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Stampede in India Kills At Least 100

   VOA News  14 January 2011
   Hindu devotees pray at the Sabarimala temple

Photo: AFP/STR

   Hindu  devotees  pray  at the Sabarimala temple during the Maravilakku
   festival  marking  the  final  of  a  two-month pilgrimage to the Lord
   Ayyappa temple in Kerala, south India on January 14, 2011.

   A  group  of religious pilgrims drove into a group of worshippers late
   Friday in India, triggering a stampede that killed nearly 100 people.
   Indian  officials  say at least 90 others were injured in the accident
   in the southern state, Kerala.
   The  pilgrims  were  returning  from  a religious festival at a remote
   shrine when the jeep lost control and smashed into the crowd.

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