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Photo: Catherine Fry]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/kansas-city-rent-strike-grows-as-bowen-tower-tenants-form-union-withhold-rent/HVSSDBU4PFABDC3MYHU75DOJNY/</loc><lastmod>2025-12-31T16:00:00Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/RBMHAMAC7NGFZO7NH2VLTM2LRY.jpg?auth=c62b268a345ac33ca37da646c849b702e743a57c660a0480e21d3daf32e20d46&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1024&amp;height=768</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Bowen Tower residents and their supporters protest against the condition of their apartment complex in Raytown, Missouri, on October 17. 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