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		<title>'Stop child abuse in schools'</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a94589.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[With two out of every three children, a majority studying in schools, reported being physically abused in India, a child rights organization Friday called for immediate implementation of the proposed safer schools guideline in the country.
On the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:31:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Take proactive action against child labour, Dikshit tells police</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a94576.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit Friday launched the 'Time for Change' campaign against child labour and asked police to proactively take action against offenders.
Speaking at the campaign launch event commemorating International Children's Day,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:53:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Nearly 50 percent of Indian women marry before 18: Unicef</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a94572.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[India has a legislation prohibiting child marriage, but latest household surveys indicate that 47 percent of women, who are now aged 20-24 years, were married before the legal age of 18, a Unicef report released Friday said.
The survey also found...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:52:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Log on to find details of missing children</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Friday launched a website that will have information on all lost children staying in children's homes in the  capital.
&#8220;It will be now much more convenient for the parents of missing children to have...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:46:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Children release Unicef report in Bhopal</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in Madhya Pradesh, a clutch of children released the Unicef State of the World Children Report 2009 here Friday, praising the efforts of the government for their survival, care and protection but also calling for more...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:14:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>India working well on child issues, but too slow: Unicef</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a94512.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Progress on child issues is slow even though India has accomplished a great deal in ensuring the rights of children almost two decades after it ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Unicef India representative Karin Holshof said...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:46:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>India-Bangladesh couple seeks intervention to stay united</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a94487.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It's nothing short of a Bollywood love story. India's Zubair Khan and Bangladesh's Shazia Zarin met on Facebook, fell in love, she fled from home, they got married and are expecting a child. Now the girl's millionaire businessman father is seeking...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:28:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Damaged property, business loss bear testimony to farmers' protest</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a94476.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sugarcane stems and broken dustbins at Janpath market in the heart of the capital Friday bore testimony to the vandalism by farmers, a day after nearly 30,000 of them descended here from Uttar Pradesh to protest the new sugarcane pricing policy.
The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Manmohan Singh, Advani to choose new information chief Friday</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a94414.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani and Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily are expected to meet Friday evening to finalise who India's new chief information commissioner will be.
Present information commissioner M.M. Ansari...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:45:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Rajasthan town free from manual cleaning of toilets (Nov 19 is World Toilet Day)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Till a few years ago Dalits in Alwar, Rajasthan were employed in inhumane manual scavenging practices. But thanks to social activism and NGO Sulabh International, the town was Thursday declared free from the illegal practice.
Commemorating the birth...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:54:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Health minister's constituency faring worst in providing toilets (Nov 19 is World Toilet Day)</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a94254.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's constituency in Jammu will reach 100 percent sanitation and toilet coverage by the year 2266  - taking the longest time amongst all other constituencies, according to a report on the occasion of World Toilet Day...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:26:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Changes to RTI in Bihar anger opposition, activists</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a94165.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Opposition parties and activists have slammed restrictions imposed on the Right to Information (RTI) Act by the Bihar government, saying the move is aimed at shielding corruption.
The opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP),...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:13:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Tibetans to thank India, raise freedom song</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a94149.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Buddhism, Tibetan medicine, 'chaam' dance, monastic chanting. It will be a peek into the Tibetan way of life at a festival here to thank India for providing a home to refugees from the 'Roof of the World' for five long decades.
The three-day long...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:30:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Court asks RTI activists to mobilize movement for CIC selection</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a94061.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked Right to Information (RTI) activists to mobilise the movement for the selection of the chief information commissioner (CIC).
The high court declined to give directions to the government to change the procedure...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:57:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Activists demand transparent system for appointing CIC</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a94060.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Right to Information (RTI) activists from across the country Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that the next Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) be appointed through a transparent, inclusive and participatory...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:57:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>'Men do cry', says Bangalore's men's rights group (Nov 19 is International Men's Day)</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a93973.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As the world celebrates International Men's Day Thursday, a Bangalore-based group wants an end  to stereotyping male gender, and says men too get hurt, both emotionally and physically. The group is demanding justice for various social abuses against...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:08:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>16 countries to commemorate Bhopal gas tragedy</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a93945.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On Dec 3 it will be 25 years since the Bhopal gas disaster took place, killing 3,500 people instantly. While a number of public meetings, film screenings and marches are being planned in the week leading up to the D-day in Bhopal and across India,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:40:02 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Women's panel rules out sexual assault in mid-air scuffle (Lead)</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a93786.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Commission for Women (NCW) has ruled out sexual assault on an air hostess during a mid-air scuffle onboard an Air India flight last month but also noted that the girl was "indeed pushed" during the altercation.
The NCW report was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:54:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>RTI activist Shekhar Singh being considered for CIC post</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a93776.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Prominent Right to Information (RTI) activist Shekhar Singh is among the persons being considered for the post of chief information commissioner (CIC), government sources said here.
"Shekhar Singh is one of the prominent RTI activists and his name...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:34:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Bangalore's sex workers fight stigma of HIV/AIDS</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a93714.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[They all have a common story to narrate - stigma and discrimination by the society because of their profession and the disease with which they are infected.
Tales of suffering and discrimination were narrated by Bangalore's sex workers when they...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:47:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>India scores low on integrity, says Transparency International</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a93684.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[India was ranked 84th among 180 countries assessed for integrity, continuing to be perceived as a highly corrupt nation, by Transparency International India (TII) in its latest survey Tuesday.
"India's integrity score stands at 3.4 on a scale of 0...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:44:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Minority commission pulls up Punjab government</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a93558.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A special team of the National Commission for Minorities, which visited Punjab and this union territory Monday, pulled up the state government for its failure to work for the upliftment of the minority communities.
&#8220;They are giving us lame...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:17:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>PETA welcomes Central Zoo Authority ban on tuskers in zoos</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a93474.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Monday announced an award for the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) for its  ban on keeping elephants in zoos and circuses.
"By banning the use of elephants in zoos and circuses, the Central Zoo Authority...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:36:01 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Sayali, Boman, Amrita Rao join Childrens Day celebrations</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a93183.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Bollywood actors Sayali Bhagat, Boman Irani and Amrita Rao joined in a 'Flight of Fantasy' for underprivileged children and a trip for youngsters at Jet Airlines' Flight Simulator Saturday to mark Children's Day.
A group of 90 children travelled in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:05:04 +0530</pubDate>
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		<title>Destitute girls seek to shun rescued sex workers' company</title>
		<link>http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a93129.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Destitute girls residing at a government remand home pleaded to judges of the higher judiciary Saturday to ensure that rescued sex workers are not lodged with them as they cast a "dubious influence" upon them.
The plea was made at the Children's Day...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:05:01 +0530</pubDate>
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