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        <title><![CDATA[Philippine official: Shoal to be defended 'to the last soldier']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Vowing to defend the country "up to the last soldier standing," Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Thursday said China had clearly intruded into Philippine territory when it sent a frigate to escort its fishing vessels in Ayungin Shoal.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[DOD civilians use 'strength in numbers' to fight LQA loss]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Facebook is turning into a rallying point for those who are now on the hook for housing allowance. “People are finding out about it by word of mouth,” Army civilian Rik Thibodeau said. “We’re finding strength in numbers.”]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 19:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[For S. Korean police, a primer on Americans in 238 pages]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[New book looks to ensure USFK-Korean relations don't get lost in translation.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[DODEA director to retire]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Marilee Fitzgerald notified employees of the DOD Education Activity via email on Thursday. She served in the position since June 2010 when she was named acting director and became full-time director in November 2011.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Abe on first trip to Myanmar by Japan PM in 36 years]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is traveling to Myanmar on the first visit to the country by a Japanese leader in 36 years, as Tokyo bids to reassert its position as a top economic partner after decades of frosty relations with the previous military regime.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 11:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Statue dedicated to Korean 'comfort women' to be set up in California]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Glendale, Calif., will install a statue identical to one of a Korean girl that sits in Seoul in front of the Japanese Embassy as a reminder of Korean comfort women.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 08:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[2 former sex slaves cancel Japan mayor meeting]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Two Korean former sex slaves have canceled a meeting with an outspoken Japanese mayor who last week said Japan's wartime practice of using many Asian women as prostitutes was necessary to maintain military discipline.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 07:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Search for missing revived by warming relations]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As relations thaw between Myanmar and the U.S., JPAC renews search for the missing.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[More South Koreans support developing nuclear weapons]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Perhaps it is merely basic human desire to keep up with the neighbors, but an increasing number of South Koreans are saying that they want nuclear weapons too.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 19:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No postings yet for HIV-positive Marines, sailors since policy change]]></title>
        <link>http://www.stripes.com/news/us/no-postings-yet-for-hiv-positive-marines-sailors-since-policy-change-1.222048</link>
        <description><![CDATA[More than nine months have passed since the Navy decided to open up overseas and large-ship platform assignments to HIV-positive sailors and Marines, but not a single sailor has gotten such a posting.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[North Korea envoy awaits chat with China's leader]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[On a visit to repair ties with China and waiting to meet its leader, a North Korean envoy Thursday paid deference to its chief ally's hopes for renewed multinational nuclear talks. Chinese sate broadcaster CCTV quoted Choe Ryong Hae as saying North Korea "is willing to accept the suggestion of the Chinese side and launch dialogue with all relevant parties." ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[On Thursday, about 200 Vietnam War veterans, almost all of them former pilots, will reunite for a three-day celebration at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum that coincides with the 40th anniversary of a star-studded White House dinner hosted by President Nixon to honor their sacrifice.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Protests on Okinawa aren't always what they appear to be]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Okinawa, frustration over U.S. military bases and renewed threats from abroad, mainly China’s growing influence in the region, can lead down a disorienting corridor of smoke and mirrors. For example, a 65-year-old driver blasting pro-China and pro-North Korea slogans is actually pro-U.S. military.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Suspected Chinese subs raise concerns in Japan]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Foreign submarines have been spotted unusually close to Japanese turf three times this month, raising concerns that China is escalating a territorial dispute and flexing its sea might.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Stethem sailor fined for elementary school break-in]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A USS Stethem sailor was fined 100,000 yen Wednesday by a Yokosuka court for breaking into a Zushi city elementary school.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Two schools to open this fall in Camp Humphreys expansion]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Camp Humphreys, which is scheduled to house the bulk of U.S. soldiers in South Korea in three years, will have two new schools this fall.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[DODEA to announce dates for school closings related to furloughs]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Department of Defense schools will soon announce closure dates for the coming academic year as they prepare to furlough educators after significant defense cuts, a situation the department’s education director said was unavoidable. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Japan surprises allies by mulling N. Korea talks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Japan's government is looking into re-opening official talks with North Korea to resolve questions over the abductions of Japanese citizens decades ago]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Chinese premier visits Pakistan, praises ties]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[China's premier began a two-day visit to Pakistan on Wednesday by signing economic agreements and praising Islamabad in glowing terms that underscored the importance of the longstanding alliance to the two Asian powers.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[North Korean leader sends special envoy to China]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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