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Articles 821 through 920 of 27135:
- The Reality About Gaffes (Daily Times, GWYNNE DYER, Nov 06, 2006)
A “GAFFE” is a true statement that outrages the hypocrites, who then mobilise to shut the truth-teller up. The most common gaffes are about politics and religion, because those are the areas where the level of hypocrisy is highest.
- Truth’S Healing Power (Daily Times, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Nov 06, 2006)
The catalogue of events about which the people of Pakistan want to know the truth grows by the day. It is the staple of private conversations as well as that of public debate.
- The Electronic Media Explosion (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 06, 2006)
In recent years, Pakistan has moved into the age of multiple-channel television broadcasting. The cable TV has brought the world close to the domestic viewers, earnestly making and shaping their opinions in the process.
- Us Military Papers Urge Bush To Sack Rumsfeld (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
US military newspapers will urge the Bush administration on Monday to sack Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
- Security Unplugged (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Nov 06, 2006)
Delhi Police has recently arrested two security personnel who were allegedly passing on sensitive information, in the form of documents, pen drives and CDs, about Army establishments to their Pakistani handlers.
- Lethal Neglect (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 06, 2006)
That there is a problem in the Indian Army, leading to instances of suicides and fratricidal killings, is obvious.
- Appeals Panel To Review Saddam Death Sentence (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Fallen Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, sentenced to death on Sunday for his role in the death of 148 Shiite villagers, will have his sentence automatically reviewed by an appeals panel.
- India To Honour Its Part Of N-Deal: Ronen Sen (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Nov 06, 2006)
As a country that has never reneged on any of its international commitments, India will honour its part of the agreement under the civilian nuclear pact with the US, Ambassador Ronen Sen said here on Friday.
- Decision Time On Iran (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Nov 06, 2006)
As the Iranian Government announced last week a doubling of its uranium enrichment programme, the UN Security Council bickered over a feeble European draft resolution.
- India Sees Flaws In Judicial Trial Of Saddam (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
India has frowned at the judicial process followed during the high-profile trial of deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who was sentence to death on Sunday, and hoped that the verdict will not add to the suffering of the people of Iraq.
- Death Sentence To Saddam A Judicial Assassination: Left (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Furious over an Iraqi court's verdict to hang former President Saddam Hussein, the CPI(M) and the CPI on Sunday asked the UPA to join the clemency-seeking international fora and do everything to get the sentence "rescinded."
- Aziz, Badawi Agree On Investment Firm (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and his Malaysian counterpart Abdullah Ahmed Badawi agreed here on Sunday on setting up of a Pakistan-Malaysia investment company to encourage investment in the two countries.
- Allies Pleased, Islamic World Outraged, India In Middle (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Iraq war protagonists, the United States and Britain on Sunday led those welcoming the death sentence handed to ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, but other nations and groups were more guarded, voicing concerns over his trial.
- Madam Speaker (Tribune, Rupert Cornwell, Nov 06, 2006)
Believe the Republicans, and a mortal threat faces the US House of Representatives next week.
- Dealing With Iran (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 06, 2006)
Iran, it seems, is preparing itself to go to any extent to realise its nuclear ambitions.
- Needed: A Ministry (Deccan Herald, Sharada Prahladrao , Nov 06, 2006)
Disability issues are arbitrarily clubbed into ‘social justice and empowerment’ which covers a gamut of issues concerning scheduled caste/scheduled tribes, minorities, senior citizens which amounts to addressing the needs of more than 70 . . .
- Arabs Divided Over Saddam Verdict (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Arabs were sharply divided on Sunday over the death sentence against Saddam Hussein, with some praising the verdict as heavenly justice but others—sharply critical of the United States—claiming the decision was unfair.
- They Make It Happen (Tribune, Anurag, Nov 06, 2006)
Perhaps a Chinese tradition”, Chancellor of Washington University said to himself when he received an invitation from Tsinghua University of Beijing celebrating its 90th anniversary. That was in 2001.
- Saddam Verdict Rigged, Say Left Parties (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Sunday put pressure on the UPA government to "categorically condemn" the death sentence passed against former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and "actively intervene" to get it rescinded.
- Bhutanese Refugees Fan Anti-India Fire (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Anti-India sentiments are brewing at the Himalayan foothills in Nepal, fanned by belligerent groups of refugees from neighbouring Bhutan.
- Home Ministry Calls Meet As 11 Die In Assam Blasts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Eleven people were killed and 53 injured in twin blasts in Guwahati on Sunday. Police suspect the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) was behind the explosions.
