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Articles 7521 through 7620 of 27135:
- London Shooting Inquiry Prolongs Family's Pain (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 21, 2006)
The family of Jean Charles de Menezes has waited almost a year to find out that no officer will be charged in relation to his shooting. How can someone have been killed so deliberately and no individual be held accountable?
- A Protracted Colonial War (Hindu, Tariq Ali, Jul 21, 2006)
In his last interview — after the 1967 six-day war — the historian Isaac Deutscher, whose next-of-kin had died in the Nazi camps and whose surviving relations lived in Israel, said:
- West Asian Crisis — Winners And Losers (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Jul 21, 2006)
The whole area will be even more radicalised than it was before the eruption of the crisis. The biggest losers are the innocent men, women, and children who are the victims of the conflict.
- With ‘Give Us Proof’, General Disappoints (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 21, 2006)
If the UPA government was looking for any signals tonight from Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf that might have allowed a revival of the stalled peace process, India could only have been disappointed.
- ‘Us’ And ‘They’ (Statesman, AMIYA K SAMANTA, Jul 20, 2006)
The American vision of the world is more sharply divided between “us” and “they” than that of any other great power.
- Lebanon Diary (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
My friend Omar left Beirut two nights ago. His family’s house, close to the sea, was rocked by the sound of explosions and air strikes all night and all day long. After having to spend many an hour sheltered in their corridor, Omar and his family . . .
- Capital For Innovation (Business Standard, Nitin Desai , Jul 20, 2006)
We need an ecosystem that connects technologists with risk-taking entrepreneurs and investment managers.
- India’S Pain Now Has International Appeal (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 20, 2006)
After 9/11 and 7/7, the international community has become responsive to problems of India.
- Hurdles In The Last Mile (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 20, 2006)
When future historians write on the negotiation of the India-United States civil nuclear deal, they will marvel at the way the American side made full use of its legislative process to rewrite vital portions of a settled agreement while the . . .
- ‘Dare Is Constantly Exploring Emerging Technologies’ (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jul 20, 2006)
Mr R P Ramalingam, Director, the Defence Avionics Research Establishment (DARE), Bangalore, speaks to Deccan Herald:
- The Real Trouble Maker (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 20, 2006)
The hidden hand of Iran fomenting trouble must be exposed and checked if peace is to return to West Asia, says Dore Gold.
- Exodus Of Foreigners From Lebanon (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
The US and other nations were plucking their citizens from Lebanon today in an air- and seaborne exodus of foreigners fleeing Israeli air raids.
- Lanka Appeals For Help (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Jul 20, 2006)
Sri Lanka wants the Indian Navy, which has a flotilla of four ships in the Eastern Mediterranean, to come to the aid of its citizens in Lebanon, one of whom was said to have died today.
- Lebanon On Fire (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2006)
The Hezbollah militia in Lebanon must have anticipated the consequences of ambushing an Israeli border patrol leading to the death of three and kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers last week.
- Beirut: Indian Evacuation Set To Begin (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 20, 2006)
Ins Mumbai to enter Beirut harbour first, three other ships in Lebanese waters on standby
All four ships may be needed as number of stranded swells
Alternative destination under study .
- Evacuation (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 20, 2006)
The government is planning to evacuate nearly 1,000 Indians from Lebanon in the coming days after pulling out 49 Indians from Beirut earlier by road. Four Indian Navy ships have reached . . .
- General Officer Thieving (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2006)
As if living with “ketchup colonels” and “booze brigadiers” were not enough, we now have to contend with general officers indulging in various scams relating to procurement of dals and other rations.
- Mumbai Serial Blasts: (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jul 20, 2006)
Wants policy of supporting Musharraf reviewed, more attention towards Nawaz than Benazir
* One ‘punitive step’ could be increasing engagement in Afghanistan and CARs
- Snowy Pride (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 20, 2006)
When experts, political leaders and concerned citizens put their heads together to discuss just one wild specie one can only imagine the seriousness of the subject.
- Total Security? No Such Thing (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 20, 2006)
It is a puzzle to me that a whole array of perceptive analysts I’ve read in the last days seem to think that the Mumbai bomb “operation” points to a “failure” of India’s security system.
