The America's Intelligence Wire articles from September 2008

The America's Intelligence Wire archives from September 2008

Protester raid video: See footage of the confrontation inside the "convergence space" building.
September 1, 2008... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Saint Paul Pioneer Press - Minnesota) Byline: Mara H. Gottfried The president of Communities United Against Police Brutality released a video today of the first seven and a half minutes of a raid...

Justin Morneau's 500th career RBI powers Twins rout.
September 1, 2008... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Saint Paul Pioneer Press - Minnesota) Byline: Phil Miller OAKLAND, Calif. -- Justin Morneau slugged a towering home run on Sunday to become the ninth Twin ever to accumulate 500 career RBIs, and...

Laboring longer a growing trend for Americans.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: DAVE CARPENTER Americans are changing the game plan for retirement, with millions laboring right past the traditional retirement age and working into their late 60s and beyond. While the average...

U.S. Open Results.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: DAVE CARPENTER Results Sunday from the U.S. Open (seedings in parentheses): Singles Men Third Round Nikolay Davydenko (5), Russia, def. Dmitry Tursunov (26), Russia, 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-3....

Ukraine fears becoming Russia's next target.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: OLGA BONDARUK and MARIA DANILOVA With Russian troops stationed deep in Georgia, fears run high that Ukraine may be the next victim of a Kremlin drive to reclaim dominance in the former Soviet Union. ...

EU leaders to assess fraying relations with Russia.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ROBERT WIELAARD European Union leaders seeking to punish Russia for its war with Georgia and its recognition of independence for two breakaway Georgian provinces have few options and are likely to choose...

Russia support for separatists could have ripples.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: PAISLEY DODDS Russia's conflict with Georgia and recognition of its small breakaway territories as independent states may have broad repercussions for separatist movements in the former Soviet sphere and...

Africans harness enthusiasm for Obama.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: EDWARD HARRIS The performers pounded on animal-skin drums, the singer howled praise for Barack Obama, and the audience of fist-bumping supporters of the U.S. presidential candidate joined in the chorus:...

Federer wants others to recall long stint as No. 1.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: HOWARD FENDRICH As if trying to remind himself and everyone else where he's been and where he's quite certain he'll return, Roger Federer thrust his right fist overhead and pointed skyward with his index...

Zimbabwe doctors' advice: Don't get sick.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ANGUS SHAW The advice of doctors to Zimbabweans is, don't get sick. If you do, don't count on hospitals _ they are short of drugs and functioning equipment. As the economy collapses, the laboratory at...

Global warming's toasty water connection to Gustav.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: SETH BORENSTEIN Global warming has probably made Hurricane Gustav a bit stronger and wetter, some top scientists said, but the specific connection between climate change and stronger hurricanes remains an...

Hurricane Gustav snarls Republican convention.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: STEVEN R. HURST Hurricane Gustav forced John McCain to rewrite carefully laid plans for the Republican convention and order a sharply abbreviated opening session Monday. Before McCain made the...

The Gulf Coast waits: Will it be another Katrina?
September 1, 2008... (From AP Online) Byline: STACEY PLAISANCE and BECKY BOHRER With a historic evacuation of 1.9 million people from the Louisiana coast complete, gun-toting police and National Guardsmen stood watch as rain started to fall on this city's...

8 sickened by chemical exposure at plant in Ill.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Online) Byline: JIM SUHR One of two Missouri hospital emergency rooms reopened Sunday, a day after being shut down under quarantine when eight people sickened by a dangerous chemical's release sought treatment. Price...

US Gulf Coast waits: Will it be another Katrina?
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: STACEY PLAISANCE and BECKY BOHRER With a historic evacuation complete, and gun-toting police and National Guardsmen standing watch over this city's empty streets, even presidential politics stood still...

Hurricane recovery confronts low literacy rate.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JOHN MORENO GONZALES Marsha Williams always hesitated when mail arrived from the government, but after Hurricane Katrina she began to fear the letters. One notice warned that her apartment building...

Sri Lanka's Tamils live in fear of security forces.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: RAVI NESSMAN People in the poor, mainly Tamil neighborhood in Colombo described it as a harrowing day. It was 5 a.m. on a Wednesday when police started knocking on doors. They searched hundreds of...

