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Articles 5121 through 5220 of 27135:
- Anxious Lebanese Ponder Post-War Life With Hizbollah (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A Pakistan-born Australian architect was jailed for 20 years today for planning bomb attacks in Sydney, a court official said.
- Upa Went Out Of Its Way To Address Trs Concerns: Cong (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Rejecting TRS allegation of "betrayal" by Congress on the Telangana issue, Congress on Wednesday said the UPA coalition went out of its way to address the concerns of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on the matter.
- India Will Retain Right To Conduct Future Nuclear Tests: Manmohan (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Ruling out any bilateral pact with the US that would put a cap on India's military nuclear programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said New Delhi will retain the ‘sovereign right’ on deciding whether to carry out any atomic tests in the future . . .
- No Commitment On Future N-Tests: Pm (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today categorically told the Lok Sabha that India was not willing to give any commitment on future nuclear tests.
- Suspicious Passengers Set Off Flight Alarm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
US plane en route to India escorted back to Schiphol; 12 detained
A US airline flight to India returned to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Wednesday, escorted by two Dutch F-16 jet fighters, after the crew reported that some passengers were . . .
- Right, Left Refuse To Swallow Pm's Energy Security Bait (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday once again tried to sell the Indo-US nuclear deal to Parliament by stressing how it was in India's interest to have good relations with all major powers, including the US.
- Deficit Of Trust In Pakistan (Pioneer, PN Khera, Aug 24, 2006)
The Army alone will be the winner in any election in Pakistan because it will always remain the single largest party in that country, says PN Khera
- Iran’S No (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2006)
The much-awaited Iranian response to the UN Security Council’s demand that Teheran should suspend its uranium enrichment programme by August 31 or face economic sanctions has created a tricky situation.
- Happy Birthday, Calcutta (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 24, 2006)
Very few cities in the world were founded on a particular date or by a particular individual. Cities do not generally have dates of birth and/or a founder.
- Ceasefire Extended,ulfa Urged To Hold Direct Talks (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
While suspending military action for 15 more days against United Liberation Front of Assam cadres, the Centre today asked the Ulfa to hold direct talks with the government.
- Thorn In The Side (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 24, 2006)
One of the most serious threats to India's security is from the proxy war unleashed against it on the eastern front, says Hiranmay Karlekar.
- Israel’S Prez Quizzed In Sexual Misconduct Case (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
The police questioned Israeli President Moshe Katsav for several hours today as part of a probe into allegations of sexual harassment and graft.
- Iran Wants Talks, France Says Stop Atomic Work First (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
World powers, which backed a package to defuse a dispute with Iran over its nuclear ambitions are ready to respond to Iran’s call for talks but only if it first suspends uranium enrichment, France said today.
- Israel Deliberately Hit Civilian Targets: Amnesty (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A report by the human rights organisation Amnesty International accuses Israel of deliberately attacking civilian targets during the recent conflict in Lebanon.
- Nuke-Switch Option Not Clear: Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh admitted in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that there was a question mark over the inter-changeability option — from the civilian to military and vice versa—in the separation plan New Delhi has furnished to Washington . . .
- India-Bound Plane Escorted Back To Amsterdam, 12 Held (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
A Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Mumbai turned back shortly after takeoff on Wednesday and returned to Schiphol airport under fighter-jet escort.
- Indian Fliers In F-16 Fear Zone (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
F-16 fighter jets scrambled to escort a Mumbai-bound plane back to Amsterdam today, triggering a nerve-wracking wait on the tarmac that culminated in the arrest of 12 passengers who aroused the crew’s “suspicion”.
- Victory Elusive In Modern War And Politics (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 24, 2006)
In the wake of the war in southern Lebanon, claims of victory are legion. Hardly had the shooting stopped than Sheik Hassan Nasrallah was asserting that Hezbollah had triumphed. Others see Syria or Iran or even Shiite Islam as the big winner.
- Shed Passive Approach To Security (Tribune, P.C. Dogra, Aug 24, 2006)
Another strike at Mumbai has benumbed our nerves and made us feel helpless in the face of the inevitable. India’s history right from 1947 onwards had been to yield, to buy peace.
- The Nuke Fall Out? (OutLook, Ashish Kumar Sen, Aug 24, 2006)
A "weak" PM may suddenly have become "strong" with his speech in Parliament, but has he painted himself into a corner by publicly spelling out a rigid stance on the deal? Will Bush be able to swing the US Congress along? Hear it from the experts in . . .