- 59 Terror Camps Active In Pak, Pok: Intelligence (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Jul 20, 2006)
The 11/7 Mumbai serial blasts have again brought the terrorist training camps being run under the tutelage of Pakistan Army and Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) into sharp focus.
- N-Deal Not Before Summer Recess, Says Senate Chairman (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
The Senate will not take up the Indo-US civil nuclear deal before the chamber breaks for the summer recess on August 4.
- Israel Does Not Want To Attack Syria, Iran: Peres (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said on Wednesday that Israel does not want to attack Syria or Iran.
- Women In Armed Forces (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 20, 2006)
A woman’s femininity and vulnerability must never be compromised, not even at the altar of woman empowerment.
- Kashmir Today, Delhi Tomorrow (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 20, 2006)
This refers to Sandhya Jain's article, "Ascent of the anti-Hindus" (July11). Till now we thought the Maoists of Nepal were anti-Hindu because they were rabid Leninist-Maoists, that is avowed atheists.
- Getting Indians Out Of Lebanon (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
The MEA on what it is doing to help evacuate Indians out of the war-torn country, on compensatory funds the victims of the Gulf War 1990-1991 and on Richard Boucher.
- Israel On Rampage Again (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jul 20, 2006)
In theory, the UN has ample powers to prevent assaults but in practice, whatever the UN Charter says proves illusory.
- Verbal Duels (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jul 20, 2006)
Sharp exchanges of words are laced with wit, but are mostly hard-hitting.
- Problems Within (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 20, 2006)
Parties should avoid politicising security issues
- Indian Myanmar Relations (Daily Excelsior, MAHENDRA VED, Jul 20, 2006)
Myanmar and Andhra Pradesh may seem two far off places on the map of South Asia. But drawing a straight line across the Bay of Bengal, planners in New Delhi and Yangon have hit upon an imaginative way of linking them.
- 72 Killed In New Israeli Assault On Lebanon (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Concerns mounted over the humanitarian situation, with the United Nations warning of an impending "catastrophe" as Israel pressed on with a new wave of attacks from air and sea against southern and eastern Lebanon, killing at least 72 people, . . .
- Assault On Cops: 2 Killed, One Hurt (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Militants in separate attacks at various places in Srinagar, today opened fire at three cops and killed two of them while as third was critical, while as a local militant was killed in an encounter at Braripora Pulwama.
- India - Pak Peace Process Run Up To The Breaking Point (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Jul 20, 2006)
New Delhi and Islamabad reached an agreement that truck service should be allowed on Srinagar -Muzaffarabad road to give a fillip to trade between the two sides of Jammu and Kashmir.
- India Failed To Prove Pakistani Hand In Mumbai Blasts (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jul 20, 2006)
“Indian authorities have provided no evidence to support their charges of a Pakistani connection to the Mumbai bombings. Indeed, the police investigation, which has included police sweeps of predominantly Muslim Mumbai slums and indiscriminate . . .
- Israeli Air Raids Kill 70 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
US, Israel agree on bombardment of Lebanon for another week
- Trading Terror For Votes (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Jul 20, 2006)
The serial blasts in Mumbai on July 11 necessitate a second look at India's response to the terrorist challenge facing it.
- Caught In The Middle (Deccan Herald, P R KUMARASWAMY, Jul 20, 2006)
With neither side not ready for a compromise that would bring about a ceasefire along the Israel-Lebanon borders, the death and destruction brought about by the weeklong conflict has all the ingredients for a civil war.
- Q&a: 'Colombo Is Procuring Weapons From Pakistan' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Sri Lanka is on the brink of civil war. R Sampanthan, secretary-general of Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF), which is Lanka's oldest Tamil political party and now a member of the pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance, indicates that the peace talks . . .
- Exodus From Lebanon Begins (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Three Indian nationals were wounded in an air strike on a glass factory in the eastern Bekaa Valley in Lebanon even as the Indian Government prepared to evacuate another 1000 people from the war zone and deployed four ships to bring them back home.
- India And Pakistan Need A Cooperative Security Mechanism (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 20, 2006)
India and Pakistan need a cooperative security mechanism.
