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Privately, many senior leaders in the ruling Congress party had complained to their party president, Sonia Gandhi, that Chidambaram used unnecessarily provocative language when talking about the Maoists. But Singh refused to accept Chidambaram's offer to resign after the massacre. With the central government still debating how to deal with the Maoists, there is confusion on the ground about how to tackle the insurgency. Gill says it's time to rethink the entire strategy and criticizes Chidambaram for giving the go-ahead to a "flawed operation." (See pictures of India's turning points...
...leaders, is exactly the kind of spirit that appeals to Staten Islanders. He swept into office with 61% of the vote in 2008, in part because of the Democratic wave that year and in part because of the doings of Vito Fosella, his GOP predecessor. Fosella was forced to resign after news broke that he had a mistress and love child in Virginia. The Cook Political Report rates the district R+4, meaning it leans Republican. And with the GOP expected to make a strong nationwide comeback in congressional races this fall, McMahon - the first Democrat to represent the area...
...nationwide "Day of Anger" that agitators had hyped for weeks proved to be marked less by ire than by indifference. Organizers, miffed at the sputtering economy and rising prices, had hoped tens of thousands would show on March 20 to call for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to resign. But demonstrators in some cities numbered only in the hundreds. The state media, meanwhile, largely ignored the protests. The Kremlin was unmoved...
...Tens of thousands of Red Shirts have thronged Bangkok's government district since March 12 in increasingly virulent demonstrations demanding that current Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva step down and hold new elections. But red is also the color of blood, and in response to Abhisit's steadfast refusal to resign, the Red Shirts decided to shed their own. As dawn broke on March 16, hundreds lined up at medical tents, where nurses siphoned blood from their veins into 2-liter water bottles and juice jugs. The protesters then marched to Government House--the Prime Minister's official residence and office...
Calls for Holder to resign - coming now from Republicans like Lamar Alexander - aren't likely to move either the Attorney General or his boss. Holder says he won't budge, even if Obama eventually overrules his KSM decision. "I don't think it would have any impact on the relationship I have with him," Holder says. "I'm committed to making sure that he is as successful as he can be." For now, it seems Obama would say the same thing about Holder...