26/the-presidents-speech/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:36:34-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/26/austerity-riots-in-athens-greece-staging-tragic-cycle/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:37:58-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/26/anti-china-hawks-to-take-over-in-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:38:14-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/27/spain-following-greek-playbook/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:38:44-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/27/clinton-links-ambassadors-slaying-to-mali/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:39:15-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/27/college-debt-crushing-american-families/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:39:28-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/27/hezbollah-doubles-down-on-assad-as-syria-conflict-spreads/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:40:11-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/27/south-african-mine-strikes-getting-worse/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:40:39-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/27/california-passes-new-driverless-car-law/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:40:51-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/28/japanese-pm-vows-no-compromise-in-senkakudiaoyu-dispute/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:41:17-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/28/affordable-degrees-come-to-texas/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:41:37-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/28/south-africa-hit-with-moodys-downgrade/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:41:59-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/28/postal-service-slides-again-congress-silent/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:43:15-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/29/startups-threaten-visa-and-mastercard/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:44:21-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/29/how-driverless-cars-will-totally-transform-modern-transportation/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:44:34-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/29/copts-flee-homes-in-egypt-authorities-shrug-shoulders/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:44:49-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/29/dispatches-from-the-war-that-nobody-wants/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:46:00-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/30/sacrilege-is-sometimes-hard-to-spot/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:46:30-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/09/30/azerbaijan-to-aid-israel-in-attack-on-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:48:50-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/01/ethanol-is-a-threat-to-national-security/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:49:42-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/01/no-war-going-on-in-north-africa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:50:53-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/01/thank-god-w-isnt-president-anymore/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:51:06-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/01/erdogan-to-the-eu-who-needs-you-anyway/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:51:41-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/01/100-million-dead-and-1-2-trillion-lost-because-of-global-warming/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:52:28-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/02/thank-god-w-aint-around-contd/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/02/is-the-u-s-about-to-send-drones-to-bomb-north-africa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:53:11-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/02/eu-outlook-more-whimpers-no-bang-for-now/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:53:30-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/02/even-uber-green-germany-not-sold-on-electric-cars/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:54:01-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/02/foreign-investment-in-the-u-s-to-surge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:54:48-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/02/georgian-opposition-leader-saakashvili-must-go/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:55:00-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/03/chinas-escalates-economic-war-on-japan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:56:41-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/03/the-libyan-afterparty-continues-child-soldiers-in-mali/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:56:55-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/03/latin-america-slowing-or-just-brazil-and-argentina/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:57:45-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/03/from-the-ai-a-voters-guide-to-marijuana-legalization/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:58:05-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/03/turkey-retaliates-against-syrian-shelling-nato-calls-meeting/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:58:29-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/04/what-happened-last-night/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T11:59:12-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/04/al-qaeda-is-alive-and-well/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:00:09-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/04/there-was-almost-a-coup-in-kyrgyzstan-yesterday-but-no-one-knows/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/04/boomer-power-and-the-war-on-the-young/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:01:12-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/04/french-socialists-split-on-tough-euro-treaty/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:03:58-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/05/democracy-and-corruption/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/05/beyond-the-mines-wildcat-south-african-strikes-spreading/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:04:57-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/05/circumcision-rights-bill-set-to-pass-in-germany/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:05:36-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/06/venezuelas-elections-within-stealing-distance/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:06:22-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/07/a-gold-revolution-in-kyrgyzstan/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:07:06-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/07/romney-and-obama-dueling-bostonians/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:09:02-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:11:04-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/07/global-economic-recovery-in-question/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/08/chavez-wins-no-one-surprised/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/08/syria-apologizes-shells-turkey-some-more-world-still-a-bloody-mess/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/08/romneys-foreign-policy-a-weary-america-must-lead/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/08/happy-columbus-day-observed-2/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/09/the-cost-of-not-caring-enough-about-iraq/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:14:14-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/09/whats-wrong-and-how-to-fix-it-part-1/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/09/striking-miners-plummeting-currency-few-good-options-for-south-africa/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:17:32-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/09/why-the-china-burma-break-up-matters/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/09/iraq-the-new-king-of-opec/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:18:16-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/10/al-qaeda-steps-it-up-in-syria-u-s-still-on-the-sidelines/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/10/confidence-returns-to-us-economy-perhaps/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:21:57-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/10/the-global-energy-revolution-comes-to-ireland/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:22:22-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/11/study-shows-fracking-in-the-heart-of-los-angeles-completely-safe/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:22:42-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/11/affirmative-action-under-the-gun/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:22:57-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/11/eu-draws-red-line-for-greece/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:23:05-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/11/south-africas-weak-response-to-labor-strikes/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:23:56-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/11/alex-tabarrok-explains-online-ed-venture/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:24:14-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/11/which-is-worse-to-help-the-syrian-rebels-or-to-do-nothing/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:24:42-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/12/massive-corruption-scandal-is-victory-for-brazilian-courts/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:25:12-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/20/minnesota-relaxes-on-online-ed/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/21/assad-embraces-human-life-environmentalism/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/21/greeces-golden-dawn-get-the-stench-out-of-greece/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:57:39-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:59:21-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-12T12:59:28-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-12T13:01:15-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/25/whats-wrong-and-how-to-fix-it-part-3-corruptionplutocracy/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-12T13:08:42-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/26/a-remote-predator-base-and-the-dangers-of-drone-warfare/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-12T13:10:04-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/10/27/union-showdown-in-michigan/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-12T13:25:03-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/03/after-sandy-can-new-york-be-made-safe-from-the-sea-should-we-care/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/05/will-the-eu-bail-out-the-russian-mafia/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/05/game-of-drones-asian-militaries-shift-toward-cutting-edge-tech/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/07/good-news-racism-declining-in-america/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2012/11/07/kirchner-killing-off-independent-media-in-argentina/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/07/venezuela-after-chavez-2/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/07/a-bend-in-the-medicare-cost-curve/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/07/irans-economy-in-freefall-as-oil-revenue-plummets/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/07/next-stop-on-depardieus-world-tour-russia/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/08/brooks-welfare-warfare-and-the-policy-deficit/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/08/the-higher-ed-bubble-hits-business-school/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/08/starving-for-power-india-looks-to-its-rivers/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:21:16-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/08/us-aims-to-limit-iranian-influence-in-western-hemisphere/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:21:43-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/08/pakistans-revenge-indian-soldier-mutilated-and-killed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:22:11-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/08/barack-the-butcher-government-payrolls-slashed-under-bho/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/08/eu-unemployment-reaches-record-high-2/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:23:05-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:25:37-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/09/whats-wrong-and-how-to-fix-it-part-7-health-care/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:27:18-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:28:16-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:28:37-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:29:37-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:30:39-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:32:10-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/10/big-data-boosts-us-manufacturing-productivity/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:32:37-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:32:53-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/10/obamas-foreign-policy-and-the-loyal-opposition/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:33:20-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/10/nation-in-distress-egyptian-pound-plummets/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:34:35-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/11/new-study-us-healthcare-spends-more-for-less/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:35:15-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/11/politics-blocks-another-pipeline/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:35:37-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/11/is-the-earths-population-about-to-start-declining/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:35:56-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/11/another-central-planning-fail-costly-misfire-on-electronic-patient-records/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:36:16-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/11/jihadis-blitz-toward-mali-capital-as-france-sends-in-the-troops/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:36:30-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/11/gun-control-momentum-leaking-away/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:37:31-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:37:48-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/12/greens-read-the-climate-tea-leaves/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:38:21-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/12/berger-why-arent-there-more-humanist-funerals/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:38:58-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/12/iran-buying-time-in-nuclear-negotiations/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:39:14-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/12/electronic-medical-records-do-in-fact-work/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:39:40-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/12/african-bullet-casings-traced-back-to-iran/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:39:58-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/12/prominent-hungarian-wants-bestial-gypsies-killed/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:41:33-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/14/nyt-calls-us-anti-terror-strategy-in-north-africa-a-catastrophe/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:45:03-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/14/shale-energy-glee-starts-to-spread/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/14/obama-stalls-brown-energy/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T12:47:38-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/16/us-announces-new-trade-deal-brics-conspicuously-absent/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:17:27-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/22/duck-cover-india-warns-kashmiris-to-prepare-for-nuclear-war/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:18:04-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:18:58-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:19:13-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/23/china-old-but-not-busted/</loc>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:21:20-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/23/amtrak-pushes-rail-costs-on-states/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:21:51-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:23:09-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/23/why-americas-going-broke/</loc>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/23/la-cosa-nostra-goes-green/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:24:14-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:24:33-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:25:10-04:00</lastmod>
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		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:25:34-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/24/morsi-explains-anti-semitic-remarks-by-saying-jews-control-media/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:26:17-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/24/the-land-of-the-falling-yen/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:26:50-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/24/japan-and-india-an-ever-closer-union/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:28:37-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/25/its-time-to-revive-the-expats/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:29:27-04:00</lastmod>
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	<url>
		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/25/japan-and-china-stare-into-abyss-pull-back-from-ledge/</loc>
		<lastmod>2017-07-13T13:29:38-04:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/01/25/the-crisis-of-the-black-middle-class/</loc>
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