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Articles 3921 through 4020 of 27135:
- Lessons From Lebanon (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Sep 13, 2006)
Is it a coincidence that Israeli operations Summer Rain in Gaza and Change of Direction in Lebanon were triggered off in June and July by the Sunni Hamas and the Shia Hezbollah through killing and abduction of Israeli soldiers?
- Nam Still Relevant (Tribune, Devaki Jain , Sep 13, 2006)
Is the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) relevant today? We can perhaps expect an answer to this haunting question from the 14th Summit of the 192 nations that belong to this political club founded 50 years ago, that is taking place in Havana.
- Iran Sets Conditions On Enrichment Suspension (Pakistan Observer, John Thakur Das, Sep 13, 2006)
Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Mohammad Afzal Tahir Tuesday morning reaffirmed Pakistan Navy’s commitment to the maritime component of operation ‘Enduring Freedom’ and reiterated its pledge to continue playing an active role in the global war . . .
- The End Of The 'End Of History' (News International, Jean Bricmont, Sep 13, 2006)
All was going well. Whenever one wished, one could, in all impunity, "bomb Saddam Hussein" (that is, the Iraqi population).
- Indian Plane Taken To High Security Area At Dubai Military Base (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
An Indian (previously Indian Airlines) flight from Mumbai to Dubai has been taken to a high security area at Dubai military base after landing.
- Tony Blair’S Exit Strategy (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Sep 13, 2006)
Israel and the occupied territories must have seemed like a haven of tranquillity to Tony Blair when he flew there following an extraordinary week in British politics.
- Human Rights Body Slams Security Forces, Militants (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Sep 13, 2006)
Abuses in the backdrop of political systems failure HRW to release a similar report on human rights situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on September 21
- The U.S. And Its Fading Alliance In East Asia (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 13, 2006)
United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has told successive annual sessions of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that night-time satellite imagery shows North Korea in near-total darkness and its southern ethnic neighbour in bright light.
- Conditions Need To Be Discussed: Sri Lanka Minister (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 13, 2006)
Introducing an element of confusion about the Co-Chairs statement on the peace process in Sri Lanka, the island nation's defence spokesperson and Minister, Keheliya Rambukwella, told reporters here on Tuesday night that the Government needed to . . .
- Pakistan Defends North Waziristan Deal (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 13, 2006)
'To end militancy in Afghanistan'
`The tribesmen are responsible for any violations of deal'
It is said the Army has not pulled out of the area and vacated only 12 checkpoints
- Dhaka Siege Turns Violent, 150 Injured (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Sep 13, 2006)
Opposition to intensify agitation
More than 150 Opposition leaders and workers, including senior Awami League leaders Mohammad Nasim and Asaduzzman Noor, were injured in police action in Dhaka on Tuesday.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Faces New Hurdles (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
President George W Bush's vaunted nuclear cooperation deal with India is facing new difficulties, which may prevent it taking effect this year, US officials and experts said on Tuesday.
- Countering Naxal Threat With Development (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Officials asked to focus on remote areas as part of RIAD scheme
More attention of generating employment for youngsters
Cells to monitor the scheme to be set up
- Backing Away From The Badlands? (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 13, 2006)
The Pakistan Government has signed a deal with the tribals of North Waziristan that can be seen as a retreat.
- In Latin America, Dragon Flies High (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Sep 13, 2006)
As Dr Manmohan Singh completes his visit to Brazil, the first bilateral visit to Latin America by an Indian PM in 38 years, he would find China miles ahead in cultivating this important part of the world.
- Moratorium Is `A Pre-Emptive Action' Of The Rbi (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 13, 2006)
Ever since September began, UWB or United Western Bank Ltd has been in the news.
- A New Paradigm On Defence Deals (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Sep 13, 2006)
The recently announced Defence Procurement Policy (DPP), followed closely by the Defence Procurement Manual, is an indicator of a new direction being set in defence preparedness. There are several fresh features in the policy that signify a new . . .
- Manmohan Not To Oblige Karat & Co Over Us Relations (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Even as Venezuela’s tinpot dictator Hugo Chavez and his host plan to use the NAM’s Havana pulpit to sharpen their anti-US rhetoric, prime minister Manmohan Singh has indicated that India was not enthusiastic about this project.
- Art Of Public Posturing (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 13, 2006)
At the Rio, on Monday, the meeting of the G-20 group of developing countries — which have formed an effective bloc in the ongoing WTO negotiations on the Doha Round — ended (not surprisingly) on a lacklustre note with no progress being made that . . .
- Serial Judgement (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 13, 2006)
Thirteen years after India was stunned by its first encounter with mass terror in the form of serial bombings that left 257 people dead and 173 others injured, apart from destroying property worth Rs 27 crore, in Mumbai on March 12, 1993, a TADA . . .
