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A 23-year-old Indian businessman on Tuesday said he would sell one of his kidneys to anyone who needed a transplant in order to afford to travel to the Cricket World Cup. Tarun Sharma even repeated threats made to several national newspapers to kill himself if he did not find takers for one of his two kidneys.

Cold weather across northern and eastern India has killed at least 80 people in the past week, forcing authorities to close schools and colleges and deliver firewood to the homeless, officials said on Friday. Bangladesh said on Thursday at least 56 people, mostly beggars and homeless, had died during the same cold snap this week.