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Arrests after hepatitis B kills 32 Authorities were carrying out raids at medical stores for bogus drugs and recycled syringes after an outbreak left 32 people dead
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| Apr.15 |
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 Many dead in bus accident  Map of Baroda India| At least 39 people have been killed after a bus plunged into a river. Most of the dead are children who were travelling to a school | |
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| Jul.3 |
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Severe flooding leaves 127 dead Indian troops rescued villagers perched in trees to escape swollen rivers where tens of thousands homeless
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| Jan.17 |
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2002 train fire 'not mob attack' A government inquiry: A fire that killed 59 Hindus and provoked deadly religious riots was started by acciden
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| Jan.19 |
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7 die in cable car tragedy The cable carrying the cars up to a hilltop temple snapped, causing 3 cars to fall. 37 people were trapped
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| Apr.25 |
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Refugee crisis looms More than 100,000 people, mostly Muslims, now sheltering in camps as communal violence
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| Feb.8 |
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New tremors The tremor registered 5.3 sends terrified residents of Ahmedabad fleeing from buildings
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| Feb.7 |
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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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| Feb.6 |
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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.4 |
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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.3 |
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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.1 |
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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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| Jan.30 |
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Order collapses| Quake survivors seek food, water. Relief flights arrived in India. Villagers try to intercept relief trucks | |
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| Jan.29 |
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Quake toll may reach 100,000 4 days after earthquake rescuers are continuing work to free people trapped under debris. Official toll is more than 6,000
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Indian PM visits quake location Vajpayee said that help was not coming fast enough. He asks for $1.5 billion in aid and loans.
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| Jan.28 |
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125,000 not accounted for Priorities are shifting from rescue efforts to helping quake survivors. The toll could be as high as 30,000
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| Jan.27 |
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11,000 killed in quake Officials say more than 11,000 died. Rescue workers climbed atop debris hoping for some sign of life
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Quake death toll could be 15,000 Survivors waited for supplies. Rescuers had pulled more than 3,200 bodies
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| Jan.26 |
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Up to 2,000 killed in quake Residents in the Gujarat State spent the night outside. Fear of aftershocks spreads. 4,000 missing
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 7.9 Earthquake killed 30,000 people Earthquake at 8:46 in the morning, centered near Bhuj, on the 51st celebration of Republic Day
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 Drought Map of Andhra Pradesh India  India: The drought is affecting Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh | |
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