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Europe's largest minority group, the Romani, migrated from northwest India 1,500 years ago, new genetic study finds.
The Romani, also known as the Roma, were originally dubbed "gypsies" in the 16th century, because this widely dispersed group of people were first thought to ha&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[BGStick]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[BGStick]]></source><link>http://bgstick.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15830632-origin-of-the-romani-people-pinned-down</link><guid>http://bgstick.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15830632-origin-of-the-romani-people-pinned-down</guid><category>india</category><category>europe</category><category>world-news</category><category>gypsies</category><category>romani</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:27:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BGStick9A06BC75-E840-F03A-0475-53169E80556E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="108" width="162" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BGStick9A06BC75-E840-F03A-0475-53169E80556E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Gypsies arrived in Europe 1,500 years ago, genetic study says | World news | The Guardian </title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliza Haran Caplan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eliza Haran Caplan]]></source><link>http://eliza-haran-itazvia.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15759730-gypsies-arrived-in-europe-1500-years-ago-genetic-study-says-world-news-the-guardian</link><guid>http://eliza-haran-itazvia.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15759730-gypsies-arrived-in-europe-1500-years-ago-genetic-study-says-world-news-the-guardian</guid><category>eu</category><category>world-news</category><category>roma</category><category>gypsies</category><category>europe-migrationeuropean-roma-rights-centre</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 23:11:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eliza-haran-itazvia8ADE81E7-1DF1-19F7-13AB-6E14E550A836.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="132" width="220" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eliza-haran-itazvia8ADE81E7-1DF1-19F7-13AB-6E14E550A836.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Activists rally in European cities to support Roma</title>
<description><![CDATA[Anti-racism activists, Gypsy musicians and others have gathered in European cities to protest violence and discrimination against Roma and celebrate their culture.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/07/14274829-activists-rally-in-european-cities-to-support-roma</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/07/14274829-activists-rally-in-european-cities-to-support-roma</guid><category>europe</category><category>world-news</category><category>gypsies</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Oct 2012 15:29:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>France loosens job restrictions on Roma</title>
<description><![CDATA[The French government is making it easier for Roma from Eastern Europe to gain employment and stay in France, amid criticism of police raids that have dismantled ramshackle camps and left hundreds of people without shelter.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvie Corbet]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sylvie Corbet]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/22/13417489-france-loosens-job-restrictions-on-roma</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/22/13417489-france-loosens-job-restrictions-on-roma</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>eastern-europe</category><category>world-news</category><category>gypsies</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:37:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a6bd0646-3e75-4735-8632-bb380ed0c786.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a6bd0646-3e75-4735-8632-bb380ed0c786.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French President  Francois Hollande, left, shakes hands with Qatari Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani upon his arrival, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=78732f65-8452-4a49-92bd-0214c0545df7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="307" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=78732f65-8452-4a49-92bd-0214c0545df7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="200" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A young girl poses in a Gypsie camp in Wissous, outside Paris, Wednesday Aug. 22, 2012. French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault  was to host a meeting of ministers Wednesday on the issue of Roma, or Gypsies, in France after the government launched its latest campaign this month to drive them from their camps. (AP/Jacques Brinon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b52cb367-c3fd-4690-8409-35901c658c5f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="327" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b52cb367-c3fd-4690-8409-35901c658c5f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Co-founder of the advocacy group Romeurope, Laurent El Ghozi, center, Vice-President of France's Human Rights League Malik Salemkour, right, and other activists arrive at Matignon to meet France's Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, in Paris, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. France's prime minister will host a meeting of ministers today on the issue of Roma, or Gypsies, in France after the government launched its latest campaign this month to drive them from their camps. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=47ac25ca-1e5b-4dc0-91f0-7b8ee0bbf5fb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="343" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=47ac25ca-1e5b-4dc0-91f0-7b8ee0bbf5fb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man walks through  a Gypsy camp in Wissous, outside Paris, Wednesday Aug .22, 2012.French Prime Minister Jean-Marie Ayrault was to host a meeting of ministers on the issue of Roma, or Gypsies, in France after the government launched its latest campaign this month to drive them from their camps..(AP/Jacques Brinon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Roma trapped in misery as France demolishes camps</title>
