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Articles 10021 through 10120 of 27135:
- Labourers’ Killer Among 6 Militants Killed (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Six militants including a killer of nine labourers were killed in separate encounters at Pampore, Handwara and Uri today while as militants shot at and injured a BSF trooper in Sopore.
- Kulgam Massacre (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 14, 2006)
It is a cause of acute discomfort that nine Nepalese and Bihari labourers have been shot in cold blood in Kulgam in the south of the Valley.
- Politics And Football: Bridgeable Divide? (Rediff on the Net, Vikram S Mehta, Jun 14, 2006)
More than any other public event, the ongoing world cup is witness to the brotherhood of merit.
- Bush Makes Surprise Visit To Iraq (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 14, 2006)
United States President George Bush paid a surprise visit to Baghdad to meet the new Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki.
- Joining The War (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jun 14, 2006)
Canada has joined the counter-terrorism club. Should India, which has paid dearly in the fight against terrorism for at least two decades, say “Welcome!”?
- No More Don-Dutt Encounter In Court (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
A designated TADA court on Tuesday rejected gangster Abu Salem's charge that conditions for his extradition to India for trial were violated and ordered that his trial would be separated from that of 123 other accused, including actor Sanjay Dutt, in . .
- Azad Kashmir: Longing For Normality (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
Most visitors to the earthquake-devastated areas in Azad Kashmir come away with a distinct impression that while the victims are showing great courage and resilience in rebuilding their shattered lives and broken houses brick by . . .
- Assam Govt To Upgrade Intelligence Network (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
The Assam government on Tuesday decided to upgrade intelligence gathering on extremists, in the wake of continuing violence by militants in the past couple of days.
- Plenty Of Enemies To Go (Deccan Herald, Thomas L Friedman, Jun 14, 2006)
Al-Zarqawi reminds us that open societies are threatened by his kind of ruthless jihadists
- Bush’S Surprise Visit To Baghdad (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
US president George W. Bush assured Iraqis in a surprise visit to Baghdad on Tuesday that the United States stands with them and their new government.
- In Quota’S Defence (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 14, 2006)
There are no fewer than five pieces on reservations in the latest issue of People’s Democracy including one on ‘the dark world of the media’ that focuses on the ‘upper caste domination in the media’.
- ‘Reports About Arms Sales From Pakistan Are Misleading’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 14, 2006)
The peace process between Sri Lanka and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), begun with Norwegian mediation in 2002, remains stalled, violence is the order of the day in the . . .
- China Media Criticises Japan Defense Agency Plans (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
A Chinese state newspaper has criticised Japan's plans to upgrade its Defense Agency into a fully fledged ministry, calling the move a step in the wrong direction.
- For Beijing, Terrorist And Victim Are Same (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
China holds the key to containing Islamist terror in Asia, but its backing of Pakistan to countervail India does not augur well, says Cecil Victor.
- China Arming Hr Abusers: Amnesty (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
China is selling arms to an array of human rights abusers such as Sudan and Myanmar to extend its trade and diplomatic reach, human rights group Amnesty International said on Monday, an accusation Beijing denied.
- Seven Qaeda ‘Terrorists’ Killed In Iraq (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The US military said seven “terrorists” linked to Al Qaeda leaders in Iraq were killed during an air strike on Monday near the restive Iraqi city of Baquba. The strike also left two children dead.
- Plaza Blown Up, 24 Tribesmen Held In Bara (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Authorities in Bara on Monday dynamited a multi-storey plaza and arrested at least 24 Zakhakhel tribesmen during an operation against activists of Lashkar-i-Islam.
- Time To Close (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Jun 13, 2006)
Three suicides at the weekend among inmates at Guantánamo Bay have brought renewed calls for the closure of the already widely-condemned American prison.
- 37 Ultras Killed In Afghanistan (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces killed 37 suspected rebels, including a relative of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, in three separate battles across southern Afghanistan, an Afghan army general said Monday.
- "Harness Atomic Energy For Food Security" (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Jun 13, 2006)
Swaminathan's call at BARC golden jubilee
- Us Could, India Can (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Jun 13, 2006)
It is not only military belligerence and arm-twisting economics that has raised the US to the pinnacle of political power. It is also for the fact that there was a time when that country embraced all.
