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Articles 12821 through 12920 of 27135:
- Karachi On Edge, Suspected Suicide Bomber Targets Sunnis, Kills 45 (Indian Express, Aamir Ashraf, Apr 12, 2006)
A bomb targeting Sunni Muslims killed at least 45 people and wounded dozens in the Pakistani city of Karachi today as they gathered to celebrate the anniversary of Prophet Mohammad’s birth, officials said.
- Navalpat Panchayat President Rajaram Hacked To Death (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
A special team has been formed to nab the gang which attacked the DMK leader He was attacked indiscriminately while returning home after taking part in a temple festival
- Jailing Iraq Veteran Puts Focus On Combat Stress (Hindu, Audrey Gillan, Apr 12, 2006)
Irish Guard gets seven years after police say he threatened to `spray them down' with stolen rifles.
Lance Corporal James Piotrowski was affected by the `horrors of war'
Family blames the army, says it will go in appeal
- How Serious Is Baluch Trouble? (Deccan Herald, G S Bhargava, Apr 12, 2006)
Baluchistan is on the boil which has external dimensions linked to Iran and US
- Us Govt Says Abu Ghraib Photos Real (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Nearly two years after graphic photographs of detainee abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were published worldwide, the US government on Monday for the first time authenticated 74 of the images as being part of the original compact disc that . . .
- 5 Years For Indian Arms Peddler (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
A man of Indian origin has been sentenced to five years in prison for involvement in a plot to sell Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to the Al-Qaeda terror network.
- There Can Be But Only One Army (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 12, 2006)
The Government has declared the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) as a terrorist organization for acting against the country’s sovereignty and integrity.
- Will Congress Survive As Fiefdom Of Gandhi Dynasty? (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Apr 12, 2006)
On the last day of his life Mahatama Gandhi wrote a will wanting the Congress to be dissolved. In his view it was a movement not a political outfit to govern the country. Alive, he would have destroyed it.
- On Prophet's Birthday, Blast In Karachi; 55 Killed (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
At least 55 people were killed and some 100 injured when a bomb exploded at a religious gathering in Karachi Tuesday evening, Pakistan's Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao said.
- Nepal Conflict Casts A Shadow On India (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 12, 2006)
It is India’s responsibility to safeguard its own interests by studying the implications of the situation in Nepal
- Interplay Between Politics And Economics (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Apr 12, 2006)
Pakistan has had many moments in its history when economics influenced politics in unexpected and negative ways.
- Karzai’S Indian Visit Needs To Be Watched (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 12, 2006)
AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has arrived in New Delhi on Sunday for a five-day official visit to India. Talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the India-Afghan relations will be the highlight of the tour.
- Pak, Yemen To Promote Economic, Defence Ties (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Pakistan and Yemen Monday agreed to further promote, expand and consolidate their bilateral relations, specially in economic, educational, cultural and defence areas.
- An Iran-U.S. Dialogue And Arab Anxieties (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Apr 12, 2006)
Apprehensions about the capacity of Iran — as a wealthier and more influential regional power — to stir up trouble in West Asia through a growing trans-national Shia network are growing.
- 55 Killed In Karachi Park Blast (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 12, 2006)
Explosion at Id Milan prayer gathering
- Almost All Karnataka Bjp Leaders To Join Advani's Yatra (Hindu, A. Jayaram, Apr 12, 2006)
Bharat Suraksha Yatra will enter the State this afternoon
The yatra will pass through the party's strongholds
Advani to address first public meeting at Bijapur
- Run, Condi, Run! (Tribune, Anne Penketh, Apr 12, 2006)
I had lunch with Condoleezza Rice the other day, towards the end of her whistle-stop tour of Blackburn and Liverpool in England.
- India’S Stake In Baluchistan (Tribune, G.S.Bhargava, Apr 12, 2006)
American observers critical of General Pervez Musharraf’s half-hearted efforts to put down Al-Qaida and Taliban forces in the Waziristan area of north-west Pakistan, attribute the unabated tribal insurgency in Baluchistan for it.
- From Doubt To Mistrust To Anger (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Apr 12, 2006)
Last summer after Nepal’s King Gyanendra engineered a bloodless coup and seized absolute power, royalists washed his feet with “holy water” to express allegiance.
