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Easter is March 31 this year. Here's why many Christians will wake up before sunrise to celebrate
On Easter morning, many Christians wake before dawn to celebrate their belief in the resurrection of Jesus, the son of God — as the sun rises. For the majority of the world’s Christians, Easter Sunday — and in turn, the sunrise service tradition — will be observed on March 31 this year. WHY DOES EASTER MOVE EVERY YEAR? Easter is not a fixed date.
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Man who lost 238 times in bid for public office ready to contest elections again
Known as India’s ‘elections king’, 65-year-old K Padmarajan contests again against Narendra Modi
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Premier League news LIVE: Arsenal and Man City injury updates, Liverpool latest after Xabi Alonso blow
Mikel Arteta, Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp will be speaking today as the Premier League returns this weekend
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Easter travel – live: Bank holiday chaos as Dover sees long queues and post-Brexit delays after Storm Nelson
Travel disruption faces the millions of Britons hitting the roads and jetting abroad on Good Friday
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Burned bodies of Easter pilgrims still lie inside a bus that crashed off a bridge in South Africa
Emergency workers in South Africa were searching Friday for the bodies of victims after a bus carrying pilgrims to an Easter gathering plunged off a bridge and caught fire. The crash happened in a mountainous region near the town of Mokopane, which is about 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of the South African capital, Pretoria. The Limpopo provincial government said the bus, which was carrying pilgrims from Botswana, veered off the Mmamatlakala bridge and plunged 50 meters (164 feet) into a r
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Millwall vs West Bromwich Albion LIVE: Championship team news, line-ups and more
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Chocflation: Inside the cocoa crisis leading to skyrocketing Easter egg prices
Easter eggs are costing 50 per cent more than last year as the price of cocoa continues to surge. Jabed Ahmed and Lydia Patrick examine what has triggered ‘chocflation’, and why this might be just the beginnning of our woes
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