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		<title>President Obama Hosts Taoiseach Of Ireland Brian Cowen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, President Obama met with the Taoiseach of Ireland Brian Cowen yesterday morning. 
The President thanked the Taoiseach for Ireland’s assistance on important international issues and said that the U.S. and Ireland will be working together to address world hunger.
The President later attended Speaker Pelosi’s Friends of Ireland Luncheon, accompanied [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegovmonitor.com/world_news/united_states/president-obama-hosts-taoiseach-of-ireland-brian-cowen-26371.html</link>
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		<title>Edinburgh Council Steps Up To Communal Stair Security</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new drive to improve stair security in tenements is underway in Edinburgh city centre.
A series of Stair Security Assessments are being carried out by a team led by the City of Edinburgh Council, Lothian and Borders Police and Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service.
They have been working with the local community in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegovmonitor.com/world_news/britain/edinburgh-council-steps-up-to-communal-stair-security-26367.html</link>
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		<title>White House Highlights U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Fights Financial Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, Senator Chris Dodd introduced a financial reform bill that would begin to bring accountability to our financial institutions and ensure that American taxpayers would never again be on the hook to bail out firms that were deemed Too Big to Fail. 
The President immediately said that he would &#8220;work with Chairman Dodd and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegovmonitor.com/world_news/united_states/white-house-highlights-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-fights-financial-reform-26361.html</link>
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		<title>Cancer Patients In Edinburgh To Receive Benefits And Grants To Cope With Financial Burden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new service offering Edinburgh cancer patients, their families and carers advice and support to help them secure statutory welfare benefits has been officially launched.
A cancer diagnosis can have an enormous impact on someone’s income and many people don’t realise they are eligible for financial help.
Now workers at the new City of Edinburgh Macmillan Welfare [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegovmonitor.com/uncategorized/cancer-patients-in-edinburgh-to-receive-benefits-and-grants-to-cope-with-financial-burden-26359.html</link>
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		<title>White House: Without Health Care Reform Expect Premiums To Skyrocket</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As our year long debate on health care comes to a close there’s a lot of misinformation flying around. 
Case in point: a recent headline suggesting that health premiums would increase under the President’s health care plan.
The suggestion of this article was that maybe Americans would be better off and end up paying less if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegovmonitor.com/world_news/united_states/white-house-without-health-care-reform-expect-premiums-to-skyrocket-26351.html</link>
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		<title>Edinburgh To Begin Search To Replace 3 Top Council Members Who Are Retiring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three members of the senior management team at the City of Edinburgh Council are to retire. Over the next fifteen months, Chief Executive Tom Aitchison, Director of Corporate Services Jim Inch and Director of Finance Donald McGougan will leave the Council after a combined 113 years&#8217; service.
Work to recruit a new chief executive will begin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegovmonitor.com/world_news/britain/edinburgh-to-begin-search-to-replace-3-top-council-members-who-are-retiring-26355.html</link>
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		<title>Creative Scotland Moves Home Base To Edinburgh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Council Leader Jenny Dawe today welcomed the news that Creative Scotland has opted to make Edinburgh the base for its Chief Executive Officer and most of the staff.
The new national cultural agency has been given the go-ahead by Ministers to take up residence in a prestigious Edinburgh location.
Councillor Dawe said: &#8220;We are delighted that Creative [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegovmonitor.com/world_news/britain/creative-scotland-moves-home-base-to-edinburgh-26352.html</link>
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		<title>UK Releases Health Care Statistics On Referral To Treatment Services &#8220;RTT&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Data is being published on Referral to Treatment (RTT) times for patients who were treated during January 2010.
In total, 285,000 admitted patients and 814,000 non-admitted patients, for whom English commissioners are responsible, completed their RTT pathway during January 2010.
·        At the national level, 92.6% of admitted patients (measured on an adjusted basis) and 97.7% of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegovmonitor.com/world_news/britain/uk-releases-health-care-statistics-on-referral-to-treatment-services-rtt-26344.html</link>
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		<title>Illinois Moves Primary Election From February To March</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Later Primary Date Will Increase State’s Voter Participation.
 Governor Pat Quinn today signed a bill into law that moves Illinois’ general primary election to the third Tuesday in March of even-numbered years.
Currently, the primary election is held on the first Tuesday in February of even-numbered years.
“Having the general primary election in March will increase voter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thegovmonitor.com/world_news/united_states/illinois-moves-primary-election-from-february-to-march-26341.html</link>
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		<title>Nissan Brings The Leaf To UK Creating 550 Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Government welcomes the Nissan green Leaf to the UK
- Nissan to build UK&#8217;s first mass market electric car
- Government commits £20.7m grant to support Nissan investment in battery plant and car production
- Nissan investment of more than £420 million safeguards and creates 550 highly skilled engineering jobs at Sunderland
News that Nissan will produce their electric [...]]]></description>
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