- Killers On The Roads (Daily Excelsior, Rameshwar Singh Jamwal, Apr 12, 2006)
More than forty people are killed as overspeeding bus falls into Chenab in Kishtwar, a small school girl is killed on Kachi Chawni road, where traffic moves at snails pace at any given time, due to driver's fault.
- Hasty Decision On Siachen (Pioneer, Wilson John, Apr 12, 2006)
Six days from now, the composite dialogue between India and Pakistan would complete three years.
- Unwanted Again? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 12, 2006)
In the run-up to the Assembly elections in "Azad" Kashmir (as the occupied territory across the Line of Control is locally known) an interesting development has taken place.
- Bush Wins 2006 Jefferson Muzzle Award (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
President George W Bush and the Justice Department are among the winners of the 2006 Jefferson Muzzle awards, given by a free-speech group to those it considers the most egregious violators of constitutional rights in the past year.
- Fmt: Pakistan For Dialogue (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 12, 2006)
No response to strategic restraint regime
India-U.S. deal had "implications for strategic stability"
Pakistan committed to non-proliferation restraint regime
- Modern-Day Sisyphuses (Deccan Herald, SHASHI DESHPANDE, Apr 12, 2006)
They are the faces of new India but instead of celebrating their prosperity we should hail their achievements
- Iran: Us To Consult Unsc Members On Next Course Of Action (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement that Iran has successfully enriched uranium for the first time has only underscored the international community's "serious concerns", the United States has said and made it known that it will be consulting . . .
- An Iranian Missile Crisis? (Washington Post, David Ignatius, Apr 12, 2006)
The emerging confrontation between the United States and Iran is "the Cuban missile crisis in slow motion," argues Graham Allison, the Harvard University professor who wrote the classic study of President John F. Kennedy's 1962 showdown with the . . . .
- Iran Again Holds Hostages — Bush And The Gop (MSNBC.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
A generation ago, the Iranian hostage crisis cost Jimmy Carter and the Democrats the White House. Now, 26 years later, another Iranian hostage crisis threatens to do the same thing to George W. Bush and the Republican Party.
- ‘America Planning Strike To Topple Iran Regime’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
In the New Yorker magazine, Seymour Hersh, America’s best known investigative journalist, concluded that the Bush administration is even considering the use of a tactical nuclear weapon against deep Iranian bunkers, but that top generals in the . . .
- Taliban Offer Peace Talks In North Waziristan (Daily Times, Iqbal Khattak, Apr 11, 2006)
Tribal Taliban offered to enter into negotiations with the government for peace in the tribal areas as thousands attended a jirga in Mir Ali, the second biggest town in North Waziristan, on Monday.
- Cdr Organising Intra-Kashmir Conference (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 11, 2006)
The Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation (CDR), a Delhi-based non-government organisation, is organising an intra-Kashmir conference in Jammu and Srinagar from tomorrow (Wednesday).
- European Parliament Opposes Baluchistan Killings (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
Sixty-seven members of the European Parliament, including one of its vice-presidents, have petitioned the forum's President, Mr Josep Borell, to urge the Government of Pakistan to stop the killing of innocent people in Baluchistan.
- Interplay Between Politics And Economics (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Apr 11, 2006)
Pakistain has had many moments in its history when economics influenced politics in unexpected and negative ways.
- There Can Be But Only One Army (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 11, 2006)
The Government has declared the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) as a terrorist organization for acting against the country’s sovereignty and integrity.
- Karzai’S Indian Visit Needs To Be Watched (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 11, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has arrived in New Delhi on Sunday for a five-day official visit to India. Talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the India-Afghan relations will be the highlight of the tour.
- Iran May Get Off The Hook (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 11, 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 abandon its . . .
- Banning Bla (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 11, 2006)
The increasing incidents of sabotage, attacks on FC posts and personnel and killing of innocent citizens in Balochistan are highly condemnable.
- Bordering On Insanity (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 11, 2006)
Apparently the misadventure in Iraq, and its enormous cost, has not deterred the Bush administration’s fierce sabre-rattling.
- Indian N-Deal Exceeds Brief To Pakistan: Fo (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The civilian nuclear technology cooperation agreement between India and the United States was “quite different” to what Washington had been conveying to Islamabad, the Foreign Office said on Monday.