Suicide risks studied in drugs for physical ills.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Cody Miller was a high school football player who was allergic to ragweed. Douglas Briggs was a doctor coping with pain from an old back injury. Both are now dead, hanging...

Thai premier rejects lawmakers calls to step down.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: GRANT PECK Several Thai politicians at an extended parliamentary debate on how to end anti-government protests joined demonstrators occupying the prime minister's office in calling for his resignation, but...

Missing cleric roils Lebanon's Shiites years later.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: BASSEM MROUE For the rest of the world, the disappearance of the imam Moussa al-Sadr is probably at most a footnote in the checkered history of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. In 1978, the Lebanese Shiite...

EU and Georgia: awkward partners.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JIM HEINTZ Of all the countries that emerged from the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Georgia has followed the most chaotic path _ a long, lurching march of high expectations and abysmal...

Military halts offensive in Pakistan for Ramadan.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ZARAR KHAN Pakistan has suspended an operation against insurgents in a tribal region for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and a blast blamed on a missile reportedly killed four suspected foreign militants...

Mexican Football Results.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: STACEY PLAISANCE and BECKY BOHRER Results from the seventh round of Mexican Apertura football (home teams listed first): Saturday's Games Monterrey 2, Santos 0 Tecos 2, Toluca 2 Cruz...

China quake kills 27, destroys 180,000 homes.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: GILLIAN WONG Chinese rescue teams carrying tents, quilts and sacks of rice rushed to reach survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 27 people, turned tens of thousands of homes into rubble and...

Report: Detroit mayor's lawyers offered plea deal.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Online) Byline: COREY WILLIAMS Lawyers for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick have proposed a deal in which he would resign, plead guilty to two felonies, make restitution and serve five years' probation in exchange for avoiding...

Gustav destroys homes, sparks flooding in Cuba.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: WILL WEISSERT Hurricane Gustav smashed tens of thousands of homes, toppled trees and telephone poles and washed out roads in Cuba, but no deaths were reported Sunday as the massive storm roared away from...

UANL Tigers send America into deeper crisis.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: CARLOS RODRIGUEZ Midfielder Lucas Lobos scored twice and the UANL Tigers sent America into a deep crisis with a 3-1 win at Azteca Stadium in the Mexican league on Sunday. Blas Perez scored in the 26th...

Hundreds of thousands stranded by India floods.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: GAVIN RABINOWITZ Stranded by hundreds of miles of floodwaters and trapped on rooftops and trees, desperate villagers stormed rescue boats as they tried to escape the flooding that tore through a riverbank...

Thome, Floyd lead White Sox to win over Red Sox.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: GAVIN RABINOWITZ Jim Thome hit his 536th career homer, Gavin Floyd won his fifth straight decision and the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep in the...

Carey lifts Sun to 80-76 victory over Storm.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: GAVIN RABINOWITZ Jamie Carey hit a jumper with 2 minutes left and a pair of free throws in the closing seconds to lift the Connecticut Sun over the Seattle Storm 80-76 in a battle of WNBA conference...

Roddick OK with rowdy fans at US Open.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: GAVIN RABINOWITZ Andy Roddick is all for raucous, rowdy tennis fans. Just as long as they're quiet while a point is being played. The issue arose at the U.S. Open _ where, as it is, spectators...

Mexican leader meets anti-crime march organizers.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ALEXANDRA OLSON Moving quickly to address mounting anger over crime, President Felipe Calderon promised Sunday to adopt several proposals from civic groups who led more than 100,000 Mexicans in marches...

8 sickened by chemical exposure at US plant.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JIM SUHR One of two Missouri hospital emergency rooms reopened Sunday, a day after being shut down under quarantine when eight people sickened by a dangerous chemical's release sought treatment. Price...

Sabathia throws 1-hitter in Milwaukee's 7-0 win.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JIM SUHR CC Sabathia pitched a one-hitter in his latest dominating start, allowing only an infield single as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-0 in the National League on Sunday. ...

Junqueira rallies to finish 7th.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JIM SUHR Bruno Junqueira bounced back from an incident early in the Detroit Indy Grand Prix to earn his second top-10 finish of the season on Sunday. On the fourth lap, the Brazilian was sent to the...