<description><![CDATA[The camps weren't much to begin with: They had no electricity or running water. Grocery carts served as makeshift grills. Rats ran rampant and fleas gnawed on young and old alike.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Hinnant]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lori Hinnant]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/15/13328546-roma-trapped-in-misery-as-france-demolishes-camps</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/15/13328546-roma-trapped-in-misery-as-france-demolishes-camps</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>world-news</category><category>gypsies</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:52:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=63e5d045-21aa-471e-b5b2-4980d293850f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="224" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=63e5d045-21aa-471e-b5b2-4980d293850f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a Friday Aug. 10, 2012. file photo of  a Roma encampment is set up near a highway in Clamart, west of Paris,  Police officers on Thursday shut down encampments used by Roma or Gypsies, in Paris and in the northern city of Villeneuve d'Ascq.  The Gypsy camps lack electricity and running water. Grocery carts become makeshift grills. Rats run rampant and fleas gnaw on young and old alike. It's a life that modernity has bypassed, compounded by a dismal economy that has stretched from their homeland in Romania to a France that wants them to go somewhere  anywhere  else.(AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c0698ca0-b24b-4a16-a2e0-1b84ff90853f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c0698ca0-b24b-4a16-a2e0-1b84ff90853f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This is an  image taken Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012  of the abandoned lot that Gypsies  had made their home for five months in Gennevilliers, outside Paris, shortly after they learned the encampment would be demolished. The Gypsy camps lack electricity and running water. Grocery carts become makeshift grills. Rats run rampant and fleas gnaw on young and old alike. It's a life that modernity has bypassed, compounded by a dismal economy that has stretched from their homeland in Romania to a France that wants them to go somewhere  anywhere  else. (AP Photo/ Lori Hinnant )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=013f7626-8cbe-4417-86d9-ab6375de6797.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="229" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=013f7626-8cbe-4417-86d9-ab6375de6797.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a  Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012  file photo of a Roma resting on the pavement near the Bastille square in Paris Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Police officers on Thursday shut down encampments used by Roma or Gypsies, in Paris and in the northern city of Villeneuve d'Ascq.    The Gypsy camps lack electricity and running water. Grocery carts become makeshift grills. Rats run rampant and fleas gnaw on young and old alike. It's a life that modernity has bypassed, compounded by a dismal economy that has stretched from their homeland in Romania to a France that wants them to go somewhere  anywhere  else.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Roma trapped in misery as France demolishes camps</title>
<description><![CDATA[The camps weren't much to begin with: They had no electricity or running water. Grocery carts served as makeshift grills. Rats ran rampant and fleas gnawed on young and old alike.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Hinnant]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lori Hinnant]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/08/13184395-roma-trapped-in-misery-as-france-demolishes-camps</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/08/13184395-roma-trapped-in-misery-as-france-demolishes-camps</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>world-news</category><category>gypsies</category><pubDate>Wed, 8 Aug 2012 19:05:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=63e5d045-21aa-471e-b5b2-4980d293850f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="224" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=63e5d045-21aa-471e-b5b2-4980d293850f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a Friday Aug. 10, 2012. file photo of  a Roma encampment is set up near a highway in Clamart, west of Paris,  Police officers on Thursday shut down encampments used by Roma or Gypsies, in Paris and in the northern city of Villeneuve d'Ascq.  The Gypsy camps lack electricity and running water. Grocery carts become makeshift grills. Rats run rampant and fleas gnaw on young and old alike. It's a life that modernity has bypassed, compounded by a dismal economy that has stretched from their homeland in Romania to a France that wants them to go somewhere  anywhere  else.(AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c0698ca0-b24b-4a16-a2e0-1b84ff90853f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c0698ca0-b24b-4a16-a2e0-1b84ff90853f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This is an  image taken Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012  of the abandoned lot that Gypsies  had made their home for five months in Gennevilliers, outside Paris, shortly after they learned the encampment would be demolished. The Gypsy camps lack electricity and running water. Grocery carts become makeshift grills. Rats run rampant and fleas gnaw on young and old alike. It's a life that modernity has bypassed, compounded by a dismal economy that has stretched from their homeland in Romania to a France that wants them to go somewhere  anywhere  else. (AP Photo/ Lori Hinnant )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=013f7626-8cbe-4417-86d9-ab6375de6797.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="229" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=013f7626-8cbe-4417-86d9-ab6375de6797.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This is a  Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012  file photo of a Roma resting on the pavement near the Bastille square in Paris Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Police officers on Thursday shut down encampments used by Roma or Gypsies, in Paris and in the northern city of Villeneuve d'Ascq.    The Gypsy camps lack electricity and running water. Grocery carts become makeshift grills. Rats run rampant and fleas gnaw on young and old alike. It's a life that modernity has bypassed, compounded by a dismal economy that has stretched from their homeland in Romania to a France that wants them to go somewhere  anywhere  else.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Roma refugees in Montenegro lose homes in fire</title>
