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Articles 12321 through 12420 of 27135:
- Elections In 2007 (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 24, 2006)
Is 2007 election year or not? The prime minister has just said it is. But other ruling party bigwigs, including Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, continue to suggest that elections can be put off by a year, “constitutionally” they add, as if to show how . . .
- Us Should Recognise Pakistan And Israel As N-Weapon States’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 24, 2006)
It was suggested here on Sunday that the United States, having implicitly recognised India as a nuclear weapons state, should now give Pakistan and Israel the same recognition by working with all three to map a scenario for progressive global . . .
- Should Generals Speak Out? (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Apr 24, 2006)
Commentators have described what has happened in the US this month as a virtual revolt, though confined to a few retired Generals. Unless put down firmly, they fear that it might become a contagion and spread to serving officers and spell the . . .
- India, Germany To Co-Operate In N-Power, Space (Business Line, Man Mohan, Apr 24, 2006)
Major force
German companies keen on setting up manufacturing units in India
- Anguish And After (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 24, 2006)
Following the Danish cartoon controversy, a number of Muslim states are coming together to lobby and press for limits on freedom of expression, reports . . .
- Watch For Low-Pressure Area Extended (Business Line, Vinson Kurian, Apr 24, 2006)
The watch for the evolving low-pressure area over Southeast Bay of Bengal has been extended to the next 48 hours even as a number of weather foreign models showed the prospective system growing in strength and heading north, while skirting the . . .
- President’S Resolve (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 24, 2006)
It was good to see General Musharraf highlight the need for free and fair elections and ask the people not to vote for corrupt elements. Addressing a students’ convention in Islamabad on . . .
- Chinks In Mafia's Armour (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Apr 24, 2006)
Who says, that crimes can be buried with the passage of time? Nemesis has habit of catching up at the most unexpected moment. Italian police arrested Bernardo Provenzano, boss of all bosses of the Sicilian Mafia, on April 12, 2005 after 43 years.
- War Against Taliban, Qaida Must Go On: Uk (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Coalition troops must maintain the offensive against Taliban and al-Qaida militants in Afghanistan to prevent their return to power, Britain's visiting defense secretary said on Sunday.
- Benazir, Sharif To Make Common Cause (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 24, 2006)
The two former Prime Ministers of Pakistan who live in exile, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, are to meet in London on Monday to chart out a common course of "political agenda" for the October 2007 general elections.
- Did Numbers Turn China Against Cult? (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
They are the leaders of the world’s two superpowers,” the reporter was intoning, with the solemnity appropriate to the dawning of a new geo-political era in which China is set to overtake the USA as the leading global economy. Suddenly the decorum . . .
- Looking Forward To This Election (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
While elections can mean many things to many people, in the modern city of Coimbatore which is fast turning into a metropolis, it is linked with the hopes of freedom among some 200 odd Muslim men who are lodged in various prisons under various . . .
- American Empire-I (Statesman, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Apr 24, 2006)
Susan Sontag spoke for many Left-wing intellectuals when she excoriated American culture as “inorganic, dead, coercive, authoritarian” and insisted that what America “deserves” is to have its wealth “taken away” by the so-called Third World.
- Meeting The Demand For Interactive Education (Hindu, B.S. Warrier, Apr 24, 2006)
Edusat is the first Indian satellite designed and developed exclusively for serving the educational sector in India.
- Army, Navy Come Recruiting At Career Fair (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Programme aimed at freshers and experienced candidates
- Biggest Crisis For Bush As Poll Ratings Slide (Hindu, Paul Harris, Apr 24, 2006)
A White House shake-up is just the beginning as George W. Bush's party fights to keep control of Congress.
- New Pm Seen As Weak By Iraqi Media (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Apr 24, 2006)
The Iraqi press reacted cautiously to the appointment of Jawad al-Maliki as the prime minister in the country’s first four-year elected government for decades. Commentators writing in Sunday’s papers viewed him as a sectarian figure who will not be . . .
- New Delhi Out Of Step (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 24, 2006)
After doing the right thing on Nepal for more than a year, India runs the risk of putting itself out of step with the Himalayan kingdom's inspiring democratic revolution by betting on King Gyanendra's last throw of the dice.
