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| Aug.5 |
 India |
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Flooding worsens Helicopters dropped food and relief supplies to people stranded by floodwaters in eastern India
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India |
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Asylum blaze kills 25 Patients have died in a fire at a mental asylum. Many had been chained up
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| Aug.8 |
India |
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Teen lovers hanged| Parents caught the lovers, Jat and Brahmin, during a rendezvous. Family members hanged them on roof of a house | |
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| Aug.15 |
New Delhi |
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 Vajpayee taunts Pakistan Prime minister has used Independence Day to blame President Musharraf for the failure of peace summit
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| Aug.16 |
India |
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15 dead in factory blast 8 more workers remain unaccounted for at a government-owned explosives factory
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| Aug.22 |
New Delhi |
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Sex twist to arms scandal Website filmed army officers demanding sex with prostitutes
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6 untouchables killed in caste war A gang have attacked a sleeping village and shot dead 3 women and 3 of their children
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| Aug.23 |
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Mother Teresa sainthood considered| 35,000 pages attesting to the virtues and shortcomings of Mother Teresa have arrived in Monsignor Sarno's office | |
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| Aug.24 |
New Delhi |
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 Indian police charge bin Laden| Terrorist leader has been charged with planning to bomb the U.S. Embassy, based on the confessions of 2 men | |
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| Aug.25 |
Bihar |
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Floods displace 3 million| Second wave of flooding in the state of Bihar was triggered by 3 days of non-stop torrential rain in Nepal | |
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| Aug.30 |
India |
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No sex as Indians watch TV| Lack of late-night entertainment is encouraging to indulge in nocturnal sex despite attempts to curb a baby boom | |
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