<description><![CDATA[It was the only home Selija Hisenaj knew since she was forced out of war-torn Kosovo 13 years ago, and now it's gone too.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Predrag Milic]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Predrag Milic]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12945776-roma-refugees-in-montenegro-lose-homes-in-fire</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/25/12945776-roma-refugees-in-montenegro-lose-homes-in-fire</guid><category>eu</category><category>world-news</category><category>montenegro</category><category>gypsies</category><category>selija-hisenaj</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:56:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=be5fe4d4-4758-4069-9753-0fedcfc5b2fe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=be5fe4d4-4758-4069-9753-0fedcfc5b2fe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Children seen in front of tents after a fire burned down their settlement on the outskirts of the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica, Wednesday, July 25, 2012.  Hundreds of Roma refugees from Kosovo are living in tents after a fire burned down their settlement on the outskirts of the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica. Officials said Wednesday some 850 people lost their belongings in the fire that swept through their barracks in the suburb of Konik. No one was injured in Tuesday's fire.  (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=75101f44-2ea4-4a18-b54e-30457abfa837.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=75101f44-2ea4-4a18-b54e-30457abfa837.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A gypsy boy collects debris from his former home in front of tents after a fire burned down their settlement on the outskirts of the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica, Wednesday, July 25, 2012.  Hundreds of Roma refugees from Kosovo are living in tents after a fire burned down their settlement on the outskirts of the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica. Officials said Wednesday some 850 people lost their belongings in the fire that swept through their barracks in the suburb of Konik. No one was injured in Tuesday's fire.  (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4d284ca8-d986-4d6e-a48a-70391d2ef5b7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4d284ca8-d986-4d6e-a48a-70391d2ef5b7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A gypsy child is seen in tent after a fire burned down their settlement on the outskirts of the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica, Wednesday, July 25, 2012.  Hundreds of Roma refugees from Kosovo are living in tents after a fire burned down their settlement on the outskirts of the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica. Officials said Wednesday some 850 people lost their belongings in the fire that swept through their barracks in the suburb of Konik. No one was injured in Tuesday's fire.  (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Push Girls' proves reality can be important TV</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12047881-push-girls-proves-reality-can-be-important-tv</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/04/12047881-push-girls-proves-reality-can-be-important-tv</guid><category>bulls</category><category>television</category><category>polygamist</category><category>check</category><category>gypsies</category><category>wheelchair-bound</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>docuseries</category><category>microculture</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Jun 2012 04:04:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120601-ent-pushgirls-hmed.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120601-ent-pushgirls-hmed.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;It seems like every culture and microculture has had time in the reality spotlight. Polygamist families? Check. Gypsies about to marry? Check. Beautiful women in wheelchairs? Check that as well.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Annotating evil - new annotated version of Adolph Hitler's &quot;Mein Kampf&quot;</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gideon Polya]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gideon Polya]]></source><link>http://gpolya.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11509892-annotating-evil-new-annotated-version-of-adolph-hitlers-mein-kampf</link><guid>http://gpolya.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/02/11509892-annotating-evil-new-annotated-version-of-adolph-hitlers-mein-kampf</guid><category>us</category><category>germany</category><category>israel</category><category>australia</category><category>war</category><category>holocaust</category><category>genocide</category><category>racism</category><category>palestine</category><category>jews</category><category>world-news</category><category>uk</category><category>censorship</category><category>hitler</category><category>anti-semitism</category><category>nazism</category><category>ww2</category><category>gypsies</category><category>fos</category><category>mein-kampf</category><category>slavs</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 01:23:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gpolya143E56A6-D5BF-645D-AFDD-520DAA1C77F8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gpolya143E56A6-D5BF-645D-AFDD-520DAA1C77F8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gypsies evicted from Serbian capital</title>
