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Articles 12721 through 12820 of 27135:
- Infosys Q4 Profit Rises 21 Pct, Below Forecasts (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Infosys Technologies Ltd. posted a lower-than-expected 20.6 percent rise in quarterly profit on Friday as overseas clients shipped back more work but rising wages and a stronger rupee squeezed margins.
- Sri Lanka Back From Brink But Cautious On Peace (Reuters, Peter Apps, Apr 14, 2006)
Sri Lanka took a step back from the brink of civil war on Friday after Tamil Tiger rebels agreed to go to talks in Geneva, but with a new date yet to be agreed many remain cautious about hopes for a lasting peace.
- Baisakhi- Birth Of Khalsa (Daily Excelsior, Mohan Singh Kala, Apr 14, 2006)
On the festival of Baisakhi people from all walks of life meet in festive mood on the 1st day of Baisakhi Associated with the harvest of Rabi Crop., Baisakhi is celebrated with fun and frolic in Northern India particularly in Punjab.
- Importance Of Sac Set To Grow: Tyagi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
He says if IAF gets aerospace command, SAC will be in charge of it
Says proximity to trade and oil routes makes SAC important
IAF wants to build Thanchavur into a key base
2005-06 statistically the safest year for IAF
- Elbaradei For Political Solution (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Apr 14, 2006)
IAEA chief optimistic about his visit
- Pm Says Maoist Rebellion Gravest Threat (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Apr 14, 2006)
A war being waged by Maoist rebels represents the gravest threat to India's internal security since independence, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday.
- Pm Threat No. 1 Tag On Maoists (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 14, 2006)
Spring Thunder has struck Delhi, a day after its disruptive potential was acknowledged in Calcutta and 39 years after the clarion call rose in Naxalbari in Bengal.
- Pak Forces Kill Al-Qaeda Terrorist (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Pakistani forces have killed an Egyptian Al-Qaeda terrorist wanted by the US over the 1998 American Embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya, a Cabinet minister said on Thursday.
- Nuclear Assertion (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2006)
Iran not helping diplomacy to succeed
- Cops, Lawyers Fight It Out In Nepal Streets (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas on lawyers protesting against Nepal ruler Gyanendra's rule on Thursday, wounding three of them, as demonstrations and an opposition general strike continued for the eighth day.
- Taking Another Swipe At The Left (Telegraph, Bhaskar Chatterjee, Apr 14, 2006)
When a person purchases a book priced at no less than Rs 500, he expects it to broaden his mind and enrich his analytical faculty.
- Justice In Three Weeks! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2006)
Rajasthan court has shown the way
- Get The Real Picture (Telegraph, Kaushik Roy, Apr 14, 2006)
On 1 October 1949, a fifty-six-year-old fat, balding peasant named Mao Zedong proclaimed the foundation of the People’s Republic of China from a building in the forbidden city. Mao not only became the ruler of the world’s most populous . . .
- Need For Restraint (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 14, 2006)
IT IS not surprising that the world has reacted so strongly and negatively to the Iranian president’s announcement of his country’s successful move to enrich uranium for nuclear fuel. Coming less than a fortnight after the UN Security . . .
- Politicising A Tragedy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 14, 2006)
Vandalism and acts of arson were not the only unfortunate occurrences in the wake of Tuesday’s bomb blast in Karachi’s Nishtar park;
- India Willing To Settle Kashmir Along Loc’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 14, 2006)
A French academic has said that India is willing to accept the Line of Control, as it stands today, as the permanent dividing line between the two Kashmirs. He also believes that a pragmatic compromise around a soft border is possible.
- Non-Proliferation To Nuclear Anarchy (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Apr 14, 2006)
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced to the world that his country has joined the club of nuclear states after successfully enriching uranium for the first time.
- George, Grounded (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 14, 2006)
A Nitish Kumar victory in November has seen a George Fernandes exit in April. With Sharad Yadav running away with the presidentship of the Janata Dal (United), George Fernandes — the man who took on prime ministers and may well have imagined . . .
- Afghan Bazaar Sells Us Army Secrets (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
A shopkeeper outside the US-led coalition headquarters in Afghanistan was selling computer memory drives on Wednesday containing seemingly sensitive military data stolen from inside the base — including the Social Security numbers of four . . .
