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Articles 4621 through 4720 of 27135:
- Time Ripe For Normal Ties Between Israel, Lebanon: Annan (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Thursday that the time was ripe for normal relations between Israel and Lebanon following the cease-fire that ended the recent 34-day war."
- Nepal Arms Deal Was With Russia (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Russians were the key players in the secretive bid by Nepal to obtain a fresh cache of weapons using Indian air space.
- Unctad Trade And Development Report, 2006 (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Sep 01, 2006)
The Report highlights the scope for making the global trading and financial milieu more development-friendly.
- New Defence Procurement Policy — Not Big Bang Enough (Business Line, R. Sundaram , Sep 01, 2006)
Although the new Defence procurement policy is welcome, it could have done more.
- Iran Fails To Halt N-Work: Iaea (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
We will not yield to pressure, Nejad tells West
- Pakistan, Indian Border Security Officials Meet (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Pakistan Rangers and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officials held their joint quarterly meeting “in very cordial and friendly atmosphere”, said a statement released by the Pakistan Rangers on Thursday.
- India To Allow Private Industry To Make Military Hardware (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Indian authorities have decided to allow private companies to develop high technology military systems in an effort to help upgrade the country’s aging military hardware, the Defence Ministry said Thursday.
- Israel Quits Two Thirds Of Seized Lebanon Land (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Annan slams Israel use of cluster bombs
- Apc Calls For Total Strike: Sc Urged To Take Notice Of Killing (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
An all parties conference on Thursday appealed to the nation to observe a complete strike on Friday and mark it as a ‘Black Day’ to express solidarity with the people of Balochistan.
- Us Drive For Hegemony (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 01, 2006)
The Iranian nuclear issue could well prove to be a watershed in world politics. August 31 was the deadline set by the UN Security Council resolution 1696 for Iran to halt its uranium enrichment programme.
- Iran: E.U. In A Dilemma (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 01, 2006)
France, Germany say they pin hopes on talks
- System Is Gaining Ground (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 01, 2006)
Mma leader Qazi Hussain Ahmed has felicitated Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on his triumph over the no-trust move.
- Bugti’S Body Retrieved; Burial Today (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
The body of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was retrieved from a cave in the Kohlu district on Thursday as efforts to recover the bodies of other tribesmen continued, officials said.
- Iran Defies Unsc Deadline On Enrichment (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Iran defied a UN deadline on Thursday to stop enriching uranium, clearing the path for Security Council sanctions.
- In Control, Says Sri Lankan Army (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 01, 2006)
Amid assertions by the Army that it is determined to neutralise the LTTE base in Sampoor in the east, the military on Thursday claimed to have established complete control over the Tiger base in Kaddaparichchan to the South of Trincomalee.
- A Comprehensive Overview (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada...
- Stumbling Towards Peace (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 01, 2006)
Last week Somalia’s major port — in the capital, Mogadishu — saw an unusual scene: a cargo ship unloading there for the first time in more than a decade.
- Iran Defiant As Nuclear Deadline Expires (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Iran vowed never to shelve its nuclear programme, defying the threat of sanctions as a UN deadline to stop work the West fears could lead to the production of atomic bombs expired on Thursday.
- Pak Army Finds Bugti’S Body In Cave (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Pakistani soldiers searching a cave in Kohlu in southwest Baluchistan province have found the body of slain tribal leader Nawab Akhtar Bugti.
- Terror In Twilight (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 01, 2006)
Is the Hizbul Mujahideen preparing to come to the negotiating table?
- Iran Won't Back Down: Ahmadinejad (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 01, 2006)
Declaration as deadline expires
- Sonia Promises Help To Flood-Hit People In Rajasthan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 01, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee to brief Manmohan Singh, Patil on the flood situation
- Urdu & Secularism (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Sep 01, 2006)
A clutch of new books focus on the progressive nationalist tradition of Urdu poetry.
