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Articles 5821 through 5920 of 27135:
- Un Move Can’T Tame Israel (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Hours after the UN Security Council voted for a “full cessation” of hostilities, Israel today widened its offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon killing several people in aerial raids and destroying a power plant.
- Aspirations Of People (Daily Excelsior, V P Kotwal, Aug 13, 2006)
The J&K State is known for its unique unity in diversity and mostly because of the facts that almost after every 50 Kms.
- Managing The Peace (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Aug 13, 2006)
The Maoists will not give up their absolute control over all 75 districts of Nepal. Yet they want peace ----- Let everybody be clear - we'll never surrender our arms - Baburam Bhattarai alias Mukti Manab, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist leader . . .
- Into The King’S Fortress (New Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 13, 2006)
With palaces and Rajput artistry on our mind, we chose a clear day for our road trip, making it from Delhi to Jaipur in under four hours.
- At Least 127 Combatants Killed In Sri Lanka: Military (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
In a setback to the already tottering peace process in Sri Lanka, heavy fighting between government troops and LTTE rebels left at least 127 combatants dead and another 280 wounded today.
- Familiar Terrain (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 13, 2006)
Pankaj Mishra’s book is for the Western audience, not for the intelligent common reader in India .
- Arabs & Israel Not Pleased By Resolution (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
The Lebanese ceasefire resolution, unanimously adopted by the UN Security Council, pleases neither Israel nor Arabs but has something for everyone.
- Too Little, Too Late (News International, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 13, 2006)
It's good that the UN Security Council has at last passed a resolution on Lebanon. But its arrival is four weeks too late and the document is likely at best to be a "band -aid solution", a term that former US President Jimmy Carter had recently . . .
- Israel Copters Airlift Hundreds Of Troops Into Hezbollah Heartland (Asian Age, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 13, 2006)
Israeli helicopters airlifted hundreds of troops into the Hezbollah heartland and warplanes launched wide-ranging airstrikes on Saturday as officials raced to enforce a UN ceasefire and end fierce fighting still raging across southern Lebanon.
- Left Nuke Stand Confusing: Bjp (Asian Age, Sanjay Basak, Aug 13, 2006)
The BJP, determined to go ahead with its demand for a Parliament resolution on the Indo-US nuclear deal, was finding the Left parties’ stand somewhat "confusing" on the issue.
- Unbroken Spirits Fill Highways Of Death (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 13, 2006)
Lebanon is a country that has clearly not lost its spirit, but is worried, unhappy, and, as no one hesitates to tell you, "very very angry".
- Un Resolution On Lebanon (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 13, 2006)
QATAR’s foreign minister is right when he says that Resolution 1701, passed unanimously by the UN Security Council on Friday, contains “imbalances in favour of Israel”, but to expect anything else would be unrealistic.
- 127 Combatants Killed In Lankan Fighting (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Fierce fighting between government troops and Tiger rebels in north and eastern Sri Lanka on Saturday left at least 127 people dead and another 280 wounded, the military said.
- Thousands Protest Lebanon War Outside White House (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Thousands of people demonstrated outside the White House to protest Israel's US-backed military operations in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.
- Israel Pullout Within Two Weeks (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
The Israeli army will begin pulling out of southern Lebanon, where they have been fighting Hizbollah guerrillas in a major offensive, within a week or two, the Israeli media reported on Sunday.
- Power At The Cost Of Merit (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Aug 13, 2006)
Last month President Musharraf spoke long, tiresomely long, on radio and TV and patted himself on the back for the success of his policies and the achievements of his administration in the economic field. Economy has its priority for though man cannot liv
- Pak, China To Undertake Joint Projects In Space Field (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Pakistan, China and some other regional countries are likely to complete legal and administrative work by the end of the year for undertaking joint projects of common interest in the field of space technology.
- Natwar Suspension A Cong Issue: Amar (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
After the two-day drama in Rajya Sabha, during which Natwar Singh and Amar Singh were seen dissociating from each other, the Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Amar Singh on Saturday reaffirmed his support to Natwar Singh and said he . . .
