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Articles 1121 through 1220 of 27135:
- For An Independent Foreign Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The U.S. Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice's whistle stop tour of Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and Moscow last weekend offered a glimpse of the acute limits to American power in the post-Cold War period.
- Ancient Manual On Law And Ethics (Hindu, GODAVARISHA MISHRA, Oct 31, 2006)
By bringing out the first critical edition of the Manava-dharmasastra (Manusmriti), along with English translation and exhaustive notes, Patrick Olivelle has done yeomen service to the cause of modern research in Sanskrit and Indology.
- Front-Line Vignettes (Hindu, Sashi Kumar, Oct 31, 2006)
First person accounts providing insights into what propels journalists into theatres of war.
- Prize For The Big Man (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Oct 30, 2006)
It is very unlikely that Gambia’s president, Yahya Jammeh, re-elected last month to a third term with a 67 per cent majority, will ever win the Mo Ibrahim Prize for achievement in African leadership.
- Uk Top Nuke Secrets Feared Stolen In Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Top secrets of Britain’s ‘Trident’ nuclear deterrent are feared stolen from a US base and two persons have been arrested in this connection, as intelligence sources warned that the data would be “priceless” to terror groups like al-Qaeda, media . . .
- Scholarships For Pakistani Students (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 30, 2006)
India with its English-based education system is attractive for its other Anglophile neighbours. New Delhi could use this advantage to create goodwill.
- A Crisis In Bangladesh (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 30, 2006)
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's authoritarianism and reactionary manoeuvring in the face of a tide of popular discontent has created a dangerous stalemate in Bangladesh.
- Sri Lanka Peace Talks With Tamil Rebels Collapse (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The Sri Lankan peace talks collapsed on Sunday after two days of squabbling over "humanitarian issues" and the two sides failed to even agree on new dates to meet.
- 70 Militants Killed In Afghanistan (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
NATO and Afghan troops killed 70 suspected militants who attacked a military base in southern Afghanistan, while a roadside blast killed one NATO soldier and wounded eight others, the alliance said on Sunday.
- Al Badr Resurfaces (Pioneer, B Raman, Oct 30, 2006)
The arrest of two terrorists in Mysore proves that the ISI is using Al Badr, one of the oldest jihadi outfits, to spread mayhem in south India, says B Raman
- History Of J&k~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 30, 2006)
Gulab Singh, an in-trepid soldier, by 1820 had Jammu conferred upon him by Ranjit Singh with the title of Raja, while Bhimber, Chibal, Poonch and Ramnagar went to his brothers.
- Rebels Want Jaffna Blockade Lifted (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s separatist rebels lambasted the government for not agreeing to lift its blockade of an ethnic Tamil stronghold in the north, as the military said today special forces killed two guerrillas who attacked their camp in the country’s east.
- Deterring North Korea’S Kim Jong Il (Tribune, Graham Allison , Oct 30, 2006)
In an interview aired last week, US President George W. Bush was asked: What would he do if “North Korea sold nukes to Iran or al-Qaida?” Bush replied, “They’d be held to account.”
- Diversity, A Binding Thread (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 30, 2006)
India has done well to give its approval for the ratification of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of Diversity of Cultural Expressions adopted by UNESCO at its 33rd session on October 20 last year. India is a living example of . . .
- Lanka-Ltte Peace Talks Fail (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 30, 2006)
Amid mutual recriminations and intransigent positions, the Geneva peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and LTTE rebels failed on Sunday, with the two sides bitterly accusing each other of...
- Bangla Prez Is New Caretaker Chief (Deccan Herald, Hassan Shahriar, Oct 30, 2006)
Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed on Sunday night took oath as the chief of the “neutral” caretaker administration with opposition parties and leading lawyers charging him of violating the nation’s constitution.
- Nato Says 70 Militants Killed (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
NATO and Afghan troops killed 70 suspected militants who attacked a military base in southern Afghanistan, while a roadside blast killed one NATO soldier and wounded eight others, the alliance said Sunday.
- Iran Scents World Split On Nuclear Issue (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Iran on Sunday remained defiant over its nuclear programme despite the threat of sanctions, saying it was detecting splits between world powers on whether to punish Tehran for intensifying atomic work.
