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      <title>FT News</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[News and analysis from FT reporters around the world]]></description>
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	  <itunes:subtitle>News and analysis from FT reporters around the world</itunes:subtitle>
	  <itunes:summary>News and analysis from FT reporters around the world</itunes:summary>
	  <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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         <title>Great tax race</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1817</link>
         <description><![CDATA[As the G20 pledges to crack down on multinational tax avoidance, the Financial Times looks at how and why governments help companies reduce their tax burden. Orla Ryan talks to taxation correspondent Vanessa Houlder, Matt Steinglass in Amsterdam and James Fontanella Khan in Brussels about why tax is rising to the top of the political agenda.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Great tax race</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>As the G20 pledges to crack down on multinational tax avoidance, the Financial Times looks at how and why governments help companies reduce their tax burden. Orla Ryan talks to taxation correspondent Vanessa Houlder, Matt Steinglass in Amsterdam and James Fontanella Khan in Brussels about why tax is rising to the top of the political agenda.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,Financial,Times,Great,Tax,Race,taxation,avoidance,governments,companies,Netherlands,Luxembourg,Austria,</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:09:34</itunes:duration>
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         <title>TIGER: global economic trends</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1797</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Professor Eswar Prasad of the Brookings Institution talks users through the latest edition of the Brookings Institution-Financial Times economic tracking index, which shows the global economic recovery is at risk of stalling.

Visit www.ft.com/tiger to view the index ]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>TIGER: global economic trends</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Professor Eswar Prasad of the Brookings Institution talks users through the latest edition of the Brookings Institution-Financial Times economic tracking index, which shows the global economic recovery is at risk of stalling.

Visit www.ft.com/tiger to view the index </itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>TIGER,FT,brookings,economic,recovery</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:05:11</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Budget 2013: The FT verdict</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1772</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Chris Cook is joined by Jonathan Eley, Martin Sandbu and Sarah Neville to discuss the political, economic and personal finance consequences of the UK Budget announcement.]]></description>
     		 <author>audio@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Budget 2013: The FT verdict</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Chris Cook is joined by Jonathan Eley, Martin Sandbu and Sarah Neville to discuss the political, economic and personal finance consequences of the UK Budget announcement.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>budget,osborne</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:11:20</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Alphachat the snap Cyprus edition</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1771</link>
         <description><![CDATA[FT Alphaville's Joseph Cotterill and David Keohane had a quick chat about Cyprus, its bailout and the depositors being bailed in, the Russian connection and whether there is really a risk of contagion.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Alphachat the snap Cyprus edition</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>FT Alphaville's Joseph Cotterill and David Keohane had a quick chat about Cyprus, its bailout and the depositors being bailed in, the Russian connection and whether there is really a risk of contagion.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Cyprus,alphaville,bailout,russia</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:10:18</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Islamist uprising in Mali</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1711</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Listen to hotel owner Abderhamane Alpha Maiga describe the arrival of Islamists in the fabled desert city of Timbuktu]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Islamist uprising in Mali</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Listen to hotel owner Abderhamane Alpha Maiga describe the arrival of Islamists in the fabled desert city of Timbuktu</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Mali,Islamist,uprising,Timbuktu,conflict,France,intervention,hotel,Financial,Times,FT,world</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:04:22</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Israeli election result</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1708</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The coalition government that emerges from Israel's general election will be less right wing than many had predicted, although Benjamin Netanyahu looks set to remain prime minister. Fiona Symon talked to John Reed, FT correspondent in Jerusalem about the results]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Israeli election result</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>The coalition government that emerges from Israel's general election will be less right wing than many had predicted, although Benjamin Netanyahu looks set to remain prime minister. Fiona Symon talked to John Reed, FT correspondent in Jerusalem about the results</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>israel,election,netanyahu,lapid,atid</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:06:19</itunes:duration>
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         <title>A very Alphaville Christmas</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1689</link>
         <description><![CDATA[David Keohane and Izabella Kaminska are joined for FT Alphaville’s Christmas podcast by Dylan Grice, until recently part of Société Générale’s global strategy team, to discuss the economy in 2013, robots, patents, inflation and, perhaps most importantly, the difference between a Star Trek and a Star Wars economy.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Alphaville Christmas: Robots, patents and inflation</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>David Keohane and Izabella Kaminska are joined for FT Alphaville’s Christmas podcast by Dylan Grice, until recently part of Société Générale’s global strategy team, to discuss the economy in 2013, robots, patents, inflation and, perhaps most importantly, the difference between a Star Trek and a Star Wars economy.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Financial,Times,FT,Alphaville,Dylan,Grice,Société,Générale,robots,patents,inflation,capitalism,Star,Trek,Star,Wars,</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:10:11</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: The year in dealmaking</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1680</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Despite low volumes, 2012 has been a fascinating year for dealmaking. Controversial deals, such as the long-running battle by Glencore, the commodity trader, to take over Xstrata, have dominated headlines. New frontiers, including Chinese international mergers and acquisitions, have emerged. Anousha Sakoui, the FT's M&A correspondent, is joined by Jan Skarbek, head of investment banking at Citi, Charles Jacobs, a partner at Linklaters and Piers Pritchard Jones, a corporate partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the law firms, to review the year in dealmaking and to look ahead at trends for 2013.]]></description>
     		 <author>audio@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: The year in dealmaking</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Despite low volumes, 2012 has been a fascinating year for dealmaking. Controversial deals, such as the long-running battle by Glencore, the commodity trader, to take over Xstrata, have dominated headlines. New frontiers, including Chinese international mergers and acquisitions, have emerged. Anousha Sakoui, the FT's M&amp;A correspondent, is joined by Jan Skarbek, head of investment banking at Citi, Charles Jacobs, a partner at Linklaters and Piers Pritchard Jones, a corporate partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the law firms, to review the year in dealmaking and to look ahead at trends for 2013.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>m&amp;a</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:10:01</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: Technology, media and communications M&amp;A </title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1669</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Companies in this sector have been far from reticent this year with dealmaking despite difficult market conditions. Anousha Sakoui, the FT's M&A correspondent, travels to San Francisco to find out how the fallout from this year's Facebook initial public offering is affecting US dealmaking. She talks to Anthony Armstrong, co-head of Americas M&A at Credit Suisse and is joined in the studio back in London by Jonathan Stankler, head of European technology M&A at KPMG.]]></description>
     		 <author>audio@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: Technology, media and communications M&amp;A </itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Companies in this sector have been far from reticent this year with dealmaking despite difficult market conditions. Anousha Sakoui, the FT's M&amp;A correspondent, travels to San Francisco to find out how the fallout from this year's Facebook initial public offering is affecting US dealmaking. She talks to Anthony Armstrong, co-head of Americas M&amp;A at Credit Suisse and is joined in the studio back in London by Jonathan Stankler, head of European technology M&amp;A at KPMG.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Facebook,Amazon,media,technology,mergers,acquisitions,tech,kpmg</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:08:34</itunes:duration>
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         <title> Deals &amp; Dealmakers: China's overseas buying spree</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1627</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Despite a chaotic year for M&A, fascinating trends have emerged,
including growth in international bids by Chinese companies. By the
end of September, outbound M&A by Chinese groups was at a record high.
But Beijing's record has been controversial, so what is different this
time? To discuss the drivers behind these bids, Anousha Sakoui, the
FT's mergers and acquisitions correspondent, is joined by Andy Cox,
global head of energy at KPMG, and William Downs, global leader of
corporate and corporate finance practice at law firm Squire Sanders.]]></description>
     		 <author>audio@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1627</guid>
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		 <itunes:subtitle> Deals &amp; Dealmakers: China's overseas buying spree</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Despite a chaotic year for M&amp;A, fascinating trends have emerged,
including growth in international bids by Chinese companies. By the
end of September, outbound M&amp;A by Chinese groups was at a record high.
But Beijing's record has been controversial, so what is different this
time? To discuss the drivers behind these bids, Anousha Sakoui, the
FT's mergers and acquisitions correspondent, is joined by Andy Cox,
global head of energy at KPMG, and William Downs, global leader of
corporate and corporate finance practice at law firm Squire Sanders.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>China,mergers,acquisitions,M&amp;A</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:08:22</itunes:duration>
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         <title>What next for the global economy?</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1619</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Professor Eswar Prasad of the Brookings Institution talks users through the latest edition of the Brookings Institution-Financial Times economic tracking index, which shows the economic recovery in deep trouble. 