- The Wrong Aroma (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 13, 2006)
The commerce ministry’s move to notify “Super Basmati” (developed originally in Pakistan) as an approved Indian variety of Basmati for export may have gone down well with exporters, who sense a new trade opportunity, but it is fraught with certain . . .
- Russy’S Brother Baji (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 13, 2006)
There were two Parsis who made news, literally, in the Bombay where I spent my youth in the 1950s — Russy Karanjia and Dosabhai Karaka. Karanjia was editor of Blitz, a progressive, aggressive, raucous, sensation-loving weekly.
- Justice In Lifetime! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 13, 2006)
The Punjab and Haryana High Court’s directive to the government to pay pension to a 92-year-old former Army officer is most welcome.
- Forty Years Later (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 13, 2006)
Mao's Cultural Revolution was launched 40 years ago, yet, despite 20 years of economic liberalisation, its wounds remain a taboo subject. Today's rulers dare not face up to their own experiences or moral responsibi-lity.
- Islamabad Rejects Sinha’S Remarks On Kashmir (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday snubbed the former Indian External Affairs Minister for his naive remarks made regarding the status of Kashmir dispute saying that anyone who knows even little about Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan would . . .
- China Rejects Amnesty Report Of Arms Exports (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
China on Monday rejected charges by rights group Amnesty International that it is one of the world’s most reckless arms exporters and guilty of sustaining violence in countries like Sudan, Nepal and Myanmar.
- North Korea Flexes Missile Muscle To Grab Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
North Korea’s preparations for possible long-range missile tests, its first in nearly a decade, may be an attempt to grab the attention of a US government distracted by its nuclear row with Iran, experts said Monday.
- Saddam’S Trial Resumes (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Saddam Hussein's former intelligence chief was manhandled by guards as they dragged him out of court Monday for arguing with the judge, fuelling defence protests that it is being treated unfairly in the trial of the ouster Iraqi leader and members . . .
- Case For Provincial Autonomy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 13, 2006)
The federal minister for inter-provincial coordination struck the right note when he called for maximum autonomy to enable the provinces to run their own affairs.
- Tv Channels And The Hudood Debate (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 13, 2006)
The current debate about the abolition of Hudood laws is throwing up an interesting array of opinion.
- Chinese Arms Fuelling Conflicts, Says Amnesty (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
China's sales of military vehicles and weapons to Sudan, Nepal and Myanmar have aggravated conflicts and abetted violence and repressive rule in those countries, Amnesty International said in a report released on Sunday.
- A Tunnel Without An End (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 13, 2006)
The 460-plus men in Guantánamo Bay have been held for longer than four years. Only 10 have been charged with a crime. Not one has had a trial. The men are not allowed to visit or speak with family or friends.
- International Call (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Jun 13, 2006)
While most ministers try to escape the Indian summer, a few have more important things on their plate, writes Jyoti Malhotra.
- Long On Promises, Short On Delivery: The Budget For 2006-07 (Dawn, Shahid Kardar, Jun 13, 2006)
The manner in which the budget speech in the National Assembly was delivered the other day, one was left wondering if it was connected with the budget for the year 2006-07 or an act of mocking at the performance of previous civilian governments with . . .
- Increase In Drug Trafficking (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Jun 13, 2006)
In the middle of the night on June 1, Rahul Mahajan, son of late Pramod Mahajan and one of his accomplices Vivek Moitra could procure narcotics for personal use in the national capital, surprised every one.
- North-East: Troubling Portends (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jun 13, 2006)
Insurgency and instability in the north-eastern segment of India appears set to exacerbate and there could be no worse omen of unpleasant things to come than the flowering of the bamboo, a phenomenon that repeats itself every half century and brings . . .
- The Khan Investigation (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Jun 13, 2006)
Pakistan’s claim that it has completed investigation into the underground nuclear network of A.Q. Khan, the so-called father of its nuclear bomb, came just when the US had started to mount fresh pressure on Islamabad for direct access to the . . .
- In Brief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Militants kill 8 in Kashmir
Eight non-Kashmiri labourers were massacred in Baroo village in Kulgam tehsil of south Kashmir on Monday. Five others were injured in the incident, reports DHNS from Srinagar.
- Bush War Cabinet To Meet On Iraq Review (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
US President George W Bush convenes a war council this week hoping to build momentum after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s death, but the big question overhanging the talks is when American troops will finally return from Iraq.
