| SCARLETT
JOHANSSON TO HELP OXFAM IN INDIA |
 Actress
Scarlett Johansson has joined international agency Oxfam in the fight
against poverty following a life-changing trip to India and Sri Lanka.
During her ten-day visit, Scarlett learned how investing in education
and basic health-care are vital to saving lives and lifting millions
of poor families out of poverty. She also met Indian women who’ve
survived domestic violence and Tsunami survivors in Sri Lanka. 
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| EARN
UK CITIZENSHIP WITH COMMUNITY WORK SAYS BROWN |
 Immigrants
will not be granted permanent British citizenship unless they undertake
community work and prove they are in tune with British values, said
Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown. "It is time to end
the situation where citizenship is granted through 24 questions on
life in the UK that last for 45 minutes," Brown told reporters
on Tuesday.
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| HUSBAND
ARRESTED IN NISHA PATEL-NASRI MURDER |
 The
Lebanese husband of a British Indian special police constable Nisha
Patel-Nasri has been arrested for her murder. Fadi Nasri, 33, who
runs a limousine business, was held on suspicion of murder in north
London on Tuesday (27 February 2007), according to local reports.
His wife, died after being stabbed in the leg outside her home in
Wembley on May 11 2006.
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| JADE
GOODY SAYS SORRY TO INDIA |
 Disgraced
'Big Brother' TV contestant Jade Goody, accused of making racist slurs
against Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty last month, apologised to
the Indian people during her visit here Tuesday (27 February 2007)
and said she will donate all the 'dirty money' earned from the 'Celebrity
Big Brother' show.
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| INDIAN
STUDENTS HIT BY CHANGES IN IMMIGRATION RULES |
 Students
from India who completed their studies in British universities and
switched to employment in the UK face an uncertain future due to changes
made to the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme (HSMP) in November 2006.
The number of Indian students at UK universities has been increasing
every year.
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| RESPITE
FOR INDIAN DOCTORS IN UK EMPLOYMENT DRIVE |
 As
Indian doctors prepare to file an appeal against the February 9th
high court ruling that upheld new immigration rules, the Department
of Health has agreed to keep the new rules in abeyance for the next
round of recruitment of training posts in the National Health Service
(NHS) for 21,000 NHS jobs which starts in August 2007.
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| ACTION
AGAINST AGGRESSIVE CONVERSION ON CAMPUSES |
 The
Metropolitan Police assured the British Hindu community that it will
take action against aggressive conversion techniques employed against
young Hindu girls by radical Muslim groups in university campuses.
The comments were made at a conference organised by the National Hindu
Students Forum.
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| 64
KILLED BY SAMJHAUTA EXPRESS BOMBS |
 At
least 64 passengers, including Pakistani nationals, were killed Monday
in a suspected terrorist attack on the Samjhauta Express - the 'friendship
train' between India and Pakistan - near Panipat in Haryana. The suspected
terrorist bombing was clearly aimed at derailing the peace process
between India and Pakistan.
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