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Summary Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare called off his hunger strike on Wednesday after two days.
However, he threatened to begin a civil disobedience campaign that would fill the countrys jails.Today I will break the fast, Hazare told supporters. We will discuss the future strategy to launch our fight against corruption.Hazare began his fast on Tuesday to demand that the government re-draft a new anti-corruption bill that he and his supporters had rejected as weak and ineffectual.The bill, creating an ombudsman tasked with identifying and prosecuting corrupt public officials, was adopted by the lower house of parliament late Tuesday. --AFP
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