<description><![CDATA[Around 250 Gypsy families were evicted from the wooden shacks that for years have been their homes in Serbia's capital Thursday, despite protests by international human rights groups.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dusan Stojanovic]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dusan Stojanovic]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/26/11410566-gypsies-evicted-from-serbian-capital</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/26/11410566-gypsies-evicted-from-serbian-capital</guid><category>eu</category><category>serbia</category><category>world-news</category><category>gypsies</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:46:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f4a20a01-70e6-4204-a5a6-259f61785874.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="253" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f4a20a01-70e6-4204-a5a6-259f61785874.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Gypsy woman with a child are seen in front of shanty houses in informal settlement located opposite to a high-class office building in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, April 26, 2012. Authorities are on Thursday moving some 1,000 Gypsies to four segregated metal container settlements outside of the capital. There are an estimated 500,000 Gypsies living in Serbia, or about seven percent of the population. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f2a7fdfa-71f0-46a8-bf04-c268ea32cbb6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="241" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f2a7fdfa-71f0-46a8-bf04-c268ea32cbb6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Gypsy child is seen in front of his shanty house in an informal settlement in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, April 26, 2012. Authorities are on Thursday moving some 1,000 Gypsies to four segregated metal container settlements outside of the capital. There are an estimated 500,000 Gypsies living in Serbia, or about seven percent of the population. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e1095f5a-06dd-4fa5-b5c8-fdeee6941a8f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e1095f5a-06dd-4fa5-b5c8-fdeee6941a8f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Gypsy boy is seen in front of his shanty house in informal settlement in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, April 26, 2012. Authorities are on Thursday moving some 1,000 Gypsies to four segregated metal container settlements outside of the capital. There are an estimated 500,000 Gypsies living in Serbia, or about seven percent of the population. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d84b6bc3-d268-4e61-ac48-afa123c96ae2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d84b6bc3-d268-4e61-ac48-afa123c96ae2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Gypsy boy plays in front of shanty houses in an informal settlement located opposite to a high-class office building in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, April 26, 2012. Authorities are on Thursday moving some 1,000 Gypsies to four segregated metal container settlements outside of the capital. There are an estimated 500,000 Gypsies living in Serbia, or about seven percent of the population. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=450df2e2-3aa5-43c5-8a7e-bb670adca20b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=450df2e2-3aa5-43c5-8a7e-bb670adca20b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Gypsy families are seen in front of shanty houses in an informal settlement located opposite to a high-class office building in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, April 26, 2012. Authorities are on Thursday moving some 1,000 Gypsies to four segregated metal container settlements outside of the capital. There are an estimated 500,000 Gypsies living in Serbia, or about seven percent of the population. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7443df2-8cca-4aee-8337-1f86ad594e06.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e7443df2-8cca-4aee-8337-1f86ad594e06.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Gypsy man carries his dog in an informal settlement located opposite to a high-class office building in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, April 26, 2012. Authorities are on Thursday moving some 1,000 Gypsies to four segregated metal container settlements outside of the capital. There are an estimated 500,000 Gypsies living in Serbia, or about seven percent of the population. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=82250e70-d0c3-4326-8f87-5b3f6604af1f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=82250e70-d0c3-4326-8f87-5b3f6604af1f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Gypsy man is seen in front of a shanty house in an informal settlement located opposite to a high-class office building in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, April 26, 2012. Authorities are on Thursday moving some 1,000 Gypsies to four segregated metal container settlements outside of the capital. There are an estimated 500,000 Gypsies living in Serbia, or about seven percent of the population. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db7285c0-3d1f-4625-909d-e906928e8766.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=db7285c0-3d1f-4625-909d-e906928e8766.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Gypsy child holds a kitten in an informal settlement in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, April 26, 2012. Authorities are on Thursday moving some 1,000 Gypsies to four segregated metal container settlements outside of the capital. There are an estimated 500,000 Gypsies living in Serbia, or about seven percent of the population. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4ff5d508-fdd2-47a2-9d4d-c6a235fcd71c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4ff5d508-fdd2-47a2-9d4d-c6a235fcd71c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Gypsy girl feeds a baby in front of shanty housing in an informal settlement located opposite to a high-class office building in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, April 26, 2012. Authorities are on Thursday moving some 1,000 Gypsies to four segregated metal container settlements outside of the capital. There are an estimated 500,000 Gypsies living in Serbia, or about seven percent of the population. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e948f8df-96b8-494c-be97-aa258a5e5811.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="316" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e948f8df-96b8-494c-be97-aa258a5e5811.