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		<title>Syrian crisis, by Krickus</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/23/syrian-crisis-by-krickus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dick Krickus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dick Krickus &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
Article published in russiaprofile.org on 20 January.
A negotiated settlement to the brutal oppression of peaceful protestors in Syria is nowhere in sight and international observers fear we are witnessing the early signs of a protracted civil war.  The outcome remains unclear but it will have a profound impact upon region [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Iran question, by Krickus</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/15/the-iran-question-by-krickus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dick Krickus &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
Article published in russiaprofile.org on 10 January.

Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal predicts that an Israeli attack upon Iran’s nuclear installations is inevitable. Given his past affiliation with the pro-Likud Jerusalem Post, his forecast is not surprising. Likewise, several of the Republican presidential aspirants favor a military solution to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arab revolutions send tourists to Lithuania</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/28/arab-revolutions-send-tourists-to-lithuania/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/28/arab-revolutions-send-tourists-to-lithuania/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arab spring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourism to Lithuania]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian tourism companies this year have  marked turnover growth – scared of revolutions in Northern Africa, many  Europeans choose to visit Lithuania, bnn-news.com wrote on 28 December.
«Despite of the fact that our partners are worried about  the future of euro, still we have orders for 2012 more than in 2011.  Travels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kubilius singles out &#8220;Russian awakening&#8221; and &#8220;Arab spring&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/28/kubilius-singles-out-russian-awakening-and-arab-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking about the most important events in 2011, Prime Minister of Lithuania Andrius Kubilius points at the so-called “Arab spring”, the EU debt crisis and Russian protests, bnn-news.com wrote on 28 December.
“I would start with the so-called “Arab spring”. The second place  goes to the ongoing and quite unpredictable eurozone crisis, which is  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel appreciates Lithuania’s position to Palestine’s UNESCO membership</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/02/israel-appreciates-lithuania%e2%80%99s-position-to-palestine%e2%80%99s-unosco-membership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Avigdor Liberman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israel highly appreciates the Lithuanian position expressed during the vote to oppose Palestine&#8217;s membership in the UNESCO, Israel&#8217;s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said.
&#8220;We highly appreciate Lithuania&#8217;s position – it was a demonstration of its clear support to us and our close mutual relations. Unlike Switzerland or other countries, Lithuania fought and struggled for its independence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The burden and responsibility of freedom, by Aleknonis</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/17/the-burden-and-responsibility-of-freedom-by-aleknonis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/17/the-burden-and-responsibility-of-freedom-by-aleknonis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gintaras Aleknonis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Being a small and virtually unnoticed country in the global arena is simply great. Even when Lithuania voted against Palestine joining UNESCO and found itself in the desperate minority – 14 votes against, 107 for, and 52 abstained – the international media forgot us completely. We hid behind the strong backs of Australia, Canada, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MFA statement on the status of Palestinians at UNESCO</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/02/mfa-statement-on-the-status-of-palestinians-at-unesco/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/11/02/mfa-statement-on-the-status-of-palestinians-at-unesco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuania has always  consistently aimed and will aim to have a single EU position regarding  the status of Palestinians at international organizations. As the EU  failed to establish a single position regarding this issue, we have  voiced our national position together with such EU member states as  Germany, Sweden, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>36 views of Dubai by Jurgita Gerlikaite</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/03/23/36-views-of-dubai-by-jurgita-gerlikaite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/03/23/36-views-of-dubai-by-jurgita-gerlikaite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[See short film‘36 views of Dubai by Jurgita Gerlikaite’.  Jurgita Gerlikaite is a Lithuanian artist who has been living and creating in Dubai since 2009.

