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            <title><![CDATA[Atheism vs Spirituality: The Battle for the Next Dalai Lama]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Chinese government believes it has the right to appoint the next Dalai Lama in Tibet. The Tibetan exile movement will appoint another in exile. When it comes time to find a successor to the soon-to-be 91-year-old Tenzin Gyatso, who has held the title since 1940, Tibetan Buddhism looks set to have two competing spiritual leaders.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 05:53:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Atheism vs. Spirituality: The Battle for the Dalai Lama Successor]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Chinese government believes it has the right to appoint the next Dalai Lama in Tibet. The Tibetan exile movement says it will appoint its own successor in exile. When it comes time to find a successor to the soon-to-be 91-year-old Tenzin Gyatso, who has held the title since 1940, Tibetan Buddhism looks set to have two competing spiritual leaders.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Expert: Israel's government is drifting towards authoritarianism]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The region's only liberal democracy. This is how Israel has described its position. But as the government becomes increasingly authoritarian, the image is fading. When democracies are hollowed out, one sees attacks on the press and civil society, says Anders Persson, Israel-Palestine expert at Linnaeus University.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 12:40:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Host of climate meeting sees oil as a gift from God]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The risk of greenwashing is extremely high when the gas- and oil nation Azerbaijan hosts the climate meeting COP29, which begins this week.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2024 08:08:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Crack in Georgia's Top Leadership after the Election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Georgia's President Salomé Zurabisjvili calls for protests after the disputed election where the pro-Russian ruling party Georgian Dream won. Prime Minister Irakli Garibasjvili however rejects the allegations of electoral fraud.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 07:12:54 GMT</pubDate>
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