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Articles 10921 through 11020 of 27135:
- Iran-Usa On Collision Course (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
Were there a will to peace, the nuclear issue is eminently resolvable on basis of the safeguards criteria of the International Ato-mic Energy Agency and obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
- What Were You Doing Till Now? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, May 26, 2006)
Raha an example of how not to handle successions
- Golden Heritage Of Myanmar (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, May 26, 2006)
Myanmar, though one of the most backward countries of the region, is incredibly beautiful and the people are exceptionally warm.
- Defacement Fate For Catherine’S Palace (Statesman, Andrew Osborn , May 26, 2006)
The mayor of Moscow, Mr Yuri Luzhkov, has been accused of vandalism for steaming ahead with plans to build a mock Tsarist complex on the substantial remains of an 18th-century palace that . . .
- Gujarat: Breeding Ground (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 26, 2006)
Investigators shut down terror cells tasked with executing strikes in Gujarat, but the threat remains.
- A Ridge Too Cold (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 26, 2006)
Nine earlier rounds of defence-secretary level talks between India and Pakistan on de-militarising the Siachen sector have failed to make headway, and there should be no surprise that the tenth round, which concluded on Thursday, ended on a similar note.
- India, Pak Begin Talks On Sir Creek With (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, May 26, 2006)
Surveyors-General of India and Pakistan today held result-oriented and purposeful talks on Sir Creek, the 96-km-long estuary in the marshes of the Rann of Kutch, separating Gujarat (India) from Sind (Pakistan), which has been the bone of contention . . .
- Medicos Turn Down Kalam’S Appeal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
The President’s appeal to medicos to call off their fast, like the Prime Minister’s before him, has met the same response.
- Across The Palk Straits (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 26, 2006)
The spurt in the flow of refugees from north-eastern Sri Lanka into Tamil Nadu may not be cause for alarm, but it is a clear sign that the low-intensity war in the island republic is escalating.
- The Decline Of The Civil Service (Dawn, Zafar Iqbal, May 26, 2006)
Ms Anjum Niaz’s column in Sunday’s Dawn Magazine of April 9, 2006, seems to have incensed Mr Rashid Akhtar of Lahore.
- Glacial ‘No-Go’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 26, 2006)
That the defence minister opted to personally report the lack of progress at the discussions to resolve the Siachen stand-off articulates reality more emphatically than the diplomatically-worded statement issued thereafter.
- India Upbeat On Us Nuclear Deal After Talks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
India said on Thursday that it was confident US laws could be changed soon to allow a landmark nuclear deal between the two countries to come into force.
- Iran Ready To Stop Enrichment: Iaea (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 26, 2006)
Foreign ministers to meet next week: US
* We don’t want conflict with Iran: Blair
* Nejad accuses ‘enemies’ of plotting ethnic tensions
- Gogoi As Catalyst (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 26, 2006)
Having led the Congress to victory in the 2001 and 2006 assembly elections, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi can be relied upon to act as a catalyst to bring about direct talks between the Centre and Ulfa leaders.
- Say No To Tehran's Gambit (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, May 26, 2006)
All of a sudden, revolutionary Iran has offered direct talks with the United States. All of a sudden, the usual suspects -- European commentators, American liberals, dissident CIA analysts, Madeleine Albright -- are urging the administration to take . . .
- It's Time To Engage With Iran (Washington Post, David Ignatius, May 26, 2006)
"Only connect." That was the trademark line of E.M. Forster's great novel "Howards End."
- Mystery Of Pakistan's Cloistered Scientist (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
The large house in a plush district of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, that was once his home is now his prison.
- World Powers Meet In London On Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
Six world powers searched for common ground on Wednesday on rewarding Iran if it gives up uranium enrichment, and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged Tehran to “lift the cloud of uncertainty” about its nuclear program.
- Learning Democratic Lessons (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 25, 2006)
Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, who served as Prime Ministers of Pakistan through much of the 1990s, were equally guilty of breaching the political principle that forbids seeking the aid of undemocratic forces to capture power.