- What Moves The Media (Deccan Herald, Minu Jain, Apr 14, 2006)
While fashion shows are played up, issues concerning the socially underprivileged are ignored in much of the media
- War Clouds (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 14, 2006)
India needs to keep a watch on the situation in Lanka
- Maintaining Strategic Ambiguity (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 14, 2006)
While nuclear experts appear to agree that Iran has achieved an important technological breakthrough by enriching uranium to the 3.5 per cent level, strategic thinkers have not reached a consensus on the significance of this development.
- Big India’S Special Link With Small Cyprus (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Apr 14, 2006)
The President of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, is on a five-day visit to India. Cyprus has historic links with India, and can gain from greater co-operation with it
- 'Musharraf Govt Scared To Hold Elections' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Apr 14, 2006)
A leader of exiled former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto's party said President Pervez Musharraf's military regime is not holding elections, fearing an adverse verdict, and is removing opposition leaders through politically motivated charges.
- Heard The One About The President? (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
The misdirected email or text message is a hazard of our age. It can sour relationships and upset the closest of our friends.
- Pakistan Unlikely To Back New Kashmir Insurgency: Study (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 13, 2006)
If the political process between India and Pakistan now underway fails, the revival of the Pakistan-supported armed insurgency in Kashmir is not an option that President General Pervez Musharraf would favour, according to a new study.
- Foreign Militants Killed In Waziristan Raid (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Pakistani gunship helicopters destroyed a suspected militant compound in a restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan late on Wednesday, killing a number of foreign insurgents, the military said.
- Six Insurgents Killed In Afghanistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Coalition and Afghan forces, backed by military aircraft, killed six insurgents on Wednesday in northeastern Afghanistan, the US military said. The operation took place in the Pech River Valley in the northeastern Kunar province, the military said . . .
- Afghanistan Facing Disaster: Report (Dawn, Anwar Iqbal, Apr 13, 2006)
The insurgency in Afghanistan is growing and is threatening to further destabilize a country already suffering from the consequences of decades of war and internal strife, warns a US think-tank.
- Bare Breasts And Bare-Faced Politics (Asia Times, Sudha Ramachandran, Apr 13, 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.
- How Will The Ban Help? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 13, 2006)
The government has begun to betray its sense of desperation and helplessness in the strategy it has adopted vis-‘-vis the insurgency in Balochistan.
- Pak To Keep N-Deterrent (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Pakistan, worried about a nuclear cooperation deal between rival India and the US, today said it will maintain a credible nuclear deterrent for its security.
- "Bad" Al-Qaeda Terrorists Will Continue To Be In Prison: John (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
About three dozen "bad" al-Qaeda terrorists held in secret CIA prisons are likely to remain in captivity as long as the "war on terror continues", US Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte has said.
- Dialogue In The North (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 13, 2006)
Leading jui(f) figure Maulana Abdul Rehman was right in asserting that it was 'high time' the government and the Waziristan tribesmen resolved the ongoing crisis 'through peaceful and political means'.
- Belated Explanation By Paf (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 13, 2006)
The controversy over decision of the Pakistan Air Force about growing beards by the serving personnel keeps on re-surfacing with regular interval but the PR department of the force has not thought it appropriate to clarify the situation.
- The Lion In Winter (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 13, 2006)
Mr George Fernandes' defeat in the Janata Dal (United)'s presidential election, is a sad event in the life of a person who has done much to change the character of politics in the country.
- Jessica Lall's Killing Haunts Movers And Shakers (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Apr 13, 2006)
A seven-year-old murder trial has returned to haunt prominent members of the capital's elite, with an influential politician's son, a leading socialite, a budding actor and senior police officers under the spotlight.
- Robot Act: Radioactive Leak In Japan's N-Plant (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Water containing radioactive material has leaked at an experimental nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in northern Japan, but no radioactivity was released into the atmosphere, the operator announced on Wednesday.
- Iran Intends Big Scale N-Fuel Enrichment (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Iran intends to move toward large-scale uranium enrichment involving 54,000 centrifuges, the country's Deputy Nuclear Chief said on Wednesday, signaling its resolve to expand a programme the international community has insisted it halt.
