Beneath the vivid spectacle, the annual rite has a quiet and even tender meaning as a demonstration of love and loyalty, especially among men not ordinarily inclined to displays of emotion

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In Singapore, Finding Peace Among the Pain of Thaipusam

Bringing Up Bébé: Are French Parents Really Superior?

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Bringing Up Bébé: Are French Parents Really Superior?

Syria’s Slaughter: A TIME Photographer Captures the Chaos of the War Zone

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Syria’s Slaughter: A TIME Photographer Captures the Chaos of the War Zone

One city’s annual festival of lights turns to energy-efficient LEDs to create this breathtaking structure.

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Art Installation Uses 55,000 LEDs To Create Psychedelic Cathedral of Light (Video)

Popular anger at profiteering energy utilities is high. One wind-power pioneer is hoping to harness that sentiment with a funny viral video.

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Viral Video Calls for Mass Exodus from Fossil Fuels

Google leads the pack in Greenpeace’s annual ranking of IT companies based on their efforts to use clean energy and reduce their environmental impact.

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Google Tops Greenpeace’s Clean IT List

The government of Michel Martelly — friend of Sean Penn and other U.S.

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Haiti Papers Over the Past: The Re-Branding of Baby Doc Duvalier

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Photos: Greek Strike Leads to Anti-Austerity Protests

The Ninth Circuit chose to look at whether Prop 8 denied a group of people a right enjoyed by others — not whether same-sex marriage itself is constitutional.

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Prop 8 Reversal: On to Supreme Court for Gay Marriage?

ahoo Chairman Roy Bostock and three longtime board members are stepping down

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Four Yahoo Board Members Leaving, Including Chair