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Articles 3421 through 3520 of 27135:
- The Right To Be Wrong (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 21, 2006)
Already, angry Palestinian militants have assaulted seven West Bank and Gaza churches, destroying two of them.
- Sri Lanka Urges Rebel Tigers To Join Peace Process (Reuters, Paul Eckert, Sep 21, 2006)
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa called on the separatist Tamil Tigers on Wednesday to give up violence and embrace democracy and the peace process, including international negotiations brokered by Norway.
- Nbw Against Tahiliani Stayed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Notice issued to Jammu and Kashmir Government
- Coup In Thailand (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 21, 2006)
The coup in Thailand has forced that country from the frying pan of Thaksin Shinawatra’s corrupt regime into the fire of indefinite martial law. That Shinawatra has been forcing his prime ministership on the country, despite the invalidation of his . . .
- An Unequal Kind Of Growth (The Financial Express, JAYANTA ROY, Sep 21, 2006)
India ranks poorly in terms of inequality indicators; this can change by reviewing the tax system.
- Iran Playing For Time On Nuclear Issue: Bush (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Warning that "time was of essence" in the Iranian nuclear dispute, President George W Bush has said United States will have to seriously pursue the issue of sanctions against the country as he believes Tehran was trying to stall and buy time.
- Rajiv Killing Not Acceptable: Tna (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Sep 21, 2006)
LTTE must make amends: R. Sampanthan
- ......And Strategic Restraint Regime In Sa (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 21, 2006)
President Musharraf also proposed creation of a Strategic Restraint Regime in South Asia encompassing minimum nuclear deterrence and a balance in conventional forces in order to create balance of power in the region as well as an environment to . . .
- A New Role For Nam? (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Sep 21, 2006)
If Pakistan-based outfits like JeM and LeT continue to perpetrate cross-border terrorism against India, what will NAM countries do, asks Hiranmay Karlekar.
- Manmohan May Be Right (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Sep 21, 2006)
Confidence building measures cannot succeed if Governments of India and Pakistan adopt hostile position against each other, says CP Bhambhri.
- Bush Says Would Go After Bin Laden In Pakistan (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
President George W Bush said on Wednesday if he had firm intelligence that Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan, he would issue the order to go into that country after the al Qaeda leader.
- ‘Ltte Must Apologise For Rajiv Killing’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
The leader of a delegation of Sri Lankan Tamil parliamentarians said the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam will have to make a more clear apology on the assassination of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
- Delhi Turns Battle Zone (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Three persons were killed on Wednesday — two of them in police firing — as the city’s traders, protesting against the sealing drive by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, turned violent at Seelampur in northeast Delhi. The area turned into a battleground,
- Musharraf's Memoirs Has Everyone Guessing (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf's biography In the Line of Fire is due to be released in New York on September 25.
- Us Copters Violate Pakistan Airspace (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Six United States helicopters violated Pakistan’s airspace by intruding into Lawara Mandi area of the north Waziristan on Tuesday morning, officials and residents said.
- Rolling Back The Tanks (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 21, 2006)
That the idea of democracy and the notion that the place of the military is firmly in the barracks under civilian control cannot be taken for granted is shown by the sudden and condemnable coup staged by the military leadership in Thailand.
- Prosecution Witnesses In Blasts Case Not Trustworthy, Says Defence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Prosecution witnesses who had deposed on the alleged transportation of explosives from Mysore to Coimbatore via Sathyamangalam were not trustworthy, defence counsel P.Thirumalairajan told the Judge of the Special Court hearing the Coimbatore blasts . . .
- Sarvodaya Activist Hails India,pakistan Peace Initiative (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
"The willingness shown by India and Pakistan at the Havana U.N. Convention to arrive at a joint mechanism to counter terror augurs well for peace in the region," said Nirmala Deshpande, Rajya Sabha MP and member of the Association for Peace of Asia.
- Filipino Army, Al-Qaeda Clash, 1 Dead (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Gunbattles between al-Qaeda-linked guerrillas and the Philippine military in the south killed at least one marine and wounded 24 troops, the military said Tuesday, as the country's President said the Government was on the verge of wiping out the . . .
- 'New Thai Pm In Two Weeks' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
The Army commander who seized Thailand's government in a quick, bloodless coup pledged Wednesday to hold elections by October 2007, and received a ringing endorsement from the country's revered king as ousted Prime Minister . . .