- Balance Of Power Game (Tribune, K Subrahmanya, Nov 06, 2006)
THIS is the age of balance of power. No major power identifies any of the others as an adversary.
- Tough Task Ahead, Fm Tells The Banks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, on Sunday, expressed serious concerns over how to adequately finance the country’s galloping GDP growth and maintain its momentum.
- Musharraf Desperate For Good Ties With India: Expert (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is desperate to have good relations with India, not because he is genuinely interested in peace with its neighbour, but to preserve his own military regime, says a top legal expert of that country.
- Saddam Hussein Gets Death (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
An Iraqi special tribunal today convicted Saddam Hussein of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to death by hanging for the brutal repression of Dujail, a Shiite town, in the 1980s.
- Arab World Split Over Judgment (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Arabs were sharply divided Sunday over the death sentence against Saddam, with some praising the verdict as heavenly justice but others sharply critical of US claiming the decision was unfair.
- Pak Mosque Victims Were All Teens: Daily (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Almost all of the 80 victims of last week’s air strike on an Islamic school described as a terrorist training camp by the government were children or teenagers, according a list compiled by Pakistan’s Islamic opposition party.
- Sham Trial: Saddam Counsel (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 06, 2006)
There has been a mixed response in West Asia towards the death sentence passed against the former Iraqi President, Saddam Hussein, exposing sectarian and political divisions within the region.
- Saddam Hussein Sentenced To Death (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 06, 2006)
Violence breaks out in a Baghdad district; supporters of the Iraqi leader take to the streets in Tikrit
Death for two of his co-defendants too
Panel to review sentences
- Iraq Hails Verdict, Sunnis Fume (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Iraq's government said Saddam Hussein had got what he deserved when an Iraqi court sentenced him to hang, but a senior Sunni Arab member of parliament dismissed today's verdict as political.
- From Robben Island To The Red Carpet (Hindu, Andrew Meldrum , Nov 06, 2006)
A new film about the apartheid era is winning accolades. But the inspirational story of its hero is even more astonishing.
- Indo-Pak Back-Channel Talks Gain Momentum (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Nov 06, 2006)
Informal, back-channel parleys between India and Pakistan are gaining momentum days before the two countries’ Foreign Secretaries hold crucial talks here on November 14-15.
- 4 Of Family Killed In Udhampur (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
Four members of a family, two Pakistani militants and a minor boy were killed and three boys injured critically in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, where-as a powerful IED on Srinagar-Gulmarg road was detected today.
- Saddam: I Will Die Without Fear (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2006)
defiant Saddam Hussein today said he would die without fear and the US occupiers of his country would leave humiliated like they did in Vietnam, his lawyers said.
- When The Dil Ke Darwaze Opened On The Loc (Tribune, Dinesh Manhotra, Nov 06, 2006)
It was a historical event in Indo-Pak relations on November 7 last year across the Line of Control (LoC) when both sides opened the first frontier posts to provide relief to the victims of the devastating earthquake which rocked many parts of . . . .
- Caesar Had Gaul; Bush Just Has Gall (Deccan Herald, Terry Jones , Nov 06, 2006)
One thing Bush and Caesar have in common is pretending civilians are armed insurgents.
- A Travesty Of Justice (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 06, 2006)
That President Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator responsible for many atrocities, including human rights violations and invasions of neighbouring countries that caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people, is incontestable.
- Taliban Behead ‘Us Spy’ In Pak (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
Pakistani Taliban fighters beheaded a tribal cleric accused of being a U.S. spy in the Waziristan region bordering Afghanistan, a security official in the restive tribal region said.
- Staying The Course On Nuke Deal (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Nov 04, 2006)
As legislation intended to enable U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation negotiates partisan wrangling in the United States Congress, two South Asia analysts warn that if the deal falters it could cause a “significant setback” to U.S.-India relations.
- Japan Is Willin’ (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Nov 04, 2006)
It would be facile to suggest India must choose between China and Japan. Yet, in the next few weeks, Hu Jintao, China’s president, and Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, will present Manmohan Singh with alternative visions of the Asian dream.
- Make Hiv Tests Free (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 04, 2006)
Cutting the HIV/AIDS test price to half from Rs 500 is a tiny but welcome step towards combating the growing menace.
