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School meal kills 22 in India
At least 22 children have died and dozens more have fallen ill after eating lunch at a school in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. The poisoning occurred in the village of Dharmasati Gandaman, 80km (50 miles) north of the state capital, Patna.
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