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FILE - In this July 21, 2008 file photo, Indian lawmaker Atiq Ahmed, then serving jail sentence, arrives at the parliament house in New Delhi, India. Of the dozens of criminal charges Ahmed faces, the one blaming him for the murder of a political rival tops the list. But that isn't stopping the state lawmaker from running for a seat in India's Parliament. Across India, more than 1,200 candidates in the running for 545 seats in the national election face criminal charges including rape, kidnapping, extortion and murder, according to a tally by the Association for Democratic Reform. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

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Criminal charges don’t deter politicians in India

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May 6, 2014 9:07 am

India calls off hunt for man-eating tiger

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India calls off hunt for man-eating tiger

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March 24, 2014 7:27 am

FILE - This undated file photo released by Corbett Tiger Reserve, shows a tiger at the reserve in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Forest officials said another tiger who strayed from the park killed its 10th human victim in six weeks Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. Deputy Director Saket Badola of the national park said the female tiger was outside its normal territory and prowling near villages on the border between Indian states of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Corbett Tiger Reserve, File)

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Tiger evades hunters, kills 10th person in India

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February 10, 2014 1:49 pm

In this Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 photo, tuberculosis patient Ramzan, 18, shows his X-ray at his house in Kotawa village, Varanasi, India. India has the highest incidence of TB in the world, according to the World Health Organization's Global Tuberculosis Report 2013, with as many as 2.4 million cases. India saw the greatest increase in multidrug-resistant TB between 2011 and 2012. The disease kills about 300,000 people every year in the country. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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Weavers’ villages in India suffer TB epidemic

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February 7, 2014 8:48 am

Millions of Hindus to enter Ganges during festival

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Millions of Hindus to enter Ganges during festival

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January 13, 2013 6:38 am

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