China quake kills 32, destroys 258,000 homes.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: GILLIAN WONG Chinese rescue teams carrying tents, quilts and sacks of rice rushed to reach survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 32 people, turned tens of thousands of homes into rubble and...

Federer, Roddick win; Jankovic to US Open quarters.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: BEN WALKER Roger Federer looked every bit a champion and stayed perfect at the U.S. Open. Andy Roddick showed shades of winning form, too, on Sunday. No longer No. 1, Federer beat Radek Stepanek of...

Gustav destroys homes, sparks flooding in Cuba.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: WILL WEISSERT Hurricane Gustav smashed tens of thousands of homes, toppled trees and telephone poles and washed out roads in Cuba, but no deaths were reported Sunday as the massive storm roared away from...

Afghan commission: US troops were fired on first.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JASON STRAZIUSO An Afghan army commander said U.S. and Afghan troops were fired on first from a village in western Afghanistan where a government investigative commission says scores of civilians were...

Onstad gets 5 saves in 2-1 Houston win.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JASON STRAZIUSO The Houston Dynamo came from a goal down to beat the Chicago Fire 2-1 and increase its lead in the Western Conference of Major League Soccer on Sunday. Houston fell behind in the fifth...

Obama deals gently with Palin on equal pay issue.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: CHARLES BABINGTON Barack Obama seems to have only one problem with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for vice president: She holds the same positions as John McCain, the Republican...

Delhi residents oppose waste-burning power plant.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: MUNEEZA NAQVI India's capital has a lot of garbage and far too little power. This is a city where many neighborhoods go without power for hours every day and where enormous piles of garbage mix with...

The Gulf Coast waits: Will it be another Katrina?
September 1, 2008... (From AP Online) Byline: STACEY PLAISANCE and BECKY BOHRER With a historic evacuation of nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast complete, gun-toting police and National Guardsmen stood watch as rain started to fall on this...

The Gulf Coast waits: Will it be another Katrina?
September 1, 2008... (From AP Online) Byline: STACEY PLAISANCE and BECKY BOHRER With a historic evacuation of nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast complete, gun-toting police and National Guardsmen stood watch as rain started to fall on this...

All Blacks captain McCaw to miss Samoa test.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: STACEY PLAISANCE and BECKY BOHRER New Zealand captain Richie McCaw will miss Wednesday's one-off rugby test against Samoa because of a rib injury, team officials said Monday. McCaw, who suffered the...

Sluman shoots 5-under 67 to win First Tee Open.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: STACEY PLAISANCE and BECKY BOHRER Jeff Sluman won the First Tee Open for his second Champions Tour victory by closing with a 5-under 67 at Pebble Beach for a five-stroke victory over Fuzzy Zoeller and...

Hurricane Gustav snarls Republican convention.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: STEVEN R. HURST Hurricane Gustav forced John McCain to rewrite carefully laid plans for the Republican convention and order a sharply abbreviated opening session for Monday. Before McCain made the...

Venezuela: No anti-drugs pact with US.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER Venezuela on Sunday rejected U.S. requests to resume cooperation in the war on drugs, insisting it has made progress despite an alleged fourfold gain in the amount of Colombian...

The Gulf Coast waits: Will it be another Katrina?
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: STACEY PLAISANCE and BECKY BOHRER With a historic evacuation of nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast complete, gun-toting police and National Guardsmen stood watched as rain started to fall on...

Saipan objects to Bush marine protection plan.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: STACEY PLAISANCE and BECKY BOHRER The territorial government of the Northern Mariana Islands is clashing with the Bush administration and conservationists who want to protect the ocean surrounding several...

Magnitude 5.8 quake hits central NZ, no damage.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: STEVEN R. HURST A moderate magnitude 5.8 earthquake rattled New Zealand's central North Island on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury. The quake hit at 1:21 p.m. (0121 GMT)...

The Gulf Coast waits: Will it be another Katrina?
September 1, 2008... (From AP Online) Byline: STACEY PLAISANCE and BECKY BOHRER With a historic evacuation of nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast complete, gun-toting police and National Guardsmen stood watch as rain started to fall on this...

