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The race for the oval office reached its last lap as Republican George W Bush maintained a razor-thin lead over his democrat rival Al Gore. Amidst mounting allegations of water fraud and campaign irregularities, a kin to the Indian elections its was time for stocktaking. How large Indian looms on the horizons of the two contenders for the coveted White House hot seat may depend largely on their Asian perspective. Seema Mustafa, Political editor, The Asian Age says "I don't know whether George Bush sees any wider role for India. In fact, all that has been said in the foreign policy, sort of output from his people, it's just a general kind of a thing that India is important and so is Pakistan. We have to engage with both kind of a thing." This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage a