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Articles 9521 through 9620 of 27135:
- Trade Winds (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 21, 2006)
Revisiting old ties is sometimes a good way of forging new ones.
- U.S. Congress Moving Toward Action On U.S.-India Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jun 21, 2006)
The U.S. Congress, under Bush administration pressure, is preparing to take initial action on a controversial U.S.-India nuclear agreement which critics say violates Washington's international obligations.
- Sc Comes To Amorous Colonel's Rescue (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Jun 21, 2006)
...says love letter does not amount to sexual harassment ---- Sending love letters is romantic.
- Women In Uniform (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 21, 2006)
It was inevitable that a massive dose of “gender”, and some sensation, would attach itself to Lieutenant Sushmita Charkraborty shooting herself.
- Pyongyang Piles It On (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
North Korea says it has full autonomy to conduct missile tests and outsiders do not have the right to criticise its plans, Kyodo News agency reported today.
- Sri Lanka's Tamils Turn To Smugglers To Flee Conflict (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Maduraweeran Kantharajah was so desperate to flee conflict between Sri Lanka's Government and Tamil Tiger rebels that he sold his furniture and wife's jewellery to pay smugglers to sail his family to India.
- Reliance, Tata Vie For Biggest Bandwidth Deal (Business Standard, Rajesh S Kurup, Jun 21, 2006)
The race between Reliance and the Tata group for supremacy on the global telecom turf has started once again, with the two companies bidding for German telecom major Deutsche Telekom AG’s bandwidth contract — the biggest such order till date.
- A World In The Thrall Of Violence (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 21, 2006)
Iraq, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal... are all caught in violence that shows no signs of abating. Ironically, the more powerful a few nations become and the more power their leaders wield in geo-politics, the more unsafe they are making the world . . .
- U.S. Activates Missile Defense Amid N.Korea Dispute (Reuters, WILL DUNHAM, Jun 21, 2006)
The United States has activated its ground-based interceptor missile-defense system amid concerns over an expected North Korean missile launch, a U.S. defense official said on Tuesday.
- Vice-Chief Apologises (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
In a bid to douse the controversy ignited by his observations in the wake of Lieutenant Sushmita Chakraborty’s suicide, the Vice-Chief of the Army Staff today issued a personal clarification and apology saying he had a “personal commitment and . . .
- Targetting Migrant Workers (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 21, 2006)
Sixteen agricultural workers of Nepali origin are the latest victims of terror.
- Indian Plan To Dam Northeast Rivers Stirs Critics (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 21, 2006)
Ambitious plans to build dams and hydro power projects throughout the hills of the remote northeast have trodden on some sensitive toes in the troubled region.
- India-Pak Should Take Talks More Seriously: Hayat Khan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Lauding the Indo-Pak peace process, Prime Minister of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir Sikander Hayat Khan today said the gun has become "irrelevent" but India and Pakistan should be more serious about resolving the Kashmir issue.
- Cbms Are Meant To Avert Conflict: Pranab (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
India today said confidence-building measures with Pakistan like opening of bus service between Poonch and Rawalakot were aimed at averting a conflict between the two countries.
- 'Cong Unlikely To Approve Indo-Us Nuke Deal This Year' (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
An influential lawmaker has said the US Congress was unlikely to give its seal of approval to the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal this year.
- Saving Wild Life (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 21, 2006)
The chief signal that emerged from the meeting of the National Wild Life Board was that despite prime ministerial initiatives the requisite sense of urgency has yet to penetrate those tasked with protecting our endangered fauna.
- Nepal Accord (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 21, 2006)
To assume that Nepal’s Seven Party Alliance-Maoist accord on the dissolution of parliament, formation of an interim government (rebels included) and holding elections to the constituent assembly in May next year will usher in an era of peace and . . .
- All Quiet In Balochistan? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 21, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that life was returning to normal in Dera Bugti and nearby areas because “terrorists have been eliminated from Balochistan”.
- No Enthusiasm As Pok ‘Pm’ Flags Off Bus (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The first service of the Poonch-Rawalakot bus was today flagged off by Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) ‘Prime Minister’ Hayat Khan with 57 passengers on board.
- Us Activates Missile Shields In Response To N. Korean Threat (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The Pentagon has activated its new ground-based interceptor missile defence system following a North Korean threat to test a long-range missile, US media reported on Tuesday.
