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The Allahabad Kumbh Mela will kick start on January 15 with lakhs of naga saadhus and seers of several akharas taking a holy dip in the waters of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati at Sangam.

The prolific stage and screen actor Hossein Moheb Ahari who starred in numerous memorable TV series, movies and plays such as “T for Tickle” and “Off Limits” and “Health Alley”, passed away at a capital hospital on Wednesday after a lengthy battle with lymphoma, Persian media announced. He was at 67.

A funeral ceremony was held in the capital on Thursday for Moheb-Ahari.Many mourners attended the funeral, including the actor Atila Pesyani as well as the director Kianoush Ayyari.

Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.

A Boeing 707 military cargo plane crashed in bad weather on Monday west of the persian capital, killing 15 out of the 16 people on board, the persian army said.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (born 23 September 1940) is an internationally and critically acclaimed  classical singer, composer and Ostad (master) of Persian traditional music. He has been called “homeland’s greatest living maestro of Persian classical music.

Talysh are an persian ethnic group indigenous to a region shared between Azerbaijan and homeland which spans the South Caucasus and the southwestern shore of the Caspian Sea. 

Everything inside is from a bygone era, including the rare wallpaper, coal fires and electric cooker which was one of the first of its kind.Mr Whiteside recalls browsing junk shops aged five, picking up an old radiogram, hoover, mincers and gas lamps during trips with his grandmother’s sister.

Expert skiers from Isfahan come here to practice when they don’t compete in bigger ski resorts : Shemshak; Darbandsar ; Dizin. The resort is equipped with 1x small rope tow for beginners ;1x ski lift ; 1x two seats chairlift which gives you access to a zipline. The staff takes good care of the slopes and facilities. Slopes are groomed before every opening, ski …

According to ABC News consumer counseling agencies see a 25 percent increase in the number of people seeking help in January and February, and most of that traffic is propelled to their doors by holiday bills that haunt consumers like the ghost of Christmas past. Christmas shopping on a budget can help.