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		<title>Did Pakistanis Vote for a Tiger or a Lion?</title>
		<link>http://voicesofny.org/2013/05/did-pakistanis-vote-for-a-tiger-or-a-lion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jehangir Khattak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When supporters of Pakistan’s prime minister-elect Mian Nawaz Sharif stamped their approval on his PML-N party’s election symbol of a tiger, were they really voting for a lion? Newspaper editors, party supporters and members of the New York Pakistani community are not really sure.]]></description>
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		<title>Irish Center an Antidote for Seniors Living Alone</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Irish Center in Long Island City was built out of an appreciation and concern in the Irish government for an aging émigré population, susceptible to isolation, reports Irish Echo. ]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the &#8216;High Road&#8217; with Restaurant Workers</title>
		<link>http://voicesofny.org/2013/05/taking-the-high-road-with-restaurant-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voices of NY</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eateries across the city run on the hands of low-paid servers, busboys and dishwashers. A Feet in 2 Worlds podcast looks at the circumstances of these workers and a group working to improve conditions.]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Sandy Launches Job Co-ops</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cristina Loboguerrero</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of Occupy Sandy have launched a cooperative program in Far Rockaway, Queens, intended to train residents with building their own business, in hopes of creating jobs for an area hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, reports El Diario-La Prensa.]]></description>
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		<title>Polish Group Presses to Ensure Kosciuszko Bridge Retains Name</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aleksandra Slabisz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Kosciuszko Bridge prepares to mark 75 years and undergo a major overhaul, Polish leaders want to make sure that the upgrade won't mean that the bridge loses the name of the Polish general who fought in George Washington's army, reports Nowy Dziennik.]]></description>
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		<title>Despite Gov&#8217;t Clampdown, Chinese Still Send Baby Formula Back Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ai Xiang Wang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Safety concerns over baby formula in China has led residents to ask family and friends abroad to ship them cans of powdered baby milk. Chinese officials have responded by tightening import regulations, but relatives in New York are undeterred, reports World Journal.]]></description>
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		<title>Monserrate Quietly Starts Prison Term</title>
		<link>http://voicesofny.org/2013/05/monserrate-quietly-starts-jail-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Candida Portugues</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a two-month postponement, disgraced former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate started serving his two-year sentence for embezzlement of city funds on May 11, reports El Diario-La Prensa. ]]></description>
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		<title>Before WTC, There was &#8216;Little Syria&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://voicesofny.org/2013/05/before-wtc-there-was-little-syria/</link>
		<comments>http://voicesofny.org/2013/05/before-wtc-there-was-little-syria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Voices of NY</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A downtown exhibit recalls the culture and history of the "Little Syria" neighborhood that made up a section of lower Manhattan at the turn of the 20th century before the construction of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and the WTC, reports Downtown Express.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican Service Workers Get Chance to Obtain Professional Certification</title>
		<link>http://voicesofny.org/2013/05/opportunity-for-mexican-service-workers-to-get-professional-certification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zaira Cortés</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mexican service workers will be able to obtain professional certificates through a 15 week program of study in the basics of hotel administration, math and English offered by CUNY and funded by the Mexican state of Puebla, Goya Foods and CUNY.]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan&#8217;s Historic Elections &#8216;Not Perfect,&#8217; but a Start</title>
		<link>http://voicesofny.org/2013/05/mixed-reaction-to-pakistan-election-results-in-new-york-based-community/</link>
		<comments>http://voicesofny.org/2013/05/mixed-reaction-to-pakistan-election-results-in-new-york-based-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jehangir Khattak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Pakistan moves towards a historic transition to a second democratically elected government in a row, the community here in New York is having mixed reactions to the results amid allegations of voting irregularities.]]></description>
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