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Articles 1521 through 1620 of 27135:
- Britain For Troop Withdrawal From Iraq? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 24, 2006)
Britain was on Monday reported to be exploring a timetable for a gradual withdrawal of its troops from Iraq as Prime Minister Tony Blair reviewed the security situation with visiting Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih.
- Iran Reportedly Expanding Nuclear Activities (International Herald Tribune, DAVID E. SANGER, Oct 24, 2006)
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday that Iran had begun testing new uranium enrichment equipment that would double the capacity of its small research-and-development facilities.
- Isi Has Spread Tentacles Everywhere: Pranab (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Two days after two Armymen were arrested on charges of spying, Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee expressed concern over the fact that Pakistan-based intelligence agency ISI had managed to plant moles in several organisations.
- Pranab Reasons Why He Should Deny Fm Post (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Oct 24, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who would have been external affairs minister by now by all reckoning, is believed to have introduced yet another dimension to a prolonged internal debate in the ruling Congress, about his candidacy for the job.
- How North Korea Fulfilled Its Dream (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
In his artwork and short morality plays, the research going on in secrecy at the Yongbyon nuclear complex where he worked and at dozens of other facilities and laboratories was portrayed as a valiant and noble mission to reunite the Korean people.
- Isi Worming Into Armed Forces (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
“The ISI network exists in several organisations. ISI appears to be working through Delhi and Kathmandu gateways. There is a need to improve the army intelligence network.”
- The Reservation Debate (Hindu, Suresh Nambath and K. Ramachandran, Oct 24, 2006)
Analysis of facts, figures, statements and judgments on reservation
- No Clarity On Nature Of Naxalite Threat (Deccan Herald, P V RAMANA, Oct 24, 2006)
The MHA reports and the Home Secretary’s views are at variance on Naxalite issue.
- Pyongyang Nuke Test Fuels Threat Of Bomb Sold Over Black Market (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
North Korea's claim to have successfully tested a nuclear bomb has raised a terrifying question: How long will it be before a desperate Pyongyang decides to earn some hard cash by selling its bomb technology?
- J&k Re-Run: Jawan Kills 2 Colleagues (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
In the second such incident in three days, a jawan of the Rashtriya Rifles went on a shooting spree on Monday afternoon, killing two of his colleagues before turning the gun on himself in the Budhal area of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.
- China’S Covert Role In Aiding N Korea (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2006)
Sir, ~ In his article “Another big bang” (12 October) former foreign secretary Salman Haidar is of the opinion that “China is Pyongyang’s only significant friend and has been the mainstay of the regime through its supplies of food and fuel at . . .
- Table Manners (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 24, 2006)
A s far as peace moves are concerned, Sri Lanka seems to be taking two steps backward for every step forward.
- Women Maoists Blast Raipur Govt Buildings (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Women Maoist guerrillas have blasted four government buildings in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, police said in Raipur on Wednesday.
- Pm's Cabinet Reshuffle To Take Place Today (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will undertake changes in his ministry on Tuesday with the key external affairs portfolio tipped to go to Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
- Rice Barnstorms Asia On Enforcing North Korean Nuke Sanctions (US News & World Report, Thomas Omestad, Oct 24, 2006)
With U.N. Security Council sanctions in hand–and the atomic content of North Korea's test blast "test blast" confirmed–Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this week launched an effort to buck up the North's neighbors to halt any trafficking in . . .
- How To Conduct A Geo-Political Orchestra (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Oct 24, 2006)
Shinzo Abe’s accession to premiership in Japan accurately expresses and symbolizes the new Japan that has been in the making over the last few years under the tutelage of his predecessor, Junichiro Koizumi.
- Hard Time For Migrant Workers In China: Study (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2006)
Forty per cent of migrant labourers in Chinese cities toil more than eight hours a day while 47 per cent of them work seven days a week and often exploited by ruthless employers, a latest nationwide survey has found.
- Clamor Rises For A Us Shift On Iraq Strategy (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
With violence surging in Baghdad and midterm elections two weeks away, the Bush administration faces pressure as never before to change its approach in Iraq.
- Israel Kills 7 In Gaza Raid (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Seven Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in a raid on the Gaza Strip Monday during festivities marking the end of Ramadan, in an operation President Mahmoud Abbas slammed as a "massacre".
