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KATHMANDU, Nepal—Thousands of Hindu devotees have flocked to a village in Nepal ahead of the planned sacrifice of more than 300,000 animals in a ceremony condemned by animal rights activists, including French actress Brigitte Bardot.
10:11:45 2009-11-22
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Four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage have died of swine flu, the health ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency on Saturday.
01:49:38 2009-11-22
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THE story is told about a man with a strong body odor. Asked by his friend if he was not bothered or ashamed of it, his confident reply was: “Why should I? I sweated for it (Pinagpawisan ko ito, no)!”
01:34:48 2009-11-22
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THE Philippines was singled out for praise by the United States for exerting “special efforts” to respect religious freedom and tolerance, as well as promote interfaith dialogue in the world arena, according to a recent report by the US State Department.
00:54:50 2009-11-22
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Teresita Castillo, to whom the Virgin Mary reportedly appeared in 1948 when Castillo was a young Carmelite novice, has been declining interview requests following the lifting of the Church ban against the public veneration of the image of Our Lady, Mediatrix of All Grace, a devotion that stemmed from the apparitions.
00:28:38 2009-11-22
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SINGAPORE – A high-living Buddhist monk who ran one of Singapore's most well-known charities was Saturday jailed for 10 months for fraud, court officials said.
13:39:27 2009-11-21
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Last month, we flew to Italy to shoot a documentary about the devotion of Filipinos to Saint (Padre) Pio. We were with over 70 Filipino pilgrims from Canada and the Philippines. The itinerary of the pilgrimage also included Portugal, Spain and France.
20:38:36 2009-11-20
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I thank all the numerous bloggers who have given me much satisfaction as they reacted to the columns I have been writing over the last three months.
07:49:04 2009-11-17
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Senator Noynoy Aquino leads in all the presidential polls that have been taken in the Philippines in the last month, receiving more preferential votes than all his opponents combined.
10:26:54 2009-11-15
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NEW DELHI—People in eastern India are flocking to a temple to worship a turtle with natural markings on its shell resembling the eyes of a Hindu deity, the Press Trust of India said Friday.
15:29:10 2009-11-14
