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For the sixth straight year, the Washington, D.C. area will be treated to the award-winning and largest South Asian Festival, the Zee Heritage India Festival, coming this June to Boyds, Md. With an average of attracting more than 15,000 people every year and having been rewarded many felicitations from State of Maryland, Montgomery County, State of New Jersey, Senators such as Barbara Mikulski and many more, the Zee festival promises to bring in more fun and festivities to residents of DC metro this year.

For the sixth straight year, the Washington, D.C. area will be treated to the award-winning and largest South Asian Festival, the Zee Heritage India Festival, coming this June to Boyds, Md. With an average of attracting more than 15,000 people every year and having been rewarded many felicitations from State of Maryland, Montgomery County, State of New Jersey, Senators such as Barbara Mikulski and many more, the Zee festival promises to bring in more fun and festivities this year than before.

Oddly enough, animal rights groups seem to approve of this stunt. However, in this case, we must ask if the desired ends really justifies the means.

In an unusual protest, British performance artist, Mark McGowan ate meatballs which were made from a Corgi, a breed of dog often kept by the Royal Family.

"At Progressive Democrats of America, we’d worked long and hard with Cindy well before she went to Crawford, Texas, to camp out near the President’s ranch."

No one deserves a rest from the public eye and physical threats and media attacks than does Cindy Sheehan. We wish her well as she steps back from public view. Nobody has given more to the peace movement in recent years – emotionally, physically, spiritually. And the warfare state took away her beloved son Casey.

The eagle owl is so rare that there are only two active nests in all of England. The owls, who are raising three chicks, have mainly been attacking hikers with dogs who near their nest.

A footpath in the pennine hills, England, has been closed after a number of attacks by a rare breeding pair of Eagle Owls, who have chosen to build their nest near the footpath near Dunsop Bridge, Bowland. The path runs between the nest site and a favourite perch of the adults.

Hold onto your BBQ's - Top UK vegetarian and vegans in the UK are joining forces this summer to create a formidable team to promote the benefits of a vegan lifestyle, it's lighter carbon footprint, veganism's solution for cruelty free sustainable living and to double the number of vegans in the UK by the end of the year. They want to change the way we eat and the status quo whether we like it or not.

The top UK vegetarian and vegan NGOs in the UK have joined forces to create a formidable team to promote the benefits of a vegan lifestyle, it's lighter carbon footprint, veganism's solution for cruelty free sustainable living and to double the number of vegans in the UK by the end of the year.

Most states in the United States have already outlawed horse slaughter. Illinois was the last state with an operating slaughterhouse.

Legislation banning the slaughter of horses for human consumption in Illinois, was signed into law today by Governor Rod Blagojevich.

Life… This is not just a four letter word. In the race to survive against time, people have forgotten what it is to enjoy a beautiful thing called "life". We can enjoy a better quality of life if we look no further than ourselves with a new meaning. A web site now offers everyone an opportunity to learn the holistic way to heal ourselves and others with Reiki or The Touch Laying Therapy.

Life can be enjoyable and happy. It can also be stressful and depressive. This all depends on how we look at it and not take simple things for granted. Abuse of our body has made us prone to diseases and ailments. Self healing is essential if we are to achieve our goals and lead a happy and a peaceful life.

According to the Western Australian government, new regulations will cut greenhouse ommissions by 129,000 tons in five years, the equivalent of taking 30,000 automobiles out of service.

The Western Australian Government has announce that after September 1st 2007 all construction approvals for new homes must comply with new Enviromental regulations. The new regulations known as Five Star Plus will be implemented in two stages.

Seven French fishing boats surround and immobilize ocean conservation group's catamaran to take cameras that photographed their driftnetting activities. Attackers flee upon the arrival of two border-control and French Navy helicopters.

Early Monday morning, a group of seven French driftnetters carried out a concerted attack on the Oceana Ranger fishery research vessel. The vessel was on its second week of research recording activities of about 80 French fishing boats using driftnets about 5 to 8 km in length, known as thonailles, to catch tuna and swordfish in the Gulf of León to the north of Corsica.

Cinema Libre Studio announces release of social issue titles and new blog.

According to marine biologists participating in a study between the United States and Ireland, DNA samples taken from a hammerhead shark, born in 2001, located in Omaha Nebraska at the Henry Doorly Zoo, show that the sharks mother performed a "virgin birth," or giving birth without mating.