- What Happened To Ufos? (Deccan Herald, Iain Hollingshead, Apr 24, 2006)
Public interest in UFOs has waned with entry of internet and conspiracy theories
- Defiant Cherries (Deccan Herald, Vatsala Vedantam, Apr 24, 2006)
Human immigrants in US face displacement, but a plant remains a favourite
- Arabs Under A Persian Moon (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Apr 24, 2006)
The current tension over the nuclear ambitions of Iran is causing great concern among its Arab neighbours. While they are individually too weak to . . .
- For Nepal, This Can Be A New Beginning (Indian Express, Deb Mukharji, Apr 24, 2006)
The seven party alliance in Nepal have shown wisdom and foresight in rejecting the terms offered by the King of Nepal in his proclamation of April 21.
- Iraqi Prime Minister Gets One Month To Form Government (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Fresh mortar attacks and the discovery of six bodies in Baghdad on Sunday highlighted the security challenge still facing Iraqi leaders after they broke months of political deadlock to appoint a new Prime Minister.
- Elusive Peace In Sri Lanka (Tribune, Shylashri Shankar, Apr 24, 2006)
The peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE have not made any headway.
- Value Of People’S Power (Tribune, S. D. Muni , Apr 24, 2006)
Events can throw up parallel government in Nepal
- Toothpaste Brushes Aside Teargas In Nepal (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Apr 24, 2006)
Journalists can be divided into two categories — those who know the uses of fluoride toothpaste and those who don’t.
- Iran Raises Pitch Before Key Session (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Iran’s decision to enrich uranium is irreversible, its foreign ministry said today in defiance of international demands it halt all nuclear work.
- Civil War Cloud Over Lanka (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers kidnapped and killed six ethnic Sinhalese farmers, police and the army said today, raising fears of communal violence that could lead to renewed civil war.
- Assembly Poll Outcome To Be ‘Turning Point’, Says Sharad Yadav (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Newly-elected JD(U) president Sharad Yadav feels realignment of political forces will bring back "lost glory" to the third front but his party is not in a mood to desert BJP.
- Indo-Myanmar Relations (Daily Excelsior, Indu Prakash Singh, Apr 24, 2006)
The military rule in Myanmar is on the agenda of the UN General Assembly beginning September 20.
- More German Nuclear Help For India Possible - Merkel (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Germany may offer India more help with its civilian nuclear programme subject to the ratification of a U.S. deal to provide New Delhi with nuclear technology, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday.
- Tribal Rebels Blow Up Gas Pipeline In Pakistan (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Tribal militants fighting for greater autonomy in Pakistan's restive southwestern Baluchistan province blew up a pipeline supplying a major gas distribution plant on Sunday, a senior official said.
- Bush Says Blair Had Option To Withdraw From Iraq Invasion (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 24, 2006)
British Premier insisted he would not abandon ally
- Troops Must Stay In Helmand: Reid (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Coalition troops must continue war against Taliban and Al Qaeda militants in Afghanistan to prevent their return to power, Britain’s visiting defence secretary said on Sunday.
- Policemen, Taliban Die In Afghan Clashes (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 24, 2006)
Two policemen and three Taliban were killed and six other policemen were wounded in three clashes in Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said.
- Bare Breasts And Bare-Faced Politics (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Apr 23, 2006)
India's morality stormtroopers were steamed up last week in response to two incidents of "wardrobe malfunction" at the Lakme India Fashion Week in Mumbai.
- 74 Per Cent Turnout In Second Phase Of West Bengal Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2006)
Polling peaceful; clean sweep for Left Front, says exit poll
Long queues seen outside booths after voting time
BSF jawan on poll duty shoots himself dead with service rifle
- Squaring The Circle (Hindu, GEETA DOCTOR, Apr 23, 2006)
The Ramanujan-Hardy story finds a new equation with a film on their relationship.
- Life-Changing Books (Hindu, V. Gangadhar, Apr 23, 2006)
Two novels, very different in nature, still influence people.
- New Delhi Seeks Transit Facility: India-Pakistan-Afghan Trade Urged (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2006)
India on Saturday said that if Islamabad provided New Delhi with the transit facility for trade with Afghanistan then it would also benefit Pakistan as Peshawar would become a hub of economic activity.
- Blast Kills Four Canadians In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2006)
Four Canadian soldiers were killed on Saturday when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, Canadian military spokesman Mark McIntyre said.
