Word: firestorm
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...current political firestorm started as Varun was preparing to make his political debut in India's general elections, which are now less than three weeks away. The young man seemed to be consciously raising one of the most controversial episodes in modern India's history: Indira Gandhi's Emergency Rule from 1975-1977, when she - with Sanjay as her chief advisor - ran the country on authoritarian lines, ruling by decree. One of those edicts led to forced sterilization to deal with India's then huge population growth rate. Varun Gandhi allegedly referred to it in his virulent rallies...
...wake of the firestorm provoked by Chacón's announcement last week, the Spanish government has attempted to recover from its bungle. Although the minister originally announced that Spanish troops would be home by August, Zapatero's office has since adjusted that estimate, emphasizing that the withdrawal will be gradual, and may take as long as 18 months. Bernardino León, secretary general of the office of the Prime Minister, who was sent to Washington on Friday in an attempt to smooth things over, recognized that the State Department's reaction "could have been avoided" if Spain...
...Pope has recently generated a media firestorm by questioning the effectiveness of rubbers in fighting STDs. And now, the director of Harvard's AIDS Prevention Research Project has got the pontiff's back. So what's a college student on Spring Break to do? Is this the end of awkward banana demonstrations in middle school? FlyBy has your answer, after the jump...
...Geithner, who was overseeing the AIG rescue effort with the Federal Reserve, says he had no idea until March 10 that more bonuses were in the pipeline for AIG FP. The President found out two days later, igniting an internal firestorm of White House indignation as officials scrambled to stem the public-relations damage. And now both the White House and Congress are determined to limit the pay packets of executives of any company that is getting TARP money or other government assistance...
...After the firestorm over bonuses at AIG (AIG), all programs to keep total compensation for bankers high are going to get a government rebuke. The AIG incident has made it almost impossible for the Administration to allow any Wall St compensation that appears excessive to be used to retain bankers. (Read "Obama's Challenge: Containing the AIG Bonus Outrage...