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	<description>Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Some Olympians Dissatisfied With Religious Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22076/"><img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/olympic-games.jpg" alt="Olympic Games" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;"></a> The Olympic Village's religious center has become the target of a quiet protest by athletes, coaches and other delegates who say its staffing and services fall woefully short of the promises made by Chinese organizers.<br /><br />Previous Olympic hosts welcomed foreign chaplains, but China has banned them from living with the athletes.]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese church leader released from prison after 3-year sentence for distributing Bibles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Cai had been detained about 14 months before he was convicted in November 2005. His pretrial detention appeared to have been counted toward his sentence.]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese police raid bible camp held by unregistered church group, 10 detained</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18785/china-religious-persecution</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Authorities in eastern China raided a vacation bible school organized by an unauthorized Protestant church group, detaining 10 people, an overseas monitoring group said Thursday.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: China sentences 2 leaders of unofficial church on cult charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Two ministers in China's unrecognized Protestant church have been sentenced to one year each in a labor camp on charges of using an "evil cult" to obstruct the law, an overseas monitoring group said Monday.]]></description>
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		<title>Anxiety, emptiness fuel Confucius craze in China</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 12:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Pop culture offerings in China these days run the gamut from Hollywood blockbusters to domestic versions of "American Idol," but it is a book about the ancient sage Confucius that is causing all the buzz in the streets.]]></description>
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		<title>Four US Christians held in China&#8217;s Xinjiang</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Police in China detained four US church leaders and a group of Chinese Christians after they held a religious gathering in the remote northwest region of Xinjiang, a rights group said Wednesday.]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese political advisors call for early formulation of anti-cult law</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17692/china-anti-cult-law</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese political advisors have called on the nation's legislature for drafting a systematic anti- cult law as early as possible to provide a solid legal foundation in the fight against cults.]]></description>
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		<title>Once-atheist China has a religious awakening</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17624/once-atheist-china-has-a-religious-awakening</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese by the tens of millions shed decades of state-imposed atheism. The phenomenon has gained momentum so fast that it appears to have taken the government by surprise.]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Christians in riot trial</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16896/chinese-christians-in-riot-trial</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Eight Chinese Christians are going on trial in the eastern city of Hangzhou charged with instigating violence and interfering with the law.  China pays lip-service to religious freedom and persecutes Christians who do not wish to take part in the state-run church.]]></description>
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		<title>Cult leaders executed over feud with rivals</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16680/cult-leaders-executed-over-feud-with-rivals</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anton Hein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[China has executed 15 members of an underground Protestant sect after a feud that resulted in the deaths of several members of a rival religious group.]]></description>
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