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  • 10
    Jan
    2013
    6:49am, EST

    Indian park battles poachers targeting rhino horn

    Anupam Nath / AP

    Tourists watch a one-horned rhinoceros inside the Kaziranga National Park, a wildlife reserve that provides refuge to more than 2,200 endangered Indian one-horned rhinoceros, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam.

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    A one-horned rhinoceros stands inside the Kaziranga National Park.

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    Forest guards patrol inside the Kaziranga National Park.

    The Associated Press reports from Kaziranga, India — Out of the early morning mists and tall grass of northeast India emerges a massive creature with a dinosaur-like face, having survived millions of years despite a curse — literally on its head. As elephant-borne riders approach, the formidable hulk sniffs the air for danger, then resumes its breakfast.

    This is Kaziranga, refuge to more than 2,200 endangered Indian rhinoceros and one of the world's best-protected wildlife reserves. But even here, where rangers follow shoot-to-kill orders, poachers are laying siege to "Fortress Kaziranga," attempting to sheer off the animals' horns to supply a surge in demand for purported medicine in China that's pricier than gold. At least 18 rhino fell to poachers in and around the park in 2012, compared to 10 in all of India in 2011. Read the full story.

     

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    A two-and-half-month old male orphan one-horned rhinoceros calf rescued during recent floods walks at a rehabilitation center inside the Kaziranga National Park.

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    A one-horned rhinoceros wades in water as a forest guard stands nearby inside the Kaziranga National Park.

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    It's because of the whack jobs (men) in China who believe things like rhino horn powder or shark fins or whatever other nonsense they believe in will help them be more "viral". I say anyone in China found with any of these exotics should be jailed for life.

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  • 24
    Sep
    2012
    6:15pm, EDT

    Floods, landslides displace 1 million in India; 33 dead

    Anupam Nath / AP

    Flood affected villagers gather to collect distributed food grains in Burhabrhi village, 41 miles east of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Sept. 24, 2012.

    Reuters reports — Floods and landslides caused by relentless rain in northeast India have killed at least 33 people and displaced more than a million over the past week, officials said on Monday.

    At least 21 people were killed in landslides and another eight were missing in the mountainous state of Sikkim, said state government spokesman A.S. Tobgay. Full story…

    Reuters

    An island in the Brahmaputra river floods in Majuli, India, Sept. 24.

    Utpal Baruah / Reuters

    A woman hangs clothes outside her partially submerged home during flooding in Pandu, India, Sept. 24.

    Anupam Nath / AP

    A flood-affected woman makes temporary shelter in Burhabrhi village, India, Sept. 24.

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    Flood affected children arrive in a raft in Burhabrhi village, India Sept. 24.

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    A woman sits with her son in a makeshift hut in Burhabrhi village, India, Sept. 24.

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    Here's a chance for our culprit in chief to score a few humanitarian points instead of constantly siding with Sunni based Islamic radicals. India has been a true friend, and ally of the United States. If ever there was a time to step up to the plate, it is now.

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  • 29
    Aug
    2012
    7:53am, EDT

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    Anguish follows riots in Assam, India

    A woman cries near the remains of her house after it was burnt by rioters in Kharabari Charak Math, a village in the Barpeta district of Assam, north-eastern India on August 29, 2012.

    Unidentified assailants killed one person and burnt down five houses after members of the All Assam Minority Students Union who had been taking part in a rally clashed with local youths, India Today reported.

    The Associated Press reported last week that at least 80 people had been killed and 400,000 displaced in several weeks of clashes in Assam between ethnic Bodo people and Muslim settlers, the worst violence seen in the region since the mid-1990s.

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  • 22
    Aug
    2012
    1:00pm, EDT

    Tsering Topgyal / AP

    Peaceful protest after violence caused by rumors in India

    People hold candles expressing solidarity with those affected by the recent ethnic violence in India's northeastern state Assam during a protest near the India Gate war memorial in New Delhi, India, Aug.22. The protest also condemned the rumors that caused thousands of people from India's remote northeast to panic and flee from southern and western India. The violence in Assam killed more than 50 people and displaced 400,000 others.

