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Top guard for Miss World

Monday 07 October 1996 23:02 BST
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Top guard for Miss World

The Miss World beauty contest in India next month will be guarded by crack commandos and around 1,000 policemen, the police chief in Bangalore said. The leader of a populist group had threatened to set alight the show's venue, and activists from the Mahila Jagarna (Forum to Awaken Women) have threatened that one of the group will commit suicide on each of the 17 days leading up to the pageant, on 23 November. Reuter - Bangalore

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