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Articles 10421 through 10520 of 27135:
- Handshake Over The Himalayas (Business Standard, Ajai Shukla, Jun 06, 2006)
The road starts winding upwards even before leaving Gangtok. We will climb more than 8,000 feet in the 55 kilometres that separate Sikkim’s capital from the towering 14,000 foot border post of Nathu La.
- A Golden Opportunity To Work Against Terror: Peter Pace (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
No country can, in the long run, fight terrorism alone, says Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. military
- Iran To Get Eu’S Package Of Incentives Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana will hand Iran a package of incentives on Tuesday that aim to persuade Tehran to abandon its plan to make nuclear fuel, a spokesperson for Solana said on Monday.
- Seminar On Indo-Us Relations (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
India’s recent affiliation to the US as reflected in its strategic policies has not been suitably reciprocated, Brahma Chellaney, professor, Strategic Studies at the Centre for Policy Research, said on Saturday....
- Thus Spoke Iran (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 06, 2006)
Nobody can say that the United States was not generous towards Iran. The two countries have had no diplomatic relations for the last 26 years.
- Pakistan’S Likely Shape In 2020 (Dawn, Javid Husain, Jun 06, 2006)
The hallmark of great nations is that they learn from their past experience to become wiser in conducting their current and future affairs.
- 111 Indians And Pakistanis Crossover Loc Point In J-K (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
As part of intensifying confidence building measures between two sides across the Line of Control (loc), as many as 111 civilians from both sides crossed via Chakan-da-Bagh crossing point in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir today, official . . .
- India-U.S. Talks: Pranab Discounts China Profile (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jun 06, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday discounted that China's military profile was a matter of common interest in India-U.S. dialogue.
- Air Version Of Brahmos Missile `In Next Few Years' (Business Line, M. Somasekhar, Jun 06, 2006)
Design, feasibility to incorporate missile in Sukhoi aircraft completed; to be ready for test flights by 2007
- Naval Version Of Brahmos To Be Ready Next Year (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
The BrahMos cruise missile is expected to be operational in at least one of the naval ships by the end of next year, the Chief of Naval Staff, Madhvendra Singh, said here on Monday.
- Ex-Minister's Kin Among 6 Hizb Militants Held (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 06, 2006)
In a major achievement, Police and Army have jointly busted a major militant network with the arrest of six militants of Hizbul Mujahideen, including the nephew of senior PDP leader and former Minister of State for Health Abdul Gaffar Sofi, in south . . .
- 'Your Navy Is World Class' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Admiral Gary Roughead heads the world's largest combined fleet command, covering 102 million square miles and more than 190 ships and submarines, 1,400 aircraft, 191,000 sailors and Marines and 30,000 civilians.
- 'I Am Not Trembling' (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
In the second part of an exclusive interview with rediff.com Deputy Managing Editor Ramananda Sengupta and Nikhil Lakshman, the commander of America's Pacific Fleet Admiral Gary Roughead looks at the role of the Indian and American navies in . . .
- Not The Last Word (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 06, 2006)
It is obvious that the last word has not yet been heard about the Hill Kaka relief scam.
- China Prepares To Sinocise South-East Asia (Daily Excelsior, Rajkumar Vijayveer Vikram Singh, Jun 06, 2006)
The defence minister Pranab Mukherjee's six day China visit and signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a host of issues, including military to military cooperation has raised a number of issues.
- Cia Under Pentagon Shadow (Daily Excelsior, Tanveer Jafri, Jun 06, 2006)
After facing criticism from the world over regarding Iraq war, now American President George W Bush & his confiding associate British Prime Minister Tony Blair have started feeling that it was a mistake to thrust war on Iraq.
- West As Abettor Of Terrorism (Deccan Herald, PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR, Jun 06, 2006)
Western powers provided Third World dissidents asylum and indirectly promoted terrorism
- Rahul Mahajan Arrested (Pioneer, Vijaita Singh, Jun 06, 2006)
Late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's son Rahul was put under arrest at Apollo Hospital on Monday evening for alleged consumption of drugs and destruction of evidence, three days after he was admitted to the Apollo Hospital in a critical condition and . . .
- Buy And Make (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 06, 2006)
As Indo-US defence cooperation takes shape American defence manufacturers are now trying to lobby with the Indian government to ease the critical offsets clause in defence contracts as spelt out in the defence procurement procedures 2005 document.
