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Articles 10621 through 10720 of 27135:
- Bush’S Historic Talks Offer Betrays Few Options Left To Him (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
After 27 years in which the US has refused substantive talks with Iran, President George W Bush reversed course on Wednesday because it was made clear to him by his allies, by the Russians, by the Chinese, and eventually by some of his advisers that . . .
- Maoists Accuse Nepal Govt Of Reneging On Promises (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Maoists in Nepal today charged the government of Prime Minister G P Koirala with going back on promises and trying to push the country back into conflict .
- R E G I O N: Germany Worried About Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Foreign forces in Afghanistan lack a clear vision’
- The Flight Of Merit (Statesman, Usha Mahadevan, Jun 01, 2006)
Do Doctors Serve The System That Subsidised Their Education?
- Checks And Imbalances (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Jun 01, 2006)
President Kalam’s return of the Office of Profit Bill raises three questions.
- Nepal Again Plans To Humble King (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jun 01, 2006)
The king will no longer be the appointing authority of ambassadors and chiefs of constitutional bodies like the chief justice and chief election commissioner.
- Nam On Iran (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 01, 2006)
The Non-Aligned Movement's unequivocal backing of Iran's right to "develop, research, produce and use atomic energy for peaceful purposes" is welcome even if it is unlikely to bring an end to the ongoing stand-off between Tehran and Washington.
- Us Promises ‘Proper’ Probe Into Killing Of Iraqi Civilians (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jun 01, 2006)
The demand for a Haditha inquiry coincides with anti-US riots in Kabul after an American army truck accidentally slammed into parked vehicles in the Afghan capital.
- Maoists Step Up Anti-India, Us Propaganda Ahead Of Talks (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jun 01, 2006)
Ahead of their first-ever public meeting in Kathmandu due on Friday, the Maoists seem to have revived their anti-India stance.
- An Unrealistic Deadline For Indus Dams (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 01, 2006)
The ground-breaking of the Diamer-Basha dam performed by President General Pervez Musharraf on April 26 caused my memory to recall the ground-breaking for the construction of the Tarbela Dam performed nearly 38 years ago on November 4, 1968 by the . . .
- The Lady Is Not For Turning (Deccan Herald, Fred Hiatt, Jun 01, 2006)
The day Aung San Suu Kyi should have been freed, last Saturday, was also the 16th anniversary of the election that should have made her prime minister.
- Heart-Rending Tragedy (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jun 01, 2006)
The entire State has woken up on Wednesday to a grave tragedy of enormous proportions.
- 35 Bengalis Injured As Terrorism Takes On Tourism (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 01, 2006)
About three dozen tourists from West Bengal sustained injuries when unidentified terrorists carried out grenade attacks on two tourist buses in Dalgate area in this capital city today.
- A 'Carrots-And-Sticks' Package For Iran To Be Discussed Today (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The United States has said that world powers are making progress on a package of incentives for Iran to halt its uranium enrichment and other nuclear activities, and a plan for penalties if it does not.
- Credit It To ‘‘Condi’’ Law Makers (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 01, 2006)
After all that was said and done by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President George Bush last month, the real person who is pushing the nuclear deal is Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.
- Pak Assures Complete Elimination Of Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Pakistan today assured India of working towards "complete elimination" of terrorism and fighting the menace in all its forms and manifestations.
- J&k Terrorist Groups Finding New Recruits (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jun 01, 2006)
Maharashtra, Gujarat residents training with Hizb-ul-Mujahideen
Resident of Maharashtra village killed in encounter in J&K
Was most likely being trained on behalf of Lashkar-e-Taiba
Hizb may be seeking to enhance its own pan-India capabilities
- India-Us Economic Relations On A High (Business Line, S. Majumder , Jun 01, 2006)
Given the instances of bounce-back of the US interests in India, it would not be over-optimistic to foresee a paradigm shift in the relations between the two countries. With China figuring as the hot topic of debate in board rooms of several . . .
- Who Was He That I Saw? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 01, 2006)
Instead of solving the mystery of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's disappearance in the disputable plane crash in Taipei on August 18, 1945, the Justice Mukherjee Commission Report has deepened the mystery.