- A Bold New Step (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 01, 2006)
By adopting a new set of procedures for defence procurement, especially weapons and ammunition, the Government has taken a major step towards removing needless hurdles that have time and again served the interests of suppliers, agents and cynical . . .
- Stalemate In West Asia (Pioneer, Rai Singh, Sep 01, 2006)
The 33-day armed conflict in Lebanon that has been described as a "war" is now over.
- Fire In Balochistan (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Sep 01, 2006)
The escalation of violence in Pakistan following the death of Nawab Bugti could become a source of worry for India as well
- No Hidden Devil In The Deal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 01, 2006)
There's no question of binding ourselves to any agreement with the US that involves 'shifting of goalposts'; there's no need to be exercised beyond a point
- Living In The War Zone (Frontline, Editorial, Frontline, Sep 01, 2006)
Instilling in the young qualities such as character and comradeship is one way to defeat the temporary triumph of terrorists.
- A Reverse For Terrorism? (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Sep 01, 2006)
This battle of wits can never end. But there is no reason why the fight should be given up, for that will strengthen the perpetrators of evil.
- I'm British, But... (Frontline, Vijay Prashad, Sep 01, 2006)
The book shows what attracts Muslims particularly those who live in Western societies, to a radical Islamic world-view.
- Arms And Our Money (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 01, 2006)
The defence ministry could be bolder
- In Death, An Islamist (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 01, 2006)
Egypt's outlawed Islamist opposition on Thursday joined leading Muslim clerics in mourning for Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz, some of whose work was condemned by Islamist extremists as sacrilegious during the writer's lifetime.
- Nuclear Synergy (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 31, 2006)
Despite prime minister Manmohan Singh having won over top atomic scientists who had earlier opposed the India-US nuclear deal, bureaucratic opposition to the deal remains entrenched.
- Surplus Men (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 31, 2006)
More does not necessarily make things merrier.
- Cooperative Living (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 31, 2006)
In the early 1990s after the debilitating and insidious Cold War ended symbolized by the unification of the two Germanys and fall of the gigantic USSR, people started visualizing a 'New World Order' as George Bush Sr christened it hoping that the . . .
- Baloch Martyr (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 31, 2006)
The troubled Pakistan province of Balochistan adjoining Afghanistan has suddenly got a martyr. In a brazen show of brute force Gen Pervez Musharraf's army has killed Nawab Akbar Bugti, one of the veteran leaders of the . . .
- Lanka Aid Murder Slur (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
International ceasefire monitors blamed Sri Lankan troops today for the killing of 17 aid workers during fighting with Tamil tiger rebels earlier in the month.
- New Defence Procurement Procedure (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The Government, in an effort to speed up and simplify the process of arms acquisition, on Wednesday unveiled the Defence Procurement Procedure(capital procurements) and Defence Procurement Manual(revenue procurements) for this year with special . . .
- China Warns Illegal Surveyors After Japanese Deported (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
China has vowed harsh penalties for foreigners conducting illegal surveys in China, months after deporting two Japanese scholars doing unauthorised research in the remote far west, state media today said.
- U.N. Threatens To Halt Sri Lanka Work After Aid Killings (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Aug 31, 2006)
The United Nations threatened overnight to suspend aid operations in Sri Lanka after truce monitors accused the security forces of executing aid workers.
- Pakistani Soldiers Work To Clear Rebel's Cave (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Scores of Pakistani soldiers worked on Wednesday to begin clearing rubble from a cave in Baluchistan province where a nationalist rebel chief was killed in fighting at the weekend.
- Mukherjee, Sonia Tour Flood-Hit Barmer District (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Congress President Sonia Gandhi are touring the worst-affected villages in Barmer district of Rajasthan where at least 104 people have died due to floods.
- 'Pm Has Addressed All Issues Raised On Indo-Us Deal' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has addressed all issues raised by the scientifc community with regard to the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar said today.