- Kashmir Exploding (Pioneer, Khursheed Wani, Jun 13, 2006)
15 Nepali labourers lined up & shot, 8 dead ---- Unidentified gunmen lined up 15 Nepali labourers and shot them in cold blood killing eight while injuring an equal number at Badroo village near Yaripora in south Kashmir on Monday afternoon. . . .
- Denial Syndrome (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 13, 2006)
Centre must heed Ulfa duplicity
ULFA’s reported denial of having had anything to do with last week’s explosions over three consecutive days that killed six people and injured about 50 must be taken with a pinch of salt.
- One World Order~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 13, 2006)
India’s Commitment To Disarmament Should Be Exploited
Klaus Schlichtmann
If foreign policy makers in Europe and elsewhere would concentrate on the “One world” idea as the basis for disarmament, and some European nations . . .
- Kashmir’S Sikhs On Shaky Ground (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Jun 13, 2006)
Every time there is an increased movement of troops in and around the twin villages of Triboni and Sumbalpora, situated on the line of control across the famous Shamshabari ridge, the great mountain range in North Kashmir which separates Tangdhar . . .
- The Perils Of Dissent In U.S. Universities (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jun 13, 2006)
The quest for sanity should begin by undoing thought-control devices such as the Campus Watch in American universities.
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 13, 2006)
A few readers say that the heading "Karat terms diversionary move to cut tax on oil in Congress-ruled States" (June 11, 2006) is clumsy.
- Guantanamo: U.S. Hard Line Provokes Censure (Hindu, Suzanne Goldenberg, Jun 13, 2006)
Renewed calls to bring inmates to trial or close down the camp
- Aid Cut Is Not Linked To Khan, Says Pakistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 13, 2006)
Pakistan said on Monday it had taken up the reduction in its financial assistance package from the U.S. with Washington. It dismissed a link between the cutback and its refusal to hand over Abdul Qadeer Khan, the country's most important nuclear . . .
- In Defence Of The Charter Of Democracy (Deccan Herald, Arif Jamal, Jun 13, 2006)
The first step would be to field joint candidates in the coming elections and not leave the political arena to undemocratic forces.
- Us, Eu Rally Others To Nudge Iran To Agree (Indian Express, George Jahn, Jun 13, 2006)
N-Programme: IAEA chief says he has not made much progress in resolving outstanding verification issues
- After Zarqawi, What? (Pioneer, B Raman, Jun 13, 2006)
If the US is serious about reaping the benefits of the death of its biggest enemy in Iraq, it should not be seen working against the Sunnis, says B Raman.
- A Regional Grouping Spreads Its Wings (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 13, 2006)
Whether one sees it as a forum for regional cooperation and stability or as a new military alliance along the lines of NATO, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation today is an international body of considerable weight.
- ‘Shut Down Guantánamo’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Europeans seized on the suicides of Guantánamo prisoners as more proof the US camp should be closed, and a top US official on Monday disowned a colleague’s comment that the deaths were a “good PR move”.
- China And America's Grand Strategy (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 12, 2006)
The U.S. wants China to demystify its military investments, as part of its "obligation" to preserve the existing world system Washington wants to preside over.
- Musharraf To Press China For 2 Reactors (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 12, 2006)
As the implementation of the historic Indo-US nuclear deal gathers momentum this week, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is stepping up the pressure on China to announce the sale of two civilian nuclear power reactors.
- Musharraf Turns To China (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 12, 2006)
President Musharraf's visit to Shanghai is being seen as an attempt to look beyond the U.S. in international relations.
- Helping A Friend (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 12, 2006)
While there is nothing new in India providing financial and other forms of assistance to Nepal, the announcement of a Rs.1000 crore aid package during the recent visit of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala is significant.
- Parts Of Package Acceptable: Iran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
No time limit to respond, says Minister
- Pakistan Faces Cut In U.S. Aid (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 12, 2006)
Failure to usher in sufficient democratic reforms cited Pakistan faces cut in U.S. aid
- Us Aid Cut:an Eye-Opener (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 12, 2006)
The US House of Representatives has substantially reduced military and economic aid for Pakistan for the next financial year. The cut, which, according to some reports, is in the range of 200 to 350 million dollar has been made on the pretext of the . . .
- The ‘Other’ Failure In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 12, 2006)
Pakistan Army helicopters bombed a militant hideout in a village in North Waziristan Saturday in a pre-dawn raid, killing up to 20 militants.