- Situation In Naxalite Areas Deteriorates (Asian Age, Rakesh Singh, Sep 13, 2006)
The situation in naxalite-affected areas has been worsening and about 400 police pickets in Andhra Pradesh have been unarmed resulting in further erosion of their strength in relation to the ultra-Left cadres.
- ‘93 Blasts: 4 Memons Guilty (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Four members of the Tiger Memon family, prime accused in the 1993 serial blasts case, were found guilty by a special court under the Terrorism and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, where judge P.D. Kode began reading out the verdict in the . . .
- To Save Afghanistan, Destroy Opium Farms (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 13, 2006)
Millions of dollars in aid and NATO's efforts to eliminate Taliban will come to naught if opium farms flourish, says C Brand in Brussels
- Prepare For Regime Change (Pioneer, Wilson John, Sep 13, 2006)
Initial reports suggest that the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti could turn into a serious political movement against Gen Pervez Musharraf
- Mr. Bush's Delusional World (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 13, 2006)
With public opinion polls showing that the Republican Party is likely to lose control of the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate in November 2006, President George W. Bush is trying desperately to make terrorism the central theme . . .
- Pakistan's New Deal (News International, Nasim Zehra, Sep 13, 2006)
Pakistan's September 5 deal with the tribesmen in North Waziristan has followed an elaborate rethinking within Pakistan on how to proceed in that area.
- A Man I Knew (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Sep 13, 2006)
Their father was a kulin Brahmin, born in 1847. At the age of 17 he decided to become a Christian while studying at the Scottish Mission College in Calcutta. As a result, he was disowned by his family and shunned by members of his community.
- Who's Hu In South Asia (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 13, 2006)
There has been a flurry recently of diplomatic activity in South Asia. On Sunday Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for Havana where he is expected to meet President Musharraf on the sidelines.
- Musharraf In Kabul (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 13, 2006)
Pashtunistan, Balochistan being ravaged by war An air of unreality and contradiction, even dark humour, marked General Musharraf’s summit meeting with Mr Hamid Karzai in Kabul. “Let me say neither the Government of Pakistan nor ISI is involved . . .
- 4 Memons Convicted In Mumbai Blasts (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Sep 13, 2006)
After an agonising 13-year wait, a special TADA court on Tuesday began delivering its verdict in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case in batches, convicting four members of the Tiger Memon family and acquitting three others.
- Muslim League Chairman, 16 Others Held In J&k » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Chairman of Muslim League Massarat Aalam and his 16 party activists were detained in Srinagar on Tuesday while they were taking out a protest march, defying the prohibitory orders enforced in the city, official sources said.
- U.S.-India Nuclear Deal Faces New Hurdles (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Sep 13, 2006)
President George W. Bush's vaunted nuclear cooperation deal with India is facing new difficulties which may prevent it taking effect this year, U.S. officials and experts said on Tuesday.
- Chronology Of Events In Tada Court Trail (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
Following is the chronology of events in the TADA court trial into 13 bomb blasts that rocked Mumbai on March 12, 1993 killing 257 people and injuring 713.
- Will To Fight Terror? (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Sep 13, 2006)
With terrorism and naxalism posing major threats to India's internal security, the Prime Minister Manmohan convened a meeting of chief ministers on September 5 to share with them the Centre's concerns over the menace which have taken 'inter-state . . .
- Four Of Memon Family Found Guilty In 1993 Blasts Case (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 13, 2006)
In the first batch of judgment pronounced in the high profile 1993 Mumbai blasts case the special TADA court on Tuesday convicted four members of the Memon family, namely Yakub, Essa, Rubina and Yusuf on charges of conspiring and abetting acts . . .
- Forgotten In Peace (Telegraph, BRIJESH D. JAYAL, Sep 13, 2006)
Government has recently announced its intention to form the sixth pay commission following which it is reported that the chairman chiefs of staff committee has requested the government to include a serviceman as a member.
- Bashing Pakistan (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Sep 13, 2006)
It seems no matter what we do as a country in the context of the war on terror, we will continue to be the West's whipping boy -- especially the US media. Given the close links with this media and the US Administration -- the two together having . . .
- Ensuring Security In The Age Of Global Terror (Hindu, A.S. Kalkat , Sep 13, 2006)
A structured two-pronged approach is needed to combat terrorism. First, a set of laws or `rules of engagement' for dealing with terrorists. Secondly, a special force with the authority to operate domestically and externally.
- Lebanon's Predicament (News International, M B NAQVI, Sep 13, 2006)
The writer is a veteran journalist and freelance columnist.
- Us Safety Hinges On Iraq Outcome: Bush (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 13, 2006)
President George W. Bush on Monday said the United States was engaged in “a struggle for civilisation” and stressed that the safety of America “depends on the outcome of the battle in the streets of Baghdad.”
