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		<title>Ed Miliband is concerned about immigrant workers; he should also worry about large, wealthy families and dwindling resources</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/06/24/ed-miliband-is-concerned-about-immigrant-workers-he-should-also-worry-about-large-wealthy-families-and-dwindling-resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick of Flip Chart Fairy Tales has written a very thoughtful piece about Ed Miliband&#8217;s recent speech on &#8216;ordinary&#8217; people&#8217;s concerns around so-called immigrant workers.  Miliband and Rick are both absolutely right that this needs to be discussed; and also correct that &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/06/24/ed-miliband-is-concerned-about-immigrant-workers-he-should-also-worry-about-large-wealthy-families-and-dwindling-resources/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=2530&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>H.M.Government e-petition on FGM rejected</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/05/29/h-m-government-e-petition-on-fgm-rejected/</link>
		<comments>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/05/29/h-m-government-e-petition-on-fgm-rejected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 22:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of us recently co-identifed as sharing very serious concerns about the continuing nightmarishly high levels of female genital mutilation (FGM or &#8216;cutting&#8217;) in the UK.  We therefore set about lobbying as citizens to ensure everything possible is done to bring &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/05/29/h-m-government-e-petition-on-fgm-rejected/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=2479&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Campaigning will shift the climate, to end FGM in Britain</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/05/21/campaigning-will-shift-the-climate-to-end-fgm-in-britain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 13:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FGM (female genital mutilation or &#8216;cutting&#8217;) is embarrassing for us in the mainstream of British life even to consider; but it&#8217;s excruciating and debilitating for its young victims. This is one topic where grown-up people must not permit their queasiness to over-rule &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/05/21/campaigning-will-shift-the-climate-to-end-fgm-in-britain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=2400&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Age-related sexism: women candidates for council, mayor and commissioner elections?</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/05/03/age-related-sexism-women-candidates-for-mayor-and-commissioner-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Age-related sexism is a real obstacle to progress in getting more women to the political frontline, and it&#8217;s well time that political parties began to realise that and act upon it. The repeated failure in the UK and beyond to achieve more women &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/05/03/age-related-sexism-women-candidates-for-mayor-and-commissioner-elections/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=2328&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FGM is a universal horror, including in Britain</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/04/22/fgm-is-a-universal-horror-not-just-in-britain/</link>
		<comments>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/04/22/fgm-is-a-universal-horror-not-just-in-britain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a truly dreadful topic, and we all wish there was no reason, ever, to consider it.  But there is. Whilst we in the UK see endless (and correct) concern for upholding the human rights of alleged dangerous extremists such as &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/04/22/fgm-is-a-universal-horror-not-just-in-britain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=2235&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Regional pay: how to increase the North-South divide and weaken the ConDem coalition?</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/04/21/regional-pay-how-to-increase-the-north-south-divide-and-weaken-the-condem-coalition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As anticipated following Chancellor George Osborne&#8217;s budget, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has now declared that &#8216;regional&#8217; pay for health workers is on the agenda. Needless to say, those in the South-East will earn more under this arrangement than colleagues further North.  &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/04/21/regional-pay-how-to-increase-the-north-south-divide-and-weaken-the-condem-coalition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=2205&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Government &#8216;incompetent&#8217;? Not when it comes to DE-governance&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/04/10/government-incompetent-not-when-it-comes-to-de-governance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increasingly, we read that the present UK government is &#8216;incompetent&#8217;.   But I&#8217;d suggest the Government is &#8216;only&#8217; incompetent in things it reckons are fundamentally unimportant for the longer-term. David Cameron may make the occasional attempt to appear cuddly but George &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/04/10/government-incompetent-not-when-it-comes-to-de-governance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=2168&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Personal politics; when moralising replaces civic responsibility</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/03/24/personal-politics-when-moralising-replaces-civic-responsibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The big issues in UK politics are how the Government is destroying public services, in favour of provision for which it is absolutely not responsible.  De-governance as quickly as possible is the route our Conservative-dominated political leadership has chosen. The increasing interference &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/03/24/personal-politics-when-moralising-replaces-civic-responsibility/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=2176&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>David &#8216;Two Brains&#8217; Willetts blames women for two-brains families</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/02/25/david-two-brains-willetts-blames-women-for-two-brains-families/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well done to the Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts, for speaking out on climate change; he emphasises today (The Times, 25 February 2012) that &#8216;something real is happening&#8217; when the ice cap starts to melt. But did the man &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/02/25/david-two-brains-willetts-blames-women-for-two-brains-families/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=2130&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Britain&#8217;s railways are the worst in Europe for fares, efficiency and comfort.