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British Toddler Improving After Barman Accidentally Serves Cleaning Fluid-OJ Cocktail

Summary:
NICOSIA, Cyprus — A British toddler who became critically ill after a hotel barman in Cyprus accidentally mixed cleaning fluid in her orange juice has shown signs of improvement, doctors said Tuesday. The director of the children's ward at Nicosia's Makarios Hospital said the 2-year-old girl showed a slight improvement that enabled doctors to take her off a respirator. "We'll know by tomorrow if we're well on the road to recovery that would allow us to gauge the extent of damage to her internal organs," Dr. Andreas Hadjidemetriou told AP. The toddler, who was on holiday with her parents at the southern coastal resort of Limassol, suffered internal burns Saturday after sipping the orange juice laced with cleaning fluid, police said in a statement. The child's 55-year-old father had ordered water-diluted orange juice from the hotel barman. Police said it was unclear how the poison got into the drink, but it appeared the barman may have confused a refilled water bottle containing the colorless, odorless cleaning fluid for water. The father was also treated in hospital after drinking some of the orange juice and later released, police said.
Opinion: This is terribly sad, and makes me feel bad both the child, and the bartender. What guilt he must have! My goodness, what kind of person would leave cleaning fluid out in a water bottle, that just asking for trouble. I hope that the bartender is not punished for the accident, and I hope the girl makes a full recovery.


Police Arrest 6 College Teachers for Alleged Rape of Student in Western India

Summary: AHMADABAD, India — An 18-year-old student accused six of her college tutors of rape in western India, police said Tuesday after arresting the suspects.The young woman said the six men had raped her several times in the past four months on the campus of the Primary Teacher's Training College in Patan, Gujarat state, local superintendent of police Raghvendra Vats said. The men were arrested Monday but not charged, and a court ordered them to be held for seven days while police investigated the allegations, Vats said. The victim also claimed the teachers photographed her using mobile phone cameras and threatened her with dire consequences if she told anyone about the attacks, Vats said without elaborating. More than 90 female students have complained to the college principal about sexual harassment at the school, but this was the first formal complaint against teaching staff, he said. College principal K.T. Poraniya was not available for comment Tuesday. As news of the rape and molestation claims spread across the campus Monday, angry students and their families went on a rampage and attacked the accused teachers and damaged furniture, local media reported. Sexual abuse and rape are often taboo subjects in conservative India and experts say such crimes often go unreported because of the shame associated with them.
Opinion: Okay so 90 people have complained! I would think that if 90 separate people complain abut the same thing, there is something to be worried about! I don’t agree with the riot thing that broke out in the school, with the angry student, that is completely crazy and wrong, it just makes them look stupid and unworthy of any attention.