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Kenneth Cole features a Sikh in ad campaign February 18, 2008 News Source: www.b4uexpress.com To kick off the company's 25th anniversary, New York designer Kenneth Cole has created a fashion campaign that celebrates diversity. The ad campaign features Sandeep Singh Caberwal with the tagline "We All Walk In Different Shoes."

French High Court Upholds the Ban on Turbans in Schools December 14, 2007 News Source: www.dnaindia.com France's highest court, the Conseil D'Etat, upheld the permanent expulsion of students who do not conform to the legal ban on religious symbols. A controversial French law banning the Sikh turban in public schools, along with other religious symbols, has been in place since March 2004.

London mayor visits Sikh Gurdwara Sri Harmandir Sahib November 24, 2007 News Source: www.sikhsangat.org The Mayor of London, Kenneth Robert Livingstone, arrived in the holy city of Amritsar and paid obeisance in the Golden Temple.

Amitabh Bachchan faces charge for 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi November 24, 2007 News Source: www.ibnlive.com Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, is part of a list of persons against whom Sikh organizations will file a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking action against them for their role in anti-Sikh riots in Delhi in 1984.

President Bush sends Greeting to Sikhs on Guru Nanak's Birthday November 21, 2007 News Source: news.webindia123.com President George Bush sent greetings to Sikhs across America on the 538th birth-anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.

Clintons cancel Fundraiser organized by Sikh Americans November 19, 2007 News Source: www.nysun.com US presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, canceled a scheduled appearance at a festival in California to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.

Sikh Teen challenges School Ban on Sikh Kara November 7, 2007 News Source: www.newsdaily.com A Sikh teenager is mounting a legal challenge after her school barred her from wearing her kara.