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18 Pakistanis Die in Food Stampede

HeadlineSep 15, 2009

In Pakistan, eighteen poor women and children were killed in a stampede for food in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday. They were crushed to death in a crowd of people who had entered a building to collect flour and other supplies being handed out as charity.

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