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Nepal to hold mass animal sacrifice for Hindu festival, depsite protests
Nov 20 (NYDN) KATMANDU- A Hindu festival in which hundreds of thousands of animals are expected to be sacrificed will go ahead as scheduled in southern Nepal despite protests, organizers said Friday.
The Gadhimai festival, celebrated every five years, is attended by many Hindus from India as well as Nepal.
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Pakistan drone attack kills eight suspected militants
Nov 20 (BBC) At least eight suspected militants have been killed in a US drone attack in north-western Pakistan, officials say.
The aircraft fired two missiles near Mir Ali town in North Waziristan district, close to the Afghan border.
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Suicide bomber in Pakistan kills 19 at courthouse in Peshawar
Nov 19 (LA Times) A suicide bomb strike on a crowded courthouse in Peshawar killed 19 people today, the 10th bomb attack in six weeks for a city bearing the brunt of retaliation from Taliban militants battling Pakistani troops along the Afghan border.
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India pays homage to Indira Gandhi on birth anniversary
Nov 19 (Xinhua) NEW DELHI- India on Thursday paid homage to the late Indira Gandhi, the country's first and only woman prime minister, on her 92nd birth anniversary with floral tributes and other ceremonies.
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Bangladeshis upbeat about country's future
Nov 20 (ePolitix) The Bangladeshi High Commissioner has given a positive vision of the country's future at a meeting in Westminster this week.
Dr. M Sayeedur Rahman Khan addressed the all party Britain-Bangladesh group on the day of a historic legal decision in Bangladesh.
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India unveils plans for massive solar power boost
Nov 20 (BBC) India has approved plans for a huge increase in the amount of electricity it generates from solar power.
It aims to boost solar output 1,000-fold over 12 years from its current negligible level. Its 20 gigawatt target would power several big cities.
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Nepal princess' 'respectful' blackmailer nabbed
Nov 19 (ENS) KATHMANDU- A man, who was arrested by Nepal Police for trying to extract money from deposed king Gyanendra Shah's daughter Prerana Singh, is trying to mitigate his action saying he had treated the former princess with "respect" throughout the extortion attempt.
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Top Bangladesh court upholds death penalties for killers of founding father
Nov 19 (Xinhua) DHAKA- Bangladesh's apex court Thursday upheld the High Court verdict that affirmed death sentences of 12 former junior army officers who slain the South Asian country's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in August 1975.
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