The future of India's coalition government and a controversial nuclear deal with the United States were hanging in the balance Monday as parliament opened debate ahead of a key confidence vote.
The Indian government will collapse and early elections will be called if the coalition of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh loses a vote on Tuesday, and TV projections showed the outcome could go either way by just a few ballots.
Singh stirred up anger among his left-wing and communist allies by pushing ahead a nuclear accord with Washington . . .
Monday, July 21, 2008
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