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Articles 13121 through 13220 of 27135:
- Us Says Reports Of Iranian Ships Call At Indian Port 'Overwritten' (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The United States has dismissed as ''overwritten'' reports that India was training or contributing to Iran's military capabilities just because two ships with Iranian naval cadets had made port calls in southern India last month.
- In The Groove (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Apr 05, 2006)
The US recognizes south Asia as India’s sphere of influence
- Pak Man Gets 5 Yrs For Aiding Taliban (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
A Pakistani man was sentenced today to nearly five years in prison for his role in a plot to obtain and sell Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to the Taliban and Al-Qaida.
- China Cannot Be A Party To Kashmir Issue: Pak (Hindustan Times, CP Bhambhri, Apr 05, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday rejected a suggestion by moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq to make China a party for the resolution of the Kashmir issue.
- Will India Emerge As Global Power ? (Daily Excelsior, Abhijit Patwardhan, Apr 05, 2006)
For sceptics, the suggestion of an area of peace in Asia remains wishful thinking.
- Indo-Us Deal Can Spoil Security In Region, Us Told (News International, Mariana Baabar, Apr 05, 2006)
Kasuri shares perspective on issue with Boucher; stresses
package approach to prevent arms race
- Valuable Funding Of Gwadar By Oman (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 05, 2006)
Oman's Foreign Minister Yousaf Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah has announced the revival of 100 million dollar fund that Oman had allocated for the development of Gwadar area. Talking to newsmen after his meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mehmud Kasu
- Investigating Disappearances (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 05, 2006)
A disturbing phenomenon that has late surfaced in Pakistan is that of ‘disappearances’.
- Settling Siachen (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 05, 2006)
There is every reason to appreciate the Chief of the Army Staff’s stating that he would take a “positive” view when evaluating any formula floated to confine the pointless, though extensively romanticised, conflict in Siachen to the dustbin of history.
- No Covert Diplomacy On Kashmir: Fo (News International, Mariana Baabar, Apr 05, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday said Islamabad and New Delhi were not involved in any covert diplomacy on Kashmir, rather they were engaged in interaction at different levels to settle the issue.
- French Connection (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
The Indo-French naval exercises that started on Sunday off the Goa coast take place in the backdrop of French President Jacques Chirac’s visit to India in February and the controversy over the decommissioned French aircraft carrier Clemenceau which was de
- Another Musharraf Regime? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Apr 05, 2006)
Pakistan is an illiberal democracy since political engineering would ensure Musharraf’s next electoral victory
- In Indira’S Footsteps (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Apr 05, 2006)
Last week this column suggested that the Congress should be buried. Some elaboration is in order.
- Mirwaiz Proposes Joint Kashmir Parliament (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) President Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has suggested setting up a joint political setup of the five regions comprising entire Kashmir and Northern Areas having a joint parliament and under joint control of Pakistan and India.
- We Should Not Play Bush Game Of Chicken On Iran (Toronto Star, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
President's tactics echo buildup to invasion of Iraq, says Haroon Siddiqui.
- An Exercise In Bravado (Guardian (UK), Simon Tisdall, Apr 05, 2006)
Iran has been conducting a sort of grand military parade up and down the Gulf this week, displaying its defensive hardware, test-firing sophisticated-sounding new weapons systems, and proclaiming its readiness to repel all would-be aggressors.
- Baloch Leader Held (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
The authorities in Dubai have arrested Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) chief Ghazain Marri following a request by the Pakistan Government.
- No Foreign Support Behind Baloch Insurgency (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 04, 2006)
“In the absence of foreign support, which does not appear imminent, the Baloch movement cannot prevail over a determined central government with obviously superior military strength,” according to a report on the resurgence of Baloch nationalism . . .
- Seven Killed In N Waziristan Violence (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Two local tribesmen were killed and six Pakistan Army soldiers were injured in an exchange of fire in Mir Ali on Monday, while five passengers lost their lives and three others sustained injuries when their vehicle hit a landmine on the . . .
- When Army & Jihadis Acted In Tandem (Pioneer, B Raman, Apr 04, 2006)
Detailed inquiry into the possible complicity of Pakistani Generals in the September 11 terrorist attacks is necessary, says B Raman
- Curtain Rises (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 04, 2006)
On private arms production
- Arms Cache In Gas Cylinder From Pakistan (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Apr 04, 2006)
After failing to smuggle, using some old ways, the latest weapons and ammunition into Jammu and Kashmir for its terrorists, Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence is trying to hit upon new methods.
- Pakistan Sends Relief Goods To Iran For Quake Victims (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Pakistan has sent a planeload of relief goods for earthquake victims in Iran, the Foreign Ministry said today.
- Terror Firmer @ 45% Militancy Countrywide (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Apr 04, 2006)
It is an extraordinary situation. Over 45 per cent area of the country, comprising 220 districts, is under the throes of some kind of militancy. Apart from terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir, insurgency in Northeastern States, Maoist menace . . .
