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Articles 7921 through 8020 of 27135:
- How Much Will India Endure? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 14, 2006)
Tuesday’s awful rush-hour bombings of trains in Bombay raise an important and ominous question:
- Israel Blockades Lebanon, Bombs Beirut Airport: 53 Civilian Killed; Haifa Hit By Rockets (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel blockaded Lebanese ports and struck Beirut airport and two military airbases on Thursday, expanding reprisals that have killed 53 civilians in Lebanon since Hizbollah captured two Israeli soldiers a day earlier.
- Israel Bombs Beirut Airport, Hizbollah Retaliates (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel struck Beirut airport and Hizbollah’s television station today and killed 22 civilians in raids on south Lebanon, intensifying its reprisals after Hizbollah captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight.
- West Asian Quagmire (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 14, 2006)
The conflict in West Asia has sharply escalated, with Israel opening a second front to rescue two Israeli soldiers . . .
- Israel Widens Conflict (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 14, 2006)
What began as a small military engagement on the borders of Gaza and Israel last month is now in danger of turning into a full-blown war.
- Attack On Lebanon (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel's attack on Beirut airport, naval blockade and the reported deaths of 52 Lebanese civilians caused by air raids in the country's south is outrageous and a massive over-reaction to the events of recent days.
- India-Us Relations: Challenges And Opportunities (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jul 14, 2006)
India can succeed in developing a durable relationship with the US and with other major powers, only when it clearly defines its core national security interests and accelerates the process of economic reform and progress, so that engaging India . . .
- Can Terror And Talks (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Jul 14, 2006)
By this time it ought to be amply obvious that General Musharraf is playing his typical double game while negotiating peace with India.
- Time To Dump Musharraf? (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 14, 2006)
After Mumbai, only a naif would believe that the India-Pakistan peace process will remain unaffected. A deliberate pause in bilateral talks at this moment might provide Prime Minister Manmohan Singh valuable time and space to reflect on the basic . . .
- Two Girls, Two Boys Shot Dead; 2 Injured (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Two girls and two boys of minority community were shot dead and two others including a minor girl were injured in a militant attack on two families at village Mangnar, about 10 kms from here last night.
- Keeping The G8's Promises To The Poor (Hindu, Kemal Dervis, Jul 14, 2006)
Each G8 summit must lead to concrete steps towards lasting improvement in the daily lives of the world's poor.
- Blasts Case: Defence Objects To Citing Of Appeals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Prosecution continues argument on conspiracy charge
- Israel Imposes Blockades On Lebanon (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 14, 2006)
Hizbullah fires rockets into Israeli towns; Tel Aviv threatens to open a third front in the conflict
- Do Not Blame Everything On Pakistan: Kasuri (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Amid sparring over the terror attacks in Mumbai, Pakistan on Thursday said there should be no "knee-jerk reaction" to blame it for "everything happening" in India.
- Fight Terror Alone (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jul 14, 2006)
When the prime minister of India stood side by side with President Bush and emphatically stated that “we, the civilized . . .
- Nod For Ltte Spokesman To Travel To Colombo (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jul 14, 2006)
Gesture follows directive by Mahinda Rajapakse on a request from Daya Master's family
Leader of PLOTE's military wing killed, says TamilNet
1000-member volunteer force to guard Colombo
- Israel Attacks Lebanon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Hizbullah forces fired more than 80 rockets into northern Israel in their heaviest bombardment in a decade.
- Resilience Is Good, But Amnesia Is Fatal (Hindu, Ranjit Hoskote, Jul 14, 2006)
Mumbai has suffered seven major terrorist strikes since 1993, but remains vulnerable and unprepared to defend itself. Its mindset is part of the problem, while administrative and policing slowness contribute too.
- Rise Of Modern-Day Pirates (Deccan Herald, Sean Coughlan, Jul 14, 2006)
Sea-borne raiders still carry an air of derring-do. The need for security is reflection of an increasingly violent threat
- Bush Calls Up Pm, Expresses Support (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
President George W Bush today called up Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and conveyed US support for India in the fight against terrorism and expressed sympathy for the victims of the Mumbai serial blasts.
- A Shadow On The Peace Process (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 14, 2006)
The exchange of words between India and Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks shows the trust deficit.