- Missile Tests A Reply To Us Military Exercises In Persian Gulf: Iran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
The test-firing of three new models of sea missiles in the Gulf should send a strong message to the US to cease military maneuvers in the zone, an Iranian navy chief said on Friday.
- Army Moves To Shoot Down Stress In Soldiers (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Nov 04, 2006)
Faced with the increasing incidents of stressed-out soldiers committing suicide or turning their weapons on their own officers and fellow soldiers, the Army has drawn up plans to reorganise the Rashtriya Rifles (RR), its counter-insurgency force . . .
- Scientists See Glimmer Of An Aids Vaccine (Indian Express, Reuters, Nov 04, 2006)
Scientists say they have captured a snapshot of an immune system structure that could help them design a drug to boost the body’s defences against the AIDS virus.
- Dizzying Heights (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 04, 2006)
Is small-town India gearing itself for that magical take-off? As many as 15 towns in India now offer direct flights abroad and the list includes places like Gaya, Guwahati, Jaipur, Lucknow, Goa, Amritsar and Calicut.
- Increasingly, The Heat Is On Turkey (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Nov 04, 2006)
It's crunch time for relations between Turkey and the European Union. EU leaders may have decided to open negotiations on Ankara’s membership of the 25-nation bloc last year but the last few months have witnessed a rise in tensions between Ankara . . .
- 7 U.S. Troops Die In Iraq; U.S. Intelligence Chief Visits (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
John D. Negroponte, the director of national intelligence, met here with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki on Friday, the second high-level visit by an American official in a week.
- Infiltration Still On, Says Army Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
Expressing concern over continuing cross-border terrorism and infiltration, Army Chief General J.J. Singh on Friday said the India-Pakistan joint anti-terror mechanism was still at the discussion level.
- President Bush Criticizes Democrats On Strategy (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
The Gatlin Brothers finished singing, and Larry Gatlin took the microphone to warm up the crowd for his old friend from West Texas.
- India To 'Honor' Nuclear Deal With U.S., Envoy Says (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
India stands firmly behind a major civilian nuclear deal with the United States, despite growing fears that U.S. lawmakers will not approve the deal before Congress adjourns for good at the end of the year, Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen said yesterday.
- Waiting For The Ghost's Next Move (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
The bullet passed through Lance Corporal Juan Valdez- Castillo as his patrol moved down a muddy urban lane. It was a single shot.
- Thousands Of Tribesmen Protest Madrassa Strike (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
More than 4,000 tribesmen today protested in a Pakistani tribal area where around 80 people died in an air strike on a suspected Al Qaida-linked training camp at a religious school.
- G.O.P. Candidates Turn Their Focus To The Economy (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
Republicans seized on a drop in the unemployment rate to assert on Friday that tax cuts were invigorating the economy, highlighting just four days before the election an issue that party strategists are counting on to offset bad news about the war.
- Iraq Leader And U.S. No Longer On Same Page (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
A cycle of discord and reconciliation that has broken into the open between Iraq's Shiite-led government and the Bush administration over the past two weeks has failed to disguise how severely trust between them has eroded.
- For U.S. And Top Iraqi, Animosity Is Mutual (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
The cycle of discord and strained reconciliation that has broken into the open between Iraq’s Shiite-led government and the Bush administration has revealed how wide the gulf has become between what the United States expects from the Baghdad . . .
- Israelis Kill 2 Women At Gaza Mosque (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
Israeli troops fired at a large crowd of unarmed Palestinian women Friday as they approached a mosque to help Palestinian militants holed up inside. Two women were killed and about 10 wounded, hospitals said, in a shooting that provoked widespread. . . .
- Pak Wants Afghanistan To Extradite Bugti Grandson (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
Pakistan intelligence agencies have claimed that Brahmdag Bugti, grandson of slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, is in Kabul and demanded that Afghan government extradite him to Islamabad.
- Jakarta To Probe Colombo Charge Of Gun-Running For Tamil Tigers (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
Indonesia is ready to investigate claims that its waters are being used to ship illegal weapons to the Tamil Tiger reels in Sri Lanka, but it has so far found no evidence to support the allegations, a Defence Ministry spokesman said on Friday.
- Cutting The Iraqi Gordian Knot Us Must Think The Unthinkable (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 04, 2006)
All signs are that the US is preparing for a U-turn in Iraq. It is no longer keen on sticking to its "stay the course" policy and is ready to look at new options. It will be statesmanlike for the US to admit its mistake, and make amends by involving . . .
