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Articles 1121 through 1220 of 7145:
- Towards An East Asian Model Of Diplomacy (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Aug 14, 2006)
The failure of the ASEAN leaders and their dialogue partners to reach a consensus on West Asia is traceable to the complexities generic to that region and the political composition of the ASEAN Regional Forum and the East Asia Summit.
- On 80th B’Day, Castro Cautions Cubans About His Health (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
On his 80th birthday, Fidel Castro cautioned Cubans he faced a long recovery from surgery and advised them to prepare for "adverse news", but urged them to stay optimistic, while a newspaper published the first photographs of the Cuban leader . . .
- Ysr For Better Compensation Package (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Chief Minister says that there should be no "heartburn" among small farmers
- India In The Grip Of Naxalite Movements (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Aug 14, 2006)
Naxalite movements in India are gaining popularity, as a large faction of the country’s poverty-stricken population has begun approaching the communist groups rather than government officials to redress their grievances, said a former Indian . . .
- A Certain Amount Of Light (Dawn, Feryal Ali Gauhar, Aug 13, 2006)
Fidel Castro Ruz, along with an armed group of 123 men and women, attacked the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba in Guatanamo province.
- Euphemisms In Troubled Times (Times of India, Pritish Nandy, Aug 13, 2006)
We live in a world of curious euphemisms. There are things we want to say at times but cannot. So we say them in different ways.
- Refusal To Say Goodbye (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 13, 2006)
An actor is often judged on the way he says his exit lines. What is true for the stage is true for life also.
- Women's Panel, Unicef Organise Campaign For Safe Motherhood (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
It is to check high maternal mortality .
- Do Not Succumb To U.S. Pressure, Buddhadeb Tells Upa Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
"We are in the midst of an economic, political and foreign policy crisis"
- When Terrorism Is A 'No-Go Area' (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Aug 13, 2006)
The British government foiled the Al Queda plan to blow up 10 US bound flights in mid-air.
- Managing The Peace (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Aug 13, 2006)
The Maoists will not give up their absolute control over all 75 districts of Nepal. Yet they want peace ----- Let everybody be clear - we'll never surrender our arms - Baburam Bhattarai alias Mukti Manab, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist leader . . .
- Un Resolution On Lebanon (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 13, 2006)
QATAR’s foreign minister is right when he says that Resolution 1701, passed unanimously by the UN Security Council on Friday, contains “imbalances in favour of Israel”, but to expect anything else would be unrealistic.
- End Of Revolution (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Aug 13, 2006)
It's too early to assess the consequences of the decision of Maoists in Nepal to take part in parliamentary democracy.
- Exit Route Readied For Natwar (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Aug 12, 2006)
The dirty politics of Indian variety is in full glare, and the blame game to knockout the former Foreign minister K. Natwar Singh is being played with great precision.
- Cpi (M) For Debate On World Bank Loans In Assembly (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Concern over Government's stance on WB conditions
- Terror Trail (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 12, 2006)
For obvious reasons we in this State ought to know each and every facet of terrorism.
- Populist Fizz (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 12, 2006)
Kerala's heavy-handed and self-defeating stance of banning the manufacture and consumption of colas should have cautioned other state governments to the dangers of such impromptu and irrational action.
- Carnage In Lebanon (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 12, 2006)
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora was overwhelmed with emotion and wept publicly while describing the carnage his country is suffering at the hands of Israel.
- Nuclear Deal: Why Avoid Sense Of Parliament? (Hindu, Prakash Karat, Aug 12, 2006)
Why is the UPA Government unwilling to have the nuclear deal discussed in Parliament so that a common viewpoint emerges which can be the sense of Parliament? What is clear is that the Government has begun to adjust our foreign policy to the . . .
- Managing The Peace (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Aug 12, 2006)
The Maoists will not give up their absolute control over all 75 districts of Nepal. Yet they want peace ----- Let everybody be clear - we'll never surrender our arms - Baburam Bhattarai alias Mukti Manab, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist . . .
- End Of Revolution (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Aug 12, 2006)
It's too early to assess the consequences of the decision of Maoists in Nepal to take part in parliamentary democracy.
- Good Out Of The Bad (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 11, 2006)
The only silver lining, if one is possible, to the Natwar Singh farce is that the prime minister and Sonia Gandhi will have to come together as proactive leaders of both the government and the party.
