The Economist (Free) sync error

[dasnake]

I get the following error when trying to download The Economist free version. What am i doing wrong?

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Fetch news from The Economist (free)
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Skipping article Culturomics: Reading by numbers as it is too old.
Skipping article Iran's foreign minister: Thank you and goodbye as it is too old.
Skipping article Somalia's insurgency: Sending the boys home as it is too old.
Skipping article The media in southern Africa: U-turn on the long walk to freedom as it is too old.
Skipping article The future of English: English as she was spoke as it is too old.
Skipping article Neapolitan banking history: Ducats for Caravaggio as it is too old.
Skipping article A man and his mistress: Fancy women have their say as it is too old.
Skipping article American finance: Borrowed time as it is too old.
Skipping article Pakistani art: Breath of violence as it is too old.
Skipping article Letters: On America and Europe, WikiLeaks, GM crops, students, Sarah Palin, happiness, the number 11 as it is too old.
Skipping article Putinisation in eastern Europe: The tasks undone as it is too old.
Skipping article Government debt: Behold 2011, the year of sovereign shocks as it is too old.
Skipping article WikiLeaks, protest and the law: The rights and wrongs of hacktivism as it is too old.
Skipping article The Cancún climate-change conference: A sort of progress as it is too old.
Skipping article Globalisation: The redistribution of hope as it is too old.
Skipping article Health reform: Terminal or curable? as it is too old.
Skipping article Long-term unemployment: In the bleak midwinter as it is too old.
Skipping article Lexington: Barack Houdini Obama as it is too old.
Skipping article The war in Afghanistan: Still pouring as it is too old.
Skipping article Immigration in Canada: A smaller welcome mat as it is too old.
Skipping article Mexico's drug war: Falling kingpins, rising violence as it is too old.
Skipping article El Salvador's president: So far, so good as it is too old.
Skipping article Banyan: Great disorder under heaven as it is too old.
Skipping article India and China: Pushing back as it is too old.
Skipping article China's civil service: Aspiring mandarins as it is too old.
Skipping article War crimes in Bangladesh: Answering for history as it is too old.
Skipping article Boat people in Australia: Asylum or death? as it is too old.
Skipping article Karachi's ethnic feuds: Mob battles as it is too old.
Skipping article Extradition and WikiLeaks: Courting trouble as it is too old.
Skipping article The Stuxnet worm: Yet to turn as it is too old.
Skipping article Climate-change diplomacy: Back from the brink as it is too old.
Skipping article Kosovo's future: Organs of state as it is too old.
Skipping article Montenegro and the European Union: Another Balkan candidate as it is too old.
Skipping article Silvio Berlusconi survives: Clinging on as it is too old.
Skipping article Hungarian politics: Hungry for power as it is too old.
Skipping article Terrorism in Sweden: A close shave as it is too old.
Skipping article Christopher Cviic: Best of the Balkans as it is too old.
Skipping article Bagehot: Christmas with Father Whip as it is too old.
Skipping article Reshaping local government: Careful what you wish for as it is too old.
Skipping article Extremism in Luton: What went wrong as it is too old.
Skipping article Cake and culture: Season's eatings as it is too old.
Skipping article Rising unemployment and inflation: Bah humbug! as it is too old.
Skipping article Schumpeter : Why do firms exist? as it is too old.
Skipping article Italian television: The glory of Berlusconi as it is too old.
Skipping article Rio Tinto and China: Digging with the dragon as it is too old.
Skipping article Corporate law: Offshoring your lawyer as it is too old.
Skipping article Corrections as it is too old.
Skipping article Economics focus: Exploding misconceptions as it is too old.
Skipping article Lessons from Iceland: Coming in from the cold as it is too old.
Skipping article Buttonwood: Squaring the triangle as it is too old.
Skipping article The Madoff fraud: An affair to remember as it is too old.
Skipping article The world's biggest economy: Dating game as it is too old.
Skipping article Peat bogs and climate change: Wet, wet, wet as it is too old.
Skipping article Volcanic eruptions: Guided by the lightning as it is too old.
Skipping article Monitoring forests: Seeing the world for the trees as it is too old.
Skipping article Richard Holbrooke as it is too old.
Skipping article The world this year as it is too old.
Skipping article KAL's cartoon as it is too old.