- Manmohan Singh Tells Security Forces To Be Firm But Humane (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, May 25, 2006)
Message to personnel deployed in Jammu and Kashmir
Presides over a comprehensive review of the Unified Command
Reviews progress of reconstruction plan announced by him in 2004
Calls for a thrust in power and road sectors
Directs sanction . . .
- Iaf Likely To Purchase Us Transport Aircraft (Deccan Herald, N Madhuprasad, May 25, 2006)
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has proposed to procure specialised American C-130 J transport aircraft, according to sources in the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
- Court Denies Centre More Time To Implement Cas (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to give the Centre more time to implement the "consumer-friendly" Conditional Access System (CAS) for viewing satellite television channels in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.
- Indian Navy Will Be Best In World: Naval Chief (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Arun Prakash said on Wednesday that plans were afoot to make the Indian Navy the best in the world in the next 15 years.
- Israel Must Halt Crisis Among Palestinians (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, May 25, 2006)
If Israelis won't deal with Hamas, they could end up facing a more radical alternative: Islamic Jihad or even Al-Qaeda.
- Celebrating India's Loss (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, May 25, 2006)
It's hard to build a new house by demolishing the old one." That's how a Hindu citizen of Nepal reacted to Prime Minister GP Koirala's questionable attempt to deface the symbol of the world's only Hindu Kingdom by stripping the occupant of . . .
- Rouble & Power Of Intellect (Pioneer, Dmitry Kosyrev, May 25, 2006)
Rouble is money, if you do not mind.
- Fighting A Common Enemy (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 25, 2006)
It is in the interest of both India and Nepal to stop the march of Maoists towards the capital of the Himalayan kingdom, says Shyam Khosla.
- Pak Atomic Chief Also An N-Thief (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, May 25, 2006)
The new chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Anwar Ali, has been linked to "at least one smuggling operation" in Canada. He reportedly tried to obtain specialised equipment for Pakistan's uranium-enrichment programme in 1980.
- Spirit Of America (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 25, 2006)
The truth, as the film United 93 depicts, is that human organisation works on precedent rather than foresight,
- Dragging The Feet On Disarmament (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, May 25, 2006)
Sharp differences marked the debate among countries over the scope of FMCT
- Quota And The Tamil Nadu Experience (Hindu, S. Neelakantan, May 25, 2006)
The reservation policy has produced visible improvements in the conditions of the deprived sections. However, the time is ripe for a reconsideration of the exclusively caste-based criteria.
- Telecom-Specific Special Economic Zones Planned (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
To triple the subscriber base in another four years
50 crore phones by 2010
Emphasis on rural areas
Move for Internet connections to school
- India, Pak Fail To Break Ice On Siachen (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, May 25, 2006)
With India and Pakistan sticking to their previously stated positions, there was no breakthrough at the end of the tenth round of Defence Secretary-level talks on the demilitarisation of Siachen.
- Siachen Ceasefire To Continue (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, May 25, 2006)
India and Pakistan today yet again failed to reach a breakthrough on resolving the Siachen dispute but, on the brighter side, they decided to continue with the ceasefire, which has been holding since November, 2003.
- Pm Calls For Army And Civilian Reforms In Valley (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, May 25, 2006)
Zero tolerance for custody deaths, PM tells Unified Command; will announce seven sub-groups today on politics, governance
- Reservation Blues (Indian Express, COLIN NICKERSON, May 25, 2006)
In his column in the May 28 issue of Organiser, M.V. Kamath has argued strongly against Arjun Singh proposal for OBC quotas.
- Pm Meets Kashmir Groups In Shadow Of Violence (Reuters, Palash Kumar, May 25, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was to end his two-day peace roundtable in Kashmir on Thursday, a day after appealing to militants to come home and telling his own troops to be more humane.
- Sri Lanka Wants Gulf Arabs To Ban Tamil Rebels (Reuters, HEBA KANDIL, May 25, 2006)
Sri Lanka said on Wednesday it wants Gulf Arab states to ban Tamil Tiger rebels and starve them of funds by cracking down on members who force Tamil expatriates in the region to chip in for its activities.
- Tareq Testifies In Defence Of Saddam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz took the witness stand today to defend Saddam Hussein and his associates in a case involving the killing of Shiite civilians from Dujail in the 1980s.
