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Articles 12421 through 12520 of 27135:
- Nepal Out On The Streets; Police Fire At Protesters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Over 30,000 people who had walked in from surrounding villages began marching along the main road to the heart of Kathmandu
- Stalemate In Sri Lanka Continues (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Apr 21, 2006)
Norwegian special envoy meets Government and LTTE representatives
LTTE wants `hurdles' cleared by Government
Army blames LTTE for escalation of violence
- Bushehr No Threat To Proliferation: Russia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
A nuclear power station being built by Russia in Iran presents no threat, Moscow’s top nuclear official said here on Thursday following a US demand for the project to be shut down.
- Russian-Built N-Power Plant In Iran 'No Threat' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
A nuclear power station being built by Russia in Iran presents no threat, Moscow's top nuclear official said here on Thursday following a US demand for the project to be shut down.
- Manmohan Points To Unilateral Moratorium (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Says India needs the strategic programme as China, Pakistan had nuke weapons
Feels accord holds tremendous potential for both countries
Asserts that ties with U.S. not at the cost of ties with China
On Iran, he says India does not want another nuke
- Tiger Tantrums (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 21, 2006)
It should surprise no one that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam called off its participation in the second round of the Geneva talks with the Sri Lankan Government.
- Ball In King's Court: Karan (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Apr 21, 2006)
Amid indications that Nepal's King Gyanendra may not be tuned to India's roadmap for democracy in the Himalayan kingdom, the Prime Minister's special envoy Karan Singh on Thursday returned to New Delhi and said the ball is now in the King's court.
- Eight Killed In Lanka Violence As Ltte Pulls Out Of Geneva Talks (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka on Thursday indefinitely postponed truce talks with the Government as eight people were killed in continuing bloodshed in the island nation, four of them in a blast on a bridge.
- Musharraf Lacks Conviction (Pioneer, Ghazanfar Butt, Apr 21, 2006)
All delegations that return after interacting with General Pervez Musharraf convey a feeling that a solution to the Kashmir issue is round the corner and India-Pakistan relations are poised for a dramatic improvement.
- New Red Superpower (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 21, 2006)
China is working quietly and meticulously towards stealing a march, militarily as well as economically, over America, Says Frederick . . .
- Army To Help Counter Left Wing Terrorism (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The Army is concerned over the Left wing terrorism and Maoist problem and is in the process of studying it and giving advise and training to the state police through the Home Ministry, Army chief General JJ Singh said here on Thursday .
- The Truth About Fraud (Hindu, Martin Mears, Apr 21, 2006)
A play written a century ago airs the issues in the Enron scandal like nothing else.
- Muzzling The Media (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 21, 2006)
Scribes under pressure from militants and securitymen
- King Sends Karan Packing (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Apr 21, 2006)
“Failure” seems to be the only likely word to describe the Prime Minister’s special envoy Karan Singh’s foray to the Nepalese capital. He beat a hasty retreat to Delhi this afternoon, leaving a day earlier than scheduled.
- Defying Fear (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 21, 2006)
The people of Manipur are no strangers to terror, but they also know how to defy it.
- Karan Singh Returns With Hope (Tribune, Satish Misra, Apr 21, 2006)
Prime Minister’s Special Envoy Karan Singh today expressed hope that King Gyanendra would make an “announcement” shortly on the political crisis there. “I am optimistic.
- India Holds The Nuclear Line (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has ruled out placing India’s nuclear reactors in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s care, reaffirming a unilateral moratorium on tests without hinting at how things would be in the “distant” future.
- Uk Bill To Reconvene Northern Ireland House (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 21, 2006)
Britain’s government is publishing a bill today that will allow Northern Ireland’s long-suspended legislature to reconvene to try to agree on forming a new administration. The legislation will set a deadline of 24 November.
- Weapons In Space (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 21, 2006)
Russia And USA Must Act In A Spirit Of Openness
The United States has promised to make public in the next few months its new space doctrine, which allows for the deployment of weapons in outer space.
- Al-Qaeda Terrorist Killed In Pakistan: Sources (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
An Arab Al-Qaeda terrorist was killed in a gunbattle with Pakistani soldiers in a restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan, security sources said on Friday.
