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Articles 6121 through 6220 of 27135:
- Taleban 'Kill Woman For Spying' (British Broadcasting Corporation, bbc correspondent, Aug 09, 2006)
Taleban fighters have killed an Afghan woman and her son and then hung their bodies in public for spying for foreign forces, a senior Afghan official says.
- Floods Maroon Thousands In India; 150 Killed (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Swirling floodwater inundated several towns and cities in western and southern India on Tuesday as the military deployed helicopters and boats to help hundreds of thousands of marooned people.
- Pacifying Waziristan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 09, 2006)
One hopes that the ceasefire reaffirmed last month in Waziristan will not be revoked after Monday’s beheading of a pro-government tribal leader who was kidnapped last week from South Waziristan.
- Can The Revolution Outlive Castro? (Daily Times, Mahir Ali, Aug 09, 2006)
It probably would not be considered particularly ageist to contend that no nation’s fortunes ought to be linked to a supreme leader having been in office for several decades.
- Israel Threatens To Extend Offensive (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Hezbollah fighters and Israeli ground troops were battling in south Lebanon as diplomats bickered at the United Nations over moves to end four weeks of bloodshed and destruction.
- Us Reinforcements In Iraq To Escalate Killings (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 09, 2006)
Despite United States’ desperate political and military manoeuvres in Iraq including military reinforcements on the pretext of sectarian violence, the war-torn country continues sink deeper and deeper in the quagmire.
- The War Of Terrorisation (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Aug 09, 2006)
Five years on from 9/11, what the Muslim World is beginning to witness is the transformation of the war against terror into a War of Terrorisation of Muslim polities and Muslim civil societies -- and all this under the continuing guise of the war against
- Towards A Nuclear-Free South Asia (News International, M B NAQVI, Aug 09, 2006)
The writer is a veteran journalist and freelance columnist.
- In Reverse Gear? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 09, 2006)
Not very long ago three journalists belonging to this city had participated in a lively debate organised by a leading private television channel of Pakistan. It was at the peak of bonhomie between India and Pakistan.
- Lebanon - Israel Conflict - A Proxy War? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 09, 2006)
Before analyzing the more than three weeks old Israel attacks on Southern Lebanon, three factors in the global security environment needs to be taken into consideration.
- Us Defends India’S Non-Proliferation Record Despite Sanctions (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The George Bush administration has defended India’s non-proliferation record despite imposition of sanctions against two Indian private firms for business dealings with Iran last Friday.
- Cong Gives Up, Suspends Natwar (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
After its carrot and stick approach failed to cut any ice with the rebellious Natwar Singh, the Congress on Tuesday midnight suspended him from the primary membership of the party and decided to serve a show cause on him.
- Flood Situation In Country Finds Echo In Rs (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The worsening flood situation in various parts of the country and the plight of farmers had its echo in the Rajya Sabha today with members from various parties asking government to declare it as a national calamity.
- Floods Maroon Thousands In Indian Cities, 200 Killed (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Swirling floodwaters inundated several towns and cities in western and southern India on Tuesday as the military deployed helicopters and boats to help hundreds of thousands of marooned people.
- New Pak Posts On Border, Ls Told (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
If there is a fresh frost in India-Pakistan relations, the government is not hiding it.
- Waiting For The General's Story (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 08, 2006)
There is already a buzz about Pervez Musharraf's soon-to-be-released autobiography,In the Line of Fire.
- Three Soldiers Killed In Separate J&k Encounters (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Three soldiers were killed, and three jawans injured, in separate encounters in Jammu and Kashmir since Sunday night.
- No Need To Get Mushy (Times of India, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 08, 2006)
All over the world, but notably in the Islamic countries and Europe, the ongoing conflict in Lebanon has become the occasion for another outburst of visceral anti-Americanism.
- ‘ A Word For Sonia: Left Blocking Forward Leap. Govt Relies On Them. . . . (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 08, 2006)
Former Minister of State for Defence Arun Singh says he’s proud of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi as his sister for what she did on prime ministership and the office of profit issue. This is the second part of his interview with Shekhar Gupta, Edito . . .
- Try Bush, Blair For Crimes: Iran (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Aug 08, 2006)
British and U.S. leaders had foreknowledge of Israeli plans
- Ex-Servicemen To Help Boost Tourism In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Veterans' home-stay project becoming popular
Aimed at establishing a chain of home-stays
Plans to set up 1,000 of them in three years
- War And War Crimes (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Aug 08, 2006)
Human Rights Watch has published a report that documents Israel's actions against Lebanese civilians.