- Mind After Knee-Jerk (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 25, 2006)
So the political class has spoken. The 27% OBC quota in Central institutions is now only a couple of months and a Bill away—a Bill to which no one in Parliament will object.
- Afghanistan, Pakistan Seek To Defuse Rising Tension (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , May 25, 2006)
Kabul envoy meets senior Pakistan officials over Taliban issue
- Pranab Blames Pak For Failure Of Siachen Talks (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
Persisting differences over authentication of positions held by their respective armed forces in Siachen glacier on Wednesday prevented defence secretaries of India and Pakistan from making any breakthrough.
- Lessons For Orakzai (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 25, 2006)
LT Gen (R) Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai was sworn in as Governor of NWFP replacing Commander Khalil-ur-Rehman, who has been nominated as advisor to Prime Minister.
- Amnesty Report (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 25, 2006)
A new report by Amnesty International, released on Tuesday, detailing rights abuses across the globe is a reflection of a profound change in perspective on the human rights situation in the world. It is correct in saying that the war on terror has . . .
- Brand Buddha~i (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 25, 2006)
“I am a communist”, said the West Bengal chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on more than one occasion recently.
- Pm Enters Third Year In Office (Daily Excelsior, Atul, May 25, 2006)
Manmohan Singh has entered his third year in office as Prime Minister of India amidst an ominous sign of student unrest all over the country, triggered ostensibly by the controversy over reservations for other backward classes (OBCs) in higher institutes
- Eye On Iran: The True Threat (Jerusalem Post, Correspondent or Reporter, May 25, 2006)
Iran's declarations of their need to become a nuclear power is being obscured by reasoning other then their desire to "wipe Israel off the map."
- Offset Costs Too (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
The ministry of commerce, as reported in this newspaper, is in the process of finalising a National Offset Policy to cover all non-defence purchases of more than Rs 300 crore.
- Why Big Fish Get Away (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, May 24, 2006)
Corruption at high places has regrettably become rather pronounced in the last few decades.
- Spurning Iran’S Letter Diplomacy (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, May 24, 2006)
The hastiness with which the United States has tossed away and almost refused to acknowledge the letter written to President George W. Bush Junior by his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is an indicator that Washington has no faith in . . .
- Disturbing Questions On Demolitions Law (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 24, 2006)
With the notification of the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Bill, 2006, an immediate stop has been put to the vigorous and unprecedented court-ordered demolition and sealing drive in the Capital.
- Fear And Repression In Myanmar (Hindu, John Aglionby , May 24, 2006)
16,000 forced from homes as generals try to annihilate resistance.
- Round Table, And The Road Home? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, May 24, 2006)
Two families of top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen operatives hope that the second round table on Kashmir will help their loved ones return home.
- War Or Peace? (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, May 24, 2006)
The dispute between Iran and the United States is progressing along a predicted course.
- China Acknowledges 'Peaceful' Nuclear Tech Coop With Iran (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2006)
China today acknowledged assisting Iran's pursuit of "peaceful" nuclear energy needs under IAEA safeguards but rejected Western criticism of aiding Tehran's alleged atomic weapons programme.
- The Seven-Year Itch (Dawn, Mahir Ali, May 24, 2006)
IT may have been possible to attach slightly more credibility to the so-called charter of democracy signed in London last week by Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif had the two of them attempted a degree of criticism.
- Sindh Tensions Are Inevitable (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 24, 2006)
The yearlong simmering differences between Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim and his major coalition partner, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), have finally surfaced, with the MQM boycotting the provincial assembly session and Dr Rahim thundering
- Taliban Trying A Comeback (Pioneer, Wilson John, May 24, 2006)
By all accounts, the new Taliban is more aggressive, well armed and trained, in collaboration with Al Qaeda and other terrorist elements, determined to take over, to begin with, southern Afghanistan, despite the presence of coalition forces.
- U.S. Says World Could Handle Loss Of Iran Oil (Reuters, Tom Doggett, May 24, 2006)
Iran's dispute with the West over its nuclear program will probably not lead Tehran to cut off its oil exports, but if it did, the world could handle the lost supply, U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said on Tuesday.
