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		<title>State not informed on clean chit to Karmapa: Dhumal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SHIMLA - Even as the central government is believed to have given a clean chit to Tibetan religious leader Karmapa on the recovery of unaccounted currency from his monastery, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Tuesday said the state was not informed in this regard.

 Replying to a question by Congress member Kaul Singh .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/state-not-informed-on-clean-chit-to-karmapa-dhumal-7024/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Temples shut down to protest pollution in Yamuna</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GOKUL - In an unprecedented display of solidarity with the movement launched by the ascetics and Sri Krishna devotees of the Braj Mandal, temples here were shut down for two hours to protest the pollution in the river Yamuna.

 In the evening Monday, thousands of locals, high priests of the Sri Krishna, Baldeo (elder brother .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/03/01/temples-shut-down-to-protest-pollution-in-yamuna-7023/">Temples shut down to protest pollution in Yamuna</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pranab invokes the gods</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee invoked the gods Monday while presenting the budget for 2011-12, appealing to Indra, the god of rains, and Saraswati, the goddess of learning.

 The invocation brought some levity in the packed Lok Sabha, listening attentively to the minister.
 This is the sixth such exercise for the 75-year-old veteran .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/28/pranab-invokes-the-gods-7022/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani Hindus seek security for Shivaratri</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - A Hindu rights group is seeking action against an official in Pakistan&#8217;s Punjab province for refusing to provide security for the Shivratri festival next month.

 Haroon Dayal, chairman of the All Pakistan Hindu Rights Association, told a television channel Sunday that the community&#8217;s repeated requests for security had been turned down.
 Dayal demanded .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/27/pakistani-hindus-seek-security-for-shivaratri-7021/">Pakistani Hindus seek security for Shivaratri</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani Hindus not happy with security for Shivaratri</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD - A Hindu rights group has demanded immediate removal of the district coordination officer (DCO) of Chakwal in Pakistan&#8217;s Punjab province, after he allegedly refused to provide security for the Shivaratri festival March 2-4. 

 The chairman of the All Pakistan Hindu Rights Association (APHRA), Haroon Dayal, speaking to CNBC TV Sunday, said: &#8220;The ... Original article on  : <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/27/pakistani-hindus-not-happy-with-security-for-shivaratri-7020/">Pakistani Hindus not happy with security for Shivaratri</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>The Karmapa case: Lies, plants and damage control (Comment)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that Ogyen Trinley Dorje, better known as the 17th Karmapa, has been cleared of money-laundering charges by the Indian government, it is in order to take a look at the inept handling of a matter of great national importance and religious sensitivity.

 But first a recap: A random police check on a car carrying .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/27/the-karmapa-case-lies-plants-and-damage-control-comment-7019/">The Karmapa case: Lies, plants and damage control (Comment)</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>A congregation of deities in Himachal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MANDI - It will  be a divine gathering! More than 200 gods and goddesses will &#8216;congregate&#8217; here next week to participate in the centuries-old Mahashivratri Fair.

 The week-long Mahashivratri Fair, one of the biggest traditional and religious festivals of the country, begins in Mandi March 3 &#8212; the day the festival is celebrated in .... <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/26/a-congregation-of-deities-in-himachal-7018/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: A congregation of deities in Himachal</a>.]]></description>
		<link>http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/26/a-congregation-of-deities-in-himachal-7018/</link>
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		<title>File petition on Makara Jyothi in high court: Apex court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking directions to the Kerala government and the Sabarimala Shrine Board to stop defrauding devotees by presenting &#8216;Makara Jyothi&#8217; as a divine miracle, saying the matter can be raised in the state high court.

 The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. ... <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/26/file-petition-on-makara-jyothi-in-high-court-apex-court-2-7017/" title="File petition on Makara Jyothi in high court: Apex court">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>File petition on Makara Jyothi in high court: Apex court</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking directions to the Kerala government and the Sabarimala Shrine Board to stop defrauding devotees by presenting &#8216;Makara Jyothi&#8217; as a divine miracle, saying the matter can be raised in the state high court.

 The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice K.S. ... <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/26/file-petition-on-makara-jyothi-in-high-court-apex-court-7016/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : File petition on Makara Jyothi in high court: Apex court</a>.]]></description>
		<link>http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/26/file-petition-on-makara-jyothi-in-high-court-apex-court-7016/</link>
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		<title>Abortion solves no problem: Pope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ROME - Pope Benedict XVI Saturday reaffirmed his strict opposition to abortion, warning during a plenary meeting of the Pontifical Academy for Life in the Italian capital Rome that &#8220;abortion solves no problem&#8221;.

 &#8220;But it kills a child, destroys the woman, weighs on the conscience of the father and often ruins family life,&#8221; Benedict said.
 ... <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/26/abortion-solves-no-problem-pope-7015/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Abortion solves no problem: Pope</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Everest hero finds incredible religious treasure trove in Nepal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - In 2004, two years after he climbed Mt Everest for the seventh time, American mountaineering legend Peter Athans took part in a charitable cataract operation project in northern Nepal that changed the lives of nearly 300 beneficiaries.

