Third time's the charm? Sweden appoints new national security adviser
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India has appointed a new ambassador to Sweden who was ordered to pay damages for the 'barbaric treatment' of a maid while working in a diplomatic role in New York, and who later controversially refused to issue a visa to the gay spouse of a US diplomat..
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