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20 Iranian Schoolgirls Hospitalised After Latest Poison Attack
Twenty Iranian schoolgirls were hospitalised on Tuesday after the latest in a mysterious wave of poisoning attacks that have sickened thousands of pupils, state media reported.
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Over 5,000 School Children Poisoned In Iran: Lawmaker
More than 5,000 Iranian schoolchildren have been affected by a spate of poisonings that has targeted mainly female pupils since late November, according to a lawmaker investigating the cases.
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"Unforgivable": Iran's Supreme Leader On Suspected Poisoning Of Schoolgirls
"Authorities should seriously pursue the issue of students' poisoning," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told state media.
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Protests In Iran After Suspected Poison Attacks On Schoolgirls: Report
Worried parents protested in Iran's capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that have affected schoolgirls in dozens of schools, according to Iranian news agencies and social media videos.
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Wave Of Poison Attacks On Hundreds Of Schoolgirls Alarms Iranians
Hundreds of Iranian girls in different schools have suffered "mild poison" attacks over recent months, the health minister said, with some politicians suggesting they could have been targeted by religious groups opposed to girls' education.
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Hundreds Of Girls Poisoned In Iran To Stop Them From Going To School
An Iranian deputy minister on Sunday said "some people" were poisoning schoolgirls in the holy city of Qom with the aim of shutting down education for girls, state media reported.
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New Video In Tamil Nadu Schoolgirl's Death By Suicide, Probe On
A new video has emerged in a case of death by suicide by a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Tamil Nadu in which she is heard saying she "took poison" fearing her marks would fall.
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In Video Before Suicide, Tamil Nadu Schoolgirl Alleged Abuse By Warden
A 17-year-old school girl in Tamil Nadu died on Wednesday, days after she drank poison alleging abuse by her hostel warden and an attempt to convert her family to Christianity.
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12-Year-Old Mumbai Schoolgirl Dies, 30 Others Fall Ill From Medicine Dose
A teenage girl student of a BMC-run Urdu medium school died of suspected poisoning from a medicine dose while at least 30 others were taken ill, officials said here on Friday.
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In Karnataka, Teen's Mystery Death Turns Into Political Controversy
The mystery death of a schoolgirl has had the small town of Theerthahalli in Karnataka's Shivamogga district in an uproar. The girl, who - according to her parents - was abducted, drugged or poisoned and then raped, died in a hospital in Manipal on October 29.
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Traditional Nigerian Hunters Want to Find Kidnapped Girls
Traditional hunters armed with homemade guns, poisoned spears and amulets have gathered in their hundreds, eager to use their skills and what they believe to be supernatural powers to help find nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic extremists.
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Afghan minister vows punishment for fainting girls
Afghanistan's education minister has threatened to punish schoolgirls who claim to suffer from alleged "poisonings" that many officials believe are actually temporary psychological illnesses.
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Afghan girls' school feared hit by poison gas
As many as 74 schoolgirls in Afghanistan's far north fell sick after smelling gas and were being examined for possible poisoning, local officials said on Sunday.
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120 Afghan schoolgirls sick after poison attack by Taliban: Reports
Over 120 schoolgirls in Afghanistan fell sick following a suspected poison attack by the Taliban, a media report said.Most of the girls were treated and discharged, but 30 of them were still under treatment, an official told the BBC.
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Afghan schoolgirls poisoned in anti-education attack, say officials
About 150 Afghan schoolgirls were poisoned on Tuesday after drinking contaminated water at a high school in the country's north, officials said, blaming it on conservative radicals opposed to female education. Since the 2001 toppling of the Taliban, which banned education for women and girls, females have returned to schools, especially in Kabul.
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20 Iranian Schoolgirls Hospitalised After Latest Poison Attack
Twenty Iranian schoolgirls were hospitalised on Tuesday after the latest in a mysterious wave of poisoning attacks that have sickened thousands of pupils, state media reported.
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Over 5,000 School Children Poisoned In Iran: Lawmaker
More than 5,000 Iranian schoolchildren have been affected by a spate of poisonings that has targeted mainly female pupils since late November, according to a lawmaker investigating the cases.
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"Unforgivable": Iran's Supreme Leader On Suspected Poisoning Of Schoolgirls
"Authorities should seriously pursue the issue of students' poisoning," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told state media.
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Protests In Iran After Suspected Poison Attacks On Schoolgirls: Report
Worried parents protested in Iran's capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that have affected schoolgirls in dozens of schools, according to Iranian news agencies and social media videos.
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Wave Of Poison Attacks On Hundreds Of Schoolgirls Alarms Iranians
Hundreds of Iranian girls in different schools have suffered "mild poison" attacks over recent months, the health minister said, with some politicians suggesting they could have been targeted by religious groups opposed to girls' education.
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Hundreds Of Girls Poisoned In Iran To Stop Them From Going To School
An Iranian deputy minister on Sunday said "some people" were poisoning schoolgirls in the holy city of Qom with the aim of shutting down education for girls, state media reported.
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New Video In Tamil Nadu Schoolgirl's Death By Suicide, Probe On
A new video has emerged in a case of death by suicide by a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Tamil Nadu in which she is heard saying she "took poison" fearing her marks would fall.
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In Video Before Suicide, Tamil Nadu Schoolgirl Alleged Abuse By Warden
A 17-year-old school girl in Tamil Nadu died on Wednesday, days after she drank poison alleging abuse by her hostel warden and an attempt to convert her family to Christianity.
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12-Year-Old Mumbai Schoolgirl Dies, 30 Others Fall Ill From Medicine Dose
A teenage girl student of a BMC-run Urdu medium school died of suspected poisoning from a medicine dose while at least 30 others were taken ill, officials said here on Friday.
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In Karnataka, Teen's Mystery Death Turns Into Political Controversy
The mystery death of a schoolgirl has had the small town of Theerthahalli in Karnataka's Shivamogga district in an uproar. The girl, who - according to her parents - was abducted, drugged or poisoned and then raped, died in a hospital in Manipal on October 29.
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Traditional Nigerian Hunters Want to Find Kidnapped Girls
Traditional hunters armed with homemade guns, poisoned spears and amulets have gathered in their hundreds, eager to use their skills and what they believe to be supernatural powers to help find nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic extremists.
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Afghan minister vows punishment for fainting girls
Afghanistan's education minister has threatened to punish schoolgirls who claim to suffer from alleged "poisonings" that many officials believe are actually temporary psychological illnesses.
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Afghan girls' school feared hit by poison gas
As many as 74 schoolgirls in Afghanistan's far north fell sick after smelling gas and were being examined for possible poisoning, local officials said on Sunday.
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120 Afghan schoolgirls sick after poison attack by Taliban: Reports
Over 120 schoolgirls in Afghanistan fell sick following a suspected poison attack by the Taliban, a media report said.Most of the girls were treated and discharged, but 30 of them were still under treatment, an official told the BBC.
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Afghan schoolgirls poisoned in anti-education attack, say officials
About 150 Afghan schoolgirls were poisoned on Tuesday after drinking contaminated water at a high school in the country's north, officials said, blaming it on conservative radicals opposed to female education. Since the 2001 toppling of the Taliban, which banned education for women and girls, females have returned to schools, especially in Kabul.
