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Articles 521 through 620 of 27135:
- All Seals And Symbols Of Redeemed Sin (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 10, 2006)
Suddenly, seals are everywhere! `Newborn seal pups, the first of the season, have arrived at Donna Nook national nature reserve,' announces www.marketrasentoday.co.uk. `Nepal government, Maoists seal pact on weapons,' reads a headline on www.gg2.net.
- Democrats Win Majority In U.S. Senate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Virginia victory completes sweep
- Changing Course In The Us (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 10, 2006)
The removal of Donald Rumsfeld as defence secretary sends out a clear message that the defeat of the Republicans in the elections to the US Congress will have an immediate impact on US policy.
- Centre `Has Cleared Special Economic Zone For Renewable Energy Devices' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Project will be funded jointly by the State Energy Development Agency and foreign companies
- America Speaks (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 10, 2006)
A no-confidence vote against President Bush
- Warlord In The Dock For Drafting Kids (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 10, 2006)
The children were as young as 10 boys and girls ~ when they were snatched from their families, trained to kill and sent to fight for an alleged African warlord’s brutal militia.
- Sri Lanka "Regrets" Vaharai Incident (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 10, 2006)
The Sri Lankan Government on Thursday expressed "regrets" over the killing of scores of innocent civilians housed in a camp for the displaced in Vaharai in the LTTE-controlled area in the east on Wednesday and charged the Tamil Tigers with using . . .
- Cheer In Iraq, Iran Over Rumsfeld Exit (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 10, 2006)
"Downfall reflects America's defeat"
- Bush In Search Of New Ideas On Iraq (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Nov 10, 2006)
President George Bush said on Thursday that he was open to any suggestion that could ensure success of the US-backed democratic set-up in Iraq, signalling a change of approach towards a war he until recently wanted to win militarily.
- Musharraf Blamed For Attack (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Holding President Pervez Musharraf responsible for the suicide attack that left 42 soldiers dead in Pakistan’s northwest, opposition parties today asked the pro-military government to immediately step down or face a nationwide agitation. “A change . . .
- Time For Rethink On Sri Lanka: Karunanidhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said on Thursday that the time was now ripe to "rethink and find an answer" to the Sri Lankan crisis.
- Us Democrats Secure Sweeping Win (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Democrats have gained the final seat in the battle for the US Senate, sealing their mid-term poll victory in both houses of Congress.
- Israel To Press On With Strikes (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Israel will keep targeting Palestinian rocket squads in Gaza despite the risk of inadvertently hitting civilians, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday, as tens of thousands of Palestinians buried 18 victims of an errant Israeli . . .
- Lanka Sinks Tiger Boats (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s military said it sank 22 Tamil Tiger boats in a sea battle today after what it said was a rebel attempt to sink a passenger ship with 300 civilians aboard in a suicide attack.
- End To A Game Of Rummy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 10, 2006)
Almost every account of the mess in Iraq today places the blame on Donald Rumsfeld, who resigned as US Secretary of Defence in the wake of the electoral rout of the Republican party this week. In his book, State of Denial, Bob Woodward revealed . . .
- Ltte Captures Four Sl Navy Men And Weapons (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
In the sea battle off Point Pedro in north Sri Lanka on Thursday, the LTTE captured four Sri Lankan sailors and an Israeli made Dvora gunboat with all its weapons, the rebel group’s military spokesman Rasaiah Ilanthirayan said.
- Iraq Puts Civilian Toll At 150,000 (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
A stunning new death count emerged Thursday, as Iraq's health minister estimated at least 150,000 civilians had been killed in the war — about three times previously accepted estimates.
- In Gates, Caretaker Or Agent Of Change? (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
If confirmed as secretary of Defense, Robert Gates is likely to manage the Pentagon with more grace and less conflict than his assertive predecessor, say some who know the new nominee.
- Truce With Israel Over, Says Hamas Head After Beit Hanoun Deaths (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday he was "very distressed" about a pre-dawn Israeli artillery attack that killed 18 civilians, mostly women and children, in the Gaza village of Beit Hanoun Wednesday.
- Bush Wrestles With A New Reality (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Call it political pragmatism, if you wish, but President Bush was simply breathtaking in his ability to discard a position he took as recently as last week - that he would retain Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who was doing a "fantastic job."
