Sikhs Gather to Celebrate 400-Year-Old Holy Book
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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.
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Tales of corruption, looting  and religious rivalry are swirling around the spot where Buddha  is said to have gained enlightenment in eastern India some  2,500 years ago, sullying one of Buddhism's holiest sites.
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Thousands of Palestinians gather in Ramallah to catch a glimpse of Yasser Arafat's coffin.
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AMRITSAR: Thousands of Sikhs from across the world have begun arriving in this northern Indian city to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the installation of Sikhismâs scripture in the Golden Temple, witnesses said on Sunday.
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MORE than 500 people attended a celebration held at the Pakistan Club last night to mark the 128th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.
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Thousands of people turned out on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, gunned down in Istanbul outside the cross-cultural newspaper he created.
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Thousands of pilgrims and a new Palestinian leadership celebrated Christmas in the town of Jesus&#39;s birth yesterday with prayers for peace after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Hundreds began gathered at a majestic church in this Christian pilgrimage town in southern India for a solemn service to herald in the New Year and pray for thousands who perished when tsunamis battered the region a week ago.
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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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Police in India's financial hub were on alert on Wednesday as hundreds of thousands of low-caste Hindus marked the 50th death anniversary of their leader, days after violent protests over the desecration of his statue.
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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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SINGAPORE : Singapore&#39;s Sikh community on Sunday celebrated the 400th anniversary of the first installation of its holy book - the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
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Muslims gathered Sunday across the Bay Area to celebrate Eid, a holiday that commemorates the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting.
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Thousands of Buddhist pilgrims gathered at a temple in southern Russia Tuesday to join prayers led by the Dalai Lama, who has been allowed in the country for the first time in more than 12 years.
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ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of Indian Sikhs arrived in Pakistan yesterday to commemorate the 535th anniversary of the birth of the founder of their religion, officials said.
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Thousands of followers of Indian guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi attend his cremation in the northern India city of Allahabad.
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As a stranger draws near,  priest Mesganaw Tarkgn whips on an embroidered cape and raises  an ancient cross in a picture-perfect pose. He is used to the  demands of visitors to one of Ethiopia&#39;s holiest sites.