India is still angry over the arrest and strip search of one of their diplomats over accusations she illegally stiffed her maid. If she were an American, we'd give her a reality show!
Angry India Tells US 'Times Have Changed' After Diplomat Spat
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December 20, 2013

Via AFP:

India angrily brushed aside fresh efforts by the United States Friday to defuse a row over the arrest and strip-search of one of its diplomats, warning Washington that "times have changed".

Diplomatic sources said Nancy Powell, the US ambassador to New Delhi, was holding talks with senior foreign ministry officials as part of efforts to resolve the crisis sparked by the December 12 arrest of Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general at its mission in New York.

Powell's olive branch comes after top State Department officials called their Indian counterparts for the third time i...

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