Nepal celebrates Janmashtami
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Nepal celebrated the Hindu festival of Janmashtami Monday as a five-day-old curfew imposed on capital Kathmandu and its neighbouring district was lifted completely.
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Hundreds of schoolchildren have gathered outside India&#39;s Taj Mahal, releasing heart-shaped balloons and setting free white pigeons to mark the 350th birthday of the world&#39;s most famous monument of love.
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Nepal mourns 12 Nepalese workers killed by militants in Iraq - a curfew remains in force to quell more violent protests.
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Thousands of Nepalis took to the streets on Wednesday to celebrate the signing of a peace deal between the government and Maoist rebels which many hope will end a decade of civil war, kidnapping, murder and fear.
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AGRA, India  - Hundreds of schoolchildren gathered  outside India's Taj Mahal on Monday, releasing heart-shaped  balloons and setting free white pigeons to mark the 350th  birthday of the world's most famous monument to love.
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AGRA, India  - One of the world's most famous  monuments, India's Taj Mahal, celebrates its 350th birthday on  Monday with a cultural extravaganza that hopes to pay a fitting  tribute to the historic symbol of love.
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Come March 1st 2007 and the entire nation will rejoice in the colourful festival of Holi.
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Nepal's prime minister promised on Wednesday to turn Nepal into a federal state after this year's constituent assembly elections, a move to stem protests by ethnic Madhesi people in which 11 people have died.
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SHIKHARPUR, Nepal  - Man Dhoj Tamang cuts a  forlorn figure as he stands in front of his house in central  Nepal, overlooking a valley full of lush green rice fields.
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Nepal extended a curfew in its capital Thursday to prevent fresh rioting as the embattled Hindu kingdom ended a day of mourning for 12 Nepalis killed by an Islamist militant group in Iraq.
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KATMANDU, Nepal, Sept. 1 -- Thousands of demonstrators stormed the main mosque in Katmandu on Wednesday and charged through the streets of the capital chanting &quot;Down with Islam&quot; in protest of the killing of 12 Nepalese hostages in Iraq.
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A number of people are held in Nepal over a series of blasts on Sunday which killed two, police say.
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Nepal's parliament voted Friday in favor of abolishing the centuries-old monarchy and turning this Himalayan nation into a republic.
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Nepalis woke on Wednesday to the promise of peace and an end to a decade of civil war, kidnappings, murders and fear, seven months after mass street protests overturned royal rule.
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Sikhs across the world are celebrating the 400th anniversary of the installation of Guru Granth Sahib in the sanctum sanctorum of the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
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Nepal's Maoist rebels, giving in to  popular demands, on Friday announced a nine-day truce for a  Hindu festival period beginning next week.
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Thousands of Sikhs have gathered in the northern Indian city of Amritsar to mark the 400th anniversary of the installation there of Sikhism&#39;s holiest book.