Bush's cat dogging Indian youth organisation
 There are obviously many reasons to burn an effigy of George Bush, but I am pretty sure that the 50 irate members of the Indian youth organisation Prathikarana Vedi are the first to do so over the president's cat, or, more precisely the name of the president's cat, India.
"This is a disgrace to our great country and this has come from none other than US President George W. Bush. This is nothing but an insult to India because there are hundreds of thousands of Indians in US, and many who occupy key posts in the White House," said M A Latheef, president of the group.
"He should make amends," Latheef added.
A little research, like reading whitehouse.gov, would reveal that the cat has been in the Bush family for more than ten years, under the same name, and that it is not named after the country:
Named for former Texas Ranger baseball player, Ruben Sierra, who was called "El Indio"
The cat is popularly called "Willie", presumably not after the owner of its predecessor Socks, or a part thereof...
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