<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>The Pint Lives: Metric Britain Abandoned : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/food-and-drink/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). 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Ministers want to make it mandatory for telephone and internet companies to keep details of all personal internet traffic for at least 12 months so it can be accessed for investigations into crime or other threats to public safety.<br/><br/>------<br/><br/>Welcome to 1984, and it looks like it's here to stay. 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