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		<title>In Workshop, Benguet Pupils Learn Pride in Cultural Identity</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Workshop, Benguet Pupils Learn Pride in Cultural IdentityPUBLISHED ON September 16, 2008 AT 5:08 PM “They may be young but they are capable of recognizing the value of their culture this early so as to preserve and take pride in their identity as indigenous peoples,” said Sammy Pulido,&#160; cultural training coordinator. BY LYN V. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=austronesia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5916229&amp;post=82&amp;subd=austronesia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mabtad as Told by a Kalinga Warrior</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mabtad as Told by a Kalinga WarriorPUBLISHED ON December 20, 2008 AT 4:30 PM&#160;&#160;&#160; In his uggayam, or traditional chant, Ama Julio Longan, 68, of the Taloctoc sub-tribe of Kalinga urged his audience in a human rights rally to join mabtad, where Cordillera communities and groups are urged to collectively act in searching for James [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=austronesia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5916229&amp;post=81&amp;subd=austronesia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Philippine Gov’t Lacks Political Will to Solve Human Rights Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘Philippine Gov’t Lacks Political Will to Solve Human Rights Problems’PUBLISHED ON December 20, 2008 AT 3:02 PM&#160;&#160; BY RONALYN V. OLEAHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH An independent regional non-government organization said the Philippine government lacks the political will to solve the human rights problems of the country. In its report on the Philippines, the Hong Kong-based Asian [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=austronesia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5916229&amp;post=79&amp;subd=austronesia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Review: Noho Hewa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hawaiian wake-up call By T. Ilihia Gionson / Ka Wai Ola You know that feeling that you get in your na&#8217;au when you drive past &#8216;Iolani Palace or when you hear Kaulana Nā Pua? That chicken-skin feeling that comes over you and lets you know that your kūpuna have been disturbed? That intrinsic sense that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=austronesia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5916229&amp;post=73&amp;subd=austronesia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tongan pro-democracy movement slams intervention</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tongan pro-democracy movement slams intervention November 19 2006ABC News The leaders of Tonga&#8217;s pro-democracy movement have condemned the intervention of Australian and New Zealand soldiers and police officers in the strife-torn Pacific island kingdom. About 150 Australian and New Zealand peacekeepers arrived late yesterday to enforce martial law on the streets of the capital Nuku&#8217;alofa, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=austronesia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5916229&amp;post=37&amp;subd=austronesia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tongan Site Dated Oldest in Polynesia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tongan site dated oldest in Polynesia13 January 2008 Arhcaeo News Using pottery shards, archaeologist David Burley says they have confirmed Nukuleka, just east of Tonga&#8217;s capital, Nuku&#8217;alofa, is Polynesia&#8217;s birthplace. The confirmation comes as something of a blow for Samoa which has advertised itself for decades as the &#8216;cradle of Polynesia&#8217;. Fiji&#8217;s Sigatoka dunes have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=austronesia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5916229&amp;post=32&amp;subd=austronesia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stolen artefacts point to lost Philippines tribe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stolen artefacts point to lost Philippines tribe Archaeologists in the Philippines believe they have discovered evidence of a lost tribe in sacks of broken pottery seized from antiquity smugglers. &#160; By Thomas Bell, South East Asia Correspondent Telegraph.co.uk Last Updated: 6:11PM BST 24 Oct 2008 The haul was found somewhere near Palembang town in Sultan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=austronesia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5916229&amp;post=29&amp;subd=austronesia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Broad Native Hawaiian Constituency demands Withdrawal of Appeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Broad Native Hawaiian Constituency demands Withdrawal of Appeal BY GORDON Y.K. PANGHonolulu Advertiser Staff Writer Members of the normally conservative Royal Order of Kamehameha I and the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs joined other Native Hawaiian groups at the state Capitol yesterday to protest Gov. Linda Lingle&#8217;s position on ceded lands &#8212; lands that once [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=austronesia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5916229&amp;post=62&amp;subd=austronesia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Families of Disappeared Protest at Plaza Miranda, Manila</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Families of disappeared protest at Plaza Miranda By Katherine Evangelista INQUIRER.net First Posted 21:18:00 08/30/2008 MANILA, Philippines &#8212; Families of victims of alleged &#8220;enforced disappearances&#8221; held a protest at the historic Plaza Miranda outside the Quiapo Church on Saturday calling for justice for their loved ones. The rally is in line with the celebration of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=austronesia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5916229&amp;post=57&amp;subd=austronesia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many pay last respects to ruler KUALA PILAH Monday, December 29, 2008 SINCE 10am today, the Istana Besar Seri Menanti here has been receiving a steady stream of people who came to pay their last respects to the late Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Ja&#8217;afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, lying in state [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=austronesia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5916229&amp;post=55&amp;subd=austronesia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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