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Just 150 years ago, when our people crossed the oceans , the kala pani as it was called then, the voyagers were given up as dead since there was little hope of any information ever reaching back to their native villages. If you want to know how it feels.
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Shiite pilgrims beat their chests in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. Shiites are making their annual pilgrimage to Karbala to mark the end of 40 days of mourning following the anniversary of the seventh...