- France’S 35-Hour Work Week Criticised (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 06, 2006)
France’s 35-hour work week has a mixed legacy, the top Socialist contender for next year’s presidential race said today, criticising one of the biggest Socialist reforms of the past decade.
- Gen Ehsan Disappointed Over Cbms (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 06, 2006)
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Gen Ehsanul Haq has said that CBMs will be futile as long as there is no movement on the core issue of Kashmir.
- Profile Of The Economy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 06, 2006)
The Economic Survey released by the finance ministry on Sunday indicates the challenges that an economy on a high growth trajectory encounters and which, if unaddressed, may precipitate a downturn.
- Senior Us General Holds Talks With India’S Top Brass (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Washington's highest-ranking military official, General Peter Pace, held wide-ranging talks with the heads of India's armed forces in Delhi on Monday, an official said.
- Ltte Cadres In Batticaloa Jail Break (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Eight inmates, among them three cadres of the Liberation Tigers for Tamil Eelam (LTTE), walked out of Batticaloa prison last morning after threatening the guards, Prisons Chief Maj. Gen. (retd) Vajira Wijegoonewardene said.
- India Season In Tokyo (Statesman, Sanjana Joshi, Jun 06, 2006)
Strategic Cooperation May Radically Transform Ties With Japan
- A Legal Case Against Iran (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2006)
Speaking last October at a Tehran conference on "The World Without Zionism," Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, referred to Israel as a "disgraceful blot" and called for it to be "wiped off the map."
- Militants Confirm Captive Corporal Alive (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Palestinian militants holding Israel Corporal Gilad Shalit angrily said on Tuesday they would not release any information about the serviceman's condition after Israel ignored a deadline to begin releasing Palestinian prisoners.
- ‘Pakistani Factor’ In Canada Terrorism (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 05, 2006)
Twelve Pakistanis and Bangladeshis have been arrested in Canada before they could allegedly cause an explosion three-times bigger than the one in Oklahoma by the American terrorist Timothy McVeigh in 1995.
- Iran Warns Us Against Making ‘Wrong Move’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of the world's fourth largest oil exporter, on Sunday said that if the United States “makes a ‘wrong move’ towards Iran,” energy flows in the region would be endangered.
- Rumsfeld’S Pat: Nothing To Be Happy About (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 05, 2006)
Us defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has praised President Musharraf ’s campaign against terrorism. Speaking at the Asia- Pacific security conference in Singapore, he said Gen Musharraf has done an excellent job in a difficult country in a . . .
- Need For Debate On Defence Budget (Dawn, Talat Masood, Jun 05, 2006)
The demand for opening up the defence budget and giving more details of it to parliament has grown over the years.
- Getting Out Of The Trap (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 05, 2006)
Whether or not it was the work of a suicide bomber, the result of Friday’s attack on an army convoy near Bakakhel was the death of five more soldiers.
- Top Us Military Official In India To Boost Strategic Ties (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
General Peter Pace, Washington’s highest-ranking military official, was due to arrive in India on Sunday for a three-day trip aimed at boosting strategic ties, a US official said.
- Iraqi Pm Fails To Name Ministers For 2 Key Posts (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jun 05, 2006)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki failed, once again, on Sunday to name ministers two the key posts of interior, defence, and national security and parliament, which was scheduled to meet .....
- Pakistan Blames India (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 05, 2006)
We have had legitimate security concerns, says General Ehsan-ul-Haq
Islamabad "did not introduce nuclear weapons into South Asia"
JCSC did not name India "to maintain sanctity of summit atmosphere"
"Don't build CBMs on top of underlying Kashmir . .
- Russia To Build Naval Base In Syria (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jun 05, 2006)
Move will increase Moscow's influence
- Sri Lankan, Ltte Teams Leave For Oslo (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jun 05, 2006)
Delegations of the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Sunday left for Oslo to hold direct talks on the functioning of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM), said the state-run Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.
- Grand Bargains And Distress Sales (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Jun 05, 2006)
Three years ago, Iran had come up with a proposal for rapprochement with the United States. The details have only now been made public. As for the U.S., despite the grandstanding, the willingness to explore a new course is evident.
- India Offers Help To S'pore In Malacca Straits (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
India has offered to help secure the busy Malacca Straits against high-seas pirates, a report said on Sunday.
