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...historically low unemployment. Even his tuition-fee bill is more generous to students from poorer backgrounds than the current system. And while Kelly's death was tragic, the evidence given to Hutton also shows he was no paragon: he did not tell the whole truth to his bosses or Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee about his contacts with reporters, and gave conflicting views about the integrity of the government's dossier on Iraqi WMD. But Blair has two vulnerabilities he cannot shake off. One is Iraq. He demanded his party back him in a war that many of his M.P.s...
...have been found to be siphoning off dangerous amounts of ground water, polluting what ground water does remain with untreated chemicals, and in one case, stealing government subsidized electricity intended for farmers. On top of that, recent tests have found traces of pesticide in Indian bottles of Coke. Indian Parliament has begun to investigate the source and the effects of the pesticides and has banned Coke from its cafeteria...
...emerges as the second-biggest party in Parliament when the Congress party, which has governed India almost exclusively since independence, suffers its worst-ever election setback. Under Vajpayee, the BJP takes power for 13 days but fails to form a stable coalition...
...peace summit at Agra between Vajpayee and President Musharraf collapses. In December, Pakistani militants attack the Indian Parliament complex in New Delhi, ratcheting up tensions...
...Atal Bihari Vajpayee, India's Hindu-nationalist Prime Minister. "It doesn't matter if a man is Hindu or Muslim, it only matters if he gets his work done," says Ayub. "And Atal Bihari has done his work." He points out that Vajpayee, who represents Lucknow in India's Parliament, has broadened the city's roads and improved the standard of living. But didn't Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rise to prominence by demanding the construction of a Hindu temple at the site of a mosque in Ayodhya, thereby creating the worst rift between Muslims and Hindus...