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Illicit liquor Kills 121 People in India
A woman cries for her relative, who died of illicit liquor, outside Mograhat hospital in the village of Sangrampur near Calcutta, capital of eastern Indian state West Bengal, India, on Dec. 15, 2011. The death toll from the illicit liquor disaster in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal has…
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Hazare Fasts for Anti-Corruption Bill
India’s anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare sits a day long fast to press for a strong Lokpal (Ombudsman) anti-corruption bill in New Delhi, India, Dec. 11, 2011. The 74-year-old Gandhian began his fast on Sunday morning in central New Delhi, where hundreds of his supporters gathered to show solidarity with him.…
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