Monsoon

1 US Dollar - 50 Rupees

Average monthly wage of an uneducated worker in Kolkata - 2000 Rupees

1 liter of the local moonshine and the first monsoon shower after the sweltering summer - priceless

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Poland mourns air tragedy victims

Poland has launched a week of national mourning, following the devastating plane crash in Russia that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife as well as several other top-ranking officials. Ninety-six people were killed after the aircraft crashed near the airport in the Russian city of Smolensk. The Polish officials were there to mark the 70th anniversary of a massacre of Polish officers in Katyn.

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