- Special Article (Statesman, DIPAK BASU, Sep 21, 2006)
“If our political progress is to be real, the underdogs of our society must be helped to become men” (Rabindranath Tagore, Letters from Russia)
- Thai Alert (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 21, 2006)
It is a measure of the division that has emerged in the Thai polity that many in Bangkok welcomed the military coup that appears to have toppled the elected government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
- Opposition To Launch Disobedience In Pak (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) and the nationalist parties have agreed on launching a civil disobedience movement in Pakistan to show solidarity with the people of Balochistan.
- Iran: Bush Keeps Options Open (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 21, 2006)
One day after his UN clash with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over Iran's nuclear ambitions, US President George is keeping his options open, including military action to counter a possible blockade of the Straits of Hormuz.
- Thanks To Thaksin (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 21, 2006)
Political instability in Thailand has led to an army coup without the least resistance from anywhere.
- Border Guards (Times of India, MUKUL SHARMA, Sep 21, 2006)
How close are some aspects of animal behaviour to what we generally think of as nationalism or patriotic conduct? Let's see. Whether it's for breeding, feeding or all-purpose, there are a lot of animals which display territoriality.
- Karzai Asked To ‘Do More’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday to ‘do more’ in Afghanistan instead of blaming Pakistan for his troubles.
- Neighbours Troubling Afghans: Karzai (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday certain forces in the region were to blame for recruiting and arming the foreign fighters blamed for a resurgence of violence that has claimed more than 2,000 lives so far this year.
- 10 Suspects Arrested In North Waziristan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Security forces have arrested 10 people from Lawara Mandi area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the North Waziristan Agency, officials said.
- Hizb Offers Truce During Ramazan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
The biggest militant group fighting Indian rule in held Kashmir on Wednesday offered a conditional cease-fire during Ramadan, which is set to begin next week.
- Grand Jirga Of Baloch Sardars Today (Dawn, Saleem Shahid, Sep 21, 2006)
A grand jirga of Baloch tribes convened by the Khan of Kalat, Mir Suleman Daud, will be held in Kalat on Thursday.
- And Now We Have Another Story On Nawab Bugti’S Killing... (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 21, 2006)
The federal minister of state for interior, Zafar Iqbal Warraich, made a Freudian slip on Tuesday when he told the Senate that Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed in an ‘encounter’ with security forces.
- Pak Cell Signals Infiltrate Into J&k, Aid Terrorists (Tribune, S.P.Sharma, Sep 21, 2006)
Terrorists operating in Jammu and Kashmir are taking advantage of the wide reach of Pakistani mobile signals here to maintain contact with their patrons across border.
- Uniform Needed For Big Issues: Musharraf (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Sep 21, 2006)
President says he will not touch Hudood Ordinances without uniform
Pope’s comments irresponsible g Pakistan has right to civil N-tech
- 40 Feared Dead As Naval Ship, Boats Capsize (Deccan Herald, Hassan Shahriar, Sep 21, 2006)
At least 40 people are feared dead and nearly 1,200 fishermen and 40 navigators, including a naval commander went missing as 25 boats, 350 trawlers and a naval ship capsized in the Bay of Bengal during a storm that battered Bangladesh’s southern . . .
- Defining Terrorism (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 21, 2006)
Over a thousand years after the crusades fought between Christian and Islamic forces in the Middle East region "terrorism" has emerged as the focal point of another worldwide conflict between Christians and Muslims particularly in the United . . .
- Musharraf For Peace, Justice, Harmony (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 21, 2006)
IN his wide-ranging address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called for resolution of the Palestine . . .
- Thaksin Shinawatra Could Face Prosecution (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
Coup leader claims endorsement from the King
- Delhi Traders' Bandh Turns Violent (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Sep 21, 2006)
Three, including a seven-year-old, killed in police firing; chaos on roads
Agitators block roads and pelt stones on vehicles
Around 30 security personnel injured in stone-pelting
Major markets remained closed.
- Mushy With Musharraf (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 21, 2006)
Whatever the country expected from Havana, it was not “mohabbat zindabad”. Manmohan Singh’s latest move on Pakistan is either a bold experiment that could lead to path-breaking steps further down the road, and even an “acceptable solution” to the . . .
