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Articles 1721 through 1820 of 27135:
- Re-Emergence Of Taliban (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 19, 2006)
Ever since American forces entered Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power, Indian foreign policy has been based on the premise that the US and its NATO allies would restore peace, stability and moderation in Afghanistan.
- Us Active In Pakistan Terror Ops: Cheney (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
US vice-president Dick Cheney has said that the US was taking part in anti-terrorism operations in Pakistan, where more Al Qaida members have been caught or killed"probably than any place else."
- Japan Debates The Nuke Option (Tribune, Bruce Wallace, Oct 19, 2006)
Tokyo The prospect of a nuclear-armed Japan is at once unimaginable and obvious.
- Anti-Terror Mechanism Will Test Pak Intentions: Pm (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Oct 19, 2006)
A day after Chief of Army Staff Gen J.J. Singh stated that terror infrastructure in Pakistan was intact and it was still backing insurgency, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that the anti-terrorism institutional mechanism between the two . . .
- Pak Peace Process On Anti-Terror Test (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today told the military that Pakistan’s intentions will be tested by the joint anti-terror institutional mechanism that he proposed to Pervez Musha-rraf in Havana. Future talks with Pakistan on a peace pro-cess hinged . . .
- Track-Ii Option For Ulfa Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The Delhi-Ulfa peace process seemed to be coming out of the morass of ambiguity with Delhi today indicating its preference for Track-II diplomacy and Arabinda Rajkhowa issuing a statement to explain why it had not yet conveyed its consent for talks . . .
- Fading Out Slowly (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Oct 19, 2006)
The People’s Daily had, two days back, a picture of President Hu Jintao visiting an exhibition in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Long March.
- Al Qaeda Caught And Killed: Tally Highest In Pakistan: Cheney (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
United States Vice President Dick Cheney said on Tuesday that Washington was participating in anti-terrorism operations in Pakistan, where more Al Qaeda members have been caught or killed “probably than any place else”.
- India Puts Pakistan On Notice: Talks Will Collapse (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 19, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Wednesday told Pakistan that bilateral talks between the two countries would collapse “unless the government of Pakistan clearly deals with the issue of terrorism”.
- Aq Khan: First Hero Then Villain? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 19, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf seems to have changed his mind about Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan being a hero of Pakistan.
- India Has Put Islamabad On Terror Notice: Singh (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Oct 19, 2006)
India on Wednesday signalled a tough stance towards the delayed foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan next month with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declaring that Islamabad was now on notice over terrorism.
- Spotlight On N Korea (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The USA turned up the heat today on North Korea as US Secretary of State Miss Condoleezza Rice rallied Asian nations to squeeze the secretive regime of its trading lifeblood.
- Waiting For Dodo (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 19, 2006)
As good defence ministers are expected to be, Pranab Mukherjee is a low-level, quick reaction defence minister.
- Rice Heads To S Korea For Nuclear Crisis Talks (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left Japan on Thursday for South Korea, the second stop on a four-nation tour to step up the pressure on North Korea after its nuclear test.
- Nato, Afghanistan Plan First Nationwide Operation (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Nato is planning its first nationwide operations with Afghanistan’s army and police in an effort to increase security and aid reconstruction, the alliance’s top commander in the country said on Tuesday.
- Norway Will Not Send Special Forces To Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Nato-member Norway will not send special forces to southern Afghanistan despite the alliance’s appeal for additional forces to battle Taliban insurgents, the government said on Wednesday.
- ‘Nato Monitoring Tribal Peace Deal’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Nato expressed fresh concern on Wednesday about insurgents crossing into Afghanistan and warned that it was closely monitoring a Pakistani peace deal in a volatile border area to see if it has any effect.
- Terror Kingpin Free Man In Pak (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Oct 19, 2006)
One of the most wanted men in India and high on the terror list, the founder of the Lash-kar-e-Tayyaba, Hafiz Saeed, was released by a Pakistan court shortly after midnight on Tuesday.
- Bush Clears The Way For Corporate Domination (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
When George W. Bush says that he wants to spread freedom to every corner of the earth, he means it.
- India To Discourage Fdi From Pakistan, China And Others (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 19, 2006)
India is planning to enact a law to discourage foreign investment from China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Macua, Taiwan and North Korea.