Visit www.ft.com/tiger to view the index 
]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1619</guid>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>What next for the global economy?</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Professor Eswar Prasad of the Brookings Institution talks users through the latest edition of the Brookings Institution-Financial Times economic tracking index, which shows the economic recovery in deep trouble. 

Visit www.ft.com/tiger to view the index 
</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>world,economy,ft,TIGER</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:04:25</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: Emerging markets M&amp;A</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1600</link>
         <description><![CDATA[During turbulent times in the world economy, western dealmakers may be hunting growth in the emerging markets, but nowhere is immune from the global turmoil – and M&A traffic increasingly goes in both directions. To discuss the state of dealmaking in the emerging markets, Anousha Sakoui, the FT's mergers and acquisitions correspondent, is joined by two top advisers: Hernan Cristerna, JP Morgan's head of M&A for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Edward Braham, global head of corporate at Freshfields.  ]]></description>
     		 <author>audio@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: Emerging markets M&amp;A</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>During turbulent times in the world economy, western dealmakers may be hunting growth in the emerging markets, but nowhere is immune from the global turmoil – and M&amp;A traffic increasingly goes in both directions. To discuss the state of dealmaking in the emerging markets, Anousha Sakoui, the FT's mergers and acquisitions correspondent, is joined by two top advisers: Hernan Cristerna, JP Morgan's head of M&amp;A for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Edward Braham, global head of corporate at Freshfields.  </itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>m&amp;a,china,japan,korea,india,mergers,acquisitions,JPMorgan,Freshfields</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:10:29</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Egypt's president sacks military chiefs</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1570</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Egypt’s new Islamist president Mohamed Morsi has sacked the country’s top two military leaders in a bid to regain some of the power seized by the military in June’s presidential elections. Fiona Symon asked Heba Saleh, FT correspondent in Cairo, about whether the military has now been dislodged from its leading role in shaping the country's political transition.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Egypt's president sacks military chiefs</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Egypt’s new Islamist president Mohamed Morsi has sacked the country’s top two military leaders in a bid to regain some of the power seized by the military in June’s presidential elections.
Fiona Symon spoke to Heba Saleh, FT correspondent in Cairo, about what led to the move, and the extent to which the military has now been dislodged from its leading role in shaping
the country's political transition.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>egypt,president,military,morsi,tantawi,financial,times,world,news,arab,spring</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:07:15</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: the M&amp;A outlook</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1558</link>
         <description><![CDATA[With 2012 on track to be one of the worst years for dealmaking in a decade, are companies now focusing on 2013, or are there still deals to be done?
 
Anousha Sakoui, the FT’s mergers and acquisitions correspondent, takes the pulse of the industry with Jacques Brand, head of investment banking coverage & advisory at Deutsche Bank and Gilberto Pozzi, global head of retail and consumer advisory business at Goldman Sachs.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: the M&amp;A outlook</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>With 2012 on track to be one of the worst years for dealmaking in a decade, are companies now focusing on 2013, or are there still deals to be done?
 
Anousha Sakoui, the FT’s mergers and acquisitions correspondent, takes the pulse of the industry with Jacques Brand, head of investment banking coverage &amp; advisory at Deutsche Bank and Gilberto Pozzi, global head of retail and consumer advisory business at Goldman Sachs.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,dealmakers,Financial,Times,M&amp;A</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:10:40</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: John Studzinski</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1507</link>
         <description><![CDATA[In the second of a two-part Deals & Dealmakers series in which big names in M&A explore the fundamental changes in their industry, Anousha Sakoui, the FT’s mergers and acquisitions correspondent, talks to John Studzinski, global head of Blackstone Advisory Partners.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: John Studzinski</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>In the second of a two-part Deals &amp; Dealmakers series in which big names in M&amp;A explore the fundamental changes in their industry, Anousha Sakoui, the FT’s mergers and acquisitions correspondent, talks to John Studzinski, global head of Blackstone Advisory Partners.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,M&amp;A,JohnStudzinzki</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:10:52</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: Ken Moelis</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1497</link>
         <description><![CDATA[In the first podcast of a two-part series, veteran investment banker and founder of Moelis & Company Ken Moelis talks to Anousha Sakoui, the FT’s mergers and acquisitions correspondent, about the M&A cycle, the challenges of global expansion and why it is a mistake to chase yesterday’s economy. Hear part two, with Blackstone's John Studzinski, on June 13. ]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: Ken Moelis</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>In the first podcast of a two-part series, veteran investment banker and founder of Moelis &amp; Company Ken Moelis talks to Anousha Sakoui, the FT’s mergers and acquisitions correspondent, about the M&amp;A cycle, the challenges of global expansion and why it is a mistake to chase yesterday’s economy. Hear part two, with Blackstone's John Studzinski, on June 13. </itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,Ken,Moelis,M&amp;A</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:11:48</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Business Book of the Year: challenges for the book industry </title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1463</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Lionel Barber, FT editor, interviews James Daunt, managing director of Waterstone's, the big UK book chain, about the destiny of bricks-and-mortar booksellers and the challenges for publishers, agents, and authors at a roundtable to mark the opening for entries of the 2012 FT - Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. ]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Business Book of the Year: challenges for the book industry </itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Lionel Barber, FT editor, interviews James Daunt, managing director of Waterstone's, the big UK book chain, about the destiny of bricks-and-mortar booksellers and the challenges for publishers, agents, and authors at a roundtable to mark the opening for entries of the 2012 FT Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. </itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,Lionel,Barber,James,Daunt,Waterstones,books,book,of,the,year</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:08:33</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: what rules changes have meant for M&amp;A</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1449</link>
         <description><![CDATA[In the UK, the world’s second-biggest market for M&A after the US, the Takeover Panel last year reformed the rules regulating dealmaking. What impact are the changes having eight months on?

