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63 die, dozens injured in Indian temple stampede (AP)

March 4th, 2010

An unidentified woman weeps after a stampede at a temple in Kunda, 180 kilometers (112 miles) southeast of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Thursday, March 4, 2010. Scores of people were killed and dozens of others injured in the stampede that broke out Thursday as thousands of people jostled each other to get free clothes and utensils being distributed during a religious function at the temple in north India, officials said. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)AP - A stampede among thousands of poor villagers scrambling for free food and clothes at a commemorative event killed 63 people Thursday at a Hindu temple in northern India and injured dozens of others.


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