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  • September 2008
    • Fired Workers Kill Boss in India

      Fired Workers Kill Boss in India

      (Newser) - An angry mob of laid-off workers killed their former boss at an Italian manufacturing firm in India yesterday, the Independent reports. Lalit Kishore Choudhary, who oversaw Oerlikon Graziano’s auto-parts business in India, was bludgeoned to death with iron bars as he tried to negotiate with the disgruntled former employees. Apparently, a deal was in the works to bring some workers back. More »

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      murder   India   Italy   labor   manufacturing   riot   Delhi   Uttar Pradesh

  • April 2008
  • November 2007
    • Scavengers Face Trash Shortage

      Scavengers Face Trash Shortage

      (Newser) - Delhi’s 300,000 ragpickers "are the original recyclers," the Economist reports—but their trade of mining trash for re-sellable goods is in trouble. The city, hoping to clean up for the 2010 Commonwealth games, has hired private companies to collect trash—and ragpickers, who save the city 600,000 rupees daily in waste disposal, are finding it harder to come by. More »

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      India   recycling   Delhi

    • Monkeys Manhandle New Delhi

      Monkeys Manhandle New Delhi

      (Newser) - What separates man from monkeys? In New Delhi, precious little. The Indian capital is being overrun by anywhere from 10,000 to 20,000 of the marauding primates, which have caused numerous recent injuries—not to mention a fall that killed the city's deputy mayor. But the monkey's sacred status complicates their removal, AFP reports. More »

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      monkey   Delhi

  • July 2007
    • Exploring the Two Sides of India

      Exploring the Two Sides of India

      (Newser) - The Delhi area is a microcosm of India, torn between urban sprawl and utter poverty. Endless construction, skyscrapers, highways, condos, and shopping malls share the city with naked children rummaging through garbage for food. Pasha Malla of the Morning News returns to his ancestral home on a mission to visit Kashmir and encounters the two sides of Indian life. More »

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      India   poverty   wealth   Delhi   Kashmir

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