- Invading Falkland Cowardly Act’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Argentina’s war with Britain over the Falkland Islands was a crime committed by a cowardly military dictatorship, but the South American country will never abandon its claim to sovereignty of the islands, President Mr Nestor Kirchner said
- U.S. Plays Down Iran Ship Visits To India (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Apr 04, 2006)
The United States on Monday confirmed that two Iranian navy ships had visited Indian ports last month, but played down the contact as the Bush administration struggles to win congressional approval for a landmark U.S.-India civilian nuclear energy deal.
- The True ‘Heroes’ Of Our Times (Daily Excelsior, S.V. Vaidyanathan, Apr 04, 2006)
Unlike the economic establishment in India that comprises economic bureaucrats, journalists, academics (Indian and non-resident Indians) and is all gung ho about the emergence of neoliberal economic globalisation since the beginnings of . . .
- Bjp-Ruled States Asked To Checkconversions, Cow Slaughter (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Toeing the Sangh Parivar line, BJP president Rajnath Singh has asked his party Governments in states to implement the ‘Hindutva’ agenda including a check on cow slaughter and religious conversions and deportation of illegal Bangladeshi migrants.
- J&k Bank Is Not A State: Full Bench (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan went berserk adjoining Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s residence at Wazarat Road in the City here late this evening killing his three colleagues including a CRPF Inspector and two head constables
- Service Sector To The Rescue (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Apr 04, 2006)
India was once an agricultural country.
- Crpf Jawan Kills Three Colleagues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Incident outside Azad's house
- 68 Per Cent Polling Recorded In Assam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
65 of 126 constituencies covered in the first phase; rain affects voting in Guwahati
- Gorbachev Appears Repentant (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 04, 2006)
Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev has castigated US policies of pre-emptive strike, ignoring the UN Security Council and disregard to international legal obligations and urged Washington not to impose its will on others.
- Meenakshi Temple To Develop `Secular Garden' Near City (Hindu, CP Bhambri, Apr 04, 2006)
Plan to raise 690 trees on an expanse of five acres
- Government Directed To Enquire Into Complaint By Freedom Fighters (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Sub-treasury officials `ill-treated them'
- Rs. 50 Lakhs Being Handed Over To Maoists Seized (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Staffer of VARKS Engineer Groups caught
- Poll Panel To Decide On Filing Slp In Nataraj Transfer Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
State Election department has sent judgment copy to Commission
Electors Photo Identity Cards programme to continue till month-end
Paramilitary forces to come to the State a few days ahead of polling
- Camouflaging Sensitive Sites From Satellites (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Universal effort needed to guard against Google Earth images: Army Chief
- Implications Of N-Deal With India (Dawn, Talat Masood, Apr 04, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal signed during President Bush’s recent visit to South Asia is meant to turn the relationship between the two states into strategic partnership.
- Left Objects To Central Forces In Poll Booths (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Protests other measures in West Bengal
"Security forces from outside the State may lead to communication problem"
"The basis for ascertaining booth-capturing is not clear."
- Yet Another Crisis (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 04, 2006)
The nwfp crisis seems to have deepened as the provincial assembly met Monday morning despite the Governor’s refusal to summon the session following his row with the Chief Minister.
- Indo-Us N-Deal Runs Into Trouble (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 04, 2006)
OPPOSITION to the Indo-US nuclear deal is mounting.
- Sugar Cartel’S Price-Fixing (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 04, 2006)
ONE does not know what to make of the ‘warning’ of the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) that there is going to be a shortage of 600,000 tons of sugar during the current year.
- Balochistan Impasse (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 04, 2006)
WITH the Balochistan situation showing no signs of abating, acts of terrorism continue and one can detect a new sense of defiance in the utterances of some Baloch sardars.
- India’S Parties Wooing Muslim Vote (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Apr 04, 2006)
An estimated 55 percent of Assam’s electorate voted in Monday in the first phase of assembly elections, where balloting was held in 65 of the state’s 126 constituencies.
- Iran’S Signalling In The Gulf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
On Wednesday, Iran tested a high-speed underwater missile called Hoot (fish) which it claims is the fastest in the world at 360 kilometres per hour and can avoid sonar (sound navigation ranging) detection
- Google Images Have Army In Combat Gear (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
The Army is taking steps to counter the menace posed by Google portal putting the layout of its strategic bases on its website, Army Chief Gen J J Singh said here on Monday .
- Rice Played Godmother To Nuclear Deal Between India And Us (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Apr 04, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is the true architect of the Indo-US nuclear cooperation treaty, which, according to a detailed investigative report in the Washington Post on Monday, now faces a “hard sell” in Congress.
