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Articles 9821 through 9920 of 27135:
- Top Ultra Tipu Held With Two Grenades In Narwal (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Police parties from Jammu and Rajouri in wee hours of this morning arrested a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant Tipu, who was reported to be involved in June 12 morning’s three grenade attacks at General Bus Stand in which one civilian was killed and 29 . .
- Sonia, Pranab To Flag Off Poonch-Rawalakot Bus (Daily Excelsior, Sanjeev Pargal, Jun 17, 2006)
UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee will flag off Poonch-Rawalakot bus service in Poonch on June 20.
- Indian Cabinet Approves Signing Of Anti-Nuclear Terrorism Treaty (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jun 17, 2006)
The Indian cabinet approved on Friday the government’s plans to ratify the United Nations International Convention for Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.
- Musharraf Hopeful Of China Frigate Deal (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf on Friday expressed the hope that the deal under which China would provide four frigates to Pakistan by 2,013 with transfer of technology would be successfully accomplished.
- N-Terrorism Pact To Be Ratified (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
India will soon ratify the International Convention on Suppression of Nuclear Terrorism adopted by the UN General Assembly providing for international cooperation in investigation, prosecution and extradition of those committing terrorists acts . . .
- Army To Protect Nation’S Wildlife (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Jun 17, 2006)
Besides protecting the country’s borders, the Army is now being armed with legal powers to guard the nation’s rich flora and fauna as well.
- Us Death Toll In Iraq Reaches 2,500 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Nearly 2,500 American soldiers have died since the invasion of Iraq in March, 2003, the Pentagon has said.
- Nepal To Set Up Interim Government With Rebels (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Jun 17, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebel leader held ground-breaking talks on Friday with the government, which agreed to dissolve parliament and set up an interim administration to include the rebels.
- Sri Lanka Says Sinks 5 Tiger Boats In New Violence (Reuters, Peter Apps, Jun 17, 2006)
Sri Lanka's military said it sank five Tamil Tiger rebel boats after an attack in the island's northwest on Saturday, while two suspected rebel frogmen were arrested and attempted suicide after landing near the capital.
- 70pc Pakistanis Back Nuclear Iran (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
As many as 70 per cent Pakistanis want Iran to have nuclear weapons, said a survey report released this week.
- Send Mps' Delegation To Sri Lanka : Vaiko (Hindu, S. Vijay Kumar, Jun 17, 2006)
"Armed forces should help refugees"
- Militant Attack Leaves Them Disabled For Life (Hindu, Luv Puri , Jun 17, 2006)
Five-hour torture for family
- Bangladesh Rejects Indian Accusations As Baseless (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Bangladesh on Friday dismissed as ‘baseless’ allegations that its forces launched an unprovoked attack on an Indian boat patrol killing a border guard.
- Koirala, Prachanda Reach Historic Accord (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jun 17, 2006)
Both sides express commitment to human rights, press freedom in Nepal
- The Perfect Excuse (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 17, 2006)
Time was when boys turning up late for school would blame it on something called a traffic jam. On the evening of Monday, June 12, President Bush told his advisers that he was going to bed and slipped out to Iraq.
- Search On For Missing Two U.S. Troops In Iraq (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
A quick reaction team was searching for the missing US soldiers early Saturday morning when they were unaccounted for and one US soldier was killed after they came under attack at a traffic checkpoint in Yusufiya, about 20 miles southwest of Baghdad.
- Need For Reconciliation In Waziristan (Dawn, Amir Usman, Jun 17, 2006)
Two meetings on the situation in the tribal areas, with particular reference to the conflict in Waziristan, were recently held in Islamabad and Peshawar, and attended by senior government officials.
- Realpolitik In Region (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 17, 2006)
Iran and Syria have signed a military cooperation pact against the “common threats” presented by Israel and the United States.
- Let Down By India? (OutLook, B. Raman , Jun 17, 2006)
After its initial expression of concern over the military operations, the Balochs are disappointed at Indian silence on the continuing suppression by the Pakistani military establishment.
- Musharraf Reaches Almaty To Attend Cica Summit (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf was accorded warm welcome when he arrived here on Friday to attend the 2nd summit of Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA).
