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		<title>Twin Cities World (Africa) Refugee Day Celebrations</title>
		<link>http://minneafrica.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/twin-cities-world-africa-refugee-day-celebrations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is today known as International or World Refugee Day was first declared as African Refugee Day by the African Union. Africa hosts the most refugees in the world and in 2001 the African Union and UN agreed to have International Refugee Day coincide with the June 20th Africa Refugee Day.
Minnesota is home to many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minneafrica.wordpress.com&blog=5046379&post=2072&subd=minneafrica&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Al Jazeera&#8217;s Rageh Omaar in Minneapolis</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nekessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a short notice, I just learned about this event (scroll to the bottom of this page for details on event). Rageh Omaar is an internationally renowned reporter. He worked for the BBC for a few years where he covered the conflicts in Somalia and Iraq. However, what makes Omaar stand out and what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minneafrica.wordpress.com&blog=5046379&post=2062&subd=minneafrica&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Somali Woman&#8217;s Illness and A Family&#8217;s Quest for Healing</title>
		<link>http://minneafrica.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/somali-womans-illness-and-a-familys-quest-for-healing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>minneafricanblogger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joel Grostephan
New America MediaST.CLOUD, Minn. &#8212; Samira Iman was missing for nearly two years. The 31-year-old Somali didn&#8217;t run away. She wasn&#8217;t kidnapped. She didn&#8217;t go to Africa to fight in Somalia&#8217;s decades-old civil war. She was living in St. Cloud, Minn., in a group home for the mentally ill. But Samira&#8217;s family lost track [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minneafrica.wordpress.com&blog=5046379&post=2060&subd=minneafrica&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Helping victims of torture, from Minnesota to the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>minneafricanblogger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jaclyn Evert			, TC Daily Planet
From counseling torture victims in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to fixing bikes for political refugees in Minneapolis, the Center for Victims of Torture provides healing services that reach around the world.
CVT provides free mental health treatment to victims of politically motivated torture in centers and partnership programs in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minneafrica.wordpress.com&blog=5046379&post=2055&subd=minneafrica&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>West African Dance Showcase by Tiyumba</title>
		<link>http://minneafrica.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/west-african-dance-showcase-by-tiyumba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 14:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends:
I hope you will be able to come and experience West African Dance as it is so energetically performed by the Tiyumba Dance Group. It will be a lot of fun and it is an opportunity for you to see what Tiyumba is all about and also get down and dance.Culture-seekers, curious passers-byers and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minneafrica.wordpress.com&blog=5046379&post=2046&subd=minneafrica&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Conference on African Intellectuals in the West</title>
		<link>http://minneafrica.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/african-intellectuals-in-the-west-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 00:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>minneafricanblogger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based in Minnesota, Africa Today would best be described as an African think tank. Every month, the group organizers topics surrounding Africans in the Diaspora and the content.
This month&#8217;s discussion is on the impact African intellectuals in the West impact their home countries.
Are African Intellectuals in the West a benefit to the rest of Africa? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minneafrica.wordpress.com&blog=5046379&post=2041&subd=minneafrica&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What are YOU doing this weekend?</title>
		<link>http://minneafrica.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/what-are-you-doing-this-weekend-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much to do so little time. Sure it&#8217;ll be a little chilly and rainy, but that shouldn&#8217;t stop you from partaking in one of these many events. Make sure you get out and have some fun.
Awareness:

RED 10 is the big event this weekend. A group of Africans will be walking for a cause and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minneafrica.wordpress.com&blog=5046379&post=2034&subd=minneafrica&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beware: Credit Card Scam in the Twin Cities</title>
		<link>http://minneafrica.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/beware-credit-card-scam-in-the-twin-cities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 04:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nekessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the Minneapolis Police Department, City of Minneapolis
Please be advised that a new type of scam is appearing in the Metro area.A victim receives a phone call late at night (usually after midnight) from a person claiming to be from a credit card company. The person states that they are investigating possible fraudulent use of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minneafrica.wordpress.com&blog=5046379&post=2025&subd=minneafrica&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Red 10 Team takes on HIV/AIDS</title>
		<link>http://minneafrica.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/team-red10-the-2009-mn-aids-walk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eva</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[


RED10 AFFAIR





RED 10 @ MN AIDS WALK


Team Red10  would like to encourage you to join the Minnesota Aids Walk scheduled for Sunday May 17th 2009.
A Red10 Affair party, will be held on Saturday May 16th 2009 at Trocaderos in downtown Minneapolis. AIM and  FunkHouse Entertainment are donating ALL the profits from the event [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minneafrica.wordpress.com&blog=5046379&post=2012&subd=minneafrica&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kenyan Women on a Sex Strike: Why they did it</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 23:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nekessa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve probably heard about the women&#8217;s sex strike in Kenya. Published below is an excerpt of my reaction to this modern-day Lysistrata . You can read the article in its entirety here.
I must be getting it wrong. Or maybe most people are missing the point of the sex strike.
My first reaction when I heard about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=minneafrica.wordpress.com&blog=5046379&post=1988&subd=minneafrica&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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