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    <item rdf:about="http://www.iosn.net/south-asia/countries/nepal/news/sfd07-winners">        <title>FOSS Nepal jointly wins Software Freedom Day 2007 Best Event Competition!</title>        <link>http://www.iosn.net/south-asia/countries/nepal/news/sfd07-winners</link>        <description>FOSS Nepal Community has been declared one of 3 winners of Software Freedom Day 2007 Best Event Competition. The other winners are SFD Nicaragua 2007 Team and Beijing Software Freedom Day (China).</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>subir</dc:creator>        <dc:rights></dc:rights>                <dc:date>2007-11-30T08:34:44Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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The New Homa Multimedia 7.04.1 will install more than 60 popular packages on your installed Feisty Fawn.
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