- Sea Battle Kills 24 In Sri Lanka (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
At least four Sri Lankan naval troops and 20 Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in a major sea battle off the island's northwestern coast on Saturday, the defence ministry
said.
- Rymbai In Delhi, To Discuss Cabinet Expansion With Sonia (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jun 17, 2006)
Meghalaya Assembly meets, adjourned till June 23
I will like to retain Don Kuper Roy as Deputy Chief Minister: Rymbai
D.D. Lapang will be rehabilitated in a position equivalent to Chief Minister
- No Progress On The Ground (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jun 17, 2006)
New Delhi and Islamabad have to change their mindsets towards each other for promotion of peaceful relations
- Polarised Politics (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 17, 2006)
Political rivalry has already moved to the streets
- Al-Qaeda Insurgency In Iraq Waning, Says Report (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
A document purportedly captured in an Al-Qaeda hideout portrays the insurgency in Iraq as being in ‘‘bleak’’ shape, saying it is losing strength and proposing ways to stir up trouble between the US and Iran to divert American attention.
- Game In Shanghai (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 17, 2006)
In criticising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for not attending the fifth summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the Indian Left has yet again made evident its craven surrender to blind anti-Americanism.
- Now, Call A Spade A Spade (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 17, 2006)
Manmohan Singh would do well to reconsider his fetish for peace with Pakistan -----
- Hamas Militia Disowns Govt’S Ceasefire Offer To Israel (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Hamas militants distanced themselves on Friday from a ceasefire offer that the Palestinian government led by the Islamist group made to Israel.
- Army May Pitch In For Wildlife (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Faced with the increasing menace of poaching and inadequate surveillance, the Centre may offer a pro-active role to the armed forces for keeping an eye on the smuggling of wildlife products and curb illegal killing of animals in reserve forests.
- From Anuradhapura To Anuradhapura (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 17, 2006)
On May 14, 1985, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam carried out a massacre in Anuradhapura, gunning down 146 civilians as they prayed at a Buddhist shrine.
- Stand Up, Bbc; Resign, Rumsfeld! (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 17, 2006)
On June 3, just two weeks ago, writing about the conduct of US troops specially the much-vaunted Marines in Iraq, I had said: "Indeed, this is not all. . .
- Dispur Talks Tough On Ulfa (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Dispur today asked Delhi to make it clear to the Ulfa-constituted People’s Consultative Group during their next meeting that violence and talks could not go hand-in-hand.
- Suffocated’, Lady Officer Kills Herself (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Lieutenant Susmita Chakraborthy asked the army guesthouse sentry for his rifle yesterday afternoon, telling him she wanted to pose with it for a photograph.
- Swarajists At The Savoy (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 17, 2006)
In Paris, during the students’ riots of the late Sixties, a pretty young Indian girl, now high in the Communist hierarchy, smoked foul-smelling French Gauloise cigarettes because they reminded her of Char Minars.
- Iran Ready For Unconditional Talks (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Iran sees "positive points" in offers from world powers aimed at a compromise on Tehran's nuclear programme and is ready to discuss them but talks need to begin without preconditions, a senior Iranian official said here today.
- Politics As Farce In Meghalaya (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 17, 2006)
The farcical resolution of Meghalaya's month-long political crisis reflects poorly on the internal state of the Congress party, and on the quality and vision of its national leadership.
- Indian Army Sees First Suicide Of Lady Officer (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
The Indian army saw the first suicide of a female officer, who shot herself at her camp in the troubled region of Kashmir, police and army officers said on Friday.
- Lanka Forces Pound Ltte Targets (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Jun 17, 2006)
Sri Lankan Air Force supersonic fighter jets on Friday continued its aerial bombardment on “known LTTE targets” in the rebel-held Wanni region for the second day after the massacre .....
- Is The `War On Terror' Going Out Of Control? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 17, 2006)
Governments, especially western liberal democracies with their supposedly more enlightened "values," are expected to get the balance between national security and individual liberties right. But is the `war on terror' descending into a form of . . .
- Govt, Maoist Reach Pact (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 17, 2006)
The last time he was seen in Kathmandu was nearly 11 years ago when he came to visit his ailing mother.