- 7 Pak Troops Die In Border Area Ambush (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Militants ambushed a convoy of Pakistani troops in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, killing seven and wounding 22, the army spokesman said, in one of the deadliest recent attacks on security forces.
- Nuke Deal Sign Of Stronger Ties, Says Rice (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Continuing to seek Congressional support to the “path-breaking” Indo-US nuclear agreement, secretary of state Ms Condoleezza Rice has said the deal has to be seen in the context of burgeoning bilateral cooperation in military, agriculture and . . .
- There Is No Need For A Cbi Probe, Says Yediyurappa (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
State police to continue inquiry into violence in Bangalore after Rajkumar's death
Violence termed a conspiracy hatched by vested interests
Says intention was to defame Government
Asserts that those responsible will not go unpunished
- Should India Intervene In Nepal ? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Apr 21, 2006)
Sections of Indian media have begun to wonder whether it is the endgame for King Gyanendra. He had established a council of ministers under his chairmanship and nominated two old faithfuls of the partyless days — Dr Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi . . .
- 7 Troops Killed In Miranshah (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Eight militants also killed
* Militants attack paramilitary convoy, injure 22 troops
- Us Wanted Qaeda Man Killed (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
One Levies soldier and a suspected Al Qaeda operative were killed and two Levies men seriously injured during a shootout in Bajaur Agency on Thursday.
- Why That Many Power Failures? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 21, 2006)
Karachi is again in the grip of prolonged power outages and unannounced loadshedding. According to reports, residents in all parts of the city are experiencing long power breakdowns, which in many cases happen more than once a day.
- Without Kashmir, Mr Mukherjee? (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday that the Indo-Pakistan peace process hadn't "failed or slowed down." The coincidence of Pakistan's cautious welcome the same day of India's offer to alter its Kishanganga Dam project . . .
- Brushing Up Ppp (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 21, 2006)
Organizational changes recently introduced in the PPP indicate the party is being geared up to brace for the forthcoming elections, or alternately prepare itself for a . . .
- Ignoring Implications (News International, Editorial, The News International, Apr 21, 2006)
The Tripartite Commission, comprising senior military commanders and diplomatic representatives of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the US-led Coalition Forces in Afghanistan, gave NATO-ISAF full member status of the Commission at its meeting in Rawalpindi . .
- For A Democratic Future (Dawn, Imran Khan, Apr 21, 2006)
MICHAEL SCHUEUR, former head of the CIA’s Al Qaeda Unit, warned in an opinion piece in the Washington Times that if the US keeps pushing Gen Musharraf to “do US’s dirty work against his country’s national interest”, he could be toppled and . . .
- Cong Taking Left's Help At Centre To Serve Nation: Sonia (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
The Congress-led UPA government has been taking outside support from Left parties not to remain in power at the Centre, but to serve the nation on the basis of its Common Minimum Programme (CMP), Congress President Sonia Gandhi said today.
- Bush, Hu Discuss Global Security, Taiwan And Other Issues (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Opposing any unilateral change in the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, US President George W Bush today told his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao to deepen cooperation in addressing threats to global security, including nuclear ambitions of Iran . . .
- Asean Ministers Search For New Ways To Force Change In Myanmar (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Southeast Asian foreign ministers meeting on Bali island said they are unhappy with the slow pace of democratic reform in military-ruled Myanmar, and hope to come up with new ways to force the regime to change.
- Restructuring Intelligence Apparatus (Daily Excelsior, Surendra Sharma, Apr 21, 2006)
The government of Indiais in the process of setting up a high-powered coordination committee to monitor functioning of intelligence agencies. We have half-a-dozen intelligence agencies to keep the government informed about the external and . . .
- Beyond The Fence (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 21, 2006)
The election schedule has not yet been finalised. It is likely to be done in the first week of May.
- Qaida Man Shot In Pak (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Pakistani security forces today shot dead a militant named by officials as an al Qaida member believed to have escaped a US air strike in January.
- Bush, Hu Find No Breakthroughs On Trade, Iran (Reuters, Steve Holland, Apr 21, 2006)
President George W. Bush failed to win a commitment from Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday on immediate steps to reduce China's $202 billion trade surplus with the United States.
