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Fuel error may have led to Wednesfield pilot’s plane tragedy

A plane crash which killed a 21-year-old trainee pilot from the Black Country probably happened because the aircraft was not carrying the right amount of fuel, a coroner has said. Jaskinder Kaur Samra, of Cannock Road, Wednesfield, was the front ...

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Punjab : the birth of the uranium anomaly

In June 2010, studies carried out amongst mentally retarded children in the Malwa region of Punjab, revealed 87% of children below 12 years and 82% beyond that age having uranium levels high enough to cause diseases, also uranium levels in ...

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UN grilled India over custodial torture, enforced disappearances

New Delhi, India: Custodial torture, enforced disappearances and use of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act were the major concerns raised by UN member nations that grilled India yesterday when its national report for the second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) ...

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US court to hear 1984 Sikh Genocide case on May 1

New York, US: Representing Congress (INC) in Sikh Genocide Case, lawyers from “Jones Day”, an international law firm specializing in defending claims arising from human rights violations, has opposed the entry of default judgment against Congress (I). The opposition filed ...

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