- Israel Hits Beirut Airport (Deccan Herald, Greg Myre, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel struck targets in Beirut and south Lebanon on Thursday in retaliation for a cross-border assault by the guerilla group Hezbollah, prompting President Bush to express concern the Israeli actions might “topple’’ the Lebanese government.
- Reactive Approach (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Strategic roads have dual use for the economy and military
- Iran Threatens To Quit N-Treaty (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday warned that Tehran could halt UN inspections and quit the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if subjected to increased pressure over its disputed nuclear programme.
- Pm Briefs Kalam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Mumbai tomorrow to express his solidarity with the victims of the serial blasts on Tuesday.
- Two Terrorists Shot Dead In J&k » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Security forces shot dead two terrorists in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir in the wee hours of Friday, a defence spokesman said.
- 21 Killed As Islamists Rid Capital Of Warlords (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Somali Islamic fighters on Sunday declared "absolute" victory over the remaining warlords in the lawless capital Mogadishu after deadly clashes that claimed at least 21 lives, marking the end of the notorious warlords' rule in the Indian Ocean city.
- For This Officer, Espionage & Indian History Go Together (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
What is the significance of the picture of Alexander the Great or that of the Great Bath of Mohenjaro lying cheek by jowl in a power-point presentation on Pakistan . . .
- Moral Boost For Mr. Putin (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Jul 14, 2006)
Russia's most wanted man is dead.
Shamil Basayev, the leader of Chechen rebels who has masterminded acts of terror that have claimed hundreds of lives, was killed this week in an explosion.
- China Chooses Its Own Pace (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
China might be North Korea's largest trade and economic partner, but expectations that Beijing would exert influence over the reclusive regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and succeed in persuading him to abandon his nuclear ambitions are misplaced,
- Israel Moves To Seal Off Lebanon (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel mounted a massive military offensive to seal off Lebanon from the outside world yesterday, blockading ports, destroying runways and bombing the main road from Beirut to Damascus amid fears that Hezbollah fighters planned to smuggle two kidnapped Is
- Iran, Syria Called 'Playing With Fire' (Washington Times, Nicholas Kralev, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel's ambassador to Washington said yesterday that Iran and Syria are "playing with fire" and "will bear the consequences" if Hezbollah transfers two kidnapped Israeli soldiers to either of its patron nations.
- Israel Blockades Lebanon; Wide Strikes By Hezbollah (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel imposed a full naval blockade on Lebanon on Thursday and put Beirut’s international airport out of commission, and the militant group Hezbollah loosed a hail of rockets and mortar shells that killed two Israelis and sent thousands into bomb shelt
- India Exposed By Missile Failure (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The failure in rapid succession this week of a satellite launcher and a new ballistic missile have shown up the technological and budgetary difficulties faced by India's space establishment - civilian and military.
- Centre Gives New Life To Agni-Iii (Pioneer, Rahul Datta, Jul 14, 2006)
The Government has given the go-ahead to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists to conduct at least two tests of the Agni-III intermediate range ballistic missile in late August.
- Al-Qaida Enters Kashmir (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Jul 14, 2006)
Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaida has arrived in Kashmir. Though there have in the past been intelligence reports indicating the presence in the violence-hit state of the terror . . .
- Zion To Sion (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 14, 2006)
From Israel, lessons for Mumbai ---- Facetious as it may sound, weeks like this one are ripe for bemoaning the limits to . . .
- Israel Shows The Way (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Attacks Lebanon in hot pursuit of cross-border terrorists ---- Israel struck Beirut airport and blockaded Lebanese ports on Thursday, expanding reprisals that killed 52 civilians in Lebanon since Hizbullah captured two Israeli soldiers and killed . . .
- It's War By Any Other Name (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert described what is happening in Lebanon as saying. "This is an act of war."
- Israelis Blockade Lebanon (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel imposed a full naval blockade on Lebanon on Thursday and put Beirut's international airport out of commission, and the militant group Hezbollah unleashed a hail of rockets and mortar shells that killed two and sent thousands of Israelis into . . .