- "India Offered To Restore J&k To Pre-1953 Status" (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 08, 2006)
Prior to the Mumbai blasts, India told Pakistan that it was prepared to restore Jammu and Kashmir to its pre-1953 status, The Nation newspaper said on Monday.
- U.N. Warns Of Iraq-Like Situation In Lebanon (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Aug 08, 2006)
It is always the same when you have to fight against guerillas
- When Self-Defence Becomes Lawlessness (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 08, 2006)
Israel's right to self-defence has never been the issue. The issue is whether its response has been proportionate.
- Filters Of American Objectivity (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
You neither need to work in an American newsroom nor need to visit this country to understand its media's objectivity. Here is a simple formula. Just read what its press wrote after 9/11 and before the Iraq war.
- Are Us-Iraq Ties On Cusp Of Change? (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 08, 2006)
Americans believe that the time has come to stop wasting American lives and money.
- Arab Nations Back Lebanon Over Full Israeli Withdrawal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The US on Monday agreed with India that there were anti-India terrorist elements in Pakistan, but at the same time reiterated the stand that Pakistan had turned its back on terrorism.
Assistant secretary of state Richard Boucher also said that . . .
- 2 Nda Cadets Swept Away In Pune (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Two National Defence Academy (NDA) cadets were swept away by flash floods in the outskirts of Pune, while about 70,000 people were evacuated from across central and south Gujarat, where the Army was called in for the rescue operations on Monday.
- Wisdom In A Well (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Aug 08, 2006)
There is no point in deploying technology for the sake of technology.
- General Anaesthesia (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 08, 2006)
Islamabad's brutal treatment of an Indian diplomat, who was hooded, handcuffed and confined at an undisclosed location before being expelled from the country, doesn't square very well with its insistence that the peace process must not be affected . . .
- 40 Killed In Israeli Air Raids (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Lebanese premier Fuad Siniora on Monday said Israeli raids had killed more than 40 people in a "deliberate massacre" in the southern village of Hula as he urged Arab foreign ministers to support an immediate and unconditional ceasefire.
- High Court Orders Maintaining Of Status Quo In Land Dispute (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The lower court has been directed to dispose of suit by December 31
Some persons are claiming ownership of a portion of the land behind Doordarshan Kendra
According to records, the 613 acres of land, belonging to the Maharaja of Mysore was . . .
- Contradictions Galore (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Aug 08, 2006)
For a long time we have been witnessing conflicting reports and contradictions between the security agencies at work in Jammu and Kashmir - almost ever since Militancy broke out in the state in 1989.
- J&k: 3 Jem Militants Gunned Down In Encounters (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Three Jaish-e-Mohammad militants, two of whom were tasked to create trouble on the eve of Independence Day, were shot dead by police in fierce gunfights early today and a cache of arms and ammunitions recovered from them, a senior police official said.
- Sri Lanka Fighting Goes On, Slain Aid Workers Moved (Reuters, Peter Apps, Aug 08, 2006)
Explosions sounded out in Sri Lanka's east on Tuesday as fighting between the military and Tamil Tigers over a water supply entered a 14th day, while aid workers planned for the burials of 17 slain local staff.
- Indian Consulate In Iran Aiding Baloch Rebels: Pak (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Pakistan has asked Iran to monitor the Indian consulate in the Iranian border city of Zahidan, alleging it was aiding nationalist rebels in the southwest Balochistan province.
- 69 People Killed In Israeli Raids In Lebanon (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Israel continued its offensive against the Hezbollah fighters as a series of bombings in Lebanon claimed the lives of at least 69 civilians with efforts in the United Nations to bring an end to the spiralling violence were stalled.
- Maharashtra Rain Toll 40 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
At least 40 persons have lost their lives in the past two days across Maharashtra following heavy rain, according to the state police control room here, while the death count rose to 94 in Andhra Pradesh where three lakh people were marooned in . . .
- Nuclear Blackmail (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 08, 2006)
The Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, Mr Mahmud Ali Durrani, has made it clear that the new plutonium-producing reactor coming up at the Khushab complex in Pakistan is intended to increase Pakistan’s arsenal. Pakistan’s repeated . . .
- India Tells Usa To Rein In Pakistan (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 08, 2006)
India today conveyed two things directly to the United States — neither being music to ears of the “strategic partner”.
