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Articles 4121 through 4220 of 27135:
- A Sepia Portrait (Hindu, Sudha Mahalingam, Sep 10, 2006)
How does it feel to step into a sepia portrait? You will find out if you visit Toledo, Iberia's Rome, Damascus and Cairo, all rolled into one.
- Off The Beaten Track (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Companies like the Mumbai-based Soulitudes are trying to redefine the notion of `holidays' and `responsible' tourism.
- Doubts Surface Amongst Beleaguered Israelis (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 10, 2006)
Deep frustration in Palestine and humiliating failure in Lebanon. So is Israel doing a rethink? It takes time for the official leadership to change gear but it is a fair guess that some second thoughts are beginning to make their way among the less . . .
- Pak Nabs Key Jaish Militant (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Pakistani security forces arrested today an Islamist militant suspect who is wanted for several attacks and smuggling explosives used in bombings in the country’s biggest city, a security force spokesman said.
- Just Nam-Sake Relevance (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Sep 10, 2006)
It's time India realised that non-alignment is dead and gone
- Israeli Pm To Meet Palestinian President (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said he would meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and work closely with him to advance peace efforts.
- Only Through Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 10, 2006)
I HAD the privilege of meeting Akbar Khan Bugti, the slain Baloch leader, after the birth of Bangladesh and before the Shimla conference. My main purpose of visit to Pakistan was to interview Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, then
- Terror Kills 38, Targets A Divided Town (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Sep 10, 2006)
Barely two months after a highway chase led police to Malegaon’s communally divided by-lanes in search of explosives and ammunition, five blasts rocked this Maharashtra town just as Friday afternoon prayers were winding up, killing at least 38 people . .
- Malegaon Buries Its Dead (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Investigators today sifted through evidence and followed up leads to trace those responsible for multiple bomb blasts that killed 31 persons and injured nearly 300 in this powerloom town, which remained peaceful as grieving kin buried the dead.
- Israel Lifts Naval Blockade (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 10, 2006)
Bowing to international pressure, Israel has lifted its eight-week naval blockade of Lebanon.
- A Whimsical Collection (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’.
- The New Age Of Anxiety (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 10, 2006)
The meaning of the destructive atrocity known as 9/11 is now being defined, not by the event itself, but by the chain of consequences it has unleashed.
- Office Of Profit Petition Against 13 Mps Rejected (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The Office of Profit petition against several MPs including Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, is understood to have been rejected by the Election Commission as they have become pointless following the . . .
- Reforming The Military Justice System (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 10, 2006)
The Supreme Court, in Union of India versus Charanjit Singh Gill and others, held that the Army Act (1950) is riddled with many drawbacks.
- Sonia’S Lakh Invites 10-Lakh Bombshell (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi has Rs 1 lakh for him. But Shafiq Ahmad wants to give her Rs 10 lakh instead.
- Iraq Spate Of Blasts Continues (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
A roadside bomb in Baghdad and a mortar attack on Shia pilgrims south of the capital killed five people on Friday, a day before tens of thousands of people were expected in the Shia holy city of Karbala for a religious festival.
- Kicking Up A Rao (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 09, 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. By dismissing one of India's senior . . .
- Prayers For The Dead (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The holy Shab-e-Barat is when Muslims seek divine blessings for the well-being of mankind. Muslim devotees spend the night at mosques and homes, offering special prayers and reciting from the holy Quran.
- Muslims Must Rebut Charges (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 09, 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 mandir.
- Labour In Deep Crisis (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2006)
Judging from the events of the past two days, the Blair era in British politics is effectively all over bar the shouting. Tony Blair, of course, will linger on as Prime Minister for some more months to allow him to surpass former Conservative leader . .
- Indian Hand In Baloch Unrest, Says Pakistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 09, 2006)
At least five persons were killed and several injured in a bomb explosion on Friday in Pakistan's Balochistan province. In the capital, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammed Ali Durrani once again insinuated an Indian hand in the . . .
- Nato Seeks More Troops For Afghan Operations (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 09, 2006)
The car bomb in Kabul that killed 15 persons including two U.S. soldiers and injured several others lent greater urgency to a two-day meeting of NATO defence chiefs that began in Warsaw on Friday.
