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  • Coconuts removed in India ahead of Obama visit

    11/03/2010 2:19:28 PM PDT · by Responsibility2nd · 90 replies
    BBC ^ | 11/03/2010 | Prachi Pinglay
    Officials in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) have taken extraordinary measures to protect US President Barack Obama ahead of his visit. In their effort to provide maximum security in the run-up to his visit on Friday, they have removed coconuts which may fall on his head from trees. All coconuts around the city's Gandhi museum have now been cut down, an official told the BBC. Every year in India people are injured or even killed by falling coconuts. 'Why take a chance?' Mani Bhavan, where Mahatma Gandhi stayed during his freedom struggle against the British, is among five places...