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		<title>Swiss let the cat out of the bag: Alinghi will defend America&#8217;s Cup in 90-foot catamaran</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Swiss unveil giant catamaran for Cup defense
Alinghi of Switzerland has confirmed it will use a giant catamaran when it defends the America's Cup against bitter U.S. rival BMW Oracle Racing early next year.

The catamaran is 90 feet long on the waterline, but a bowsprit makes it much longer. The high-tech craft was built in Villeneuve, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/swiss-let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag-alinghi-will-defend-americas-cup-in-90-foot-catamaran/</link>
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		<title>Yahoo&#8217;s omg site blasts to top of celebrity news heap on breezily positive tone, small staff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Omg! Positive tone boosts Yahoo celeb site to top
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Think of the most popular brands in celebrity news, and you'll probably come up with a small list that includes Entertainment Tonight, US Weekly and People.

Consider the most successful celebrity news destinations online, and something else jumps to the top. For more than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/yahoos-omg-site-blasts-to-top-of-celebrity-news-heap-on-breezily-positive-tone-small-staff/</link>
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		<title>20 cool t-shirts for geeks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let's admit it, we geeks love those cool and comfy t-shirts. And if they carry some of our geekyness, there is nothing cooler. Here are some new crops of t-shirts that are geared towards the techno crowd. Check out the latest fashions for geeks in milano style.
1. Yes! there is no place better than Home
2. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/20-cool-t-shirts-for-geeks/</link>
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		<title>Complete Cloud OS FAQ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For long, the geeks had discussed of the D-day when the OS would disappear and everything would be accommodated in a cloud. At this day,  Cloud computing is a throwaway word that includes everything from web mail to Facebook.  Amazon had an important role in the development of cloud computing by modernizing their data centers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/complete-cloud-os-faq/</link>
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		<title>Save Apple iPhone 3G S from Overheating</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In response to the iPhone 3G S overheating reports, Apple has released a set of guidelines for the users to ensure that their devices run at required operating temperature. This also relates to the iPhone 3GS discoloring story that we had covered recently. The bestselling Apple phone was allegedly suffering from overheating issues - probably [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/save-apple-iphone-3g-s-from-overheating/</link>
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		<title>Bugs now a pandemic in Firefox 3.5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mozilla's updated Web browser Firefox 3.5 comes with a host of new functionality and features as reviewed in our blog. But things are not running smoothly for the latest Firefox version. Well, I come across these titles Firefox BugDay, Catch Missed Blocker, Critical, and Major 3.5 bugs! in Mozilla's forum. There's much noise over the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/bugs-now-a-pandemic-in-firefox-35/</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Best Job in the World&#8217; winner misspells island&#8217;s name in Twitter post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - Ben Southhall had a rather wayward first day of his 'Best job in the World', when he misspelt the name of the island he was on while writing on his blog.

The 34-year-old Briton renamed the tropical island Hayman as 'Hayward' in his Twitter post.
In the message, he referred to "leaving the chefs table [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/best-job-in-the-world-winner-misspells-islands-name-in-twitter-post/</link>
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		<title>NASA&#8217;s new Twitter strategy: Se Habla Espanol; Astro_Jose to tweet bilingually from space</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NASA astronaut takes Twitter to space en Espanol
WASHINGTON — NASA has tweeted in space, but now one of its astronauts is breaking a new space Twitter barrier. He'll tweet from space in Spanish and English.

Astronaut Jose Hernandez grew up in a migrant farming family and didn't learn English until he was 12. He is scheduled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/nasas-new-twitter-strategy-se-habla-espanol-astro_jose-to-tweet-bilingually-from-space/</link>
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		<title>Health care debate: Advocates are back with real stories, but will it work this time?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Advocates are back with real health care stories
CHICAGO — When carpenter Greg Douglas crashed his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000.

Douglas is among thousands of people now telling their stories on videos, ads and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/health-care-debate-advocates-are-back-with-real-stories-but-will-it-work-this-time/</link>
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		<title>Amazon and other Web retailers escalate fight over sales taxes, with affiliates in crossfire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules
NEW YORK — In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence.