- Playing With Fire Power (Pioneer, MN Buch, Oct 19, 2006)
Let the process of defence purchases be transparent, and let's never question decisions merely because some party alleges corruption
- Rebels In Ivory Coast Oppose Calls For President Laurent Gbagbo To Lead The Country For Another Year. (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Rebels in the Ivory Coast have opposed calls for President Laurent Gbagbo to lead the country for another year until elections can be held.
- Tamil Tigers Strike At Tourism (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Tiger rebels struck at the heart of Sri Lanka’s tourist industry yesterday with a suicide boat attack that killed at least 16 people and sparked looting in the historic southern city of Galle.
- Rice N Korea Tour Heads To Seoul (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in South Korea on the second leg of an Asian tour to rally opposition to North Korea's nuclear testing.
- Witnesses In Saddam Trial Recall Kurdish Massacres (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Two Kurdish witnesses at Saddam Hussein's genocide trial gave harrowing accounts of surviving killing fields where guards executed hundreds of detainees at a time in sprays of gunfire.
- Us Soldier Killed In Iraq, 71 Us Death In October (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
An American soldier was killed in combat in Anbar province, the insurgent stronghold west of the capital, the US military reported Thursday.
- Right On!: The Coming Middle East War (Column) (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The warning signs are everywhere, yet no one wishes to see them. Israel's foes are gearing up for war, and it's time that we opened our eyes to the danger that confronts us.
- Pm: Troops May Quit Iraq In A Year (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Tony Blair yesterday shifted ground on the continuing presence of British troops in Iraq by saying it was government policy to leave the country within 10 to 16 months - so long as the security situation allowed.
- More Bloodshed In Sri Lanka (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 19, 2006)
Yet another suicide attack — Sri Lanka’s worst ever — by the Tamil Tigers has cast a pall over the peace process.
- Bush Issues Doctrine For Us Control Of Space (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
George Bush has staked out a bold claim to the final frontier, asserting vigorously America's right to deny access to space to any adversary hostile to US interests, it emerged yesterday.
- Israel Broadens Gaza Operation (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
For the first time since its pullout from Gaza a year ago, Israeli tanks and infantry took up positions on the Egypt-Gaza border Wednesday, killing two Palestinian fighters and surrounding the Rafah border terminal, as the army broadened its search . . .
- The Elusive Consensus (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s call for developing a broad national consensus on critical national issues comes against a political background characterised by a lack of agreement on some of the nation’s fundamental problems.
- 10 Us Troops Dead In Persisting Iraq Violence (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
A TADA court here today held three accused, among them a father-son duo, guilty of helping prime conspirator Tiger Memon in carrying out the serial bomb blasts in the metropolis in 1993.
Issaq Hajwani, his son Sikander and Shahnawaz were held . . .
- Wheels Of Justice (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 19, 2006)
A decade after committing the gruesome crime of raping and murdering Priyadarshini Mattoo, a fellow student of law at Delhi University, Santosh Kumar Singh has got his just desserts.
- Britain Now 'No 1 Al-Qaida Target' (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Britain has become the main target for a resurgent al-Qaida, which has successfully regrouped and now presents a greater threat than ever before, according to counter-terrorist officials.
- Air Strike, Clashes In Afghanistan Scores Including 22 Civilians Killed (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Nine Afghan civilians were killed and 17 wounded in a late night air strike in a troubled district of the southern Kandahar province, bordering Pakistan, officials and residents said on Wednesday.
- Manmohan Asks Pakistan To Fulfil Terror Pledge (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Listing international terrorism as the main challenge facing pluralistic and democratic nations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asked Pakistan to take concrete steps to tackle the issue of terrorism or else India would find it difficult . . .
- Revival Of The Taliban (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 19, 2006)
Ever since American forces entered Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power, Indian foreign policy has been based on the premise that the Americans and their NATO allies would restore peace, stability and moderation in Afghanistan.
- Stop Being America's Yes-Man, Ozawa Tells Abe In Diet Debate (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will lead the country down the wrong path if he continues to do whatever Washington asks, the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, said Wednesday.
- Space: America's New War Zone (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
The Bush administration has staked an aggressive new claim to dominate space - rejecting any new treaties that seek to limit the United States' extraterrestrial activities and warning that it will oppose any nations that try to get in its way.
- President Addresses Vietnam Comparison To Iraq (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
President Bush said Wednesday that the current surge of violence in Iraq "could be" comparable to the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, a succession of battles that became a milestone because it helped turn the American public against the . . .
