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Thu, 01/07/2010 - 08:01
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Incident 2

Sharma said the meeting would probably be held soon,
however no date or time has been decided.
Meanwhile, Australia said it will cooperate with the
family of Garg and expedite the process of returning his body
back home, terming any delay in the process as "unfortunate".
Acting Foreign Minister Simon Crean said: "We are going
to try and cooperate with the family as expeditiously if we
can to return the remains, the body, to his home".
Asked why it took almost two days, following Garg's
murder, for government officials to contact his family in
India, Crean said: "I think it's unfortunate if it did take
that length of time".
Garg was brutally stabbed to death while he was walking
to restaurant chain Hungary's Jack, where he worked part time.
A series of cases of attacks on Indians, particularly
students in Australia, were reported last year straining
bilateral ties.
An official document recently said that the incidents had
led to a 20 per cent drop in enrolment of Indian students this
year, causing substantial loss in revenue for Australia.
Australian officials have cautioned against immediately
believing that a race angle was involved in the Garg's murder
pending the investigation.
Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard unreservedly
condemned the attack stating: "We are an accepting, tolerant,
multicultural nation".
Krishna had said attacks on Indians in Melbourne were
causing "deep anger" and the latest killing, "certainly will
have some bearing on bilateral ties". PTI

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