Clinton appoints Pandith United States representative to Muslims

Farah Pandith, originally from Srinagar, has been doing outreach work with Muslims in Europe and Eurasia at the State Department for several years now.

That role significantly expand- ed June 26, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appointed her the U.S. representative to Muslim communities globally.

This newly created position announced June 26, requires Pandith to step up her efforts "to engage with Muslims around the world on a people-to-people and organizational level," a press statement said.

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Shah Rukh Khan wax statue unveiled at Paris museum

Paris has a new tourist attraction: a life size wax statue of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been unveiled at the the Grévin Wax Museum, indicating the popularity of Indian cinema and the superstar in continental Europe.

As Khan, dressed in a pair of jeans and a black leather jacket, stepped out of a limousine in front of the museum, he was welcomed by African and Indian dancers outside the museum amid cheers from a crowd of fans on April 28.

Accompanied by wife Gauri and close buddy film maker Karan Johar, Khan signed autographs for the fans but when some of them tried to embrace him, the matinee idol was whisked away by security guards.

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