- Hanging In The Balance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 30, 2006)
The fate of the Protection of Women Bill continues to hang in the balance.
- No End To Baloch Unrest (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 30, 2006)
Continuing attacks on trains, gas pipelines and power transmission lines in Balochistan indicate that the situation in the province, far from returning to normal as claimed by the government, remains a source of worry.
- On Campaign Stop, Bush Rallies Loyalists (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
After months of fundraising, President Bush plunged into retail politicking for the first time this campaign season, telling a raucous crowd of several thousand Republican partisans on Saturday that the Democrats would raise taxes and retreat from . . .
- Bush Still A Hot Commodity In Some Places (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
For all the talk about the political baggage that President Bush carries this year, his stop in Indiana on Saturday showed that he could still turn on — and, White House strategists say, turn out — the most faithful party voters.
- Fighting Terrorism For Money (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 30, 2006)
An official report released in Washington says Pakistan has received the lion’s share of a “total of $6.64 billion for 2002-2007 for the coalition fighting terrorism:
- Iraqi Leader Critical Of U.S. Envoy (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
A festering grievance between Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the United States escalated yesterday with Mr. al-Maliki telling President Bush that America's ambassador in Baghdad acts like a viceroy instead of a diplomat.
- Iraq Focus Of Steele-Cardin Tilt (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele and Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin this morning met in an hour-long, nationally televised debate on "Meet the Press," nine days before voters elect one to the U.S. Senate.
- 17 Iraqi Police Academy Instructors Killed (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Seventeen instructors at a British-run police academy and two translators were gunned down Sunday in the first attack of its kind in southern Iraq.
- Missing Soldier Secretly Married Iraqi (International Herald Tribune, CP Bhambhri, Oct 30, 2006)
The missing American soldier who has been the subject of an intensive manhunt in the capital since being kidnapped by gunmen outside the heavily protected Green Zone last week was, at the time, visiting an Iraqi woman whom he had secretly married . . .
- Afghan, Us Forces To Conduct Joint Exercise (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
About 60 Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan police personnel arrived at Ft. Polk, La., earlier this week are getting ready for a joint exercise with the US Armys 82nd Airborne Division.
- Al Badr In Mysore (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 30, 2006)
Karnataka Police claims the arrest of two Pakistani terrorists belonging to Al Badr—the oldest of the existing jihadi terrorist organisations of Pakistan, considered as close to Pakistan's ISI as the LET.
- Saddam Verdict May Be Delayed - Prosecutor (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
A court trying Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity could delay its verdict by a few days, the chief prosecutor said on Sunday, in a move that would shift the announcement until after US midterm elections.
- Us Urged To Open Talks With Iran (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Ahmad Chalabi, a former Pentagon favourite who was once Iraq's deputy prime minister, urged the United States to open talks with Iran, saying that it could help reduce sectarian violence in Iraq and allow US forces to withdraw.
- Us Looks For Honourable Iraq Exit Strategy (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The Bush administration seems to have given up its aim of moulding Iraq into a democracy of its liking and is now looking for an honourable exit strategy, experts say.
- Taliban Has Winter Plans To Storm Kabul (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The Taliban are planning a major winter offensive combining their diverse factions in a push on the Afghan capital, Kabul, intelligence analysts and sources among the militia have revealed.
- A Laser Aircraft Which Zaps Missiles Midair (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The US Missile Defense Agency rolled out an airborne laser aircraft on Friday, the latest development in a missile-defence system that was once ridiculed as a "Star Wars" fantasy.
- Talks On To Defuse Bangladesh Political Crisis (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed consulted feuding party leaders today to try to defuse a mounting crisis over forming a caretaker government to steer the nation through to January general elections.
- Karma Of Business (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Oct 30, 2006)
The evolution of management, from military to business to personal.
- Uk: Leaked Memo Links Iraq Policy With Terror (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
A leaked cabinet memo has linked Britain’s foreign policy with terrorist attacks in the country, dealing a severe blow to Prime Minister Tony Blair’s public denials of a connection between the two.
- Pak Promised To Fight Terror, Took Several Billion Dollars From Us (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Pakistan has received billions of dollars in reimbursement for its support of US-led counter-terrorism operations, while US Congress has appropriated billions of dollars to pay Pakistan for its support.
