Iraqi shoe thrower in Switzerland to rest, launch foundation for civilian war victimsOctober 14th, 2009 Iraqi shoe thrower in Switzerland to rest: lawyerGENEVA — The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush has arrived in Switzerland to recuperate from his time in prison and launch a foundation to help civilian war victims in Iraq.
Now shoe hits Amul adApril 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Known for its newsy catchphrases, milk cooperative Amul has now trained its sight on the infamous shoe episode. An Amul billboard in Delhi says, "Just shoe it", and has a caricature of Home Minister P.
How to beat the shoe missileApril 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Fear of the shoe is stalking Indian politicians and many of them aren't taking any chances. While Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was seen with a net in front of a dais in Ahmedabad, his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Mayawati has increased the distance between herself and the press while speaking to reporters.
Tytler seeks CBI probe into shoe attack on ChidambaramApril 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former central government minister Jagdish Tytler Monday sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the shoe attack by a journalist on Home Minister P. Chidambaram, which had brought Tytler's role in the 1984 Sikh riots back into limelight.
Indian shoe thrower goes unsung in USApril 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The story of an angry Indian journalist throwing a shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram went largely unnoticed in the US media with only a couple of TV channels taking brief note of the incident.
Upset over Tytler clearance, journalist hurls shoe at ChidambaramApril 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram deftly swerved to a side Tuesday to avoid a shoe hurled by a journalist upset about the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Throwing a shoe is not the way to vent anger: KaratApril 7th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Responding to a journalist hurling a shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram in Delhi over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat said Tuesday there were other ways to vent anger.
Lok Sabha ticket, job offer for shoe throwing scribeApril 7th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Iraqi journalist Montadher al-Zaidi, who is biding time in a prison after his shoe-throwing action on then US President George W. Bush last year, is not going to like it.
Sentence of Iraqi shoe-throwing journalist reducedApril 7th, 2009 BAGHDAD - An Iraqi court has reduced the sentence handed down to Montadher al-Zaidi, the journalist who threw his shoes at former US president George W. Bush, the satellite news channel al-Arabiya reported Tuesday.
Journalist chucks shoe at ChidambaramApril 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday ducked a shoe thrown by a journalist at a press conference here.
Shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist gets three years in prisonMarch 13th, 2009 BAGHDAD - A Baghdad court Thursday sentenced the Iraqi television journalist who threw his shoes at then US president George W. Bush to three years in prison, judicial sources said.
Bush shoe-thrower appears in Baghdad courtMarch 12th, 2009 BAGHDAD - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US president George W. Bush appeared at a Baghdad court Thursday.
Now, shoe tossed at Israeli envoy in SwedenFebruary 4th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Israel's ambassador to Sweden was hit when a shoe and books were thrown at him as he was giving a lecture at Stockholm University, radio reports said Thursday. Benny Dagan was talking about upcoming elections in his country Wednesday night when the objects were hurled at him from the audience of 50 people.
Bush shoe-thrower wants Swiss asylumJanuary 18th, 2009 GENEVA - An Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush wants to apply for political asylum in Switzerland, his lawyer said Monday.
Tripura minister praises shoe-throwing Iraqi journalistDecember 22nd, 2008 AGARTALA - Tripura information and cultural affairs minister Anil Sarkar Tuesday termed Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who hurled his shoes at US President George W. Bush, as the 'most courageous journalist' in the world.
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