"Some of them squatted on the road and refused to leave. We had to lift them bodily so that traffic is not halted for long."
--Indian Police Commissioner Sharat Chandra Burman on women protesting the Miss World Competition, which is being held in India this year. Members of a militant Indian women's group have threatened to commit suicide on the day of the finale. A 25-year-old protestor died Thursday after setting himself on fire.
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