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		<description><![CDATA[Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan The tragic loss of life from the latest asylum seeker boat to sink off the Indonesian coast has led to yet another slanging match between ministers of the Gillard Government and their Opposition counterparts. Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan says he’s open to talks with Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, while [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rodbenson.com&amp;blog=6661900&amp;post=1898&amp;subd=rodbenson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>North Korean succession concerns</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rod Benson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world learned on Tuesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il died last Saturday, sparking uncertainty as to who will succeed him, losses on financial markets, and a ratcheting up of military tensions in the region. There were media images of thousands of North Korean citizens wailing and paying their respects to the dead [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rodbenson.com&amp;blog=6661900&amp;post=1895&amp;subd=rodbenson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus the hope of the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rod Benson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s Christmas time again!  What’s on your mind today?  Perhaps you’re thinking about presents you haven’t yet unwrapped, or presents you have unwrapped and wished you hadn’t! Perhaps your thoughts are drawn to last-minute preparations for Christmas lunch, or delicate diplomacy with interstate relatives, or long-anticipated arrangements for holiday travel this long weekend.  But amid [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rodbenson.com&amp;blog=6661900&amp;post=1888&amp;subd=rodbenson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bethlehem&#8217;s Child is Lord and God</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rod Benson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In William Shakespeare’s play, Twelfth Night, Malvolio says to Fabian, “Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” Jesus Christ, whose birth Christians celebrate on this day each year, was great in all three ways.  King Herod referred to him as “the one who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rodbenson.com&amp;blog=6661900&amp;post=1885&amp;subd=rodbenson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Father Chris Riley sells out</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The founder of Youth Off the Streets, Father Chris Riley, has lent his support to a Clubs Australia advertising blitz targeting two million homes in NSW, as the gambling lobby intensifies its battle against the Gillard government’s proposed poker machine reforms. Father Riley, whose charity receives substantial donations from gambling venues, seems at the very [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rodbenson.com&amp;blog=6661900&amp;post=1880&amp;subd=rodbenson&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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