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		<title>Sunny Chanthanouvong completes Humphrey Policy Fellows Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 07:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS, MN (May 16, 2012) — Sunny Chanthanouvong is completing a year as a Policy Fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. He was one of 35 individuals selected for the 2011-2012 program that will conclude next month. Chanthanouvong and his family emigrated from Laos to Minneapolis in 1984. He is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ishimaru to Head Office of Minority and Women Inclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 06:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (April 30, 2012) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that Stuart Ishimaru has been selected to head the newly established Office of Minority and Women Inclusion. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau established its Office of Minority and Women Inclusion in January 2012.  Mr. Ishimaru comes to the CFPB from the Equal Employment Opportunity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kealoha named Hawai‘i Poet Laureate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 06:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HONOLULU ‹ Governor Neil Abercrombie on Thursday proclaimed award-winning slam poet Steven Kealohapau‘ole Hong-Ming Wong, better known by his pen name, “Kealoha” as Hawai‘i Poet Laureate. Moments after being named the state’s official poet, Kealoha was asked by Governor Abercrombie to complete his first ceremonial duty under the new title by performing at the dedication [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hmong pro-wrestling night</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 05:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Paul, MN — Get Ready to Rummmmmbbbbbbllllllleeee. Hmong College Prep Academy will be hosting an evening of pro wrestling and family entertainment on Saturday, May 12th.  The action will take place in the school’s gym and also feature live music and break dancing exhibitions. HCPA Social Studies teacher Morgan McLaughlin is very excited about pro [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hmong College Prep Academy Drama Class to Host a Night of One Act Plays</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 05:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Paul, MN—Hmong College Prep Academy will be hosting an evening of music and theater on May 11th. The school’s drama class, a mix of students in grades 9-12, will be presenting a set of 5 one-act plays—Duck, Dorothy &#38; Alice, Post-it Notes, There Shall Be No Bottom (a bad play for worse actors&#8230;) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan edges Minnesota in Cage Fighting Extreme 33</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 05:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By CARLOS GALLEGO AAP staff writer  MINNEAPOLIS (April 28, 2012) — A great value for the dollar was to be with a record-setting 20 bouts with Minnesota’s best MMA amateur and professional fighters give Japan their best in Extreme 33, a cage fighting night at the Target Center. With 3,417 in attendance there was plenty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chen Guangcheng meets with  U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 05:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING (May 3, 2012) — United States Ambassador to China Gary Locke spoke with media Thursday regarding the dissident Chen Guangcheng, who escaped custody to the U.S. Embassy and brokered a deal with the Chinese government to let he and his family apply for student status in New York where he would heal from torture but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gordon Hirabayashi Recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 05:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Barack Obama on April 26, 2012 named the late Gordon Hirabayashi as one of 13 recipients of this year’s Presidential Medal of Freedom awards. It is the nation’s highest civilian honor presented to Hirabayashi, who passed away earlier this year on Jan. 2. The Medal of Freedom is presented to individuals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andersen Windows in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 05:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan America Society of Minnesota presents its next Corporate Roundtable on Wednesday, May 16, from 8 a.m. at Gray Plant Mooty Mooty &#38; Bennett, P.A., IDS Center, 80 S 8th St. Minneapolis, MN 55402. Enhance your understanding of the Japanese market with the Japan America Society of Minnesota Corporate Roundtable, a program featuring speakers from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special concert with Chinary Ung</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 05:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cambodian-American composer Chinary Ung is set to highlight the Zeitgeist&#8217;s concert season with a special concert performances May 17-19, 7:30 p.m. and May 20, 2 p.m. at Studio Z, 275 E. 4th Street, Suite 200, St. Paul, MN 55101. Ung will be present for the Zeitgeist world premiere of his major new chamber work Spiral [...]]]></description>
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