- After Bush's Midterm Defeat, What Now For Iraq? (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
As George Bush digests his electoral defeat, he is forced to examine fresh options to tackle the disastrous consequences of war
- Pressure Mounts For New Iraq Strategy (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Pressure is mounting on George Bush to order a rapid change of course in Iraq as the world waits to see whether the Republicans' devastating electoral defeat will hasten a withdrawal of US and British forces.
- Handover To Iraqi Army 'Next Year' (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
American and Iraqi officials have set a date for giving Iraq’s forces responsibility for security across the country.
- Aso Should Be Axed For Nuke Comments: Opposition (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
The Democratic Party of Japan, the Japanese Communist Party, the Social Democratic Party of Japan and the People's New Party sent a letter to the prime minister Thursday demanding that Foreign Minister Taro Aso be dismissed for saying Japan must . . .
- When Robert M. Gates Came Calling (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 10, 2006)
Robert M. Gates, the man named by President George W. Bush as his nominee for the next U.S. Secretary of Defence, is a consummate Beltway insider with an extensive record of service within the American intelligence establishment going back at least . . .
- Nicaraguan Time Warp (Pioneer, GWYNNE DYER, Nov 10, 2006)
Ortega is a tiger who has not changed his stripes," warned US ambassador Paul Trivelli before the former revolutionary leader won back the presidency of Nicaragua in the election on November 6.
- Times They Are A Changin' (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Nov 10, 2006)
Now that the Democrats have gained control of the US Congress and the Senate, what is going to be the fate of the controversial Indo-US civil nuclear energy deal? Will it see the light of day, or does the process have to begin all over again when . . .
- Nuke Deal On Track (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Nov 10, 2006)
US President George W. Bush, in the face of the Republican debacle in both Houses of the US Congress, has decided to redouble efforts to get his pet bill on the Indian nuclear deal through the US Senate when it meets for its "lame duck" session next week.
- 34 Taliban Killed In Afghanistan (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Clashes between insurgents and NATO-led and Afghan troops left 34 Taliban and three policemen dead in the latest violence in Afghanistan, officials said on Thursday.
- Former American Soldier Pleads Not Guilty To Rape, Murder Of Family In Iraq (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
A former soldier pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the slayings of three others in her family.
- Devastation In Dargai (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 10, 2006)
Wednesday's suicide attack on a major Pakistan Army training camp in Dargai, near Peshawar, in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) left 42 dead and constituted the worst jihadi attack on a military establishment in the country.
- U.N.: Lack Of Sanitation Has Human Cost (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
The humble flush toilet, taken for granted in most rich countries, could be a cheap but powerful tool to reduce childhood deaths and boost global development, a U.N. report said Thursday.
- Mob Can't Be Judicious (Pioneer, Vikas Upadhyay, Nov 10, 2006)
These days newspapers and television news channels are full of stories on the death penalty awarded to Santosh Kumar Singh by the Delhi High Court in the Priyadarshini Mattoo case.
- Mickey Out Of Donald (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 10, 2006)
No sooner had Democrats captured one House, than President George W Bush began cleaning another.
- 'Pak Taliban' Claims Responsibility (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
A probe into the attack on Pakistani troops waging a counter-insurgency campaign along the Afghan border was progressing well, an investigator said on Thursday, as a previously unknown group claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that killed . . .
- Those Who Are Left To Suffer (Pioneer, Kofi A. Annan, Nov 10, 2006)
Whatever its justifications, war brings unspeakable horror to combatants and civilians alike and can destroy in minutes what has sometimes taken generations to achieve.
- The Dargai Carnage (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 10, 2006)
THOSE who blame Pakistan for not doing “enough” in the fight against terror should have seen the bodies of the 42 Pakistani military trainees blown to pieces or mutilated beyond recognition by a suicide bomber in Dargai on Wednesday.
- Testing Times For Bangladesh (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 10, 2006)
THESE are testing times for Bangladesh. President Iajuddin Ahmed, who took over as head of the caretaker government 10 days ago, has failed to defuse the political crisis that grips this country and 25 people have been killed in the last 10 days.
- Peace Deal In Nepal (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 10, 2006)
TUESDAY’S midnight deal between the Maoist rebels and the Seven-Party Alliance comes as a ray of hope for the Nepalese who see the agreement as a significant step towards the restoration of peace and democracy in their country.
