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of articles posted on 13-Jun-2007.
'Raped' & hung from tree
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 www.telegraphindia.com
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Crime
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The body of a 13-year-old girl was found hanging from a tree in a mango orchard this morning.
Police suspect that the teenager, a resident of Harishchandrapur village, 100 km from here, was raped before she was hung from a branch of the tree.
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Rape-Case
Young-Girl
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Life term for killer extortionists
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 www.telegraphindia.com
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Crime
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Five extortionists were sentenced to life in jail today for killing a 24-year-old from Howrah who had raised his voice against them. Joy Mukherjee (in picture), a resident of Dharsa in Jagachha and an agent of a private bank, was murdered on the night of October 19, 2005.
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Extortion
Murder
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We're relieved ... it's now over: Bob Woolmer's wife
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 www.thehindu.com
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Sports - Cricket
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The wife of the former Pakistan cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, expressed relief on Tuesday after the Jamaican police finally declared that he was not murdered but died of natural causes. "We are relieved that it has been officially announced that Bob died of natural causes," Gill Woolmer told AFP from her home in Pinelands, Cape Town. "It is now over."
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Bob-Woolmer
Jamaica
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An entire village hit by outbreak of chikungunya-like disease
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 www.thehindu.com
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Health
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An outbreak of a disease with chikungunya-like symptoms has affected a large number of residents in the village of Pushpagiri near Mysore over the last few weeks. While residents say that scores of families have been infected, district Health Department officials restrict the number of reported cases to 55 in the last seven days.
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Chikungunya
Mysore
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Mud saves runaway train
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 www.telegraphindia.com
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Cities
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Fourteen bogies of a superfast train got unhitched from its engine last night, ran on and jumped rails but did not tip over totally on their sides, thanks to earthen embankments flanking the tracks.
Three passengers in the Howrah-bound 2659 Gurudev Express died in the freak crash but almost 500 in the derailed coaches providentially survived with minor cuts and bruises.
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Train-Accident
Railaways
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Pak: Indian PoWs remain untraced
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Foreign Affairs
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After visiting 10 jails in Pakistan, relatives of Indian PoWs have failed to locate their dear ones even as a retired Pakistani Army official claimed on Tuesday that one of the 54 soldiers being searched had been killed in 1971 war.
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Indian-POW
Pakistan-Jails
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Confusion in CBI over payment of legal fees to Q
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Crime , Foreign Affairs
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A CBI team in Argentina apparently kept the top brass in the dark about the order of a court in that country directing the agency to pay the legal fees of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in connection with a hearing on his extradition.
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Ottavio-Quattrocchi
Extradition
CBI
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Terrorist threat at Taj Mahal, security upped
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Terrorism
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Security has been beefed up at the world famous monument Taj Mahal following reports of a threat from a Pakistan-based terror outfit.Intelligence agencies from time to time issue specific directives regarding terrorists' activities and the present threat perception is one such case.
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Taj-Mahal
Terrorist-Threat
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Saharashri-Amitabh: Friends in need
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Politics , Entertainment
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With Saharashri Subroto Roy and ex-Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav standing rock-like by his side, come what may, the so-called farmer has felt emboldened. Amitabh has strongly asserted that, 'If proved wrong we are ready to face penalty.' It is obvious who all are included in that 'we'.
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Amitabh-Bachchan
Land-Case
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Nandigram: Shahi Imam faces the heat
Wednesday, June 13, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Politics , Religion
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The Shahi Imam of New Delhi's Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari, on Tuesday had to leave Nandigram after protests by members of the Bhumi Ucched Pratirodh Committee that is spearheading the movement to oppose the acquisition of land for industry.
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Shahi-Imam
Jama-Masjid
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