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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : 300 jobs to be lost in transfer - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/300-jobs-to-be-lost-in-transfer-30089457.html#IDComment805014488</link>
<description>If you have a sinking currency, your imports get dearer, your exports get cheaper. Fine, except if all your products are being exported, the local price has to go up as well to ensure some stay at home. When Argentina&amp;#039;s currency collapsed, poorer locals found they could barely afford food. The same happened in New Zealand in the early 2000s when their dollar went down and foreign countries bought more of their farm products. </description>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : Top rower Kate Richardson gets an \&#039;oarsome\&#039; makeover - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/fashion-beauty/top-rower-kate-richardson-gets-an-oarsome-makeover-30027759.html#IDComment797669262</link>
<description>wow </description>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : It\&#039;s time to unite our strong bonds - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/its-time-to-unite-our-strong-bonds-30022198.html#IDComment796361791</link>
<description>my goodness what nonsense </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : The Bank of Mum and Dad running on empty - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/news-analysis/the-bank-of-mum-and-dad-running-on-empty-29973811.html#IDComment791447762</link>
<description>So why&amp;#039;s it so dear in NI? I&amp;#039;d like to see this explained. </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : Let\&#039;s talk about drugs, and the truth about them - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/eamonn-mccann/lets-talk-about-drugs-and-the-truth-about-them-29879722.html#IDComment789867325</link>
<description>Eamonn , smoking cannabis kills in the same way as tobacco - slowly. Tar is inhaled, which contains carcinogens. It&amp;#039;s impossible to attribute disease to cannabis alone since most smokers also use tobacco. Also, it burns hotter and is held within the lungs. This causes respiratory damage. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : Privatisation will crack foundation of social housing - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/eamonn-mccann/privatisation-will-crack-foundation-of-social-housing-29959695.html#IDComment789866178</link>
<description>So instead of social housing we&amp;#039;ll have antisocial housing , where private landlords squeeze home buyers out and get paid in housing benefit. Stinks. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : Ministers discuss all-island bid - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/ministers-discuss-allisland-bid-29940447.html#IDComment787499331</link>
<description>Ravenhill, Croke, Lansdowne, Thomond. Is that enough for a World Cup? Could go on a while. </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : Ian Paisley\&#039;s explosive TV attack on former colleagues in DUP and Free Presbyterian Church leaves t</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/ian-paisleys-explosive-tv-attack-on-former-colleagues-in-dup-and-free-presbyterian-church-leaves-them-seething-in-silence-29934115.html#IDComment787119837</link>
<description>There already is a reformed free presbyterian church, apparently.  </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : Protesters picket Ballynahinch Baptist Church event on \&#039;converting\&#039; gays - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/protesters-picket-ballynahinch-baptist-church-event-on-converting-gays-29931413.html#IDComment787054562</link>
<description>No. The point about recessive traits is they appear in the offspring but not the parents. Cystic fibrosis has not been bred out. </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : Protesters picket Ballynahinch Baptist Church event on \&#039;converting\&#039; gays - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/protesters-picket-ballynahinch-baptist-church-event-on-converting-gays-29931413.html#IDComment787054084</link>
<description>You fancy a dead woman? You&amp;#039;re disgusting </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : Protesters picket Ballynahinch Baptist Church event on \&#039;converting\&#039; gays - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/protesters-picket-ballynahinch-baptist-church-event-on-converting-gays-29931413.html#IDComment786843085</link>
<description>Actually people go on about how alike twins can be for instance if one twin gets arthritis there&amp;#039;s a 60 per cent chance the other will too. To me it&amp;#039;s more remarkable that it&amp;#039;s not 100%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Separate matter I&amp;#039;m sure it says somewhere in the bible to love your neighbour and don&amp;#039;t judge. Oh well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sent from my iPhone </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 21:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : Protesters picket Ballynahinch Baptist Church event on \&#039;converting\&#039; gays - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/protesters-picket-ballynahinch-baptist-church-event-on-converting-gays-29931413.html#IDComment786842225</link>
<description>I don&amp;#039;t care. Just caught my eye and thought I&amp;#039;d comment. I don&amp;#039;t know the women. Maybe they were good MPs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sent from my iPhone </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 21:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : A bitter footnote to a political career - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/editors-viewpoint/a-bitter-footnote-to-a-political-career-29931459.html#IDComment786751073</link>
<description>spot on </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 16:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : Protesters picket Ballynahinch Baptist Church event on \&#039;converting\&#039; gays - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/protesters-picket-ballynahinch-baptist-church-event-on-converting-gays-29931413.html#IDComment786742422</link>
<description>The Eagle twins, English MPs. Identical (apparently) yet only one is a lesbian. Suggests genes do not explain it. </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 16:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : A venomous version of Ian Paisley\&#039;s exit from public life - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/a-venomous-version-of-ian-paisleys-exit-from-public-life-29931433.html#IDComment786737667</link>
<description> A deeply unpleasant man. It was all only ever a power trip, right from 1951. </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : Ian Paisley: Tony Blair was \&#039;a fool\&#039; to become a Catholic - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/ian-paisley-tony-blair-was-a-fool-to-become-a-catholic-29931441.html#IDComment786736954</link>
<description>yes indeed - very foolish to go along with Bush&amp;#039;s unnecessary war. So much death and destruction caused by two men who profess to follow the man who said &amp;quot;love your neighbour&amp;quot;. A bit like Paisley really. </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : Hard-working migrants deserve a warm welcome - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/letters/hardworking-migrants-deserve-a-warm-welcome-29927815.html#IDComment786673149</link>
<description>What about migrants who aren&amp;#039;t hard working?  What about the Eastern European who committed a sexual assault in Craigavon hospital car park? Or the Latvian who punched a nurse there? (last week&amp;#039;s Portadown paper) The Portuguese heroin addicts? Yea, diversity - what could possibly go wrong? As if we hadn&amp;#039;t enough scoundrels of our own. </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : Day after racist thugs attacked her home in east Belfast resilient Polish woman is back at work - Be</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/day-after-racist-thugs-attacked-her-home-in-east-belfast-resilient-polish-woman-is-back-at-work-29927791.html#IDComment785952209</link>
<description>Meanwhile Belfast people suffer this nastiness every day and the papers don&amp;#039;t care. However she looks quite nice so let&amp;#039;s feature a supposedly racist attack against a white girl. </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : Meryl Streep\&#039;s roots traced back to Famine-era Donegal - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/meryl-streeps-roots-traced-back-to-famineera-donegal-29921537.html#IDComment785887225</link>
<description>Is it not 1024? </description>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jan 2014 08:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ : Emotional Michaella McCollum reveals life banged up abroad: \&#039;One toilet for 100 women. Once it didn</title>
<link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/emotional-michaella-mccollum-reveals-life-banged-up-abroad-one-toilet-for-100-women-once-it-didnt-flush-for-two-weeks-29910087.html#IDComment783791924</link>
<description>&amp;quot;incredulous&amp;quot; does not mean very incredible. An account cannot be incredulous.  </description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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