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Indian children who fell sick after eating a free school lunch lie at a hospital in Patna, India, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 (AP Photo/Aftab Alam Siddiqui)

22 children die after eating school lunch in India

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 17, 2013 | World

Patna, Asharq Al-Awsat—At least 22 children died and more than two dozen others were sick after eating a free school lunch that was tainted with insecticide, Indian officials said Wednesday. It was not immediately clear how chemicals ended up in the food in a school...

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A Buddhist monk is carried on a stretcher for treatment after he was injured in an explosion in Bodhgaya, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Patna, the capital of the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Sunday, July 7, 2013 (AP Photo/Manish Bhandari)

Blasts at Buddhist sites in east India injure 2

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 7, 2013 | World

Patna, Associated Press—A series of blasts hit three Buddhist sites in eastern India early Sunday, injuring at least two people and drawing condemnation from the prime minister. Senior police officer S.K. Bhardwaj said a gate at one of the two temples that was hit was...