- Dutch Arrest 12 On U.S. Plane Bound For India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2006)
Dutch police arrested 12 passengers behaving suspiciously on a U.S. Northwest Airlines plane bound for India that was forced to turn back to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday.
- India Deflects Tamil Calls To Mediate In Sri Lanka (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 24, 2006)
Their black gowns flapping in the traffic, scores of Indian lawyers form a "human chain" around the red-brick court building while other protesters burn Sri Lankan flags or stage symbolic fasts.
- Eight Held In U.S. For Supporting Ltte (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 23, 2006)
In two separate cases, eight persons have been arrested and charged by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with conspiracy to provide "material support and resources" to the LTTE.
- Eads Plans Two Bln Euro Investment In India - Paper (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
European aerospace and defense group EADS will invest 2 billion euros ($2.57 billion) over the next 15 years in India in production as well as research and development facilities, Financial Times Deutschland reported.
- New York’S Oldest Bartender Still Working At 90 (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 23, 2006)
Marilyn Monroe came on Wednesdays for lunch and ordered a Beefeater martini, very dry. Danny Kaye pulled his jacket over his head to avoid being recognised.
- Police: Bomb Found In Colombo (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Police acting on a tip discovered a powerful bomb planted on a bicycle in a busy shopping district in the Sri Lankan capital on Tuesday, an official said.
- Kakrapar Nuclear Plant `Safe' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Alert follows reports of two `suspicious' men seen moving in the inner fencing area .
- Ltte Munitions Destroyed: Army (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 23, 2006)
Number of displaced due to hostilities swells to 1.7 lakh, says United Nations .
- Pakistan: No Word From India On Sir Creek (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 23, 2006)
Says meeting was scheduled in August; statement denied by India
Defence Secretaries agreed on meeting on joint survey of creek in May
Consultations underway between two countries to "improve and update" travel restrictions on diplomats.
- Natwar Replies To Notice, Stays Defiant (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Suspended Congress leader and former external affairs Minister Natwar Singh on Tuesday replied to the show-cause notice issued to him even as he was scheduled to address a rally in Jaipur on Wednesday.
- Illusions On Sale (Deccan Herald, Don Lee , Aug 23, 2006)
In this populous city of fanatical shoppers, Plaza 66 is what some locals call a gui gouwu zhongxin — a ghost mall. The prices are so high that no one buys much. But then, no one really cares.
- Kurd Accuses Saddam Of Poison Gas Attacks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
An Iraqi Kurd told Saddam Hussein’s genocide trial on Tuesday how jets dropped poison gas smelling of rotten apples on his mountain village and aides to the ousted leader defended his campaign against Kurdish rebels.
- Sri Lankan Govt Okays Food Import From South India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The government of Sri Lanka claimed here on Tuesday it had granted permission to private traders to directly import food and other essential items from south Indian states to Jaffna.
- Tv-Mediated Activism (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Aug 23, 2006)
People turn insensitive to issues in course of time due to over exposure of events on television.
- Is It A Road To Self-Reliance? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 23, 2006)
Non-proliferation aspects are vital for the US and hence they get priority in the pact.
- Modi’S Thesis On Muslims (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Aug 23, 2006)
Many common Indians have been congratulating themselves on the fact that the recent Mumbai blasts failed to ignite a communal conflagration. It is true indeed that the terrorist strike triggered off no riots but only participation by all communities . . .
- Get The Guilty (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , Aug 23, 2006)
July and August have been the cruelest months of 2006. In these two months we saw the Mumbai blasts of July 11, resurgence of killings in Kashmir, planting of bombs at London's Heathrow airport, mayhem in Sri Lanka and Israel's merciless bombing of . . .
- ‘Benazir Saved Aziz From Arrest In Laundering Case’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A former Pakistani minister has claimed that he had issued orders to arrest Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in a money laundering case during the tenure of Benazir Bhutto’s government but she had blocked the move.
- What’S Love Got To Do With Marriage? (Indian Express, BHAWANA SOMAAYA, Aug 23, 2006)
Death and love come unannounced...” says the patriarch in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. After centuries of poetry and innumerable songs and films serenading romance, love remains life’s biggest mystery.
- Oop Amendment Challenged In Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A Trinamool Congress MP has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Constitutional validity of the amended Office of Profit Act, which exempts 45 positions from the purview of disqualification.