- Indira Gandhi, Not Us, Credited With Ending 1971 War (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 11, 2006)
Henry Kissinger’s claim that it was the Nixon administration that leaned on India after the fall of Dhaka not to carry the war to West Pakistan has been challenged by a new book, which asserts that the decision was entirely that of Indira Gandhi,
- Fir Against Husain, Nafisa For 'Bharat Mata' Painting (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
Delhi Police has registered a case against painter MF Husain for depicting "Bharat Mata" in an obscene manner in one of his paintings, which was to be auctioned to fund rehabilitation work in earthquake-hit Kashmir. The case was registered at the . . .
- N Korea Willing To Talk Nuke, Says China (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
A Chinese diplomat said today that North Korean negotiators were warming toward a resumption of talks on ending the North’s nuclear weapons programme, but the top US envoy said he has no plans to meet directly with his counterpart from Pyongyang.
- Us Military Magnifying Role Of Al-Qaeda Leader In Iraq: Report (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The US military is magnifying the role of Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, in an apparent bid to help the Bush administration tie the war in Iraq to the organisation responsible for the 9/11 attacks, a media report said today.
- Over 100 Charred To Death In Meerut (Times of India, Lalit Kumar, Apr 11, 2006)
A horrific inferno swept through a consumer electronics fair in Meerut's Victoria Park on Monday, killing over 100 and seriously injuring many more.
- New Awakening In L. America (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Apr 11, 2006)
HAS President George W. Bush’s neoconservative crusade met its match in his own backyard, Latin America? The world conceives of the continent as the home of the Munroe Doctrine warning off outsiders to keep away.
- Corruption And Development~ii (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Apr 11, 2006)
In his work “Grand Corruption in Third World Development”, George Moody-Stuart, identified areas which are most vulnerable to corruption.
- Bush Dismisses Iran Reports As 'Wild Speculation' (Reuters, Matt Spetalnick, Apr 11, 2006)
President George W. Bush said on Monday that force is not necessarily required to thwart Tehran's nuclear ambitions and dismissed reports of plans for military strikes on Iran as "wild speculation."
- 'Saddam's Legal Team Denied Rights' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
Saddam Hussein's lawyers are denied the same rights and resources as the prosecutors in his trial, a US-based legal adviser to the deposed Iraqi leader said on Sunday.
- Taliban Return To Afghanistan Not Ruled Out (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Apr 11, 2006)
A strident propaganda is going on in Pakistan implicating India and Afghanistan in the on going insurgency in Baluchistan and its Army’s failures in the two tribal agencies in Waziristan.
- Who Goofs Up? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 11, 2006)
On the flip side perhaps the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States can't be faulted.
- 50 Charred To Death, Over 100 Injured In Fire At Trade Fair (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
At least 50 people were charred to death and more than 100 injured, some of them seriously, in a devastating fire that ravaged a consumer goods fair here this evening.
- Fire Kills Over 100 At Indian Trade Fair (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
150 injured, death toll expected to rise
* Compensation of $4,500 for families of victims
- Be More Proactive In Afghanisatan (Tribune, Maj-Gen Rajendra Nath, Apr 11, 2006)
The present democratic government in Afghanistan, established under US control and led by President Hamid Karzai, is resented by Pakistan. Pakistan wants Afghanistan under its control or under its influence, as it can provide Pakistan strategic depth.
- Beard Costs Pak Military Officers Job (Telegraph, IMTIAZ GUL, Apr 11, 2006)
Five senior officers of the Pakistan air force (PAF) have been dismissed for sporting Taliban-style beards in defiance of the government’s orders to trim it, Opposition MP Liaqat Baloch said in the National Assembly today.
- Us Arms Industry Gung-Ho About Market In India (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
US companies are rushing to step up sales of fighter jets and other weapons to India even as the Bush administration struggles to convince Congress to back a landmark civilian nuclear energy deal with India.
- Big Brother Born Again (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 11, 2006)
THE Constitution gives the government some extraordinary powers, for a brief period at best, which come with the explicit provisio that these are to be used in the rarest of rare instances .
- Sc Stays Arrest Warrants Against M F Hussain (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a bailable arrest warrant issued against noted painter M F Hussain by an Indore court on a complaint accusing him of having outraged religious sentiments of Hindus with his controversial paintings,
- Confusing Signals (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Apr 11, 2006)
India appears to be pursuing an incoherent policy towards Nepal, now in the midst of political turmoil.
- America Planning Strike To Topple Iran Regime’ (Deccan Herald, Julian Borger , Apr 11, 2006)
In the New Yorker magazine, Seymour Hersh, America’s best known investigative journalist, concluded that the Bush administration is even considering the use of a tactical nuclear weapon against deep Iranian bunkers, but that top generals in the . . .