- 'The Army Has To Come Out' (OutLook, Arundhati Roy, Jun 01, 2006)
'The Indians are teaching the Americans, too, how to occupy a place ... The occupation of Kashmir has taken place over years. ... In Iraq, you have 125,000 or so American troops in a situation of war, controlling 25 million Iraqis.
- Five Years After (OutLook, B. Raman , Jun 01, 2006)
Large sections of the people of Kabul, who had welcomed the entry of the Northern Alliance and US troops into Kabul in 2001 with flowers, song and dance, shouted the most abusive slogans against the US and Mr Karzai on May 29, 2006. What gives?
- Mistaken Apology (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 01, 2006)
Janet Daley wonders why Lib-Left intellectuals, who abused the US for supporting dictators during the Cold War, criticise Bush for overthrowing Saddam Hussein
- Pranab, Wen Review Boundary Issue (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Efforts to find a political settlement to the vexed Sino-Indian boundary dispute by their Special Representatives were reviewed during a meeting between Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and visiting Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, official sources . . .
- Syria's Silent Purge (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Jun 01, 2006)
Reasons for the regime's new bullishness lie largely beyond the country's borders.
- Haditha Horror: They Knew Marines Were Lying (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
A military investigator uncovered evidence in February and March that contradicted repeated claims by marines that Iraqi civilians killed in Haditha last November were victims of a roadside bomb, according to a senior military official in Iraq.
- Respect Law As Indians Do, Say Pak Lawmakers (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Applauding India’s flourishing democracy and its “law abiding” citizens, Pakistani lawmakers have said they wanted their countrymen to learn “good lessons” from the democratic standards set by the neighbouring State.
- Don’T Jump The Gun On Iran: Iaea Chief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Iran does not pose an immediate nuclear threat and the world must act cautiously to avoid repeating mistakes made with Iraq and North Korea, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency said.
- Aids: Ignorance Is The Main Problem (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 01, 2006)
On 5 June 1981, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first cases of what would become known as AIDS.
- The Unrest In Sri Lanka (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 01, 2006)
On May 21, 1991, a suicide bomber strapped with explosives deputed by LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran blew herself up and assassinated former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
- Navy Announces Rs 20-Lakh Relief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The Navy today regretted yesterday’s Wullar Lake incident and said “suitable disciplinary action” would be initiated against those found responsible for the boat accident in which 21 schoolchildren and a teacher were drowned during a picnic boat ride.
- Further Remand For Pravin Mahajan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Plea for undergoing psychiatric tests adjourned
- Tigers Or Terrorists? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 01, 2006)
At last, the European Union has realised that the Liberal Tigers of Tamil Eelam is out and out a terrorist outfit and deserves to be banned.
- Resident Doctors End Agitation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Medical students, however, say they will continue the protest on the quota issue
Supreme Court says they resume work or face contempt
Those who do not rejoin work will be served termination notice: Anbumani
- Obliterate The Tamil Tigers (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jun 01, 2006)
On May 21, 1991, a suicide bomber strapped with explosives deputed by the LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran blew herself up and assassinated former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Prabhakaran, who faces charges of involvement in Rajiv Gandhi's . . .
- Pranab Inaugurates Permanent Photo Exhibit Of Buddhist Art (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Jun 01, 2006)
Exhibit is sponsored by the Indian Embassy in Beijing
Part of cultural activities of Sino-Indian Friendship Year
- Is The Indo-Pak Nuke Deal In Trouble? (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jun 01, 2006)
Delhi wants watertight assurances from Washington that the nuclear fuel it agrees to supply for India's civil reactors will never be suspended for political reasons
- Corrections And Clarifications (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 01, 2006)
In "Kalam sends back Office of Profit Bill" (May 31, 2006, page 1), the sub-heading was "Says focus should be on evolving a just, fair criteria", while the sentence in the text was "Mr. Kalam said the focus of the Bill should be on evolving a . . .
- Oops, Upa Gingerly Over Bill Of Losses (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The government, said sources, is mulling three options (see accompanying box) to deal with the emergent situation.