- Conventional And Nuclear Submartines (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 23, 2006)
The Indian Ocean has become a centre of big power naval rivalry. At any given time, anywhere "between" 20 to 30 nuclear submarines are on the prowl, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
- This Is About Energy, Did You Say? (Indian Express, Arun Shourie, Aug 23, 2006)
While we are being treated to lullabies — that the agreement with the US is all about nuclear energy — the laws that the US Congress is passing are absolutely clear in the objectives for which the agreement is being entered into.
- Hyphenating India And Pakistan (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2006)
The US has not been able to jettison its overall construct of coupling India and Pakistan together while formulating its policies regarding the sub-continent.
- Flag Flutters Uncertainly (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Aug 23, 2006)
Four months after Nepal's third revolution, nothing has changed. But nothing is the same, either.
- Lessons From The Lebanese War (News International, M B NAQVI, Aug 23, 2006)
While the ongoing Palestinians-versus-Israelis struggle cannot be ignored or downgraded, the Lebanese situation stands by itself. Hizbollah successfully challenged the much vaunted Israeli defence forces.
- Governance And Local Government (News International, IMTIAZ GUL, Aug 23, 2006)
August 13 was another rainy day in Karachi, another experience of submerged roads and streets. And yet more power outages forcing the people of Qayyumabad and several other areas near Defence out onto the streets in protest.
- Three Inches Of Incompetence (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 23, 2006)
The rains Karachi received on Thursday last week measured a total of 91 mm at the highest point which roughly translates into 3.5 inches.
- Not Doing Enough? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 23, 2006)
In one of the fiercest clashes since the end of 2001, US, NATO and Afghan forces battled the Taliban, killing 71 of them.
- Division In The Opposition (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 23, 2006)
The government finally succeeded in tabling the Women Protection Bill 2006 in the National Assembly on Monday amid rowdy scenes and uproar.
- Nasrallah’S Arsenal Of Surprises (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 23, 2006)
In the end, Ehud Olmert got more or less what he wanted. But things did not quite work out the way he expected them to, and his days as Israel’s prime minister may now be numbered.
- Indian Police Search For Armed Men Near Atomic Plant (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Indian police were on Tuesday conducting a major search for two armed men seen near an atomic power plant, two television stations reported. NDTV said police had sealed off the Kakrapar plant near Surat in the western state of Gujarat.
- Code Of Responsibility In Governance (Business Line, S. Subramanyan , Aug 23, 2006)
Report rightly seeks to fix responsibility on both.
Politicians and civil servants are the two eyes of the government. Each complements the other and both are equally vital for an effective parliamentary democracy. The Administrative Reforms . . .
- Trs Quits Upa (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The Telangana Rashtra Samiti, a partner in the two-year-old UPA government at the Centre, ended its two-day drama late on Tuesday evening by announcing the resignation of its two ministers from the Union Cabinet and its exit from the UPA.
- Is The Backdating Fraud Big In India Too? (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Aug 23, 2006)
Corporate America is in the grip of a major stock market scandal of backdated stock options Options are popular in India and there’s scope for misuse here .
- Musharraf Offers Cooperation Against ‘Freelance Terrorists’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has offered India exchange of information and cooperation amongst their intelligence agencies to ward off terrorist attacks, and to join hands in investigations and in moving against “freelance terrorists”.
- Putin Is Nobody’S Poodle (Tribune, Rajan Menon, Aug 23, 2006)
The Bush administration’s imposition of sanctions on two Russian companies this month for selling military technology to Iran certainly sends the Kremlin a message – but it won’t be the one the White House has in mind.
- Owning Weakness (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 23, 2006)
Admitting and identifying shortcomings is the first major step towards their elimination. Against that backdrop there is much to appreciate in the analyses of the counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir by the CRPF’s inspector-general in . . .
- Kurd Accuses Saddam Of Poison Gas Attacks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
An Iraqi Kurd told Saddam Hussein’s genocide trial today how jets dropped poison gas smelling of rotten apples on his mountain village and aides to the ousted leader defended his campaign against Kurdish rebels.
- Israeli Troops Kill 3 Palestinians (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Israeli troops shot and killed three Palestinians near the Israel-Gaza border fence today, the army said.
Palestinian security officials said the three were members of the violent Islamic Jihad group, but Islamic Jihad did not immediately confirm . . .
- Natwar Still Defiant (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The suspended Congress leader, Mr K Natwar Singh today sent his reply to the party’s show-cause notice served on him, taking a defiant line, rejecting charges of wrongdoing in the Iraqi oil scam, and asking the party’s disciplinary action . . .