- Govt To Review Decision To Raise Dam Height (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Yielding to demands made by Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar, the Centre on Wednesday decided to review its decision to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam.
- States Prod Centre On Maoist Menace (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Apr 13, 2006)
With the Maoist menace assuming alarming proportions, affected States are clamoring for urgent central assistance to deal with the reign of terror let loose by these ultra elements.
- Pakistan’S New Campaign Against India (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Apr 13, 2006)
Having got used to excessive pampering at the hands of the US it is perhaps not at all surprising that a sense of disappointment and even frustration seems to have struck Pakistan, following the ‘successful’ India visit of President George Walker Bush.
- A Kingsize Mess (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 13, 2006)
The deepening strife in Nepal is spiralling out of the control of King Gyanendra — or, for that matter, anyone else.
- End Of The Georgian Calendar? (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 13, 2006)
Writing political obituaries in India is always a hazardous task, considering the incredible resilience of our politicians.
- Saddam Trial Adjourns Until Monday (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
The trial of Saddam Hussein adjourned after only five minutes Wednesday after handwriting experts who were supposed to testify failed to appear in court.
- Advani’S Yatra Cancelled (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
The Karnataka leg of the ‘Bharath Suraksha Yatra’ of former deputy prime minister and senior BJP leader L K Advani has been cancelled due to death of Kannada matinee idol Rajkumar.
- While Dealing With America... (Pioneer, C UDAY BHASKAR, Apr 13, 2006)
India must hardsell its ethical conduct post-Pokhran to make US Congress recognise a friend, says C Uday Bhaskar
- The Way To Salvage Nepal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 13, 2006)
Given political will, it's still possible to redeem the Himalayan nation from the mess it is in, says NN Jha
- In India, Maoist Guerrillas Widen 'People's War' (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Soldiers with an armed cadre of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) round up villagers for a rally in Bhanupratapur, in east-central India
- Nuclear Pact Unifies Indian-Americans (Washington Times, David R. Sands, Apr 13, 2006)
California entrepreneur Arjun Bhagat concedes that his fellow Indian-Americans have been a little slow to use their economic power to promote closer U.S.-Indian ties -- by a couple of decades or so.
- Us, Russia Slam Iran’S Nuclear Step (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Apr 13, 2006)
The stern words from Washington have been echoed by Moscow which described Iran’s claim as a “step in the wrong direction”.
- Narmada Dam Height Issue To Be Reviewed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Yielding to the demands of the Narmada Bachao Andolan, the Centre on Wednesday decided to review the decision taken by the Narmada Control Authority to raise the height of the Narmada dam.
- In India, Maoist Guerrillas Widen 'People's War' (International Herald Tribune, Somini Sengupta , Apr 13, 2006)
India The gray light of dawn broke over the bamboo forest as the People's Liberation Guerrilla Army prepared for a . . .
- Italy Decides To Be Indecisive (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Apr 13, 2006)
In the run-up to this week’s Italian elections, the Western European press was filled with tentative political obituaries of Silvio Berlusconi, in the wake of opinion polls that showed him trailing by a few percentage points.
- Poor George! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 13, 2006)
Left alone in his later years
- George Counted Out, Bjp Keeps Fingers Crossed (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Apr 13, 2006)
While Sharad Yadav steers a new course for the Janata Dal, battling speculation of a possible split, the BJP is counting its own losses.
- 13 Killed In Blasts, Arson In Sri Lanka (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Apr 13, 2006)
Colombo blames LTTE for spiralling violence in north-east
- Al-Qaida Figure Backs Iraqi Insurgents (US News & World Report, LEE KEATH, Apr 13, 2006)
Al-Qaida's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri praised insurgents in Iraq - particularly Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - and called on all Muslims to support them in a video posted Thursday on the Internet.
- A New Era Of Pak-Yemen Ties (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 13, 2006)
Pakistan and Yemen have agreed to enhance bilateral economic ties and reaffirmed their commitment to jointly fight the menace of terrorism.