- China, Pak To Launch 3 Earth Resources Satellites (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
China will work with Pakistan in the development of space technology and launching of three earth resources prospecting satellites in the next five years, APP learnt from official sources here Wednesday.
- A Moment In History (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 31, 2006)
What he could not do in life, Nawab Akbar Bugti has achieved through his death. From his cave in the Bhambore hills, where he had been hiding since he was forced out of Dera Bugti some weeks ago, Bugti has won the battle he had waged for many months . . .
- Israel To End Blockade Only After Ceasefire Fully Implemented (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Israel on Wednesday sidestepped demands by visiting UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that it lift its sea and air blockade of Lebanon immediately and withdraw its forces from Lebanon once 5,000 international troops are deployed there.
- Democracy Versus Diplomacy (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 31, 2006)
Why could the nuclear deal mean a lame duck foreign policy? The question must pose a sobering thought for Manmohan Singh
- Kohlu Killings Spark Na Fury: Adjournment Motion Debate Today (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The government on Wednesday accepted an opposition’s demand to hold a debate in the National Assembly on Thursday on the killing of Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Bugti and his associates in a military operation in Kohlu on Aug 26.
- Arms Deals To Be On Net (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The armament requirements of all three wings of the armed forces will now be put up on the ministry of defence (MoD) website so that arms vendors (suppliers) can register themselves on the Internet. There is also a new revamped "fast track . . .
- In Qatar, Pm Envoy Pushes For Tharoor’S Un Bid (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 31, 2006)
India’s special envoy to West Asia Chinmay Gharekhan is on a 10-day tour of the region to ostensibly express support for the Palestinians and the Lebanese, but also with the added mission to garner support for the candidature of Mr Shashi Tharoor . . .
- Kashmir Cm To Address European Parliament (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is expected to be the first chief executive of any state in India to make a speech to the European Parliament. Officials in Srinagar said Azad has received an invitation and is most likely to accept the rare honour.
- Iraq Bombings Kill 45 Amid Surge In Bloodshed (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Insurgents killed at least 45 Iraqis and wounded scores more in a series of bombings, including one in a crowded Baghdad market and another at a military recruitment centre.
- India Thwarts Nepal's Bid To Import Arms (Pioneer, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Aug 31, 2006)
A move by Nepal to import missiles and other weapons from a third country was shot down by India, which refused permission to a plane transporting the hardware to fly over Indian territory.
- Kashmiris Hold Protest For Missing Kin (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Dozens of Kashmiris staged a sit-in protest on Wednesday to mark the International Day of the Disappeared and appealed to authorities to provide information about missing relatives.
- Reviving Economic Boycott (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 31, 2006)
TO counter the onslaught of a giant gone berserk, the prospect of a revival of the Arab Boycott, however logical, is unrealistic, but equally so is reliance on an extraordinary but still very small guerilla group.
- Lanka Rejects Charity Worker Massacre Charge (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Sri Lanka rejected as “outrageous” on Wednesday a ruling by independent ceasefire monitors that government forces were responsible for the massacre of 17 employees of a French charity. Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, who was . . .
- Chavez Joins Host Assad To Denounce Us ‘Impe (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, hailed in Syria as a hero for Arabs, joined his host and fellow US arch-foe President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to denounce American “hegemony”.
- Some Questions (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 31, 2006)
Every day brings to light new, or should one say different details, regarding the manner in which Nawab Akbar Bugti and his men died.
- Handling Balochistan (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 31, 2006)
No death in the world is a cause for celebration. Given the present geo-political and domestic circumstances, Nawab Akbar Bugti's reported demise is a moment of extreme concern for the nation.
- Need For A Healing Touch (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
The JUI component of the MMA has been soft pedalling the opposition compared with the Jamaat-e-Islami and the ARD that have now come out in the open to launch a country wide movement against the president and his military-led government.