- Rice's Choice For Iran (Boston Globe, Editorial, Boston Globe, Jun 01, 2006)
The bush administration's dramatic turnabout on direct negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program is the right thing to do, and it appears to have been done at the right time.
- Washington's Iran Gambit (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The diplomatic track attempting to block Iran's quest for nuclear weapons is at a critical stage. Washington has agreed to join the Europeans in talks with Teheran, provided that Iran suspends uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities.
- Soldiers Who Went To Build Bridges Fight For Their Lives (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
The Taleban is back – and its bloody return has left British mission in almost daily gun battles
- Joyride Ends In Tragedy (Tribune, Ehsan Fazili, May 31, 2006)
It was a nightmarish experience for a group of 32 schoolchildren from Handwara, whose picnic to the Wular Lake in north Kashmir ended in the death of 17 persons, including 15 students.
- Upa Loses Face Over Bill To Save Skin (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Already wracked by the quota crisis, the UPA faced a severe setback today when President A P J Abdul Kalam returned the amended “Office-of-Profit” Bill to Parliament for reconsideration.
- Trouble In Afghanistan Is Not Just Talibanism (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 31, 2006)
Last Monday’s rioting in Kabul portends ill for the government of President Hamid Karzai as well as the United States project of bringing normalcy to Afghanistan. Consider.
- Fraud In Myanmar (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 31, 2006)
Aung San Suu Kyi has spent no less than a decade under house arrest and yet commands far greater respect than the ruling generals in Yangon.
- Quake Toll Rises To 5,700; Hope For Survivors Fades (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Emergency relief operation involving 22 countries picks up pace
- Saving The Serendip (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, May 31, 2006)
While the EU has shown forbearance in dealing with the LTTE, it is now clear that the patience of the international community is wearing thin.
- Rioting In Kabul (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 31, 2006)
The riot and the curfew in Kabul on Monday prove one thing beyond doubt — things are not under the control of the Karzai government even in Kabul. Conspiracy theory is irrelevant here.
- Fifteen Children Die In Kashmir Boat Accident (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
At least 15 school children died in Kashmir on Tuesday after their boat capsized in the region's largest lake, police and army officials said.
- Continuing Shame (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 31, 2006)
Repetition does not reduce the revulsion at certain actions.
- Un To Keep Working For Release Of Myanmar Leader (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The United Nations has vowed to continue working for the release of Myanmar democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, whose house arrest the country's military Junta has extended.
- Annan To Keep Working For Release Of Suu Kyi (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, May 31, 2006)
The United Nations has vowed to continue working for the release of Myanmar democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, whose house arrest the country's military Junta has extended.
- Tigers On Eu Terror List (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The EU listed Sri Lanka’s rebel LTTE as a banned terrorist organisation today amid a sharp escalation in clashes between it and the military, EU diplomats said.
- India Pledges $2 Mn Aid To Quake-Hit Indonesia (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
India has pledged two million US Dollars as humantarian relief assistance to quake-devastated people of Indonesia.
- All For A Good Yarn (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 31, 2006)
Do you actually care — I’d write give a damn, except that in these contexts one must choose one’s words with caution
- Sino-Indian Military Ties Important: Jiabao (Tribune, Anil K. Joseph, May 31, 2006)
A day after India and China signed a historic pact to further expand cooperation in defence sector, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao today said that military-to-military ties were an important component in state-to-state relations.
- Saving The Package (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , May 31, 2006)
Dear Prime Minister,
I am a supporter of the nuclear deal, which you have concluded with the American president, George W. Bush — as an Indian citizen and as a columnist who has had a ringside view of the progress of this accord from its womb . . .
- Sino-Indian Ties (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 31, 2006)
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Chinese counterpart Gen Cao Gangchuan in Beijing on Monday underlines a new beginning in the relations between the two neighbours.
- Moon’S Secrets Could Be Unravelled (Deccan Herald, U R RAO, May 31, 2006)
The synergy between the two space powers should benefit the scientific community
- Border Bonhomie (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 31, 2006)
India and China should stabilise their common borders
- Violence In Kabul (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 31, 2006)
The deaths of 14 people in Kabul following an accident in which a US military vehicle rammed into local cars and killed five people shows the extent of frustration and resentment against the foreign presence in that country.
