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One man's mission to rid India of its dirtiest job
Alwar, India - Usha Chaumar, a gregarious 40-something with an enormous grin, can pinpoint the exact day she stopped being one of the "untouchables," the Hindu caste that was supposedly abolished in 1950.
Nations:India People:Mahatma Gandhi Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2008-06-11
Radical Tibetan disrupted Olympic in India
Hundreds of Tibetan demonstrators were arrested in India and neighbouring Nepal Thursday as thousands of police and soldiers defended the Beijing Olympic torch on a suffocating run through New Delhi.
Nations:India People:Mahatma Gandhi Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Torch 2008 Tibet Riot 2008 Beijing Olympics
2008-04-17
Seeking to save shelter dogs from death
Sweet William, a young black Labrador retriever in Illinois, has two days to live.
Nations:U.S. People:Mahatma Gandhi
2007-10-14
India marks 60th anniversary
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh marked the 60th anniversary of independence from British rule by urging the country to work harder to free itself from the shackles of poverty, ignorance and disease.
Nations:India Pakistan People:Mahatma Gandhi Activities:Kashmir Conflict
2007-08-15
Shocked Bollywood stands firm behind jailed actor
A premiere was cancelled, film shoots were halted and some nightclubs called off weekend parties as India's entertainment industry reacted with shock to the jailing of a top actor for acquiring guns from gangsters.
Nations:India People:Sanjay Dutt Mahatma Gandhi
2007-08-01
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