- Japan’S Dilemma: War Dead Or War History? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
Indians celebrate August 15 as the date the curtain finally came down on the British Raj. In Japan, the date marks the official end of what the Japanese call the Greater East Asia War (World War II). The coming August 15 could be a turning point in . . .
- Kerala’S Cola Karma (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Aug 11, 2006)
What is common to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, All Quiet on the Western Front, Animal Farm, Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl, Arabian Nights, Black Beauty, Candide, Canterbury . . .
- The Gathering Storm (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Aug 11, 2006)
Despite Natwar Singh's flip-flops, problems of the UPA are far from over, particularly with an aggressive Left with an eye on the main chance . . .
- Ban In A Bottle (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 11, 2006)
Kerala's Coca-Cola Communism ---- The decision of Kerala's Left Democratic Front Government to ban the bottling . . .
- Govt Clears Left Hurdle Over N-Deal (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
BJP-led NDA was on Thursday left as the only player insisting on a "sense of House" resolution on the nuclear deal with the US, after original sponsors of the move, Left and Samajwadi Party, virtually stepped away from it.
- Lest We Take Our Eyes Off Nepal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
While hot war unfolds in Lebanon, and India and Pakistan’s nuclear-backed dispute over Kashmir episodically dominates the news from South Asia, monumental changes are underway in Nepal. It is a country in post-conflict transition.
- Desperate To Oppose (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 11, 2006)
Even before these civilized assumptions were rendered redundant by the rough and tumble of ‘emerging’ democracies, there were alternative perceptions of the Opposition’s role. Radical politicians, particularly . . .
- Upa, Left, Tdp To Raise Speaker Issue Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Having taken a serious view of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee questioning the impartiality of Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, the UPA, Left parties and Telugu Desam Party on Thursday came together and decided to raise the issue . . .
- India Avoiding Debate On Nuclear Deal? (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Aug 11, 2006)
India is planning to wind up the monsoon session of parliament to avoid prodding from its allies and the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Nda-Left Clash Over Vajpayee’S Letter (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Amid repeated clashes between Left and BJP members over former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s letter to Speaker Somnath Chatterjee sharply critical of his conduct, the Lok Sabha today plunged into turmoil and the house had to be adjourned . . .
- ’93 Mumbai Blasts Verdict On Sept 12 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
The verdict in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case will be delivered on September 12, Judge Pramod Kode of the special Terrorism and Disruptive Activities Act (TADA) court ruled here today.
- Nda Team Meets Kalam Today On N-Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Amid repeated clashes between Left and BJP members over former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s letter to Speaker Somnath Chatterjee sharply critical of his conduct, the Lok Sabha today plunged into turmoil and the house had to be adjourned for . . .
- Tdp Regaining Political Space (Daily Excelsior, Jayant Muralidharan, Aug 11, 2006)
Is Telugu Desam supremo Nara Chandrababu Naidu gradually returning to the centrestage in Andhra Pradesh?
- Shekhawat Rejects Natwar's Privilege Motion (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Holding that the sanctity of the house had not been breeched, Rajya Sabha Chairman Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Thursday rejected former external affairs minister K Natwar Singh's privilege motion on the leak of the Pathak panel report on his . . .
- Food Security: China's Success Story (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Aug 10, 2006)
China has hugely improved the availability of, and access to, food through a combination of a sound agricultural policy, development of rural infrastructure, and investment in research and development in the farm sector.
- Revolution In A Bottle (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
Kerala’s Marxists are silly banning Coke-Pepsi. Plus, they could be doing their state great harm
- Ljp, Left Sharpen Attack Against Nitish Govt. (Hindu, K. BALCHAND, Aug 10, 2006)
Paswan, Bardhan lead Kranti March; party workers told to gherao block development officers for their rightful benefits .
- Five Washed Away In Ch'garh Flood: Collector » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
At least five persons were feared dead after they were washed away in floods at Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, officials said on Sunday.
- 13 Blasts That Changed Our World (Times of India, Bachi J Karkaria, Aug 10, 2006)
Today, Justice P D Kode will commence delivery of judgement on the accused in the 1993 blasts. But, in the 13 years since those 13 bombs RDX-ed their way path through the city, Mumbai has already stood in the dock. The sentence has already been delivered.
- Left All For Probe Into Reliance Role (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
The Left parties have reiterated their demand for a thorough probe of the role Reliance played as a “non-contractual” beneficiary in the Iraqi oil-for-food programme.