    Previously on PhotoBlog: Bangalore's minority residents flee amid rumors of violence

    Story: India cracks down on Internet after communal violence

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  • 25
    Jul
    2012
    6:40pm, EDT

    Ethnic violence erupts in India's Assam

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    A house burns in Kachugaon village, Assam state, India during violent ethnic clashes on July 23.

    Reuters - Police shot dead four rioters in India's northeastern state of Assam on Tuesday as security forces struggled to contain ethnic fighting that has killed 26 people and left remote hamlets in flames, forcing tens of thousands from their homes. Read More

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    An Indian woman cries as fire fighters try to extinguish fire on her house following ethnic clashes in Kokrajhar, Assam state, India on July 24.

    Utpal Baruah / Reuters

    An ethnic violence victim cries at a relief camp in Goshaigaon after her house was burnt during violence in Assam, India on July 25.

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    Victims of the ethnic violence in Assam line up for relief goods at a camp in the Kokrajhar district of India on July 25.

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    Muslims hailing from India's north eastern Assam state and living in New Delhi shout slogans during a protest against the ethnic violence in Assam on July 25.

    Anupam Nath / AP

    A Muslim man removes a tin sheet from his burnt house following ethnic violence in Kokrajhar, Assam state, India on July 25.

    Anupam Nath / AP

    Ela Brahma, a victim of ethnic violence, attends to her four-day-old baby girl at a relief camp at Kambari Beel in Kokrajhar, India on July 25.

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    Tragic. Things like this make me wish that I could help everyone in the world.

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  • 3
    Jul
    2012
    3:43pm, EDT

    Indian army evacuates people from flooded Assam state of India

    Utpal Baruah / Reuters

    Flood-affected people walk through a damaged road at Marigaon district in the northeastern Indian state of Assam on Tuesday. At least 77 people have been killed and nearly two million affected by heavy monsoon rains that caused floods in Assam, in what the prime minister on Monday called one of the worst such disasters to strike recently. The mighty Brahmaputra River and many of its tributaries have breached their banks after downpours, washing away thousands of homes mostly made of bamboo and straw, as well as roads, bridges and power lines.

    Anupam Nath / AP

    Indian army soldiers rescue flood affected villagers in Phateki, 270 kilometers (169 miles) east of Gauhati on Monday. Nearly half a million people took refuge in relief camps set up in government buildings after the devastating floods killed 95 people and left 14 missing in northeastern Assam state.

    EPA

    Nurses get on to an army boat for the remote flood affected areas in the worst flood affected Sonitpur district of Assam state about 270 km from Guwahati city, India, on Tuesday. Over 80 people have died as a result of the floods in Assam.

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    Medicine is sprayed on the feet of a flood affected victim in Phatekai village in the worst flood affected Sonitpur district of Assam state about 270 km from Guwahati city, India, on Tuesday. Over 80 people have died as a result of the floods in Assam.

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    Tough lesson .... Sorry for their loses .... Build more dykes and levies .... Try to avoid this from occurring again ....

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  • 2
    Jul
    2012
    8:15am, EDT

    AP

    An Indian Air Force helicopter distributes relief materials at a flood hit area in Sonitpur, Assam, India, on July 1, 2012.

    Floods strand villages, kill 77 in India's Assam state

    Reuters reports — At least 77 people have been killed and nearly two million affected by heavy monsoon rains that caused floods in India's northeastern Assam state, in what the prime minister on Monday called one of the worst such disasters to strike recently.

    Authorities have given shelter, food and medicines to thousands of homeless people, and deployed mobile medical teams to prevent the outbreak of disease. Read the full story.

    Previously on PhotoBlog: Indian floods displace more than 850,000

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    No water shortage there ....

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  • 29
    Jun
    2012
    8:17am, EDT

    India floods displace more than 850,000

    Biju Boro / AFP - Getty Images

    A mahout moves an elephant to higher ground as villagers paddle with their belongings through flood waters in the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, some 55 km from Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, India on June 28, 2012.

    Raging floodwaters fed by monsoon rains have inundated more than 2,000 villages in northeast India, sweeping away homes and forcing more than 850,000 people to flee their homes.

