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...good astrology coincide so rarely, millions of weddings are held on a few select nights during the cool winter season. In Delhi, that means up to 15,000 weddings a night, causing dusk-to-dawn gridlock for 14 million residents, as hundreds of thousands of guests cross town, park on the sidewalks and later weave unsteadily back home. To rein in the fun, local police have begun raiding unlicensed wedding parties and impounding gifts as evidence. In anticipation of the estimated 30,000 weddings scheduled in the city in the first two weeks of this month, the Delhi high court...
...Athens of his irritating views. The cartoon flap suggested that at least some British Muslim citizens would like to upend the whole system. Yet there was widespread support, including among Muslims, for the conviction of Abu Hamza al-Masri, a hook-armed cleric who turned his mosque in Finsbury Park, London, into a recruiting station for al-Qaeda. He was sentenced to seven years in jail for inciting murder and racial hatred, based on hours of videotaped sermons in which he advocated the killing of nonbelievers - "for any reason, you can say it is O.K., even if there...
...clear why the two men fell out, but last September a talk show co-hosted by Sondhi was canceled by state television after he accused Thaksin of abusing his power. Sondhi began staging weekly outdoor shows, drawing tens of thousands to a park in Bangkok after work on Fridays. He aired allegations of corruption against Thaksin and his family, sparking criminal and civil lawsuits from the Prime Minister. But the suits were dropped after Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej said in an annual televised birthday speech on Dec. 4 that government officials should not over-react to criticism or consult...
...three—and the completion of their four-year effort.The week in Utah was even more satisfying for the filmmakers because of the documentary’s success at Sundance: long lines of festivalgoers were turned away for all four of the film’s showings in Park City, which were marked by a strong response from the audience. “Some of the screenings have been very emotional,” said Greenfield. “People are coming at it from a personal, not academic place, which I wouldn’t have predicted. There?...
Last year, I was at a Six Flags amusement park, and after my friends and I waited in line to park and buy our tickets, we entered into another long line right inside of the gates. It wasn’t until 10 minutes later that we realized it was the line for the carousel, which none of us wanted to ride (or admit that we did anyway). We had simply seen the line and blindly gotten in it. Lining up has become a natural instinct: I am often tempted to gather a dozen people, line up at nothing...