- The Cat Who Missed The Cream (OutLook, HARI MENON, Jun 12, 2006)
Wish she had brought her claws out. Instead the lady's intellectual baggage weighs her book down.
- 30 Militants Killed In Pak Army Raid (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
The Army of Pakistan on Sunday said that the number of militants killed in a raid on a training camp a day earlier has gone over to 30.
- Only Killings Is No Answer (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 12, 2006)
Eighteen militants, including 10 foreigners, were killed after Army helicopters bombed a compound in the Madakhel area in the North Waziristan Agency on Saturday.
- Are The Tigers Invincible? (Pioneer, Sudhir Hindwan, Jun 12, 2006)
The recent suicide bombings at the Army headquarters in Sri Lanka, killing more than 10 soldiers and civilians, needs to be condemned. Despite the Sri Lankan Government's repeated efforts to find a solution of the vexed problem, the LTTE has given . . .
- Germany Blocks Fia Probe Into Amer’S Death (News International, Rauf Klasra, Jun 12, 2006)
Germany has finally disallowed any direct role of the FIA in investigating into Amer Cheema’s death on its soil, telling the Foreign Office that in future Berlin should be contacted only through ‘judicial channels’ to get replies to 30 questions . . .
- Militants Blow Up Railway Tracks In Assam (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Jun 12, 2006)
Strategy Group of the Unified Command to intensify counter insurgency operations
ULFA mount attacks for third consecutive day
Police party attacked in Tinsukia district
- Meira Hints At Hike In Quota For Scs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
In what might become another controversial issue, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Meira Kumar said she is considering favourably a proposal on raising reservation for Scheduled Castes from the existing 15 per cent to 16.23 per cent.
- Nepal King's Veto Powers Scrapped (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Bills need no royal assent
Concept of `King in Parliament' abolished
All the authority the King once had in Parliament eliminated
First face-to-face meeting between officials and Maoists
- Eu Should Pressure Us To Close Guantanamo Camp: Un (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
The United Nations rapporteur on torture has said that the European Union should pressure Bush at an upcoming summit in Vienna to close the Guantanamo camp.
- Quake Survivors Protest Extortions (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
Hundreds of tenants held a protest demonstration in here on Sunday against the alleged highhandedness and interference of influential people in the distribution of compensation cheques among earthquake-affected people in the area.
- Search For The Elusive Simple Tax Return (Hindu, S. Rajaratnam, Jun 12, 2006)
Task made difficult as the form has to provide for the numerous requirements and artificial provisions of a complex law
The cash flow statement now proposed is poorly designed and will not serve the purpose of reconciling net increase in cash flow . . .
- Us Congress And The N-Deal: Substance To Process (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 12, 2006)
As India and the US begin technical talks in New Delhi today on a formal bilateral nuclear cooperation agreement, the focus of the American debate on the nuclear deal has shifted from substantive issues to process-related questions.
- Ahmadinejad Turns The Tables (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jun 12, 2006)
About wiping Israel off the map, what the Western media attributed to Ahmadinejad was a mistranslation from Farsi
- Chinese Reaction To Indo-Us Relations (Indian Express, K. Subrahmanyam, Jun 12, 2006)
China is the nation with the longest continuity in the practice of international relations and is therefore for more sophisticated in its international diplomacy than India is. This was evident in the reaction of Premier Wen Jiabao during his visit . . .
- Bjp Swallows, Reward For Killing Terrorists In Defence (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2006)
A day after BJP forced its leader Vinay Katiyar to retract his statement on rewarding civilians who killed terrorists, the party’ state president Dr Nirmal Singh here today reiterated the offer to civilians and Village Defence Committee members who . . .
- India Will Get To Stockpile Fuel For Every N-Reactor (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Jun 12, 2006)
N-deal talks today: New Delhi can import fuel beyond its immediate reactor requirement as part of its strategic reserve
- Congress Cuts Pak Aid, Bush Nose (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jun 12, 2006)
The US Congress and Bush administration may be parting ways over how to treat America's client state, Pakistan.
- New Relations (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 12, 2006)
Aid has come to be accepted as part of international diplomacy. Given the special relationship between the two countries, India’s aid to Nepal has had more than a diplomatic context.
- Dead, But Not Gone (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 12, 2006)
There is a lesson for us all in the sudden, violent death of terrorist leader, Musab al-Zarqawi, in Iraq. It is this — never call a meeting.
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