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A communal worker and Gypsy children catch a dog in an informal settlement in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, April 26, 2012. Authorities are on Thursday moving some 1,000 Gypsies to four segregated metal container settlements outside of the capital. There are an estimated 500,000 Gypsies living in Serbia, or about seven percent of the population. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0033d0c-c3c9-49a9-b85a-fc17f2026eaa.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0033d0c-c3c9-49a9-b85a-fc17f2026eaa.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Gypsy boy is seen in front of his shanty house in an informal settlement in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, April 26, 2012. Authorities are on Thursday moving some 1,000 Gypsies to four segregated metal container settlements outside of the capital. There are an estimated 500,000 Gypsies living in Serbia, or about seven percent of the population. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=84fa90b9-4b3f-484f-ac05-ebbe94411953.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=84fa90b9-4b3f-484f-ac05-ebbe94411953.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Gypsy girl pushes a baby in a pram past an informal settlement located opposite to a high-class office building in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, April 26, 2012. Authorities are on Thursday moving some 1,000 Gypsies to four segregated metal container settlements outside of the capital. There are an estimated 500,000 Gypsies living in Serbia, or about seven percent of the population. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'My own mother treated me like a dog': Teen son testifies against woman who 'beat him, locked him up, didn't give him any bedding and sent him to work on gypsy market stalls' </title>
<description><![CDATA[
A teenager was terrorised for five years by his own 'evil' mother who locked him up and treated him 'like a dog', a court has heard.
Andrew Clappison, 18, told a jury how his mother Linda Clappison, 46, prevented him from going to school - forcing him to work for gypsies on ma&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/10999597-my-own-mother-treated-me-like-a-dog-teen-son-testifies-against-woman-who-beat-him-locked-him-up-didnt-give-him-any-bedding-and-sent-him-to-work-on-gypsy-market-stalls</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/10999597-my-own-mother-treated-me-like-a-dog-teen-son-testifies-against-woman-who-beat-him-locked-him-up-didnt-give-him-any-bedding-and-sent-him-to-work-on-gypsy-market-stalls</guid><category>health</category><category>gypsies</category><category>whitby</category><category>fortune-teller</category><category>evil-mother</category><category>abused-teenager</category><category>andrew-clappison</category><category>treated-like-a-dog</category><category>linda-clappison</category><category>market-stalls</category><category>hull-crown-court</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Apr 2012 13:16:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah07B38A16-CFCB-EDFD-E09E-1F2C5455F652.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="84" width="87" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah07B38A16-CFCB-EDFD-E09E-1F2C5455F652.jpg&amp;width=120" width="87" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Amnesty Intl seeks more help for displaced Roma</title>
<description><![CDATA[Amnesty International is calling on the new Italian government to come up with better policies to help Roma who were forced out of authorized camps under a 2008 decree.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/29/9091573-amnesty-intl-seeks-more-help-for-displaced-roma</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/29/9091573-amnesty-intl-seeks-more-help-for-displaced-roma</guid><category>eu</category><category>italy</category><category>amnesty-international</category><category>world-news</category><category>gypsies</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:10:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Best Selling Romance Author Claims Psychic 'Gypsies' Swindled Her Out Of 20 Million Dollars</title>
<description><![CDATA[Over the years, Marks convinced Deveraux to sell her house and all of her assets while isolating herself from all of her family and friends. Stack said that threats were made against her and her family in order to keep the money coming.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[JohnRussell]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JohnRussell]]></source><link>http://johnrussell.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/25/7470878-best-selling-romance-author-claims-psychic-gypsies-swindled-her-out-of-20-million-dollars</link><guid>http://johnrussell.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/25/7470878-best-selling-romance-author-claims-psychic-gypsies-swindled-her-out-of-20-million-dollars</guid><category>us-news</category><category>dupes</category><category>gypsies</category><category>psychics</category><category>fortune-tellers</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:16:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pope receives Gypsies at Vatican</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI listened to Gypsies recount their way of life at a first-ever papal audience for them at the Vatican on Saturday, decried their persecution by the Nazis during World War II and called on Europe to help end centuries of rejection for the Roma people.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frances D'Emilio]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frances D'Emilio]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/11/6836031-pope-receives-gypsies-at-vatican</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/11/6836031-pope-receives-gypsies-at-vatican</guid><category>eu</category><category>vatican</category><category>world-war-ii</category><category>pope-benedict-xvi</category><category>world-news</category><category>gypsies</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:23:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/30854f76-af49-4412-9317-71d369e2847d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="388" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/30854f76-af49-4412-9317-71d369e2847d.jpg" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Benedict XVI greets a  young gypsy girl after she performed,  during an audience he held with members of gypsy communities from around the world, at the Vatican, Saturday, June 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/64a070ff-25ad-4e5d-bbb6-2cfed09b915c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/64a070ff-25ad-4e5d-bbb6-2cfed09b915c.jpg" width="120" height="186" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Benedict XVI greets a  young gipsy girl after she performed, during an audience he held with members of gipsy communities from around the world, at the Vatican, Saturday, June 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/216adaeb-5848-4286-a672-2f3b91f2aa10.