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NEW DELHI Reuters - A self-styled Gandhian activist whose campaign against corruption sparked some of India's biggest anti-government protests in decades will end a 13-day hunger strike Sunday after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh caved in to his demands.

India anti-graft activist to end fast after government Reuters 2011

Last month, he used a 13-day hunger strike to get his way for legislation to create this watchdog.

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Gandhian social activist Anna Hazare called off his 13-day hunger strike after the Indian government pledged that the anticorruption legislation it is drafting would address several of his demands.

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NEW DELHI Reuters - A self-styled Gandhian activist whose campaign against corruption sparked some of India's biggest anti-government protests in decades will end a 13-day hunger strike Sunday after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh caved in to his demands.

India anti-graft activist to end fast after government Reuters 2011

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Astronaut José Hernández is currently orbiting the Earth as part of a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station, and he is twittering while he is on the 13-day mission.

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Harish Tyagi/European Pressphoto Agency Millions of Indians rallied behind anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare as he went on a 13-day hunger strike in August to press the government to pass the Lokpal Bill, which calls for the creation of a powerful anticorruption ombudsman.

Indian Politics in 2011 2011

Harish Tyagi/European Pressphoto Agency Millions of Indians rallied behind anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare as he went on a 13-day hunger strike in August to press the government to pass the Lokpal Bill, which calls for the creation of a powerful anticorruption ombudsman.

Indian Politics in 2011 2011

Harish Tyagi/European Pressphoto Agency Millions of Indians rallied behind anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare as he went on a 13-day hunger strike in August to press the government to pass the Lokpal Bill, which calls for the creation of a powerful anticorruption ombudsman.

Indian Politics in 2011 2011

Anna Hazare called off his 13-day hunger strike after the Indian government pledged that legislation it is drafting would address several of the activist's demands to crack down on graft.

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