- Concern In Cong Over Us Deal (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Aug 13, 2006)
Few in the Congress may be seen standing by former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh during his troubles in the Iraq oil scam, but many senior party leaders share his concern about Manmohan Singh Government's handling of the Indo-US nuclear . . .
- Israel Expands Offensive Despite Unsc Resolution (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Israel expanded its offensive against Hezbollah today sending more troops deeper into Lebanon and carrying out air strikes despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for the immediate cessation of the hostilities that erupted a month ago.
- The Lifeline Of Maoist Violence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 13, 2006)
In 2002, a former Maoist district commander estimated that the Maoists needed Rs 10 million every month to keep the war going.
- End Of Revolution (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Aug 13, 2006)
It's too early to assess the consequences of the decision of Maoists in Nepal to take part in parliamentary democracy.
- Al-Qaida Presence In J&k Suspected (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2006)
Intercepts of telecommunication messages between militants in Jammu and Kashmir and their mentors in Pakistan suggest that cadres of foreign terrorist group Al-Qaida are present in the Kashmir valley.
- Where From Heathrow? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 12, 2006)
Condemnation and congratulations are both in order.
- An Elusive Peace (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Aug 12, 2006)
It is unbelievable that Israel would launch such a massive ground and air onslaught only to secure the release of the two soldiers Hizbollah captured on July 12.
- Nawaz, Fazl Join Hands To Oust Pervez (Tribune, Ahmad Fraz Khan, Aug 12, 2006)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif and opposition leader Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman on Thursday agreed to launch a “joint struggle for the restoration of the 1973 Constitution and removal of the military dictator.”
- Israel Gives Orders For Wider War: 15 Killed In Airstrikes (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Strikes by Israeli warplanes across Lebanon on Friday killed 15 civilians, including 11 in an attack on a key bridge.
- Sri Lanka Rains Bombs As Tamils Plead For Aid (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers said on Friday that the military had opened a new front against them, bombing one of their training camps and killing many rebels.
- ‘Pokhran Sullied India’S Image’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Distancing the CPI(M) from the BJP on the issue of India-US nuclear deal, Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury on Friday said the saffron party, by conducting Pokhran-II blasts, had brought India’s stature to a parity with that of Pakistan from a . . .
- Lebanon The Real Victim (Hindu, Ahmad Samih Khalidi, Aug 12, 2006)
The Franco-U.S. resolution is an absurdity: it would give Israel immunity while denying Lebanon the right to defend itself.
- Rebels Say Break Sri Lanka Army's Northern Defences (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said on Saturday they had broken through army defences in the island's far north and were advancing on the government-held Jaffna peninsula, in the fiercest fighting since a 2002 truce.
- U.K.'S Response To Terrorism Makes Things Worse (Hindu, Dan Plesch, Aug 12, 2006)
What is needed now is an effective counter-terrorism strategy.
- 29 Killed In Fighting Between Ltte, Sri Lankan Army (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 12, 2006)
The two sides are engaged in fierce fighting for control of a waterway in the east
- Six People Killed In Iran Helicopter Crash » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Six people were killed when a cargo helicopter crashed in northern Iran early on Friday, state-run television reported.
- In Kasauli, Civilians Face Wrath Of Army (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Souring relations between Armymen and civilians in the last six months has polluted the pristine and peaceful environs of Kasauli, a Himachal hill station.
- ‘Journalist On Wheels’ (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2006)
The former princely state of Patiala was one of the pioneer promoters of sports in general and cricket in particular.
- Colonel To Face Court Martial For Information Leak (Tribune, Vijay Mohan, Aug 12, 2006)
The Army has ordered trial by a general court martial of a Colonel held blameworthy for leak of highly sensitive military information, which was reportedly passed on to Pakistani intelligence by an Army jawan posted as a clerk in his office, it is learnt.
- Israeli Pm Okays War Expansion (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered the army to expand its ground offensive into Lebanon on Friday, saying there was a lack of progress in UN talks on a truce, political sources said.
- Us Warns Of Terror Attacks In India (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 12, 2006)
The US Embassy here has warned of a series of bombing in or around New Delhi and Mumbai between today and August 16 by “foreign terrorists” and dropped a bombshell that the Al-Qaida could also be involved in such strikes.
