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Tuesday 16th January, 2007 (IANS)
Vaz said members of his Leicester East constituency had contacted him about alleged racism on the Channel 4 show.
Television regulator Ofcom said it had received thousands of complaints about alleged racism against Shetty.
The early day motion (EDM) reads: 'This House views with concern the comments made about Big Brother contestant Shilpa Shetty by other housemates; believes that Big Brother has a role to play in preventing racist behaviour in the Big Brother house; regrets that these comments have been made; and calls on the programme to take urgent action to remind housemates that racist behaviour is unacceptable.'
EDMs are used by MPs to highlight an issue and appear on the Commons Order Paper each day.
Vaz said: 'I have been contacted by constituents who have expressed concern that apparently racist comments in the Big Brother house have passed without any response from the Big Brother programme.
'We would not tolerate this kind of racism on other types of television programme and we should not do so on a programme that is watched by millions of people.'
At least 79 Iraqis were killed and 190 wounded in four separate blasts in Baghdad Tuesday, Iraqi police said.
Cashing in on the new political developments in Nepal, tobacco giant ITC will spin new yarn in the Himalayan kingdom with an initial investment of over Nepali Rs.
250 million.
There is probably no better argument for the close connection between politics and sport than the apartheid in South Africa. Not only were they intrinsically entwined in the country, sport was then also used as a vehicle to rid the country of its apartheid policy.
Children who suffer abuse could be at risk of poor health as adults, says a news study.
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