4/16/08

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Several women from the polygamist retreat raided more than a week ago defended their lifestyle Wednesday in an exclusive interview with FOX News, calling it "a wonderful pure life," and saying government officials deceived them when they raided the ranch where they live.
Six women from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints spoke to FOX News from the ranch in Eldorado, Texas, raided April 3 by government officials as part of a wide-ranging abuse investigation.
The women, who would only give their first names, told FOX News that the allegations have "no foundation."
"We want the world to know the truth," said Ada, one of the women from the ranch.
A bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a canal in western India on Wednesday, killing at least 44 children and three adults, police said.
Rescuers pulled four surviving children from the 20-foot deep canal but several bodies remained missing.
The accident occurred in Vadodara, about 55 miles southwest of Ahmedabad, Gujarat's main city.The state-owned public bus was carrying more than 60 children and some passengers from three villages in the region, officials added.