- Over 1,500 Marooned Rescued By Army (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Over 1,000 soldiers deployed in Marathwada region, J&K and Dantewada
- British Secrecy Surrenders To The Internet (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 08, 2006)
The precise locations of dozens of secret military and spy bases in the United Kingdom are to be revealed on government Ordnance Survey maps for the first time, ending one of the last remaining legacies of the Cold War.
- Suspense In The Sands (Tribune, MG Kapahy, Aug 08, 2006)
This relates to the period when villages in India were not connected with the outside world by pucca roads and my village, Kot-Isa-Khan Distt Ferozepore, was not among those fortunate ones.
- Hezbollah Explodes Myth Of Israel’S Invincibility (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 08, 2006)
Hezbollah killed at least 11 Israelis in a deadliest rocket attack on Haifa in northern Israel on Sunday. About 45 Israeli soldiers have also been killed in clashes with Hezbollah militia since Israel launched unprovoked aggression against Lebanon . . .
- Lebanese Objection Delays Vote At Un (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
UNSC to hold public debate on Lebanon today
Israel will expand ground offensive if no UN resolution passed
Israeli strikes kill 57, 3 Israeli soldiers killed
- New ‘Regional War’ In The Middle East? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 08, 2006)
The Syrian foreign minister, Wahid Muallam, said on Sunday that his country was ready for a ‘regional war’:
- Rape, Murder In Iraq (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 08, 2006)
Horrifying war crimes have been a recurring feature of the US occupation of Iraq.
- `Ltte Certainly Wants Peace' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 08, 2006)
Certainly LTTE wants it. The question is how much it is willing to compromise politically in terms of the power it wields. — MR JEHAN PERERA, MEDIA DIRECTOR, NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL, COLOMBO .
- Call For Nuclear Free World (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 08, 2006)
The Japanese city of Hiroshima has marked the 61st anniversary of the world’s first atomic attack by the United States with renewed calls for a nuclear-free world. Japanese Prime Minister promised to continue leading the international society to the . . .
- Israeli Warplanes Strike Beirut's Southern Suburbs, Kill 22 (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The Israel-Hezbollah conflict took another ominous turn when Israel hit close to to the heart of Beirut, killing at least 22 and wounding 60.
- Bridge Tragedy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
The deaths of at least 44 people in a bridge collapse in Mardan is heart-rending and a grim reminder of the fragile nature of much of the country's physical infrastructure.
- Unadulterated Lies (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
'The attendant propaganda -the abuse of language and eternal hypocrisy - has reached its nadir in recent weeks,' says John Pilger of the undiluted lies discharged daily by the western media since the beginning of the Lebanon crisis.
- Hostage Drama Ends As 2 Militants Killed, 3 Rescued (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Even as militants gunned down two soldiers, looted their weapons and escaped in Kulgam-Qazigund belt of south Kashmir today, two militants and a soldier got killed and three persons were rescued in a fierce gunbattle at Shirpora in the same . . .
- Arabs Demand Israel Pullout As More Civilians Die (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Arab nations demanded Israel pull its troops out of Lebanon as part of any UN resolution to end a war in which at least 30 people were killed today by Israeli strikes.
- Time To Look Back Without Anger (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2006)
The tit-for-tat expulsion of an Indian and Pakistani diplomat each over the weekend clearly signifies a new low in the bilateral relationship. What is worse is the media spin being put on the story, which, in fact, makes out the situation to be . . .
- 40 Die In Israeli Strike On Lebanese Village (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
An Israeli attack on a Lebanese border village killed more than 40 people Monday, the prime minister said, raising the day’s death toll to 55 in heavy fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas despite efforts toward a cease-fire.
- 40 Villagers Die In Israeli Air Raid (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
More than 40 villagers were killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon, Lebanese Prime Minister said today as Tel Aviv vowed to intensify its offensive a day after suffering the heaviest casualty in cross-border rocket attacks by Hezbollah.
- Petty Parochialism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 08, 2006)
Regional parties will obviously have regional mindsets, and while they are increasing their political clout in national-level coalitions there should be well-defined, and more importantly well-maintained, distinctions between national and . . .
- Natural Adversaries (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Aug 08, 2006)
Differences between central banks and governments are inevitable. The only way out is for governments to give central banks independence in setting interest rates
- Put Ngos Under Rti Scalpel (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Aug 08, 2006)
The $50,000 Magsaysay Award was recently conferred upon Arvind Kejriwal, a former Indian Revenue Service officer campaigning for the Right to Information (RTI).