Increasingly, states aching under the weight of the recession are seeking a way around that rule. Because companies like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/amazon-and-other-web-retailers-escalate-fight-over-sales-taxes-with-affiliates-in-crossfire/</link>
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		<title>20+ Must Know pro-blogging Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blogging as a profession or professional blogging is still a very fresh concept in most part of the world. Literally there is rarely any difference between blogging or problogging that makes it important to get over the word professional associated with problogging. If you are looking to make blogging a possible professional engagement and an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/20-must-know-pro-blogging-tips/</link>
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		<title>Andhra Pradesh includes inflated Satyam figures in IT export revenues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh government Thursday said the state has posted a 24.5 percent growth in information technology export revenues during 2008-09, higher than the  projected national growth of 20.65 percent, but this includes the inflated figures submitted by the scam-tainted Satyam Computer Services.

The exports during the year were Rs.32,509 crore (Rs.325.09 billion/$6.79 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/andhra-pradesh-includes-inflated-satyam-figures-in-it-export-revenues/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft Bings Twitter to Search</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With Twitter's foray into mainstream media there has been a urge for real-time search and urgency of delivering topical data. Google and Facebook are working out significant changes on their search tools to fillip status updates. In the meantime, tweets seem to be doing a better job in indexing the web. In a bid to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-bings-twitter-to-search/</link>
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		<title>Some PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter in China despite postponement of government plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter in China
BEIJING — Several PC makers were including controversial Internet-filtering software with computers shipped in China on Thursday despite a government decision to postpone its plan to make such a step mandatory.

Beijing's decision this week to delay the requirement that the filtering software — known as Green Dam — [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/some-pc-makers-voluntarily-supply-web-filter-in-china-despite-postponement-of-government-plan/</link>
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		<title>Download Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 Free Trial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leading developer of anti-virus software and Internet Security software solution, Kaspersky Lab has released its latest version of popular security application Kaspersky Internet Security 2010. All the major components of implemented in the earlier version of the product has been upgraded including the firewall, heuristic analyzer, parental control module and the anti-spam module. The new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/download-kaspersky-internet-security-2010-free-trial/</link>
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		<title>China installs censorship software in over 500,000 PCs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SHANGHAI - Under the controversial Green Dam computer program, China has already installed censorship software in over half-a-million computers.

According to a report in The Telegraph, the Green Dam program has been downloaded three million times since the end of March and has been installed on 518,000 computers. Almost 7,000 websites in China have also installed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/china-installs-censorship-software-in-over-500000-pcs/</link>
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		<title>Softpro bases global plans on South African buyout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG - The acquisition of the small but well-placed South African software company Cura by Softpro of Hyderabad has presented an opportunity to the Indian firm to become the multinational company that it aspires to be, Softpro chairman Bala Reddy said here.

"Cura is an $8-million company which we want to build into a $200-million governance, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/softpro-bases-global-plans-on-south-african-buyout/</link>
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		<title>Israeli IT firms to bid for unique ID card project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BANGALORE - Israeli IT firms will partner with Indian vendors to jointly bid for the ambitious unique identification (ID) card project of the Indian government, a visiting Israeli IT industry official has said.

"Israeli IT firms with domain expertise in e-governance and homeland security will bid for the unique ID card project jointly with Indian vendors, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/israeli-it-firms-to-bid-for-unique-id-card-project/</link>
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		<title>Advertisers pledge to self-police standards about Internet privacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Companies pledge more openness about Web tracking
Companies that track consumer behavior online for advertising purposes are vowing to make their practices more transparent and to give people a way to decline being shadowed.

It's unclear how much of an effect the new policies will have. One consumer group said the changes don't go far enough, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/advertisers-pledge-to-self-police-standards-about-internet-privacy/</link>
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		<title>TV9 brings Telugu channel to US</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Dish Network, a leader in international  programming, Thursday introduced TV9 Telugu, a 24-hour news channel  focused on enlightening and entertaining the Telugu speaking  community, in the US.

Dish Network is proud to offer more Telugu programming than any other  pay-TV provider," said Chris Kuelling, vice president of International  Programming [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/tv9-brings-telugu-channel-to-us/</link>
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		<title>Interest and uncertainty in Michael Jackson story continues to fuel a hungry media</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Media on standby for Jackson memorial plans
NEW YORK — The mysteries that continue to surround Michael Jackson's death include a frustrating and potentially costly one for news organizations: how and when the fallen pop idol will be laid to rest and where a memorial service would be held.