</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/02/06/britains-railways-are-the-worst-in-europe-for-fares-efficiency-and-comfort/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britain&#8217;s railways have been judged worst for fares, efficiency and comfort in a study of rail services in Europe.    It is estimated that the social, economic and environmental benefits of achieving a modal shift from road to rail – in terms of reduced &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/02/06/britains-railways-are-the-worst-in-europe-for-fares-efficiency-and-comfort/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=2096&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smacking is NEVER the answer; violence begets only violence</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/01/31/smacking-is-never-the-answer-violence-begets-only-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Lammy MP is reported to believe that working class people should be allowed to smack their children within &#8216;reasonable&#8217; limits.   Whether he also believes that (in the public perception?) banning the physical chastisement of children helped fuel the 2011 Summer &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/01/31/smacking-is-never-the-answer-violence-begets-only-violence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=2033&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CSA charges: the ConDems punish women and children, and shield men (again)</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/01/26/csa-charges-the-condems-punish-women-and-children-and-shield-men-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ConDem administration doesn&#8217;t just disregard women; it evidently wants to put them firmly back under the control, however odious, of men. How else can we explain the intention as an element of the Welfare Reform Bill that single parents &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/01/26/csa-charges-the-condems-punish-women-and-children-and-shield-men-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=2006&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disabling the already disabled: the sham(e) that is the ConDems (&amp; a Petition)</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/01/12/disabling-the-already-disabled-the-shame-that-is-the-condems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t experienced serious illness or longer-term disability you really do need to make the effort, right now, to imagine what that might feel like close up.  That&#8217;s what I hope to help you do, in this post. Having such &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/01/12/disabling-the-already-disabled-the-shame-that-is-the-condems/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=1950&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Economist: On one page, Havel and the Dalai Lama; on the next, Gingrich, Paul and Romney</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/01/03/on-one-page-havel-and-the-dalai-lama-on-the-next-gingrich-paul-and-romney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final Economist magazine of 2011 provokes complex responses for many, I&#8217;d think.  Pages 27-29 offer a painstaking obituary of the former Czech President, Vaclav Havel (1936-2011).  The following pages, 30-31, provide an analysis of the US presidential prospects of Republican &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2012/01/03/on-one-page-havel-and-the-dalai-lama-on-the-next-gingrich-paul-and-romney/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=1925&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Women under threat world-wide (still); demand action now.</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2011/12/28/women-under-threat-world-wide-still-demand-action-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The personal is, really is, political.  So when will modern political leaders (almost all male) wake up and begin, properly,  and resolutely, to protect the basic human rights of people (mostly women) who remain in fear of their lives and physical &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2011/12/28/women-under-threat-world-wide-still-demand-action-now/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=1869&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ed hapless; future hopeless; LibDems shameless (unless they cross the floor)?</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2011/12/18/ed-hapless-future-hopeless-libdems-shameless-unless-they-cross-the-floor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ed Miliband continues to lack traction with the electorate; Nick Clegg tilts at EU rainbows whilst fully aware that David Cameron, holding the LibDems over a barrel, barely cares; unemployment is approaching 3 million. How much worse can it get? &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2011/12/18/ed-hapless-future-hopeless-libdems-shameless-unless-they-cross-the-floor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=1831&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All we want for Christmas is our NHS</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2011/12/10/all-we-want-for-christmas-is-our-nhs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not my usual practice to post pics on this blog, but today is an exception. I don&#8217;t suppose Keep Our NHS Public will mind my showing you their Christmas card&#8230;. And I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;ll like it if you sign &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2011/12/10/all-we-want-for-christmas-is-our-nhs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=1808&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For Tories, social capital is like private banking &#8211; invisible and off-limits</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2011/10/06/for-tories-social-capital-is-like-private-banking-invisible-and-off-limits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it surprising that&#160;privileged folk&#160;on the Right are reluctant, perhaps unable, to recognise the significance of social capital? This apparent perceptual incapacity might by some be thought of as a rather convenient position to take. For example, the Conservative MP &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2011/10/06/for-tories-social-capital-is-like-private-banking-invisible-and-off-limits/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=1741&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LibDems prop up the Coalition; they don&#8217;t protect us from it</title>
		<link>http://pinkpolitika.com/2011/09/10/libdems-prop-up-the-coalition-they-dont-protect-us-from-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It takes a special sort of bare-faced nerve to be a LibDem politician right now. Extraordinarily, they ask us to agree that the Coalition is being molded by them in positive ways and would, by inference, be &#8216;worse&#8217; without them. &#8230; <a href="http://pinkpolitika.com/2011/09/10/libdems-prop-up-the-coalition-they-dont-protect-us-from-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pinkpolitika.com&#038;blog=18343070&#038;post=1717&#038;subd=pinkpolitika&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Murdock miasma driving Clegg via Cable from Cameron &#8211; what next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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