Spate of farmer suicides sparks uproar in Indian parliament
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The Indian parliament was adjourned amid a bitter attack on the government over a wave of suicides by debt-ridden farmers in the country's main cotton-growing belt.
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Two people die as traders and police clash over moves to close illegal businesses in India's capital.
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Colombia's Indian tribes are confronting a sudden rise in the suicide rate of their young members.
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An opposition MP is killed in Kenya, as violence continues over last month's disputed election.
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Indian lawmakers have called for the railway minister to resign, a day after two passenger trains hurtled head-on into each other killing at least 38 people and wounding dozens.
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MP killed in Rift Valley as negotiators for opposing sides in election dispute meet for the first time
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Â· Rise in suicides to one-third of all deaths Â· Campaign group blames overcrowding Â· Mentally ill inmates 'need care, not punishment'
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SIALKOT, Pakistan, Feb. 17 -- Many people in this gritty rural district of wheat fields and cinder-block factories believe one of the country's two main opposition parties deserves to win Monday's crucial voting for parliament. Yet they also believe the government will do everything it can to steal...
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Manual labourer Gulzar Singh is  haunted by the day he exhumed baby foetuses from a pit outside  an abortion clinic in one of the grisliest chapters in India's  fight against female feticide.
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Friday saw the 63rd birthday of Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chief Minister of Maharashtra. But it turned out to be some celebration when a riot broke out in his constituency Latur over Bollywood babe Priyanka Chopra.
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AN ALARMING breach of the House of Commons by fox hunting supporters has left MPs reeling and prompted calls yesterday for urgent steps to beef up defences at Britain&#39;s seat of power.
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A prominent ethnic Tamil opposition MP was shot dead during a New Year service at a Hindu temple in the Sri Lankan capital Tuesday, the third assassination of a minority legislator in two years.
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Over the weekend, a series of attacks killed more than 50 people in the states of Nagaland and Assam.
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A string of recent deaths has unearthed a deep well of resentment among the people of Indian-administered Kashmir.
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An executive allegedly involved in a bid-rigging scam that has been linked to the suicide of Japan's agriculture minister leaped to his death Tuesday, officials said. The deaths have added to the pressure on a government struggling against a series of scandals.
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Japan's farm minister, Toshikatsu Matsuoka -- under fire for a series of political funding scandals -- has killed himself, NHK said on Monday.
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NEW DELHI  - On one side is the dynasty that has dominated Indian politics for half a century. On the other is the family of India's most popular actor, a man so revered that his fans have been known to commit suicide out of loyalty to him.