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		<title>Lynne Featherstone’s fashion advice misses the point</title>
		<link>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/27/lynne-featherstone%e2%80%99s-fashion-advice-misses-the-point/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexander.bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Lynne Featherstone begins a war against the fashion world, her comments don't just reflect badly on the fashion world. They reflect badly on herself.]]></description>
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		<title>The real tragedy of locked-in syndrome</title>
		<link>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/21/the-real-tragedy-of-locked-in-syndrome/</link>
		<comments>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/21/the-real-tragedy-of-locked-in-syndrome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Koutsoumbos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Tony Nicklinson wants to die after a severe stroke, while away on a business trip to Athens, left him paralysed, unable to move any part of his body except his head and eyes. However, there are some who might say that he is one of the luckier survivors of locked-in syndrome."]]></description>
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		<title>Date set for withdrawal from Afghanistan: help or hindrance?</title>
		<link>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/20/date-set-for-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/20/date-set-for-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>daniel.johnson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2014]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afghanistan withdrawal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liam Fox]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Defence Secretary Liam Fox's announcement that 2014 is the date for withdrawal of combat troops from Afghanistan, is both unwise and unhelpful for the mission.]]></description>
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		<title>Raoul Moat: Wrong but not evil</title>
		<link>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/17/raoul-moat-wrong-but-not-evil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/17/raoul-moat-wrong-but-not-evil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby Dean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cameron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prison]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/?p=7327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cameron’s comments on Wednesday in PMQs regarding Gazza’s mate, also known as Raoul Moat, are sweeping, narrow-minded and irresponsible. Let alone illiberal.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Being sociable in social enterprise</title>
		<link>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/16/being-sociable-in-social-enterprise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/16/being-sociable-in-social-enterprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thishani.Nadesan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/?p=7267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Microfinance is a great social initiative – if only the people carrying it out would be a bit more sociable.]]></description>
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		<title>There’s nothing ‘tolerant’ about allowing Iran to stone women</title>
		<link>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/13/theres-nothing-tolerant-about-allowing-iran-stone-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/13/theres-nothing-tolerant-about-allowing-iran-stone-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gold</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ayatolah]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[moral relativism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/?p=7189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Iran decides stoning is a suitable punishment for adultery, I say to hell with tolerance – there is nothing worth tolerating in the Iranian government’s attitude towards its people]]></description>
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		<title>The rise of the Red Baron: John Prescott enters the House of Lords</title>
		<link>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/10/the-rise-of-the-red-baron-john-prescott-enters-the-house-of-lords/</link>
		<comments>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/10/the-rise-of-the-red-baron-john-prescott-enters-the-house-of-lords/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexander.bryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Prescott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Prescott became Baron Prescott of Kingston-Upon-Hull this week. Does this display a shift in the second chamber's role, or a lack of purpose in the Lords?]]></description>
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		<title>Is there a point to exams anymore?</title>
		<link>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/06/is-there-a-point-to-exams-anymore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/06/is-there-a-point-to-exams-anymore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Gold</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[a level]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cambridge university]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[michael gove]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The coalition government is planning to shake up the British education system by abolishing the AS Level, following year on year criticism that exams are getting easier. Is the coalition taking the right steps by overhauling British education and what alternatives are on offer?]]></description>
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		<title>Where the bullets fly and why</title>
		<link>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/05/where-the-bullets-fly-and-why-6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/07/05/where-the-bullets-fly-and-why-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Doggett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/?p=6880</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Next month will see the bicentenary of Colombia’s declaration of independence, but a united nation this is not. Since the mid to late 60s Colombia has been at war with itself, with a high cost of human life.]]></description>
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		<title>Where the bullets fly and why</title>
		<link>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/06/28/where-the-bullets-fly-and-why-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.the-vibe.co.uk/2010/06/28/where-the-bullets-fly-and-why-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Doggett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Russian Federation is a country of some 142 million peoples with an ethnic diversity of around 160 countable indigenous and minority groups. Is ethnic repression and violence inevitable in post-Soviet Russia?]]></description>
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