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            <title><![CDATA[Here’s 10 Things to Watch in Energy Markets in 2023]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2022 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[All About Saudi Arabia’s Controversial Crown Prince]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2022 16:17:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Warring Sides in Yemen Agree to a Two-Month Truce, UN Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:49:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Turkey’s Missing Billions Signal Unannounced Lira Intervention]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 13:19:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran’s Protests Are About More Than Rising Fuel Prices]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2019 09:21:28 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Clerics attend a funeral procession for Revolutionary Guard member Morteza Ebrahimi, walking past a bank building which burned in recent protests, in Shahriar, Iran, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of the capital, Tehran, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. Ebrahimi was killed during protests over government-set fuel prices rising last week, demonstrations that quickly spiraled in violence. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why What Happens in Syria Matters Beyond Its Borders]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:47:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, in a picture taken from the Turkish side of the border where the Turkish flag is seen in Akcakale on October 10, 2019, on the second day of Turkey&apos;s military operation against Kurdish forces. - Turkey has vowed to destroy the Syrian Kurdish People&apos;s Protection Units (YPG) which controls much of northeastern Syria, and set up a &quot;safe zone&quot; for the return of Syrian refugees. A total of 70 people were so far reported injured across Turkish areas. Families were evacuating and streets emptying in Akcakale, as local authorities called on people to take shelter. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP) (Photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump U-Turn Makes Islamic State Jihadists Turkey’s Problem Now]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Selcan Hacaoglu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:14:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Qatar's $500 Million Foray Into Lebanon Provokes Saudi Pushback]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:12:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Qatar Says Lebanese Bond Buy Was Good Politics, Sound Economics]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.A.E. Says It's Considering Clemency for Jailed U.K. Academic]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 11:32:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Iran Could Counter U.S. Sanctions]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2018 10:11:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Balance of Power: Consequences Come Quickly on Jerusalem Move]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2017 11:13:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kurdish Leader Barzani to Step Down as Independence Push Stalled]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline Alexander]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2017 16:09:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Balance of Power: After Islamic State, Are Iraqi Guns Being Turned on Each Other?]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Williams]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:24:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Balance of Power: Islamic State’s Most Humiliating Defeat]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 09:56:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lira at 3 to the Dollar Brings Turkey Recovery No Closer]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Government optimism over weak lira may be misguided]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Constantine Courcoulas]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran Wants Atomic Resolution Through Negotiations, Larijani Says]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-10-09/iran-wants-atomic-resolution-through-negotiations-larijani-says</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2013 11:47:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Billionaire Mansha Says Pakistan Needs Thatcher Plan After Poll]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[India Says Two Soldiers Killed by Pakistan Forces in Kashmir]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:42:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Envoy Vows Probe After Navy Firing Kills Indian Off Dubai]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-07-17/u-s-envoy-vows-probe-after-navy-firing-kills-indian-off-dubai</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:26:15 GMT</pubDate>
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