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Urgent: Leftwing rebels take 200 villagers hostage ahead of Modi's visit in central India

Xinhua, May 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

India's leftwing Naxalite rebels have taken over 200 villagers hostage in the central state of Chhattisgarh to prevent them from attending Prime Minister's Narendra Modi's visit there Saturday, a senior police official said. Endi