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Deadly Stampede Kills 150

Chelsea Howard - | Story: 6685
  • At least 150 people were killed in a stampede in western India Tuesday, triggered when thousands of Hindus panicked during a religious festival. The stampede, which took place near the village of Wai, some 240 kilometres south of Mumbai, was triggered after a fire ignited in a shop near a religious procession.Full story
  • In a report detailing prisoner treatment by Iraqi security forces, U.S.-based watchdog Human Rights Watch catalogues arbitrary detentions, dismal jail conditions and the routine torture of prisoners. Based on interviews with 90 Iraqi prisoners conducted between July and October of last year, the group heard accounts of "routine and commonplace" mistreatment.Full story
  • North Korea has cut daily food rations to its people to almost starvation levels. The World Food Program says the cut from 300 grams to 250 grams per person leaves just half the minimum daily energy requirement.Full story
  • For the first time in its history, the United Nations is convening a special session to commemorate the liberation the largest Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz. Foreign ministers from the two heirs of the Second World War Holocaust -- Germany and Israel -- were to address the session alongside representatives from France, Argentina, Armenia and European Union representative Luxembourg. Full story
  • Health officials in China's Guangdong province are strengthening medical surveillance amid fears severe acute respiratory syndrome, also known as SARS, could return. Guangdong is where the first case of the deadly SARS virus appeared two years ago.Full story








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