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Article: DIWALI CELEBRATED IN MALAYSIA

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October 27, 2008
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Muhammad Najeeb

Report from Indo-Asian News Service brought to you by HT Syndication.

Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 27 -- (IANS) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdulah Ahmed Badawi and his cabinet ministers Monday joined the nationwide celebrations of the Indian festival of Diwali, reinforcing the country's multi-racial traditions.Heralded by good weather in most parts of the country and coming soon after Hari Raya, the Eid celebrations of the majority Malay people, Diwali celebrations numbed the worries of the economic crisis the prosperous Southeast Asian nation has been facing.The release on bail of 10 activists of the banned Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) on the eve of the festival also helped ...

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