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		<title>A Sharing of Cultures and Stories</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2011/07/universal-language-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Creech</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since first opening its doors, the Freedom Center has hosted countless international visitors and worked with various groups from around the world. Sometimes it&#8217;s a group brought here by the U.S. State Department; another time it may be a group of journalists from The Netherlands. Whenever we have the opportunity to share our Freedom Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom Center Recognized at the 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report Remarks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Glavic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the U.S. State Department released the 2011 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.  What is the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report? The TIP Report is the U.S. Government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking. It is also the world’s most comprehensive resource of governmental anti-human trafficking efforts and reflects the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tickets Sales for Dalai Lama Event Close Friday, Oct. 15th</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Glavic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tickets sales for the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center’s International Freedom Conductor Award luncheon honoring His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama will close at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 15th. Registration for the event is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. at the Duke Energy Convention Center with the luncheon beginning at 11:30 a.m. on October 20th.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Study: Human Trafficking in Cincinnati</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2009/07/study-human-trafficking-cincinnati/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris McMahon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CINCINNATI (July 24, 2009) &#8211; A new study finds that human trafficking exists in greater Cincinnati, and to combat the issue, tougher laws, along with training and education, are needed. The Greater Cincinnati Human Trafficking Report (PDF), the first of its kind, is the result of a year-long study of human trafficking in Cincinnati and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Department&#8217;s 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report Released</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2009/06/state-departments-2009-trafficking-persons-report-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) was released today by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The report, mandated by Congress, presents an annual snapshot of the global presence of human trafficking and what individual nations are &#8212; or are not &#8212; doing to combat modern-day forms of slavery. This year&#8217;s report says that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hillary Clinton Vows to Strengthen State Dept. Anti-Slavery Efforts</title>
		<link>http://freedomcenter.org/freedom-forum/index.php/2009/01/hilary-clinton-vows-strengthen-state-dept-antislavery-efforts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bernish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Secretary of State nominee Hillary Clinton pledged in her confirmation hearing that U.S. anti-slavery efforts would be strengthened in the incoming Obama Administration. This is welcome news for modern-day abolitionists who believe America&#8217;s leadership in the anti-slavery arena could lead other governments &#8212; eager to court favor with the new Administration &#8212; to more aggressively [...]]]></description>
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