- Musharraf Again Rules Out Foreign Access To Dr Khan (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Jun 21, 2006)
Amid controversies and renewed demands by international community for fresh probe into A.Q Khan issue, President General Pervez Musharraf has once again dismissed such demands saying that Pakistan’s own investigators are competent and far better . . .
- Qaeda Leader And 15 Others Killed In Iraq (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The bodies of two US soldiers who went missing south of Baghdad were found on Tuesday, as the military said it killed a senior Al Qaeda in Iraq leader and 15 “insurgents”.
- Fata Alliance Threatens Violence If Hayat’S Killers Not Arrested (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 21, 2006)
The Fata (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) Grand Alliance has told the government to arrest the alleged killers of journalists Hayatullah Khan by June 24 otherwise they will began a violent movement to press their demand.
- Iran Should Act Wisely: Hans Blix (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Former chief of UN weapons inspectors says enrichment is a right, not an obligation
- Finding More Taliban Than Expected: Britain (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
There are greater numbers of Taliban rebels putting up a fight in southern
Afghanistan than expected by the newly deployed British military, a senior commander said.
- Pakistan, India’S Positions On Kashmir Unchanged (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Pakistan’s official position on Kashmir, as that of India, remains unchanged more than two years after the composite dialogue between the two countries got underway, according to the International Crisis Group’s (ICG) Dr Samina . . .
- Situation Calm But For Refugee Influx, Say Coast Guard (Hindu, Rajesh Nair, Jun 21, 2006)
Interceptor class boat likely to be stationed at Pondy soon
- The Black Power's Quiet Side (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2006)
"Black Power" quickly became the controversial slogan for a movement that was largely perceived as rejecting the civil rights movement's nonviolent tactics and goals of integration in favor of a new ethos of black identity, self-defense and separatism.
- Sri Lankan Rebels Recommit To Truce (Indian Express, Reuters, Jun 21, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers on Tuesday recommitted to the island’s 2002 ceasefire and said they had told mediator Norway that they will ensure the safety of Nordic truce monitors.
- Ready For Talks Without Preconditions, Says Iran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Iran’s foreign minister reiterated on Tuesday that Tehran was ready to enter international talks over the package of incentives aimed at resolving the standoff over its nuclear programme, but without any preconditions.
- Another Barrier On Loc Falls (Indian Express, Arun Sharma, Jun 21, 2006)
The first Poonch-Rawalkot bus in 58 years rolled across the border this afternoon. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, along with Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, flagged off the bus carrying 30 passengers from Poonch to Rawalkote on PoK, as the large . . .
- Missed Opportunies (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2006)
The PM was conspicuous by his absence at SCO summit
- The Point Of No Return (Indian Express, Aasha Khosa, Jun 21, 2006)
Lieutenant Sushmita Chakarborty’s suicide at Udhampur takes me back to this quaint town where my friend Lieutenant Colonel SSS
- Turkey’S Eu Prospects (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 21, 2006)
Given the tough way in which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked the other day on the Cyprus question, the prospects of Turkey’s membership of the European Union do not seem very bright.
- Iraq: Some Damning Statistics (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jun 21, 2006)
Within a couple of days of George W. Bush’s return from his extraordinarily surreptitious foray into Baghdad’s green zone, his nation’s self-proclaimed newspaper of record, The New York Times, had a bit of bad news for the president.
- N-Deal Approval Unlikely This Year’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
An influential lawmaker has said the US Congress is unlikely to give its seal of approval to the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal this year.
- Foreign Militant Of Lashkar Killed In Kashmir (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
A foreign militant of Pakistan based Lashkar- e-Toiba (LeT) was killed by the Army and Jammu and Kashmir police in a joint operation in north Kashmir on Monday night, an official spokesman said.
- Vice-Chief Of Army Apologises (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Four days after his remarks on women officers stirred a hornet's nest, Vice-Chief of the Army Lt Gen S Pattabhiraman on Tuesday tendered an apology saying he had "personal commitment and healthy respect towards the role of lady officers in Army".
- Us Forces Kill 15 Suspected Insurgents In Iraq Raids (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
US forces hunting insurgents linked to Al-Qaeda in Iraq killed 15 gunmen in simultaneous raids north of Baghdad on Tuesday, the US military said in a statement.
