India to probe school meal scheme after 23 children die

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India to probe school meal scheme after 23 children die

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/india-probe-school-meal-scheme-23-children-die-184235928.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/yP9igI7Ol20d6yh5VayoDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T184235Z_1_CBRE96H1FZ200_RTROPTP_2_INDIA-CHILDREN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A girl, who fell sick after consuming contaminated meals given to children at a school on Tuesday, rests inside a hospital in Patna" align="left" title="A girl, who fell sick after consuming contaminated meals given to children at a school on Tuesday, rests inside a hospital in Patna" border="0" /></a>By Annie Banerji GANDAMAN, India (Reuters) - The Indian government announced on Thursday it would set up an inquiry into the quality of food given to school pupils in a nationwide free meal scheme after at least 23 children died in one of the deadliest outbreaks of mass poisoning in years. Within minutes of eating a meal of rice and potato curry in the eastern state of Bihar on Tuesday, the children began to fall ill, a cook at the school at the center of the outbreak told Reuters from her hospital bed. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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