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2007-02-21 India-Pakistan

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Posted by Fred 2007-02-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Didn't "American Idol" come from Germany originally?

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2007-02-21 00:31|| 2007-02-21 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 These are hardly "rebels".

They are citizens of a foreign country that enter India to kill its citizens.

The LeT is a Pakistani terror group that recruits from Punjabi and Pashtun areas.

Posted by John Frum 2007-02-21 06:08|| 2007-02-21 06:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Hundreds of young people have ignored militant threats in Indian-administered Kashmir and auditioned for the popular television show Indian Idol.

A large number of girls were among those who turned out for the auditions in the state capital, Srinagar.

Indian Idol, based on the popular UK programme Pop Idol, has run for two years but this is the first time auditions have been held in Srinagar.

Militants called the Sony TV programme vulgar and against traditional values.

Posted by John Frum 2007-02-21 17:38|| 2007-02-21 17:38|| Front Page Top

#4 A number of candidates who failed in the auditions, performed before media people outside the convention centre.

Among them was Saima who was ruled ineligible for being under-aged.

She was accompanied by her burqa-clad grandmother, who said she was keen for the young girl to join the contest.

Many Kashmiris have been emboldened to join the singing contest after a young man from downtown Srinagar, Kazi Tauqeer, won a music contest on another show on Sony TV last year.

Posted by John Frum 2007-02-21 17:39|| 2007-02-21 17:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Didn't "American Idol" come from Germany originally?

If that's true, they shouldn't be allowed to continue as a nation state. I'd drop a Morgenthal on 'em.

Posted by Shipman 2007-02-21 23:33|| 2007-02-21 23:33|| Front Page Top

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