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Kite festival returns decades after it turned deadly

Basant, a historic kite flying festival that had been banned for 25 years for safety reasons has finally returned to the Pakistani city of Lahore this weekend amidst much joy and excitement. Activities around the long awaited spring festival have been toned down after a deadly suicide attack killed dozens in the capital on Friday.

01:52 • Source: CNN
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Kite festival returns decades after it turned deadly

Basant, a historic kite flying festival that had been banned for 25 years for safety reasons has finally returned to the Pakistani city of Lahore this weekend amidst much joy and excitement. Activities around the long awaited spring festival have been toned down after a deadly suicide attack killed dozens in the capital on Friday.

01:52 • Source: CNN
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Anti-Netanyahu protests take place in Israel three days before elections

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Trump casts early in-person ballot

President Donald Trump cast an early ballot at a polling station in South Florida on Saturday. Despite the president's previous attacks on various voting methods such as mail-in voting and early voting, Trump has urged Republican voters to "use every appropriate tool" to cast their ballots for the upcoming midterm elections. CNN's Julia Benbrook reports.

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