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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9718

6 August 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 19
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/india

05/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - EU Foreign Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner sent a message of support on Monday 4 August 2008 to Indian foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee after a stampede outside the Naina Devi temple in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh in India, which killed at least 145 pilgrims on Sunday 3 August who had gathered for a Hindu religious festival. 'It was with great sadness that I learned of the major accident at the Naina Devi shrine which claimed so many...