- Terror Infrastructure Across Border Intact, Says Army Chief (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 21, 2006)
Even though upbeat at reduced violence levels in Jammu & Kashmir, Army Chief General JJ Singh today expressed deep concern at continuance of infrastructure for training of militants across the border in the northern State.
- Party Propaganda (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 20, 2006)
Election Commission Must Brave The Storm
- Prosecutors Try To Nail Saddam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Iraqi prosecutors pressed ahead today with efforts to prove that Saddam Hussein’s signature was found on documents directly implicating him in the killings of 148 Shi’ites in the 1980s.
- Two Aides Quit In Bush Shake-Up (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
President George W. Bush’s press secretary Scott McClellan resigned today and senior adviser Karl Rove gave up the policy-development part of his job in a White House shake-up.
- India A Different Proposition: Blair (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday rejected attempts to draw parallels between India and Iran over the nuclear issue, and said that India was a "`very, very different proposition.''
- Officers, Not Gentlemen! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 20, 2006)
No medals for corruption in Services
- India Steps Up Efforts To Resolve Nepal Crisis (Press Trust of India, V Mohan Narayan, Apr 20, 2006)
India today launched a fresh initiative to resolve the political crisis in Nepal where authorities clamped curfew to thwart opposition from holding a massive rally here tomorrow.
- Spectrum Given Rs 1,000 Cr (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The Government and telecom industry will spend Rs 1,000 crore on turning part of the Defence Forces’ equipment operations on to optical fibre networks, to free roughly 45 MHz of spectrum for telecom services.
- Bush Won't Rule Out N-Strike On Iran (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
The United States on Tuesday failed to secure international support for targeted sanctions against Iran and president George W Bush refused to rule out nuclear strikes if diplomacy failed to curb the Islamic Republic's atomic ambitions.
- The Source Is Still With Us, Say Science And Religion (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 20, 2006)
Science and technology have improved our lives by giving us material abundance. But science has also provided us with weapons of mass destruction.
- Nuclear Threat (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 20, 2006)
President Bush has sent a highly negative message to the world by not ruling out a nuclear strike on Iran in case it was not dissuaded from pursuing its nuclear programme. Iran has taken the stand that it had a right to pursue a peaceful programme . . .
- Four-Star’ Question (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 20, 2006)
As the Bush administration’s Iraq-war-related downturn worsens, the ex-generals’ revolt against defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld raises just as important questions as how it is dealt with will set precedents.
- Resolve Iran Issue Through Diplomacy: Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said India stood for resolution of the Iran nuclear issue through diplomatic efforts.
- Bush Shuffles Top Staff, Defends Rumsfeld (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
President George W. Bush named a new budget director and trade chief but again rejected calls for Donald Rumsfeld to resign, saying the defense secretary is doing “a fine job”.
- India's Emissary (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 20, 2006)
The Government has acted wisely in deciding to send Dr Karan Singh to advise King Gyanendra of Nepal on defusing the crisis sweeping the mountain kingdom.
- Pakistan’S Principled Stand On Iran (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 20, 2006)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has called for peaceful and diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear stand-off and said Pakistan is opposed in principle to military action against Iran.
- 84 Percent Of Indian Soldiers In Kashmir Are Stressed (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 20, 2006)
An official study of Indian Army personnel engaged in Jammu and Kashmir for internal security set off alarm bells here as around 34 percent were diagnosed as severely stressed and 50 percent moderately stressed.
- The Future Of Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Dawn, Ali Sarwar Naqvi, Apr 20, 2006)
The objective of nuclear non-proliferation, which essentially means non-diversion of nuclear material to military uses, is enshrined in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which is now adhered to by 188 countries.
- Why ‘Kashmir Royal’ As Envoy To Nepal Is Not A Good Idea (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Apr 20, 2006)
At a moment when Nepal needs political surgery, Karan Singh, the Indian special envoy to the Himalayan Kingdom, appears to have landed in Kathmandu with a band-aid.