- Trans-Kashmir Trade Talks On May 2 (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Apr 23, 2006)
Pakistan and India have agreed to hold talks on trans Kashmir trade and establishing new links in another major step towards reviving old Kashmiri links and facilitating greater interaction between people on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC).
- 70 Pc Turnout In Phase Two Of Wb Polls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2006)
The second phase of polling in West Bengal witnessed a massive turn out of voters on Saturday with an average of 70 per cent polling.
- Jawad Maliki Endorsed As Iraq's Prime Minister (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Apr 23, 2006)
Sunni groups welcome nomination; Talabani wins second term
- Artillery, Helicopters Pound Taliban Hideouts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 23, 2006)
Artillery guns and helicopter gunships pounded suspected Taliban hideouts on Saturday after they attacked a security check-post in North Waziristan, local sources said.
- Bjp Opposes India's Military Role In Nepal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
The BJP has opposed any military intervention by India in Nepal and asserted that both Constitutional monarchy and functional democracy were important for the Himalayan Kingdom.
- Nepal Faces King-Size Questions (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Apr 22, 2006)
India, whose involvement was as inevitable as it was active, should be relieved at the Nepal king finding favour with democracy again. Gyanendra’s announcement is in line with the Indian prescription to tide over the current crisis.
- All Set For First Phase Of Assembly Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
All arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of the first of the three-phased polling for the Assembly elections which will take place in Kerala on Saturday.
- Us, China Pledge To Boost Ties (Deccan Herald, Joseph Kahn, Apr 22, 2006)
President Bush and China's president, Hu Jintao, pledged to cooperate more closely on fighting nuclear proliferation and reducing trade imbalances on Thursday, but broke no new ground on the most delicate issues that divide the two nations.
- Little Lamb In Shadow Of Nawaz (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Apr 22, 2006)
When Gen Pervez Musharraf made that oblique reference to the presence of a foreign hand, refusing to identify the suspect in Balochistan I knew it was coming.
- Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 22, 2006)
Historically speaking, the bikini is a bad joke. Sixty years after its invention, political correctness and the end of the Cold War have made that sort of humour all but impossible to carry off. In 1946, when Louis Réard, a French engineer, strayed . . .
- Patrol Vessel Of Navy Sinks Off Goa's Coast (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
A patrol vessel of the Navy sank off the coast of Goa after a collision with a merchant carrier, an official release said here today.
- Controlling Content (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 22, 2006)
and B ministry takes a step backwards
The Information and Broadcasting ministry needs to tell us why it views freedom enjoyed by television channels in deciding on the content and presentation of their programmes as an aberration.
- India, Us Advance Plans To Deal With Terrorism (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
India and the US have agreed to respond to counter-terrorism assistance requests expeditiously and collaborate to upgrade preparedness and capability to deal with terrorism.
- From Surprise To Victory (Tribune, General (Retd) V. P. Malik, Apr 22, 2006)
While our military operations were gathering momentum and achieving success in recapturing important positions occupied by the enemy every few days, we learnt from the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meetings that the US Administration was . . .
- Informal Mahajot May Jolt Cpm (Pioneer, Ashok Malik, Apr 22, 2006)
As 66 constituencies of the West Bengal Assembly ready for voting on Saturday, April 22, the question uppermost on the Trinamool Congress-BJP alliance's mind is: to what degree will an "informal" mahajot take shape?
- Shielding The Consumerists (Pioneer, Sanjog Maheshwari, Apr 22, 2006)
The consumer protection law may not prima facie appear to be consumer-hostile but the ground realities under which it operates render it totally ineffective against the Government owned boards and organisations.
- Courier Services (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 22, 2006)
The Government's move to amend the Indian Post Office Act, 1896, to ban courier service companies from carrying letters weighing less than 300 grams, is anti-people, regressive and against the spirit of the economic reforms which seeks . . .
- Boucher Clears Nuclear Deal Air (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
The US has said India’s own moratorium on nuclear testing was one of the reasons why the civilian nuclear agreement was signed between the countries and that it looked forward to the continuance of the moratorium.
- Indian Army Communication Network System Launched (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 22, 2006)
DZAN network to give India technological edge over adversaries
* Scientists unveil anti-nuclear, biological and chemical equipment
- Israeli Lobby And Us Interests (Dawn, Kurt Jacobsen and Sayeed Hasan Khan, Apr 22, 2006)
IN the mid-1980s an air-headed action film entitled ‘Delta Force’ popped up on American movie screens.