- Detonators In Sevai In Army Hub (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Detonators concealed in vermicelli were recovered from a bag today when it was being smuggled inside the campus of the Punjab Regimental Centre at Ramgarh, 30 km from Ranchi.
- Behind The Scene (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2006)
The Assam peace process failed because the Centre and Ulfa were each driven by private agendas while agreeing to talks last September.
- Iraq: The People Have Their Say. Bad News For Tony Blair (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Demands for an urgent Commons debate on pulling British troops out of Iraq were stepped up last night at Westminster after an opinion poll found that 62 per cent of voters support a withdrawal before the country has been made stable.
- Fair Diagnosis (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2006)
The business community he was addressing might have been highly impressed by Dr Manmohan Singh’s analysis of what plagues the agriculture sector, but it would have raised few hopes out there in the grim reality of the farmland.
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2006)
It would be pertinent perhaps to examine the true concept of jihad, the meaning and occasion when holy war (al-jihad al-Asghar, the lesser jihad) is permitted, who exactly has authority to call upon the Ummah (the Muslim community) to be engaged in . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2006)
Now that the rapist father-in-law has been convicted, the enormity of Imrana Bibi’s trauma and tragedy must not be compounded by a renewed bout of fundamentalist shadow-boxing over her future.
- 32 Killed As Two Warlords Clash In Herat Province (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
At least 32 people were killed and numerous others were injured overnight when two rival commanders of Pahtun clans clashed in Shindand district of the western Herat province, officials and eyewitness said on Monday.
- A Nuanced `Country Manager' (Business Line, C. P. Ravindranathan, Oct 24, 2006)
That Dr Manmohan Singh has provided compelling leadership and helped put the economy on a path of high growth owes not merely to his calibre as an economic thinker and policymaker, but to another skill for which he has been given less credit than due . .
- India Must Accept Pakistan As Equal: Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
President says Pakistan will not accept interference in internal affairs
Says nuclear weapon not Islamic bomb but Pakistani bomb
Mulla Omar and Osama in Afghanistan
- Why Is The Federation ‘Not So Strong’? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 24, 2006)
Talking on a TV Q&A programme recently, President Pervez Musharraf said “the federation at present is not so strong although I have achieved results on the seven-point agenda that I announced after the army take-over in October 1999”.
- The Rights And Wrongs Of Kargil (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 24, 2006)
The controversy touched off by President Musharraf’s claims about Kargil will never end because no independent inquiry has been conducted on the episode and there is no way of knowing the truth.
- Bush, Facing Dissent On Iraq, Jettisons 'Stay The Course' (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
The White House said Monday that President Bush was no longer using the phrase “stay the course” when speaking about the Iraq war, in a new effort to emphasize flexibility in the face of some of the bloodiest violence there since the 2003 invasion.
- War In Sudan? Not Where The Oil Wealth Flows (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Here young, rich Sudanese, wearing ripped jeans and fancy gym shoes, sit outside licking scoops of ice cream as an outdoor air-conditioning system sprays a cooling veil of mist. Around the corner is a new BMW dealership unloading $165,000 cars.
- New Submarine Cable To Link India: Vsnl (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Tata group company VSNL has signed an MoU with leading global telecom firms to construct a new submarine cable linking India, the Middle East and Western Europe.
- Bush Admin. Won't Shift Iraq Strategy (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Under election-year pressure to change course in Iraq, the Bush administration said Monday there are no plans for dramatic shifts in policy or for ultimatums to Baghdad to force progress.
- Tigers On Prowl Bring Political Foes Together (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Sri Lanka's main opposing political parties on Monday pledged to cooperate to settle renewed conflict with the Tamil Tiger rebels, as two people, including a Hindu priest, were reported killed in the country's volatile north.
- Israelis, Lebanese Reach Across War's Divide (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Aghast at the destruction that ensued as Israel's army and Hizbollah fighters waged war in Lebanon this year, Israeli David Sasson felt compelled to try to make contact with the Lebanese side.
- North Korea Said To Be Willing To Talk (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
North Korea is amenable to returning to international nuclear talks if the U.S. shows a willingness to resolve a dispute over the North's alleged counterfeiting and money laundering, a South Korean lawmaker said Monday.
