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PM runs into same-sex debate in India


Photo: Manish Swarup/AP
Prime Minister Paul Martin talks to
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,
right, with MPs of Indian origin –
Ujjal Dosanjh, bottom left, Nandeep
Bains, top left, Gurbax Malhi and Ruby
Dhalla – looking on during their meeting
in New Delhi on Tuesday.

By BRIAN LAGHI in New Delhi and ALLISON DUNFIELD
Globe and Mail Update

New Delhi — Prime Minister Paul Martin was forced to defend the Canadian government's proposal to allow same-sex marriage after a visit with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday.

In the middle of a whirlwind tour of Asia designed to strengthen economic ties on the other side of the world, Mr. Martin found himself wading in domestic issues.

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1. Ask Indian PM Manmohan Singh

about the lives of the Untouchables, and the denial of aid to them after the tsunami.

Or bride burning. Or the amazing number of little Indian girls who fall down wells, or accidently choke to death on dry rice.

Then we'll talk about morality.