Anousha Sakoui, the FT’s mergers and acquisitions correspondent, looks at the issues with studio guests James Palmer, global head of law firm Herbert Smith’s corporate business and Jonathan Rowley, co-head of European M&A at investment bank UBS.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: what rules changes have meant for M&amp;A</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>In the UK, the world’s second-biggest market for M&amp;A after the US, the Takeover Panel last year reformed the rules regulating dealmaking. What impact are the changes having eight months on?

Anousha Sakoui, the FT’s mergers and acquisitions correspondent, looks at the issues with studio guests James Palmer, global head of law firm Herbert Smith’s corporate business and Jonathan Rowley, co-head of European M&amp;A at investment bank UBS.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,M&amp;A,Dealmakers,TakeOverPanel</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:12:47</itunes:duration>
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         <title>TIGER: Where next for the global economic recovery?</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1441</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Eswar Prasad, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, analyses the latest edition of the FT-Brookings TIGER index, which tracks the global economic recovery. To explore the index, go to www.ft.com/tiger. ]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>TIGER: Where next for the global economic recovery?</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Eswar Prasad, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, analyses the latest edition of the FT-Brookings TIGER index, which tracks the global economic recovery. To explore the index, go to www.ft.com/tiger. </itunes:summary>
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		 <itunes:duration>00:05:20</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: The outlook for M&amp;A</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1430</link>
         <description><![CDATA[In the first podcast in the FT’s Deals & Dealmakers series, mergers and acquisitions correspondent Anousha Sakoui talks to industry analysts about the outlook for the year. 

With studio guests Jonathan Stubbs, head of European equity strategy at Citigroup in London, and Jon Clark, who heads the UK oil and gas transactions team at Ernst & Young.
]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Deals &amp; Dealmakers: The outlook for M&amp;A</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>In the first podcast in the FT’s Deals &amp; Dealmakers series, mergers and acquisitions correspondent Anousha Sakoui talks to industry analysts about the outlook for the year. 

With studio guests Jonathan Stubbs, head of European equity strategy at Citigroup in London, and Jon Clark, who heads the UK oil and gas transactions team at Ernst &amp; Young.
</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>M&amp;A,,deals,,FT,,oil,,gas,,equities</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:10:05</itunes:duration>
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         <title>The Budget 2012</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1421</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Robert Shrimsley, editor of FT.com, is joined by economic leader writer Martin Sandbu, personal finance editor Matthew Vincent and Chris Cook of the public policy team to discuss the political, economic and personal finance consequences of the UK budget announcement.]]></description>
     		 <author>audio@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>The Budget 2012</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Robert Shrimsley, editor of FT.com, is joined by FT economic leader writer Martin Sandbu, personal finance editor Matthew Vincent and Chris Cook from the FT public policy team to discuss the political, economic and personal finance consequences of the UK budget announcement.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>uk,politics,economics,budget,finance,pensions,conservatives,labour,liberal,democrats,George,Obsorne</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:07:15</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Clive Cookson talks neutrinos with Pier Oddone</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1355</link>
         <description><![CDATA[FT science editor Clive Cookson talks neutrinos with Pier Oddone, director of leading US particle physics centre Fermilab ]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Clive Cookson talks neutrinos with Pier Oddone</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>FT science editor Clive Cookson talks neutrinos with Pier Oddone, director of leading US particle physics centre Fermilab </itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>neutrinos,FT,particles,physics,</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:05:18</itunes:duration>
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         <title>The seven billionth person</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1320</link>
         <description><![CDATA[FT health correspondent Andrew Jack talks to Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, about the arrival of the world’s seven billionth person]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>The seven billionth person</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>FT health correspondent Andrew Jack talks to Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, about the arrival of the world’s seven billionth person</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,population,growth,science,UN,WHO</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:04:47</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Bomb blasts in Oslo - an eye-witness account</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1251</link>
         <description><![CDATA[FT correspondent Robin Wigglesworth talks to writer Anders Heger who was outside the building where the explosions took place.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:summary>FT correspondent Robin Wigglesworth talks to writer Anders Heger who was outside the building where the explosions took place.</itunes:summary>
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		 <itunes:duration>00:02:47</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Rahul Gandhi's 4-day tour of Uttar Pradesh</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1240</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Amid a spate of corruptions scandals the Indian congress-led government seems to be struggling to keep control and speculation that Rahul Gandhi is waiting in the wings to replace the current prime minister Manmohan Singh, is mounting. Mr Gandhi recently came back into the spotlight after completing a 4-day walking tour through a string of villages in Uttar Pradesh. 

Asia page editor Serena Tarling talks to FT correspondent Rahul Jacobs in New Delhi, about how Gandhi was received.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:14:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:summary>Amid a spate of corruptions scandals the Indian congress-led government seems to be struggling to keep control and speculation that Rahul Gandhi is waiting in the wings to replace the current prime minister Manmohan Singh, is mounting. Mr Gandhi recently came back into the spotlight after completing a 4-day walking tour through a string of villages in Uttar Pradesh. 

Asia page editor Serena Tarling talks to FT correspondent Rahul Jacobs in New Delhi, about how Gandhi was received.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>news,,India,,Gandhi,,FT</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:05:00</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Thai elections</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1224</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Yingluck Shinawatra, younger sister of Thailand's exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is set to become the country's first female prime minister after her party's resounding election victory at the weekend. Serena Tarling asked the FT's Bangkok correspondent Tim Johnston about the challenges she faces and how much influence her brother is likely to have over the incoming government]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:12:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1224</guid>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Thailand's new government</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Yingluck Shinawatra, younger sister of Thailand's exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, is set to become the country's first female prime minister after her party's resounding election victory at the weekend. Serena Tarling asked the FT's Bangkok correspondent Tim Johnston about the challenges she faces and how much influence her brother is likely to have over the incoming government</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Thailand,,Shinawatra,,election</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:08:06</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Erdogan's post-election challenges</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1205</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has just won his third election in a row, increasing his share of the vote and winning a strong mandate to launch a long-delayed overhaul of Turkey's constitution and tackle pressing issues of Middle East policy. Fiona Symon asked Delphine Strauss, FT correspondent in Ankara, what his early priorities would be.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:summary>Turkey's prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has just won his third election in a row, increasing his share of the vote and winning a strong mandate to launch a long-delayed overhaul of Turkey's constitution and tackle pressing issues of Middle East policy. Fiona Symon asked Delphine Strauss, FT correspondent in Ankara, what his early priorities would be.</itunes:summary>
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		 <itunes:duration>00:05:51</itunes:duration>
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         <title>The current state of Yemen</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1201</link>
         <description><![CDATA[FT correspondent Abeer Allam talks to Serena Tarling about the current situation in Yemen, a week after President Saleh's exit from the country to Saudi Arabia.
]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:33:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:summary>FT correspondent Abeer Allam talks to Serena Tarling about the current situation in Yemen, a week after President Saleh's exit from the country to Saudi Arabia.
</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>news,,ft,,yemen</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:04:32</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Berlusconi suffers poll setback</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1172</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Italy's ruling coalition has been shaken by the results of local elections - one of the most disappointing results was in Silvio Berlusconi's home town of Milan. 