The Gulf Coast waits: Will it be another Katrina?
September 1, 2008... (From AP Online) Byline: STACEY PLAISANCE and BECKY BOHRER With a historic evacuation of nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast complete, gun-toting police and National Guardsmen stood watch as rain started to fall on this...

Nearly 600,000 join quake drill in Japan.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: SHINO YUASA Nearly 600,000 people across Japan took part in an annual earthquake drill Monday on the 85th anniversary of a killer temblor that flattened Tokyo, a Cabinet official said. Prime Minister...

Sabathia throws 1-hitter in Milwaukee's 7-0 win.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: SHINO YUASA CC Sabathia pitched a one-hitter in his latest dominating start, allowing only an infield single as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-0 in the National League on Sunday. ...

Burning Man festival nears end in Nevada desert.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: SHINO YUASA The party is drawing to a close at the annual Burning Man festival on the northern Nevada desert. Participants in the eclectic art and music event had planned to burn more artwork Sunday...

The Gulf Coast waits: Will it be another Katrina?
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: STACEY PLAISANCE and BECKY BOHRER With a historic evacuation of nearly 2 million people from the Louisiana coast complete, gun-toting police and National Guardsmen stood watched as rain started to fall on...

Microsoft considers slashing Japan Xbox 360 prices.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: YURI KAGEYAMA Microsoft may slash the prices of the Xbox 360 video game consoles in Japan, an intensely competitive market where the U.S. software company has long been struggling against formidable rivals...

Xinhua: Chinese cop killer gets death penalty.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: YURI KAGEYAMA A Shanghai court has ordered the death penalty for a man convicted of killing six policemen and hurting four others in a knife attack at a police station, the official Xinhua News Agency said...

American Heart Journals Publishes Results From ERATO Trial Showing Dronedarone (Multaq(R)) Improves Ventricular Rate Control in Patients With Permanent Atrial Fibrillation.
September 1, 2008... (From Canada Newswire) MONTPELLIER, France , Sept. 1 /CNW/ - The ERATO study published today in the American Heart Journal demonstrated, for the first time in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation, that dronedarone (Multaq(R))...

Service union vice president steps down amid probe.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Online) An executive vice president of the Service Employees International Union has stepped aside in the midst of financial probes, and her ex-boyfriend was told to repay tens of thousands of dollars in union funds, the Los...

Djokovic gets past Cilic to reach Open's 4th round.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic has reached the fourth round of the U.S. Open with a tougher-than-expected victory over 30th-seeded Marin Cilic. Djokovic needed nearly four hours to get past Cilic 6-7 (7),...

Oil rises in Asia as Gustav poised to hit US.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ALEX KENNEDY Oil prices rose Monday in Asia to above US$116 a barrel on expectations Hurricane Gustav will damage drilling and refining operations as it approaches the Louisiana coast. Light, sweet...

First Uranium enters into exclusive agency agreement with Traxys to market and contract future uranium production.
September 1, 2008... (From Canada Newswire) Byline: ALEX KENNEDY All amounts are in US dollars unless otherwise noted. TORONTO and JOHANNESBURG , Sept. 1 /CNW/ - First Uranium Corporation (TSX:FIU, JSE:FUM) (ISIN:CA33744R1029) ("First Uranium" or "the...

Putting Pedal To The Metal.
September 1, 2008... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tampa Tribune, Fla) Byline: Marc Lancaster Updated: 23 min. ago ST. PETERSBURG -- For all the heavy hitting the Rays did during the weekend to accumulate a club-record offensive output...

Grothe Looking Forward To UCF.
September 1, 2008... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tampa Tribune, Fla) Byline: Brett McMurphy TAMPA -- University of South Florida QB Matt Grothe said he was just being honest -- albeit brutally honest. Following last year's 64-12 victory...

Babies' 1st Year Flies By.
September 1, 2008... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tampa Tribune, Fla) Byline: Geoff Fox WESLEY CHAPEL -- The first year was a blur. For Ben and Karoline Byler, parents of Florida's first surviving sextuplets, who turn 1 today, the past 12...

EDITORIAL: When Brain Power Meets Political Power.
September 1, 2008... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tampa Tribune, Fla) Byline: Geoff Fox The word "earmark" conjures up images of an Alaskan bridge to nowhere and a billion-dollar Boston tunnel mired in muck. But properly done, earmarks create...