- Which Way Is Latin America Headed? (Hindu, Jorge Heine, Apr 20, 2006)
A majority of Latin Americans are now ruled by Left-led governments. Their leaders are applying new, imaginative solutions tailored to their country's specific needs, rather than the "one-size-fits-all" approach that has wrought havoc in the region . . .
- Promises Galore (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 20, 2006)
Judging by the election manifestos of the different political formations in Tamil Nadu, politicians must be taking the voters for idiots. The DMK has promised to supply ration rice at Rs 2 a kilo.
- Military Law (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 20, 2006)
The military justice system is predicated on the exigencies of military situations in the field and on the need for strict discipline during military operations.
- Pakistani-Born Architect Denies Australian Terror Charges (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
A Pakistani-born architect pleaded not guilty in the Supreme Court in Sydney today to planning a "jihad" bombing campaign in Australia.
- Building Bridges With Myanmar (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Apr 20, 2006)
India's determination to follow an independent policy on issues of its national security was clearly manifested when President APJ Abdul Kalam undertook a State visit to Myanmar within a week of the visit of President George Bush to India.
- Saddam Returns To Dock, Focus On His Handwriting (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Among the documents was apparently an order approving death sentences for 148 Shiites.
- Make Up Your Mind (Deccan Herald, CHERYL D’COUTO, Apr 20, 2006)
Once a decision is made you have to stick to it no matter what
- West Bengal Must Talk With Maoists: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
``Talks have to be sustained, results do not come overnight''
- Myanmar Deserves Attention (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Apr 20, 2006)
India’s determination to follow an independent policy on issues of national security was amply demonstrated by the visit of President Abdul Kalam to Myanmar within a week of the visit of President George Bush to India.
- Karan Singh Meets Deuba, Koirala (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Says he is optimistic about talks he will be holding with the King and political leaders
- The Next Steps To Peace (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Apr 20, 2006)
The dialogue process is reaching an impasse. Should India now resort to a grand gesture, or take gradated steps to sustain it?
- Minding Those Who Meddle With Money (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 20, 2006)
Papers of a new customer are before you. Your deputies in the bank have already interviewed him and done all the prescribed due diligence.
- End Of Day, Size Matters (Pioneer, Dmitri Kosyrev, Apr 20, 2006)
The very air of JNU is refreshing, though some slogans high up on the red brick walls are a bit too Leftist for my taste. My latest visit to JNU brought me yet another refreshing feeling: Somebody asking me a question called me a "doctor", which I am not.
- Fractions Of Poetry (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 20, 2006)
If haiku is popular because it lets you say so much in so few words, crafting verse mathematically looks set to become even more so.
- Assam: Peaceful Battle (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, Apr 19, 2006)
All political parties barring the ruling Congress have predicted a hung Assembly in Assam.
- Lanka Gunbattle Amidst Truce Talks (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed a constable in an exchange of fire in northern Sri Lanka, officials said today, as peace broker Norway moved to save a shaky truce.
- India's Ultimatum To Nepal King: Set Up Interim Govt (Pioneer, Rahul Dutta, Apr 19, 2006)
India on Tuesday decided to dispatch Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) president Karan Singh as Special Envoy to Kathmandu on Wednesday with a simple brief:
- Islam And Democracy (Pioneer, Kishan Bhatia, Apr 19, 2006)
Abdul Rahman Al-Habib's article, "Why Arabs curse West?" (April 17), makes interesting read.
- Snapshots (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) has approved parallel banking arrangement with ICICI Bank Ltd. Till now State Bank of India (SBI) has been the sole banker of ONGC.
- New Axis Of Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 19, 2006)
If Islamic Jihad is to be believed, then more Palestinian suicide bombers will blow themselves up in commercial districts of Israel,
- Sinister Motive (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 19, 2006)
The Prime Minister's high level committee headed by Justice Rajinder Sachar that was set up to look into the "social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community in the country", is working on a report that could have severe . . .
- Nuclear Commitments (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 19, 2006)
The US quietly trying to prevent India from carrying out nuclear tests as a part of its military programme is not unexpected.
- West Bengal: Clear Choice (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Apr 19, 2006)
The results in West Bengal are a foregone conclusion; only the margin of victory is to be known.
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