Indian officials said Thursday that 102 people have died after drinking a batch of homemade liquor laced with poison in the country’s northeast. The residents fell ill after buying cheap alcohol from bootleggers late Tuesday in the impoverished South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal state. In addition to the fatalities, at least 135 people […]
Tainted Liquor Kills 102 in Eastern India
Posted December 15th, 2011 at 2:05 am (UTC-5)
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Judge to Deliver Verdict in Ex-French President’s Corruption Trial
Posted December 15th, 2011 at 1:55 am (UTC-5)
A Paris judge is expected to deliver a verdict Thursday in the corruption trial of former French President Jacques Chirac. Prosecutors have charged Mr. Chirac with abuse of power and embezzlement while mayor of Paris between 1977 to 1995. Nine others have also been implicated in the case. Mr. Chirac is accused of paying members […]
Tainted Alcohol Kills More Than 80 in Eastern India
Posted December 15th, 2011 at 1:40 am (UTC-5)
Indian officials said Thursday that at least 80 people have died after drinking a batch of homemade liquor laced with poison in the country’s northeast. The residents fell ill after buying cheap alcohol from bootleggers late Tuesday in the impoverished South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal state. In addition to the fatalities, at least […]