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="369" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/216adaeb-5848-4286-a672-2f3b91f2aa10.jpg" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during an audience he held with members of gipsy communities from around the world, at the Vatican, Saturday, June 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/98d3e1e0-aa37-4c16-ae65-1db54107e350.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="231" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/98d3e1e0-aa37-4c16-ae65-1db54107e350.jpg" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Benedict XVI watches as young gypsy girls perform, during an audience he held with members of gypsy communities from around the world, at the Vatican, Saturday, June 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ebd794bb-44d7-4547-bff2-5377cc54b150.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ebd794bb-44d7-4547-bff2-5377cc54b150.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Gypsy women stand among empty chairs , after an audience Pope Benedict XVI  held with members of gypsy communities from around the world, at the Vatican, Saturday, June 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>EU's Kosovo official urges integration of Gypsies</title>
<description><![CDATA[The top European Union representative in Kosovo has urged authorities to do more to integrate the country's minority Romas, also known as Gypsies.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/08/6432206-eus-kosovo-official-urges-integration-of-gypsies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/08/6432206-eus-kosovo-official-urges-integration-of-gypsies</guid><category>eu</category><category>kosovo</category><category>european-union</category><category>world-news</category><category>gypsies</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:13:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6c8880d6-0653-4461-9c76-5ce58362865c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6c8880d6-0653-4461-9c76-5ce58362865c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kosovo Roma drives his bicycle in  Kosovo Polje on Friday , April 8, 2011. Kosovo Roma say the International Roma Day is a day to celebrate Roma culture and raise awareness of the issues facing Roma people. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d90f3288-d8ce-4d31-8ddd-9246e4dee8b9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d90f3288-d8ce-4d31-8ddd-9246e4dee8b9.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kosovo Roma girl looks during a class in minority community makeshift learning center in the town of Kosovo Polje on Friday , April 8, 2011. Kosovo Roma say the International Roma Day is a day to celebrate Roma culture and raise awareness of the issues facing Roma people. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rights group tells Serbia to stop evicting Roma</title>
<description><![CDATA[Amnesty International urged Serbian authorities Thursday to "take urgent and immediate action" to halt forced evictions of Roma, also known as Gypsies, from their settlements in the capital Belgrade and prevent "systematic discrimination" against them.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dusan Stojanovic]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dusan Stojanovic]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/07/6423663-rights-group-tells-serbia-to-stop-evicting-roma</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/07/6423663-rights-group-tells-serbia-to-stop-evicting-roma</guid><category>eu</category><category>serbia</category><category>amnesty-international</category><category>world-news</category><category>gypsies</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Apr 2011 10:09:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Romania sets holiday to mark end of Gypsy slavery</title>
<description><![CDATA[Romania's president has signed a law making Feb. 20 an official holiday to mark when the slavery of Gypsies, or Roma, was abolished.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/11/6244001-romania-sets-holiday-to-mark-end-of-gypsy-slavery</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/11/6244001-romania-sets-holiday-to-mark-end-of-gypsy-slavery</guid><category>eu</category><category>romania</category><category>world-news</category><category>gypsies</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:38:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Roma Holocaust survivor pleads for better treatment of 10 million Roma  in Europe</title>
<description><![CDATA[Speaking before the Bundestag lower house of parliament in Berlin, Dutch-born Roma Holocaust survivor Zoni Weisz,: "In western European countries such as Italy and France, (Roma) are again facing discrimination and exclusion and living in inhumane conditions in ghettos.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gideon Polya]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gideon Polya]]></source><link>http://gpolya.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/28/5943148-roma-holocaust-survivor-pleads-for-better-treatment-of-10-million-roma-in-europe</link><guid>http://gpolya.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/28/5943148-roma-holocaust-survivor-pleads-for-better-treatment-of-10-million-roma-in-europe</guid><category>germany</category><category>france</category><category>italy</category><category>europe</category><category>holocaust</category><category>deportation</category><category>roma</category><category>ww2</category><category>gypsies</category><category>gypsy</category><category>jerwish-holocaust</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:49:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Nazi princess' continues her father's work </title>