- Paf, Pn To Get Boost (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 31, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that PAF will be equipped with high-tech aircraft and state-of-the-art weapon systems to make it strong and effective to defend the country’s aerial borders.
- Mounting Resistance In Afghanistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 31, 2006)
AT least 14 persons were killed as rioters tore through the Afghan capital on Monday amidst anti-American chants torching cars and buildings after US troops opened fire following a deadly traffic accident involving a US military vehicle. Restaurants . . .
- Big Trouble In A Small Country (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 31, 2006)
East Timor was supposed to be a United Nations success story. Yet in recent weeks, a mere four years into its journey as an independent nation, it has exploded into violence, exhibiting many of the symptoms of state failure.
- Arms Control In A Unipolar World (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 31, 2006)
After unsigning the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, sabotaging the verification protocol of the Biological Weapons Convention, and taking the arms race into Outer Space, the United States has finally settled on a multilateral arms control measure it . . .
- Speaking A Common Language (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 31, 2006)
The response to Pranab Mukherjee's visit has been positive in China.
- Ship Crashes Into Rock Off Karwar, (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The ship, originally from Panama, arrived at Karwar on May 24 from Karachi and was berthed on an island near the lighthouse.
- India Steps Up Aid To Indonesia (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, May 31, 2006)
India is putting together an aid package worth $2 million for earthquake-hit Indonesia.
- The Mind Of A Maobadi (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, May 31, 2006)
Fifty-one year old Suresh is a Magar, Jan Jati (tribal), the hardcore of the 10-year long Maoist movement in Nepal.
- Extensive Consensus On Defence Cooperation With China (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 31, 2006)
Wen calls Pranab's visit a success; progress of border negotiations discussed
- Dawn Of A New Era In Nepal (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, May 31, 2006)
A new era has dawned in Nepal. In a historic declaration, the revived Parliament adopted resolutions that not only stripped the King of his title as the Supreme Commander of the Royal Nepal Army, but also brought his private property and earnings . . .
- 16 Students, Teacher Killed As Boat Capsizes In Wullar (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
At least 16 young schoolchildren and a teacher drowned to death when their mechanised boat, acquired from a Navy unit, capsized in Wullar Lake near Watlab in Sopore-Handwara belt of north Kashmir this afternoon. In all, 20 were believed dead as three . .
- Fighting India's Low Intensity Civil War (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, May 31, 2006)
India has been involved, for sometime now, in what may appropriately be termed as a low intensity civil war. When we survey the scene from eastern India to north western India,
- Quota Stir On, Govt To Call Army Docs (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Striking medicos on Tuesday decided to carry on with their anti-reservation agitation despite the Supreme Court directive to call off the same.
- Negotiations The Only Credible Way Out (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
Gulf countries will suffer as much, if not more, than Iran, if the US uses force to halt its weapons programme, says Marianna Belenkaya
- Roller-Coaster Ride In Kashmir (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, May 31, 2006)
Roundtable Conference has taken the dialogue process between alienated Kashmiris and the Government forward, says CP Bhambhri
- Cpm's Hero Runs A Police State (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 31, 2006)
Hugo Chavez has not only turned Venezuela into an authoritarian state, but also made it a land of mass destitution and inequality, says Lowell Ponte
- 12 Sinhalese Executed By Tamil Tigers (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Assailants raided an eastern Sri Lankan village, abducted 14 ethnic Sinhalese labourers and shot 12 of them in the head, the military said on Tuesday. Officials blamed the Tamil Tiger rebels, who denied involvement.
- Japan Rises In The East (Pioneer, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , May 31, 2006)
India and Japan already have numerous business joint ventures; they must now look to enhancing defence, and particularly maritime, cooperation
- Witness Killed, Claims Saddam's Prosecutor (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The defence said on Tuesday that one of its witnesses who testified in the trial of Saddam Hussein had been killed as it complained of restrictions on presenting its case and the former Iraqi leader insisted his defence should get as much time as . . .
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