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Devotees carry a statue of the Hindu
elephant god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, for immersion in the
sea, on the last day of "Ganesh Chaturthi", in Mumbai September 14,
2008. Clay statues of Ganesh are made two to three months before
this popular religious festival in India. The idols are taken
through the streets in a procession accompanied with dancing and
singing, to be immersed in a river symbolizing a ritual sendoff on
his journey towards his home. (REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe)

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A devotee watches an idol of the Hindu
elephant god Ganesh, sinking, after it was immersed in the Sabarmati
river on the last day of "Ganesh Chaturthi" in the western Indian
city of Ahmedabad, September 14, 2008. (REUTERS/Amit Dave)

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A rhinoceros which strayed in Kalcheni
village, about 130 kilometers (81 miles) west of Gauhati, India,
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, hides from wildlife officials. More than 100
wildlife officials tracked the animal using its radio collar after
it strayed from the Assam state's Manas National Park on Sept. 1,
but could not capture it until Sunday, fearing that if they
tranquilized it in the marshy area it could drown. (AP Photo/Anupam
Nath)

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An artisan gives finishing touches to an
idol of the Hindu Goddess Durga at a workshop in the northeastern
Indian city of Siliguri September 20, 2008. The idols will be used
during the Durga Puja festival, a popular religious event for Hindu
Bengalis. In Hindu mythology, Durga symbolises power and the triumph
of good over evil. (REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri)

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People carry earthen water pots as they
take part in a Jhulelal Chaliha procession in the western Indian
city of Ahmedabad September 6, 2008. Thousands of people took part
in the 40 day long fasting festival of the Sindhi community,
Jhulelal Chaliha, that ended on Saturday with a colourful procession
of earthen pots carried by male and female devotees on their heads.
(REUTERS/Amit Dave)

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An Indian Border Security Force (BSF)
soldier holds position inside a bulletproof vehicle during an
encounter at Chinor village on the outskirts of Jammu August 27,
2008. Suspected Muslim militants who slipped across the border from
Pakistan into Indian Kashmir killed at least two civilians and an
army officer in the Hindu-majority region of Jammu earlier that day,
police said. (REUTERS/Amit Gupta)

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Protestors challenge the police during a
victory rally in Jammu, India, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. Hindus on
Sunday suspended their two-month-old protest over allotment of land
to a Hindu trust to build facilities for pilgrims in the Indian
portion of Kashmir, which had triggered some of the worst violence
in the region in more than a decade, officials said. (AP
Photo/Channi Anand)

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A policeman throws stones at protestors
during a victory rally in Jammu, India, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. (AP
Photo/Channi Anand)

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Catholic nuns from the Missionaries of
Charity order sing hymns for a special prayer during the eleventh
anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa in the eastern Indian city
of Kolkata September 5, 2008. Mother Teresa was a Nobel Peace
Prize-winning nun who died in 1997, and was beatified by Pope John
Paul II in 2003 at the Vatican. (REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw)

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A damaged church, seen in the village of
Raikia, India, after it was allegedly stormed by Hindu
fundamentalists, on August 31, 2008. Indian authorities insisted
they had halted deadly clashes between Hindus and Christians in the
east of the country that have exposed it to stinging criticism. At
least 10 people have died and thousands have fled their homes as a
result of the violence in the coastal state of Orissa, with the
Catholic church accusing police of failing to protect defenceless
priests and nuns. (DESHAKALYAN CHOWDHURY/AFP/Getty Images)

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A Theyyam dancer waits to perform during
festivities marking the start of the annual harvest festival of
"Onam" in the southern Indian city of Kochi September 2, 2008. The
10-day long festival is celebrated annually in India's southern
coastal state of Kerala to symbolise the return of King Mahabali to
meet his beloved subjects. (REUTERS/Sivaram V)

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Monsoon rains have caused a great deal of
flooding throughout low-lying regions of India. Here, villagers wade
through a flooded road near Mithapur village, 67 km (42 miles) west
of Ahmedabad, September 19, 2008. (REUTERS/Amit Dave)

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A man is airlifted onto an Indian Air
Force helicopter at a flood-affected village in the eastern Indian
state of Bihar September 3, 2008. The floods have forced more than
three million people from their homes, destroyed 250,000 acres of
farmland and killed over 150 people. (REUTERS/Indian Defence
Ministry)

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A flood-affected man waits for food in a
flood relief camp at Jankinagar village of Purniya district in the
eastern Indian state of Bihar, September 6, 2008. Authorities
battling a massive deluge in Bihar had issued public warnings of
more floods to come and asked villagers not to return home from
temporary shelters yet. (REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri)

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Refugees from flooded areas extend their
hands to fetch food packets distributed by National Disaster Relief
Force (NDRF) personnel at Raghunathpur area, Madhepura district of
India's northeastern state of Bihar, on September 5, 2008. Rescue
workers in flood-hit northern India have brought over 800,000 people
to safety, but tens of thousands more were still believed to be
trapped, officials said. (DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images)