- ‘Bush Has Only Made Things Worse In Iraq’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Apr 11, 2006)
Dilip Hiro: The US stokes the fire among those who suffer...
- Bush Denies Reports Of Possible Us Attack On Iran (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
US President George W. Bush reaffirmed his commitment to resolving the dispute with Iran over its nuclear activities peacefully and rejected reports he was preparing a bombing campaign as "wild speculation".
- Us Plays Down Talks Of Iran Strike (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
While stressing that diplomacy is the first course for dealing with Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the White House is not ruling out a military response and says ‘‘normal defense and intelligence planning’’ is under way.
- A Friend In Need (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 11, 2006)
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s second visit to New Delhi in less than a year is in keeping with the growing congruence of interests between the two South Asian countries.
- Poll Panel, State Election Machinery At The Receiving End (Hindu, S. Dorairaj , Apr 11, 2006)
Monitoring enforcement of model code in the State a tough task
EC, State election machinery straining to prove impartiality in ensuring parties' compliance
Faced with complaints of violations, State election machinery conducted probes
- Madrid Bombings ‘Inspired’ By Al-Qaeda: Media Reports (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
The suspected masterminds of the deadly train bombings in Madrid in 2004 belonged to a local cell ‘‘inspired’’ by Al-qaeda acting to force Spain to withdraw troops from Iraq, according to the judge investigating the attacks, a media report said today.
- Standoff Likely On Sea Passage (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Apr 11, 2006)
LTTE firm on use of Sea Tigers
- Nepal Beyond The Monarchy (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Apr 11, 2006)
After years of upheaval, Nepal is on the brink of a major political change. What will a country of citizens — and not subjects — look like? Three books provide some answers
- Prophet Of Peace (Hindu, Syed Ali Hashmi, Apr 11, 2006)
Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) was born in the year 571 A.D. on the 12th of Rabi-al-awwal (April 11 this year), the third month of the lunar calendar.
- A Different Historical Trajectory (Hindu, R. CHAMPAKALAKSHMI, Apr 11, 2006)
This concluding part of the review focusses on Sanjay Subrahmanyam's main contributions to a better understanding of the complex historical processes
- Pak, China May Sign Civil N-Deal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
A civil nuclear technology deal between Pakistan and China may be signed during Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf's visit to Beijing in June to counter the Indo-US nuclear agreement, the Daily Times reported on Monday.
- Protecting Islands Of Excellence (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Apr 11, 2006)
The proposal of the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development to extend reservations to the other backward classes (OBCs) in Central educational institutions, including the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institutes of Management,
- Kalam's Intervention Sought (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
329 commercial properties sealed in 10 civic zones on Monday
- Equality Is A Must (Deccan Herald, Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Apr 11, 2006)
Prophet Mohammed’s way of treating women was just exemplary. One would wish that Muslims followed that in spirit and content. It is said that women once complained that the Prophet had not fixed a day for meeting them in the assembly, and that . . .
- Sub Selection: Some Points (Deccan Herald, PR Franklin, Apr 11, 2006)
The Scorpene should not meet the same fate as the HDW submarine
- President's Eye Fixed On Iran (The Seattle Times, Editorial, The Seattle Times, Apr 11, 2006)
Beware an American president at bay. Haunted by tumbling poll ratings and the chaos of post-war Iraq, the eye of George Bush is fixing on Iran's nuclear plans.
- Triple Afghan Blasts Leave Soldier Dead, 16 Wounded (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
Three explosions including a suicide blast killed a soldier and wounded 16 other Afghans on Sunday, officials said.
- Balochistan Liberation Army Proscribed As Terror Outfit (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
The government has banned the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) by declaring it a terrorist organisation, Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao and Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Sunday.
- Perhaps Us Reads Indian Mind (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
India has rejected the US call to define its credible minimum nuclear deterrent saying that it is under no obligation to do so.
- China's Strategy, Australia's Autonomy (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Apr 10, 2006)
A long-time U.S. ally, Canberra has, through the latest uranium deal with Beijing, signalled its own set of priorities.
- In Conflict We Need An Ethical Code (Hindu, Martin Kettle, Apr 10, 2006)
The fight against jihadist terrorism carries real costs -- so it needs public legitimacy and support.
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