Indian govt takes up Big Brother "racism" with UK
India asked Britain on Wednesday to check whether
race laws had been broken in the reported bullying of Indian film
star Shilpa Shetty on a British reality TV show as her admirers
burned effigies of the alleged abusers.
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Pressure mounts on Olmert to resign over lebanon war failures
Defense Minister Amir Peretz defied calls to
resign and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ignored them after the Israeli
army chief of staff stepped down over the military's failure to stop
Hezbollah rocket attacks from Lebanon last summer.
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US Congress turns up heat in battle with Bush on Iraq
Democrats are flexing their congressional muscle
to try to thwart President George W. Bush's plan to temporarily
boost troop levels in Iraq, which the White House insists will go
ahead.
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