 Today, the event has led to a stupendous discovery that, once fully understood, could throw light .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/26/everest-hero-finds-incredible-religious-treasure-trove-in-nepal-8-7014/">Everest hero finds incredible religious treasure trove in Nepal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Everest hero finds incredible religious treasure trove in Nepal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - In 2004, two years after he climbed Mt Everest for the seventh time, American mountaineering legend Peter Athans took part in a charitable cataract operation project in northern Nepal that changed the lives of nearly 300 beneficiaries.

 Today, the event has led to a stupendous discovery that, once fully understood, could throw light ... <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/26/everest-hero-finds-incredible-religious-treasure-trove-in-nepal-7-7013/" title="Everest hero finds incredible religious treasure trove in Nepal">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Everest hero finds incredible religious treasure trove in Nepal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - In 2004, two years after he climbed Mt Everest for the seventh time, American mountaineering legend Peter Athans took part in a charitable cataract operation project in northern Nepal that changed the lives of nearly 300 beneficiaries.

 Today, the event has led to a stupendous discovery that, once fully understood, could throw light .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/26/everest-hero-finds-incredible-religious-treasure-trove-in-nepal-6-7012/">Everest hero finds incredible religious treasure trove in Nepal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Everest hero finds incredible religious treasure trove in Nepal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - In 2004, two years after he climbed Mt Everest for the seventh time, American mountaineering legend Peter Athans took part in a charitable cataract operation project in northern Nepal that changed the lives of nearly 300 beneficiaries.

 Today, the event has led to a stupendous discovery that, once fully understood, could throw light ... <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/26/everest-hero-finds-incredible-religious-treasure-trove-in-nepal-5-7011/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Everest hero finds incredible religious treasure trove in Nepal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Everest hero finds incredible religious treasure trove in Nepal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - In 2004, two years after he climbed Mt Everest for the seventh time, American mountaineering legend Peter Athans took part in a charitable cataract operation project in northern Nepal that changed the lives of nearly 300 beneficiaries.

 Today, the event has led to a stupendous discovery that, once fully understood, could throw light .... <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/26/everest-hero-finds-incredible-religious-treasure-trove-in-nepal-4-7010/">Source &nbsp;: Everest hero finds incredible religious treasure trove in Nepal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Everest hero finds incredible religious treasure trove in Nepal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - In 2004, two years after he climbed Mt Everest for the seventh time, American mountaineering legend Peter Athans took part in a charitable cataract operation project in northern Nepal that changed the lives of nearly 300 beneficiaries.

 Today, the event has led to a stupendous discovery that, once fully understood, could throw light .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/26/everest-hero-finds-incredible-religious-treasure-trove-in-nepal-3-7009/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Everest hero finds incredible religious treasure trove in Nepal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - In 2004, two years after he climbed Mt Everest for the seventh time, American mountaineering legend Peter Athans took part in a charitable cataract operation project in northern Nepal that changed the lives of nearly 300 beneficiaries.

 Today, the event has led to a stupendous discovery that, once fully understood, could throw light .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/26/everest-hero-finds-incredible-religious-treasure-trove-in-nepal-2-7008/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Everest hero finds incredible religious treasure trove in Nepal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - In 2004, two years after he climbed Mt Everest for the seventh time, American mountaineering legend Peter Athans took part in a charitable cataract operation project in northern Nepal that changed the lives of nearly 300 beneficiaries.

 Today, the event has led to a stupendous discovery that, once fully understood, could throw light ... <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/26/everest-hero-finds-incredible-religious-treasure-trove-in-nepal-7007/">Read : Everest hero finds incredible religious treasure trove in Nepal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Judicial custody of Karmapa&#8217;s aide, 6 others extended</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DHARAMSALA - A Himachal Pradesh court Thursday extended the judicial custody of seven people, including the Karmapas aide Rubgi Chosang, also known as Shakti Lama, a police official said.

 &#8220;The judicial custody of all the seven people arrested in connection with the Karmapa controversy was extended by Una&#8217;s Chief Judicial Magistrate Rajesh Tomar,&#8221; Superintendent of .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/24/judicial-custody-of-karmapas-aide-6-others-extended-7006/">Judicial custody of Karmapa&#8217;s aide, 6 others extended</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>PM thanks nation for communal harmony</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday congratulated the people of India for showing maturity and maintaining communal harmony in the country, especially following the verdict on the disputed site in Ayodhya.

 The communal situation in the country is very satisfactory, the prime minister said, in his reply to the debate on the presidents ... <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/24/pm-thanks-nation-for-communal-harmony-7005/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : PM thanks nation for communal harmony</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Government to meet Muslim MPs on Haj facility reforms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The government Thursday said it will soon call a meeting of Muslim members from both houses of parliament to seek suggestions on reforming Haj pilgrimage facilities.

