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	<title>The XM ChallengeTrans-Amazon Highway &#8211; The XM Challenge</title>
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		<title>Trans-Amazon Highway</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 09:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[Ivanildo took me to the bus depot around 4:30 a.m. The bus driver was wide-eyed. &#8220;Two buses just pulled in full of bullet holes. They were robbed an hour up the road we will be traveling on.&#8221; &#8220;How many bullet holes?&#8221; Thinking. Thinking. &#8220;Six.&#8221; After a few more questions I gave my notebook computer to [&#8230;]]]></description>
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