Fiona Symon talks to Rachel Sanderson in Milan, about what the results mean for the Italian prime minister.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
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         <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 18:17:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:summary>Italy's ruling coalition has been shaken by the results of local elections - one of the most disappointing results was in Silvio Berlusconi's home town of Milan. 

Fiona Symon talks to Rachel Sanderson in Milan, about what the results mean for the Italian prime minister.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>news,,ft,,italy</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:07:00</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Syria lifts its emergency law</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1147</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Syria has lifted its 48-year old emergency law in a bid to appease pro-democracy protesters. Fiona Symon asked Abigail Fielding-Smith in Beirut how the latest government tactic was likely to be viewed by opponents of the regime.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
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         <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Syria lifts its emergency law</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Syria has lifted its 48-year old emergency law in a bid to persuade pro-democracy protesters to end their demonstrations. Fiona Symon asked Abigail Fielding-Smith in Beirut how the latest government tactic was likely to go down with the protesters.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>syria,assad,mideast,protests,emergency,law</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:06:14</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Call between Danielle Chiesi and Raj Rajaratnam on September 30 2008</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1145</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Danielle Chiesi, the Bear Stearns trader, and Mr Rajaratnam, discuss market movements and possible deals]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
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         <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Danielle Chiesi and Raj Rajaratnam on September 30 2008</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Danielle Chiesi, the Bear Stearns trader, and Mr Rajaratnam, discuss market movements and possible deals</itunes:summary>
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		 <itunes:duration>00:02:33</itunes:duration>
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         <title>Mubarak's detention and the transition in Egypt</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1142</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Protesters in Egypt have called off a planned demonstration in response to the arrest of ousted president Hosni Mubarak - the first detention of an Arab autocrat since the start of the Arab unrest. 

Fiona Symon speaks to correspondent Heba Saleh in Cairo about the what this means for the prospects for a smooth transition of power in the country, and for protest movements in the wider region.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Protesters in Egypt have called off a planned demonstration in response to the arrest of ousted president Hosni Mubarak - the first detention of an Arab autocrat since the start of the Arab unrest. 

Fiona Symon speaks to correspondent Heba Saleh in Cairo about the what this means for the prospects for a smooth transition of power in the country, and for protest movements in the wider region.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>protests,,egypt,,mubarak</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:05:37</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Italy struggles with North African migrants</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1134</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Over 250 people were feared drowned this week after they set off in a small boat from the coast of North Africa in an attempt to reach the Italian Island of Lampedusa.

The tragedy highlighted a growing problem for Italy over what to do with the flood of migrants that has resulted from the Arab uprisings in Tunisia and Libya. 

Fiona Symon spoke to Guy Dinmore, the FT's Rome correspondent, about how Italy is tackling the problem.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1134</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1134/ft_news_italy_migrants_20110411.mp3' length='6317646' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Italy struggles with North African migrants</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Over 250 people were feared drowned this week after they set off in a small boat from the coast of North Africa in an attempt to reach the Italian Island of Lampedusa. The tragedy highlighted a growing problem for Italy over what to do with the flood of migrants that has resulted from the Arab uprisings in Tunisia and Libya. Fiona Symon spoke to Guy Dinmore, the FT's Rome correspondent, about how Italy is tackling the problem.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,News,,Italy,,Tunisia,,migrants,,libya,france,</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:06:34</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Call between Danielle Chiesi and Raj Rajaratnam on July 30 2008</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1125</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Raj Rajaratnam called Danielle Chiesi, the Bear Stearns trader,  and said, “I just wanted to say thank you.” for tips on a deal
]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1125</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1125/543_good.mp3' length='2454429' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Danielle Chiesi and Raj Rajaratnam on July 30 2008</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Danielle Chiesi, the Bear Stearns trader, and Raj Rajaratnam discuss contacts at several companies and Ms Chiesi’s concerns about trading and being investigated
</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:04:08</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Call between Danielle Chiesi and Raj Rajaratnam on August 27, 2008</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1126</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Danielle Chiesi, the Bear Stearns trader, and Mr Rajaratnam, in which they discussed contacts at several companies and Ms Chiesi’s concerns about trading and being investigated. ]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1126</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1126/594_excerpt_2011-04-04.mp3' length='1579648' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Danielle Chiesi and Raj Rajaratnam on August 27, 2008</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Danielle Chiesi, the Bear Stearns trader, and Mr Rajaratnam, in which they discussed contacts at several companies and Ms Chiesi’s concerns about trading and being investigated. </itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:02:37</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Call between Danielle Chiesi and Kieran Taylor on September 9, 2008</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1127</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Danielle Chiesi speaks with Kieran Taylor, a senior marketing officer with Akamai, who prosecutors allege informed her about the lower earnings guidance]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1127</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1127/698_redacted.mp3' length='4702278' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Danielle Chiesi speaks with Kieran Taylor on September 9, 2008</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Danielle Chiesi speaks with Kieran Taylor&lt;, a senior marketing officer with Akamai, who prosecutors allege informed her about the lower earnings guidance</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:07:09</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Call between Danielle Chiesi and Kieran Taylor on October 10, 2008</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1128</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Kieran Taylor tells Danielle Chiesi he has a “major present” for her in the form of information.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1128</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1128/703_redacted.mp3' length='2804358' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Danielle Chiesi and Kieran Taylor on October 10, 2008</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Kieran Taylor tells Danielle Chiesi he has a “major present” for her in the form of information.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:04:39</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Call between Danielle Chiesi and Raj Rajaratnam on September 23 2008</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1129</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Danielle Chiesi, the Bear Stearns trader, and Mr Rajaratnam, discuss contacts at several companies and Ms Chiesi’s concerns about trading and being investigated. ]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1129</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1129/625_excerpt_2011-04-04_redacted.mp3' length='1691257' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Danielle Chiesi and Raj Rajaratnam on September 23 2008</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Danielle Chiesi, the Bear Stearns trader, and Mr Rajaratnam, discuss contacts at several companies and Ms Chiesi’s concerns about trading and being investigated. </itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:02:48</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Call between Danielle Chiesi and Raj Rajaratnam on July 24 2008</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1130</link>
         <description><![CDATA[In a call on July 24 2008, Danielle Chiesi alerts Raj Rajaratnam about information about Akamai.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1130</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1130/532_redacted.mp3' length='1917318' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Danielle Chiesi and Raj Rajaratnam on July 24 2008</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>In a call on July 24 2008, Danielle Chiesi alerts him about Akamai. “They’re gonna guide down. I just got a call from my guy. I played him like a finely tuned piano,” Ms Chiesi said. &lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:03:11</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>The Astronauts of Planet Earth</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1121</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Sam Knight interviews Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, currently in the middle of a six-month mission on the International Space Station.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:07:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1121</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1121/astronaut.mp3' length='2641945' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Sam Knight interviews Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, currently in the middle of a six-month mission on the International Space Station.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:05:30</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Call between David Lau and Raj Rajaratnam on October 24, 2008</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1117</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Raj Rajaratnam is heard telling David Lau, a colleague, that he was told by a board member of Goldman Sachs that the bank would report a loss for the quarter]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1117</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1117/raj_and_david_lau.mp3' length='1944683' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between David Lau and Raj Rajaratnam on October 24, 2008</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>the founder of Galleon Group, is heard telling a colleague that he was told by a board member of Goldman Sachs that the bank would report a loss for the quarter</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:03:14</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Call between Ian Horowitz and Raj Rajaratnam on September 24, 2008</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1118</link>
         <description><![CDATA[During this call, Raj Rajaratnam tells Ian Horowitz, a Galleon trader, that he received “a call at 3:58, right?... Saying something good might happen to Goldman.”]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1118</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1118/raj_and_horowitz.mp3' length='1946842' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Ian Horowitz and Raj Rajaratnam on September 24, 2008</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>During this call, Raj Rajaratnam tells Ian Horowitz, a Galleon trader, that he received “a call at 3:58, right?... Saying something good might happen to Goldman.”</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>During,this,call,,Raj,Rajaratnam,tells,Ian,Horowitz,,a,Galleon,trader,,that,he,received,“a,call,at,3:58,,right?...,Saying,something,good,might,happen,to,Goldman.”</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:03:14</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Call between Joe Liu and Raj Rajaratnam on December 5, 2008</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1114</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The audio of a call between Joe Liu, a Galleon employee, speaking with Raj Rajaratnam. Prosecutors allege Mr Liu passed along information about Synaptics’s earnings before they were announced in January 2009.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1114</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1114/joe_liu_of_galleon_talking_to_raj_about_a_co_called_synaptics.mp3' length='999367' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Joe Liu and Raj Rajaratnam </itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>The audio of a call between Joe Liu, a Galleon employee, speaking with Raj Rajaratnam. Prosecutors allege Mr Liu passed along information about Synaptics’s earnings before they were announced in January 2009.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,Rajaratnam</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:01:38</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Call between Raj Rajaratnam, Adam Horowitz and Adam Smith on May 1 2008</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1115</link>
         <description><![CDATA[A call between Raj Raj Rajaratnam and Ian Horowitz followed by a discussion between Rajaratnam and Adam Smith.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1115</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1115/adam_smith.mp3' length='2113876' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Raj Rajaratnam, Adam Horowitz and Adam Smith on May 1 2008</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>A call between Raj Raj Rajaratnam and Ian Horowitz followed by a discussion between Rajaratnam and Adam Smith.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:03:31</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rajiv Goel on March 20, 2008</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1107</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The two discuss Intel’s investment in wireless company Clearwire and the PeopleSupport sale to India’s Essar Group]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1107</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1107/rajiv_3.mp3' length='3225553' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rajiv Goel on March 20, 2008</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>The two discuss Intel’s investment in wireless company Clearwire and the PeopleSupport sale to India’s Essar Group</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Rajaratnam,FT</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:05:20</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rajiv Goel on March 20, 2008 at 10pm </title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1108</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The two discuss Intel’s investment in wireless company Clearwire and the PeopleSupport sale to India’s Essar Group]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1108</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1108/rajiv_4.mp3' length='637873' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rajiv Goel on March 20, 2008 at 10pm </itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>The two discuss Intel’s investment in wireless company Clearwire and the PeopleSupport sale to India’s Essar Group</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Rajaratnam,FT</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:01:03</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rengan Rajaratnam on March 25, 2008</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1109</link>
         <description><![CDATA[CONTAINS EXPLETIVES: Mr Rajaratnam’s brother, Rengan, called Mr Rajaratnam to alert him to a Wall Street Journal news article that discussed the potential combination of Clearwire and an investment from Intel, among other companies. ]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1109</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1109/rengan.mp3' length='652272' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rengan Rajaratnam on March 25, 2008</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>CONTAINS EXPLETIVES: Mr Rajaratnam’s brother, Rengan, called Mr Rajaratnam to alert him to a Wall Street Journal news article that discussed the potential combination of Clearwire and an investment from Intel, among other companies. </itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Rajaratnam,FT</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:01:04</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>UK Budget 2011</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1104</link>
         <description><![CDATA["A budget for making things, not making things up." So began UK chancellor George Osborne, as he set out his stall for encouraging growth and stabilising the country's economy. 