- Is A Partition Of Iraq In The Offing? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 12, 2006)
They have a new constitution, a new government and a new military. But faced with incessant sectarian bloodshed, Iraqis for the first time have begun openly discussing whether the only way to stop the violence is to remake the country they have . . .
- Army To Shift Camp After Floods Cause Damage (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
As Surat limped back to life, lakhs of people stuck in Rander and Adajan till Friday evening breathed a sigh of relief as relief finally poured in.
- Dysfunctional Democracy (News International, IMTIAZ GUL, Aug 12, 2006)
India gets its nuclear deal with the United States through Congress. Pakistan is hamstrung by conditions imposed on its purchase of F-16s (such as a commitment on not to transfer technology) on the one hand, and by reservations and opposition . . .
- Bedlam In Lok Sabha Over Vajpayee’S Letter (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Lok Sabha witnessed noisy scenes on Friday over the letter written by former PM A B Vajpayee to Speaker Somnath Chatterjee even as the latter sought to end the impasse saying the “painful chapter” should not be prolonged.
- Sri Lanka Parliament Extends Emergency Regulations (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Aug 12, 2006)
Battle between the Sri Lanka Army and LTTE spreads to Jaffna peninsula
- Evidence Mounts Of Pakistan Links (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 12, 2006)
Many held in U.K. for bomb plot travelled to Pakistan
- Don't Ignore The Ominous Signs (News International, Praful Bidwai, Aug 12, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Carnage In Lebanon (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 12, 2006)
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora was overwhelmed with emotion and wept publicly while describing the carnage his country is suffering at the hands of Israel.
- Plot Foiled (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 12, 2006)
India needs to be on guard against more terror attacks
- Implications Of The F-16 Deal (Dawn, Javid Husain, Aug 12, 2006)
As was to be expected, the Pakistan Foreign Office welcomed on August 3 the approval by the US Congress of the sale of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan and rejected the impression that unprecedented conditions had been accepted by Islamabad to acquire them.
- A Horrendous Plot (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 12, 2006)
Thanks to international coordination in the war on terror, a plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airlines in mid-air has been foiled.
- Nuclear Deal: Why Avoid Sense Of Parliament? (Hindu, Prakash Karat, Aug 12, 2006)
Why is the UPA Government unwilling to have the nuclear deal discussed in Parliament so that a common viewpoint emerges which can be the sense of Parliament? What is clear is that the Government has begun to adjust our foreign policy to the . . .
- Army Called Out In Larkana (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
People shifting to safer places as Indus tends to change course; troops to airdrop pamphlets to warn Katcha area dwellers
- Terror And The Pakistan Connection (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 12, 2006)
It is a matter of great relief that the British security services have foiled the plans of a clearly `Islamicist' terrorist ring to blow up several aircraft over the Atlantic and cause unimaginable loss of life.
- Defensive Offensive Doctrine (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 12, 2006)
Locally built Agosta 90-B submarine, named Hamza, has been inducted into Pakistan Navy. Speaking at the launching ceremony, President Pervez Musharraf spoke about defence and security needs of the country and for the first time came out with the . . .
- Gujarat To Get Rs. 350 Crore From Centre (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Aug 12, 2006)
Manmohan makes announcement; Chief Minister Modi accuses Centre of "step-motherly treatment"
- Mumbai Blasts And Beyond (Deccan Herald, Michael Krepon , Aug 12, 2006)
There is no steady-state equilibrium during this transitional stage of India-Pakistan relations
- Gaza Hopes In Ruins A Year After Pullout Beg (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
As Palestinian farmer Hassan Abdel-Dayem looks across his fields to the rubble of former Jewish settlements, he sees an Israeli armoured vehicle trundling past.
- Lankan Mly Hits Ltte Positions (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
The Tamil Tigers said on Friday the Sri Lankan military had attacked their northern territory and bombed a training camp in the east, killing many rebels, as the battlefront of the worst fighting since a 2002 truce spread.
- Key Powers Agree On Lebanon Ceasefire Resolu (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Israel began an expanded ground offensive in southern Lebanon on Friday after expressing dissatisfaction over an emerging ceasefire deal.