- Iran's Tactics Pay Off In Nuclear Standoff (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 17, 2006)
Washington's willingness to talk directly to Teheran is a significant departure from the past.
- China And Iran: A Perfect Match (Taipei Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Those who argue that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a dangerous zealot have plenty of resources to back this opinion, not the least being his call for the destruction of Israel. Such is the extreme nature of his language that potential . . .
- The Choice For Iran (Boston Globe, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
It took awhile, but the Bush administration has wisely joined with European allies, Russia, and China in making an offer to Iran so valuable that Iran's rulers can reject it only at the price of confessing to the world that they are lying about . . .
- ‘Missing’ Journalist’S Body Found (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
A tribal journalist missing for about seven months has been killed. His body was found lying outside a village in Mirali in the restive North Waziristan tribal region on Friday afternoon.
- Militants Claim Downing Us Helicopter (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Taliban claimed on Friday that their fighters shot down a US helicopter and destroyed two military vehicles in two days’ fighting with the coalition forces in the Paktika province of Afghanistan.
- Taliban Commander Surrenders (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
A mid-level Taliban commander said to lead more than 100 men in southern Afghanistan surrendered to a government reconciliation drive on Friday as authorities arrested 12 other militants.
- Cross-Dressing Pakistani Hails Media Freedom (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Every Saturday night Pakistani actor Ali Saleem puts on a bright saree and chunky jewellery and transforms himself into glamorous widow Begum Nawazish Ali, who teases guests with flirty questions on a television chat show.
- 64 Killed In Anuradhapura Blast (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jun 16, 2006)
There is no iota of doubt that it is the LTTE, says Colombo; LTTE denies hand
LTTE denies involvement, blames Government for attack
Worst massacre of civilians since February 2002 ceasefire agreement
- Atomic Brotherhood (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 16, 2006)
In regard to nuclear proliferation and arms control, the fundamental problem is clear: Either we begin finding creative, outside-the-box solutions or the international nuclear safeguards regime will become obsolete.
- Female Army Lt, Cop End Life (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Possibly for the first time, a female Army Lieutenant committed suicide by shooting herself with a rifle inside an Army camp near here.
- Politics Above Law (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jun 16, 2006)
Recent goings-on in the country remind me of a saying in the United States, popular during the prohibition era there, “The administration’s folly makes you feel like crying into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into”.
- Art 370 Root Cause Of All Problems: Joshi (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Terming the Special Constitutional position a root cause of present crisis in Jammu and Kashmir State, the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union HRD Minister, Dr Murli Manohar Joshi today said that this was the reason that his . . .
- Nepal Rebel Chief To King: Abdicate Or Face Execution (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 16, 2006)
A ceremonial monarchy will never work in Nepal and if the king does not abdicate he could end up facing trial and even execution, the Himalayan nation's powerful Maoist rebel chief said on Thursday.
- Musharraf's Re-Election Plans "Immoral": Benazir (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The Opposition Pakistan Peoples Party today denounced as a "monumental political fraud" President Pervez Musharraf's plan to seek another term in the office.
- Manipur Must Endure (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 16, 2006)
The Army’s contention ~ that troops cannot effectively fight insurgency in Manipur without the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act ~ has apparently caused the Centre to persist with it.
- Go For Rural Development! (Tribune, S. Raghunath, Jun 16, 2006)
EVEN after 58 years of independence and throwing off the brutish colonial and imperialist yoke, India is still a basket case going round the world with a begging bowl and with 80 per cent of her population wallowing under the absolute poverty line . . .
- Captured Papers Show Weakening Iraq Insurgency (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
A document purportedly captured in an al-Qaida hideout portrays the insurgency in Iraq as being in "bleak" shape, saying that it is losing strength and proposing ways to stir up trouble between the U.S. and Iran to divert American attention.
- More Violence In Sri Lanka (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 16, 2006)
Despite the best efforts of its Scandinavian monitors, Sri Lanka’s tenuous peace process received another jolt on Thursday when more than 60 people aboard a bus in a Sinhalese-dominated area in the northern part of the island were killed in a mine . . .
- Waiting For Change (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
As expected, as the media hype around the earthquake victims settled down, the post-quake relief and the reconstruction work went on the back-burner.
