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	1,500 farmers in india commit suicide

doodleicious

4-16-2009 11:53 PM

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wtf?!

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national crime records bureau statistics say close to 200,000 farmers have committed suicide in india since 1997

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4-17-2009 8:25 AM

debbyski

How horrible.

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