Chinese Muslims celebrate Eid
August 19th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 19 (IANS) Muslims across China Sunday celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.The northwest province of Qinghai had begun festivities Saturday itself, Xinhua ... Read more...
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Paper iPhones offered to deceased
March 28th, 2012 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 28 (IANS) As iPhones and iPads are getting more popular in China, some people are choosing paper-made Apple goods as offerings to their deceased relatives.Many shops on Taobao, ... Read more...
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Paranormal expert claims ghosts are using cell phones to contact friends
October 23rd, 2010 - 4:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 23 (ANI): A paranormal expert in Britain has claimed that ghosts are trying to contact the living through mobile phones, with the number of mystery calls attributed to them rising ... Read more...
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Group said to have pledged ‘cult-like’ suicide found
September 20th, 2010 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Sep 20 (IANS) A group of 13 El Salvadorean immigrants who reportedly went missing from California and believed to have planned a "cult-like" mass suicide was found Monday, following an ... Read more...
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China to blast tombstones if not painted green
July 23rd, 2010 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 23 (IANS) The Chinese government has threatened to blast tombstones on mountains unless they are painted green, because the white-coloured memorials on the green hills looked "ugly".
A 19-km highway in ... Read more...
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Paying respects at ‘cyber tombs’ of China
April 7th, 2010 - 11:14 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, April 7 (IANS) Those who cannot go to their native places to pay respects to deceased relatives can now do so with the click of a mouse at 'cyber tombs' - ... Read more...
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Almost 400 people buried in mass grave after Nigeria massacre
March 9th, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi/Abuja, March 9 (DPA) Almost 400 people who were slaughtered when Muslim herdsmen raided Christian villages near Nigeria's restive central town of Jos have been buried in a mass grave.
The massacre was ... Read more...
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Gold thieves explode grenades in heist, injure six
September 21st, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
Phnom Penh, Sep 21 (DPA) Two thieves hurled several hand grenades into a local market in eastern Cambodia before robbing a gold vendor, a media report said Monday.
Provincial police chief Sann Sothea ... Read more...
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Samjhutta Express blast victims buried in an unkempt graveyard
February 18th, 2008 - 5:29 pm ICT by admin
Panipat (Haryana), Feb 18 (ANI): The graveyard in Panipat, Haryana, where 29 Pakistani victims of the Samjhauta Express train blast lie buried, continues to be in a state of neglect even a ... Read more...
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Terry Irwin hopes to communicate with late hubbys spirit
December 24th, 2007 - 4:28 pm ICT by admin
Sydney, Dec 24(ANI): Crocodile hunter Steve Irvins widow, Terri, has revealed that she often feels that that her late husbands spirit is around her."I know (Steve's) gone but in some way ... Read more...
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