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Articles 4021 through 4120 of 27135:
- Us Waging Ideological Struggle, Says Bush (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
US President George W Bush has said the fight against terror is a "struggle for civilization", in a speech marking five years since the 11 September attacks.
- Way Out On Iran? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 12, 2006)
Something appears to be afoot on the Iranian nuclear question. On Monday, while the Russian foreign minister reportedly expressed the hope in a published interview that Iran would put . . .
- Federalism -- By Force If Necessary (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 12, 2006)
"It is not possible for one state, by itself, to decide to leave the Union. I, therefore, consider that in view of the Constitution and the Laws, the Union is unbroken".
- Five Years On (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 12, 2006)
Exactly five years ago, on September 11, I was sitting with Pakistan's then foreign minister Abdul Sattar in the Foreign Office at 1 pm. The main thrust of our meeting was Pakistan's pro-Taliban policy and the urgency to change it.
- The Seven Year Itch (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 12, 2006)
Judging by the bad mood rising amongst the people, the seven year itch that yearns to rid us of this government seems to have blown into a full fledged case of eczema spread across the body politic of the country.
- U.S. Says Nuclear Double-Standard On Iran Justified (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
The United States acknowledged on Monday it was employing a double-standard in its divergent approaches to India and Iran's nuclear programmes, but said its policies were justified by the behaviour of the two countries.
- Fierce Battles Continue In Jaffna (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 12, 2006)
Sri Lankan Army consolidating positions in Sampur region
Army claims killing 200 LTTE cadres
Tigers accuse army of unprovoked attacks.
- Joining Hands With Taliban (Pioneer, B Raman, Sep 12, 2006)
Since the unrest in Balochistan, Musharraf has stopped Army operations against Taliban and Al Qaeda remnants as they, unlike Balochis, are comfortable with Musharraf
- American Dilemmas In `Greater Middle East' (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Sep 12, 2006)
Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan... the US has landed itself in quite a mess in the Middle East, and if it is to come out reasonably unscathed, it must get Osama bin Laden. For this, says G. PARTHASARATHY, the US President, Mr George Bush, needs his . . .
- Opportunities Lost (News International, Ethan Casey, Sep 12, 2006)
As I write this only one topic available to me; to write about anything else would be perverse. A world-changing event has a fifth anniversary only once. But how to write about it without being trite, or bland, or merely superficially political?
- A Matter Of Identity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Reflective and impressionistic writings on the changing character of the metropolis.
- Social Work In Global Perspective (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
Coauthored by professionals who have had ample and rich experience in dealing with people from countries other than their own their writing has a ring of authenticity and authority.
- Lanka Ignored New Peace Bid: Ltte (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Sri Lanka's military launched a major offensive to capture a strategic rebel artillery base ignoring a fresh move by peace broker Norway to end the bloodshed, the Tiger guerrillas said on Sunday.
- Lessons From Terror (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Sep 11, 2006)
Five years since 9/11, and we are still being told that the world has changed forever.
- 178 Killed In Sri Lanka Fighting (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Sri Lankan forces inflicted heavy casualties on LTTE rebels killing 150 of them while losing 28 of their men as they launched a major offensive to push back Tiger artillery that has been targeting their main airbase in Jaffna peninsula.
- Pm To Seek Nam Nation's Support For Tharoor (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Sep 11, 2006)
Other than his agenda to focus on issues like terrorism and confidence-building measures among other developing countries, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will use the opportunity of Non-Aligned Summit in Havana to lobby for the candidature of . . .
- Nato Forces Kill 94 Taliban (Pioneer, Kandahar, Sep 11, 2006)
Nato and Afghan forces killed 94 Taliban fighters in airstrikes and ground attacks in southern Afghanistan, the military alliance said on Sunday.
- Navy Men Indicted For Wullar Tragedy (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Sep 11, 2006)
The Inquiry Commission probing into the Wullar lake tragedy in which 22 school children were killed in May in north Kashmir, has held four Naval officials and the principal of a school responsible for the incident and has recommended criminal . . .
