<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Report: Despite many challenges, world faces brighter future : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2009, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>Report: Despite many challenges, world faces brighter future : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Report: Despite many challenges, world faces brighter future]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;Although great human tragedies like Iraq and Darfur dominate the news, the vast majority of the world is living in peace, conflicts actually decreased over the past decade,&quot; says the 2007 State of the Future report.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/35368/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/35368/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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