Skipping article The Economist commodity-price index as it is too old.
Skipping article Remittances as it is too old.
Skipping article Output, prices and jobs as it is too old.
Skipping article Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates as it is too old.
Skipping article Tax revenue as it is too old.
Skipping article Markets as it is too old.
Skipping article Overview as it is too old.
Skipping article Driving in Iraq: Still hazardous as it is too old.
Skipping article Internet start-ups: Another bubble? as it is too old.
Skipping article Benjamin Britten: Songlines as it is too old.
Skipping article The meaning of a fetus: Bearing witness as it is too old.
Skipping article China's financial system: Look again as it is too old.
Skipping article Mr Brainwash, street artist: Con or can do as it is too old.
Skipping article Mediterranean cities: Winds of cosmopolitanism as it is too old.
Skipping article On immigration, happiness, quantitative easing, North Korea, Chinese, occupied Paris as it is too old.
Skipping article Israel, Palestine and America: A bad blip but not the end of the affair as it is too old.
Skipping article The world economy: Three-way split as it is too old.
Skipping article Dealing with Russia: Be critical, not hypocritical as it is too old.
Skipping article Dealing with WikiLeaks: The right reaction as it is too old.
Skipping article Calamitous Côte d'Ivoire: Another big test for Africa as it is too old.
Skipping article The most Republican states: Who is the reddest of them all? as it is too old.
Skipping article Road rage: Rattled as it is too old.
Skipping article Taxes, benefits and the deficit: Kicking the can down the road as it is too old.
Skipping article Lexington : Playing chess with Iran as it is too old.
Skipping article High-speed trains: Running out of steam as it is too old.
Skipping article Judicial appointments: Judge not as it is too old.
Skipping article The House Appropriations Committee: Tweaking the tea-party's nose as it is too old.
Skipping article The president's deficit commission: No cigar as it is too old.
Skipping article Colombia's foreign policy: Seeking new friends as it is too old.
Skipping article Education in Chile: Blackboard battle as it is too old.
Skipping article Education in Brazil: No longer bottom of the class as it is too old.
Skipping article Corruption in Canada: Les fleurs du mal as it is too old.
Skipping article Haiti's election: Whomever they voted for... as it is too old.
Skipping article Banyan : Under water as it is too old.
Skipping article America's FTA with South Korea: Where's the beef? as it is too old.
Skipping article Indian politics: Nothing to smile about as it is too old.
Skipping article China's Catholics: The party versus the pope as it is too old.
Skipping article Tensions on the Korean peninsula: From sunshiners to hardliners as it is too old.
Skipping article Australia's water war: Refilling the basin as it is too old.
Skipping article China's economy: Keqiang ker-ching as it is too old.
Skipping article Coming next: A swarm of leaks as it is too old.
Skipping article WikiLeaks' latest: More dope, no highs as it is too old.
Skipping article The war on WikiLeaks: Fingered as it is too old.
Skipping article Charlemagne: Fighting fire with fire as it is too old.
Skipping article France loses ground to Germany: Power shift as it is too old.
Skipping article Europe's resilient economies: Little triggers as it is too old.
Skipping article The Irish budget: A tight squeeze as it is too old.
Skipping article Italy’s tottering government: Finished by Fini? as it is too old.
Skipping article Disappointing Romania: Holes and corners as it is too old.
Skipping article Bagehot: A question of character as it is too old.
Skipping article Energy and climate change: Clean and green, for a price as it is too old.
Skipping article Academic excellence: The best or the rest as it is too old.
Skipping article Russian espionage: Clots and plots as it is too old.
Skipping article University tuition fees: Agreeing to disagree as it is too old.
Skipping article Prison reform: Tiger by the tail as it is too old.
Skipping article Britain's regions: Call the Scots as it is too old.
Skipping article Philanthropy and the arts: Give over as it is too old.
Skipping article Schumpeter: Barack and business as it is too old.
Skipping article Investing in Russia: Pepsi's Russian challenge as it is too old.
Skipping article The renewable-energy business: Shining a light as it is too old.
Skipping article Ships as polluters: Smokestack lightening as it is too old.
Skipping article Face value: Marc Simoncini: Lucky in love as it is too old.
Skipping article Business and WikiLeaks: Be afraid as it is too old.