- Musharraf: Let Us Make Loc Irrelevant (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 24, 2006)
Self-governance mooted on both sides
India not for redrawing borders
Making LoC permanent border unacceptable to Pakistan.
- Nscn (I-M) Harps On `Federation' (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Oct 24, 2006)
"It should be incorporated in Constitutions of India and Nagalim"
India should be forthcoming on "substantive issues"
Submits 30-point issues to Government.
- Armed Forces In A Tizzy Over Pak Moles (Times of India, RAJAT PANDIT, Oct 24, 2006)
Despite counter-intelligence measures, Pakistan’s ISI continues to make deep inroads into the armed forces.
- Isi Trying To Subvert Forces, Says Pranab (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
The government said today that it was concerned over espionage by defence personnel and that internal investigations were on to unravel the full ramifications of the spying network within the armed forces.
- Right-Winger In Israeli Coalition Talks (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Avigdor Lieberman, the hard right-wing nationalist, was on the brink of joining Ehud Olmert's government after a meeting with the Prime Minister.
- Pranab: Isi Network Must Be Unearthed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Promises strict action against agents
- Romania Backs India’S Civil Nuclear Plan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Romania, a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), today supported India’s quest for civil nuclear cooperation with the international community and expressed willingness to establish strategic partnership in energy as well as defence sectors.
- Losing & Winning (Times of India, Lalit Mohan, Oct 24, 2006)
In his memoirs Pervez Musharraf has added his two bits to the debate on the outcome of the 1965 conflict between India and Pakistan.
- Naxalites Kill Orissa Dig Who Had Been Battling Them For Years (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Successfully targeting a senior official for the first time, suspected Naxalites today shot dead DIG Jaswinder Singh, in-charge of the Naxal-infested districts of South Orissa.
- Nuclear Gamble (Times of India, P R CHARI, Oct 24, 2006)
There are a few issues that remain unclear in the aftermath of Kim Jong Il's impetuous decision to test North Korea's long-suspected nuclear device. First, was this a nuclear test?
- China Not Too Optimistic Of Talks With North Korea Soon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
China is not optimistic that North Korea will end its nuclear programme or re-enter disarmament talks soon, reports said on Monday, after Beijing’s top nuclear envoy returned from discussions in Pyongyang.
- Nsa Has Weakened India's Case Against Isi: Bjp (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
BJP seized up national security advisor M K Narayanan's statement that India had "pretty good" but not clinching evidence on the Pakistani hand in the Mumbai train blasts case to attack Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's formulation on a joint . . .
- Pranab Mukherjee May Be Made Foreign Minister Today (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to move further down Rajpath from his current office to the external affairs ministry as part of a minor ministerial reshuffle scheduled for Tuesday evening.
- Buddha, The Bard (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Oct 24, 2006)
Keats, Browning, Shakespeare, the Bible and more recently Tagore. The quintessential “poet” in West Bengal’s chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee keeps popping up every now and then and more frequently so in recent times.
- Nuclear Program Oversight Increased (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Pakistan has adopted a vast system of checks and balances in its military nuclear program to prevent nonproliferation abuses such as the nuclear black market run by top scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, a senior Pakistani military official said yesterday.
- Pranab Likely To Be New Foreign Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
A minor reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers is expected to take place on Tuesday.
- Islamists Recapture Somali Town (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
The town of Bur Hakaba in central Somalia is again under Islamist control after pro-government forces withdrew.
- Un Envoy Leaves After Sudan Row (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
The head of the UN mission in Sudan, Jan Pronk, has left the country after being expelled by Sudan's government.
- Pro-Taleban Militants In Tax Move (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Pro-Taleban militants in Pakistan's troubled North Waziristan tribal region have announced plans to raise their own taxes, reports say.
- Pakistan And India In Spying Row (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
A spying row has erupted between Pakistan and India after a Pakistani diplomatic driver was detained in Delhi for allegedly receiving secret files.
- Uk 'Broke Pledges' On Afghan Aid (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
The governor of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan has criticised the UK government for lack of development projects in the area.
- Sri Lanka Parties In Talks Pact (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
The Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapakse, has signed an agreement with the main opposition party for a common policy in relation to the Tamil Tigers.