- Day Of The Big Bully (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 05, 2006)
Some things are so obvious that you feel almost embarrassed to repeat them — but if you don’t say them, the propagandists win.
- Tension Across Loc (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 05, 2006)
It’s difficult but life must go on. This old adage has come true in the case of "Azad" Kashmir as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known.
- Pakistan’S Allies~ii (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jun 05, 2006)
The budding US-China détente brokered by Pakistan came into full bloom here. NBC News on 7 January 1980 said “for the first time in history (a senior State Department . . .
- Rumsfeld Brands Iran As Leading Terrorist Nation (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
US Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld branded Iran as the world's leading terrorist nation yet hoped Tehran seriously would consider incentives from the West in exchange for suspending suspect nuclear activities.
- Before Pervez, Karamat Had Thought Of A Coup (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Pakistan's outgoing ambassador to the US and former army chief Jahangir Karamat has said he could have overthrown former premier Nawaz Sharif's government but decided against it as he felt it was not in "national interest" to topple a democratically . . .
- Suicide Bomber Kills 28, Hurts 62 In Iraq (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
A suicide car bomber blew himself up in a crowded market in oil-rich southern Basra on Saturday, killing 28 people and wounding 62. In Baghdad, a Russian diplomat was killed and four diplomatic employees were kidnapped.
- Nepal Sc Frees Royal Ministers (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 05, 2006)
Since coming to power on the strength of a mass uprising in April, the Girija Prasad Koirala government of Nepal suffered its first loss of face today with the Supreme Court ordering the release of three of King Gyanendra’s ministers, saying they . . .
- Bjp To Hold Satyagraha Against Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
BJP would organise an eight-day long nation-wide Satyagraha from June 7 to protest the spurt in terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir and "expose the UPA Government’s failure" to check the growing menace.
- 17 Nabbed On Terrorism Charges In Canada (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Seventeen Canadian residents were arrested on terrorism charges. They were inspired by Al Qaeda, had amassed enough explosives to build huge bombs and were planning to blow up targets in densely populated Ontario, police said on Saturday.
- Securing Ties (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 05, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s three-nation tour to Japan, China and Singapore is not merely a symbolic exercise or the usual summer tour.
- Students 'Executed' In Iraq Bus Attack (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
Gunmen killed 28 people, including a dozen high school students, after they dragged them off buses northeast of Baghdad. The gunmen spared four Sunni Arabs in one of the worst sectarian atrocities in recent weeks.
- Raha`s Fire Refuses To Die Down (Business Standard, Sunil Jain, Jun 05, 2006)
While the ministry of petroleum and natural gas is now readying for a new ONGC chief, the fire lit by the unceremonious departure of Subir Raha refuses to die down.
- 'Us Package For Army's Mistakes Inadequate' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2006)
A lawyer who had several relatives among 24 Iraqis allegedly slain by US Marines and is representing kin of other victims complained in videotape on Saturday that American compensation paid to the families was inadequate compensation of $2,500. . . .
- Outmanoeuvred By America? (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 05, 2006)
For the spokesperson to say that India “owed” the US certain things could just be a matter of style of spoken English.
- Advocate And The Imposter (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jun 05, 2006)
Whenever there is a deal in our country, wheelers-dealers are around to grease the required wheels so that it gets on without a hitch.
- Prez Musharraf Doing A Good Job (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
US Defence Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Saturday lavished praise on the Pakistani president’s campaign against terrorism, but side-stepped charges that Islamabad has not done enough to flush out Taliban fighters hiding along the border with Afghanistan
- Russian Diplomat Killed In Iraq (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
A Russian diplomat was killed and four diplomatic employees kidnapped in the Iraqi capital today, the Russian foreign ministry said.
- Army Scheme To Ensure Last Rites For Veterans (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
The Indian Army's Adjutant General, A. S. Jamwal, on Saturday launched a scheme to ensure last rites for its veterans and their widows at Delhi Cantonment here .
- Aesthetics Of Resistance (Hindu, M. ASADUDDIN, Jun 04, 2006)
Anthems chronicles the achievements of the Urdu Progressive Writers' Movement.
- Talks On Siachen Not Dialogue Of The Deaf: Pak Defence Secy (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Jun 04, 2006)
Pakistan Defence Secretary Lt-Gen Tariq Waseem Ghazi (retd) visited New Delhi for the tenth round of Defence Secretary-level India-Pakistan talks on Siachen and Sir Creek. He agreed for an interview but could not find time. On his return to Islamabad . .
