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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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Hindus stories: 6 news summaries

 Nepal Suffers 
 Shortage of 
 Sacrificial 
 Goats 

Country running short of goats ahead of major Hindu festival

Sep 16, 09 3:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Baa-ad news. Nepal is facing a severe shortage of sacrificial goats ahead of one of the Hindu calendar's biggest festivals, the BBC reports. Officials are searching the countryside for as many as 4,000 goats to buy and bring to Kathmandu ahead of the Dashain festival, in which goats are... More »

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Nepal • goats • Kathmandu • Hindus • sacrifice

 Indian Women Fight 
 Back With Pink Panties 

Women fight back after Hindu extremists vow to disrupt Valentine's Day

Feb 14, 09 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - An extremist group opposed to young couples in India celebrating Valentine's Day is being deluged by pink panties, reports Radio Netherlands. The protest—organized after members of Sri Ram Sena attacked women drinking in pubs and vowed similar action today—seems light on the surface but actually is a sign... More »

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India • women • extremists • Hindu • Valentine's Day • Hindus

opinion

 Killers Aim for  
 Mumbai Dream 

City's a golden songbird they want dead: Mehta

Nov 29, 08 12:58 PM CST
(Newser) - A Mumbai native and 9/11-era New Yorker asks a familiar question in the wake of India's attacks: Why do they hate us? The beloved city he still calls Bombay "stands for lucre, profane dreams, and an indiscriminate openness." It's a sensual, vibrant place that understands money and... More »

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India • extremists • religion • terrorist • Mumbai • terrorist attack • Hindus • Indian Muslims

140 Killed in
India Temple Stampede

40 children among the dead in mountaintop pilgrimmage

Aug 3, 08 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 140 people, including at least 40 children, were killed today in a stampede when a restraining rail gave way at a Hindu temple in northern India, the BBC reports. The pilgrims were attending a 9-day religious festival. Authorities used a cable car to remove the injured from the... More »

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India • religion • Hindu • stampede • Hindus • temple

India Locks Down Jaipur
After Bombs Kill 80

City locked down to prevent Hindu/Muslim clashes

May 14, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police have locked down the old city of Jaipur today after seven bomb blasts killed at least 80 people yesterday, the AP reports. Police in the western Indian city suspect Islamic terrorists were behind the carnage and have imposed the curfew to prevent any retaliatory violence from the city's Hindu... More »

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India • bomb • Pakistan militants • peace talks • Islamic terrorism • terrorist attack • Hindus • Jaipur

 World's Holy Days Converge 

Believers of almost all stripes have something to celebrate today

Mar 21, 08 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - This Good Friday is not simply the most solemn day in the Christian calendar but a convergence of movable feasts that doesn't occur more than once in a century. March 21 is also the first day of the Jewish festival of Purim and the celebration of the birth of the... More »

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Islam • Christianity • religion • Judaism • Buddhism • Holy Days • Good Friday • Purim • Eid • Narouz • Small Holi • Magha Puja • Persian New Year • Hindus

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