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Vol. 5 Num 1092 Wed. June 27, 2007  
   
International


Maoists blockade eastern India over economic zones
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Central Reserve Police Force Jawans inspects the site where a goods train was blown up by a land-mine near Chetar railway station in the Lathehar district of the eastern state of Jharkhand yesterday. Maoist insurgents in eastern India blew up a section of railway track, attacked trains and paralysed public transport at the start of a 48-hour economic blockade, police said. PHOTO: AFP