- Bharat Mata Ki Jai Banned In J&k District (Pioneer, Sidharth Mishra, Jul 20, 2006)
Don't invoke Mother India, Yatris told ---- The Jammu and Kashmir Government is complementing efforts of terror groups to isolate the State from the Indian mainstream. Don't believe it? Read on.
- 45 Killed In Lebanon Strikes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
At least 45 people were killed, many trapped under the rubble of flattened homes, as Israeli jets and gunboats pummelled towns and villages in Lebanon on Wednesday on the eighth day of a conflict that shows no signs of ending despite a flurry of . . .
- 55 Killed In Lebanon Blitz As Foreigners Flee (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
At least 55 civilians were killed as Israeli jets and gunboats pummelled towns and villages across Lebanon and tens of thousands of people fled a conflict that both sides defiantly warned would have no limit.
- Lebanon Situation ‘Catastrophic’: Un (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
The United Nations said on Tuesday that Lebanon was caught in a “catastrophic” humanitarian situation with 500,000 people displaced by the Israeli onslaught which a Lebanese government minister said was bringing famine to the country.
- Defeat Hizbullah (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 20, 2006)
Win a battle against Islamism ---- It is patently absurd to demand, as the EU has done, that Israel must immediately declare a unilateral ceasefire and halt its air strikes against Hizbullah strongholds in southern Lebanon.
- ‘Israel Has No Plans To Attack Iran, Syria’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Shimon Peres criticises the international community for its failure to resolve the Iran nuclear issue
- Sitting Ducks For Jihadis (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 20, 2006)
We need a leadership that has the courage to take on terrorists shunning the pernicious policy of appeasement, says Anuradha Dutt.
- Chinese Firms May Be Barred From Port Race (Times of India, SUBODH GHILDIYAL, Jul 20, 2006)
With an all-round warning that the presence of companies with Chinese links in the development of ports will seriously compromise Indian maritime security, the Union government is likely to disallow Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) . . .
- 57 Dead, Thousands Flee Beirut (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Israeli air strikes on Lebanon killed 57 civilians and a Hizbollah fighter today, the deadliest toll of the eight-day-old war, as thousands of villagers fled North and more foreigners were evacuated.
- Neighbours Seek India's Help (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 20, 2006)
The External Affairs Ministry said here on Wednesday that four Indian naval ships were expected to be in a position to begin the evacuation of at least 1,000 Indian citizens stranded in Lebanon from Thursday.
- India Begins Evacuation In Lebanon (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Even as three Indians were found injured at a glass factory in the eastern Bekaa valley in Lebanon after Israeli air-strikes, India began an extensive evacuation operation . . .
- Israeli Forces Cross Over (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
Israel struck Lebanon from the air and made limited attacks across the border on Wednesday, killing 41 civilians, as thousands awaited evacuation to flee a conflict that has entered its second week with no end in sight.
- Long Live Harry (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 20, 2006)
FANTASY- Harry has the addictive appeal of a hero who beats the odds.
- Java Jolted Again, Tsunami Toll At 550 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2006)
A strong earthquake caused tall buildings to sway in the Indonesian capital today, sending panicked residents fleeing to the streets just days after a deadly tsunami struck the main island of Java in which 550 people have been reported killed so far.
- Fighting Displaces 5,00,000 Civilians (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 20, 2006)
40 killed in Lebanon as Israel steps up attacks
- Blasts: `1000 Kg Gelatine Came From Mysore' (Hindu, V.S. Palaniappan, Jul 19, 2006)
Arguments based on evidence deposed by several witnesses from Mysore
- It’S Time For A Green Conscience And Green Morals (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Jul 19, 2006)
Consumers everywhere have a new challenge: there is no uniformly accepted standard for what constitutes a valid reduction in global warming pollution.
- India Surging Ahead In Fbr Technology (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Jul 19, 2006)
French nuclear scientist says India could be acclaimed as a world champion in a decade
- Displaced Lebanese Flee To Mountain Villages (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 19, 2006)
Europeans evacuated; Annan ponders stronger peace force
- Yet Another Bushfire (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 19, 2006)
Possibly the only world leader with three books dedicated to his speech inefficiencies (The Bush Dyslexicon, The DubyaSpeak Compendium and George W Bushisms:
- Wine’S Better, Bully For Beer- (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jul 19, 2006)
In an analogy many journalists may appreciate for reasons other than the author’s cleverness, Glenn Reynolds — his Army of Davids, published this year argues technology allows ordinary . . .