So, how did he fare? The FT's Sarah Neville put this question to Chris Cook, the FT's education correspondent, Martin Sandbu, the FT's economic leader writer and Matthew Vincent, editor of FT Money.

Produced by LJ Filotrani]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1104</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1104/ft_news_budget_2011_03_22.mp3' length='4645223' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>&quot;A budget for making things, not making things up.&quot; So began UK Chancellor George Osborne, as he set out his stall for encouraging growth and stabilising the country's economy. 

So, how did he fare? The FT's Sarah Neville put this question to Chris Cook, the FT's education correspondent, Martin Sandbu, the FT's economic leader writer and Matthew Vincent, editor of FT Money.

Produced by LJ Filotrani</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>UK,budget,,FT,,news</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:09:40</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rajiv Goel</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1098</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Call between Raj Rajaratnam, founder of Galleon Group, and Rajiv Goel, a former Intel employee, on July 30 2008. The call followed a meeting of PeopleSupport’s board discussing the terms of the offer. ]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1098</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1098/raj.mp3' length='929469' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rajiv Goel</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Call between Mr Rajaratnam, founder of Galleon Group, and Rajiv Goel, a former Intel employee, on July 30 2008. The call followed a meeting of PeopleSupport’s board discussing the terms of the offer. </itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Raj,FT</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:01:32</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Protests in Bahrain</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1095</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Police have cracked down on the heart of Bahrain's pro-democracy movement, launching tear gas against protesters rallying at the Pearl roundabout in Manama, the capital. 
Fiona Symon speaks to Robin Wigglesworth, about the political  implications for Bahrain and the wider region.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1095</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1095/ft_news_bahrain_2011_03_16.mp3' length='2325759' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Police have cracked down on the heart of Bahrain's pro-democracy movement, launching tear gas against protesters rallying at the Pearl roundabout in Manama, the capital. 
Fiona Symon speaks to Robin Wigglesworth, about the political  implications for Bahrain and the wider region.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>ft,,news,,bahrain</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:04:50</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rajat Gupta</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1094</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Rajat Gupta, a Goldman Sachs  director, told Raj Rajaratnam, the founder of hedge fund Galleon Group, that the investment bank had discussed buying a commercial bank in July 2008, according to a recording of the audio of this phone call]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1094</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1094/534_excerpt_2011-03-15_1.mp3' length='10699170' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rajat Gupta</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Rajat Gupta, a Goldman Sachs  director, told Raj Rajaratnam, the founder of hedge fund Galleon Group, that the investment bank had discussed buying a commercial bank in July 2008, according to a recording of the audio of this phone call</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Rajaratnam,FT,Galleon</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:17:58</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rajiv Goel</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1088</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The audio of a phone call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rajiv Goel used as evidence in the insider trading case against Rajaratnam]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1088</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1088/gx_654.mp3' length='1819395' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rajiv Goel</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>The audio of a phone call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rajiv Goel used as evidence in the insider trading case against Rajaratnam</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Rajaratnam,Insider,Trading</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:03:00</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Anil Kumar</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1089</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The audio of a phone call between Raj Rajaratnam and Anil Kumar used as evidence in the insider trading case against Rajaratnam]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1089</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1089/gx_553.mp3' length='5419395' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Anil Kumar</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>The audio of a phone call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rajiv Goel used as evidence in the insider trading case against Rajaratnam</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Rajaratnam</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:08:47</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Adam Smith</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1090</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The audio of a phone call between Raj Rajaratnam and Adam Smith used as evidence in the insider trading case against Rajaratnam]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1090</guid>
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		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Call between Raj Rajaratnam and Adam Smith</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>The audio of a phone call between Raj Rajaratnam and Rajiv Goel used as evidence in the insider trading case against Rajaratnam</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Rajaratnam,</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:03:29</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Japan earthquake</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1085</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The FT’s Mure Dickie gives an eye-witness account from Tokyo on the biggest earthquake ever to hit Japan.  ]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1085</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/1085/ftnews_20110311.mp3' length='1345009' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle>Eyewitness: Japan earthquake</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>The FT’s Mure Dickie gives an eye witness account from Tokyo on the biggest earthquake ever to hit Japan.  </itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Japan,,earthquake,,FT,,Tokyo</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:01:23</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Students demonstrate in Yemen</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1079</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Students in Yemen, inspired by events in Egypt and Tunisia, have launched a campaign of mass demonstrations to persuade President Ali Abduallah Saleh  - to step down. 

