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DIED. KOOSE MUNISWAMY VEERAPPAN, 60, India's most-wanted bandit, in a jungle shootout with police; near Chennai, India. Regarded by the poor as a Robin Hood who fought the ruling classes on their behalf, he was accused of murdering 130 police officers, slaughtering elephants and smuggling illegal sandalwood and ivory. The outlaw, who lived in the forest, was reportedly lured to his death by his doctor, who talked him into an ambulance by telling him he needed eye surgery...
...DIED. KOOSE MUNISWAMY VEERAPPAN, 60, India's most wanted bandit; in a 20-minute jungle shootout with police; near Madras, India. Regarded by the country's poor as a Robin Hood who fought the rulers on their behalf, he was accused of murdering 130 forest officials and police officers, slaughtering 2,000 elephants, and smuggling millions of dollars' worth of illegal sandalwood and ivory. The outlaw, who lived in the forest, was ambushed after he was reportedly lured by disguised police into a makeshift ambulance, believing he was on his way to see a doctor for his ailing eyes...
...five of eight charges, is one of seven charged in the scandal; his sentence is the longest of the three imposed thus far. DIED. KOOSE MUNISWAMY VEERAPPAN, 60, India's most-wanted bandit; in a jungle shootout with police; near Chennai, India. Regarded by the poor as a Robin Hood who fought the ruling classes on their behalf, he was accused of murdering 130 police officers, slaughtering elephants and smuggling millions of dollars of illegal sandalwood and ivory. The outlaw, who lived in the forest, was reportedly lured to his death by his doctor, who talked him into an ambulance...
...shortfall in some of the numbers arises from the careful planning and coordination of the program’s activities according to Robin Herman, HSPH spokeswoman. She said there were time-consuming negotiations on logistics among HSPH, the U.S. government and the three other grant recipients—Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Catholic Relief Services and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation—before the program could operate at full capacity...
...Hana R. Alberts contributed to the reporting of this story. —Staff writer Daniel J. Hemel can be reached at hemel@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Robin M. Peguero can be reached at peguero@fas.harvard.edu...