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India media condemn vote 'taint'
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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NEW DELHI, India (CNN) President George W. Bush called India's prime minister Thursday to push a proposed nuclear partnership that sparked an unsuccessful no-confidence vote against the Indian leader this week, a White House spokesman said. (article 3)
The phone call took place two days after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh narrowly survived the no-confidence vote in the lower house of Parliament. (article 3)
The Indian government survived a confidence vote in Parliament on Tuesday evening, paving the way for India to seal a landmark nuclear agreement with the United States. (article 4)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who initiated the confidence motion, won 275 votes, while his opponents secured 256 votes, and 11 members abstained. (article 4)
India's communists and several other opposition parties have launched a joint campaign over rising prices and a controversial nuclear deal with the US. (article 5)
The government motion received 275 votes with 256 against, Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said, hours after adjourning the debate amid claims of vote buying. (article 6)
The normally reticent Prime Minister Manmohan Singh beamed and loudly thumped the wooden desk as Speaker Somnath Chatterjee read the results that gave his ruling coalition a 19-vote victory in a confidence vote necessitated by the withdrawal of support by its communist allies. (article 8)
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India, Nuclear, vote, Singh, Parliament |
Source articles
- Times Online (timesonline.co.uk, 07/23/2008, 421 words)
- Indian government survives confidence vote (L.A. Times, 07/23/2008, 780 words)
- Bush calls Indian PM to push nuke deal (CNN, 07/24/2008, 423 words)
- Indian Government Survives Confidence Vote (nytimes.com, 07/23/2008, 888 words)
- New opposition alliance in India (BBC News, 07/23/2008, 500 words)
- Indian government survives vote (BBC News, 07/22/2008, 661 words)
- Ugly Indian debate sets scene for election (BBC News, 07/22/2008, 555 words)
- Cheers as Indian government wins vote (BBC News, 07/22/2008, 811 words)
- India media condemn vote 'taint' (BBC News, 07/23/2008, 841 words)
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