- Rs. 45 Lakh Released For Naxal-Affected Villages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Youth to be trained in tailoring, beekeeping
The strength of pre-matric hostel in Sringeri has been increased
Information centres have been opened in taluk panchayats in Koppa, Sringeri and N.R. Pura
- Cpi(m) Wants Role Of Reliance Investigated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Says company's name appears in 3 oil contracts as non-contractual beneficiary
Incumbent on Government to submit a report on biggest `non- contractual' beneficiary
Allotments given to company during BJP-led Government rule
It is for Congress . . .
- '93 Serial Blasts: Judgement Today (Times of India, Bachi J Karkaria, Aug 10, 2006)
Today, Justice P D Kode will commence delivery of judgement on the accused in the 1993 blasts. But, in the 13 years since those 13 bombs RDX-ed their way path through the city, Mumbai has already stood in the dock. The sentence has already been delivered.
- ‘Mainstream Politics Is All Rubbish’ (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Aug 10, 2006)
K G Kannabiran, president of the People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), has devoted his life to fighting for people’s rights. He is one of the leading lawyers in Andhra Pradesh, and has taken up the legal cudgels against the state’s attempts to . . .
- Natwar: Pm Ignored Vital Inputs (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Suspended Congress leader K. Natwar Singh on Wednesday upped the ante by saying that both the Justice R.S. Pathak Inquiry Authority and the UPA government had "deliberately ignored" certain vital inputs from the permanent mission of India to the . . .
- The Foreign To Bjp Policy (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 10, 2006)
Why are nuclear nationalists prancing around with KGB hand-me-downs? ---- Since the Monsoon Session of Parliament began in the final week of July, three issues and a subtext have engrossed it:
- Nuke Deal: Left Warns Of Serious Confrontation (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2006)
Left parties on Wednesday warned the UPA government of an imminent confrontation if it failed to address their concerns on the Indo-US nuclear deal, toughening their stand on the sensitive issue.
- N Korean Leader Disappears From Public View (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il hasn’t appeared in public since his country test-fired missiles that drew international condemnation, leading to speculation of a possible sense of crisis inside the reclusive nation.
- N-Issue: Left Gets Restive Awaiting Govt Response (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Aug 09, 2006)
Even as the Left's negotiation on a comprehensive Sense of House Resolution on the Indo-US nuclear agreement from the UPA Government is still locked in a stalemate, the Left Front's meeting scheduled for Tuesday was cancelled.
- Vajpayee Triggers Ugly Spat Over Speaker Chatterjee (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
A stinging rebuff by former PM A B Vajpayee to Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Tuesday escalated the brewing cold war between the Opposition and Chatterjee into a full-fledged confrontation between the NDA and the UPA-Left combine.
- Politics Of Aggrandisement (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Aug 09, 2006)
I have nothing against the MPs who have prevailed upon the government to curtail parliament’s session by three days. My worry is over the cause for which they have done so.
- Sudden Love (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 09, 2006)
It is a sad commentary on the state of politics that an indicted Natwar Singh is now the toast of some Opposition leaders.
- Cuba After Castro (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 09, 2006)
Dissidents like Oswaldo Paya say Fidel Castro's illness has changed the Communist country forever by exposing a system ruled by one man for nearly half-a-century to the influence of others - even if only temporarily.
- Proposed Sez Approved By Centre: Rangasamy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Government to speed up land acquisition for the project
In principle, agreement is for a zone for automobiles, auto parts and bio informatics
Government has already identified around 1,000 acres for the SEZ at Karasu
- It Was Not Expected Of Vajpayee: Dasmunsi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
We never expected him to question impartiality of the Chair: Left
Speaker ``bulldozing'' House into transacting business: BJP
Vajpayee has no respect for the institution: CPI
Boycott betrays lack of faith in Parliament: Congress
- Nda Boycotts Lok Sabha (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Return to House, says Speaker
Members criticise attack on office of Speaker
Questions, calling attention motion put off
- Breakthrough In Nepal Arms Talks (British Broadcasting Corporation, bbc correspondent, Aug 09, 2006)
The Nepalese government and Maoist rebels have reached agreement on the supervision of their weapons, an issue that has impeded their peace talks.
- Ls Speaker Wants To Quit (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The severely strained relations between the Speaker, Mr Somnath Chatterjee, and the principal Opposition, the BJP, has now hit a new low with Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee joining the fray to gun for Mr Chatterjee followed by the Manmohan Singh government . . .