- Iran, Uzbek Leaders Hit Out At Interference By Foreign Powers (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Uzbek president under criticism from the US for his anti-democratic leanings
A strengthened SCO would be a new force against the West
- 104 Killed In Iraq Operation (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Iraq said on Thursday Al Qaeda’s reign of terror was nearing its end, as the US military announced the killing of 104 rebels since the slaying of the group’s leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
- Pm Rules Out Rupee Devaluation (Dawn, Raja Asghar, Jun 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the National Assembly on Thursday that there would be no compromise on national defence and ruled out rupee devaluation as the government came out strongly to defend the new federal budget against bitter opposition . . .
- Reliance’S Switch (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 16, 2006)
Outcome of battle for spectrum now sealed?
- Defence Ministry Not Able To Spend Total Allocated Amount (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Jun 16, 2006)
It surrendered Rs. 2,500 crore last year; Pranab had said Left idea was not agreeable
Finance Ministry imposed a cut of Rs. 1,300 cr.
Pranab had said a higher outlay was required to purchase more equipment
- Militants On The Rampage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba militants on Thursday killed a man and injured 13 others, chopping off the noses and ears of two of them, during an attack on a village in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
- Poland To Support India's Bid For Unsc Seat (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Poland has assured that it will support India's candidature for a permanent seat at the UN Security Council, Anand Sharma, visiting Indian minister of state for external affairs, said here on Wednesday.
- India And Free Trade In Asia (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 16, 2006)
Why should consumers pay higher prices for tea, spices and rubber? Is it not time to treat agriculture like the industrial sector, to help it become globally competitive?
- 'Indo-Us N-Deal Weakens Proliferation Regime' (Pioneer, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jun 16, 2006)
A body of American scientists, backed by a group of Nobel laureates, has opposed the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, claiming that the accord "weakens" the existing non-proliferation regime and urged the US Congress not to approve it in its present form.
- Bus Explosion Kills 64 In Lanka, Triggers Army Bombs In Tiger Areas (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
A powerful land mine ripped through a packed bus in northern Sri Lanka on Thursday, killing at least 64 people in the worst act of violence since the 2002 cease-fire, the Army said.
- Upa Couldn't Care Less (Pioneer, Surya Narayan Saxena, Jun 16, 2006)
Will the mandarins in the South Block heed the timely and proactive advice of your editorial, "Last chance saloon" (June 8), and make good in some measure the tremendous damage done to the national interests in their dithering on Nepal.
- Who Makes The Rules? (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Jun 16, 2006)
The refusal to sell a kilo of salt because it’s ‘not worth the trouble’ sounds like a funny argument...
- Bus Blast Kills 64 In Sri Lanka (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
A landmine which ripped through a bus has killed 64 passengers and injured 39 in the deadliest attack on civilians in Sri Lanka since a 2002 truce, sparking military strikes on Tamil rebel positions.
- Sco Pledges To Fight Terror, Extremism (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members issued a joint communique here Thursday, saying that the fight against the “three evil forces” remains the organization’s top priority.
- Us Military Identifies Zarqawi Successor, Releases Photo (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
The US military today released pictures of the man it said was the successor of slain Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi.
- Congress Must Not Approve Indo-American Nuclear Deal . . . (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
"In its present form, deal endangers U.S. non-proliferation goals"
Such ad-hoc bilateral deals will undercut U.S. and world security
Growth of civilian nuke power increases amount of fissionable material
- Hydra May Have More Heads (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jun 16, 2006)
The death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on June 8 did not halt or reduce the violence afflicting Iraq...
- Beyond Gesture Diplomacy In Nepal (Indian Express, Virendra Gupta, Jun 16, 2006)
Indian government’s offer of liberal aid package of Rs 1000 crore must have pleased the visiting Nepalese premier.
- Junta In A Time Warp (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 16, 2006)
Myanmar's military junta has done the expected unexpected.
- Iran, Syria Sign Defence Agreement (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Defence ministers from close allies Iran and Syria today signed an agreement for military co-operation against what they called the ‘‘common threats’’ presented by Israel and the United States.
- India Has To Do A China To Bridge Gap (Deccan Herald, BHARAT VERMA, Jun 16, 2006)
India needs to shed its inhibitions, diversify, and form international industrial alliances
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