- Air Raids On Ltte Bases Continue (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 04, 2006)
Amidst growing international concern, the Sri Lanka Air Force, for the third consecutive day on Friday, conducted three air raids on "well identified" LTTE targets.
- Iran Tests 3 New Missiles (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
Iran has successfully test-fired three new models of sea missiles in a new show of force to assert its military capacities in the Gulf, Iranian military officials said today.
- Pervez Positive On Indo-Pak Talks (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has expressed the hope that the forthcoming Pakistan-India talks will demonstrate the spirit of the Havana talks held between him and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last month.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 04, 2006)
It is true that in coming out of quasi-retirement to appear in the High Court for the prime accused in the Jessica Lall murder case the veteran criminal lawyer, Ram Jethmalani, will confirm he loves being hated.
- Special Article (Statesman, SUBRATA MUKHERJEE, Nov 04, 2006)
The Suez Crisis of 1956 is one of the major turning points in contemporary history. It led to important shifts in policy of all the major players in international politics.
- Annan Slams Israeli Military Operation In Gaza (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 04, 2006)
Criticising the Israeli defence forces' operations in northern Gaza, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday asked Tel Aviv to refrain from further escalating the "already grave" situation saying that continuing violence would make . . .
- Where Is Paradise In Pok? (Pioneer, Khwaja Ekram, Nov 04, 2006)
It's ironical that most human rights organisations raise a hue and cry over the condition of people in Jammu & Kashmir, but prefer to keep quiet on Pakistan's atrocities on the masses in PoK
- Killing Fellow Soldiers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 04, 2006)
The winds of change blowing through South Asia because of the reconciliation process between Pakistan and India have not improved the stifling atmosphere existing in Indian-occupied Kashmir.
- The General Misfires (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 04, 2006)
The General says that the Pakistan Army decided to respond to the “creeping attacks” by Indian forces across the LoC.
- Imperial China, Neo-Colonial India (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 04, 2006)
The hat of neo-colonialism will never fall on China.” That is a standard refrain from Chinese officials these days. Why in the world is China, that self-proclaimed champion of the Third World, having to defend itself against the accusations of . . .
- Us Soldiers In Iraq Hit Back At Kerry (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Nov 04, 2006)
The implication that only the stupid end up in Iraq has been widely condemned across the political spectrum in the US for denigrating serving US soldiers.
- Cheerful Runs The Road Between India And China (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Nov 04, 2006)
Trust is a word you hear often in the viciously inhospitable 26 km path up from Arunachal’s Chhang-stilled Tawang valley to Bum La on the the Sino-Indian border.
- North Korea N-Talks Likely In December: South (Hindustan Times, Reuters, Nov 04, 2006)
The six countries in stalled talks to end North Korea's nuclear weapons programme will likely return to the table in December after possibly holding an informal meeting to iron out details, South Korea's envoy said on Friday.
- Defence: Managing The Economics (Deccan Herald, RAHUL BEDI, Nov 04, 2006)
The controversy over the import of weapon systems at the cost of indigenous development raises the equally vital issue of systematic defence planning and, more importantly, managing its economics.
- How To Allay India’S Fears (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 04, 2006)
I have known the views of the youthful Kashmiri leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Yasin Malik and Shabir Shah for years.
- An Unfolding Tragedy In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 04, 2006)
Whatever its reasons for closing the A 9 highway, the Mahinda Rajapaksa Government cannot ignore its responsibilities towards the civilians trapped in the Jaffna peninsula.
- Our Flawed Afghan Policy (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Nov 04, 2006)
I was in the midst of writing about Pakistan’s tortured relations with Afghanistan, when the shocking news of the October 30 air strike on a seminary in the troubled area of Bajaur, gave fresh evidence of how closely entwined the paths of the two . . .
- Government Is Not Coming Clean On Bajaur (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 04, 2006)
At last Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government is collecting ‘more information’ regarding the Bajaur operation and it will be made public soon.
- Predator Carried Out Bajaur Strike (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Nov 04, 2006)
The Bajaur airstrike, which occurred around dawn, as people in the camp were preparing for their morning prayers, was conducted by a US Predator and also involved the use of helicopters, according to the well-informed and generally reliable blog, . . .
- Pakistan President Calls Grand Baloch Jirga (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Nov 03, 2006)
Speculation over attendance at Musharraf's meeting .
- North Korea And A New Nuclear Order (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Nov 03, 2006)
Pyongyang's October 9 action may turn out to be the first step towards a "multi-polar nuclear world."
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