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		<title>Onam festival at Amritapuri &#8211; Slide show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amritapuri: Onam is one of the most festive days of the year in Kerala. Every day with Amma and especially Onam at Amritapuri suits the famous saying “Maveli nadu vaneedum kalam, manushyarellarum onnu pole” (Everyone was like one when Mahabali ruled the country). People from various places shared the one true source of happiness. Amma’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/04/109181/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Fusion of culture at celebrity wedding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Top politicians, leading actors, and rows of camerapersons moved in and out. But one celebrity was at the centre of it all. Superstar Rajinikanth was all poise, warmly welcoming every single guest at his daughter&#8217;s wedding.
Soundarya Rajinikanth&#8217;s marriage to Stanford-graduate Ashwin Ramkumar on Friday was an interesting coming together of different cultures. Maharashtrian turbans that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/04/109434/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Janmashtami celebrations/ Ashtami-Rohini Vallasadya</title>
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Janmashtami celebrations:


Pictures of Janmashtami being celebrated across the country to mark the birth of Lord Krishna. Also known as Krishna Jayanti, the day witnesses enactment of incidents from his life.
 
Slide show:
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article607538.ece



 
Ashtami-Rohini Vallasadya:


Ashtami-Rohini vallasadya is an annual ritualistic mass feast held at Sree Parthasarathy Temple situated on the banks of river Pampa at Aranmula, on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/04/109427/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Kerala High Court suggests keeping Sabarimala temple open year round</title>
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TDB asked to seek opinion of expert authorities in this regard

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday directed the Travancore Devaswom Board to consider the possibility of keeping open the Sabarimala shrine round the year.
The Bench, comprising Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Justice P. Bhavadasan, observed that the court did not find [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/04/109420/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>SRI LANKA: Addressing needs of stressed children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MULLAITIVU, 31 August 2010 (IRIN) &#8211; Few studies of children in Sri Lanka have examined the daily stress they continue to face since the tsunami and civil war, focusing instead on the direct impact of both, according to two studies in the latest Child Development journal.
Family trauma and economic problems, including domestic violence, the death [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/04/109416/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>MP for Kopay Mr. Allalasunderam &amp; MP for Uduvil Mr. Tharmaligham killed today: 25 years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2006/9/8428_10.html
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		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109411/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Avoid these five latest scams</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Creative criminals are finding new ways to get your cash and information. Don&#8217;t fall for these latest scams experts are warning about.
They tug on heart strings, they play on fears and despite all the warnings, they still manage to find new victims. Steering clear of fraudsters after our cash and personal information seems to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109361/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes New Zealand</title>
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WELLINGTON &#8211; A strong 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked New Zealand&#8217;s second largest city Saturday morning, causing a series of aftershocks and power outages in the city.
The Press newspaper website in ChristChurch reports that the Christchurch police report damage to cars, and bridges, power outages around the city and wide spread building damage. Police are telling [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109399/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Suicide blast rips through Pakistan city, 43 dead: Sick of this&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sick of updating Pakistan Islamic terrorists’ suicide attack news. In Iraq or Pakistan mostly every Friday minimum a suicide attack.
43 dead and more than 100 people were wounded in this attack.
Before this in Lahore blasts, which killed 33 people.
The flooding has already killed nearly 1,600 people, have humanitarian crisis millions are considered to be at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109367/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Cartoon presents ‘popular but erroneous’ points: MV Sun Sea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adrian Raeside’s editorial cartoon in the Aug. 25 edition of The Tri-City News expresses two popular but false beliefs.
1. Belief: The Tamils who arrived on the MV Sun Sea acted illegally.
Reality: A quick search on the Citizenship and Immigration page of the Government of Canada website finds this statement: “You can make a claim when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109350/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>‘Longest table in the world’ in Prophet’s mosque, Madinah</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Serving Iftar for visitors to the Prophet&#8217;s Mosque is a cherished tradition for the people of Madinah
Riyadh: Serving Iftar for visitors to the Prophet&#8217;s Mosque is a cherished tradition for the people of Madinah.
It’s a practice which dates back 1,400 years, since the Prophet first built the mosque.
Dr Mohammad Khoja, who researches the history of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109327/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Health: Fat deposits are an active organ</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The fat tissue in those spare tires and lower belly pooches &#8211; is not just a dormant storage depot for surplus calories, but is an active organ that sends chemical signals to other parts of the body, perhaps increasing the risk of heart attacks, cancer, and other diseases, according to scientists.
They have discovered 20 new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109315/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Poems, Articles and a Photo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR PUBLICATION
AHRC-ART-088-2010
September 3, 2010
An Article Series on Human Rights and Culture by the Asian Human Rights Commission 
Poems, Articles and a Photo 
Welcome to the 13th issue of Vol. 3 of Human Rights &#38; Culture. My Abducted Son!!! is an incredibly moving poem about a disappeared youth in Pakistan. Following the recent tragedy of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109303/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>etamil…???</title>
		<description><![CDATA[etamil…??? who r u?
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		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109308/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>UAE expats among richest in world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The UAE ranked fourth in the &#8220;Expat Explorer,&#8221; the largest global survey of expats commissioned by HSBC Bank International
Dubai : About 20 per cent of UAE expatriates earn more than $250,000 (Dh918,100) — making the country home to some of the wealthiest expats in the world, according to a recent survey
The UAE ranked fourth in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109294/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>PHD Chief says: Decrease in dengue not due to Ministry efforts but due to PHIs, CMC volunteers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Colombo Municipal Council said the Health Ministry had not gone ahead with the application of Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis (brand named Bakto) in Mattakkuliya, ‘Kimbula Ela,’ although they had retained the mosquito breeding waterways for the initiation of the pilot project in the area. Instead, the Public Health Department of the CMC had to use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109286/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Netanyahu, Abbas return home to criticism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned Friday from the resumption of Mideast negotiations in Washington to confront internal opposition to his peace moves, just as his Palestinian counterpart faced harsh criticism for agreeing to the talks at all.
Analysts on both sides questioned the ability and desire of their leaders to negotiate a peace accord. And [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109223/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>The planet&#8217;s most polluted spots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The remote Russian community of Lake Karachay has been named the most polluted place on the planet, showing there are few areas on earth where the environment has not been impacted by human development.
Originally a weapons production site turned dumping ground for radioactive waste, the town was listed in a report on nuclear waste from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109276/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>PAKISTAN: Balochis are treated as aliens in their own homeland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers,
We wish to share with you the following article from Khalid Hayat Jamaldin
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AHRC-FAT-046-2010
September 3, 2010
An article from Khalid Hayat Jamaldin forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission 
PAKISTAN: Balochis are treated as aliens in their own homeland 
By Khalid Hayat Jamaldin

