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    <title>NPR: Koppel on the News Podcast</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Respected broadcast journalist Ted Koppel is a senior news analyst for NPR. Through essays and conversations with NPR hosts, he weighs in on all manner of U.S. and foreign policy from security, privacy, values and the media to Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.]]></description>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Respected broadcast journalist Ted Koppel is a senior news analyst for NPR. Through essays and conversations with NPR hosts, he weighs in on all manner of U.S. and foreign policy from security, privacy, values and the media to Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Dreams of Free Tibet Will Go Unrealized</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Ted Koppel says the global efforts to draw attention to China's human rights record as the Olympic torch continues its rounds is working. But, he says, as far as bringing real change in Tibet is concerned, the protests surrounding the torch are doing little.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:38:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ted Koppel says the global efforts to draw attention to China's human rights record as the Olympic torch continues its rounds is working. But, he says, as far as bringing real change in Tibet is concerned, the protests surrounding the torch are doing little.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Safety Concerns Don't Slow China's Coal Boom</title>
      <description><![CDATA[China is struggling to produce enough energy to keep fueling its remarkable pace of economic growth. That means that coal mines throughout China are pressed to bring millions more tons of coal to the surface even as the government vows to shut unsafe mines.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:34:47 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[China is struggling to produce enough energy to keep fueling its remarkable pace of economic growth. That means that coal mines throughout China are pressed to bring millions more tons of coal to the surface even as the government vows to shut unsafe mines.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Defiant Afghanistan Deserves Candidates' Attention</title>
      <description><![CDATA[What exactly is the U.S. mission in Afghanistan? And what are the presidential candidates' policies concerning the region? NPR Senior News Analyst Ted Koppel looks at the conflicts in the region during the past two centuries and what they mean for America's current foreign policy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:04:48 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What exactly is the U.S. mission in Afghanistan? And what are the presidential candidates' policies concerning the region? NPR Senior News Analyst Ted Koppel looks at the conflicts in the region during the past two centuries and what they mean for America's current foreign policy.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>U.S. Presidents' Saudi Ritual Nearly Obsolete</title>
      <description><![CDATA[President Bush appealed to Saudi leaders this week to increase the flow of oil &mdash; to help to keep prices under control. It's a ritual for U.S. presidents &mdash; and one that NPR Senior News Analyst Ted Koppel says is almost obsolete.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:37:15 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[President Bush appealed to Saudi leaders this week to increase the flow of oil &mdash; to help to keep prices under control. It's a ritual for U.S. presidents &mdash; and one that NPR Senior News Analyst Ted Koppel says is almost obsolete.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>The Intelligence Report and U.S.-Iran Diplomacy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[According to this week's National Intelligence Estimate, Iran suspended its nuclear weapons program four years ago. President Bush reacted to the report by saying it confirms that pressure on Iran has worked, and Iran is still dangerous. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:32:54 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[According to this week's National Intelligence Estimate, Iran suspended its nuclear weapons program four years ago. President Bush reacted to the report by saying it confirms that pressure on Iran has worked, and Iran is still dangerous. ]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Ted Koppel,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
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      <title>The Intelligence Report and U.S.-Iran Diplomacy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[According to this week's National Intelligence Estimate, Iran suspended its nuclear weapons program four years ago. President Bush reacted to the report by saying it confirms that pressure on Iran has worked, and Iran is still dangerous. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:22:47 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[According to this week's National Intelligence Estimate, Iran suspended its nuclear weapons program four years ago. President Bush reacted to the report by saying it confirms that pressure on Iran has worked, and Iran is still dangerous. ]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>U.S. Should Show Muscle in Diplomacy with China</title>
      <description><![CDATA[NPR Senior News Analyst Ted Koppel comments on the balance between making good business choices and having a backbone in dealing with the Chinese. Koppel says the Chinese these days don't like Americans dictating to them, and they are flexing their mouths and muscle more than previously.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:28:06 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16630792&amp;ft=2&amp;f=5448671</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[NPR Senior News Analyst Ted Koppel comments on the balance between making good business choices and having a backbone in dealing with the Chinese. Koppel says the Chinese these days don't like Americans dictating to them, and they are flexing their mouths and muscle more than previously.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Ted Koppel,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>4:50</itunes:duration>
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      <title>U.S. Rapport with Musharraf Evokes Shah Era</title>
      <description><![CDATA[America's close relationship with Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf recalls another ally: the Shah of Iran. It's nearly 30 years since the fall of the Shah and the rise of an Islamic state hostile toward the United States. It's still not clear whether the U.S. put too much pressure on the Shah.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:34:05 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16452546&amp;ft=2&amp;f=5448671</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[America's close relationship with Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf recalls another ally: the Shah of Iran. It's nearly 30 years since the fall of the Shah and the rise of an Islamic state hostile toward the United States. It's still not clear whether the U.S. put too much pressure on the Shah.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Ted Koppel,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>5:39</itunes:duration>
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      <title>U.S. Investors Drawn to China's Version of Detroit</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Traveling through the industrial, fast-growing city of Chongqing in central China, NPR Senior News Analyst Ted Koppel is examining the connections between Chinese workers, business and consumers and their U.S. counterparts.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:43:07 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Traveling through the industrial, fast-growing city of Chongqing in central China, NPR Senior News Analyst Ted Koppel is examining the connections between Chinese workers, business and consumers and their U.S. counterparts.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title>Blackwater: In Iraq to Stay?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. security firm Blackwater USA has come under a great deal of fire from Iraqi authorities after some of its operatives were blamed for a shooting that cost civilian lives. But the truth is, the company will be needed even more if a drawdown of U.S. troops occurs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:52:11 -0400</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The U.S. security firm Blackwater USA has come under a great deal of fire from Iraqi authorities after some of its operatives were blamed for a shooting that cost civilian lives. But the truth is, the company will be needed even more if a drawdown of U.S. troops occurs.]]></itunes:summary>
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