<description><![CDATA[The death of a former SS guard and issuing an arrest warrant for another one drew attention to, perhaps, the most unusual support group in the world. The organization is called Stille Hilfe, or "Silent Aid" and helps former punitive flee from justice.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[stonesoup68]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[stonesoup68]]></source><link>http://stonesoup68.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/10/5622908-nazi-princess-continues-her-fathers-work</link><guid>http://stonesoup68.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/10/5622908-nazi-princess-continues-her-fathers-work</guid><category>germany</category><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>europe</category><category>nazi</category><category>holocaust</category><category>jews</category><category>world-news</category><category>ww2</category><category>gypsies</category><category>war-criminals</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:10:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mom in Spain Happy Her 10-Year-Old Daughter Gave Birth - AOL Health</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Romanian Gypsy woman whose 10-year-old daughter just gave birth in Spain says she's delighted to have a new granddaughter and doesn't understand why the birth has shocked anyone -- let alone become an international sensation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kshark]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kshark]]></source><link>http://kshark.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/05/5413471-mom-in-spain-happy-her-10-year-old-daughter-gave-birth-aol-health</link><guid>http://kshark.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/05/5413471-mom-in-spain-happy-her-10-year-old-daughter-gave-birth-aol-health</guid><category>spain</category><category>romania</category><category>children</category><category>pregnant</category><category>world-news</category><category>roma</category><category>gypsies</category><category>arranged-marriage</category><category>10-year-old</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Nov 2010 14:47:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>EU drops sanctions against France</title>
<description><![CDATA[THE European Commission has abandoned official sanctions against France over gypsy expulsions]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/21/5326539-eu-drops-sanctions-against-france</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/21/5326539-eu-drops-sanctions-against-france</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>europe</category><category>world-news</category><category>expulsions</category><category>sanctions</category><category>roma</category><category>gypsies</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:13:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>EU suspends Roma complaint against France</title>
<description><![CDATA[The European Commission says it will temporarily suspend its human rights complaint against France for its expulsions of Gypsies, or Roma, after Paris promised to alter some of its laws to match EU regulations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/18/5315499-eu-suspends-roma-complaint-against-france</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/18/5315499-eu-suspends-roma-complaint-against-france</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>european-commission</category><category>world-news</category><category>gypsies</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:44:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>France responds to EU complaints after Gypsy spat</title>
<description><![CDATA[France is willing to alter some of its laws in response to European Commission complaints that followed the government's expulsions of Gypsies, or Roma, to countries in Eastern Europe, officials said Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Doland]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angela Doland]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/15/5295778-france-responds-to-eu-complaints-after-gypsy-spat</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/15/5295778-france-responds-to-eu-complaints-after-gypsy-spat</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>european-commission</category><category>world-news</category><category>gypsies</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:10:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>28 Roma children rescued in London police raids</title>
<description><![CDATA[British police took more than two dozen Roma children as young as 3 into protection Tuesday after raiding houses in London as part of a joint child trafficking investigation with Romanian authorities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/12/5278423-28-roma-children-rescued-in-london-police-raids</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/12/5278423-28-roma-children-rescued-in-london-police-raids</guid><category>europe</category><category>world-news</category><category>gypsies</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:40:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>French justice: old man still in jail for shooting robbers INSIDE his home </title>
<description><![CDATA[On August 5, 2010, seventy-three year old René Galinier awoke from his nap to find two thieves rummaging through his things. He called the Emergency Services, got his shotgun and shot them.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DavidHu]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DavidHu]]></source><link>http://daviddu.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/07/5247976-french-justice-old-man-still-in-jail-for-shooting-robbers-inside-his-home</link><guid>http://daviddu.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/07/5247976-french-justice-old-man-still-in-jail-for-shooting-robbers-inside-his-home</guid><category>travel</category><category>france</category><category>justice</category><category>guns</category><category>crime</category><category>self-defense</category><category>gypsies</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Oct 2010 06:28:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>