- Bad To Worse In Iraq (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 31, 2006)
The United States-led occupation forces have been fighting an insurgency that began a few months after they invaded Iraq in March 2003. Over the past six months or so, they have been running the risk of getting caught in the middle of a civil war between
- Army Behind Aid Workers' Massacre: Slmm (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 31, 2006)
Report unfounded and baseless, says Government spokesman .
- India Should Tread Cautiously (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 31, 2006)
The Pakistani army operation, which killed Baluch leader Akbar Khan Bugti, is a grievous political blunder on Islamabad’s part. The scale of violence in Baluchistan, and political protests in the rest of Pakistan, clearly indicate that.
- Lebanon: Changing The Script (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Aug 31, 2006)
At the end of the day, Hizbollah emerges as the symbol of resistance against the U.S.-Israeli unilateralism in West Asia.
- Japan: Imperial Baggage (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi touches a raw nerve by making another visit to the controversial Yasukuni shrine.
- Cuba: Brief Break (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 31, 2006)
Cuban President Fidel Castro, recovering from an illness, is expected to be back at work very soon.
- No Military Aid To Colombo, Manmohan Assures Vaiko (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday assured Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko that India would not extend any military aid to Sri Lanka.
- Darrell Hair And South Asian Solidarity (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 31, 2006)
The bottom line of the South Asian approach is that the law is to be obeyed according to our convenience. This fashionable disdain can only beget disorder and lawlessness.
- Militants Behind Cops’ Killings Arrested (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
JK Police claimed to have arrested the militants behind the killings of several officials of CRPF, BSF and the police. Seven security force personnel were shot dead by the militants at point blank range in the past few weeks.
- Azad Ready For Talks With Hizb, Not Lashkar (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Aug 31, 2006)
Chief MinisterGhulam Nabi Azadsays it will take a lot of time to rescue Jammu and Kashmir from the vested interests that have become entrenched. Excerpts from an interview:
- Karat Seeks Amendment For Ec Reforms (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
In the wake of its recent tiffs with the Election Commission, the CPM today sought amendment of the Constitution on the modalities of appointment and removal of the Election Commissioners and to make them more accountable.
- ‘Cluster Bombs’ Killed Bugti (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Nawabzada Hyrbair Marri has alleged that cluster bombs were used to kill Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and other tribesmen in last Saturday’s military operation in the Kohlu Hills.
- On Naxalites, State Won’T Join The Dots (Indian Express, Ajay K. Mehra, Aug 31, 2006)
The meeting between chief secretaries and director generals of police of 13 Naxalite-affected states on Wednesday places the Naxalite issue on the front burner. It must remain there.
- Musharraf Isolated (Tribune, James Rupert, Aug 31, 2006)
Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the man Washington is leaning on to uproot Islamic extremism here in one of its main strongholds, is looking more politically isolated in the three days since his army killed a charismatic, 79-year-old rebel leader.
- Pakistan Burns Over Bugti Killing (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2006)
Angry protesters blocked key highways in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on the fourth day of the unrest sparked by the killing of tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti in an Army operation as the number of those detained in connection with . . .
- Hub Of Research (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Aug 31, 2006)
Bangalore has emerged as one of modern India's most important centres of higher education and research.
- Progressive Realism In Foreign Policy (The Financial Express, JOSEPH S NYE, Aug 31, 2006)
As this century’s largest country, the US should define its national interest in a way that benefits all
- Iran: Standing Up To The West (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 31, 2006)
The Iranian leadership and people are united in their defence of the country's uranium enrichment programme.
- Us In No Hurry For Sanctions On Iran (Asian Age, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Aug 31, 2006)
With the UN deadline for Iran to halt sensitive nuclear work ending tomorrow, the US is trying to get the message across to Tehran that there is still time to comply with the Security Council resolution in this regard.
- Sumith Nakandala, Former Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner (Frontline, T.S. Subramanian, Aug 31, 2006)
Interview with Sumith Nakandala, former Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka.
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