- Manmohan For Revitalising Nam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
To consolidate bilateral relations with Brazil
"Brazil, India enjoy an excellent tradition of cooperation in international fora"
To raise energy security and international terrorism in IBSA forum meet
- U.S. Accused Of Covert Operations In Somalia (Hindu, Antony Barnett, Sep 11, 2006)
Emails suggest that the CIA knew of plans by private military companies to breach U.N. rules.
- A Perilous Journey Driven By Poverty (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 11, 2006)
In the past week, around 3,000 illegal immigrants from West Africa have reached the Spanish Canary Islands by boat, taking advantage of a window of perfect sailing conditions from the coast of Senegal and Mauritania.
- Is Talking To Al-Qaeda An Option? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 11, 2006)
A BBC programme poses the question as the "war on terror" enters its sixth year.
- This Is The Third World War (The Financial Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Sep 11, 2006)
When the World Trade Centres came down, they triggered a war that is more complex than any in human history.
- A Just Cause (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 11, 2006)
This is a war between progress and regress
- A Bridge Too Far? (Business Standard, Subir Gokarn, Sep 11, 2006)
In recommending a narrow band for exchange rate movements, the Tarapore report may increase risks of a currency crisis.
- The Indian Link In Us Terror Fight (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Sep 11, 2006)
Languishing in New Jersey prison for more than three years now, India-born British arms dealer Hemant Lakhani is the lone Indian in the long list of major arrests made in the US on terrorism charges after September 11, 2001.
- Facing The Truth (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 11, 2006)
The week remembering September 11, 2001, began for us with a sad reminder, in Malegaon this time, that terrorism is truly worldwide and is alive and well.
- Ard Blasts Govt Over Bugti’S Killing (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Leaders of the opposition parties, including the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, (ARD), the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM), have warned the people against anti-state conspiracies . . .
- Literacy Drive (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 11, 2006)
The government’s ‘l00 per cent enrolment for literacy’ campaign, inaugurated by the federal education minister on Friday, on the occasion of International Literacy Day, is quite ambitious.
- Dr Khan: Nation Heaves A Sigh Of Relief (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 11, 2006)
DR AQ Khan, father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme underwent a successful prostate cancer operation at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi on Saturday.
- Paktia Governor Dies In Suicide Blast (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
A suicide bombing killed three people including the governor of Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province outside his home on Sunday, police said.
- Five Years Of Nothing (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 11, 2006)
Five years have passed since the fateful day when a series of terrorist acts shook the United States and the rest of the world, and changed things possibly forever.
- We May Freeze N-Work: Iran To Eu (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Iran is ready to comply—at least temporarily—with a UN Security Council demand that it freeze uranium enrichment and has said so at talks with a European negotiator, diplomats said on Sunday.
- Pm Seeks Greater Nam Unity (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for greater unity among the 116 NAM countries to fight terrorism.
- Pm Rejects Bjp Plea On Musharraf (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday virtually rejected the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s demand that he should not meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Havana during the NAM Summit.
- Reduce Delays (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 11, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee recently introduced a new Defence Procurement Procedures (DPP) Manual 2006 to reduce delays in the arms procurement process to ensure that the military does not lack either aircraft, battle tanks, guns or warships.
- Evil Designs (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 11, 2006)
The date and place were selected for higher impact.
- Lanka Attacks Ltte Airbase, 180 Killed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Sri Lankan forces have inflicted heavy casualties on LTTE rebels, killing over 150 Tigers as the army launched a major offensive targeting the militants’ main airbase in Jaffna.
- Sending Sappers To Lebanon (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has announced that Pakistan has agreed to send army sappers to Lebanon for the purpose of clearing that country of landmines, cluster bombs, booby traps and other explosive devices.
- Bending The Law (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Three Murder cases — those of Jessica Lall, Priyadarshini Mattoo and Nitish Katara — have caught national attention since they focus on our criminal justice system.