- Calling A Spade A Spade (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 21, 2006)
To all the great self-serving sardars, who are falling over each other to politicise the death of Nawab Bugti, a simple question needs to be asked: is Balochistan's development and the rights of its people synonymous with the actions of the . . .
- Controversial Remarks (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 21, 2006)
It so happened that my article of a war on Muslims appeared in print last week on the same day as the controversy surrounding the pope's remarks. It looked as if the pope had spewed fire against Islamic teaching to confirm one's apprehensions about . . .
- Israeli Troops To Leave Lebanon By Weekend (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Tel Aviv for serious dialogue with Abbas
- U.S. Not Waging A War On Islam: Bush (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Tells Iranians ``your rulers have chosen to deny you liberty... and pursue n-weapons''
- Pressure On Ltte To Return To Talks, Says U.S. Envoy (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 20, 2006)
New U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka Robert O. Blake Jr claimed here on Tuesday that Norway is "persuading" LTTE to return to the negotiating table with "credible guarantees" that it would not use fresh talks to strengthen itself militarily.
- Israel’S Lebanon Pullout By Weekend (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Israel’s military chief said on Tuesday that Israel plans to withdraw all remaining troops from Lebanon by this weekend, meeting a key requirement of a ceasefire that ended its recent 34-day war against Hezbollah militants.
- Nepal Schoolkids Caught In Maoist ‘Power Play’ (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Sep 20, 2006)
Even as Nepal’s government began consultations with Maoist leaders to resume peace talks, the student union of the rebels forced schoolchildren – some of them as young as 10 years old –to attend a five-hour rally under the scorching sun on Monday..
- The Havana Handshake (OutLook, B. Raman , Sep 20, 2006)
The initiative for an Indo-Pakistan anti-terrorism co-operation mechanism is ill-advised, ill-timed and ill-examined. Terrorists and their masters will misinterpret it as battle fatigue in New Delhi, particularly in the PMO and MEA.
- 'India Got Deal Free Of Cost' (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Former US deputy secretary of state Strobe Talbott has attacked the Bush administration for agreeing to the nuclear deal in the present form, saying it amounted to giving ‘cost-free exception to the strictures of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)’.
- Can Nam Be Reinvented? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 20, 2006)
The very question suggests the imperative of examining whether Non-aligned Movement (NAM) has lost its effectiveness or even its raison d’etre. NAM was conceived in a world where European and North American nations divided themselves in two blocs.
- Mechanism Is A Positive Development: Pakistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 20, 2006)
It will help prevent acts of terror in both countries
- Truce To Expire Today, But No Sign Of Ulfa Missive (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Already extended four times, the ceasefire between that ULFA and security forces will expire on Wednesday.
- Property Of War Room Leak Accused Attached (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Sep 20, 2006)
Ravi Shankaran fails to appear before CBI
Bank account in Mumbai also frozen
Interpol Red Corner notice has also been issued against accused.
- From Ruins To Ruined (Deccan Herald, Richard C Paddock, Sep 20, 2006)
Known as Monument No. 751, the structure is one of hundreds of new temples that have popped up all over the ancient city of Bagan, which ranks with Cambodia’s Angkor temple complex as one of Asia’s most remarkable religious sites.
- Thai Pm ‘Ousted’ In Army Coup (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
The Thai army took control of Bangkok on Tuesday without a shot being fired and announced a commission to reform the constitution, despite the prime minister's declaration of a state of emergency from New York.
- "Delhi Bandh" Today In Protest Against Sealing Drive (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Major markets likely to remain closed; essential services, public transport exempted
- Cbi Attaches Navy Chief Kin's Assets (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
CBI on Tuesday attached bank accounts and properties of Ravi Shankaran, prime accused in the Navy war-room leak case, in Goa and Pune for failing to appear before the agency for questioning.
- What The Pm Forgot (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 20, 2006)
I read and re-read Manmohan Singh’s speech to the 14th summit of the non-aligned movement on September 15 in Havana with bewilderment and amazement.
- Gains From N-Deal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 20, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear energy deal — an agreement to promote civilian nuclear energy cooperation, not nuclear weapons or military nuclear technology — has generated much public debate in India and the United States. In both countries the debate has . . .
