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		<title>Aslan: US &#8220;War on Terror&#8221; Not About Terrorism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 14:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fanny Dassie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iranian-born award-winning author Reza Aslan discussed his latest book Monday at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco. Photos by Luke Thomas By Fanny Dassie May 14, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI&#8217;s recent commentary suggesting religion is being exploited to fuel continuing wars is a concept familiar to award-winning author Reza Aslan. Aslan, 35, who spoke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Workers Urge Feinstein to Support Employee Free Choice Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 08:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A rally was held Wednesday outside the San Francisco Federal Building to urge Senator Dianne Feinstein&#8217;s support of the Employee Free Choice Act. Photos by Luke Thomas By Fanny Dassie May 8, 2009 Bay Area workers and community members, supported by the California Labor Federation, held a rally Wednesday outside the San Francisco Federal Building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Refugee Discusses War and Violence in Sudan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fanny Dassie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valentino Achak Deng By Fanny Dassie April 29, 2009 Losing a friend due to a lack of food and water and coming across dead bodies lying along the roadside, is a reality that Valentino Achak Deng experienced as a refugee from war-torn Darfur in the late 1980&#8217;s, a first hand experience he discussed during a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Goldman Environmental Prize Awarded to Grassroots Environmentalists</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fanny Dassie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize was awarded to seven grassroots environmental activists for their courage and commitment in helping to save our planet from unfettered destruction. Awardees from left to right: Yuyun Ismawati, Olga Speranskaya, Hugo Jabini, Marc Ona Essangui, Syeda Riswana Hasan, Wanze Eduards and Maria Gunnoe. Photos by Luke Thomas By Fanny Dassie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Author Discusses Israeli Government Injustices Against Palestinians Living in Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fanny Dassie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. David Wesley By Fanny Dassie April 17, 2009 The complex relationship between Palestinians and Israeli Jews living in Israel was witnessed and experienced by Israeli anthropologist Dr. David Wesley, who decided to report on this issue in his 2006 book State Practices and Zionist Images: Shaping Economic Development In Arab Towns In Israel, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani Journalist Criticizes US Foreign Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fanny Dassie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Journalist Hamid Mir discussed US foreign policy in Pakistan with San Francisco Chronicle scribe Jonathon Curiel Wednesday at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. Photos by Luke Thomas By Fanny Dassie April 3, 2009 As Pakistan makes headlines with a new suicide attack targeting a mosque in the north western part of the country, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controversial Foie Gras Resolution Sets Up Food Fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fanny Dassie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A resolution passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday commends restaurants that voluntarily remove foie gras from their menus ahead of California statewide ban in 2012. By Fanny Dassie March 26, 2009 While animal rights defenders will cheer, some gourmet chefs will be banging their pots and pans in disapproval following the adoption [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panelists Discuss Chronicle&#8217;s Decline, Print Journalism&#8217;s Demise</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A panel of media industry professionals was convened Tuesday to discuss the San Francisco Chronicle&#8217;s financial troubles and the general decline of newspaper circulation. Photos by Luke Thomas By Fanny Dassie March 20, 2009 As the US newspaper industry&#8217;s future is gripped by uncertainty with the 150-year-old Rocky Mountain News publishing its final print edition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget Crisis: Funding Cuts, Civil Service Rules to Blame for Rec Center Program Terminations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Luke Thomas and Fanny Dassie March 12, 2009 Many of San Francisco&#8217;s early childhood development programs will be terminated in May due to funding cuts and strict civil service rules, confirmed Recreation and Park Department general manager Jared Blumenfeld during a hearing of the Budget and Finance Committee yesterday. In a room filled with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers Seek Mediation and Settlementin Dhaliwal vs. San Francisco Zoological Society Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Fanny Dassie February 27, 2009 U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup said yesterday the trial in the case of Dhaliwal vs. San Francisco Zoological Society would begin January 11, 2010 unless lawyers are able to reach a pretrial settlement. The case refers to the December 25, 2007 escape of a Siberian tiger from its [...]]]></description>
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