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Protestors in India Burn [Richard} Gere Effigies
myway.com ^ | 4-16-2007 | SAM DOLNICK

Posted on 04/16/2007 10:31:56 AM PDT by bedolido

NEW DELHI (AP) - Angry crowds in several Indian cities burned effigies of Richard Gere on Monday after he swept a popular Bollywood actress into his arms and kissed her several times during an AIDS-awareness event.

Photographs of the 57-year-old actor embracing Shilpa Shetty and kissing her on the cheek at an HIV/AIDS awareness event in New Delhi were splashed across Monday's front pages in India - a country where sex and public displays of affection are largely taboo.


(AP) Hollywood actor Richard Gere, left, hugs and kisses Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty during and event...

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Religion; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: burn; effigies; india; lemmiwinks; protestors; savethegerbils

1 posted on 04/16/2007 10:31:58 AM PDT by bedolido
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2 posted on 04/16/2007 10:34:45 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

I would guess most freepers wouldn’t remember that “tail” or is that “tale”... about Gere. You must be a boomer.


3 posted on 04/16/2007 10:36:38 AM PDT by bedolido (I can forgive you for killing my sons, but I cannot forgive you for forcing me to kill your sons)
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To: windcliff

ping


4 posted on 04/16/2007 10:40:08 AM PDT by stylecouncilor
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To: martin_fierro

LOL


5 posted on 04/16/2007 10:49:48 AM PDT by Sue Perkick (And I hope that what I’ve done here today doesn’t force you to have a negative opinion of me….)
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To: bedolido

LOL...oh well...Mr. Gere will probably trample on some other culture next week.


6 posted on 04/16/2007 10:53:34 AM PDT by TheBethsterNH (...in Northern Massachusetts, formerly known as New Hampshire.)
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To: bedolido

Did they also burn a gerbil in effigy?


7 posted on 04/16/2007 10:55:34 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: martin_fierro

Lemmiwinks, Lemmiwinks...


8 posted on 04/16/2007 8:45:07 PM PDT by lesser_satan (FRED THOMPSON '08)
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