- Myanmar: Junta Blamed Over Tribes' Poor Health (Hindu, John Aglionby , Sep 09, 2006)
The tribes of eastern Myanmar (Burma) have some of the worst health conditions in the world as a result of persecution by the junta, a report published on Thursday reveals.
- Two Soldiers Killed In Fresh Jaffna Fighting (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
At least two Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and 15 wounded in fresh fighting with Tamil Tiger rebels in the northern peninsula of Jaffna today, military sources said.
- ‘Pak Stand To Decide Course Of Talks’ (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Sep 09, 2006)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today confirmed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would be meeting on the sidelines of the NAM summit in Cuba which will take place on September 15-16.
- Urbane Police (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 09, 2006)
There is merit indeed in the proposal of the expert group preparing a new Police Act to develop a special cadre of City Police Officers, and possibly re-designate the constable as such.
- Paramilitary Forces Rushed To Malegaon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The Union Home Ministry has dispatched over 3,000 jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force and Rapid Action Force to deal with the situation arising out of the blasts in Mushaira Chowk and Kabristan, Union Home Secretary Vinod Kumar Duggal told . . .
- India And The Quest For World Order (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 09, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh Government's foreign policy may or may not be independent. What is certain is that it is not effective or imaginative.
- Bomb Kills 11 In Kabul (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
A massive suicide car bomb targeting a convoy of US military vehicles in Kabul today killed at least 11 people, including two soldiers from the US-led coalition, and wounding 29, officials and witnesses said.
- Experts Moot Tribal Development Authority For Jarawas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
"Intervention should be limited to health, food security and should be guided by experts"
Authority will study all aspects of their life
All contact with the tribe should be closely monitored
They should not be introduced to alien food . . .
- Army Deployed For Rescue Work In Two Gujarat Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The Army and para-military forces have been deployed in Gujarat's Anand and Kaira districts for rescue and relief operations as more than 20 villages were submerged in the Sabarmati floodwaters following heavy discharge from the Dharoi dam.
- History Of Decolonization (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Sep 09, 2006)
History has an uncanny knack of repeating itself. For the sake of the Pakistani people I hope, though, that this will not be so this time over. Given the high-handedness of Gen.
- 38 Killed, Over 150 Injured In 3 Malegaon Blasts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Terrorists struck again in Maharashtra today, killing at least 38 people and injuring over 150 in three blasts including one in a mosque in this communally sensitive Muslim-dominated town.
- Anti-Submarine Warfare System Handed Over To Navy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Developed by the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory Induction of the ASW equipment would help integrate indigenous weapons and decoy systems while supporting the existing inventory .
- Care For Them (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 09, 2006)
The least that the country can do as a gratitude to soldiers is to look after them in their hour of need. It is all the more necessary to take care of the families of those who happen to die in the discharge of their onerous duties.
- Losing The Plot Over Five Years (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 09, 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. The Taliban, which sheltered al-Qaeda, have been toppled; key personnel have been killed or captured; . . .
- Us Watching Pakistan’S Deal With Militants: Bush (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
US president says he doesn’t know all details of agreement with Taliban
Hopes to see Musharraf ‘pretty soon’
- Waziristan Remains A Simmering Embarrassment (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 09, 2006)
While the government has international support for its military operations in Waziristan, opinion abroad differs over whether these forays against Al Qaeda have been terribly effective.
- India-Pakistan Peace Process On ‘Life Support’, Needs Revival (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Sep 09, 2006)
The India-Pakistan peace process, which has been on “life support” for some time, needs to be revived, three leading South Asia experts suggested here on Friday.
- Torrential Rains Wreak Havoc On Sindh (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
At least ten people lost their lives as swirling floodwaters inundated several cities and towns in Sindh amid driving rain, causing the civil administration to swiftly deploy military helicopters and boats to help thousands of marooned people.
- Blast Near Us Embassy In Kabul (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The driver of a car packed with explosives rammed into a US military convoy in Kabul on Friday, killing himself and at least 16 others, including two American soldiers.
