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	<title><![CDATA[Global Pop: Finding Michael Jackson in Albania]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/global-pop-finding-michae_b_221261.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Here's a small Michael Jackson story to place upon on the pile, one that illustrates the global reach and power of pop music. </p>

<p>Albania existed in totalitarian isolation from the rest of Europe for four decades. It broke with the Soviet Union during Kruschev's de-Stalinization reforms because its dictator, Enver Hoxha, <i>liked</i> Stalinism. Its only ally from that point forward was Maoist China, but even that relationship was severed after the fall of the Gang of Four and the death...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-06-26T10:15:00-04:00</date_published>
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