- U.S. Suffers Deadliest Day In Iraq In Months (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
A roadside bombing and other attacks killed 10 American troops across Iraq on Tuesday, the U.S. military reported Wednesday, making it the deadliest day of combat for U.S. forces in 10 months.
- More Nuclear Tests Feared As Rice Rallies Allies In Asia (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Minister Taro Aso called Wednesday for a swift, tough and coordinated response to Pyongyang's Oct. 9 nuclear test, as satellite data indicate the North, which has defiantly called sanctions a . . .
- Cameron Taunts Blair Over Split With Army Chief On Iraq (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Tony Blair insists Britain will not be forced into a premature withdrawal of its troops from Iraq despite mounting pressure for him to change his strategy.
- Tamil Tigers Open New Front With Resort Attack (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2006)
Sri Lanka's civil war came to the tourist coast in dramatic fashion as Tamil Tiger rebels staged a sea-borne raid on one of the island's top holiday destinations, the port town of Galle.
- Unity In Up Via Media (Indian Express, ALKA PANDE, Oct 18, 2006)
All politicians love the camera. The fake smiles remain on their faces as long as it flatters them. But when it starts capturing their sleazy deals, it is another story altogether. Then committees are formed and meetings are convened to devise way . . .
- Centre Lacks Strength To Enact New Terror Law: Bjp (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Claiming that the suggestion of a new anti-terrorism law by senior government officials was a vindication of its stand, BJP today said UPA regime lacked the will and strength to introduce any such legislation.
- Terror Infrastructure In Pak Is Intact: Jj (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
The infrastructure of terrorism is still very much alive and kicking in Pakistan, though there are some attempts to make it "invisible" by frequent shifting of terrorist-training camps, says Army chief General J J Singh.
- Between Crime And Punishment (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2006)
had travelled to Bhagwan (Siwan) and found the witness the CBI had said was “untraceable”. Excerpts from a story published on December 9 1999.
- North Korea Nuke (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2006)
Hardline Jamaat-e-Islami’s bi-weekly, Daawat, in an editorial note on October 13 writes that “the question is, if manufacture of nuclear weapons is a condemnable act, why did those attacking North Korea do the same in the first place?”
- Tigers Return To War (Times of India, Rajeev Deshpande, Oct 18, 2006)
The brutal suicide bombing at Habarana, north-east of Colombo which killed 103 Sri Lankan sailors on Monday, signalled LTTE's return to its signature style of inflicting violence through guerrilla tactics as it faced increasing pressure from Lankan . . .
- Political Missiles (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 18, 2006)
It is extremely rare for the chiefs of India’s Armed Forces to intervene in public issues that, in general perception, are tinged with politics.
- Insurgency Along Border Unabated: Army Chief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
As India and Pakistan today announced resumption of the Composite Dialogue process through the Foreign Secretary-level talks, Chief of the Army Staff Gen J.J. Singh categorically said that the terror infrastructure in our neighbouring country was . . .
- India Vows To Work For Disarmament (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
India has vowed to work towards steady progress in the areas of conventional disarmament as small arms and light weapons directly affect a large mass of people in conventional conflicts.
- Pak Sponsored Anti-India Terror Unabated: Jj Singh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Even as India and Pakistan today announced resumption of their composite dialogue aimed at restoring peace and tranquility between the two, Army chief Gen JJ Singh maintained that Pak-sponsored anti-India activities continued unabated with the . . .
- Secret Society (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 18, 2006)
Just as with consumer goods, so with technology.
- N Korea Nuke Test: Implications For India (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
North Korea's Nuclear test has brought into sharp focus Pakistan's role as a Nuclear Proliferator.
- Special Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Oct 18, 2006)
The North Korean nuclear test evoked immediate reactions from around the world. Early responses were almost unanimous.
- Justice Delayed, Not Denied In Priyadarshini Mattoo Case (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Oct 18, 2006)
Justice though delayed has not been denied to Priyadarshini Mattoo. The Delhi High Court on Tuesday convicted Tis Hazari court lawyer Santosh Kumar Singh of raping and subsequently murdering Priyadarshini Mattoo, then a 24-year-old law student of . . .
- No Downsizing Of Force For Now: Army Chief (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 18, 2006)
"At least a quarter of our Army is always on the border"
Cites U.S. intervention in Iraq and Israel's aggression against Lebanon
Not for abolishing Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
- Fast Track To American Citizenship: Join Army (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
The US military has provided legal immigrants a fast track to citizenship, and they are taking advantage of it in record numbers, even if it means facing the risk of death or injury in Iraq or Afghanistan.
