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		<title>Vesak Celebration</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota Buddhist Vihara cordially invites you and your family to attend the Vesak Celebration (Buddha&#8217;s birth, enlightenment and passing away) will be celebrated May 5, 2012. Vesak is the most important day for all Buddhists around the world. They commemorate it (Buddha&#8217;s birth, enlightenment and passing away) by practicing generosity, morality and meditation. 7:30 a.m. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Tibetans mourn martyrs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 06:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS (March 28, 2012) — The Tibetan community of Minnesota is mourning the death of 27 year-old Jamphel Yeshi who passed away Monday in New Delhi. The Tibetan Youth Congress announced the death of Jamphel Yeshi, 27, who set his body on fire for the cause of Tibet in New Delhi. They consider Yeshi a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritual Journey To Korea</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A three-week Spiritual Journey to Korea, including visits to many holy and historical sites in Korea such as the DMZ, Mt. Jiri, Bulkuksa, Juldusan, foreign missionaries cemetery, will run from July 26 through Aug. 18, 2012. Adult adoptee participants will home-stay with Korean Christian families in five cities, Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Jeonju and Jiri San. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hindus dismayed at Santorum comments</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hindus are dismayed at American Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s reported comments few days back that equality does not come from “Eastern religions”. “It comes from the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, that’s where it comes from”, Santorum reportedly added while speaking at Boiling Springs in South Carolina. (Eastern religions, besides others, also include [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Jersey School District considers Diwali holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hindus have applauded Bernards Township School District (BTSD) in New Jersey for considering Diwali as a school holiday, calling it “a step in the right direction.” Official summary of its Board of Education December 19 meeting says: “A request by a group of Indian American parents and students to make Diwali (the Indian New Year) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patrick Mendis meets new Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 07:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Mendis and daughter Samantha after having breakfast with Bishop Andradi at his residence in Anuradhapura. Colombo, Sri Lanka — The Vatican’s newly appointed Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith in Sri Lanka received St. Peter Claver Church parishioner Dr. Patrick Mendis and his daughter Samantha at his residence in Colombo. During their visit the cardinal discussed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buddhist New Year Blessings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Buddhist Vihara  invites the public to attend its New Year Blessings for 2012 on Jan. 1, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Minnesota Buddhist Vihara, 3401 N 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55412-2617. The event program will include a Buddha Puja, Seth pirith and Meditation. Guests are invited to bring flowers. For information contact Witiyala [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient Hindu mantras read at Baha&#8217;u&#039;llah’s birthday in Nevada</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a remarkable interfaith gesture, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed recited prayers from ancient Hindu scriptures at Baha’i Faith founder Baha&#8217;u'llah’s 194th birth anniversary celebrations in Reno (Nevada, USA) on November 11. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, read Gayatri Mantra, the most sacred mantra of Hinduism, in Sanskrit and attendees repeated after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAIR: Minn. Law Enforcement Asked to Reject Anti-Muslim Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS (Nov. 8, 2011) — Leaders of a number of Minnesota Muslim and Somali organizations today called on law enforcement agencies across the state to reject an upcoming training seminar for officers because of concerns about apparent anti-Muslim and anti-Somali bias. The controversial training, “Understanding the People of Somalia, Their History, Their Culture and Their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nevada’s capital Carson City issues a “Diwali” proclamation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the picture taken after the Diwali proclamation at Carson City Board of Supervisors on November three, from left to right, are — supervisors Shelly Aldean, Karen Abowd, Mayor Robert Crowell, Hindu leader Rajan Zed, Molly Walt and John McKenna. (Photo by: M.L. Bates) Nevada’s capital Carson City in USA issued a proclamation on November [...]]]></description>
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