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cave dwellings</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-11-27T16:09:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://caspianobserver.com/2015/09/26/syrian-refugees-during-muslim-holidays/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://caspianobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/afp_getty-160475678.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thousands Of Syrian Refugees Seek Shelter In Makeshift Camps In Jordan</image:title><image:caption>ZA'ATARI, JORDAN - FEBRUARY 01:  Children pose for a picture as Syrian refugees go about their daily business in the Za'atari refugee camp on February 1, 2013 in Za'atari, Jordan. Record numbers of refugees are fleeing the violence and bombings in Syria to cross the borders to safety in northern Jordan and overwhelming the Za'atari camp. The Jordanian government are appealing for help with the influx of refugees as they struggle to cope with the sheer numbers arriving in the country.  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Ukrainians and Russians are truly brother nations and if Russia does not pull Ukraine back into authoritarianism, then Ukraine will push Russia onto democratic transition path</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://caspianobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image-7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image 7</image:title><image:caption>Russian paratroopers captured by Ukrainian forces near the village of Dzerkalne, Donetsk region, some 20 to 30 kilometers from the Russian border, Aug. 28, 2014</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://caspianobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image-8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image 8</image:title><image:caption>According to Russian minister of Economy Alexei Ulyukayev Russia’s economy shrank by 3.2% in the first 5 months of 2015</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://caspianobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image 5</image:title><image:caption>© CNN Money</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://caspianobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image-4-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image 4.3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://caspianobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image-yanuk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image yanuk</image:title><image:caption>A photo from the ex-president Yanukovic’s mansion that boasted an ostrich farm, nine-hole golf course, rare car collection and a Spanish galleon built upon a barge on his own riverside harbor. On February 2014, following the public protests in which around 100 people had already died, beleaguered Yanukovic fled to Russia.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://caspianobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/image-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Image 3</image:title><image:caption>Southern Crimea shore 
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