Fiona Symon asks FT correspondent Abigail Fielding-Smith, who is in the Yemeni capital Sana, what has been achieved so far.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1079</guid>
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		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Students in Yemen, inspired by events in Egypt and Tunisia, have launched a campaign of mass demonstrations to persuade President Ali Abduallah Saleh  - to step down. 

Fiona Symon asks FT correspondent Abigail Fielding-Smith, who is in the Yemeni capital Sana, what has been achieved so far.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>news,,ft</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:04:25</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Protests grip Egypt </title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1042</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The FT’s Middle East correspondent Michael Peel reports on Friday’s events from the streets of Cairo after a day of pitched battles in Egypt. 

Interview by John Aglionby, produced by Emily Cadman]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1042</guid>
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		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Protests grip Egypt </itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>The FT’s Middle East correspondent Michael Peel reports on Friday’s events from the streets of Cairo after a day of pitched battles in Egypt. 

Interview by John Aglionby, produced by Emily Cadman</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Egypt,battles,Cairo,FT,protests,demonstrations,</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:06:15</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>The sounds of the financial crisis</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1014</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Think of the financial crisis. What does it sound like? 
That was the question the FT put to Julian Anderson, professor of composition at the Guildhall School and one of Britain's most celebrated composers. 
Hear him identify five key moments of the crisis, written out as scores and played on the piano.

Presented by Frederick Studemann

Produced by LJ Filotrani ]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1014</guid>
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		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Think of the financial crisis. What does it sound like? That was the question the FT put to Julian Anderson, professor of composition at the Guildhall School and one of Britain's most celebrated composers. Hear him identify five key moments, written out as scores and played on the piano.
Presented by Frederick </itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>julian,anderson</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:09:01</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Berlusconi survives no-confidence votes</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1009</link>
         <description><![CDATA[John Aglionby talks to Guy Dinmore, the FT’s Rome correspondent, about Silvio Berlusconi’s extraordinary political escape in surviving two no confidence votes. 

We look at what options are now open for Mr Berlusconi, and what the failure of the revolt means for Italian politics.

Produced by Emily Cadman
]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1009</guid>
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		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Berlusconi survives no-confidence votes</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>John Aglionby talks to Guy Dinmore, the FT’s Rome correspondent, about Silvio Berlusconi’s extraordinary political escape in surviving two no confidence votes. 

We look at what options are now open for Mr Berlusconi, and what the failure of the revolt means for Italian politics.

Produced by Emily Cadman
</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,News,Italy,politics,Berlusconi</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:05:33</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Interview: Joe Lombardo, president Gulfstream Aerospace</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1011</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Rohit Jaggi, Aviation Columnist, interviews Joe Lombardo, president and chief executive of US business aircraft maker Gulfstream Aerospace, about the G450.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=1011</guid>
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		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Interview: Joe Lombardo, president Gulfstream Aerospace</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Rohit Jaggi, Aviation Columnist, interviews Joe Lombardo, president and chief executive of US business aircraft maker Gulfstream Aerospace, about the G450.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:03:38</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>West African elections</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=997</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Two West African countries,  Ivory Coast and Guinea have recently held presidential elections regarded as their first democratic vote since independence. Peaceful change could herald a new era of prosperity for the people of both countries, which are leading commodity exporters. 
Fiona Symon asks the FT's West Africa correspondent Tom Burgis what could happen if the results of the polls are disputed.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=997</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/997/ft_world_2010_12_03.mp3' length='2232345' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Two West African countries,  Ivory Coast and Guinea have recently held presidential elections regarded as their first democratic vote since independence. Peaceful change could herald a new era of prosperity for the people of both countries, which are leading commodity exporters. 
Fiona Symon asks the FT's West Africa correspondent Tom Burgis what could happen if the results of the polls are disputed.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>world,news,,FT</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:04:39</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Egypt elections</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=989</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Fiona Symon talks to the FT's correspondent in Cairo, Heba Saleh, about the elections in Egypt this weekend.

Produced by LJ Filotrani]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=989</guid>
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		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Fiona Symon talks to the FT's correspondent in Cairo, Heba Saleh, about the elections in Egypt this weekend.

Produced by LJ Filotrani</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>news,,FT,,Egypt</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:05:38</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>North Korea attacks on South Korea</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=984</link>
         <description><![CDATA[North Korea launched an attack on the remoteSouth Korean fishing island of Yeonpyeong on Tuesday killing four and destroying dozens of houses. South Korea retaliated with a shelling of its own.
Fiona Symon talks to Christian Oliver, the FT's correspondent in Seoul about public opinion of the attacks.

Produced by LJ Filotrani]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=984</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/984/ft_world_2010_11_24.mp3' length='3264077' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>North Korea launched an attack on the remoteSouth Korean fishing island of Yeonpyeong on Tuesday killing four and destroying dozens of houses. South Korea retaliated with a shelling of its own.
Fiona Symon talks to Christian Oliver, the FT's correspondent in Seoul about public opinion of the attacks.

Produced by LJ Filotrani</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>korea,,news,,world,,ft</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:06:48</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>US election special: What do the results mean?</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=957</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Republicans have taken control of the House of Representatives and gained ground in the Senate. The results of the Midterms have, without a doubt, set out a significant shift in power.
But what do the results really mean for President Barack Obama?

LJ Filotrani asks FT correspondent Anna Fifield who watched the results unfold in Washington, for her thoughts.
]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=957</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/957/ft_news_uselections_2010_11_03.mp3' length='4581067' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Republicans have taken control of the House of Representatives and gained ground in the Senate. The results of the Midterms have, without a doubt, set out a significant shift in power.
But what do the results really mean for President Barack Obama?

LJ Filotrani asks FT correspondent Anna Fifield who watched the results unfold in Washington, for her thoughts.
</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>us,elections,,obama</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:09:32</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Where do good ideas come from?</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=955</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Tim Harford, the FT's Undercover Economist talks to internet entrepreneur Steven Johnson about his latest book, 'Where do good ideas come from?'.