- Afghan Morass (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
The internal situation in Afghanistan and the geopolitics that envelop it have taken a turn for the worse in the last few months.
- Terror For Us, Ain’T So For India (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Sep 12, 2006)
A report released by a leading American think tank on South Asia, released late last week, has raised disturbing questions about the credibility of the Bush Administration’s post 9/11 resolve of leading an uncompromising global war on terrorism.
- Pm’S Visit To Give Fillip To Indo-Brazil Ties (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives here on Tuesday on a two-day visit, he is likely to give concrete shape to the IBSA dialogue forum, besides providing a fillip to Indo-Brazil ties.
- 16 Die In Iraq Blasts (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
A mini bus exploded today near an army recruiting centre in central Baghdad, killing at least 16 people and injuring 7, the Defence Ministry said.
- Blasts Case: Records Of Explosives Dealer Manipulated, Says Defence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
"Investigation not in accordance with legal norms"
Based on `surmises and suspicion', prosecuting agency pursued probe to corner `fixed' accused
Probing all angles was must for establishing definite culpability of the accused
Investigating . . .
- Russia Tests Missile From Under Ice-Bound Sea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Russia successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile from a nuclear-powered submarine from the ice-bound North Pole, Russian Defence Minister said.
- Pakistan: Address Root Causes Of Terrorism (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 12, 2006)
On the fifth anniversary of 9/11, Pakistan defended its role in the "war on terror" but said the military strategy had not produced the desired result and demanded that the world pay attention to the root causes of terrorism as part of a long-term . . .
- ‘Varied’ About Pronunciation (Deccan Herald, M K RATHISH, Sep 12, 2006)
The common Indian practice of wrongly pronouncing words can be dangerous!
- Not A Good Time For Advocates Of Peace In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 12, 2006)
The peaceniks are against a military solution to the ethnic conflict in the island nation. The government believes the NGOs have done more harm than good. And the stalemate continues.
- Solar Future (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 12, 2006)
Vestiges of the Cold War in United States policy towards India are evident from the manner in which American lawmakers have been shifting the so-called goal posts of the July 18 2005 agreement with US President George Bush.
- 3 Militants, Spo Killed; Pdp Activist Shot At (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Three militants, including two exfiltrators, and a Special Police Officer were killed and two soldiers injured in separate encounters in Kashmir, where radicals shot at and injured a ruling PDP’s worker in Anantnag.
- Conspiracies: “Ideology Of The Impotent” (Tribune, Johann Hari, Sep 12, 2006)
We are living in a Golden Age of conspiracy theories. Some 36 per cent of American citizens — more than the number who voted for either Kerry or Bush — believe it is “likely” or “very likely” the US government staged the attack on the World Trade . . .
- British Fighters To Conduct Combat Manoeuvres From Indian Bases (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Sep 12, 2006)
For the first time since Independence, British fighter aircraft will operate from Indian airbases for undertaking combat manoeuvres, when the joint air exercise with the Royal Air Force (RAF) commences next month.
- Video Shows Laden Planning Attacks (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
A videotape posted on the Internet, purportedly by al-Qaeda, showed previously unseen footage of a smiling Osama bin Laden and other commanders in a mountain camp apparently planning the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington.
- Edgy Maharashtra Awaits 1993 Blasts Judgement (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Sep 12, 2006)
Devastated by July's suburban train blasts and the more recent Malegaon bombings, weary of high alerts and gun-totting cops, a jittery Maharashtra anxiously awaits judgement day.
- In Year 5, Ground Zero Falls Silent (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
The World Trade Center site fell silent four times - twice each to mark jetliner crashes and the collapse of its iconic towers - and solemn remembrances were held around the United States and around the world on Monday to mark the fifth anniversary . . .
- Saddam Accuser Targets Foreign Arms Merchants (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
A US-based Iraqi doctor, testifying in the genocide trial of Saddam Hussein on Monday, demanded compensation from foreign companies she said had supplied him with chemicals he allegedly used to gas Kurdish rebels.
- The Proxy War (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 12, 2006)
A series of bomb blasts in suburban trains in Mumbai on 11 July has proved once again that terrorists are capable of striking at will, short-circuiting the so-called impregnable surveillance and security cover.
- Anti-Islamic Feelings (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Sep 12, 2006)
‘The events that lead up to the fifth anniversary of Sept 11 attacks indicate the West’s growing suspicion of Islam.’ — By Michael Jansen
- Zawahri Urges Muslims To Step Up Resistance Against The Us (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Amid a flurry of Al-Qaeda videos released ahead of the fifth anniversary of Sept 11 terrorist attacks on the US, Al-Qaeda deputy Ayman al-Zawahri urged Muslims worldwide to intensify their resistance against the US and warned of new terror strikes . . .