- Clash Of Ideologies (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 11, 2006)
As Osama is gaining popularity among Muslims, leaders are hesitant in condemning fundamentalist violence.
- The Proxy War (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 11, 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.
- Us Military Cautious About Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
The US military will take a “wait and see approach” to a Pakistan-militant truce deal in northern Pakistani tribal area, an American military spokesman said on Sunday.
- Hyderabad Too Is Paralysed (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 11, 2006)
Civil administration and troops were engaged in relief operations in Hyderabad and other parts of interior Sindh after torrential rains.
- India To Buy Israeli Air Defence System (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
India is set to purchase an advanced short-range air defence system from Israel to bolster its aging Russian-made equipment, a news agency reported on Sunday.
- Hard Questions, Soft Answers (The Financial Express, JOSEPH S NYE, Sep 11, 2006)
The first round of the war went to the US, the second to terrorists. What now?
- Charade Continues (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 11, 2006)
For reasons Ulfa knows best
However public opinion may waver, the Centre’s sincerity in coming to terms with the United Liberated Front of Asom cannot be doubted.
- 'Laden Not Captured Because Pak Does Not Allow Hot Pursuit' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Osama bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan and he has not been caught because Pakistan does not allow hot pursuit of terrorists, a senior Afghanistan official has said.
- U.S. Envoy Says North Korea Watching Deal With Iran (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
A senior U.S. envoy said on Monday North Korea had shown little interest in incentives on offer to rein in its nuclear programmes, but that it was keeping an eye out on what was being offered to Iran.
- Japan To Launch Spy Satellite Today (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 11, 2006)
Japan plans on Monday to send into space a spy satellite that will monitor communist neighbour North Korea, the first such launch since an embarrassing failure in 2003, officials said.
- Hindi At The United Nations (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Sep 11, 2006)
More people speak Hindi than French, Russian or Arabic, but Hindi is not an official language of the United Nations.
- Army In 21st Century (Daily Excelsior, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, Sep 11, 2006)
For the first time in decades, no convincing reason can be given for a global armed conflict among the major nations of the world.
- A Reminder Again (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 11, 2006)
The last week has ended with a grim reminder yet again to the nation as a whole.
- Time To Rewrite The Future (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Sep 11, 2006)
Domestic violence has plagued marriages since the dawn of history.
- Hudood Changes A Test For Musharraf (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 11, 2006)
Opposition, sections in ruling party against amendments
- Joint Patrolling Of Andaman Sea (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Sep 11, 2006)
To counter piracy, smuggling and other crimes
- Preoccupation With N-Deal Hampered Us Efforts (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 11, 2006)
US preoccupation with a civilian nuclear deal with India has detracted from Washington's effort to improve ties between India and Pakistan, according to a South Asia analyst in Washington.
- 150 Killed In Sri Lankan Battles (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 11, 2006)
28 soldiers among casualties; Jaffna facing shortages of food, medicines
- Caste To Class (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 10, 2006)
The conundrum of caste is befuddling. It is the bete noire of the enlightened, the alibi of the ineffective administrator, the safe haven of the orthodox upper class, and the bugbear of the indigent rustic.
- A Lifelong Revolutionary (New Indian Express, GEETA DOCTOR, Sep 10, 2006)
It’s strange to contemplate how distant we have become from a country such as Egypt. Even Cairo — that once lively capital of intrigue and adventure, burnished by Francophile longings and Nasserite glory in the after-glow of empire — has now become . . .
- Investigation Underway In Malegaon; Town Buries Its Dead (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Investigators on Saturday sifted through evidence and followed up leads to trace those responsible for multiple bomb blasts that killed 31 people and injured nearly 300 in this power loom town, which remained peaceful as grieving kin buried the dead.
- Losing The Plot Over Five Years (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 10, 2006)
Five years after September 11, 2001, it is clear that President George W. Bush and the US have lost their way. The war has had its successes.
