NEW DELHI Wholesale College Hats , Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Over 170 children in three schools were taken ill after consuming contaminated meal in India's eastern state of Odisha, officials said Friday.
More than 50 students of a residential school in Malkangiri district fell ill Friday morning after consuming breakfast that reportedly was laced with phenyl.
The government-run school houses children from low income and socially backward sections.
"Students complained of stomach pain and vomiting after taking breakfast," an official said. "The children were taken to nearby medical facility."
A local media report said flattened rice bags meant for students had apparently come in contact with phenyl that had been spilled on the floor.
This was the third incident of food poisoning in the last 24 hours.
On Thursday 120 students were taken ill at Kalahandi and Gajapati districts after eating mid-day meal served to them.
"The children are undergoing treatment in the hospitals," the official said.
Free Mid-Day Meal Scheme was launched in India by the government some years back to tackle hunger and boost attendance in the government-run primary schools.
In 2013, at least 22 children died and dozens more were taken ill after eating lunch at a school in Bihar state.
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GAZA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Rival Hamas movement and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Fatah Party agreed on Sunday to reconcile, form a unity government soon and prepare for the general parliamentary and presidential elections Wholesale College Hoodies , an official Hamas statement said.
"Hamas dissolves the administrative committee and invites the consensus government of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah to come to the Gaza Strip immediately to practice its missions and carry out its duties," said Hamas statement issued from Cairo on Sunday predawn.
Hamas agreed to dissolve the administrative committee it had formed in March last year to run the daily affairs in the Gaza Strip, the coastal enclave that Hamas has been ruling since it had violently taken control of it in the summer of 2007.
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On Friday, Abbas brought an official Fatah delegation to Cairo to join the reconciliation dialogue that Egypt has been sponsoring, before which Abbas chaired a meeting for Palestine Liberation organization executive committee in Ramallah.
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Last presidential elections were held in 2005 and legislative elections in 2006.
It also said that Hamas movement is ready to response to the Egyptian invitation to resume the dialogue soon with Fatah Party on the mechanisms of the full implementation of Cairo Reconciliation Agreement that was reached between the two sides in May 2011.
"Hamas agreed to start the dialogue with Fatah movement on the formation of a Palestinian unity government in the framework of a comprehensive dialogue that includes other Palestinian factions and political powers who also signed in 2011 Cairo agreement," said the Hamas statement.
In May 2011, President Mahmoud Abbas and former Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal signed in Cairo a reconciliation agreement that included the formation of a unity government that prepares for general elections within six months; however Wholesale Clemson Tigers Hats , the two sides failed to implement it immediately.
The failure was due to deep differences on handing security control to the Palestinian Authority, where the two sides kept trading accusations on who is the party that hinders and blocks the implementation of the agreement until April 2014.
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Trade of accusations and disagreements went deeper between the two sides, until Hamas formed the committee to run Gaza and accused the consensus government and Abbas of turning their backs on the Gaza Strip.
Forming the committee outraged Abbas and urged him to carry out punitive measures against Gaza.