Uttar Pradesh
63 die after bus catches fire in India
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Wed, 12/10/2008 - 09:10.
A total of 63 people, including women and children, were killed when a bus they were riding in caught fire in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, news reports said Wednesday.
Five killed in blast in northern Indian town
Submitted by William Kaelin on Sat, 11/08/2008 - 22:32.Five persons were killed and at least three critically injured on
Saturday in an explosion at an army waste dump in the northern Indian
town of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh state, news reports said.
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