- Strike Out (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 04, 2006)
The foiled terrorist strike on the RSS headquarters at Nagpur early on Thursday was not unexpected, even though it is to the credit of the security forces that they acted according to drill and gunned down the three attackers.
- India-U.S. Talks: Pranab Discounts China Profile (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jun 04, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday discounted that China's military profile was a matter of common interest in India-U.S. dialogue.
- Through Country Roads (Hindu, KISHORE IYENGAR, Jun 04, 2006)
Rolling meadows, dream villages and rugged coasts. Devon's celebrated countryside makes an ideal destination.
- India Is A Core State For Asian Security: Pranab Mukherjee (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Jun 04, 2006)
The country is enhancing its defence preparedness, says Minister
- Rumsfeld Warns China On Defence Modernisation (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 04, 2006)
Musharraf "key ally" in war against terror
- Taliban-Ii More Lethal (Pioneer, B Raman, Jun 04, 2006)
Afghanistan continues to boil in the jihadi cauldron while Pakistan stokes the fire below ---- The upsurge in violence - partly conventional strikes, partly acts of terrorism - which one has been seeing in southern and eastern Afghanistan since the . . .
- Not Yet Ready For Globalisation (Hindu, SHASHI THAROOR, Jun 04, 2006)
What makes the baseball World Series, a global competition? The participation of two Canadian teams...
- Ancient Landfall (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 04, 2006)
Where did the Pallava ships go from Mamallapuram? A trip to Bujang Valley in Malaysia provides the answer.
At long last, we were standing on the Pallavas' landfall beyond Mamallapuram.
- Two Launch Campaigns Gathering Speed At Sriharikota (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Jun 04, 2006)
GSLV to put in orbit INSAT-4C in July and PSLV will deploy three satellites in August
- Demilitarisation Of Siachen (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Jun 04, 2006)
The Siachen breakthrough did not materialise. We are closer to resolving any of the other outstanding issues with Pakistan.
- Musharraf Markets Pakistan At Silicon Valley Conference (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 04, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that high growth and friendly policies had made Pakistan an ideal destination for world entrepreneurs.
- Taliban Have Safe Havens In Pakistan, Says Afghan Envoy (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 04, 2006)
The Afghan ambassador to the United States, Said Jawad, was quoted here on Saturday as having stated that the Taliban have been emboldened by more advanced weaponry and greater mobility within the country and across the porous border to terrorist . . .
- Karamat Opposes Long Involvement Of Army (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Jun 04, 2006)
Pakistan’s outgoing Ambassador to Unites States, Gen Jehangir Karamat, has advised the government not to involve the army ‘for too long’ in Waziristan and Balochistan because it can be ‘counterproductive’ to do so.
- Another Conviction Stunt (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 04, 2006)
The conviction of Sgt Santos Cardona, who was found guilty of using his dog to intimidate a detainee at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison, can hardly be seen as a victory for the proponents of human rights.
- Infectious Suicide Bombing Menace In Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 04, 2006)
Four soldiers were killed and eight others wounded in a suicide car bombing in Bakkakhel area of Bannu Frontier Region on Friday.
- President’S Re-Election: Legal Aspects (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 04, 2006)
It may be recalled that the last general elections in Pakistan were held during the fourth quarter of the year 2002.
- 35 Die In Afghan Unrest As District Retaken (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Nearly 35 Taliban rebels were killed in the latest strikes in Afghanistan as Afghan and coalition troops took back a district that had been in rebel hands for days, officials said.
- 35 Taliban Killed In New Afghan Unrest (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Nearly 35 Taliban rebels have been killed in the latest strikes in Afghanistan as Afghan and coalition troops took back a district that had been in rebel hands for days, officials said.
- Our Pattern Of Budget-Making (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 04, 2006)
Successive governments in Pakistan have tended to use the annual budgets to gain political mileage rather than promote any particular economic plan or strategy.
- Poetry Of The Nitty-Gritty (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Australian novelist, essayist and short-story writer Delia Falconer goes back into the past to find subjects for her books.
- Pakistan Not In Arms Race: Pm (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 04, 2006)
Pakistan is a peaceful country and its defence doctrine is based on minimum credible deterrence for maintaining peace in the region, according to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
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