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Indians mark their biggest festival with fireworks

November 9, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ashok Sharma Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) – Millions of Indians were setting off deafening fireworks displays Sunday (Nov. 3) to light up the sky for Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, which celebrates the triumph of good over evil.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, Associated Press, Indian Hindu, Mahesh Chand Sagar, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Delhi, Sri Lanka, Sunday Nov, Vol 32 No 46 | November 9 - November 15

Kidnapped reporter freed from terrorist

November 15, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Mellissa Fung says captors kept her blindfolded for four weeks in an underground cave so low the Asian Canadian journalist could barely stand. Chains bound her hands and feet during her last week as a prisoner.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, Adrian Edwards, Afghanistan, Asian Canadian, Bob Dietz, CBC, CPJ, Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corp, China, John Cruickshank, Kabul Monday, Saturday Nov, Sunday Nov, attention, vol 27 no 47 | November 15 - 21

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