- 15 Aid Workers, Top Anti-Terror Officer Killed In Sri Lanka (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Fifteen Tamil civilians working for a French aid agency were found slain in north-eastern Sri Lanka after fierce battles between rebels and the Government in a dispute over water supplies, relief agency officials said on Monday.
- Blast Kills 1, Injures 12 At Digboi (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
One civilian was killed and more than 12 persons, including four paramilitary force personnel were critically wounded, when suspected Ulfa militant triggered off a powerful bomb blast at Digboi, the oil township of Assam on Monday.
- 15 Aid Workers Slain In Lanka (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Fifteen Tamils working for a French aid agency were found slain in north-eastern Sri Lanka following fierce battles between Tamil rebels and the government in a reservoir dispute, relief agency officials said on Monday.
- Israel Will Not Capitulate (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Ben Caspit proposes the text of a speech by the Prime Minister that would explain to the world what exactly Tel Aviv is fighting for
- Blood Over Water (Pioneer, Amantha Perera, Aug 08, 2006)
The peace process notwithstanding, war in Sri Lanka has intensified with little to hope from international efforts at mediation, says Amantha Perera.
- 52 Killed In Monsoon-Hit Maharashtra (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Aug 08, 2006)
The situation in the monsoon-ravaged Mumbai improved a bit on Monday, even while heavy rain continued to wreak havoc elsewhere in Maharashtra claiming 52 lives, disrupting rail and road traffic and snapping communication lines.
- 'China, Pak Not Our Only Concern, Navy To Be Fully Balanced In 10 Yrs' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The Indian Navy's modernisation and upgradation programme is on track and within the next 10 years the service will be fully balanced, Naval chief Admiral Arun Prakash said.
- Ltte Supporters Will Face The Music, Warns Karunanidhi (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Aug 08, 2006)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Monday warned that any one backing outlawed organisations like the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) would have to face the legal consequences.
- Thousands Of Workers In Saddam's Regime Re-Employed (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
About 10,000 workers in Saddam Hussein's former regime have been re-employed as part of national reconciliation, reversing their purge after the March 2003 US-led invasion, an official said.
- Top Lanka Police Official Killed In Mine Explosion (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Aug 08, 2006)
A top police official attached to the counter-insurgency Special Task Force and his driver were killed in a powerful claymore mine explosion by suspected LTTE cadres in Sri Lanka’s Central Kandy district on Monday.
- Law-Governed Solution (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 08, 2006)
The voices of the innocent must be heard above the din of war.
- Iraq Not Sliding Into Civil War: Us (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
US president George W Bush's administration continues to insist Iraq is not heading toward a civil war, even as some senators and military leaders have expressed concerns that such a conflict may be inevitable.
- Natwar Determined To Tell His Side Of Story (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Aug 08, 2006)
Seeks time from RS Chairman ---- Former external affairs minister Natwar Singh is determined to tell his side of the story in Parliament on his indictment and Congress exoneration by the Justice Pathak . . .
- Rain Batters Gujarat, Maharashtra (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Surat faces a ‘‘critical’’ flood situation with the release of 8 lakh cusecs of water from the Ukai dam, some 90 km from here. The water was released at 3 p.m. today and will take about four hours to reach the city.
- Israel Targets Hezb Rockets (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Israel believes it will be able to reduce the threat posed by Hezbollah missiles by targeting resupply convoys and by getting an international force to keep rockets out of south Lebanon, Israeli government officials said.
- 15 Tamil Aid Workers Slain In Lanka (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Fifteen Tamil civilians working for a French aid agency were found slain in north-eastern Sri Lanka after fierce battles between rebels and the government in a dispute over water supplies, relief agency officials said today.
- Pakistan Army Uses Fundamentalists, But Scorns Them, Says Cohen (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
“The fundamentalists are not really that strong in Pakistan; the army has contempt for them, but uses them.
- Loc Tense Again, Says Sultan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry, former prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and convener of People’s Muslim League, said on Monday that troops’ build-up along the Line of Control (LoC) had begun again, and the Indian army was committing . . .
- Medic Testifies In Iraq Rape Hearing (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 07, 2006)
An Iraqi army doctor told today of his horror at coming upon a dead teenager “naked with her legs spread” after the alleged murder of her family by a group of US soldiers.
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