|
Gandhi says she won't be prime minister
|
NEW DELHI -- Sonia Gandhi said Tuesday she would "humbly decline"
to be the next prime minister of India, a decision that stunned her
supporters and followed Hindu nationalist outrage over the prospect
of a foreign-born woman leading the nation.
Gandhi, an Italian who became an Indian citizen 21 years ago when
she married former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, did not say whom she
would nominate for the post. The favorite appeared to be Manmohan
Singh, the architect of India's economic li...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
 "The Independent (London, England)")
|
Fear of Gandhi government prompts record market fall.(Foreign News)
The Independent (London, England)
; Byline: Jeremy Copeland in Delhi THE CONGRESS Party leader, Sonia Gandhi, will be sworn in as Prime Minister of India tomorrow, but an economic crisis is developing as it becomes clear she will have to lead a minority administration. Mrs Gandhi, 57, is due to meet the Indian President A P J ...
|
|
What would Gandhi say?
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
; RIVERSIDE - The grandson of famed 20th century pacifist Mohandas Gandhi talked to a capacity audience at UC Riverside on Friday night about how his ... invasion of Iraq by the United States was "a costly blunder," said Rajmohan Gandhi, a professor at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Gandhi said ...
|
|
Grandson gives idea of what Gandhi would say
The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.
; ... century pacifist Mohandas Gandhit alked to a capacity audience ... blunder," said Rajmohan Gandhi, a professor at the University ... Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Gandhi said his grandfather would ... Hussein. He said Mohandas Gandhi would have found it wrong ... device. Asked why Mohandas Gandhi's ...
|
|
S. Asia struts on UN catwalk; Blue turbans. Dark suits. Cropped beards. Each is designed to send important signals.(WORLD)
The Christian Science Monitor
; ... Christian Science Monitor NEW DELHI -- As India's new prime minister, Manmohan Singh steps up to the podium this week ... Sunaina Suneja, a fashion designer in New Delhi, won't be hanging on Mr. Singh's every word. Instead, she will be looking at his clothes. Here in India ... cotton clothes - ...
|
|
Mrs. Netanyahu's Kitchen Cabinet
Jerusalem Post
; ... Orbaum Jerusalem Post 06-14-1996 The new prime minister sat in his cozy brown chair. It's just ... up straight. And change your tie, a prime minister doesn't wear yellow. You ate breakfast ... vegetables I paid full price for? There she goes, they'd say, tough but fair. The ... need me. When that ...
|
