<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - Panama    </title><link>http://panama.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Panama    </description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:21:45 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:08:57 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>jihad in Philippines : Zamboanga City lives in constant fear</title><description><![CDATA["Every time I even hear the word 'bomb' I get nervous," said Quitay, 43. 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News</title><description><![CDATA[Moving into the future at the Grand Canal]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[roger3000]]></dc:creator><link>http://roger3000.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/24/176944-panama-unveils-canal-expansion-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://roger3000.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/24/176944-panama-unveils-canal-expansion-yahoo-news</guid><category>shipping</category><category>central-america</category><category>world-news</category><category>canal</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2006 03:47:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Early Submarine Discovery: The Secret of the Pearl Islands - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News</title><description><![CDATA["For the past 137 years, a mysterious wreck has emerged at low tide each day on a beach off the coast of Panama.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[blackbeard]]></dc:creator><link>http://blackbeard.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/22/174507-early-submarine-discovery-the-secret-of-the-pearl-islands-international-spiegel-online-news</link><guid>http://blackbeard.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/22/174507-early-submarine-discovery-the-secret-of-the-pearl-islands-international-spiegel-online-news</guid><category>technology</category><category>panama</category><category>submarine</category><category>kroehl</category><category>julius-kroehl</category><category>sub-marine-explorer</category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 19:14:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Noriega being let free on good behavior</title><description><![CDATA[A Panamanian newspaper discovers that Noriega will be let free next year via a US government website.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Econotrix]]></dc:creator><link>http://econotrix.newsvine.com/_news/2006/03/16/135940-noriega-being-let-free-on-good-behavior</link><guid>http://econotrix.newsvine.com/_news/2006/03/16/135940-noriega-being-let-free-on-good-behavior</guid><category>central-america</category><category>panama</category><category>latin-america</category><category>world-news</category><category>noriega</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:35:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>