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	<title>Sarah J L West &#187; Current Affairs</title>
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		<title>&#8220;Warm Up the Nation&#8217;s Welcome&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find this a bit strange but Visit Britain have issued a set of &#8216;helpful tips&#8217; to welcome foreigners into Britain for the Olympics 2012&#8230; although the intent is to steer away from stereotypes, I think that the effect is the opposite!

Here are a sample &#8211; are they accurate?

A smiling Japanese person is not necessarily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tweet to God</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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Love when politics and social media come together.
After being inspired by the power of Twitter, Aron Nil thought of ways twitter could help the people of Israel. What he came up with was @TheKotel where fellow Jews tweet a prayer which Nil then prints off and takes to the Western Wall where it is believed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caption Competition of the Weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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This photo has inspired me to add a new feature to the site on a weekend (when I am too busy enjoying the sunshine to post!). 
Add your captions in the comments! (and yes this is now courtesy of my new MacBook Pro &#8211; it&#8217;s so pretty!)
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		<title>North Korea Beer Propaganda</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love watching new ads on Youtube from around the world but this is my favourite one this week. As reported by Reuters:

North Korea&#8217;s latest launch is sure to cause much frothing&#8230;it is a locally brewed beer that promises drinkers it will help ease stress.
The impoverished state this week launched an advert on state TV [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do the Mafia still deal in $?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so surprised that this news story that I read on Bloomberg this morning has not really been picked up on my international media nor bloggers.
On June 4, 2 Japanese men were detained trying to pass from Italy to Switzerland with $134 billion of US bonds.
Yes, you read it correctly $134 BILLION.
 
To put [...]]]></description>
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