 &#8220;I plan to convene a meeting in the next few days of Muslim members from both houses so that we can have their views on reforms .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/24/government-to-meet-muslim-mps-on-haj-facility-reforms-7004/">Government to meet Muslim MPs on Haj facility reforms</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Karmapa&#8217;s &#8216;Chinese connection&#8217; leaves Himachal police red-faced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DHARAMSALA - Claims by Himachal Pradesh Police of a possible &#8220;Chinese connection&#8221; to the activities of Tibetan religious leader, the Karmapa, are falling apart with the Karmapa&#8217;s office giving out details that there was nothing amiss in the money found from his monastery.

 The 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, who resides at his temporary abode .... <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/24/karmapas-chinese-connection-leaves-himachal-police-red-faced-7003/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Karmapa&#8217;s &#8216;Chinese connection&#8217; leaves Himachal police red-faced</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vastanvi to stay till Deoband panel submits report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DEOBAND - The controversial Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi will continue as vice chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband till a three-member subcommittee of clerics constituted Wednesday takes a final call on him.

 The decison was taken by the Majlis-e-Shoora, the seminary&#8217;s highest decision making body, which set up the subcomittee. 
 According to a spokesman of Darul .... <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/23/vastanvi-to-stay-till-deoband-panel-submits-report-7002/">Source article &nbsp;: Vastanvi to stay till Deoband panel submits report</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suriname observes festival similar to India&#8217;s Mahakumbh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Port-of-SPAIN - Hindus in Suriname enthusiastically observed Surya Kumbha Parvaa, a festival that is similar to India&#8217;s mammoth Mahakumbh.

 The Surya Kumbha Parvaa began Jan 14, the auspicious day of Makar Sankranti. 
 The festival is similar to the Kumbha Mela Mahotsav celebrated in India in Haridwar, Prayag, Ujjain and Nashik. Millions of people take ... Read more : <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/23/suriname-observes-festival-similar-to-indias-mahakumbh-7001/">Suriname observes festival similar to India&#8217;s Mahakumbh</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy my father has been vindicated: Umarji&#8217;s son after acquittal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GODHRA - Saeed Umarji was just 25 when his 55-year-old cleric father Maulana Umarji was picked up by the police and made the main accused in the 2002 Godhra train carnage case. 

 I was a raw youngster enjoying my youthful days in this small town at the back of beyond. And suddenly my world .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/22/happy-my-father-has-been-vindicated-umarjis-son-after-acquittal-7000/">Happy my father has been vindicated: Umarji&#8217;s son after acquittal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Goa pulls out play from Shivaji Jayanti celebrations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PANAJI - The Goa government was forced to pull out a Marathi play from  events marking  Maratha king  Shivaji&#8217;s birth anniversary celebrations after right-wing Hindu groups claimed that it denigrated Hindu gods and saints. 

 A government spokesperson Tuesday said the play &#8216;Ghalin Lotangan&#8217;, sponsored by the state information and publicity department, .... <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/22/goa-pulls-out-play-from-shivaji-jayanti-celebrations-6999/" title="Goa pulls out play from Shivaji Jayanti celebrations">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Model nikahnama missing from Muslim law board website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LUCKNOW - A model nikahnama, aimed at curbing rising incidences of divorce among Muslims by means of triple utterance of the word &#8220;talaq&#8221;, has abruptly been removed from the website of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB).

 The nikahnama, that was formulated after much deliberation by the board, was posted six years ago.
 .... <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/20/model-nikahnama-missing-from-muslim-law-board-website-6998/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Model nikahnama missing from Muslim law board website</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian ban to hit Pashupatinath&#8217;s festival in Nepal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - When devotees celebrate the night of Lord Pashupatinath, the Hindu god who is both the destroyer and saviour of the world, the rituals are going to be sorely hit, thanks to a ban by neighbouring India on the export of powdered milk.

 Washing the deity at the hallowed Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu with ... <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/20/indian-ban-to-hit-pashupatinaths-festival-in-nepal-6997/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Indian ban to hit Pashupatinath&#8217;s festival in Nepal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish nun expelled for spending excess time on Facebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - A nun who has lived in a convent in Spain for over 35 years, has now been asked to leave after she was found to be &#8220;spending too much time&#8221; on social networking website Facebook.

 Sister Mara Jesus Galan - dubbed &#8220;Sister Internet&#8221; by her fellow nuns - wrote on her Facebook page ... <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/19/spanish-nun-expelled-for-spending-excess-time-on-facebook-6996/">Read more : Spanish nun expelled for spending excess time on Facebook</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Europe&#8217;s biggest Hindu temple to come up in Netherlands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS - The biggest Hindu temple complex in Europe - consisting of three temples, residential areas and tourist spots - is going to be built in the Dutch city of The Hague.

 Three Hindu groups would be building three temples on a site behind the Hollands Spoor railway station, EuAsiaNews reported citing the Netherlands&#8217; Trouw .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://religion.gaeatimes.com/2011/02/18/europes-biggest-hindu-temple-to-come-up-in-netherlands-6995/">Europe&#8217;s biggest Hindu temple to come up in Netherlands</a>.]]></description>
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