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Guests Gaurav and Karima’s wedding have never quite experienced anything like. As honored guests of the couple, that happen to have cameras, photographers Robert and Laura JUST returned from New Delhi, India where they spent a whirlwind week shooting this wedding and doing a little sightseeing as well. India took their breath away. There was such a surreal contrast between the royal opulence of this wedding vs. the extreme poverty and trash that litters the rest of the country…..but to be able to experience both sides of India is what made the trip so fantastic.

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Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month is celebrated annually in the United States during the month of May. On October 5, 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed a Joint Resolution proclaiming the first 10 days in May as Asian-Pacific Heritage Week. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed an extension making the week-long celebration into a month long recognition. In 1992, the month of May was officially designated as Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month by law.
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In his last public appearance, late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il went shopping.

He peered at the prices affixed to shelves packed with everything from Pantene shampoo to Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. And he nodded his approval of Pyongyang's version of Walmart, which was soon to open courtesy of China.

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The young women who run threegirlsandamic.com, an Internet radio program, invited me to be a guest on their program about the rise of atheism among their generation of students. I did so on Sunday, 22 January, and thought afterwards that as they were interested in the topic, so might our readers at asiancemagazine.com. So, here goes.