- Security Council Unanimously Passes Resolution Calling For Ceasefire . . . (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
The UN Security Council on Saturday unanimously passed a resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah and the deployment of a 15,000-strong international force in Lebanon.
- Union Cabinet Sets Fixed Tenure For Top Bureaucrats (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Cabinet committee clears backward regions' grant fund
- Nda Apprises Kalam Of Its `Concerns' On Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
A National Democratic Alliance delegation led by the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, met President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on Friday to apprise him of their "concerns" on the India-U.S. nuclear deal and seek his intervention to prevail . . .
- Corporation Council Accuses Centre Of Scuttling Vizhinjam Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Chinese companies cannot be considered a security threat'
- Lebanon: France, Us Close To Deal On Un Plan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
The United States and France were close to an agreement on Friday on a UN resolution aimed at halting the bloodshed in Lebanon and Israel, but objections from combatants could force another delay.
- Spending On Defence (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 12, 2006)
President Musharraf's criticism of those he terms "drawing room critics and pseudo intellectuals" who want a reduction in the country's defence expenditure seems somewhat misplaced. Speaking in Karachi at the launching ceremony of the Agosta . . .
- Managing The Peace (Pioneer, Kanchan Lakshman, Aug 12, 2006)
The Maoists will not give up their absolute control over all 75 districts of Nepal. Yet they want peace ----- Let everybody be clear - we'll never surrender our arms - Baburam Bhattarai alias Mukti Manab, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist . . .
- End Of Revolution (Pioneer, Anjan Roy, Aug 12, 2006)
It's too early to assess the consequences of the decision of Maoists in Nepal to take part in parliamentary democracy.
- The Lifeline Of Maoist Violence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 12, 2006)
In 2002, a former Maoist district commander estimated that the Maoists needed Rs 10 million every month to keep the war going. A halt to their available methods of garnering finance would result in dismantling their militia ----
- Nasrallah New Arab World Hero (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 12, 2006)
"Nasser in 1956, Nasrallah in 2006" — the Arab street has found a new hero, a figure that it has been looking for to act as a catalyst to unite the Arab world and infuse it with an agenda and a common mission. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the . . .
- Nda Team Meets Kalam On Nuke Deal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Friday led an NDA delegation to the President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and sought his intervention over the Opposition demand for a "Sense-of-Parliament" resolution on the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Middle East's Military Delusions (The Economic Times, Jeffrey D Sachs, Aug 12, 2006)
The paradox of the current violence in Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon is that the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not hard to see.
- Know What They Did That Summer (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 12, 2006)
One of the great mysteries of our contemporary history is, just what happened between India and Pakistan in the summer of 1990?
- 2 Military Posts Attacked In South Waziristan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 12, 2006)
Suspected militants fired dozens of rockets at two military posts in a tribal area in South Waziristan, but no injuries were reported, said a Wana government official.
- Familiar Terrain (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 12, 2006)
Pankaj Mishra’s book is for the Western audience, not for the intelligent common reader in India
- Trojan Parasite (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 11, 2006)
Ever wondered why malaria, tuberculosis and cholera — diseases traditionally endemic in developing countries — have dogged us for centuries though medical innovation has helped contain other less rampant diseases?
- Israel Holds Off On Lebanon Offensive For Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Israel plans to allow more time for US-led diplomatic efforts to resolve its dispute with Hizbollah before carrying out its decision to expand a ground offensive in Lebanon, a cabinet minister said on Thursday.
- Casual Approach To Terrorism (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Aug 11, 2006)
SINCE some excellent ideas on how to combat the great and growing menace of terrorism — spelled out by noted experts, some of whom have spent a lifetime dealing with internal security, at a meeting in New Delhi over a week ago — have gone . . .
- After 13 Years, Another Month (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2006)
Sanjay Dutt will have to wait at least another agonising month to know if the 13-year shadow of the deadly Bombay blasts will finally pass from his life.
- Guns Down (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 11, 2006)
Democratic power does not flow from the barrel of a gun.
- Japan’S Dilemma: War Dead Or War History? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2006)
Indians celebrate August 15 as the date the curtain finally came down on the British Raj. In Japan, the date marks the official end of what the Japanese call the Greater East Asia War (World War II). The coming August 15 could be a turning point in . . .
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