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		<title>Defending WNBA Champion Minnesota Lynx open 2012 Season on May 20</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2011 WNBA Champion Minnesota Lynx announced the team&#8217;s schedule for the 2012 season. The Lynx will tip off their 14th season in the WNBA on Sunday, May 20 vs. Phoenix at Target Center at 11:30 a.m. The game will air on ABC-TV, one of a franchise-record four nationally televised games this year. The 2012 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report to mark Cervical Cancer Awareness Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL — Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota has released its updated report on cervical cancer prevention in Minnesota as part of a long-standing effort to raise awareness about the importance of preventive health care for women, men and teens. The report, Preventing Cervical Cancer in Minnesota 2012, examines the impact of cervical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs: Starting Businesses and Creating Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington D.C. (Dec. 8, 2011) — The Immigration Policy Center on Thursday released, Our American Immigrant Entrepreneurs: The Women by Susan Pearce, Elizabeth Clifford and Reena Tandon. Today, immigrant women entrepreneurs are in every region of the United States. In 2010, 40 percent of all immigrant business owners were women — 1,451,091 immigrant men and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to western media</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rangoon, Burma (Dec. 2, 2011) —Burma’s recently freed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at her residence in Rangoon this week. She held a press conference with Clinton prior to their private dinner and her remarks were transcribed by the U.S. State Department. MS. KYI:  “(I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising Resilient Teen Girls : Combat Effects of Sexual Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ By Kalyani Gopal, Licensed Clinical Psychologist One in five girls in the United States is sexually abused each year.  Some do not disclose sexual abuse until they are much older. These children find themselves in foster care if their parent does not protect them from ongoing harm. The most common perpetrators are boyfriends, step-parents, and relatives, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lingerie Football League</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota Valkyerie quarterback Jocelyn Bendijo, left, and coach/manager Tony Nguyen, right. By MARY TAN AAP Staff Writer When you think of football, most local fans think of the Minnesota Vikings or the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers.  But step aside, fellas, because there are some ladies ready to play some football. The Minnesota Valkyrie is in their first season [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama nominates Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen to US Court of Appeals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Sept. 22, 2011) — President Obama on Thursday nominated Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, according to the White House Office of the Press Secretary Judge Nguyen has served as a United States District Judge in the Central District of California in Los Angeles since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women of color professionals and mentors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mentors, from left, Kim Hwang, PsyD., Fatima Lawson, PhD., Amy Park, Hui Wilcox-Harris, PhD., Beryl Wingate, PsyD., Sara Enow, Ismahan mohamud, and Linnea Swanson, PsyD. (Photo by Maya Nishikawa) By MAYA NISHIKAWA AAP staff writer For many Asian Americans and other minorities in Minnesota, getting into graduate school is a big accomplishment. But, taking that step [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YWCA wants AAPI women triathletes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 01:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By MARY TAN AAP staff writer Are you overweight?  Do you want to treat your body better?  Is it time for you to try something new?  The YWCA believes in empowering women and eliminating racism.  That’s why they’re encouraging everyone to come watch participants in the fourth annual YWCA Women’s Triathalon at Lake Nokomis this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Women Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filipino American Women’s Network of MN (FAWN-MN) presents “Asian Women, Feminism and Gender Dimensions of Poverty (including trafficking of women and children)”, a discussion led by Dr. Carolyn I. Sobritchea, on Sunday, August 7, 2011, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Cummins Room of First Universalist Church, 3400 Dupont Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408. [...]]]></description>
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