- Can The Revolution Outlive Castro? (Daily Times, Mahir Ali, Aug 09, 2006)
It probably would not be considered particularly ageist to contend that no nation’s fortunes ought to be linked to a supreme leader having been in office for several decades.
- Dalai Lama "Unworthy" Of Being Called A Religious Leader (Press Trust of India, Anil K Joseph, Aug 09, 2006)
Tibet's Communist Party chief has accused the Dalai Lama of being a "double dealer" who is engaged in separatist activities in collusion with anti-China forces, making him an "unworthy" religious leader for devout Tibetans.
- Continental Strike Against Inflation (Business Line, BATUK GATHANI, Aug 08, 2006)
The central banks' move is widely interpreted as an unexpected pre-emptive strike against inflation.
- The Enemy Within (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Aug 08, 2006)
India is perhaps the only country where two forms of fanaticism is currently prevalent.
- Five Washed Away In Ch'garh Flood: Collector » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
At least five persons were feared dead after they were washed away in floods at Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, officials said on Sunday.
- Basu Rules Out Left Tango With Bjp Over Nuke Deal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
CPM Polit Bureau member and former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu said on Monday that the four Left parties would not join hands with the BJP to vote against the Congress-led UPA government in the parliament over the India-US nuclear deal.
- Upa Regime Has Abdicated Power (Pioneer, Vivek Gumaste, Aug 08, 2006)
In a short span of two years, the Congress-led UPA Government has efficiently dismantled any semblance of security the country had.
- Fighting External And Internal Enemies (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Aug 08, 2006)
All political and social organisations should review their policies in the interest of the nation to keep India ahead, says Asheesh Shah.
- Natwar Moves Privilege Motion Against Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Natwar Singh today raised the banner of revolt against Congress party by making common cause with the Opposition and giving notice of privilege motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over leakage of the Pathak Inquiry report in which he has . . .
- Division In The House (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 07, 2006)
UPA will face trouble on the Indo-US nuclear deal in Parliament, with combined opposition pressure mounting against it, says CP Bhambhri.
- Natwar Moves Privilege Motion Against Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Indicted by the Justice R S Pathak for misusing his position, Natwar Singh today set himself up for a confrontation with the Congress party by giving notice of privilege motion against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a move seen by the party as . . .
- Natwar Turns Heat On Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Opening a direct fight with the Congress particularly with 10 Janpath, with whom he was considered very close, former Union minister Mr Natwar Singh today moved a privilege motion against the Prime Minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, for the alleged . . .
- Natwar Gives Privilege Notice Against Pm (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Aug 07, 2006)
Former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh, indicted by Justice R.S. Pathak for misusing his position, today virtually charted a route of confrontation with the Congress leadership by giving a notice of privilege motion against Prime Minister . . .
- Natwar Puts Pm In The Dock (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
In a development that signals his readiness to part ways with the Congress, a combative former Union minister K Natwar Singh has moved a privilege notice against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Rajya Sabha on the leak of the Pathak inquiry . . .
- China Increases Pressure On Tibet (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 07, 2006)
Beijing – China’s Communist Party has been tightening its grip on Tibet in recent months, resorting to language and measures not seen since the repression of the late 1990s.
- Natwar’S Endgame: He Goes After The Pm, Finds Takers Outside Cong (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
With no friends left in the Congress and the Government and indicted by the Pathak panel for “misusing” his position to help those close to him obtain contracts and make money in the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal, former External Affairs Minister . . .
- Natwar Singh Gives Privilege Notice Against Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Alleged "leak" of Justice Pathak report
- Dmk, Aiadmk `War' Over Farmers' Security Scheme Intensifies (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Aug 07, 2006)
AIADMK activists hold protest meetings throughout the State
DMK, some farmers' associations term the AIADMK protest `political stunt'
"AIADMK opposed move to revive farm labourers board with an eye on polls"
DMK, some farmers' associations . . .
- What We Still Don't Understand About Hizbollah (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 07, 2006)
A terrorism expert, who has studied 462 suicide bombings, says such acts have little to do with religious extremism and that the West must engage politically to halt the slaughter.
- Natwar Moves Privilege Motion Against Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
Taking the Congress Party and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh head on, former external affairs minister Natwar Singh on Sunday moved a notice of privilege motion against Dr Singh for the leak of the Pathak report.
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