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Internet Edition. March 8, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM

India's communists warn government against nuclear deal

AFP, New Delhi

The communist allies of India's ruling Congress-led coalition are warning they will bring down the government if it goes ahead with a controversial nuclear accord with the United States.

The communists issued the threat in the latest issue of party mouthpiece "People's Democracy," ratcheting up pressure on the government not to go ahead with the pact in the face of mounting US calls for India to speedily conclude the deal before November's presidential polls.

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