- 'N-Deal May Not Materialise This Year' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
United States leading Republican Senator John McCain has expressed doubts about the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal being endorsed by the US Congress before the end of this year.
- Sonia Flags Off Poonch-Rawalakot Bus Service (Daily Excelsior, Dinesh Manhotra, Jun 21, 2006)
The ‘invisible line of sorrow’- which has kept thousands of souls away from their family members and relatives for the last 58 years, today turned into a ‘road of happiness’ for these divided families as this link is going to end their long separation.
- Talks Within Purview Of Indian Constitution: Sonia (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Reiterating Central Government resolve to hold dialogue with different sections of the society to solve vexed problems, chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Sonia Gandhi today said talks and not violence, is the solution of any issue.
- Sex Scandal Cuffs On Ex-Ministers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
“I am going for a morning walk,” Ghulam Ahmed Mir told the staff at Jammu and Kashmir House as he was led away by CBI officials after his arrest in the sex scandal that has rocked the Valley.
- A Damascus Diary (Daily Excelsior, M.J. Akbar, Jun 21, 2006)
The sun rises at 4.30. It is already high by 7.30 and will fade only at 7.45 in the evening.
- This Tail Wags The Dog (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jun 21, 2006)
The Israel lobby selectively pumps in funds to distort US elections
- Costly Affair (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 21, 2006)
Marriages may be made in heaven, but their packaging, thankfully, is left for mortals to accomplish.
- Tortured Bodies Of Us Soldiers Found (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Two US soldiers who went missing after an attack on their checkpoint were found dead last night, and a senior Iraqi defence official said their bodies showed signs of “barbaric” torture.
- Japan To Withdraw Iraq Troops (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
Japan has decided to withdraw its troops from Iraq, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said today, bringing to an end the Japanese military’s riskiest and most ambitious overseas mission since World War II.
- Sorry If My Remarks Hurt Women: Army Vice-Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
"I have no hesitation in tendering apology," says Lt. Gen. Pattabhiraman
"I have a healthy respect for lady officers in the Army"
"The lady officers have contributed a lot"
- Japan To Withdraw All Soldiers From Iraq (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 21, 2006)
Troop pullout likely to be completed in about two months
- U.S. Soldiers Found Dead In Iraq (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 21, 2006)
The bodies show signs of torture
- Reclaiming The Public Imagination (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 21, 2006)
Disquieting impressions are gaining ground. If these are not corrected, Manmohan Singh might be inviting dangerous challenges, not just to himself but to the interests of the Indian state.
- Army Commander Says Waziristan Under Control (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 21, 2006)
The Pakistan Army has put militants in Waziristan “on the defensive” and the situation in the Waziristan tribal areas has “cooled down tremendously”, Commander 11 Corps Lt Gen Mohammed Hamid Khan has said. Others disagree.
- Pakistan May Ask Us To Help Block Bla Websites (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2006)
The Interior Ministry may ask the United States to help Pakistan block websites of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) after the Federal Investigation Agency reported that it was unable to do so, official sources told Daily Times on Tuesday.
- Sonia To Flag Off New Kashmir Bus Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The inaugural run of the bus service linking Poonch in the Indian part of Kashmir to Rawalakot in its Pakistan part will be held today (Tuesday) amid tight security.
- Trade Should Be Linked To Normalisation With India And Not Resolution . . . (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said in Karachi on Sunday that no progress had been made so far with the Indian government on the resolution of Siachen, let alone Kashmir and other vital issues, but he hoped . . .
- Lessons In Diplomacy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 20, 2006)
Despite events in Nepal and Sri Lanka moving in two very different directions, the situations in India’s two neighbours may serve to reinforce a common lesson for New Delhi.
- The Iraqi Mess (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jun 20, 2006)
US Senator Patrick Moynihan once described the United Nations as the theatre of the absurd.
- For A Stable Border (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2006)
The Tenth Round of talks at the official level on the Siachen issue, held at New Delhi on 23 and 24 May 2006, have predictability ended in no agreement.
- Real Threat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 20, 2006)
A functional relationship between the government and the opposition is a crucial sign of a mature democracy.