- The Marxist Sleight Of Hand (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Apr 13, 2006)
Enter the land of world famous Baluchari sarees, Dokra art and teracotta temples, all that has given Bankura district its present name and fame
- Us Jails Man For Five Years Over Al Qaeda Missiles Plot (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
An Indian-born man who helped hatch a drugs-for-weapons scheme aimed at supplying Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to Al Qaeda was jailed for nearly five years on Monday by a US court.
- Why America Backed Out (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Apr 13, 2006)
It would be interesting how the new HR body functions in the absence of the US
- Nda Convenor Turns Away Nitish, Makes Quiet Exit (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Apr 13, 2006)
The run-up to the polls for the post of JD(U) president was full of drama but after the victory of Sharad Yadav, an unceremonious exit was all that was left for George Fernandes. After remaining closeted in his hotel room for more than a day, the former D
- Iran Enriches Uranium (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Apr 13, 2006)
Condemnation from US, Russia, UK
Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday declared his country had succeeded in enriching uranium, a development the United States described as a step in the wrong direction.
- India Needs A Deterrent (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Apr 13, 2006)
Former senator Sam Nunn has given nuclear ayatollahs something to cheer about.
- Iran Walks The N-Talk, Fuels Us Anger (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Iran has announced that its nuclear engineers had advanced to a new phase in the enrichment of uranium, and president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a series of the country's ruling clerics declared that the nation would now speed ahead, in defiance of . . .
- Work Through The Npt To Address Concerns About Iranian Nukes (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Apr 13, 2006)
The confrontation between Washington and Tehran over Iran's nuclear program remains very menacing. President George W. Bush has dismissed as "wild speculation" reports that US officials were planning military attacks against suspect sites in Iran.
- An Explosive Move (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
Iran’s provocative boast that it has successfully enriched uranium has been received with almost universal condemnation. In language that is strikingly, and deliberately, similar, America, Britain, France and Russia yesterday spoke of a “step in the . . .
- The War On Iran (Asia Times, Pepe Escobar, Apr 13, 2006)
"All options, including the military one, are on the table."
- After Diplomacy Fails (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Apr 13, 2006)
Even were one to believe that, despite its low and stagnant per capita gross national product and having the world's second-largest reserves of petroleum and natural gas, Iran would invest uneconomically in nuclear power generation, one would also . . . .
- End Of Story: Israel Triumphant (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
In Gabriel Garcia Marquez' novella Chronicle of a Death Foretold, virtually everyone in the town knows that Santiago Nasar is going to be murdered. Yet nobody can or will do anything to prevent it.
- Hamid Karzai Woos Indian Investors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Afghanistan Government keen on joint ventures between the two countries
- India Needs A Deterrent (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Apr 12, 2006)
Former senator Sam Nunn has given nuclear ayatollahs something to cheer about.
- China's Surplus Soars, Clouding Hu's U.S. Visit (International Herald Tribune, Keith Bradsher, Apr 12, 2006)
China disclosed on Tuesday that its trade surplus surged to $11.19 billion in March, its second- highest monthly surplus ever and a level that could increase trade friction before President Hu Jintao's visit to the United States next week.
- Bordering On Insanity (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 12, 2006)
Apparently the misadventure in Iraq, and its enormous cost, has not deterred the Bush administration’s fierce sabre-rattling.
- Banning Bla (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 12, 2006)
The increasing incidents of sabotage, attacks on FC posts and personnel and killing of innocent citizens in Balochistan are highly condemnable.
- Iran May Get Off The Hook (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 12, 2006)
THE Western Press is leaking out reports persistently about possible American military strike against Iran. However, Iranians feel very confident in believing that this is mere part of the psychological warfare to pressurize Tehran to
- The Prophet And Women's Rights (The Economic Times, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Apr 12, 2006)
If we study the condition of women during the time of Prophet Mohammed, it would be clear that they were not as suppressed as they are today.
- N-Deal Hurdles (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 12, 2006)
That the Indo-US nuclear deal could run into trouble was expected.
- Indian In Missile Sting Gets Nearly 5 Years Prison (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
An Indian-born man who conspired with two others to sell shoulder-launched missiles to al Qaeda or the Taliban has been sentenced to nearly five years in U.S. federal prison after an international sting operation.
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