<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Dose.ca World News</title><link>http://www.dose.ca/news/index.html</link><description>Dose.ca World News</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[79 killed as Syria pounds protest hubs: activists]]></title><link>http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.html?id=6110693</link><author>Dominic Evans, Agence France-Presse</author><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Syrian military assault on Homs killed dozens of people on the eve of a visit to Damascus by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov aimed at pressing President Bashar al-Assad to end an 11-month uprising by implementing swift reform.]]></description><enclosure url="http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www2.dose.ca/home/feeds/6102774.bin" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure><guid>tag:canada.com,2012-02-07:content=6110693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In reversal, Obama backs lucrative 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police officers]]></title><link>http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.html?id=6110263</link><author>Rosa Prince, The Daily Telegraph</author><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Cancer rates among police officers who responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York have tripled, according to new figures.]]></description><enclosure url="http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www2.dose.ca/home/feeds/5262902.bin" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure><guid>tag:canada.com,2012-02-07:content=6110263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. should review Egypt relations: Senator]]></title><link>http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.html?id=6110129</link><author>AFP</author><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The United States must "re-evaluate" its ties with Egypt over Cairo's apparent plans to put dozens of pro-democracy activists, including 19 Americans, on trial, a senior U.S. senator said Monday.]]></description><enclosure 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