- More Problems For The U.S. In West Asia (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Oct 18, 2006)
Containing Iran's influence in the region has become America's priority.
- N Korea Defiant Amid Fears Of Second N-Test (Indian Express, Reuters, Oct 18, 2006)
North Korea described the UN sanctions as a “declaration of war” on Tuesday, while across the border in Seoul an official said there were signs the reclusive communist state could be preparing for a second nuclear test.
- Farcical Exercise (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 18, 2006)
Whatever could go wrong went wrong in the elections to the Chennai Corporation Council. Between them, a toothless State Election Commission (SEC) and a non-intervening police force failed pathetically to prevent tens of thousands of voters from . . .
- Un Sanctions Declaration Of War: N Korea (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
North Korea blasted UN sanctions on Tuesday, saying the measures were a declaration of war and that Pyongyang wouldn't cave in to such pressure now that it's a nuclear weapons power.
- N Korea ‘Ready’ For 2nd N-Test (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Japan has information that North Korea may be preparing for a second nuclear test, Foreign Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday.
- Terrorist Network Intact: Army Chief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Almost a month before the resumption of Indo-Pak foreign secretary-level talks, Army Chief Gen J J Singh has said that the terrorist infrastructure was intact in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, because of which terrorists were able to fan out to . . .
- Remedy For Navy’S Defence Weakness (Deccan Herald, R N Ganesh, Oct 18, 2006)
Aspersions are being cast on the Navy’s integrity for recommendations made by it.
- Nawaz Hopes Benazir Will Deny Contacts With Govt (Tribune, Anwar Iqbal, Oct 18, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Sunday that he would wait for his meeting with Benazir Bhutto to determine if she was really talking to the Musharraf government.
- Us Accepts First Batch Of North Korean Refugees (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2006)
Help. I’m a North Korean enslaved by a married man in China.” In February, “Deborah” surreptitiously posted her plea on a Web site she discovered by typing “talbukja” – Korean for “escapee from the north” – into an Internet search engine.
- Quarrelling Over Kargil (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Harwant Singh (retd), Oct 18, 2006)
The controversy and quarrel over Kargil has been one of the most futile and unproductive inter-service exercises. However, Kargil does throw sufficient light on the prevailing set-up to take note of the discord and delay in the decision-making . . .
- Facts, Fiction Or The Fog Of Drugs? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Oct 18, 2006)
Much of the Mumbai Police's account of the train bombings comes from narcoanalysis of suspects. How truthful is the truth that truth drugs have yielded?
- Air Raids On Ltte Bases (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 18, 2006)
U.S. Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher arriving to assess situation.
- Democracy Under Duress! (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 18, 2006)
We are all familiar with takeovers by the military after overthrowing democratically-elected governments. India's democracy alone is in the funny position of needing the help of the police, para-military and other security forces for conducting . . .
- Repercussions Of A Small Bang (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Oct 18, 2006)
When the South Korean foreign minister, Ban Ki-moon, succeeds Kofi Annan as the secretary-general of the United Nations on January 1, it is likely that North Korea’s nuclear ambitions will still be near the top of the UN’s agenda.
- British Troops Pull Out Of Afghan District (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
British troops were Tuesday pulling out of a previously Taliban-infested district in southern Afghanistan at the request of officials and tribal elders, the NATO-led force said.
- Globalising Governance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 18, 2006)
The question “Who should run the internet” ought to be a no-brainer. It is, despite its US provenance, a global phenomenon and its governance should reflect that.
- Pml-N Convinced Ppp Not In Talks With Govt (Dawn, Ashraf Mumtaz, Oct 18, 2006)
The PML-N’s ‘suspicions’ that the PPP was holding secret talks with the government to hammer out a deal stood removed when Makhdoom Amin Fahim met former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in London on Tuesday and told him that the ‘disinformation’ was . . .
- Qazi Calls For Joint Opposition Movement (Dawn, Ahmed Hassan, Oct 18, 2006)
Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) president Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Tuesday urged all opposition parties to get united and launch a joint struggle to oust the military-led government.
- Sri Lanka Committed To Talks With Tigers After Deadly Attacks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2006)
Military continues raiding Tiger bases amid diplomatic activity in Colombo
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