- Israel Attacks Beirut Airport (Khaleej Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel intensified its attacks against Lebanon today, imposing a naval blockade, twice hitting Beirut's airport and blasting two Lebanese army air bases near Syria. Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets into Israel, which said one also struck the port cit
- China Has Days Left To Solve N Korea Crisis, Us Warns (Taipei Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
A US envoy warned yesterday that Washington was likely to give Chinese diplomatic efforts over North Korea's nuclear and missile programs only a few more days before seeking a tough UN resolution, as South Korea said it would halt aid to the North until i
- Israel Attacks Beirut Airport Again (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel struck Beirut airport again on Friday and bombed Lebanese roads, power supplies and communication networks in a widening campaign after Hezbollah guerrillas seized two Israeli soldiers and killed . . .
- Terrorists Target Hindus In Valley (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Terrorists shot dead four teenagers in Poonch and left a middle-aged woman and her daughter injured in a post-midnight strike in this border district of Jammu region.
- For Energy Security, Think Nuclear (International Herald Tribune, Graham Allison , Jul 14, 2006)
Who is the No. 1 producer of energy in the world today? Russia. Measured in barrels of oil equivalent, Russia produces over 20 million barrels of oil and gas a day.
- 51 Killed As Israel Presses On With Gaza Assault (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israel pounded Gaza with fresh air strikes Sunday as Prime Minister . . .
- Japan Yields To Resolution By China, Russia (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
In an apparent compromise to China and Russia, Japan intends to draw up a U.N. draft resolution that condemns North Korea's July 5 missile test-launches but may not include strong measures such as sanctions, which Tokyo had earlier pushed, several governm
- Advantage Iran (Asia Times, Ehsan Ahrari, Jul 14, 2006)
Iran is the source of much discussion and dismay in the West. Yet it is reportedly becoming quite popular in the world of Islam. What is the reason for this ostensibly split vision of Western governments and Muslims at large regarding Iran?
- Iran Demands Patience From West On Nuclear Incentive Offer (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran said in a defiant speech on Thursday that the West should be patient in awaiting his country’s response to a package of proposed incentives in return for freezing its nuclear program.
- Accused G.I. Was Troubled Long Before Iraq (New York Times, JIM DWYER , Jul 14, 2006)
On the last day of January 2005, Steven D. Green, the former Army private accused of raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdering her family, sat in a Texas jail on alcohol-possession charges, an unemployed 19-year-old high school dropout who had . . .
- Eight Dead As Typhoon Skirts Philippines (Gulf News, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Typhoon Bilis skirted the outer fringes of Philippine waters yesterday but it caused lightning and heavy rains that left at least eight people dead, three missing and nine others injured, officials said.
- The Intelligent Way To Assuring Security (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jul 14, 2006)
Strengthen national security capabilities, while checking alienation to cut down resentment
- Cause Of Central Asia Conflict (Daily Excelsior, Tanveer Jafri, Jul 14, 2006)
The centuries old Arab-Palestine conflict in Central Asia has taken a dangerous turn.
- Ghaffar’S Grandson Says Pak Sheltering Terrorists (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jul 14, 2006)
The Pakistan government is providing weapons and safe houses for terrorists, according to Pakistan Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan, who is currently leading a delegation to India. He said that he had said as much to the interior . . .
- Israel Strikes Beirut Suburb, Tightens Blockade (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Israeli jets destroyed roads and junctions in Hizbollah's southern Beirut stronghold on Friday hours after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered a more intense response to the group's capture of two Israeli soldiers.
- Japan Still Wants U.N. Sanctions On N.Korea - Abe (Reuters, George Nishiyama, Jul 14, 2006)
China and Russia are moving closer to Japan's position on a U.N. resolution over North Korea's missile tests, but Tokyo still wants the resolution to include sanctions, Japan's top government spokesman Shinzo Abe told Reuters on Friday.
- President, Pm Discuss Security (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called on President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Thursday afternoon. The meeting lasted for nearly half an hour.
- Politics Of Self-Defeat (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Jul 14, 2006)
Tuesday's serial blasts in Mumbai, yet another critical reminder of the asphyxiating grasp of terrorism on India, is an ominous signal to the political class in New Delhi that sadbhavana (goodwill) trips to Pakistan cannot obliterate the ideology of hate
- North, South Korea Talks Collapse (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Talks between the two Koreas collapsed in acrimony on Thursday with North Korea saying its neighbour would ‘‘pay a price’’ for the failure and the South withholding any aid to the impoverished North.
