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		<title>Queens Filipinos Unite Behind Boxer</title>
		<link>http://queens-rules.org/2010/02/11/queens-filipinos-unite-behind-boxer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Castillo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michelle Castillo
It was four weeks since boxer Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao became the first boxer to win seven world titles in seven different weight divisions. But for Christ Ifill, Jonathan Villota and Kevin de la Cruz, the victory was still the main topic of conversation.
The three teenagers were grabbing a bite to eat at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jamaica drowning in garbage</title>
		<link>http://queens-rules.org/2010/01/24/jamaica-drowning-in-garbage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kasrawi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) wants to mandate daily trash pickups throughout New York city to help combat the problem of overflowing litter baskets in Queens.]]></description>
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		<title>South Asian girls targeted by school police</title>
		<link>http://queens-rules.org/2010/01/09/south-asian-girls-targeted-by-school-police/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruchika Tulshyan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ruchika Tulshyan
In early January of this year, 15-year-old Lisha Harbajan was stopped as she tried to enter Hillcrest High School in Queens just a few minutes after the late bell. But instead of letting her proceed to her first class, where she was to take a quiz, two school safety agents took her in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Globalism reigns at Queens high school</title>
		<link>http://queens-rules.org/2010/01/08/globalism-reigns-at-queens-high-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benedict Moran</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://queens-rules.org/?p=1493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Newtown High has more than  3000 students who represent over 100 countries and speak 60 different languages.]]></description>
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		<title>South Asian gays grapple with stigma in New York</title>
		<link>http://queens-rules.org/2010/01/07/south-asian-gays-grapple-with-stigma-in-new-york/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sruthi Gottipati</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York City may be one of the world’s gay capitals, but life is not easy for many South Asians. Stigma about homosexuality runs deep, and most say they have to hide their sexual identity from family. Such intolerance comes despite legal strides back home.]]></description>
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		<title>Despite Successes, Problems Remain Organizing Queens&#8217; Immigrant Tenants</title>
		<link>http://queens-rules.org/2010/01/05/despite-successes-problems-remain-organizing-queens-immigrant-tenants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinnie Rotondaro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Vinnie Rotondaro
For years, advocacy groups in New York City have worked to organize renters against landlords that try to price out, harass or blackmail tenants out of their buildings.
One of the most difficult areas to mobilize has been Queens, where even with subtler forms of landlord intimidation many immigrants are unaware of their rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Queens lags behind the nation in late-stage breast cancer detection</title>
		<link>http://queens-rules.org/2010/01/05/queens-lags-behind-the-nation-in-late-stage-breast-cancer-detection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Kasrawi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Queens has the highest rate of late-stage breast cancer detection in the nation, due to a variety of reasons.  It stands at 33 percent versus the national average of 12 percent, according to the Queens Cancer Center. Now a grassroots effort called HealthLink is mobilizing survivors like Harris to reach out in laundry rooms and libraries across the borough to screen women in time. ]]></description>
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		<title>Council mulls report card for school safety agents</title>
		<link>http://queens-rules.org/2009/12/20/council-mulls-report-card-for-school-safety-agents/</link>
		<comments>http://queens-rules.org/2009/12/20/council-mulls-report-card-for-school-safety-agents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sruthi Gottipati</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s the fifth largest police force in the country. But it isn’t the Mafia or drug lords that that these police officials have their eye on. They’re focused on the teenage students who attend public school in New York City.

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		<title>Undocumented Immigrants Scared to Seek Free Health Care</title>
		<link>http://queens-rules.org/2009/12/20/undocumented-immigrants-scared-to-seek-free-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Castillo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They waited patiently to get their blood drawn, a crowd of young and middle-aged Queens residents in Corona Square. Two city nurses stood under the plastic tent and pricked the index finger of each outstretched hand, and one by one, extracted a small sample of blood.]]></description>
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		<title>Depression and suicide rise for Hispanic teenagers in Queens</title>
		<link>http://queens-rules.org/2009/12/17/depression-and-suicide-rise-for-hispanic-teenagers-in-queens/</link>
		<comments>http://queens-rules.org/2009/12/17/depression-and-suicide-rise-for-hispanic-teenagers-in-queens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruchika Tulshyan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She has a terrible secret. But she keeps up a good front.

Outwardly the teen, whose name, like others interviewed for this article, is being withheld because of her age, seems like any bubbly 17-year-old. She seems cheerful and laughs easily. She won’t mention any problems, not even to the Elmhurst Hospital volunteer who has helped her weekly with homework for several months.]]></description>
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