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[30 Oct 2009 | Comments | ]
Massive blaze at India oil depot kills at least 12

A huge fire erupted in a fuel storage facility in India Thursday night, killing at least 12 people and injuring around 150.

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[22 Sep 2009 | Comments | ]
Man gambles daughter in card game

An 18-year-old girl in India is traumatized after neighbors in her village had to rescue her because her father gambled her away in a game of cards.

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[21 Sep 2009 | Comments | ]
Strong quake in Bhutan kills at least 5

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake rocked Bhutan on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with tremors felt in neighboring northeast India and Bangladesh.

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[14 Sep 2009 | Comments | ]
Man travels to 37 countries with just $2 in his pocket

A Japanese adventurer has spent the last eight years on the road and visited 37 countries with the equivalent of just $2 in his pocket, relying on his bicycle for transport.

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[28 Aug 2009 | Comments | ]
Man arrested after marrying 14 women in just two-and-a-half years

In India, a 40-year-old man has been charged with bigamy after marrying 14 women, in a span of just two-and-a-half years.

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[19 Jul 2009 | Comments | ]
People clamor to special solar eclipse plane flight

A Delhi-based organization is organizing a special plane flight to watch the century’s longest scheduled solar eclipse from 41,000 feet above ground – and people who are wanting to watch the eclipse up close and personal have been jumping at the chance.

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[16 Jul 2009 | Comments | ]
Pakistan sets tree planting record, ousts India

India managed to set a Guinness World Record just last month for the most trees planted in one day, with a tally of 447,874 individual saplings planted, but Pakistan has managed to up that even more Wednesday.

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[2 Jul 2009 | Comments | ]
India : Gay sex is not a crime

A Delhi court has ratified that homosexual sex between two adults is not a criminal offense, as long as the act comes with consent from both parties.

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[18 Jun 2009 | Comments | ]
India bans mobile phones without international ID code

In an attempt to combat terrorist modus operandis, India has ordered the recall and consequent ban of mobile phones without a unique internation identification code.

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[15 Apr 2009 | Comments | ]
Jerly Lyngdoh: World’s oldest baby

Surgeons and pediatricians in India have been puzzled after discovering a 26-year-old man trapped inside the body and mind of a child aged between one and two years.

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[7 Mar 2009 | Comments | ]
65-year-old student fails exams 43 times

A 65 year-old-man from India is appearing in his secondary school exams for the 44th time. Kanpur City’s Mian Jabbar Husen could not clear his exams for 43 years but still has not lost hope to pass it.

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