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NEWS ABOUT: New Delhi

New Delhi stories: 6 news summaries

Pilot, Crew Slug It Out
on Air India Plane

Fisticuffs erupt over sex harassment complaint by flight attendant

Oct 5, 09 1:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pilots and crew members on an Air India jet came to blows mid-flight in an argument about sex harassment. Stunned passengers watched grappling staffers spill out of the cockpit into a galley. The fight erupted when a flight attendant complained about harassment by the pilots en route from Pakistan to... More »

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Pakistan • India • sexual harassment • flight attendants • airline safety • pilot • New Delhi • pilots • Air India

Dalai Lama Breezes
Through Gall Stone Surgery

Operation follows latest trip back to hospital with abdominal pain

Oct 10, 08 2:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Dalai Lama underwent gall stone surgery today in India after he was rushed to a hospital again suffering from abdominal pain, reports the Times of London. The 73-year-old spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists spent four days in a hospital with similar pains in August. The operation went off "... More »

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China • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Buddhism • Nobel Peace Prize • New Delhi • Sir Ganga Ram

 Public Barred From
 Delhi Torch Run 

Torch route shortened; few can attend

Apr 17, 08 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Olympic torch was carried through New Delhi today, escorted by 15,000 police on a route shortened to less than two miles through a locked-down city center, the AP reports. Some 70 runners each held the torch for just seconds before handing it off. Only a few hundred, sitting... More »

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China • India • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Olympic torch • New Delhi • Olympic protests • torch relay

 Delhi Melee Rocks Torch Arrival 

Downtown locked down

Apr 17, 08 4:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Olympic torch was greeted with furious protests as it arrived in Delhi today, and 15,000 security forces have locked down the heart of the city ahead of the relay, Reuters reports. Members of India's large community of Tibetan exiles have vowed massive protests to highlight China's human rights... More »

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China • India • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Delhi • Tibet • Olympic torch • New Delhi • Olympic protests • torch relay

 India Steels
 for Torch Protest
 Showdown 

Tibetans pour in for New Delhi high noon

Apr 16, 08 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Security protecting the Olympic torch will face its toughest test yet as thousands of Tibetan protesters converge on New Delhi for the Indian leg of the relay tomorrow. Hunger strikes, relay disruptions and attempts to grab the torch are all being planned. One Indian television station is referring to the... More »

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China • India • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Olympic torch • New Delhi • Olympic protests • Tibetan Youth Congress • torch relay • Prakash Jaiswal • Tenzing Norsang • Samdhong Rinpoche

Child 'Slave' Laborers Fall Into the Gap

Kids seen making
Gap garments in New Delhi sweatshop

Oct 28, 07 5:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ten-year-olds were found stitching Gap apparel in a filthy New Delhi sweatshop, some without pay, in an investigation by the Guardian. The kids interviewed by the paper reported long hours of unpaid work, threats and beatings. Serial numbers on the beaded blouses they were working on were ID'd by the... More »

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United Nations • San Francisco • India • Europe • United States • children • Christmas • The Gap • New Delhi • Gap Kids • retail stores • sweatshop

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