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Now, with news-junkies turning increasingly to the net for their daily fix of world events, papers are beginning to feel the pinch.<br/><br/>*Includes video report on right of article*]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>-2</score><crdate>12/11/2006 5:27:38 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-11T05:27:38+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>42273</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/42273/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Iconographic News Headlines]]></title><description><![CDATA[A real-time news &quot;translation machine&quot; representing appearing &amp; disappearing information about our times. The news content is reduced to the most frequent headlines &amp; their according keywords. 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