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		<title>Pre 9/11 Massive Terror Plot Targetting 4,500 Hindus and Sikhs in Toronto Forgotten</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Linda Brock Islamic Terrorist from Trinidad &#8211; Glen Neville Ford Toronto, Canada (CHAKRA) —Toronto’s terror plot of 1991 (pre September 11) has been forgotten and become a lost memory to Canadians.  The terror plot was planned by five black Muslims who were followers of Jamaat Al Fuqra, a Pakistani movement. They were acquitted of planning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chakranews.com/pre-911-massive-terror-plot-targetting-4500-hindus-and-sikhs-in-toronto-forgotten/886</link>
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		<title>BJP Fights for the Protection of 39 Hindu Temples from Unfair Destruction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ranchi, Jarkhand (CHAKRA) — The BJP Party has given support to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad  (VHP) supporters who are protesting against the demolition of 39 Hindu temples which are constructed on government land. The shutdown of such a sponsorship has been openly stated by the VHP party which the backing of BJP officials.  Raghubar Das, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chakranews.com/bjp-fights-for-the-protection-of-39-hindu-temples-from-unfair-destruction/881</link>
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		<title>Buddhist Princess of Halifax, Canada</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Karishma Patel Halifax Citadel and Skyline Halifax, Nova Scotia (CHAKRA) &#8211; A new Buddhist Princess has been born in Halifax causing the Shambhala Buddhist community to celebrate. The Shambhala website recently announced the birth of Drukmo Yeshe Sarasvati Ziji Mukpo. Mother, Sakyong Wangmo Khandro Tseyang and father, Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche happily carried her for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 24th &#8211; Happy Hungry Ghost Festival and Raksha Bandhan!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(CHAKRA) August 24th, 2010 is a special day &#38; week for both Buddhists (Hungry Ghost Festival) and Hindus (Raksha Bandhan). The Hungry Ghost festival is celebrated in a few countries such as various parts of China. The Hungry Ghost Realm is one of the Six Realms of Samsara, into which beings are reborn.  Hungry Ghost celebrations can be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chakranews.com/happy-hungry-ghost-festival-and-raksha-bandhan/872</link>
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		<title>Sikhs Threatened to Embrace Islam or Leave Kashmir Valley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ By Jagmit Singh Sikhs are the largest religious minority in Kashmir Srinagar, India (CHAKRA) —In the Kashmir Valley, Sikhs have been recently told to pack up and leave if they do not embrace Islam and help to stand up for the local civilians.  The minority Sikh community of 60 000 in the area have been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chakranews.com/sikhs-threatened-to-embrace-islam-or-leave-kashmir-valley/866</link>
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		<title>August 23rd &#8211; The Hindu and Malayalee Festival of Onam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Kerala the biggest festival is called Onam. Most commonly celebrated by Hindus and Malayalees based around the state of Kerala and signifies the home-coming of King Mahabali.  Onam is also celebrated as the day of advent of Vamana and Bali. It marks the beginning of a new life. The festival is all about celebrating on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chakranews.com/august-23rd-the-hindu-and-malayalee-festival-of-onam/860</link>
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		<title>Commonwealth Games put Above Annual Ramlila and Durga Pooja</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi, India (CHAKRA)— The Commonwealth Games are being held in October during the festive season of Ramlila and Durga Pooja and are being foreseen as a interference to the annual festivities as the Delhi police are asking for these festivals to be rescheduled at another time which has never been done historically. After requesting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chakranews.com/commonwealth-games-put-above-annual-ramlila-and-durga-pooja/857</link>
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		<title>Sri Lankan Civil War Caused the Damage of 500 Hindu Temples</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Colombo, Sri Lanka (CHAKRA) —The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has demanded that the 500+ temples that were destroyed during the LTTE be replaced and reconstructed. TNA’s leader, S Yogeshwaran went to the country’s government to notify them of the temples that were destroyed in the North and East during the military operations. Yogeshwaran also plead [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chakranews.com/war-with-ltte-caused-500-hindu-temples-to-be-damaged/851</link>
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		<title>Vancouver Islands Interest Grows in Buddhism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vancouver, Canada (CHAKRA) &#8211; As more people are becoming spiritual and looking for inward happiness, they are turning towards Buddhism, especially in the central part of Vancouver Island, according to the President of Kathok Gonpa society in Coombs. However, Penny Mcguire predicts that the people who will attend Tibetan Buddhist Monk Changling Rinpoche’s talk at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chakranews.com/vancouver-islands-interest-grows-in-buddhism/847</link>
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		<title>Hanoi’s Thousandth Year Celebrated in Buddhist Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hanoi, Vietnam (CHAKRA) —A weeklong Buddhist celebration was held in Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam to celebrate Hanoi’s one thousandth year. Vietnam’s Buddhist Sangha’s Deputy Chairman, the General Secretary and Venerable Thich Thien Nhon delivered an opening speech to at the commencement of the week and acknowledged the important roles of Vietnamese Buddhists in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chakranews.com/hanois-thousandth-year-celebrated-in-buddhist-week/843</link>
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