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		<title>What can Lithuania do in the context of revolutions in the Arab countries?</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/02/25/what-can-lithuania-do-in-the-context-of-revolutions-in-the-arab-countries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/02/25/what-can-lithuania-do-in-the-context-of-revolutions-in-the-arab-countries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freedom, democracy, and wellbeing – these are the main values of the Western world. The recent revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, sparks of civil unrest in Jordan, Yemen, Bahrain, and Libya indicate that the aforementioned values are not exclusive to the West – they are universal, and may become part of the Arab world one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from Egypt:  is the Lithuanian media narrow-minded?</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/02/11/lessons-from-egypt-is-the-lithuanian-media-narrow-minded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The specialists of the Lithuanian media claim that the recent events in Egypt have demonstrated the narrow-mindedness of our media and society, writes Jūratė Važgauskaitė in Bernardinai.lt portal on 7 February. According to them, the Lithuanian media, unlike that of the Western countries, failed to reflect the importance of the unrest in Egypt. Similarly, our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empty planes to fly to Egypt to bring Lithuanians back</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/01/31/empty-plains-to-fly-to-egypt-to-bring-lithuanians-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/01/31/empty-plains-to-fly-to-egypt-to-bring-lithuanians-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dainius Junevicius]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Juozas Raguckas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=5253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian travel companies are flying empty planes to Egypt to take the Lithuanian tourists back.  The empty plains of Novaturas and Tez Tur travel operators to will fly planes to Egypt on 1, 3 and 5 February. The plains should bring the Lithuanian tourists without reducing the length of their vacations; Juozas Raguckas of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Suffocating, by Tomas Venclova</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/12/31/im-suffocating-by-tomas-venclova/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read one of the best 2010 political commentaries in the Lithuanian media written by Tomas Venclova.  The commentary appeared in the Lithuanian media in July 2010.  The commentary was translated by Geoff Vasil for HolocaustInTheBaltics.com web portal.  The Lithuania Tribune is grateful to Geoff Vasil, HolocaustInTheBaltics.com and Tomas Venclova for granting permission to publish the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European neighbourhood policy discussed in Luxembourg</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/10/27/european-neighbourhood-policy-discussed-in-luxembourg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/10/27/european-neighbourhood-policy-discussed-in-luxembourg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 25 October at the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis and chiefs of diplomacy from the other 26 EU member states discussed cooperation with Georgia, the situation in Cuba, review of the European Neighbourhood Policy and evaluated the Middle East Peace Process, the Ministry of Foreign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Formin pays tribute to 9/11 victims and visits Lithuanian schools</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/09/28/formin-pays-tribute-to-911-victims-and-visits-lithuanian-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a visit to New York, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis paid tribute to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and congratulated the pupils of Lithuanian schools in New York and New Jersey on the beginning of the new school year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported in a press statement.
On 25 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuanian artist Jurgita Gerlikaite searches for meaning within the layers</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/07/31/lithuanian-artist-jurgita-gerlikaite-searches-for-meaning-within-the-layers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An entrance guarded by two palm trees and three steps that lead to the house which Lithuanian artist Jurgita Gerlikaite chose as her studio, her gallery to showcase her artwork, and her home in Umm Suqeim in Dubai. She has been living here for the past three months now.  ( the article, written by Ali [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guantanamo detainee transferred to Latvia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 23, the U.S. transferred a detainee from Guantanamo Bay to Latvia as part of the effort to close the controversial prison on the naval base in Cuba, the Latvian Institute informed.
The U.S. Department of Defence did not identify the detainees under the arrangements made with the Latvian government.
State Secretary of the Interior Ministry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prime Minster Kubilius&#8217; interview: We will do that</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2010/07/21/prime-minster-kubilius-interview-we-will-do-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Journalist Tomas Dapkus has interviewed Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius in the &#8220;Akiraciai&#8221; programme of the Lithuanian Public Radio and Television.  The interview was published in Lietuvos Zinios daily, on 14 July.
Dapkus Mr Prime Minister, the political season has ended together with the end of the Seimas spring session. What has the ruling coalition and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NATO waking up, by Vytautas Landsbergis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For quite some time we were fed stories that Lithuania doesn’t need to worry about its defense as any Russian provocation would be defended by NATO.
The priority – to be loyal NATO allies. The most important duty – missions far away from Lithuania. Strengthening Lithuania isn’t important, nor the preparedness of youth, nor a mobilized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, His Poisoned Legacy and Europe, by Dick Krickus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Like their fellow Europeans, many Lithuanians have expressed dismay that the administration of Barack Obama has turned its back on the Continent.           It appears that he has bigger fish to fry in Asia, that’s why he refused an invitation to meet with EU leaders in a May Summit. Furthermore, in the aftermath of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On tragedies. Speech by Prof. Vytautas Landsbergis at Conference of the European Friends of Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Excellencies, distinguished priests of One God, colleagues parliamentarians, ladies and gentlemen!
Let me share with you some words on tragedies in plural, not only that unique we are commemorating.
Haiti disaster caused by the earthquake is an enormous and terrible human tragedy, which does continue until now.
The tsunami, which passed over Aceha and other Indonesian areas, caused [...]]]></description>
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