- Pak Spins Its Way Through Taliban Deal (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Sep 20, 2006)
Pakistan's truce with Taliban militants in its Waziristan region is aimed at winning back alienated local population, the country's foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri said on Sunday, amid growing concern in the US that the deal will be at the expense . . .
- Security Forces Send Militants Running For Life (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
The offensive launched by the security forces against Pakistan-backed terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir has made them running for their lives following the killing of some top militants. The hot pursuit has demoralised the militants.
- Thaksin Govt Dismissed In Thailand After Coup D'état (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
The Thai armed forces dismissed the government and revoked the country's 1997 constitution on Wednesday after a coup to oust Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
- Graft Slur On Pervez Regime (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
The military-dominated regime in Pakistan is more corrupt than the two earlier governments of Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, according to a survey by an anti-corruption watchdog.
- Coup Bypasses Party Circuit (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
The Thailand coup went largely unnoticed in the country’s popular tourist districts, where foreigners packed beer bars and cabarets oblivious to the activity about 3 km away.
- Brave To Be Pragmatic (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 20, 2006)
The Havana agreement between India and Pakistan to set up a joint anti-terrorism mechanism has apparently shocked some in the Indian intelligence, security and military clergy.
- 3 Lashkar Militants Shot Dead In Doda (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Police and Army today gunned down three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants including a Pakistani in an encounter at Tanta Draman in Gandoh area of Doda district. Another militant escaped during the five hour gun-battle.
- Musharraf Upbeat On Talks With India (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Sep 20, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday said a solution to festering conflicts with India, including over Kashmir, are within reach after a recent summit with his Indian counterpart.
- War Room Leak: Cbi Attaches Shankaran’S Property (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
The CBI today attached property and bank accounts of Ravi Shankaran, one of the prime accused in the naval war room leak case and a kin of Navy chief Arun Prakash, for his failure to appear before it for questioning.
- Thais, Tourists Clear Bangkok Streets (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Bangkok's normally bustling streets emptied out on Wednesday morning, from shopping stalls to red light districts, as Thais and tourists learned that the military had launched a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and imposed martial law.
- General Reply (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 20, 2006)
Let me begin by clarifying that I owe this debt of honour to S.F. Rodrigues the General and not H.E. the Governor of Punjab.
- Iaf In For Rare Presidential Peek (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Sep 20, 2006)
The Indian Air Force is set to conduct a rare review of its entire fleet by the President, the supreme commander of the armed forces, as part of its 75th anniversary celebrations at a time when air headquarters is struggling to keep up the . . .
- Thai Army Seizes Power, Ousts Pm: C-In-C Revokes Constitution, Imposes Martial Law (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Thailand’s army commander wrested power from Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, sending tanks and troops into the streets of the Thai capital and declaring martial law on Tuesday.
- Social Security & Reforms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 20, 2006)
That the World Bank has taken notice of the weak state of social security nets in least developed countries and in emerging markets in volatile regions as one of its principal concerns should reassure the poor in these countries.
- For Unity’S Sake (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 20, 2006)
Leaving aside the angry rhetoric echoed by the opposition and nationalist party leaders who held a rally in Quetta on Monday, the other important message that came out loud and clear must be heeded: the provinces must be empowered and the policy of . . .
- Musharraf Seeks Peace, Justice For Muslims (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Sep 20, 2006)
In a consistent pursuit to acquire peace and justice for Muslim world, President General Pervez Musharraf in his landmark speech on the opening day of 61st United Nations General Assembly session has again called upon the world community to take . . .
- Story Of The Pot And Kettle (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 20, 2006)
A survey by the Pakistan chapter of Transparency International says the current government is more corrupt than the two earlier governments of Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif.
- Nato Launches Operation In Farah Province (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), along with Afghan troops, launched an operation in Afghanistan’s Farah province that hopes to engage local leaders in improving the security situation in the region.
- Bush Plans Joint Meeting With Musharraf, Karzai (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
US President George W. Bush, seeking to stave off Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, will host a joint meeting September 27 in Washington with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
- Sri Lankan Jets Pound Ltte Bases (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Sri Lankan air force jets pounded suspected Tamil Tiger targets in the island’s east on Tuesday, officials said, a day after troops and the guerrillas blamed each other for the massacre of 11 Muslim men.
- Coup Rolls In Bangkok (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2006)
Thailand’s army seized power from Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra this evening without a shot being fired.
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