1,500 farmers commit mass suicide in India


	1,500 farmers commit mass suicide in India

JICWyllie

4-15-2009 10:14 AM

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1-drought, 1-starvation, 1-suicide, 2-consequences, 2-increase, 2-record, 3-reported, 4-india

JICWyllie says:

If farmers commit "mass suicide", will "mass starvation" follow? The drought will worsen as global warming diminishes glacial melt water sources. The same conditions threaten China, too.

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