- New Foreign Office Boss On Radar (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
A search to find a replacement for foreign secretary Shyam Saran has narrowed down to Shiv Shankar Menon, India’s high commissioner in Pakistan.
- Death Sought For Saddam (Telegraph, CORPORATE BUREAU, Jun 20, 2006)
Prosecutors demanded the death penalty today for Saddam Hussein and three of his former aides for crimes against humanity following a 1982 crackdown on Shias in which hundreds were killed and tortured.
- Nepal Seeks Un Help Over Weapons (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Jun 20, 2006)
The Nepal government plans to formally ask the UN for help in managing the personnel and weapons of the Nepal Army and the Maoist Revolutionary Army during elections next year.
- India, Pak To Write New Chapter Of Friendship Today (Daily Excelsior, Dinesh Manhotra, Jun 20, 2006)
Initiating one more step in the direction of further strengthening heart to heart relations on two sides of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, India and Pakistan are all set to launch second Karvan-e-Aman bus service tomorrow.
- Arcelor Cancels June 21 Share Buyback Meeting (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Arcelor said on Monday that it has canceled a June 21 meeting for investors to vote on a massive share buyback in light of settlement talks with unwanted suitor Mittal Steel.
- Will India Succeed In Getting Top Uno Job? (Daily Excelsior, N.B. Menon , Jun 20, 2006)
A curious thing about the United Nations is that it has existed for 61-years without a definite identity.
- Two Militants Among 3 Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Two militants were killed in separate encounters at different places in the Valley while as police recovered a body from Tangmarg on Monday.
- Blacklisting Arms Suppliers (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jun 20, 2006)
That there is need to blacklist as many as 118 firms involved in doing business with the various departments and public sector undertakings of the Ministry of Defence is a pointer to the extremely lucrative and extensive market that India provide . . .
- Beasts In Hills (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 20, 2006)
American author and literary critic William Dean Howells readily comes to mind for his famous remark: "So far the beast in us has insisted upon having its full say."
- Sri Lanka's Tamils Turn To Smugglers To Flee Conflict (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Jun 20, 2006)
Maduraweeran Kantharajah was so desperate to flee conflict between Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels that he sold his furniture and wife's jewellery to pay smugglers to sail his family to India.
- Chinese Arms In Darfur The Twisted Trail Of Weapons (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
In a rebel camp along the barren, windswept border between Sudan and Chad, dozens of trucks packed with dreadlocked fighters manning heavy machine guns are lined up.
- Japan To Announce Troop Withdrawal From Iraq (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was set to announce a withdrawal of Japan's troops from Iraq on Tuesday, following Iraq's decision to take over security next month in the city where they are based, media reports said.
- Indian Plan To Dam Northeast Rivers Stirs Critics (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 20, 2006)
Ambitious plans to build dams and hydro power projects throughout the hills of the remote northeast have trodden on some sensitive toes in the troubled region.
- Army Continues Fire-Fighting On Gender Bias (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Army today continued its fire-fighting exercise in the wake of reported remarks of its Vice-Chief, Lt Gen S. Pattabhiraman, that forces could do without women and insisted today that there was no gender bias in the forces while pointing out . . .
- In The Force (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 20, 2006)
There is no inquiry that can do complete justice to the dead. The ‘reasons’ why Susmita Chakraborthy allegedly chose to end her own life will never be known.
- Prosecution Seeks Death For Saddam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The prosecutor asked for the death penalty against Saddam Hussein and two of his top co-defendants, saying in his closing arguments on Monday that the former Iraqi leader and his regime committed crimes against humanity in a "revenge" attack on . . .
- Straight Talk Seems To Be His Undoing (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Straight talk seems to be the Vice-Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen S Pattabhiraman’s undoing. Pragmatic and matter-of-fact statements made by him on various issues seem to rake up controversies.
- Cracks In Male Bastion (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2006)
A reported 400 plus suicides in the Army in just four years is a startling figure.
- Is It Masri Or Muhajir? (Pioneer, Utpal Kumar, Jun 20, 2006)
As speculations on Zarqawi's successor are rife, Utpal Kumar finds that none of the contenders is homegrown
- Party Membership Grows To 71 Million In China (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The membership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has grown to 70.8 million by the end of 2005, according to the latest statistics of the party.
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