- Not Daring To Be Superpower (Pioneer, Dmitri Kosyrev, Nov 10, 2006)
Since last October, you can fly to China direct from Delhi. That's only one of many signs that China is becoming a more tangible reality of everyone's life even in India - if there was a need for any new signs of it at all.
- Democrats’ Victory (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 10, 2006)
For six years, latterly with the backing of both houses of a markedly conservative Republican Congress, George Bush has led an American administration that has played an unprecedentedly negative and polarising role in the world’s affairs.
- Democrats Win Senate, Too, For Sweep (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Senator George Allen of Virginia conceded defeat Thursday in his re-election campaign against a Democratic challenger, confirming an unexpected sweep by Democrats of both houses of Congress and giving them important platforms to try to influence . . .
- Us Role Against Militants In Pak (Deccan Herald, Aamer Ahmed Khan, Nov 10, 2006)
Bajaur strike may have more to do with the nature of the intelligence sharing.
- Insignificant Tuesday (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 10, 2006)
Tuesday does not matter. Yes, Democrats have taken the House and, as this is going to press, look like taking the Senate. But the next two years will witness the insignificance of Tuesday.
- N Korea Ship Sails For Iran After 13 Days (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Thirteen days after it was detained at the Mumbai harbour, the Director General of Shipping has allowed the North Korean ship Omrani II to resume its journey to Iran.
- Pakistan’S Bounty Hunters (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Nov 10, 2006)
More than five years have passed since General Pervez Musharraf’s military regime declared that it had given up support for Afghanistan’s Taliban regime and allied itself to the US in the global war against terrorism.
- Media Has The Right To Expose Rot Within (Deccan Herald, Rajdeep Sardesai, Nov 10, 2006)
Everybody hates television news (ah, so superficial, so tabloid, so clichetic!) yet nobody seems to be able to stop watching television news.
- Nepal Shows The Way (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 10, 2006)
To say that the November 7 agreement between the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) of parliamentary parties and the Maoists in Nepal is `historic' is to miss the wider significance of what is happening in that small Himalayan state.
- Palestinians Bray For Revenge As Mourners Bury Gaza Dead (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
"Watch out Jews — the army of Mohammed will return!" thundered mourners as thousands of Palestinians marched Thursday behind the funeral cortege of men, women and children killed by Israeli shelling the day before.
- Guards Of Honour (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 10, 2006)
Stephen Philip Cohen is probably one of the few American political scientists who specialize in south Asia.
- Lebanon's All-Party Talks Adjourn Without Breakthrough (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Rival Lebanese politicians failed to bridge differences in all-party talks Thursday, but agreed to hold further discussions in efforts to try to pull the country away from a showdown between the major factions.
- Lebanon Leaders Make Progress At Crisis Talks - Berri (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Rival Lebanese leaders made some progress in talks on Thursday on a Hizbollah demand for more say in the Western-backed Cabinet that would give the pro-Syrian party effective veto power over the government.
- Sneh: 'Idf Must Be Ready To Stop Iran At All Costs' (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Sanctions against Iran are unlikely to work, so Israel must be prepared to thwart Teheran's drive for a nuclear capability "at all costs," the newly installed Deputy Minister of Defense Ephraim Sneh has told The Jerusalem Post.
- Iraqi Official: 150,000 Civilians Dead (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
A stunning new death count emerged Thursday, as Iraq's health minister estimated 150,000 civilians have been killed in the war - about three times previously accepted estimates.
- Democrats Take Control Of Senate (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
The Democrats sealed the prize that few had dared to hope for last night - a full sweep of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, taking them out of the political wilderness and into a position of real power for the first time in 12 years.
- New Un Chief Not To Ignore Africa (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
South Korean UN Secretary General-elect Ban Ki-Moon has promised to keep Africa high on the agenda when he succeeds Ghanaian Kofi Annan in January.
- Lawmakers Face Arrest In Colombia (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
The Colombian Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of three members of Congress over their alleged ties to a right-wing paramilitary group.
- France Rebukes Israel Over Jets (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Israel's ambassador to France has been summoned to the country's foreign ministry and warned about Israeli flights over UN positions in Lebanon.
- How North Korea Fulfilled Its Nuclear Dream (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
For two years in the mid- 1980s, Kim Dae Ho produced propaganda on North Korea's efforts to become a nuclear power.