- The Telgi Saga (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 23, 2006)
Currently CNN-IBN is telecasting taped conversations between Abdul Karim Telgi and compatriots. Mr Telgi is the public face of the hidden mafia behind the nationwide fake stamp papers scam.
- The Nation’S Not For Sale (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Aug 23, 2006)
It is tempting to look at the substance of Manmohan Singh’s reply in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday to the discussion on the Indo-US nuclear deal and, in the process, forget that the prime minister’s handling of the nuclear controversy in recent weeks . . .
- Olmert’S Refusal To Talk (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 23, 2006)
Israel’s refusal to talk to Syria is in keeping with its avowed policy of relying on force rather than trying the diplomatic option. Speaking . . .
- Top Pakistani Militant Arrested In Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The Army today claimed to have achieved a major breakthrough in the Mumbai serial blast case by arresting a top Pakistani militant from South Kashmir early this morning.
- Embattled Somali Pm Names New Cabinet (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Embattled Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on Monday appointed a new, scaled-down cabinet to replace a dissent-riddled government dissolved earlier this month.
- J&k: Arms And Ammunition Recovered (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Army recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from a hideout in Keri area of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday night, sources on Tuesday said.
- Anfal Operation Targeted Kurd Rebels: Defendants (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
Defendants in the new trial of Saddam Hussein insisted on Tuesday that the military was attacking only Iranian troops and Kurdish rebels when it launched the Anfal campaign in the 1980s in which tens of thousands of Kurds were killed.
- Breakthrough In Waziristan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
The government and militants in the restive North Waziristan agency are close to signing a peace agreement on Friday, according to credible sources. “August 25 will be like a red-letter day; both sides are keen to sign the peace agreement on . . .
- 15 Die In Afghanistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2006)
A suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into a Canadian military patrol in southern Afghanistan, wounding four soldiers as British troops killed nine suspected insurgents in the latest bout of violence to hit southern Afghanistan.
- Institutional Sub-Literacy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 22, 2006)
Sarva Sikhsha Abhiyan a colossal failure
- Bereft Of Novelty (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 22, 2006)
There are no prizes for deciphering all that Hizbul Mujahideen supremo Syed Salahuddin has said in his latest interview.
- Sri Lankans Await Aid As Us Raids Tiger Suspects (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Aug 22, 2006)
Thousands of hungry Sri Lankan Tamils, trapped by a new bout of war between the Tamil Tigers and the military, desperately waited on Tuesday for aid to be shipped north, as suspected rebel arms procurers were arrested in the United States.
- India, Russia To Enhance Military Ties: J J Singh (Press Trust of India, Vinay Shukla, Aug 22, 2006)
India and Russia have agreed to hold joint wargames on Russian soil next year to enhance military ties and share experience in handling low-intensity conflicts at high altitudes, Army Chief General J J Singh said here.
- Fratricidal Wars (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 22, 2006)
Not very long ago we had in these columns highlighted the occurrence of suicides in uniformed forces. Indeed, it is an unhealthy feature.
- The Paradigm Of (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 22, 2006)
The term geo-politics came into vogue with the consolidation of colonial empires and imperialist expansion in Europe. Conquests and wars in Eurasia and Latin America, indeed across the world in the 18th and 19th centuries, resulted in the use of . . .
- War Not Lost, It's Just Begun (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 22, 2006)
Between two schools of thought in Islam on suicide, wisdom undoubtedly is on the side that proscribes it, says Bulbul Roy Mishra .
- Sense Of The House (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 22, 2006)
It's a good sign that Parliament rose to the occasion and focussed attention on the nuclear deal instead of fighting on trivial issues, says CP Bhambhri.
- Us N-Deal Equates India With Pakistan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Despite the Bush administration claiming the nuclear deal symbolises a special relationship with New Delhi, a last-minute amendment inserted in the recently passed bill by the US House of Representatives equates India with Pakistan and directs . . .
- Time Not Right To Resume Talks With Syria: Peres (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
The time is not right to resume negotiations with Syria, Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres said on Monday, adding that Israel is too busy trying to deal with Lebanon and the Palestinians.
- Do Not Bury Nehruvian Ideology (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Aug 22, 2006)
I write this piece in anguish as the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, during his long speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, did not utter a single word about the contribution made by the first Prime Minister of India in building up a vibrant . . .
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