- Dhaka Is Looking Up (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 19, 2006)
Whenever I have visited Bangladesh in the past, I have wondered whether the country would ever make it. The words like “a failed state’ has haunted me and I have often expressed apprehension over the future of 150
- Offensive Likely To Redefine West Asia Political Map (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Israel’s assault on Lebanon threatens to weaken Arab moderates throughout the region, bolstering the image of Islamic militants at a time when anger among the Arab public is running high over the war on terror and America’s role in Iraq.
- Cbi Chargesheet Against Laxman In (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
In a major development in the Tehelka expose, the CBI today filed the chargesheet against then BJP president Bangaru Laxman, on offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, relating to his accepting money in return for favours.
- Mother Of All Airshows (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 19, 2006)
As always, the Farnborough International air show has been the meeting-ground for real serious business, with top executives of the world’s foremost aerospace companies meeting seniormost policy-makers and decision-takers of the world, in both the . . .
- Pakistan Will Help Probe Blasts: Musharraf (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Asserting that "stalling" of the India-Pakistan peace process over the Mumbai terror attacks would amount to playing into the hands of terrorists, President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday said Pakistan would help with the probe into the attacks if . . .
- "We Can't Just Arrest Anyone Who Prays Five Times And Has A Beard" (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 19, 2006)
Khurshid Kasuri, Pakistan's Foreign Minister, believes the postponement of the India-Pakistan Foreign Secretaries talks will strengthen those who do not want the peace process to succeed. In an interview on Monday, he said both countries must press . . .
- Cbi Files Charge Sheet Against Bangaru Laxman (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Charged with taking illegal gratification
- A Small Hike Makes Big News (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 19, 2006)
Last Friday's decision of the Japanese authorities to raise interest rates for the first time in six years has important messages for the rest of the world too.
- A Controversial Survey On India (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 19, 2006)
India has been judged the sixth most dangerous country for children — even more dangerous than Afghanistan, the Palestinian Territories, Myanmar, and Chechnya!
- Tehelka: Cbi Chargesheet Against Bangaru Laxman (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Five years after the Tehelka expose, the CBI on Tuesday filed its first chargesheet in the case against former BJP president Bangaru Laxman, who was caught on camera accepting wads of currency from a fictitious arms dealer.
- Israel Pounds Lebanon, Hizbollah Hits Haifa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Israeli warplanes battered Lebanon on Tuesday, killing 26 people, and more Hizbollah rockets hit the Israeli city of Haifa, with no sign that diplomacy would halt the week-old conflict soon.
- 53 Killed In Iraq Blast (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
A suicide car bomber detonated explosives on Tuesday as labourers gathered across the street from a major Shia shrine in southern Iraq, killing at least 53 persons and wounding 105, officials and witnesses said.
- War On Terrorism A Long Haul: Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2006)
Striking a realistic note on the challenge of tackling terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday made it clear that fighting the terror threat is going to be a long haul, even as he claimed that last week's serial blasts in Mumbai had not . . .
- ‘Our Destinies Linked, Need To Reflect On Ties With Pak’ (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 19, 2006)
Heading home from St. Petersburg with a strong international denunciation of the Mumbai massacre and its sponsors in hand, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today underlined the importance of flexibility in dealing with Pakistan and a firm resolve to . . .
- N Korea Rejects Un Sanctions (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2006)
North Korea today said it was not bound by a UN Security Council resolution imposing weapons-related sanctions on it and insisted the country would “bolster its war deterrent” in every way.
- In The Name Of Charity (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 18, 2006)
The Jamaat-ud-Daawa, a renamed version of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, operates freely in Pakistan under the guise of a charity organisation.
- Another Attempt At Confidence Building (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jul 18, 2006)
For the Chinese, their relationship with the U.S. is in many ways a litmus test.
- The March Of Folly (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 18, 2006)
Since the cast of characters making pronouncements on the crisis in the Middle East is very much the same as it was three or four years ago, it's a good idea to travel down memory lane.
- Setback For Peace (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jul 18, 2006)
Another attempt to bring the United Liberation Front of Asom to the negotiating table seems to have failed.
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