A memorial is being planned, but not at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/interest-and-uncertainty-in-michael-jackson-story-continues-to-fuel-a-hungry-media/</link>
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		<title>DemandTec posts deeper 1st-quarter loss as costs increase</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DemandTec posts wider 1Q loss
SAN CARLOS, Calif. — Price-management software company DemandTec Inc. posted a wider net loss Wednesday for its fiscal first quarter, hurt by charges and higher costs even as revenue inched higher.

For the three months ended May 31, the company posted a net loss of $3.7 million, or 13 cents per share, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/demandtec-posts-deeper-1st-quarter-loss-as-costs-increase/</link>
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		<title>CenturyTel completes purchase of Embarq, creating CenturyLink telephone provider</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CenturyTel completes purchase of Embarq
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With the completion of its purchase of Embarq Corp. Wednesday, CenturyTel Inc. becomes one of the largest traditional telephone companies in the country.

But the combined company, to be renamed CenturyLink, will have to answer concerns about how quickly it can expand high-speed Internet service and survive the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/centurytel-completes-purchase-of-embarq-creating-centurylink-telephone-provider/</link>
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		<title>Poker players eyeing World Series of Poker main event finding tougher profits in overall game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Poker players finding tougher game at World Series
LAS VEGAS — Things have gotten tough at the tables.

Many players entering the World Series of Poker no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event starting Friday in Las Vegas are hoping the game's richest tournament will help them make up for lost winnings.
Poker players say it has gotten more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/poker-players-eyeing-world-series-of-poker-main-event-finding-tougher-profits-in-overall-game/</link>
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		<title>Facebook will revamp privacy settings, says it wants to simplify tools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Facebook plans to simplify privacy settings
NEW YORK — Facebook is overhauling its privacy controls over the next several weeks in an attempt to simplify its users' ability to control who sees the information they share on the site.

Privacy has been a central, often thorny issue for Facebook because so many people use it to share [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/facebook-will-revamp-privacy-settings-says-it-wants-to-simplify-tools/</link>
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		<title>Hyderabad&#8217;s SoftPro acquires South African firm for $19 mn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG - Hyderabad-based software solutions provider SoftPro Systems has acquired South Africa's Cura Software Solutions for $19 million. 

SoftPro chairman Bala Reddy and Cura chief executive Avi Eyal inked the deal here Wednesday evening. 	 	
Cura, established in 2002, provides smarter software solutions for governance, risk management, compliance and performance management. 	 	
Established in 1994, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/hyderabads-softpro-acquires-south-african-firm-for-19-mn/</link>
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		<title>Apple&#8217;s HTTP Video Steaming Finally Active With New iPhone OS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple upgraded the iPhone operating system with much ballyhoo in June, announcing some prominent inclusions like search and copy &#38; paste. It time to deliver the claims, and the Cupertino computer seems to delivering the promises. One of the behind-the-scene upgrades that the iPhone OS was supposed to offer was the HTTP video streaming. There [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/apples-http-video-steaming-finally-active-with-new-iphone-os/</link>
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		<title>White iPhone 3GS Changing Colors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you have Apple's latest iPhone in white? Don't be surprised if it changes color within a few days of using. According to the reports from multiple tipsters in French site Nowhere Else and AppleInsider, there have been several first-hand accounts complaining that the back of White iPhone 3G S models are turning brown or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/white-iphone-3gs-changing-colors/</link>
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		<title>Heavy losses deterring airlines from investing in IT: Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Investment in information technology (IT) by airlines the worldover this year is likely to be the lowest since 2002, says SITA, an air transport communication provider.

The 2009 Airline IT Trends Survey report by SITA and Airline Business magazine released Wednesday in Cannes, France,  has forecast that spend on IT and telecommunications [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/heavy-losses-deterring-airlines-from-investing-in-it-report/</link>
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		<title>Top 5 Online Dating Sites for Twitter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you imagine online dating is responsible for more than 120 thousand marriages each year? Well, who knows who came up with the concept of online dating, but it's here to stay and reign millions of hearts across the world. We  have already delivered the top Facebook dating apps and this time it's my stint [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-5-twitter-online-dating-sites/</link>
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		<title>Top 10 Microsoft Office 2007 Templates for your resume/ CV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the recession-hit scenario, downsizing seems to be emerging as a viable solution. In such an unfavorable situation, grabbing a job is a tough-nut to crack. To top that, the number of job seekers are ever increasing. making it all the more difficult to draw an employers attention. Well, your first impression is your resume. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-10-microsoft-office-2007-templates-for-your-resume-cv/</link>
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		<title>China Web controversy highlights growing role of public opinion in official decisions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[China Web controversy highlights public role
BEIJING — Beijing's retreat on its latest Internet-censorship effort highlights the rise of China's increasingly tech-savvy, vocal public as a factor in the authoritarian government's decisions.