Produced by LJ Filotrani]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=955</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/955/ft_news_johnson_2010_11_01.mp3' length='4747414' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Tim Harford, the FT's Undercover Economist talks to internet entrepreneur Steven Johnson about his latest book, 'Where do good ideas come from?'.

Produced by LJ Filotrani</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Steven,Johnson,,Tim,Harford,,FT,,news</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:09:53</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Impact of the death of Kirchner</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=948</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The death of Argentina's former president Nestor Kirchner has transformed the country's political landscape - although no longer president, he and his wife, the current president Cristina Fernandez, were seen as very much acting as a team. Fiona Symon asks the FT's correspondent in Buenos Aires, Jude Webber, where his death leaves Cristina Fernandez's political career.

Produced by LJ Filotrani]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:04:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=948</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/948/ft_news_kirchner_2010_10_28.mp3' length='1816476' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>The death of Argentina's former president Nestor Kirchner has transformed the country's political landscape - although no longer president, he and his wife, the current president Cristina Fernandez, were seen as very much acting as a team. Fiona Symon asks the FT's correspondent in Buenos Aires, Jude Webber, where his death leaves Cristina Fernandez's political career.

Produced by LJ Filotrani</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>kirchner,,argentina,,FT,,news</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:03:47</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>The UK's Comprehensive Spending Review</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=937</link>
         <description><![CDATA[UK chancellor George Osborne delivered the government's review on spending today. He spoke of fairness, of bringing the years of ever rising borrowing to an end, of making those with the broadest shoulders bear the greatest burden and of building a country which only buys what it can afford. But what to these mantras really mean in terms of spending and cuts?

To try and answer this question the FT's Sarah Neville is joined in the studio by FT correspondents Chris Cook, Martin Sandbu and Alice Ross.

Produced by LJ Filotrani]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:07:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=937</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/937/ft_news_csr_2010_10_20.mp3' length='4454425' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>UK chancellor George Osborne delivered the government's review on spending today. He spoke of fairness, of bringing the years of ever rising borrowing to an end, of making those with the broadest shoulders bear the greatest burden and of building a country which only buys what it can afford. But what to these mantras really mean in terms of spending and cuts?

To try and answer this question the FT's Sarah Neville is joined in the studio by FT correspondents Chris Cook, Martin Sandbu and Alice Ross.

Produced by LJ Filotrani</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>CSR,,government,,UK,,news,,FT</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:09:16</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Merkel on immigration and integration</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=931</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, said at the weekend that the country’s attempts to form a multicultural society had failed and that both Muslim immigrants and indigenous Germans had to make greater efforts towards integration. Fiona Symon speaks to Quentin Peel, the FT’s Berlin correspondent, about Merkel’s remarks.

Produced by Martin Stabe]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=931</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/931/ft_news_20101018.mp3' length='2704430' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, said at the weekend that the country’s attempts to form a multicultural society had failed and that both Muslim immigrants and indigenous Germans had to make greater efforts towards integration. Fiona Symon speaks to Quentin Peel, the FT’s Berlin correspondent, about Merkel’s remarks.

Produced by Martin Stabe</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Germany,,immigration,,Angela,Merkel,,FT,,news</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:05:38</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Afghan elections</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=892</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Matthew Green reflects on the elections which took place in Afghanistan at the weekend.

Produced by LJ Filotrani]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:28:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=892</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/892/finalafghanelections.mp3' length='2400365' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Matthew Green reflects on the elections which took place in Afghanistan at the weekend.

Produced by LJ Filotrani</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,news,,Afghanistan</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:05:00</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Preparations for presidential elections in Nigeria</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=876</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Tom O'Sullivan talks to the FT's west Africa correspondent Tom Burgis about what the atmosphere is like in the Niger Delta as president Goodluck Jonathan gears up to revealing whether or not he will stand for re-election in January, and, whether or not Goodluck has so far kept his promise to bring peace to the area, allowing for free and fair elections.

Produced by LJ Filotrani]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=876</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/876/finaltomburgisnigeria.mp3' length='2365506' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Tom O'Sullivan talks to the FT's west Africa correspondent Tom Burgis about what the atmosphere is like in the Niger Delta as president Goodluck Jonathan gears up to revealing whether or not he will stand for re-election in January, and, whether or not Goodluck has so far kept his promise to bring peace to the area, allowing for free and fair elections.

Produced by LJ Filotrani</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>World,news,,FT,,Nigeria,,Goodluck,Jonathan</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:04:43</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>US withdrawal from Iraq</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=872</link>
         <description><![CDATA[With US president Barack Obama announcing the end to the combat mission in Iraq, Fiona Symon asks the FT's Middle East correspondent Andrew England what this means for the Iraqi people.

Produced by LJ Filotrani]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=872</guid>
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>With US president Barack Obama announcing the end to the combat mission in Iraq, Fiona Symon asks the FT's Middle East correspondent Andrew England what this means for the Iraqi people.

Produced by LJ Filotrani</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,,Iraq,,Obama</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:05:15</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Will pilotless aircraft be safer in flight?</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=885</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Listen to a clip of a US radio interview with Rohit Jaggi on the subject of pilotless aircraft]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=885</guid>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Will pilotless aircraft be safer in flight?</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Listen to a clip of a US radio interview with Rohit Jaggi on the subject of pilotless aircraft</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:06:29</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Wikileaks the war in Afghanistan</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=851</link>
         <description><![CDATA[In the podcast: We ask whether the 75,000 leaked documents covering the period 2004 to 2009 will have any impact on the Obama administration and its Afghan strategy.

Presented by Tom O'Sullivan, the FT's assistant world news editor, with James Blitz the FT's defence and diplomatic editor.

Produced by LJ Filotrani]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:27:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=851</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/851/finalwikileaks.mp3' length='2390334' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>In the podcast: We ask whether the 75,000 leaked documents covering the period 2004 to 2009 will have any impact on the Obama administration and its Afghan strategy.

Presented by Tom O'Sullivan, the FT's assistant world news editor, with James Blitz the FT's defence and diplomatic editor.

Produced by LJ Filotrani</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,news,,world,,Afghanistan,Wikileaks,,US,,Obama,,</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:04:58</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>UK troops redeployed</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=832</link>
         <description><![CDATA[With the news yesterday from the government that 1,000 UK troops are to be redeployed away from the most dangerous part of Helmand province, Fiona Symon asks James Blitz, the FT's diplomatic correspondent, whether this is going to be interpreted as a sign of failure.

Produced by LJ Filotrani]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=832</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/832/fianlblitzontroops0807.mp3' length='1957119' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
		 <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>With the news yesterday from the government that 1,000 UK troops are to be redeployed away from the most dangerous part of Helmand province, Fiona Symon asks James Blitz, the FT's diplomatic correspondent, whether this is going to be interpreted as a sign of failure.

Produced by LJ Filotrani</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>News,,world,,Afghanistan,,UK,,government,,politcs</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:04:04</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Congo’s 50th anniversary of independence </title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=822</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The FT's Africa editor William Wallis from Kinshasa talks to Fiona Symon, about the mood of the Congolese on this day of celebration - with particular reference to the announcement of the World Bank on Tuesday postponing a decision on writing off the country's debt.

