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		By: Tarzan		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1377590</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tarzan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2013 18:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1376416&quot;&gt;H.P. Baxxter&lt;/a&gt;.

H.P., you&#039;re entangled in the zeroes. He only has 0.03 children. Honest.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1376416">H.P. Baxxter</a>.</p>
<p>H.P., you&#8217;re entangled in the zeroes. He only has 0.03 children. Honest.</p>
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		By: Carmelo Micallef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmelo Micallef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2013 07:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1376076&quot;&gt;C Falzon&lt;/a&gt;.

The amount being offered to Malta, net of fees and commission, is ￥5,000,000 - perhaps this was the deal proposed to the PL - nice round figures always help to close a deal.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1376076">C Falzon</a>.</p>
<p>The amount being offered to Malta, net of fees and commission, is ￥5,000,000 &#8211; perhaps this was the deal proposed to the PL &#8211; nice round figures always help to close a deal.</p>
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		By: unhappy		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[unhappy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2013 02:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes, it would have been 600,000 or thereabouts; but then Henley and Partners wanted an extra 50,000 for themselves]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, it would have been 600,000 or thereabouts; but then Henley and Partners wanted an extra 50,000 for themselves</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 23:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1375308&quot;&gt;chully&lt;/a&gt;.

He needs it to feed his 2 billion children.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1375308">chully</a>.</p>
<p>He needs it to feed his 2 billion children.</p>
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		By: Tida		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tida]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 21:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1375342&quot;&gt;Freedom5&lt;/a&gt;.

I think that Freedom5 is joking - otherwise he&#039;s nuts.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1375342">Freedom5</a>.</p>
<p>I think that Freedom5 is joking &#8211; otherwise he&#8217;s nuts.</p>
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		By: Tida		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tida]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 21:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1375283&quot;&gt;mm&lt;/a&gt;.

veWell if that is so that must be it then... but at least those who really understand the meaning of this law has the right to voice their opinion with a referendum.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1375283">mm</a>.</p>
<p>veWell if that is so that must be it then&#8230; but at least those who really understand the meaning of this law has the right to voice their opinion with a referendum.</p>
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		By: C Falzon		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[C Falzon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I always saw the figure of 650,000 as quite odd and wondered where it came from. My guess is that it is some nice round number in some other currency, presumably of the country where our first guests will come from. 

Chinese was the first that comes to mind. It is close but not quite there. 5 million yuan is about 610,000 euro. Or maybe it is and they just rounded it up.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always saw the figure of 650,000 as quite odd and wondered where it came from. My guess is that it is some nice round number in some other currency, presumably of the country where our first guests will come from. </p>
<p>Chinese was the first that comes to mind. It is close but not quite there. 5 million yuan is about 610,000 euro. Or maybe it is and they just rounded it up.</p>
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		By: observer		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[observer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1375492&quot;&gt;Gahan&lt;/a&gt;.

I would definitely have believed him had he said that his nanny had found the money on her way to Palace square fountain to fill up her jerry cans. Finders keepers, isn&#039;t it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1375492">Gahan</a>.</p>
<p>I would definitely have believed him had he said that his nanny had found the money on her way to Palace square fountain to fill up her jerry cans. Finders keepers, isn&#8217;t it.</p>
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		By: observer		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[observer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 16:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1375401&quot;&gt;jien&lt;/a&gt;.

The size of what?  Can you repeat that again, please?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1375401">jien</a>.</p>
<p>The size of what?  Can you repeat that again, please?</p>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1375610</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1375401&quot;&gt;jien&lt;/a&gt;.

I don&#039;t think so. He has an I.Q. of 40,000.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/11/manuel-mallia-really-does-have-a-problem-with-noughts/#comment-1375401">jien</a>.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think so. He has an I.Q. of 40,000.</p>
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