Torture and kidnapping of Balochs in Balochistan by the Pakistani law enforcement [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109229/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Gaza militants vow new Israel attacks after peace talks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Militants in Gaza have vowed to step up attacks against Israel, following the first direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders since 2008.
A Hamas spokesman said that 13 groups had joined forces to launch &#8220;more effective attacks&#8221;.
In Israel, right-wing activists also condemned the talks in Washington.
The US Middle East envoy earlier said the talks, between [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109268/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Soundarya Rajinikanth ties the knot &#8211; Slide Show &amp; photos</title>
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Actor Sridevi with her husband and filmmaker Boney Kapoor (second from left) with actor Rajinikanth and Lata Rajinikanth (left) during the wedding engagement of his daughter Soundarya with Ashwin in Chennai on Thursday, September 2, 2010. Members of the groom&#8217;s family are seen on the right.

N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu (third from right) and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109234/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>PAKISTAN: Flood-hit women take up the challenge to reconstruct their devastated dwellings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers,
We wish to share with you the following statement from Women Workers Help Line.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AHRC-FST-066-2010
September 3, 2010
A Statement from Women Workers Help Line forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission 
PAKISTAN: Flood-hit women take up the challenge to reconstruct their devastated dwellings 
Brief report by Bushra khaliq
As flood waters are receding in areas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/03/109219/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Onam is a call to reclaim our heritage &#8211; Amma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“When a Malayalee* hears the word ‘Onam,’ the experience is like the simultaneous advent of a thousand spring seasons in the heart. Wherever one may be in the world, Onam is an occasion when memories of one’s childhood—their home, their parents, their brothers, sisters and friends and the village fields in which they played—spontaneously spring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/02/109172/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Lankan army to return lands of Tamils of Indian origin: Nirupama Rao</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka has assured New Delhi that its army will return the land of the displaced Tamils of Indian origin in the country&#8217;s northern Vavuniya district, foreign secretary Nirupama Rao said today.
Rao, who ended her three-day trip to Sri Lanka today, said she had taken up the issue with the top leadership in the country.
&#8220;So [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/02/109206/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>VHP slams Chidambaram over ‘saffron terror’ remark</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Vishwa Hindu Parishad today criticised Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram for his ‘saffron terror’ remark and sought an apology from him.
“The Home Minister should apologise for ‘insulting’ Hindu sentiment. If Chidambaram fails to do so, the Prime Minister should drop him from the Cabinet,” VHP International General Secretary Praveen Togadia said here.
Talking to reporters [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/02/109197/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>etamil&#8230;???</title>
		<description><![CDATA[etamil&#8230;??? who r u?
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		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/02/109168/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Indian investor interest rising &#8211; President / Chinese investors eyeing on energy, trade and tourism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that Indian investor interest in Sri Lanka is rapidly growing, and that several leading Indian entrepreneurs in industry and other sectors have expressed interest in setting up businesses in Sri Lanka. President Rajapaksa said so when Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao called on him at Temple Trees yesterday evening.
During the 45-minute [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/02/109187/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>HONG KONG/PHILIPPINES: Territories and countries &#8212; complaining with and without protection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR PUBLICATION
AHRC-ETC-020-2010
September 2, 2010
An article by Pepe Panglao published by the Asian Human Rights Commission 
HONG KONG/PHILIPPINES: Territories and countries &#8212; complaining with and without protection 
Pepe Panglao

When I was a little boy I heard countless stories of mothers who lost their sons in senseless killings. There were stories of young men either stabbed or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/02/109163/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Indian investor interest growing, says Rajapaksa</title>
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India will expedite construction projects, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao assures President

President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday said Indian investor interest in Sri Lanka was rapidly growing and several leading Indian entrepreneurs in industry and other sectors had expressed interest in setting up business on the island.
Mr. Rajapaksa made the comment when Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao called [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/02/109098/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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		<title>Dengue control programme with use of BTI to be launched – Health Minister</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Health Ministry initiated its pilot project of spraying the locally cultured Bacillus Thuringiensis Israelensis, within the premises of the State Engineering Corporation, Pre-Cast Yard on Negombo Road in Peliyagoda. Addressing the gathering present at the site, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday (01), that the use of BTI to control dengue would be launched [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.athirady.info/2010/09/02/109143/?xsid=dffg546sdf4g5sdf456g4fg5h4d465f5g</link>
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