- Troops On Alert For Pm's Kashmir Conclave (Reuters, Palash Kumar, May 24, 2006)
Hundreds of troops sealed off Srinagar on Wednesday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived for a peace meeting which Islamist militants have threatened to disrupt.
- The Afghan Challenge (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, May 24, 2006)
Afghanistan may be a distant nightmare for most people, but right now it is engaged in a grim battle for survival as a development-oriented democratic entity in the face of the Taliban-type terrorism onslaught.
- Cost Overruns On Indigenous Su-30 (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, May 24, 2006)
The licensed production of multi-role Sukhoi-30MKI fighters in the country is running into huge cost overruns, and some of them in the latest batch of imports are flying without some advanced, critical, airborne systems.
- Passing Weapons (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 24, 2006)
Sometimes, when I find myself at another well-informed Delhi dinner party, I wonder who the audience for Westminster Gleanings in Calcutta can be.
- Dubious Victories In Kargil (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd) Himmat Singh Gill, May 24, 2006)
The ghost of the Kargil war that had begun to disappear from the Indian mind should now get a second life through an account of the war titled “Kargil, From Surprise To Victory”, penned by General (retd) VP Malik, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) . . .
- Vanishing Sheen (Tribune, Lt-Gen Vijay Oberoi, May 24, 2006)
Nearly seven years back, my wife and I decided that the place to settle down for us, after my retirement from the Army, was Panchkula.
- The Appalling State Of Indian Muslims (Hindu, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, May 24, 2006)
Muslims in India are falling behind in every conceivable growth indicator
- In Iran's Ambition, Israel's Dark Cloud (Washington Post, Nora Boustany, May 24, 2006)
D avid Landau , editor in chief of the Israeli daily Haaretz, said Monday that Israel hoped to link its need for a stronger defense against the Iranian nuclear threat to its stated willingness to pull out of more occupied Palestinian land.
- Israel-India Radar Deal 'Cleared' (British Broadcasting Corporation, bbc correspondent, May 23, 2006)
The United States says it has lifted its objections to the sale of an advanced airborne radar system by Israel to India
- Life Rewound (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 23, 2006)
Even after about nine years, Abhijit Chandra finds it difficult to forget a theatre inferno that claimed 59 lives in Delhi
- American Dilemma (Pioneer, Niall Ferguson, May 23, 2006)
In a world of multiple cold wars, the risks of nuclear miscalculation and resultant conflict are proportionately higher, says Niall Ferguson
- A Law Unto Themselves (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, May 23, 2006)
Corruption in high places has regrettably become rather pronounced in the last few decades.
- Pranab On China Military Mission (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Defence minister Pranab Mukherjee will be taking up one of the most important international assignments for the government when he leaves for Japan and China on Wednesday with a brief to boost confidence-building measures and also address concerns . . .
- Two Many (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 23, 2006)
It may well be a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth.
- Saddam Trial Adjourned Till May 24 (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
The trial of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants over the massacre of Shiite villagers was adjourned until Wednesday after a stormy hearing on Monday.
- Peace Process With Pak To Continue: Pranab (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said country’s peace process with Pakistan will continue even though militant attacks are continuing in Kashmir from across the border.
- Coalition Troops Kill 80 Taliban (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
US-led forces in Afghanistan killed around 80 Taliban fighters in attacks on their strongholds in the south today, the governor of Kandahar province said.
- Nepal Maoist, Spa Leaders Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Support for peace road map, constituent assembly reiterated
"Nepal should be made a republic"
India and Nepal are twins: Yechury
Main task of Parliament is to hold elections
- Hurriyat Not To Attend Round Table (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , May 23, 2006)
One killed, 20 injured in grenade attacks in Srinagar
National Conference also issues a threat
Jaish owns responsibility for Monday's grenade attacks
- Karat For Consensus On Reservation Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 23, 2006)
Proposed quota should benefit the poor among SCs, STs and OBCs
Pranab briefs Karat on GoM proposals
Government may increase number of seats
"Exclude the affluent and those with access to jobs and higher education"
- Environment Denial Syndrome (Hindu, Mihir Shah, May 23, 2006)
Builds a terracotta movement that focusses on changing incentives to manage the environment
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