- In Nepal, The Beginning Of The End (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 22, 2006)
People power has forced Gyanendra to cede executive power. But only a democratically elected Constituent Assembly can bring the people true sovereignty.
- India To Station Mig-29 Fighter-Bombers At Tajikistan Base (Tribune, RAHUL BEDI, Apr 22, 2006)
India’s first overseas military facility in Tajikistan is expected to become operational by the year-end as part of New Delhi’s thrust into oil-rich Central Asia to meet its growing energy needs.
- No Alternative To Talks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 22, 2006)
Waziristan has become a festering wound for Pakistan. Operations in the tribal area are now more than two years old, but going by the results it seems the end is nowhere in sight, and the militants hiding there continue to create trouble.
- Himalayan Blunder (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 22, 2006)
National Security Adviser MK Narayanan speaks in riddles when he says India and Pakistan are "closer to a final point" on demilitarising Siachen glacier "but there are a lot of issues to be discussed".
- Ruling Coalition Blues (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 22, 2006)
NOTWITHSTANDING Mr Shaukat Aziz’s assertion that the PML will sweep the next general elections, the first workers convention in Peshawar on Thursday must have been something of a disappointment for the party leadership as the function was . . .
- Waziristan Situation (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 22, 2006)
Despite repeated assurances that the situation is about to be brought under control, militants continue to launch attacks in North Waziristan on government installations and security personnel with impunity.
- Jaswant Grills Indian Govt Over Nuclear Deal With Us (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 22, 2006)
Criticising the India-United States nuclear deal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former foreign minister Jaswant Singh on Thursday accused the Manmohan Singh government of accepting nuclear arms control and a cap on the nuclear tests . . .
- More Of Guantanamo Excesses (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 22, 2006)
THE statement by a senior Pakistani security official that the number of Pakistani nationals being held at the US military detention camp in Guantanamo Bay is higher than previously believed should be a cause for concern.
- Nuclear Numbers (Times of India, Gurmeet Kanwal, Apr 22, 2006)
One of the contentious issues that had threatened to derail the historic nuclear agreement signed by India and the US is the number of nuclear warheads that India needs for credible minimum deter-rence.
- Fernandes Sees Radical Political Changes After Assembly Elections (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Too many `third fronts' in existence, says the former Defence Minister
Mid-term polls unlikely
Differences in Janata Dal (U) are due to lack of internal democracy
No plan to revive Samata Party
- Assembly Polls Begin In Wb, Kerala (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Amid unprecedented security, the second phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal in 66 constituencies in four districts began at 7:00 am on Saturday morning.
- India's Freeze On Nuclear Testing Must Hold: U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Bush regime not to insist on new commitments
Negotiations will be held with the Indian Government directly
Congress aware of deal's benefits to non-proliferation
- Ambush: 40 Held In Pakistan Tribal Belt (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 22, 2006)
Authorities in the tribal belt of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan claim to have detained over 40 persons on Friday following an incident in which at least seven personnel of Pakistan paramilitary forces were killed and 26 others injured as . . .
- First Proof, Then Sanctions On Iran: Russia (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Apr 22, 2006)
Russia has ruled out sanctions against Iran until there is hard evidence that Teheran is pursuing nuclear weapons.
- Sri Lanka For Continuing Talks (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Apr 22, 2006)
Deplores "continued reluctance" of LTTE
- Rajnath For "Direct Action" To Wipe Out Isi Bases In U.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
BJP president Rajnath Singh today asked the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government to initiate ``direct action'' to wipe out ISI bases in West and East UP.
- Varanasi And The Puppet Masters Of Terror (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 22, 2006)
Investigation into the Varanasi bombings has led to the Harkat ul-Jihad Islami, accentuating concerns about the emergence of Bangladesh as a base for Islamist terror groups.
- Second Phase Of Polling In West Bengal Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 22, 2006)
Sixty-six constituencies spread across four districts of West Bengal will go to the polls in the second of the five-phase Assembly elections in the State on Saturday. In all, 348 candidates, including 28 women, are in the fray.
- More Curbs On Nuclear Activist (Hindu, Duncan Campbell, Apr 22, 2006)
Nuclear whistleblower and peace activist Mordechai Vanunu has been told that the ban stopping him leaving Israel has been extended for another year and that he is still viewed by the authorities ``as a security risk to the state.''
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