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Indian artists perform in Hindu goddess Kali costume during Bonalu folk festival
Indian security men watch artists dressed like Hindu goddess Kali perform during Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, July 29, 2013. Bonalu is a Hindu folk festival of the Telangana region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mahesh Kumar A.> An Indian artist dressed like Hindu goddess Kali…
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Bangladeshi hill region turns into ‘death valley’: Tribesmen accuse Santu Larma
Bangladesh’s much talked about Chittagong Hill Tract peace treaty signed in 1997 between the then government of Sheikh Hasina and Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) led by Santu Larma have been failing to bring peace in the hills. Apart from the conflict between the Hillmen and the settler Bengali…
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People gather at train derailment scene in eastern Pakistan, at least 3 dead
People gather at a derailed train in eastern Pakistan’s Gujranwala on July 25, 2013. At least three people were killed and several others injured when a train derailed here on Thursday, local media reported. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Stringer> Rescuers remove a body from the train accident site in eastern Pakistan’s Gujranwala on July…
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Tracing history of Buddhism in Sindh
I had always found myself very close to Buddhism. May be it was because we Sindhis (natives of Sindh, the land of great Indus civilization, now a province of Pakistan) are by nature Sufis (Mysticism) believing in inter-faith harmony, brotherhood, non-violence and wishing best for progress and prosperity of the…
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Pakistan’s presidential candidates submit nomination papers for July 30 election
Candidates for election to the office of the President in Pakistan Wednesday submitted nomination papers that marks formal beginning of the process for the presidential elections. The elections were previously scheduled to be held on August 6, however, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan to…
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6 dead in suicide bombing attack on Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence
At least six people were killed and over 35 others were injured when some unknown militants attacked Pakistan’s Inter services Intelligence (ISI) in the country’s southern district of Sukkur on Wednesday evening, local media and police said. Masood Bangash, the deputy superintendent of police said that a suicide bomber rammed…
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India’s Hyderabad building collapse on two huts leaves six dead
Indians crowd the site where the wall of a building collapsed in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, July 23, 2013. Six people were killed and two children rescued from the debris when the wall collapsed on two huts, according to news reports. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mahesh Kumar A.> An Indian child named Avinash receives…
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US Vice President Biden visits India to boost trade and regional security ties
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks in the Indian capital Tuesday as part of a renewed effort to strengthen ties between the two countries. The meeting came just weeks after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry came to India to lead a strategic…
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Kashmiri muslims demonstrate against killing civilians and desecration of Quran
Despite strict curfew restrictions in Muslim majority areas of Indian-controlled Kashmir, thousands of people in other parts of the restive region on Friday staged demonstrations to protest killing of four civilians and alleged desecration of holy Quran ( Islam’s holy book) at the hands of Indian border guards. Hundreds of…
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A 18-year-old Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in protest against Chinese rule
Exile Tibetans pray as they hold a candlelit vigil upon hearing the news of a self-immolation by a Tibetan Buddhist Monk in eastern Tibet in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, July 21, 2013. The exiles claim that Kunchok Sonam, an 18-year-old Buddhist Monk died after setting himself on fire on Saturday in…
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