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	<title>Religion News Blog &#187; Superstition</title>
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		<title>Burma cyclone survivors haunted by ghosts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 06:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new terror is stalking the survivors of Burma’s cyclone, as villagers in the deeply superstitious country tell of being haunted by the ghosts of those who perished in the disaster.]]></description>
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		<title>Dozens blinded in India looking for Virgin Mary</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20879/virgin-mary-3</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least 50 people have lost their sight after staring at the sun hoping to see an image of the Virgin Mary, according to reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Man gets 5 yrs for magical transportation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Witchcraft]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chikumbutso Mponda of Ntchisi is behind bars after he fell down from a magic plane on his way to his home village.]]></description>
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		<title>Witchcraft plane crashes, suspect in police custody</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20194/superstition-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As this story illustrates, in many African countries the believe in flying witches is well entrenched.]]></description>
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		<title>Muslims seek Mecca&#8217;s heavenly water to cure ills</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20130/healing-water</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20130/healing-water#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Millions of Muslims making the annual pilgrimage to their holiest site, Mecca, flock to get a share of spring water they believe originates in heaven and is endowed with healing power.]]></description>
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		<title>Women Send Panties to Myanmar in Protest</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19699/panties-for-peace</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women in several countries have begun sending their panties to Myanmar embassies in a culturally insulting gesture of protest against the recent brutal crackdown there, a campaign supporter said Friday.]]></description>
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		<title>Virgin Mary? Holy apparition in eyes of beholders</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19431/virgin-mary-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mariology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A silhouette on a tapestry at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Westchester is drawing throngs of people who believe it is an apparition of Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus.]]></description>
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		<title>False prophet drowns in river amid chants</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19169/medicine-man-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That water bodies are believed to be the gateways to the underneath spirit world, is not altogether uncommon belief but never has a man boasted to descend to the “gates of hell” by jumping into a river under the full glare of chanting and dancing onlookers.]]></description>
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		<title>Is seeing Mary cast in cocoa a miracle or just a coincidence?</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16837/is-seeing-mary-cast-in-cocoa-a-miracle-or-just-a-coincidence</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16837/is-seeing-mary-cast-in-cocoa-a-miracle-or-just-a-coincidence#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 09:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mariology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Holy figures have been perceived in bricks, wooden logs, trees, sandwiches, eggs, a tortilla and so on.  The phenomenon is so common that scientists have given it a name: pareidolia, the perception of patterns where none are intended.]]></description>
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		<title>Vampires, ghosts aren&#8217;t real, says physicist</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16400/vampires-ghosts-arent-real-says-physicist</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16400/vampires-ghosts-arent-real-says-physicist#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vampirism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Horror stories may be the place for vampires, ghosts and zombies. Just remember, they are not real, warns physicist Costas Efthimiou.]]></description>
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