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Court Verdict on Ayodhya Makes India Heave Sigh of Relief
After days of stress, speculation and anticipation of violent reaction, the verdict of the Allahahabad High Court on Ayodhya's Ram Janmabhoomi/Babri Masjid issue finally gives millions of Indians a chance to breathe easy. The verdict, though not really crystal...
Chiba Day
By, Uwe Paschen. It is Chiba Day here in Narita, Chiba, Japan. Tomorrow my wife will not have to go and teach in Narita and I have no field work due to much rain and flooding nor any meetings in Tokyo. In...
created by Uwe Paschen | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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904 views | 88 recommendations | 40 comments
The Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival.
By, Uwe Paschen. The Japanese Cherry Blossom festivals. In Japan, the Cherry blossom has a very particular and important meaning since the cherry tree is botanically a native of the Japanese Isles. From an early...
created by Uwe Paschen | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
2940 views | 87 recommendations | 5 comments
2940 views | 87 recommendations | 5 comments
The Hinamatsury Festival in Japan.
By, Uwe Paschen. Today is Hinamatsury, here in Japan. This is the Japanese Doll Festival (雛祭り Hina-matsuri), or Girls' Day, Hinamatsuri is held on March 3, the third day of the third month. A Platforms with a...
created by Uwe Paschen | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
737 views | 62 recommendations | 5 comments
737 views | 62 recommendations | 5 comments
Seijun Shiki Day ( 成人式) in Japan.
By, Uwe Paschen. Today is a very important day here in Japan (日本 Nihon or Nippon, officially 日本国 Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku) for most Families since most have some one in their family that will celebrate...
created by Uwe Paschen | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
1199 views | 84 recommendations | 9 comments
1199 views | 84 recommendations | 9 comments
Women banned from Baghdad shrine
Troubled land of Iraq is more troublesome for women.Peoples kill each other in the name of power, but killing women specially on the name of religion makes the situation really worse.Iraq has a long tradition of empowered women compared to other so called islamic states,... As Bombs Fall Silent, an Iraqi City Rebuilds
Today is better than yesterday! it would seem that things are settling down that the Iraq security troops are able to keep order. I really think now is the best time for USA to hand back Iraq to whom it belongs to. But of course everything is geared to the five new US bases... Stonehenge Dated, Was Healing Centre?
Radiocarbon dating has revealed that the Stonehenge monument was actually constructed in 2300BC, a few hundred years later than was previously estimated. For the first time in over 40 years, excavation...
created by Terri Potratz | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
857 views | 28 recommendations | 9 comments
857 views | 28 recommendations | 9 comments
A 'corpse' woke up in a morgue as doctors were preparing to perform a post-mo...
Crowd control is poor in India and stampedes are common. Maybe there were many lives could be saved if the procedure of this sort incident was improved by the authorities. Just like the survivor said the victims...
created by sweet east pearl | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
2893 views | 7 recommendations | 3 comments
2893 views | 7 recommendations | 3 comments
Bombings kill 43 in Baghdad, Kirkuk
Gunmen ambushed Shiite pilgrims in the a Sunni town south of Baghdad Monday. The pilgrims were marching to a major shrine there for a religious holiday.The area is a former stronghold of Al Qaeda in Iraq and was touted as one of the success stories of the US military surge,...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
246 views | 7 recommendations | 2 comments
246 views | 7 recommendations | 2 comments
Suicide blasts hit Iraqi Shia Muslim pilgrims
UPDATE 12:10 EDT:The number of victims affected by the three female suicide bombers in Iraq is much greater than originally thought. The AP now reports at least 57 dead and almost 300 wounded. Let's hope those numbers don't rise."BAGHDAD (AP) - Female suicide bombers struck a...
created by Sanjay Jha | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
343 views | 19 recommendations | 4 comments
343 views | 19 recommendations | 4 comments
Welcome to Iraq, the hot new holiday destination
" It has some of the finest archaeological sites in the world and some of the holiest places in Islam - but persuading tourists to visit Iraq has to be one of the toughest jobs around. Hamood Massam...
created by sweet east pearl | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
397 views | 0 recommendations | 3 comments
397 views | 0 recommendations | 3 comments
Hindus will not get Kashmir land
" The government of Indian-administered Kashmir has said it will revoke its decision to transfer land to a body that manages an important Hindu shrine. News that the Amarnath Shrine Board was to get the forest... Nepal king makes animal sacrifices to power goddess
Nepal's last Hindu King is on his way out and he made first public appearance after Maoists have won general elections in Nepal. Continuing an old practice, King sacrificed an animal to appease the Hindu...
created by Sanjay Jha | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
393 views | 15 recommendations | 2 comments
393 views | 15 recommendations | 2 comments
Japan shies away from shrine film
A Chinese made film about the the Yahukuni shrine in Tokyo is being shunned in Japan and is accused of being anti-Japanese."From a scabbard he pulls a long ceremonial sword. Calmly and with precision, he carves an...Top Members Today
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