- The New Age Of Anxiety (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Sep 09, 2006)
The meaning of the destructive atrocity known as 9/11 is now being defined, not by the event itself, but by the chain of consequences it has unleashed.
- ‘Not Osama Or Us But Kursi’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 09, 2006)
Malegaon last hit the national headlines in 2001, when 13 people were killed in communal riots in the tense weeks after 9/11. RAKSHIT SONAWANE covered it for the Express. This one sums it up: politics and state apathy the root cause
- Resignation Threats (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 09, 2006)
The Mutahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), the right-wing alliance of religious political parties, has been threatening to resign from the assemblies on one pretext or the other.
- Balochistan After Bugti (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Sep 09, 2006)
History and nature have one thing in common. They rarely teach lessons without bloodshed and trauma. Although we have never officially embraced it as a potentially preventable wound, one of the lessons etched like a deep scar on our body politic . . .
- Rain Emergency In Hyderabad (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 09, 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 .
- Meeting Of Minds In Kabul (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 09, 2006)
Commonality of interests and a shared threat perception are reason enough for Islamabad and Kabul to bury the hatchet and start afresh.
- Some Indian Views On Balochistan (News International, Praful Bidwai, Sep 09, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Advani Raps Cong Chief, Pm (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Sep 09, 2006)
In a scathing attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for skipping the Congress function for singing of Vande Matram, Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha LK on Friday said that "Those who cannot with conviction . . .
- Terror Revisits Maharashtra; At Least 38 Killed In Twin Blasts (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Terrorists struck again in Maharashtra on Friday, killing at least 38 people, including children, and injuring over 100 in three blasts including one in a Mosque-cum-graveyard in the communally sensitive Muslim-dominated town of Malegaon.
- From `Absolute Advantage' To `Yunus, Muhammad' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 09, 2006)
The pillars of globalisation include `the free cross-border movements of goods and services, foreign direct investment, financial capital, labour and technology.' At a broader level, globalisation `also embraces international flows of ideas, . . .
- Milestone In Iraq? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 09, 2006)
To some, the beginning of the handover of the command of the Iraqi military to the elected government in Baghdad may well seem a milestone. To others, it may seem a more or less meaningless gesture which will bring no material change in the country's . .
- China’S Foreign Policy (Tribune, S.P. Seth, Sep 09, 2006)
I would appear that China’s former president and party general secretary, Jiang Zemin, is not quite ready yet to retire into political oblivion. He wanted a role like Deng Xiaoping as the ultimate arbiter of Chinese politics and policies even after . . .
- Fit For A Nobel Peace Prize (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 09, 2006)
Pakistan, India and Bangladesh face similar problems: the upsurge of religious fanaticism (kattarpan) which often turns to violence against people of other faiths.
- Just Nam-Sake Relevance (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Sep 09, 2006)
Dogmatism and ideological rigidity are often the biggest hurdles in the conduct of a nation's foreign policy. What may have been relevant four decades ago may not necessarily be relevant or even desirable today.
- Three Get Death For 'Honour Killing' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Dilip Tiwari of Vasai and two of his friends, who in May 2004 slaughtered three members of the Malayali family his sister had married into and their neighbour, were on Friday sentenced to death by a fast track court in Palghar.
- Indian Envoy Under Attack In Sri Lanka Earns Praise (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Sri Lankan leaders Friday rallied to the defence of Indian High Commissioner Nirupama Rao, denouncing a minister who had accused her of interfering in the island's internal affairs.
- Bombs And Rockets (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 09, 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.
- Kabul Blast Kills 16 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
A huge car bomb exploded near the US embassy in Kabul on Friday, killing at least 16 people, including two U.S. soldiers and about seven foreigners, police and witnesses said.
- Step Down (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 09, 2006)
Blair should listen to his conscience and resign.
- The Path To Sanity (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 09, 2006)
The fictional Hossain Miya’s promise of an island without either masjid or mandir in Manik Bandopadhyay’s Padma Nadir Majhi — which the theatre group, Pratikriti, staged with great verve last Sunday — should have a special resonance for his . . . .