- Farewell To Arms Control (Indian Express, Harsh V. Pant, Oct 24, 2006)
After Condoleezza Rice’s whirlwind tour of Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and Moscow to cope with the fallout of North Korea’s atomic test, there’s no evidence that Pyongyang is ready to put the nuclear genie back in the bottle. What is certain: the global . . .
- Kashmir Protest Over Youth Death (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Several thousand people have protested in Indian-administered Kashmir against the death of a young man in custody.
- Iraq Urges Coalition Not To Panic, Run (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Coalition troops must stay in Iraq and not give way to defeatism or panic in the face of hostile public opinion, Iraq's deputy prime minister said after meeting British leaders yesterday.
- Navy Plans Joint Exercises With U.S., Russia (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 24, 2006)
In line with the policy of practising in the backyards of friendly navies
- Iraq, A Nation In Flight (Tribune, Patrick Cockburn, Oct 24, 2006)
It is one of the largest long term population movements in the Middle East since Israel expelled Palestinians in the late 1940s.
- India Should Be Wise About Galileo (Indian Express, Ajey Lele, Oct 24, 2006)
The surprise element in the recently concluded summit meeting that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had with the leaders of the European Union in Helsinki was the conspicuous failure to make further progress on the Galileo deal.
- Us Says Iraq Must Improve Policy (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
Iraq must take more responsibility on security and political issues, a senior White House adviser has said.
- Force Multiplier (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 24, 2006)
In his interview to this newspaper, the outgoing chief of naval staff, Admiral Arun Prakash, has drawn attention to the UPA government’s lack of political resolve in appointing a chief of defence staff (CDS).
- Partition Of Iraq On The Cards (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 23, 2006)
As President Bush reconsiders his strategy for Iraq, a senior US diplomat has admitted the US showed “arrogance” and “stupidity” in the way it has handled the Iraq war.
- Uk, Us Mull Iraq Exit Strategy (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
The persisting trail of murder and mayhem in Iraq has prompted Britain and the United States to launch a quest for a face-saving exit strategy for the war-crippled Gulf country.
- Air Passengers’ Ordeal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 23, 2006)
For 338 passengers of the New York to New Delhi flight via London it was an ordeal that Air-India could have minimised even if it had no control over the bird-hit which grounded the unfortunate plane at Heathrow airport.
- Musharraf Wants Law To Stop ‘Rowdyism’ In Na (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has made an impassioned plea for legislation against ‘rowdyism’ that has traditionally greeted a president’s address to parliament.
- Do We Need A Foreign Minister? (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Oct 23, 2006)
Since Natwar Singh exited office several months ago the country has no EAM despite diplomatic missions and posts in 80 countries apart from two Ministers of State for External Affairs.
- Iraqis As Cannon Fodder (Pioneer, GWYNNE DYER, Oct 23, 2006)
Since the US invasion, the majority of people in Iraq have died due to gunshot wounds rather than collapse of medical services, says Gwynne Dyer
- We Can Devise Our Own Model, But We Must Agree On The Principle Of Unified Command At The Top’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 23, 2006)
Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash instituted an “era of military transformation” in his service. Days before he retires, he tells Shiv Aroor that his parallel role as chairman of the chiefs of staff committee has encountered pronounced inertia in the . . .
- The Search For The Puppet-Masters (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 23, 2006)
Indian investigators know the marionettes who enact the Lashkar-e-Taiba's jihad — but the men who hold the strings are out of reach.
- Kashmir Teen On Fast Dies In Custody (Telegraph, MUZAFFAR RAINA, Oct 23, 2006)
When people across Kashmir were busy observing Shab-e-Qadr — the night of prayers — 17-year-old Mohammad Maqbool Dar was battling for his life. The next morning, Saturday, his torture-scarred body reached home.
- Fair Diagnosis (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 23, 2006)
The business community he was addressing might have been highly impressed by Dr Manmohan Singh’s analysis of what plagues the agriculture sector, but it would have raised few hopes out there in the grim reality of the farmland.
- Hard Time For Migrant Workers In China: Study (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 23, 2006)
Forty per cent of migrant labourers in Chinese cities toil more than eight hours a day while 47 per cent of them work seven days a week and often exploited by ruthless employers, a latest nationwide survey has found.
- Behind The Scene (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 23, 2006)
Selfish agendas spiked Assam peace process
- Default Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 23, 2006)
India should pressurise Pakistan on terrorism.
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