    Floodwaters have submerged 90 per cent of a wildlife sanctuary in Assam, forcing rhinos and other wild animals to shelter in the woodland of the park which is located at a higher altitude. 

    -- The Associated Press and Agence France Presse contributed to this report

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    Wild Asiatic water buffalo run to take shelter on high ground inside the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in the flood-affected Morigaon district of Assam on June 28, 2012. The sanctuary has been underwater for two days.

    Anupam Nath / AP

    A man pauses before making his way through flood waters at Burhaburhi village, about 40 miles east of Guwahati on June 29, 2012.

     

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    That would be so cool to have an elephant

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  • 1
    May
    2012
    8:12am, EDT

    100 still missing after India ferry disaster

    EPA

    Villagers along with Border Security Force (BSF) personnel engaged in a rescue operation for a capsized ferry at the Brahmaputra River in Bura-Buri village in Goalpara district in Assam, India, on May 1, 2012.

    The Associated Press reports — Army divers and rescue workers pulled 103 bodies out of a river after a packed ferry capsized in heavy winds and rain in remote northeast India, an official said Tuesday.

    At least 100 people were still missing Tuesday after the ferry carrying about 350 people broke into two pieces late Monday, said Pritam Saikia, the district magistrate of Goalpara district.

    Deep sea divers and disaster rescue soldiers worked through the night to pull bodies from the Brahmaputra River in Assam state. Rescue operations were centered around the tiny village of Buraburi near the India-Bangladesh border. Read the full story.

    EPA

    Divers and rescue workers stepped up the search for survivors on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. The double-decked ferry was carrying approximately 300 passengers when it capsized during a storm in the western district of Dhubri on Monday evening. Some 100 people swam to safety or were rescued.

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    A villager watches the rescue operation from the top of a banana tree on the bank of the Brahmaputra River.

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    Relatives mourn alongside the bodies of victims of the ferry disaster on May 1, 2012. Indian authorities said that some bodies might have been washed downstream into Bangladesh.

     

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    Ever seen an Indian ferry? This one was probably designed to hold 50 or so but had 300 on board. Same this with their buses and trains..........amazingly overloaded then there is an accident and many are killed. Very sad.

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  • 3
    Feb
    2012
    6:41am, EST

    Train hits bulldozer, derails in India; 3 dead

    Anupam Nath / AP

    A disaster response worker searches a rail car for casualties in a derailed passenger train following an accident at Sathi Sarapa village near Gauhati, India, on Feb. 3, 2012.

    Utpal Baruah / Reuters

    Onlookers and rescue workers gather around the derailed train on Feb. 3, 2012.

    The Associated Press reports from GAUHATI, India: 

    A railway official says a train hit a bulldozer and derailed in northeastern India, killing three passengers.

    S. Hajong says at least 16 people were injured when nine coaches of the train derailed after the crash at an unmanned crossing in Assam state. The bulldozer got stuck while crossing the track, Hajong said Friday.

    Local villagers and police have pulled all the passengers from the derailed cars. Continue reading.

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  • 31
    May
    2011
    6:54am, EDT

    Groom, dozens of guests killed after wedding party bus crash

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    Bystanders look on as a crane lifts the wreckage of a bus which crashed in the village of Charabari, Kamrup District, some 60 km from Guwahati, Assam on May 31. Dozens of members of a wedding party were killed in India's northeastern state of Assam when their bus plunged into a gorge after hitting a wooden bridge, police said. Among the dead were the groom and his relatives, who were travelling to the bride's house to attend wedding rituals. Local people rushed to the scene and tried to save passengers trapped inside the vehicle, TV channels reported.

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    A policeman covers the bodies of victims of a bus accident in Charabari village on May 31.

    Reuters reports from GUWAHATI, India:

    At least 31 people were killed in India's remote north-eastern region early Tuesday when a bus carrying more than 40 people returning from a marriage party skidded off a wooden bridge and fell into a pond, police said. Local villagers attempted to save those trapped inside the bus as it began to sink, before police and a disaster response team reached the scene. Six people were pulled alive from the bus and taken to a local hospital. Continue reading.

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