China gave in late Tuesday to complaints by Web users, manufacturers and foreign governments and postponed a plan to require producers to supply a government-endorsed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/china-web-controversy-highlights-growing-role-of-public-opinion-in-official-decisions/</link>
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		<title>Firefox 3.5 Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[World's second most popular web browser Firefox offers faster web browsing, better tab handling, newer interface tweaks and many more with its latest 3.5 version (read our previous Firefox 3.5 RC review) which is now available for download. However the improvements are, by no means, a leap ahead of the previous version and rather common [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/firefox-35-review/</link>
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		<title>Quantum computers come closer to reality (Re-Issue)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -  A  team  led  by  Yale  University researchers has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor,  taking  another  step toward the  ultimate  dream  of building a quantum computer.

They also used the two-qubit superconducting chip to successfully run elementary algorithms, such as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/quantum-computers-come-closer-to-reality-re-issue/</link>
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		<title>Marks &amp; Spencer says 1Q sales up 2.9 percent; UK comparable sales fall 1.4 pct</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marks &#038; Spencer 1Q sales up 2.9 pct
LONDON — Clothing and food retailer Marks &#038; Spencer Group PLC said Wednesday that first quarter sales rose by 2.9 percent, though comparable sales in its home market in Britain declined by 1.4 percent.

The drop in U.K. sales was nevertheless smaller than the 2.5 percent drop forecast by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/marks-uk-comparable-sales-fall-14-pct/</link>
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		<title>Tech Mahindra to complete Satyam&#8217;s 75-mn dollars Australian project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - Tech Mahindra, the new owner of troubled Indian IT services firm Satyam, has for the first time confirmed its continued commitment to a 75 million dollars software development project in Geelong, Australia.

There were grave concerns that the project would be axed after Satyam Computer Services founder and chairman, B. Ramalinga Raju, admitted to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/tech-mahindra-to-complete-satyams-75-mn-dollars-australian-project/</link>
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		<title>Chinese Govt. delays orders on software designed to block pornography</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Chinese Government has delayed the mandatory installation of the controversial "Green Dam-Youth Escort" filtering software on new computers that was scheduled to start today.

The software is designed to block violence and pornographic content on the Internet to protect minors, but users have repeatedly raised concerns about invasion of privacy.
The Ministry of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/chinese-govt-delays-orders-on-software-designed-to-block-pornography/</link>
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		<title>Download Firefox 3.5 - Faster and safer way to surf the internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new version of the Internet browser Firefox was released Tuesday, offering users more speed and privacy and greater compliance with new Internet video standards. The release of Firefox 3.5 (download)came as the open source browser is proving an increasingly formidable challenger to Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8, which once had over 90 percent market share.	 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/new-firefox-browser-released/</link>
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		<title>Security guard accused of hacking into Texas clinic computers, allegedly planned July 4 attack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Texas man accused of hacking into clinic computers
DALLAS — A security guard is accused of hacking into computers at a Dallas medical clinic where he worked in hopes of launching a massive computer attack before or on July 4.

Jesse William McGraw is being detained following his arrest Friday on a charge of downloading malicious code [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/security-guard-accused-of-hacking-into-texas-clinic-computers-allegedly-planned-july-4-attack/</link>
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		<title>Putin orders casinos to cash in their chips as Russian gambling law takes effect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Putin tells Russian casinos to cash in their chips
MOSCOW — Nearly two decades after the Soviet collapse set Russia's roulette wheels spinning again, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is calling in the chips on the gambling industry — a symbol of the glitz and excess of Russia's oil-fueled boom.

It's all part of a Kremlin crusade to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/putin-orders-casinos-to-cash-in-their-chips-as-russian-gambling-law-takes-effect/</link>
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