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		<title>The U.S. And Russia’s Elections, by Krickus</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/06/the-u-s-and-russia%e2%80%99s-elections-by-krickus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:02:00 +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 3 February.

“How serious is the ‘U.S. factor’ in influencing Russian voters’ preferences?” This question is being asked against the backdrop of Michael McFaul’s appointment as U.S. Ambassador to Russia. Hard-liners claim that this former Stanford professor and author of a provocative book—Advancing Democracy Abroad: Why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuanian basketball film premiere picks up America’s plaudits</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/28/lithuanian-basketball-film-premiere-picks-up-america%e2%80%99s-plaudits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/28/lithuanian-basketball-film-premiere-picks-up-america%e2%80%99s-plaudits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The other dream team]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
As every year, a tiny American town  surrounded by snow-capped Rockies  brought together the independent film  elite for the Sundance festival.  Neither Šarunas Marčiulionis nor  Arturas Karnišovas could hide the onset  of emotions, when the Sundance  audience burst in standing ovations for  the Saturday premier of  &#8220;The [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/15/the-iran-question-by-krickus/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<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>China’s geopolitical phenomena or when we could expect news from Finland-China border, by Spraunius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/13/china%e2%80%99s-geopolitical-phenomena-or-when-we-could-expect-news-from-finland-china-border-by-spraunius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Arūnas Spraunius]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The statement about the news from the border of China  and Finland is oxymoron, without any doubt. However, the title does  show a certain tendency: even extreme scenarios should not be rejected  in the confused globalization, Arūnas Spraunius wrote in geopolitika.lt on 2 January.
In September Beijing released a policy document  laying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Political Forecast for 2012: Two Perspectives</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/11/political-forecast-for-2012-two-perspectives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dick Krickus &#124; The Lithuania Tribune
Article published in russiaprofile.org on 10 January.
 
 An American analyst well-informed about Russian affairs might provide the following forecasts:
In 2012, barring an unexpected development, Putin’s liberal opponents will increase their numbers, address the leadership question and begin constructing a movement that gives the middle class a real voice in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paths and sideways of foreign policy, by Beržiūnas</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/08/paths-and-sideways-of-foreign-policy-by-berziunas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/08/paths-and-sideways-of-foreign-policy-by-berziunas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regarding Lithuania&#8217;s foreign policy, the year 2011 were neither touching nor happy. Rather dreary and grey, Valentinas Beržiūnas wrote in diena.lt on 29 December.
To begin with &#8211; Lithuanian neighbours. Belarus. It seemed that Lithuanian foreign policy planners have developed a political dialogue without any preconditions with our neighbours; however, everything remained just a talk. After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minister of National Defence R. Juknevičienė: “Partnership with the United States in defence area is the foundation of our statehood”</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/06/minister-of-national-defence-r-jukneviciene-%e2%80%9cpartnership-with-the-united-states-in-defence-area-is-the-foundation-of-our-statehood%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States of America remains the  key guarantee of security and stability in Europe, especially in the  Baltic Region, as it was stated by the Lithuanian Minister of National  Defence Rasa Juknevičienė on Wednesday during a meeting with US  Secretary of Defence Leon Edward Panetta in Washington. The meeting  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Aitvaras (Kite) has been in Afghanistan for 10 years now but the squadron’s activity is still classified</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/04/the-aitvaras-kite-has-been-in-afghanistan-for-10-years-now-but-the-squadron%e2%80%99s-activity-is-still-classified/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year marks the 10th anniversary of the USA’s and NATO’s military operations against Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan. The operations began at the end of 2001 and at the beginning of 2002 representatives of the USA&#8217;s Special Forces became very interested in the Lithuanian counterpart. In February, the first group of Special Purpose Service ‘green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M. Obama saw Santa Claus over Lithuania</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/30/m-obama-saw-santa-claus-over-lithuania/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/30/m-obama-saw-santa-claus-over-lithuania/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Michelle, wife of the USA president Barack Obama, received a question from a boy in Hawaii, where at the moment is Santa Claus, she mentioned Lithuania&#8217;s name. As that&#8217;s what reconnaissance satellite recorded, delfi.lt reported on 28 December.
All this was happening in Hawaii, where the first family of the United States was celebrating seasonal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The league of gentlemen, by Gailius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/08/the-league-of-gentlemen-by-gailius/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/12/08/the-league-of-gentlemen-by-gailius/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the last year, the idea of a political union between the Nordic-Baltic states and Great Britain gained a second breath. In the beginning of this year, the first meeting of the leaders of these countries took place and Lithuania&#8217;s Minister of Foreign Affairs, who visited the UK recently, confirmed that the friendship would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laimonas Talat-Kelpša: Lithuania is ruining its international authority</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/09/05/laimonas-talat-kelpsa-lithuania-is-ruining-its-international-authority/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/09/05/laimonas-talat-kelpsa-lithuania-is-ruining-its-international-authority/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuania is ruining its international authority by failing to keep the promise of allocating 2% of GDP to national defence, claimed the new Adviser to the PM on Foreign Policy L. Talat-Kelpša in an interview with delfi.lt on August 30.
