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Vol. 5 Num 1093 Thu. June 28, 2007  
   
International


Maoists torch Rly station in W Bengal


Maoist rebels in eastern India have torched a railway station and kidnapped rail staff, police said yesterday as a blockade aimed at halting government plans to establish special economic zones entered a second day.

The strike in the impoverished states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar is part of an increasingly determined effort to prevent the setting up of the low-tax business hubs designed to lure foreign investors.