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		<title>Wed, 16 May 2012, Europe  threatens its future security&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ allies and that sales might one day expand to China.
	The Mistral, the second largest ship in the French navy, is a force projection vessel that can transport up to 16 helicopters, four landing craft, 13 battle tanks, and hundreds of combat troops, and can field a 69-bed hospital.
	Russia will pay $1.4 billion for the first two vessels, and France&#8217;s state-owned naval defense company DCNS said it will deliver the first ship to Russia in 2014, CRS said.

	German defense giant Rheinmetall signed a deal with Russia&#8217;s Defense Ministry last November to build a $131 million army training center in Russia&#8217;s Volga region which Rh... ]]></description>
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		<title>Thu, 10 May 2012, Maude takes cyber tour&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The Estonian head of state chairs the European Union e-health work group, which will introduce its final report next week in Copenhagen to the EU health care ministers. President Ilves is also one of the supporters and proponents of cyber security issues.

	Minister Maude&#8217;s delegation will remain in Estonia for three days to learn more about Estonia&#8217;s experience in developing and using public e-services. The delegation will visit the NATO Center of Excellence for Cooperative Cyber Defense and the ICT Demo Center, meeting representatives of Skype and several start-up companies.. ... ]]></description>
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		<title>Wed, 9 May 2012, Paet  rejects  boycott  rumors&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has also been invited there, but will not attend.

	The president&#8217;s PR department head, Piret Pert, said that President Ilves has received an invitation to participate at the Central and East European heads of state meeting in Ukraine but since the time when it takes place coincides with the Lennart Meri international conference in Tallinn, the Estonian president has already announced that he won&#8217;t attend the Yalta meeting.. ... ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.in-estonia.net/2012-05/wed-9-may-2012-paet-rejects-boycott-rumors/</link>
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		<title>Wed, 2 May 2012, Abductors  receive death sentence&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In addition, they have been charged with bombing stores that sell liquor and vandalizing Christian monuments.

	Of the 29 suspects, nine are in custody, while the rest remain at large and they include a Syrian national, Mohammed Ahmed Ahmed, also known as Abu Zarif, who has been held by the Syrian authorities. He has not yet been handed over to Lebanese authorities. Wael Abbas, the suspected ringleader in the abduction, was arrested in November 2011.

	The seven Estonian cyclists were kidnapped in Lebanon in March 2011 as they entered the country from Syria. They were abducted in the eastern Bekaa and kept in captivity in Lebanon and Syri... ]]></description>
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		<title>Wed, 2 May 2012, Bird competition to inspire Estonians&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ &#8220;The barn swallow has been the main graphic element used in Estonian Air&#8217;s logo and planes for a long time. This bird is extremely attached to its nesting site &#8211; they travel almost 10,000 kilometers every year and return to the same nesting site,&#8221; added Parras.

	&#8220;We plan to name all of our planes after local bird species in the long run &#8211; we see this as a chance to introduce Estonia to foreign tourists and we hope that it also inspires Estonians to look up more often,&#8221; said Parras.
	&#8220;Our culture and nature, including birds, are some of the biggest riches of the Estonian nation. Estonia is a ... ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.in-estonia.net/2012-05/wed-2-may-2012-bird-competition-to-inspire-estonians/</link>
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		<title>Wed, 2 May 2012, Bronze Night memories linger&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Not because of the transition of Russian schools partially to Estonian language teaching, nor any other nationality grounds. The situation is considerably better. Not that we have solved all the problems, but the basis and possibilities are much better today,&#8221; he said.

	The Estonian Trade Unions Confederation (ETUC), however, did not plan any events for May 1 this year, partly because of the fifth anniversary of the Bronze Night riots. ETUC chairman Harri Taliga said that &#8220;There are a number of reasons for this. One issue is, naturally, that in recent months we have organized all kinds of events and it seems sometimes that the ... ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.in-estonia.net/2012-05/wed-2-may-2012-bronze-night-memories-linger/</link>
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		<title>Wed, 2 May 2012, Budget gap targets alcohol&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In the first quarter this year, 3.33 million liters of strong alcohol, of which 1.34 million liters or 40.65 percent formed exports.

	Exports grew by 29.4 percent while domestic sales rose 1.9 percent from the same period last year.
	The association said that as compared to five years ago, just 56 percent of the legal strong alcohol market has remained, mainly because of the numerous excise tax increases.. ... ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.in-estonia.net/2012-05/wed-2-may-2012-budget-gap-targets-alcohol/</link>
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		<title>Wed, 2 May 2012, Highway deaths on the increase&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Last year, 101 people died on the roads in Estonia versus 79 in 2010. This year, however, already 35 people have died in traffic, ten more than at the same time last year.. ... ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.in-estonia.net/2012-05/wed-2-may-2012-highway-deaths-on-the-increase/</link>
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		<title>Wed, 25 Apr 2012, College, not toys&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ At the same time, half of the population of the Baltic States noted that they could only start saving money for their child when their financial possibilities permitted. In the Baltic States, Lithuanians differentiate themselves in terms of caring for the future. Forty-seven percent of Lithuanians, 38 percent of Estonians and a mere 9 percent of Latvians would start saving immediately after the birth of their child, so that the saving period would be longer and the amount saved thereby greater,&#8221; he added.
	
	In all three countries, the mother is primarily responsible for saving for the future of their child.
	&#8220;Estonian grandpar... ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.in-estonia.net/2012-04/wed-25-apr-2012-college-not-toys/</link>
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		<title>Wed, 25 Apr 2012, Gender pay gap worst in EU&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ &#8220;We do not have the level of statistics that would enable us to explain what this problem stems from,&#8221; he said, adding that it would make more sense to look to Latvia, which has among the lowest gender-based wage gaps in the EU, as a model rather than trying to base solutions on practices in Nordic countries.

	Estonia&#8217;s large salary gap, which compares with an average 17 percent EU-wide, was the subject of a protest held on April 19 in Tallinn&#8217;s central Tammsaare Park. The event was organized by a number of women&#8217;s associations to push the Cabinet to take action over the issue.

	In September 2011, Riigikogu... ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.in-estonia.net/2012-04/wed-25-apr-2012-gender-pay-gap-worst-in-eu/</link>
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