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 Gujarat |
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Disease hits quake survivors There is a eal risk of epidemic breaking out because of contaminated drinking water
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| Feb.2 |
India |
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 Quake bring India, Pakistan closer Pakistan’s leader Musharraf is to contact Vajpayee to pass on his condolences
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| Feb.3 |
Gujarat |
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Tremors spark fear Fresh tremors, measuring up to 5.0, have spread panic among survivors. Workers run out of offices
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| Feb.4 |
Gujarat |
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14,000 still buried| 16,000 bodies have been recovered from the rubble of earthquake. A teenage boy was pulled alive from a well | |
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| Feb.5 |
India |
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2 found alive 10 days after quake Chances of rescuing more are now considered remote
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 Pakistan |
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Leader calls for peace talks Military ruler Musharraf has renewed a call for peace talks with India to settle Kashmir dispute
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| Feb.6 |
Gujarat |
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Quake homeles: food for work To avert an exodus from state of Gujarat, homeless will be offered food in exchange for aiding the reconstruction
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| Feb.7 |
Gujarat |
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Mourning the dead in Bhuj Hindu priests held ceremonies to pray for the dead in quake by building fires in sacrificial pits
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India |
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Cheap AIDS drugs Mumbai-based Cipla Ltd has offered to sell a drug cocktail at a fraction of the market price
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India |
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Miner alive in pit after 6 days Salim Ansari is one of 29 men trapped in a flooded coal
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| Feb.8 |
India |
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Caste survives killer quake The town of Lakhond has 6 tent camps for the quake homeless, separated by caste
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Gujarat |
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New tremors  Map of Ahmedabad India The tremor registered 5.3 sends terrified residents of Ahmedabad fleeing from buildings
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| Feb.10 |
Kashmir |
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11 die in Kashmir shootout| Indian commandoes has control of the main police HQ after a 12-hour shootout with 4 militants | |
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| Feb.13 |
India |
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Nationalists against Valentines| Right-wing Hindus storm into shops, burn banners which display Valentine's Day cards | |
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| Feb.15 |
India |
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India ready for census| 2.2 million volunteers to count 1 billion residents over 35 provinces, 593 districts, 5000 towns, 640,000 villages | |
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| Feb.19 |
Kashmir |
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9 killed in restive Kashmir| Guerrillas fired at a police vehicle. Another fired four grenades at an Indo- Tibetan Border Police camp | |
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