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	<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 08:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Welcome to France&#8230; where the boss get detained</title>
		<link>http://menofwords.com/2009/05/03/welcome-to-france-where-the-boss-get-detained/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 08:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eumenes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent crisis has aggravated many things and resulted in plants closure and lay offs. However , it has come to our attention that in france, french workers and union apparently &#8216;prevented&#8217; their boss from leaving the negotiation grounds. So as to extract concession and favourable terms.
It is agreeable that it&#8217;s fair for workers to negotiate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swine Flu Outbreak</title>
		<link>http://menofwords.com/2009/04/28/swine-flu-outbreak/</link>
		<comments>http://menofwords.com/2009/04/28/swine-flu-outbreak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iridium</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahem, it has almost been 5 months since our last post. Supposedly we were to provide follow ups to the financial crisis, which appears to have shown tentative signs of recovery in recent months.
But alas, who could have forseen an outbreak of swine flu?
The current swine flu outbreak has caught our attention with its rapid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Last Post of 2008</title>
		<link>http://menofwords.com/2008/12/31/the-last-post-of-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iridium</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As the world counts down to the last few seconds of 2008, it is not suprising that many have hoped for the better in the coming year.
Yet this hope seems far for the people of Israel and Palestine as a war currently ravages their lands.
2008 has been an eventful year indeed. With little doubt, making it to the top of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Financial Crisis 2008: A Quick Review</title>
		<link>http://menofwords.com/2008/10/24/global-financial-crisis-2008-a-quick-review/</link>
		<comments>http://menofwords.com/2008/10/24/global-financial-crisis-2008-a-quick-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iridium</dc:creator>
		
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For the past one month, we lived in a period of great financial turmoil in recent history. Unfortunately, the torrent of bad news is not expected to end yet.
With the dust from the subprime mortgage crisis still unsettled, not all is known about the severity of the current financial fallout. With banks announcing further (and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sense of Home Finale</title>
		<link>http://menofwords.com/2008/10/06/sense-of-home-finale/</link>
		<comments>http://menofwords.com/2008/10/06/sense-of-home-finale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megakai</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Filmed entirely in New Zealand, the fourth and final episode of Sense of Home focuses on the trial and tribulations that Edmund Chen, Andrea De Cruz and their daughter face. After impressing during his overseas job stint, Edmund gets offered an extension to his job and readily accepts. This without first telling his wife, Andrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sense of Home review part 1, 2 &#38; 3</title>
		<link>http://menofwords.com/2008/10/03/megakais-sense-of-home-review-part-1-2-3/</link>
		<comments>http://menofwords.com/2008/10/03/megakais-sense-of-home-review-part-1-2-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megakai</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[






OK well I&#8217;ve been tied up. Here goes my part 1, 2, 3 review of Sense of Home.
Quite disappointingly, Sense of Home is just a 4 part series. Only 4 parts? Does the government really think that a 4 part serial will entice overseas Singaporeans to return to Singapore&#8230;haha. Wishful thinking man.
A quick refresher for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Food Scare: Tainted Milk &#038; More</title>
		<link>http://menofwords.com/2008/09/28/china-food-scare-tainted-milk-more/</link>
		<comments>http://menofwords.com/2008/09/28/china-food-scare-tainted-milk-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iridium</dc:creator>
		
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While US mulls over its financial crisis, China is struggling to salvage their reputation as the their recent food scandal shocks the international community.
As you may have know by now, powdered milk were found laced with melamine, a type of industrial compound which is particularly harmful to infants and small children. Till now, four infants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AIG, Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers</title>
		<link>http://menofwords.com/2008/09/20/aig-merrill-lynch-and-lehman-brothers/</link>
		<comments>http://menofwords.com/2008/09/20/aig-merrill-lynch-and-lehman-brothers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iridium</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Within the past week, the world witnessed shocking drama on Wall Street.
Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, aged 150.
Merrill Lynch sold itself to Bank of America at the age of 94.
As both events occurred on Monday, AIG seemed near to collapse under financial pressure.
No one must have envisaged one day that these banking giants would fail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sense of Home</title>
		<link>http://menofwords.com/2008/09/11/sense-of-home/</link>
		<comments>http://menofwords.com/2008/09/11/sense-of-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>megakai</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The newest show on Mediacorp Channel 5 aims to provide insights into the thoughts of Singaporeans living overseas and the reasons why they choose to do so.
Filmed entirely outside Singapore, the new anthology will be screened on Channel 5 starting this Sunday. Locations for filming include Budapest, London, Christchurch etc. A peek into the lives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangkok Dangerous, really</title>
		<link>http://menofwords.com/2008/09/07/bangkok-dangerous-really/</link>
		<comments>http://menofwords.com/2008/09/07/bangkok-dangerous-really/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>iridium</dc:creator>
		
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We saw over the past recent weeks the dramatic turn of events which unfolded in Thailand.
Anti-government protesters descended in front of the government house and blockaded several major airports, leaving foreigners stranded in the country as airports shut down their operations.
At one point, clashes broke out between them and pro-government activists. The violent clash between [...]]]></description>
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