Thousands flock to see Nepal's mystery "Buddha" boy

A teenage Nepalese boy claiming to be the reincarnation of the Buddha has re-surfaced after disappearing more than a-year-and-a-half ago.However, he has appeared this time at another location in the...

90 killed several injured in stamped in chamunda devi temple:jodhpur

latest update: death toll 177, injured persons are in very critical position, hospitals are reporting shortage of oxygen cylinders,heavy shortage of blood .Latest update:At least 90 people died and another 150 were...

Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and His Divine Message for Mankind

A Sufi saint’s shrine that was built in 1356 in Sehwan, in the province of Sindh, is the hub of activity these days by millions of his devotees in Pakistan. Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, whose annual death anniversary is...

Record Store Day highlights the struggling nature of the business

CBC Radio 3 listeners have selected their No. 1 independent record store in Canada - Meow Records of Prince George BC emerged victorious earlier today.However, this day also highlights how most music shops are...

Think No Meat is Hard? Try Catholicism Filipino Style

It is well known that Americans generally have it easier than people in many parts of the globe. But that usually refers to economic ease. but how about religious ease? Is it easier to follow you faith in America? At least in some cases, the answer is yes, hands down."Seven...

What's Harry up to now?

Updated 07/31/2007 - Rowling tells fans what happened to characters after final Potter instalment - "Just because J.K. Rowling has stopped writing about Harry Potter and his friends and foes doesn't mean...

Pilgrims hug phallic icicle to death - viagra no help

After reading this one would image that the guilty pilgrims would be easy to spot, they would be the ones shivering and with blue lips.It will be next year before it will be next in is full glory. "  Hindu pilgrims who hugged a sacred phallic ice form in Indian...

Filipino devotees nailed to cross

Ouch!I can hardly believe the video I just watched on LiveLeak, and I think if you can stomach it, you should see this. In the video, a man in San Pedro Cutud, a northern Philippine village is nailed to a cross as a...

Thaipusam Festival Commences at Batu Caves

I found some amazing photographs regarding the Thaipusam Festival, as devotees, witnesses, and revelers alike joined at the steps of Batu Caves, Malaysia. An enormous glowing charade made its way through the crowds...

Dear CAIR: Please Boycott Airlines Serving Hawaii--In May! (satire)

"No longer content with just ramming airplanes into skyscrapers, devotees of the "Religion of Peace" have raised the terror bar another couple of notches. Now these neurotic stowaways from the 7th century have flexed their financial muscle by threatening to boycott Northwest...

"Fast Money": Too Fast?

"General Electric's (NYSE: GE - News) CNBC is trying to keep its entertainment level high these days. Let's face it -- consumers don't want to watch financial news programming dominated by just data and charts. They want excitement, pizzazz, a Barnum-and-Bailey atmosphere....

Thousands gather at India-Pakistan border shrine

"Thousands of devotees from India and Pakistan Thursday gathered for a festival in the memory of Baba Chamlayal, a revered figure on both sides of the border near Jammu and Kashmir's winter capital Jammu."

The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God

There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Khatmandu, There’s a little marble cross below the town; There’s a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew, And the Yellow God forever gazes down.  He was known as "Mad Carew" by the subs at...

want it or not, Voodoo is a fact

The yearly Voodoo festival is a feast of colour and dancing. And much more.

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and salads. ...

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