- Utterly Sick (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 10, 2006)
Causes of perversion must be examined
When Sadat Hasan Manto made a comment on the perversion of society through one of his short stories where an aged dead woman is raped by a disturbed youth, readers were revolted.
- Not Osama Or Us But Kursi’ (Indian Express, Editorial, The News International, Sep 10, 2006)
He can’t see Quetta or Peshawar through his windshield. That’s almost a million miles away.
- Ec Rejects Complaints Against 13 Mps (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Providing major relief to 13 MPs, including several high-profile leaders cutting across party lines, the Election Commission is understood to have rejected the disqualification complaints against them in the light of the recently enacted . . .
- Saluting The Fallen (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 10, 2006)
The military community, veterans especially, will raise only two cheers to the defence minister for visiting War Cemeteries in France and Germany and paying homage to Indian soldiers who died in 1914-18.
- Sri Lanka Army Says 28 Troops, Many Rebels Dead In Clashes (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The Sri Lankan army said on Sunday 28 soldiers and dozens of Tamil Tiger rebels had been killed in a campaign to advance across rebel frontlines in the north of the Indian Ocean island.
- Dividing Iraq Will Be A Mistake: Bush (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
President Mr George W Bush says he believes dividing Iraq into three separate regions ~ Kurdish, Shi’ite and Sunni ~ with a central government in Baghdad would be a mistake.
- Pakistan To Send Troops To Lebanon (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Aziz says troops will clear landmines, cluster bombs
Decision made at request of Lebanon govt
- Kicking Up A Rao (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 10, 2006)
Apart from committing a gross breach of diplomatic propriety, Sri Lanka's Tourism Minister Anura Bandaranaike is guilty of tasteless sexist prejudice for attacking India's High Commissioner Nirupama Rao.
- Muslims Must Rebut Charges (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 10, 2006)
Hossain Miya, a prosperous Muslim villager in Manik Bandopadhyay's novel, Padma Nadir Majhi, which the Kolkata theatre group, Pratikriti, staged last week, promises beleaguered Hindu fishermen refuge on his island where there is neither masjid nor . . .
- Rain Emergency In Hyderabad (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
All kind of train service between Hyderabad and Karachi has been suspended due to damage to rail track at the site of washed away bridge at Ranpathani .
- No Al-Qaeda-Saddam Hussein Links:us Senate Report (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Contrary to claims by the George W Bush administration, a US Senate committee has absolved fallen Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein of having any ties with the al-Qaeda before the Iraq war, igniting new controversy over the US rationale for invading Iraq.
- Bombs And Rockets (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 10, 2006)
On the day of the multiple bomb blasts in the Maharashtrian town of Malegaon, the police recovered a stunning cache of arms in Mahbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. On the face of it, those were disconnected events.
- The American Flight No One Takes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
United-93. No, we are not talking about the Hollywood movie that released this week.
- Fate Of The Women’S Bill (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 10, 2006)
The parliamentary wrangle over the protection of women bill has cast the government in a very poor light. It also reflects the misogynist mindset of our politicians which determines their national priorities.
- Nawab Akbar Bugti As I Knew Him (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Sep 10, 2006)
“At once insanely proud and filled with hatred, omniscient and doubting everything, cold and violently passionate, contemptuous and self abasing, tormented and detached, surrounded by devoted followers...
- Us Continues To Hunt Terrorists, Says Bush (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
US President George W Bush assured Americans on Saturday that the United States was relentlessly hunting down suspected terrorists in order to avoid a new attack.
- Tony Blair's Dilemma (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 10, 2006)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's reluctantly extracted commitment to finally quit his job next year is unlikely to herald an outbreak of peace within his increasingly rebellious Labour Party.
- In The Mind Of Atta (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
This extract from a short story published in the New Yorker, ‘The Last Days Of Muhammad Atta’, by Martin Amis, is part of his new book, ‘The House of Meetings’.
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