When John Walton, an heir to the Wal-Mart retail family's fortune, was killed in a plane crash last month, the story was reported in many Indian newspapers, along with details of his life. India's somewhat insular press does not usually dwell in much detail on any but the most important foreign news; but attention these days is focused sharply on Wal-Mart, thanks to its well-publicised efforts to break into India's retail sector, long closed to outsiders.
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