- Govt Slammed Over Choice Of New Army Chief In Nepal (Indian Express, BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Sep 12, 2006)
Lawmakers and human rights groups criticised Nepal’s government on Monday for appointing a new army chief who is accused of having a major role in a crackdown on pro-democracy protests earlier this year.
- Free Drugs On The Cards For Bpl (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
The government is considering providing free anti-cancer drugs to patients who are below the poverty line (BPL) and half price medication for those above the poverty line (APL).
- Moving Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 12, 2006)
Transition or regicide? The British Labour Party is trying to pull itself out of a “public nervous breakdown” (as a Labour backbencher puts it) over how Mr Tony Blair will choose to play out his exit from the party’s, and the country’s, leadership.
- 10 Die In Russian Military Copter Crash (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
A Russian military helicopter crashed on Monday in the North Caucasus killing 10 people, air force press service chief Alexander Drobyshevsky told NTV television.
- War On Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 12, 2006)
As another 9/11 passes, another anniversary of the horrific terrorist strike that has come to define the early 21st century, it is easy to chortle that the US's response to that dark, tragic Tuesday appears to be going nowhere.
- Al-Qaeda Threatens Attacks In Gulf, Israel (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Al-Qaeda warned in a video aired on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks that US allies Israel and the Gulf Arab states would be its next target in a campaign that would seal the West’s economic doom.
- Iran May Suspend N-Enrichment (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
A senior US envoy on Monday welcomed progress at talks meant to defuse a standoff over Iran’s nuclear defiance, but said that the UN Security Council still intends to "move forward" toward sanctions if Tehran refuses to freeze uranium enrichment.
- Musharraf Optimistic About Talks With Singh (Pakistan Observer, Mahmood Hussain, Sep 12, 2006)
The President Gen. Pervez Musharraf left here on Monday for Belgium for talks with the European Union (EU) leaders, as part of tour that will include visits to Cuba, the United Nations and Washington. Members of the Cabinet and senior officials . . .
- Five Years Later (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 12, 2006)
9/11 changed everything, Americans earnestly told themselves in the ensuing days, weeks and months. How could it not? A clash of civilizations had brought the apocalypse to ground zero of American capitalism, and the resulting hole in Lower Manhattan . .
- How Americans See The War On Terror (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Sep 12, 2006)
The fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack comes at a time when the approach of mid-term elections in the US has focused attention on a number of major issues.
- Mine Blast Kills Policeman In Kashmir (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
An Indian policeman was killed and his colleague hurt when Muslim rebels set off a landmine in occupied Kashmir, police said on Monday. The explosion took place late on Sunday when militants targeted a police patrol in the southern district of . . .
- Charade Continues (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 12, 2006)
However public opinion may waver, the Centre’s sincerity in coming to terms with the United Liberated Front of Asom cannot be doubted.
- Short Term ‘Deals’ In Islamabad And Kabul (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 12, 2006)
Islamabad’s ‘peace deal’ with pro-Taliban tribes along the Afghan border in North Waziristan was announced last Tuesday in sync with General Pervez Musharraf’s visit to Kabul the day after.
- War On Terrorism: Must Also Transform Me (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
US President George W Bush said in an interview broadcast on Monday that the global war on terrorism must do more than kill extremists — it must transform governments in the broader Middle East.
- Nuclear Dichotomies (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 12, 2006)
The simmering crisis surrounding Iran’s nuclear programme has exposed the dichotomies in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
- Battle For Supremacy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 12, 2006)
There was not one but two coup attempts last week: Against Tony Blair, and then against his heir apparent, writes Matthew d'Ancona.
- Mani Matters (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 12, 2006)
It’s been Mani Shankar Aiyar’s long-standing grouse that the ministry of panchayati raj has a paltry budget. His complaints have not reached the ears of the powers that be, but the minister has never been one to give up.
- The Ruling Triumvirate In Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, V.N. Paranjape, Sep 12, 2006)
The peace agreement signed on September 5 between Pakistan Government and tribal elders in Waziristan will allow militants to operate freely in one of Pakistan's most restive border areas, in return for a pledge to halt . . .
- The Bugti Fallout (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 12, 2006)
The continuing unrest in Balochistan following the killing of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti is a demonstration of the depth of anger against Islamabad's prolonged neglect of the province even as it unceasingly exploited its rich natural resources.
- Killing Of 94 So-Called Taliban (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 12, 2006)
Governo of Afghanistan’s eastern Paktia Province Hakim Taniwal was killed along with his nephew and chief bodyguard in a suicide attack on Sunday. Meanwhile, the NATO and Afghan forces have killed 94 suspected Taliban in a major operation in . . .
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