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			<title>Why Many Americans Prefer Their Sundays Segregated</title>
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							<![CDATA[Scholar: Only about 5 percent of the nation's churches are racially integratedSlavery, Jim Crow kept churches segregated during nation's early historyEscape from racism is one reason for segregated Sunday services, pastor saysAdvocates: Interracial congregations could help reduce racial friction in U.S.The Rev.]]>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Proof! Just Six Degrees Of Separation Between Us</title>
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							<![CDATA[After checking 30 billion electronic messages, Microsoft researchers say the theory stands up.In a world of 6.6 billion people, it does seem hard to believe.]]>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies at 89</title>
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							<![CDATA[Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who exposed Stalin's prison system in his novels and spent 20 years in exile, has died near Moscow at the age of 89.The author of The Gulag Archipelago and One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich, who returned to Russia in 1994, died of either a stroke or heart failure.The Nobel laureate had suffered from high blood pressure in recent years.After returning to Russia, Solzhenitsyn wrote several polemics on Russian history and identity.]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>US HIV Rate &apos;Higher Than Thought&apos; </title>
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							<![CDATA[The number of Americans infected with the HIV virus each year is much higher than current government estimates, US health officials have said.]]>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>Behind the Scenes: Amanpour &apos;Transfixed&apos; by Dalai Lama </title>
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							<![CDATA[Christiane Amanpour traveled to India to meet with the exiled Dalai LamaIn 1959, the Dalai Lama fled Tibet on horseback to evade China's communist forcesAmanpour says the Dalai Lama's connection to his adoring flock is &quot;mesmerizing&quot; Dalai Lama says what the Chinese are doing in Tibet amounts to &quot;cultural genocide&quot;In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events.]]>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:00:00 CST</pubDate>
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