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World Service,05 Jan 2001,12 mins

Kumbh Mela festival in India

Reporting Religion

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The six-week Hindu festival, held every 12 years, is billed as the largest gathering of humanity on earth. Also on the programme: Roman Catholic doctors try to find alternatives to using embryos in medical research. But can it be as effective? God makes a comeback in the Russian and how far is Sharia law taking hold in northern Nigeria?

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