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		<title>Fidel Castro: Iconic Revolutionary; Island Tyrant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The death of Fidel Castro closes the last chapter of the Cold War as one of the most controversial, yet iconic world figures passes into history. <p><a href="http://bandannaclub.com/blogwp/2016/11/25/fidel-castro-iconic-revolutionary-island-tyrant/">... more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<p>Today, the man who had held on to power longer than any other living national leader except Queen Elizabeth II, passed into the West&#8230; </p>
<p>Whatever your political views about the man many referred to as: &#8220;the beard&#8221;, there is no denying that Fidel Castro was an iconic character and a central figure in the greatest dramas of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War" title="Wikipedia: Cold War (opens in new window/tab)" target="_blank">Cold War</a>.<br />
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		<title>Last of the Liberal Lions</title>
		<link>http://bandannaclub.com/blogwp/2009/08/26/last_of_the_liberal_lions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edward Kennedy, the last of the true liberals
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<p>News today that the last of the Kennedy brothers, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1517548.stm" title="BBC Article (opens in new window)" target="_blank">Teddy Kennedy has died</a> after a long battle with a brain tumour.</p>
<p>Despite living in the shadows of his more famous martyred siblings John and Robert for much of his life (and with the ghost of his brother Joseph who was killed in WWII &#8211; Teddy was the only one of the four brothers to die of natural causes), Teddy Kennedy was a highly influential figure in US politics for decades.</p>
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