- Sri Lankan Peace Talks: A Welcome Step (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
For the first time in eight months, members of the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) came together this weekend, meeting behind closed doors in Geneva.
- U.S. Is Said To Fail In Tracking Arms Shipped To Iraqis (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The American military has not properly tracked hundreds of thousands of weapons intended for Iraqi security forces and has failed to provide spare parts, maintenance personnel or even repair manuals for most of the weapons given to the Iraqis, a . . .
- Woman Killed, 3 Hurt In Blasts (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
One woman was killed and three others injured in two separate blasts in the state whereas security forces seized 10 kg of explosives and other ammunition since last night, official sources said today.
- India Wants Free, Fair Elections In Bangladesh (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed consulted feuding party leaders today to try to defuse a mounting crisis over forming a caretaker government to steer the nation through to January general elections.
- Who Should Insure Against Terrorism? (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The threat sounded ominous: Dirty bombs would be detonated at Giants Stadium and six other stadiums across the country. It would be "America's Hiroshima," causing civil war, chaos, and global economies to "screech to a halt."
- A Stirring Lament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
Dalrymple narrates the story of Delhi's capture and fall with a rare humanity.
- In A State Of Perennial Siege (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
Reena Saini Kallat externalises her anxieties about the human condition, and hopes to neutralise them, by creating talismanic objects.
- North Korean Nodong Has Become Ghauri In Pakistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
Confirmation comes from President Musharraf himself
- Solheim Sounds A Warning As Talks Begin (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 29, 2006)
The much-anticipated talks between the Sri Lanka Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam began in Geneva on Saturday with a stern message from Norway that Colombo faced the danger of losing the goodwill and foreign aid if the situation . . .
- A Strategic Impasse? (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 29, 2006)
India will soon have to fight its own war against a force oozing with confidence
- Wanna See The Bridge Again? (New Indian Express, CP Bhambhri, Oct 29, 2006)
We were winding up for the day after the last news bulletin when the MTV channel in Sri Lanka commenced its next segment, classic movies.
- Fast Forward To Future (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 28, 2006)
I am now less skeptical of astrologers and tarot card readers.
- Bush: Iran Nuclear Weapons Unacceptable (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
President Bush said on Friday he was aware of "speculation" that Iran has started enriching uranium in a second network of centrifuges and said it was unacceptable for Tehran to have a nuclear weapon.
- Search Spurs Sadr City Battles (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
U.S. and Iraqi forces returned to Sadr City on Friday to search the Shiite Muslim slum for a missing U.S. soldier, occasionally engaging in gun battles with members of local militias during their hunt.
- Iraq Combat Deaths Spike (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Unrelenting daily attacks in Baghdad and the western province of Anbar have made October the deadliest month of the Iraq war for U.S. troops in combat since the all-out American offensives on Fallujah in April and November of 2004, according to U.S. . . .
- Iran Doubles Uranium Enrichment Capacity (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Iran has doubled its capacity to enrich uranium by successfully executing the process with a second network of centrifuges, a semiofficial news agency reported today, sending a defiant new message to the U.N. Security Council.
- South Korean Troops Look North (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
South Korean forces landed on a beach in the south east of the country in a massive exercise amid increased tension over North Korea’s nuclear weapons test.
- Mutual Distrust (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Oct 28, 2006)
The people should fight against fake patriots who are interested in militarisation, tyranny and backwardness.
- Mysore Arrests Point To Isi Hand, Again (Times of India, SUBODH GHILDIYAL, Oct 28, 2006)
The arrest of two Pakistani terrorists in Karnataka on Thursday is seen as yet another corroboration of India's charge about ISI masterminding the terror campaign in the country.
- State Governments Ignore Crpf’S Plea (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Oct 28, 2006)
State governments want the Central paramilitary forces to fight Naxals, but when it comes to extending facilities to them, they are turning the other way.
- Indo-Us Ties Beyond N-Deal: Carter (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Former US President Jimmy Carter today said that Indo-US relations went beyond the nuclear deal and he saw no problem in New Delhi moving towards the use of atomic energy to generate electricity.
- Kin Of Blast Victims Given Relief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Cinestar-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, who is known to embarrass the BJP with his public outbursts, today once again came out with views at variance with the party on issues like Ayodhya.