- The Telgi ‘Creators’ Shouldn’T Go Scot Free (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Sep 09, 2006)
How and why did a “confession” statement made three years ago suddenly surface now and what could be the motive of those behind the deliberate leak could certainly be debated.
- Terror Kills 38, Targets A Divided Town (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Sep 09, 2006)
Barely two months after a highway chase led police to Malegaon’s communally divided by-lanes in search of explosives and ammunition, five blasts rocked this Maharashtra town just as Friday afternoon prayers were winding up, killing at least 38 . . .
- 900 Rockets Meant For Ap Naxals Seized, Tn Firm Under The Scanner (Indian Express, Karn Kowshik, Sep 09, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh police today seized nearly 900 rockets along with 27 shoulder-held launchers from two districts, leading to Tamil Nadu police raids on a Chennai-based transport they said had sent these consignments meant for Naxalites.
- Call Off Talks With Pak: Vajpayee (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Blaming the Union government for the Malegaon bomb blasts and rising terror in the country, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has called for termination of peace talks with Pakistan unless terrorism is checked.
- Iraqi Govt Closes Al-Arabiya Office As 10 Killed In Violence (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The Iraqi government has ordered Arabic satellite network Al-Arabiya to shut down its Baghdad operations for one month, state television reported.
- Indian Navy Team To Ski To South Pole (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Team expects extreme conditions
- Israel Lifts Air Embargo (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 08, 2006)
Naval blockade to continue for now
- Obesity Problems Dog Indians (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 08, 2006)
Health problems related to obesity are hitting Asians, including Indians, harder than other ethnic groups because doctors using a one-size-fits-all diagnosis fail to pick it up, experts said.
- "Safeguards Can Kick In Only After Cooperation Starts" (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 08, 2006)
In the context of the bills moved in the House of Representatives and the Senate on the proposed Indo-U.S. nuclear agreement,Anil Kakodkar, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, says India considers "reprocessing an extremely important part . . .
- Bush Confirms Prison Network (Hindu, Suzanne Goldenberg, Sep 08, 2006)
No indication of CIA shutting down its detention centres
- Pakistan Risks Creating Al Qaeda, Taliban Sanctuary (Reuters, SIMON CAMERON-MOORE, Sep 08, 2006)
Five years after President Pervez Musharraf bowed to U.S. pressure to withdraw support for the Taliban in Afghanistan, his government has signed a peace deal with Pakistani Taliban.
- Kargil War,1999 Coup To Figure In Musharraf's Book (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
The Kargil War and the 1999 military coup ousting then premier Nawaz Sharif are among the host of issues which figure prominently in Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's soon-to-be released autobiography.
- Nepal Commission To Question King Gyanendra (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Sep 08, 2006)
An inquiry commission will question Nepal King Gyanendra for his role in supressing the pro-democracy protests in April, the first time that a monarch will be probed in the history of Nepal.
- What Taliban? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 08, 2006)
Is NATO fighting a ghost in Afghanistan?
Something very strange is going on in Afghanistan.
- Blair Tackles Revolt With Quitting Hints (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair will step down within a year, rejecting growing calls from within his ruling Labour Party for a new leader immediately to revive its fortunes.
- What The Heart Does Not Feel, The Eye Cannot See (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Sep 08, 2006)
After 15 years of a battering from hostile policies and governments, the world of the peasant has turned highly fragile. But the onus of changing is on the farmer. Not on those driving a cruel process and system.
- Fewer Iaf Mishaps (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 08, 2006)
The trend must be sustained
Initially it appeared curious that the IAF chose to project its accident-record over just a five-month period, but things fell somewhat into place when it was revealed that the lone Category-I mishap in that timeframe . . .
- Vande Mataram (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 08, 2006)
A hundred years ago when the Congress adopted Vande Mataram as the National Song at its Varanasi session on September 7, 1905, the stalwarts of India's freedom struggle could not have envisaged the possibility of Bankim Chandra . . .
- Clash Within Civilisation (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Sep 08, 2006)
In two recent incidents, Muslim lives have been lost in violence.
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