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Nepal's first international fast-food restaurants opened in the capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, reflecting the country's cautious attempts to attract more investment from Western companies.
KATMANDU, NEPAL — Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters.
At least 15,000 buffalo and "countless" goats and birds were sacrificed in a temple in southern Nepal, organizers said Wednesday, a ritual billed as the single biggest animal slaughter on earth.
Kathmandu - At least two children died of suffocation Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of devotees gathered in southern Nepal for a controversial religious gathering involving large scale animal sacrifice, media reports said. Nearly half a million pe...
The two-day ritual slaughter of tens of thousands of animals -- among the world's largest sacrifice of animals -- began Tuesday in southern Nepal, officials said.
In Nepal, a Hindu festival calls for a mass animal sacrifice. Some 200,000 buffaloes, goats and chickens will be killed as art of the blood-soaked festival held every five years to honor a Hindu goddess of power. (Nov. 25))
Up to a million Hindu devotees gathered on Tuesday at a village in Nepal to witness the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals in a mass sacrifice that has drawn widespread criticism.
The sacrifice is part of a two-day festival to honor the Hindu goddess Gadhimai, which is held every five years.
Up to a million Hindu devotees gathered Tuesday in a tiny village in Nepal to witness the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals in a mass sacrifice that has drawn widespread criticism.
BARIYAPUR, Nepal - The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn Tuesday. Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering buffalo calves by hacking off their heads.
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BARIYAPUR, Nepal - The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn today and then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of butchers wielding curved swords began slaughtering buffalo...
200,000 Buffaloes, Goats, Chickens and Pigeons to Be Killed for Hindu Festival
Devotees lined up outside a Hindu temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday at the start of a two-day religious celebration involving the sacrificial slaughter of hundreds of thousands of animals.
Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters.