- 24 Iraqi Cops Killed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
A vicious battle between Iraqi police and insurgents north of Baghdad left at least 24 officers, 18 rebels and one civilian dead, the US military said today.
- Bush Ex-Aide Sentenced In Abramoff Case (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
A federal judge yesterday sentenced David H. Safavian, a former top Bush administration official, to 18 months in prison for lying and concealing unethical dealings with lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
- Robert Fisk: Mystery Of Israel's Secret Uranium Bomb (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Did Israel use a secret new uranium-based weapon in southern Lebanon this summer in the 34-day assault that cost more than 1,300 Lebanese lives, most of them civilians?
- E-Mail Threat To Kill Kalam, Manmohan (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Kerala may be aiming to position itself at the top of the tourism destinations in the country, but when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh makes a scheduled visit here on November 1 to mark the Kerala formation day, it would be anything but a holiday ambience.
- U.S. Urged To Begin 'Talking To Enemies' (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Ever since President George W. Bush proclaimed there to be an "axis of evil" in 2002, pundits, diplomats and politicians have urged him to talk to its members.
- Nato Blames Taliban For Deaths (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The NATO secretary general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, blamed the Taliban on Friday for NATO killings of Afghan civilians, saying the Islamist militia was taking "human shields" to ward off attacks, the White House said.
- Nato Facing A Further Decade In Afghanistan (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The Nato presence in Afghanistan could last at least another decade, according to the commander of US forces in the country.
- Roadside Blast Kills 14 In Afghanistan (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
A roadside blast struck a pickup truck in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing 14 villagers who were traveling to a provincial capital for holiday celebrations, an official said.
- End Of An Era As Ghulam Ishaq Khan Laid To Rest (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Former President Ghulam Ishaq Khan died here Friday morning at the age of 91. He was suffering from Pneumonia for the past three months.
- Crucial Sri Lanka Peace Talks Due (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels start talks in Geneva on Saturday in an effort to avert a slide back into war.
- Us Now Ranks 53rd In World Press Freedom (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The news media advocacy organization Reporters Without Borders released their fifth annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index this week, and it shows that the United States has dropped 9 places since last year, and is now ranked 53rd, alongside . . .
- U.S. To Return Yokota Airspace Near Haneda (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The United States agreed Friday to return to Japan about 40 percent of the airspace adjacent to Tokyo's Haneda airport that is currently under the control of the U.S. Air Force's Yokota base in western Tokyo, Japanese government officials said Friday.
- Afghanistan Update: Taliban Comeback Linked To Poor Governance . . . (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Oct 28, 2006)
There is a Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan because of the failure of the government in Kabul to provide essential services to its people, ensure their security and eliminate corruption, which is rampant, according to a veteran American journalist . . .
- Iran Reports More Progress On Uranium Enrichment (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Iran has started to feed gas into a second cascade of centrifuges, an Iranian news agency reported Friday, a step that indicates that the country is moving ahead with its uranium-enrichment program despite the threat of UN sanctions.
- Former Pak Army Chief Tells A Cia Tale (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 28, 2006)
Pakistan’s former chief of army staff Mirza Aslam Beg has revealed that he was among a group of army officers trained by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the 1950s as a “stay behind organisation” that would melt into the population if ever . . .
- Un Envoy Pronk To Return To Sudan (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The UN envoy to Sudan is to return to Khartoum despite his recent expulsion from the country, the UN has announced.
- The Free And The Not So Free (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Oct 28, 2006)
Media in Finland, Iceland, Ireland and Holland are cited as the most free amongst 168 countries surveyed by Reporters Without Borders in their fifth annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index published this week.
- India Expels Pakistani Embassy Worker (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
India has ordered the expulsion of a Pakistani working at Islamabad’s embassy in New Delhi for taking secret documents from an Indian army sergeant, a Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday.
- Mistaken Liberals (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 28, 2006)
have been living in the eastern United States this fall, at a time when the botched invasion of Iraq dominates the public discourse. I am based in a (mostly liberal) university, where defenders of the war-makers — George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, . ..
- A Check On Arms Trade (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 28, 2006)
The international community is now set to begin work on drawing up an international arms trade treaty.
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