Produced by LJ Filotrani
]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:48:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=822</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/822/finalwwcongo3006.mp3' length='2174040' type='audio/mpeg' />
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>The FT's Africa editor William Wallis from Kinshasa talks to Fiona Symon, about the mood of the Congolese on this day of celebration - with particular reference to the announcement of the World Bank on Tuesday postponing a decision on writing off the country's debt.

Produced by LJ Filotrani
</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>FT,news,,Africa,,Congo,,World,Bank</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:04:31</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Guinea election</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=815</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Guinea is preparing for its first competitive election since 1958. Tom O'Sullivan, the FT's assistant world news editor asks Tom Burgis, the FT's West Africa correspondent, what we can expect this weekend.

Produced by LJ Filotrani]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:27:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=815</guid>
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Guinea is preparing for its first competitive election since 1958. Tom O'Sullivan, the FT's assistant world news editor asks Tom Burgis, the FT's West Africa correspondent, what we can expect this weekend.

Produced by LJ Filotrani</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Guinea,,world,news,,elections,,FT</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:06:22</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>The unavoidable Budget</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=806</link>
         <description><![CDATA[It was anything but straightforward. Our team of experts dissect George Osborne's complex first Budget in a special podcast. With Chris Giles, Nick Timmins and Alison Smith, hosted by Robert Shrimsley.]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=806</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/806/finalbudgetjune22news.mp3' length='4158928' type='audio/mpeg' />
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		 <itunes:subtitle>The unavoidable Budget</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>It was anything but straightforward. Our team of experts dissect George Osborne's complex first Budget in a special podcast. With Chris Giles, Nick Timmins and Alison Smith, hosted by Robert Shrimsley.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Budget,,cuts,,deficit,,tax,,Osborne</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:08:39</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>Asian internet security at risk</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=721</link>
         <description><![CDATA[FT technology correspondent Joseph Menn reports on the problems besetting google and yahoo in China, plus the cyber attacks on Vietnamese activists who oppose Chinese mining investment]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=721</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/721/internet_final.mp3' length='8795976' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Asian internet security at risk</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>FT technology correspondent Joseph Menn reports on the problems besetting google and yahoo in China, plus the cyber attacks on Vietnamese activists </itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:09:09</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>On the ground report: Russian metro bombings</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=718</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The FT's Moscow bureau chief Charles Clover reports on terrorist attacks in the Russian capital's metro system]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=718</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/718/russiabombing_final.mp3' length='4349350' type='audio/mpeg' />
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		 <itunes:subtitle>On the ground report: Russian metro bombings</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>The FT's Moscow bureau chief Charles Clover reports on terrorist attacks in the Russian capital's metro system</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Russia,bombing</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:04:31</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Budget podcast: the FT verdict</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=710</link>
         <description><![CDATA[With an election looming, and little fiscal room for manoeuvre, the FT analyses Alistair Darling's 2010 Budget. With Chris Giles, Nick Timmins and Chris Cook. Presented by Robert Shrimsley]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=710</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/710/2010_03_24_budget.mp3' length='5332766' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>With an election looming, and little fiscal room for manoeuvre, the FT analyses Alistair Darling's 2010 Budget. With Chris Giles, Nick Timmins and Chris Cook. Presented by Robert Shrimsley.</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>UK,Budget,,Darling,,FT</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:11:06</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>On the ground report: Palestinian evictions in East Jerusalem</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=706</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Tobias Buck, the FT's Jerusalem bureau chief, reports on Arab-Israeli tensions in East Jersualem, where Palestinians have been evicted from their homes to make way for Jewish settlers]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=706</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/706/eastjerusalem_final.mp3' length='7973850' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>On the ground report: Palestinian evictions in East Jerusalem</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Tobias Buck, the FT's Jerusalem bureau chief, reports on Arab-Israeli tensions in East Jersualem, where Palestinians have been evicted from their homes to make way for Jewish settlers</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>middle,east,peace,process,arab,israeli,tensions,middle,east,quartet,Jerusalem</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:08:18</itunes:duration>
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     <item>
         <title>On the ground report: Violence in Jos</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=695</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The FT's West Africa correspondent Tom Burgis reports from Lagos on ethnic killings in the central Nigerian city of Jos]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=695</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/695/jos_final2.mp3' length='6755917' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>On the ground report: Violence in Jos</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>The FT's West Africa correspondent Tom Burgis reports from Lagos on ethnic killings in the central Nigerian city of Jos</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Jos,Nigeria,massacre,violence</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:07:02</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>On the ground report: Iraqi elections</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=694</link>
         <description><![CDATA[The FT’s chief Middle East correspondent Andrew England reports from Baghdad on Iraq’s security and political situation ahead of the parliamentary elections]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=694</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/694/iraq_final.mp3' length='3471176' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>On the ground report: Iraqi elections</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>The FT’s chief Middle East correspondent Andrew England reports from Baghdad on Iraq’s security and political situation ahead of the Sunday election</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>iraq,elections,security,bombing</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:07:13</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>On the ground report: Mabhouh killing</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=683</link>
         <description><![CDATA[FT gulf correspondent Simeon Kerr reports from Dubai on the murder of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=683</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/683/dubai_mossadfinal.mp3' length='5292224' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>On the ground report: Mabhouh killing</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>FT gulf correspondent Simeon Kerr reports from Dubai on the murder of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Dubai,assasination</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:05:30</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Eyewitness report: Earthquake relief efforts in Haiti</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=660</link>
         <description><![CDATA[FT Caribbean correspondent Benedict Mander reports on post-earthquake aid efforts, security and governance from Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=660</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/660/haiti_final.mp3' length='5023476' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Haiti eyewitness report: Earthquake relief efforts </itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>FT Caribbean correspondent Benedict Mander reports on post-earthquake aid efforts, security and governance from Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>Haiti,aid,disaster,earthquake</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:05:13</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>UK pre-Budget report 2009</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=628</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Three FT experts give their views on Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report. With Chris Giles, Nick Timmins and Patrick Jenkins]]></description>
     		 <author>podcast@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=628</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/628/pbr2009.mp3' length='5029955' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>UK pre-Budget report 2009</itunes:subtitle>
		 <itunes:summary>Three FT experts give their views on Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report. With Chris Giles, Nick Timmins and Patrick Jenkins</itunes:summary>
		 <itunes:keywords>PBR,,budget</itunes:keywords>
		 <itunes:duration>00:10:28</itunes:duration>
      </item>
     <item>
         <title>Dubai World: Investor mood and long-term effects</title>
         <link>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=618</link>
         <description><![CDATA[Simeon Kerr reports from Dubai on investors' reaction to default fears at Dubai World]]></description>
     		 <author>podcasts@ft.com (FT News podcast)</author>
     		 		 <category></category>
         <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://podcast.ft.com/index.php?sid=29&amp;pid=618</guid>
		 <enclosure url='http://podcast.ft.com/download/29/618/dubai_world_v2.mp3' length='4578328' type='audio/mpeg' />
		 <itunes:author>FT News podcast</itunes:author>
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		 <itunes:subtitle>Dubai World: Investor mood and long-term effects</itunes:subtitle>
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