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As many as 400 million Hindu pilgrims are expected to visit Prayagraj, India, during this year’s 45-day Maha Kumbh Mela festival. Held every 12 years at one of four places in India, the Kumbh Mela is considered to be an especially auspicious time to bathe in the Triveni Sangam—the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and mythical Saraswati rivers—for purification from sin.

Jakarta, Indonesia (AP) - Explosive material recovered from the scene of two suicide bombings at hotels in the Indonesian capital is "identical" to that used by the Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah in earlier attacks, police said. An unexploded bomb left in a room of the J.W. Marriott in Jakarta resembled devices used in attacks on Bali and one found in a recent raid against the network on an Islamic boarding school in Central Java, national police spokesman told a news conference Sunday.

PepsiCo, Pepsi Bottling Slip on Downgrade[No Indra?] Friday July 1, 1:04 pm ET PepsiCo, Pepsi Bottling Shares Dip on UBS Downgrade to 'Neutral' From 'Buy' NEW YORK -- PepsiCo Inc. and Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. shares dipped on Friday, after investment bank UBS cut its opinion on the snacks and soft drink maker, citing concerns about rising energy costs and signs of revival at its chief rival, Coca Cola Co. Shares of PepsiCo, the world's second biggest soft drink maker after Coke, shed 45 cents, or nearly 1 percent, to $53.48 on the New York Stock Exchange, where it was...