- Democrats Take U.S. Senate (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Bush continued adapting to the new political climate by having lunch with Representative Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, who stands on the cusp of becoming the first woman to serve as speaker of the House. He invited Reid to join him at . . .
- Accj Seeks To Deepen U.S.-Japan Economic Ties (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Japan and the United States should revitalize their economic partnership by creating a new bilateral mechanism to ensure sustained growth, the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan said in a report Thursday.
- Palestinians Bury Dead (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
Palestinians marched in anger Thursday, mourning 18 civilians killed by Israeli artillery - and baring for cameras the battered faces of two dead children - as the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, offered to ease tensions by meeting the Palestinian pr
- Anger Over Lanka Civilian Deaths (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 10, 2006)
The Sri Lankan government has been heavily criticised for an artillery bombardment that killed dozens of civilians in the east of the island.
- Iraqi Predicts The Hanging Of Hussein By Year’S End (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki predicted in a televised interview on Wednesday that former President Saddam Hussein would be hanged by the end of the year.
- With Control Of The Senate In The Balance, All Eyes Turn To Virginia (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Never mind that Senator George Allen of Virginia had not conceded. Jim Webb, his Democratic opponent, claimed victory Wednesday on the strength of a roughly 7,000-vote margin.
- Democrats Turned War Into An Ally (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
On a warm night in mid-September, Representative Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois Democrat leading his party’s campaign to win back the House, stood in front of I Ricchi, a stylish Italian restaurant in downtown Washington, screaming at an aide who . . .
- In Iraq, New Calculations Of The U.S. Role (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Iraq’s political leaders scrambled Wednesday to interpret what a sharply altered American political landscape might mean for the future of this war-ravaged country.
- Taliban Fighters Talk - While Safe In Pakistan (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
The 22-year-old doesn't look like the traditional turbaned Taliban commander. His black hair shoots out at all angles from beneath a red cap. He smiles easily and has a neatly trimmed beard.
- Stage Set For Iraq Policy Shift (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Democratic control of the House and possibly the Senate, combined with the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, has set the stage for a dramatic shift in the Bush administration's policy toward the Iraq war, lawmakers and experts said.
- Government Must Act As Facilitator (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 09, 2006)
A reasonable balance of power between business, Government and other institutions will provide a secure environment for people, says Siddharth Singla.
- Iraq's Bloggers Weigh In On Hussein Verdict (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Despite the ongoing turmoil in Iraq, a community of bloggers has managed to grow there, offering first-hand accounts of violence and grassroots opinion of Iraqi and US politics.
- Israeli Shelling Kills 18 Palestinians In Gaza (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Israeli tank shells killed 18 Palestinians, including 8 children and 6 women, at a cluster of houses here Wednesday, igniting a fury that threatened a steep escalation in violence, with a Hamas leader calling for retaliation against Israel.
- Brussels Sets Deadline For Turkey (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
The European Commission has given Turkey until mid-December to open its ports to Cypriot ships, or face unspecified consequences.
- Suicide Bomber Kills 42 At Pakistan Army Camp (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
A suicide bomber detonated explosives on a field filled with army recruits doing exercises in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday morning, killing at least 41 soldiers and wounding dozens in one of the worst such attacks in Pakistan's recent history.
- Bush To Replace Long-Embattled Rumsfeld (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
President Bush emerged from an election in which his party took what he described as a "thumping" and ousted Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld yesterday, saying that a "fresh perspective" is needed to guide the military through the difficult war . . .
- Bush Ambushed (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
Americans delivered a sharp rebuke to President George W. Bush and the Republican leadership in Congress, sweeping Democrats into power in the House for the first time in a dozen years and leaving the party just one short of an absolute majority in . . .
- Bush Shaken (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
The resignation of the US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld shows how much the Bush administration is in disarray about Iraq.
- Cruise Along Blue Waters (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Nov 09, 2006)
Strategic location of Indian Ocean has always determined the world order and Indian Navy should take note of it, says Priyadarsi Dutta.
- Blast Kills 35 At Pak Army Base (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
A suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a Pakistan army training base in the northwest on today killing at least 35 soldiers and wounding several others who were doing their morning exercises, the military said.
- Pranab Wears A Diplomatic Hat On Fdi (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 09, 2006)
When Mr Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that India’s foreign direct investment policy was not country-specific, indicating thereby that there was no such ban against Chinese companies investing in India, he was holding forth in his capacity as . . .
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