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topics[3]["description"] = "Brazil's President Lula is criticised for comments that appear to compare Cuban dissidents on hunger strike to common criminals. ";
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topics[5]["description"] = "Barack Obama warns that the crisis in quake-hit Haiti is not over, as he meets the country's President, Rene Preval.";
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topics[7]["description"] = "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a \"double game\" in Afghanistan.";
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topics[10]["title"] = "Political analysis and a British perspective on life in the US";
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topics[12]["title"] = "US activist Granny D dies at 100";
topics[12]["description"] = "Granny D, who walked across the US at the age of 89 in support of election campaign finance reform, dies. ";
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topics[13]["description"] = "President Barack Obama has 'responded positively' to calls to clamp down on market speculators, says the Greek PM after talks.";
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topics[15]["description"] = "A US woman from Pennsylvania faces charges of using the internet to recruit female militant fighters for deadly attacks abroad.";
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topics[18]["description"] = "The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re estimates.";
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topics[19]["description"] = "Rebuilding a devastated economy";
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topics[24]["description"] = "A look at Mexican Carlos Slim - the world's richest man";
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topics[26]["title"] = "'Jihad Jane'";
topics[26]["description"] = "Profile of Colleen LaRose, charged with terror offences";
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topics[27]["title"] = "Cigar culture";
topics[27]["description"] = "Experiencing Cuba's lasting love affair with the cigar";
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topics[28]["title"] = "'I want to build' ";
topics[28]["description"] = "Haiti pupils look to the future";
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topics[29]["title"] = "Galapagos tension";
topics[29]["description"] = "Can all species live side by side in unique ecosystem? ";
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