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Now playing Next India Hindus launch Kumbh Festival with mass bathing Millions of Hindus have plunged into the Godavari River in the west of India to celebrate the first bathing day of the Kumbh Mela festival in a 26/08/2015
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Now playing Next Israel Hundreds of African migrants released from Israeli detention centre Following a ruling from the Supreme Court releasing detention time, 1,178 people, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea were released from the Holot centre. 25/08/2015
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