Skipping article Health care in the Middle East: Sun, shopping and surgery as it is too old.
Skipping article Chinese business: Where are the profits? as it is too old.
Skipping article Correction: trendwatching.com as it is too old.
Skipping article Bookselling: Repelling Borders as it is too old.
Skipping article Economics focus: All pain, no gain? as it is too old.
Skipping article Financial lawsuits: Give peace a chance as it is too old.
Skipping article The American mortgage mess: Invest then protest as it is too old.
Skipping article European banks: The last idealists as it is too old.
Skipping article Asian economies: Importing pessimism as it is too old.
Skipping article Buttonwood: Getting real as it is too old.
Skipping article Private equity in Europe: The lost continent as it is too old.
Skipping article Perfume: Making sense of scents as it is too old.
Skipping article Prevention of cancer: Wonder drug as it is too old.
Skipping article Sexual selection: Hunkier than thou as it is too old.
Skipping article Embryonic stem cells: Testing science as it is too old.
Skipping article Elaine Kaufman as it is too old.
Skipping article Difference Engine: Bigger and better than Wi-Fi as it is too old.
Skipping article Monitor: Not to be sniffed at as it is too old.
Skipping article Monitor: Flying saucers as it is too old.
Skipping article Monitor: Fluid defences as it is too old.
Skipping article Monitor: Airships of the sea as it is too old.
Skipping article Monitor: And the winners were... as it is too old.
Skipping article Monitor: Blow me up, blow me down as it is too old.
Skipping article Monitor: Air power on the cheap as it is too old.
Skipping article Monitor: Better safe than sorry as it is too old.
Skipping article Inside story: Superstructures as it is too old.
Skipping article Vertical farming: Does it really stack up? as it is too old.
Skipping article Satellite wars: Endangered birds as it is too old.
Skipping article Mini nuclear reactors: Thinking small as it is too old.
Skipping article Monitor: Seeing into the future as it is too old.
Skipping article Monitor: Monster power as it is too old.
Skipping article Offer to readers as it is too old.
Skipping article Brain scan: Making data dance as it is too old.
Skipping article Politics this week as it is too old.
Skipping article Business this week as it is too old.
Skipping article Employment outlook as it is too old.
Skipping article The Economist poll of forecasters, December averages as it is too old.
Skipping article Correction: South Africa as it is too old.
Skipping article Saudi Arabia and China: Looking east as it is too old.
Skipping article Qatar's World Cup win: What cash can do as it is too old.
Skipping article Talks between Israelis and Palestinians: Come back later as it is too old.
Skipping article Iran's morality campaign: Watch out! as it is too old.
Skipping article Nigeria's primaries : A northern bid as it is too old.
Skipping article South Africa's opposition: Making a little difference as it is too old.
Skipping article Ford: Epiphany in Dearborn as it is too old.
Skipping article The state of Russia: Frost at the core as it is too old.
Python function terminated unexpectedly
No new articles found (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 103, in main
File "site.py", line 85, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 107, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 24, in gui_convert
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File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 216, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\input.py", line 105, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 727, in download
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 858, in build_index
File "c:\docume~1\jake\locals~1\temp\calibre_0.7.35_tmp _lsa6kk\calibre_0.7.35_iiikjl_recipes\recipe0.py", line 63, in parse_index
self.feed_dict.items()])
File "c:\docume~1\jake\locals~1\temp\calibre_0.7.35_tmp _lsa6kk\calibre_0.7.35_iiikjl_recipes\recipe0.py", line 67, in eco_sort_sections
raise ValueError('No new articles found')
ValueError: No new articles found

[flyash]

I got this error yesterday as well.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by dasnake

I get the following error when trying to download The Economist free version. What am i doing wrong?

The error was ValueError: No new articles found.

This shows that the articles were too old. The Economist is on Holiday. The last free version came out 16 December. Normally there would have been one on the 23 of December but Christmas got in the way. I changed oldest article and was able to download the 16th of December issue.

[dasnake]

thanks dwanthny