- Us Lifeline To Pak Terror (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Jul 14, 2006)
The sale of F-16s to Pakistan will ensure that the lifeline the US provides to the principal source of global terror is not snapped.
- Where Is The Political Will? (OutLook, KPS Gill, Jul 14, 2006)
You cannot prevail over terrorism by merely using strong language in Parliament or in the media. It is perhaps difficult to find even one politician in the country who holds the national interest above the interest of his
- Pak Planned Kargil Even Before Vajpayee's Visit: Musharraf (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has confirmed what the world had suspected for long -- that Pakistan's Kargil invasion had been planned even as the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was preparing for his journey of peace by bus to Lahore in . . .
- Violence Upsurge (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 14, 2006)
The security forces, or sections of them, cannot be allowed to get away with attributing the recent upsurge in violence in Jammu and Kashmir to the “healing touch” policy promoted by the former chief minister.
- China Fails To Bring N Korea To Talks: Us (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
A "baffled" China has made no breakthrough in urging North Korea to disarmament talks, a senior US diplomat said on Thursday as regional fissures over how to deal with Pyongyang's missile tests widened.
- This War's Real Masters (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
The kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hizbullah on the Israel-Lebanon border and the killing of eight others was an unprovoked act of war. Israel is now involved in a two-front confrontation with well-armed Islamist organisations that have . . .
- Israeli Crisis Is A Smoke Screen For Iran's Nuclear Ambitions (Telegraph (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2006)
Hizbollah commits an act of war against Israel by launching a raid across its northern border and kidnapping two of its soldiers.
- G8: It’S Really About Russia (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 13, 2006)
G8 Summit will be closely watched for its new equations
- Kasuri Pitches For Us N-Deal (Asian Age, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jul 13, 2006)
Claiming that Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme was "driven by the threat perception of India," Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri has said that Islamabad would "say yes" to a bilateral fissile material moratorium.
- Pushed To Insanity (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jul 13, 2006)
Psychology of nation states should be understood to make sense of their actions
- 'India Has Enough Uranium' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
From the moment United States President George W Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced the India-US civilian nuclear agreement, US Congressman Gary Ackerman has been a major supporter of the accord.
- The Challenges Of Maximum Terror (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 13, 2006)
Maximum City, the writer Suketu Mehta called it. Mumbai's courage in the face of unimaginable horror is epic in scale, like the carnage it experienced on Tuesday.
- Israel Launches Raids On Lebanon (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 13, 2006)
Hizbullah captures two Israeli soldiers, demands prisoner swap
- How Much Will India Endure? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 13, 2006)
Yesterday’s awful rush-hour bombings of trains in Bombay raise an important and ominous question: How far can India be pushed?
- Muslim Conference Wins 20 Seats (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 13, 2006)
The Muslim Conference, which won half the seats in the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir Assembly elections, is set to form the next Government in the region.
- China, Russia Introduce New Un Resolution On Korea (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
China and Russia introduced a new UN Security Council resolution on Wednesday to compete with a proposal by Japan to impose weapons-related sanctions on North Korea in response to its missile tests.
- Israel Terms Capture Of Soldiers Act Of War (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Hizbollah guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers and killed up to seven Israelis in violence on either side of the Lebanese border on Wednesday, further inflaming West Asia tensions.
- Mumbai Blasts: What Did You Witness? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
As bodies are still being counted on hospital floors, the feeling is unmistakable. These days in Mumbai, you are either a victim or a survivor. If not nature, then the politics of statue desecration will disrupt life. If not that, insane terrorists will.
- Pak Under Scrutiny Over Mumbai Blasts (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jul 13, 2006)
Pakistan's swift and all-to-quick condemnation of the Mumbai blasts and its commiseration with New Delhi notwithstanding, all eyes are on Islamabad's militaristic leadership to see if it has ceased to use terrorism as a state policy against India.
- Hizbollah Triggers Standoff With Israel, World Alarmed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2006)
Hizbollah guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers and killed at least seven other soldiers on Wednesday in what Israel described as an act of war by Lebanon that would draw a ‘‘very painful’’ response.
- Watch Thy Neighbour (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 13, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reluctance to name Pakistan in his address to the nation on Wednesday night, one hopes, does not imply that it is business as usual in the peace process. Although the foreign office underscored the importance of . . .
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