<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title><![CDATA[merinews: World News Articles]]></title> <description><![CDATA[Latest News Articles from World ]]></description> <language>en-us</language> <link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catBrief.jsp?catID=1&category=World]]></link> <copyright><![CDATA[&#169;  Copyright 2006, Meri News]]></copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Chinese forces detain thirty-two monks in Tibet]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133782&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Tibet issue refuses to die down. International outcry against Chinese brutality in Tibet, has failed to budge the dragon. In the latest incident, the Chinese security forces have detained thirty-two monks in Tibet.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yardstick of progress]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133780&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the name of progress, man has left no stone unturned in destroying nature. Today, progress is measured in terms of petroleum consumption. But these petroleum products have been polluting our atmosphere and hastening the death of our planet.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tibetans protest against stupas relocation]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133763&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chinese authorities in Tibet are resolute to stop Tibetans' revolts. Of late, they are protesting against relocation of stupas, which are sacred places of worship. Unfortunately, fun parks meant for tourists, are proposed to replace these stupas.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe observes May 8 as Victory Day]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133742&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[May 8 is celebrated as the Victory Day in Europe to commemorate freedom from fascism, totalitarian dictatorship and state sponsored violence,while mindless massacre of defenceless civilians continues at large in other parts of the world.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Myanmar: Elaborate rigging and wooing on cards]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133734&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even as the killer cyclone lashed Myanmar claiming several thousand lives, there was no let up in the military junta's desperate attempts to have its draft constitution approved by a recalcitrant populace. Plans for rigging and wooing continued.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[George Bush blames India and China for price rise]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133702&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soaring prices of essential commodities have made George Bush point his fingers towards China and India. Rising power of money among the middle-class and the demand-supply imbalance in these countries are responsible for global price rise, he says.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dmitri Medvedev: Russia's new 'Puppet President']]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133683&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dmitri Medvedev is the youngest and the third President of Russia. Western media is seeing him as 'Puppet President', as it will be difficult for him to come out of the shadow of the outgoing President Vladimir Putin who will sworn as new PM.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nargis: A man-made monster of climate change]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133678&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[Centre for Science and Environment has stated that Nargis, the recent disastrous tropical cyclone in Myanmar, is a result of climate change. CSE maintains that the big polluters like America are doing too less to contain their emissions.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Myanmar junta ignored cyclone warning till the end]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133677&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Myanmar military junta had been warned of cyclone Nargis heading for the country at least a week in advance but it chose to sit on the important information and did precious little to warn the people on the path of the killer storm.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Need for water conservation: A global scenario]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133632&catID=1&category=World]]></link><description><![CDATA[Villagers in hilly regions of many nations protest against water crisis. Time isn't far away when water conservation will become more important than oil conservation. The developed countries should unite and work for tiding over this oncoming crisis.]]></description></item></channel></rss>
