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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits survivors of ethnic riots that killed 53

India's prime minister promised on Saturday to help hundreds of thousands of survivors of brutal ethnic rioting in the country's remote northeast that killed at least 53 people.Manmohan Singh flew to Kokrajhar district, one of the worst affected by the clashes between ethnic Bodos and Muslim settlers in Assam state, and met with people in two relief camps in the area's main city.Singh called the fighting "a blot" on the country and promised the families of those killed 200,000 rupees ($3,600) in compensation.The killing of four Bodo men last week sparked the violence. While the rioting is now mostly under control, thousands of troops continue to patrol the districts of Kokrajhar, Dibrugarh and Chirang. Night curfews are also in place in several areas.The fighting forced about 400,000 people to flee their homes in western Assam. Thousands of wood and thatch houses have been razed to the ground.The government has set up about 270 camps to house the survivors.The clashes between Bodos and...

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