Roster Moves Build Flexibility For The Stretch Drive.
September 1, 2008... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tampa Tribune, Fla) Byline: Marc Lancaster ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays recalled speedy OF Fernando Perez from Durham on Sunday night in a brief flurry of moves designed to set up their roster for...

Attention Quickly Turns To Miami.
September 1, 2008... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tampa Tribune, Fla) Byline: Mick Elliott GAINESVILLE -- Well, that didn't take long. Within minutes after the Florida Gators opened their season Saturday by running roughshod over the Hawaii...

Universities Enroll Fewer Blacks.
September 1, 2008... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tampa Tribune, Fla) Byline: Adam Emerson TAMPA -- Last year, several public universities in Florida could tout a growing number of minorities in their student bodies. In many cases, however,...

Jackson Gives Bucs Happy Returns.
September 1, 2008... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tampa Tribune, Fla) Byline: Roy Cummings UPDATED: 28 MIN. AGO TAMPA -- Micheal Spurlock made history last year. Now the only Buccaneer to return a kick for a touchdown is history. Dexter...

Powerful Panthers Want To 3-Peat.
September 1, 2008... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tampa Tribune, Fla) Byline: Nick Williams UPDATED: 29 MIN. AGO TAMPA -- In 2005, the Plant High volleyball team saw an early exit from the postseason after being eliminated in the regional...

EDITORIAL: To Get Factory Jobs Back, U.S. Must Solve Health-Care Crisis.
September 1, 2008... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tampa Tribune, Fla) Byline: Nick Williams It's hard to find a pony in the pile of sky-high oil prices, given the inflationary impact on the price of everything. But consider this: With oil...

Lecavalier Thinks He'll Be Set For Season Opener.
September 1, 2008... (From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Tampa Tribune, Fla) Byline: Erik Erlendsson BRANDON -- As the days before reporting for Lightning training camp continue to dwindle, Vinny Lecavalier is hoping he'll be able to suit up when the...

Nevada governor chides Forest Service over fire.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Online) Byline: MARTIN GRIFFITH Nevada's governor has criticized a U.S. Forest Service decision to let a wildfire burn unchecked for two weeks, allowing it to "get out of control." A lightening-caused fire that ignited...

Military halts offensive in Pakistan for Ramadan.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ZARAR KHAN Pakistan's military suspended fighting in the country's volatile northwest Monday for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as some of the 300,000 displaced by air strikes and gunbattles started...

Dalai Lama discharged from Indian hospital.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: ZARAR KHAN The Dalai Lama's spokesman says the Tibetan spiritual leader has been discharged from the hospital where he has been undergoing tests for abdominal discomfort. Tenzin Takla says the Dalai...

Qantas review finds problems with maintenance.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: KRISTEN GELINEAU Australia's aviation agency on Monday ordered Qantas Airways to improve its maintenance system following a review prompted by a series of safety problems that have plagued the airline in...

NATO predicts false civilian death claims.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: JASON STRAZIUSO Saying it received information from a "reliable source," NATO said insurgents may be planning to falsely claim that international military forces killed up to 70 civilians in southern...

Federer, Djokovic, Roddick win at US Open.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: BEN WALKER Roger Federer looked every bit a champion and stayed perfect at the U.S. Open. Andy Roddick showed shades of winning form, too, on Sunday. No longer No. 1, Federer beat Radek Stepanek of...

U.S. Open Seeds Fared.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: BEN WALKER How the seeds fared Saturday at the U.S. Open: Men Third Round Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Radek Stepanek (28), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Novak Djokovic (3),...

US Open at a glance.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: BEN WALKER A look at Sunday's play at the U.S. Open: WEATHER: Sunny and warm with low humidity. High of 85 F (30 C). ATTENDANCE: Day: 37,180. Night: 23,763. Total: 60,943. MEN'S SEEDED...

India rushes doctors to flood victims.
September 1, 2008... (From AP Worldstream) Byline: GAVIN RABINOWITZ Indian authorities rushed doctors and medical equipment to flood-devastated northern India on Monday in a bid to ward off outbreaks of disease among the hundreds of thousands of victims...