The news portal DELFI.lt reminds that Talat-Kelpša was the acting Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nordics and EU thought that Lithuania needed IMF help in 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/26/nordics-and-eu-thought-that-lithuania-needed-imf-help-in-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/26/nordics-and-eu-thought-that-lithuania-needed-imf-help-in-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nordic Countries and the European Union suggested that Lithuania should turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan. WikiLeaks has published a document revealing a conversation that took place in March 2009 between the Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg and officials from the United States.
&#8220;He (Borg) said that the EU and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First U.S. Certified Trade Mission to Lithuania</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/10/first-u-s-certified-trade-mission-to-lithuania/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/10/first-u-s-certified-trade-mission-to-lithuania/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First U.S. certified trade mission to Lithuania will take place from 25 -27 September 2011, delfi.lt wrote on 8 August. Companies listed in Fortune 500, including telecommunication leader AT&#38;T, energy sector giant Exelon and well known Sutherland Global Services corporation, are going to participate in this gateway mission.
Tadas Vizgirda, the chairman of the American Chamber [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experts warn about the financial turmoil effect on Lithuania</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/09/experts-worn-about-the-financial-turmoil-effect-on-lithuania/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lithuanian specialists warn that Lithuania could face problems with its growing exports, negative pension fund performance and stagnating domestic consumption, if the problems in the financial markets will continue.
‘… everything depends on the United States. If US consumption falls, this will affect Germany, which is a large exporter to the United States. That will lead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economists: U.S. has avoided bankruptcy, but because of this Lithuania’s export will slow down</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/08/08/economists-u-s-has-avoided-bankruptcy-but-because-of-this-lithuania%e2%80%99s-export-will-slow-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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After the U.S. Senate approved the agreement to reduce public spending and increase the so-called borrowing ceiling, the first worldwide economic collapse has been avoided. Nevertheless, a &#8220;smaller evil&#8221;, economic slowdown and lower Lithuanian exports, will come, alfa.lt reported on 4 August.
When commenting on the compromise reached by the U.S. Democrats and Republicans regarding public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors ask Special Service to act on facts in WikiLeaks on corruption in Lithuanian media</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/12/prosecutors-ask-special-service-to-act-on-facts-in-wikileaks-on-corruption-in-lithuanian-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prosecution service of the Republic of Lithuania asked Special Investigation Service (SIS) to investigate ‘15min’ publication’s ‘Lithuanian word freedom – captured in corruption cage, or pay for peace’ announced corruption facts about Lithuanian media. Prosecutors will decide whether to start pre-trial investigation after receiving answers from SIS, 15min.lt news portal reported on 11 July.
SIS public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. is Lithuania’s partner to attain energy independence</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/01/the-u-s-is-lithuania%e2%80%99s-partner-to-attain-energy-independence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Unites States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, currently visiting Vilnius at her invitation, to discuss energy and regional security issues, Lithuanian-U.S. cooperation priorities, and prospects of democratic development in the neighboring countries, Presidential Palace Press Office reported.
According to the President, new energy security related challenges are defining new guidelines for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.-Lithuania Joint Press Release on Energy Security Cooperation</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/07/01/u-s-lithuania-joint-press-release-on-energy-security-cooperation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Governments of the United States and Lithuania reaffirm their strong bilateral partnership and close cooperation, and recommit to strengthen energy security in promoting energy diversification efforts in the Baltic Sea region. Lithuania has taken a leading role in promoting regional energy security cooperation in several key energy diversification and market liberalization initiatives, including a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mistral does(not) mean ‘storm’, by Gudavicius</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/06/30/mistral-doesnot-mean-%e2%80%98storm%e2%80%99-by-gudavicius/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should we worry that France, a NATO partner of Lithuania, signed an agreement with Russia at the end of last week regarding the selling of two Mistral amphibious assault ships? The question isn’t as simple as it may seem at first and just answering ‘yes&#8217; or ‘no’ is not enough, Stasys Gudavicius wrote in Diena.lt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full steam ahead on US cargo</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2011/05/26/full-steam-ahead-on-us-cargo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 13:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After almost six months of carrying cargo from the USA bound for Afghanistan via the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda, both countries say they are happy with the arrangement.
The cargo put through Lithuania is a boon for the port, which is doing record turnover this year.
On May 24 in Washington DC, Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs [...]]]></description>
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