- N-Fuel To India After Nsg Nod: France (Tribune, Ajay Kaul, Apr 04, 2006)
As India prepares to hold talks with the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), its key member France today said it would help in generating consensus on the Indo-US nuclear deal there but ruled out providing uranium till "green signal" from the 45-nation group.
- Left Cautions Ec Against Deploying Paramilitary Forces (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
The Left parties have impressed upon the Election Commission today not to deploy Central paramilitary forces inside polling stations in West Bengal and took exception to the conduct of some of the poll observers and guidelines issued by the commission
- Jawan Kills 3 At Cm’S Residence In Jammu (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Three CRPF personnel were killed and two wounded when a constable on guard duty at the official residence of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad opened fire at his colleagues here this evening following an altercation between them.
- Army Taking Steps To Thwart Google Threat: J.J. Singh (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Chief of Army Staff Gen J.J. Singh said today that the Army was taking steps to counter the threat posed by the Google portal by putting out the layout of its strategic bases on its website.
- White Cane Worries (Deccan Herald, L SUBRAMANI, Apr 04, 2006)
Sometimes, even cautiously walking on a crowded pavement can be hazardous
- Majority Of Britons For Iraq Pullout (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Apr 04, 2006)
Findings may pressure Blair to set time-table for withdrawal
- Anthology Of Short Stories (Hindu, P. Sundaresan, Apr 04, 2006)
THIS BOOK showcases Ashokamitran's talents, which can be traced back to the special numbers of magazines.
- Well Done (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 03, 2006)
The overall reception that surgeon Lt Cdr Wahida
Prizm has got in her home State during her
vacations is well deserved. It has climaxed into a meeting with Governor Lt Gen S.K. Sinha (retd) in this city last weekend.
- Kalam In The Land Of Pagodas (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Apr 03, 2006)
The recent visit of Presi-
dent Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
to Myanmar is a record of sorts in more ways than one. Itwas not only his first visit to the neighbouring country, but the first ever by an Indian Head of State to Myanmar. The visit was all the . . .
- India Receives Uranium From Russia (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
dia’s top nuclear scientist will visit Vienna this week for talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on a safeguards accord proposed under the Indo-US nuclear deal to pave the way for resumption of nuclear fuel for Indian reactors.
- Russia Sends First Lot Of Uranium Fuel For Tarapur Plants (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Even as Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran works to fast forward the Indo-US nuclear deal in the US, Russia has delivered the first part of the promised supply of 60 metric tonne of enriched uranium fuel for the Tarapur Atomic Power plants, according . . .
- Fake Ultras On Prowl In Assam (Pioneer, Navin Upadhyay, Apr 03, 2006)
Burinagar is a picturesque village tucked amidst bamboo grooves, omnipresent palms, rich banana plantations, and a variety of greenery - lush fields, low shrubs, and giant trees.
- Us Military Chopper Crashes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
A US Military helicopter crashed on Sunday during a "combat air patrol" southwest of Baghdad, but the status of the crew was unknown, according to the American command.
- Unholy Entente (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 03, 2006)
The United Liberation Front of Asom, which has been waging a bloody separatist war for nearly two decades in Assam and is guilty of killings hundreds of innocent people and security personnel, has surprisingly decided to keep a low profile during . . .
- Kakodkar To Discuss Safeguards With Iaea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), will visit Vienna this week for talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on a safeguards accord proposed under the India-U.S. nuclear deal to pave the way for resumption of . . .
- China Buys Australian Uranium (International Herald Tribune, Jane Perlez, Apr 03, 2006)
Beijing signed on Monday an agreement with Australia, one of the United States' closest allies, to buy uranium for use in China's nuclear power plants, in its continuing drive to meet its soaring energy needs .
- Major Fire At Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Building (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
A major fire broke out at the Port Users' Building of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), which handles over 50 per cent of the country's container traffic, at Nhava Sheva in Navi Mumbai on Sunday, police said.
- South America Is Turning Pink (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Apr 03, 2006)
The free market, liberalisation and privatisation policies of the right-wing leadership in South and Central America do not seem to be getting results.
- Pakistan Steel Privatization (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
The sale of 75 per cent of Pakistan Steel for Rs 21.68 billion to a consortium which includes one of Russia’s leading steel producers and a Saudi steel company can be expected to provide the shot in the arm the country’s largest industrial unit . . .
- Changing Dynamics Of South Asia (Dawn, Fateh M. Chaudhri, Apr 03, 2006)
The recent whirlwind trip of President George W. Bush to South Asia was a sort of political tsunami after which the region has not been the same.
- Has The Penny Really Dropped? (News International, Khusro Mumtaz, Apr 03, 2006)
Bush Jr had ridden off into the sunset (or to be more precise flown off on Air Force One) leaving a wounded and shell-shocked General behind wondering whatever happened to his beautiful relationship with the leader of the (so-called) free world.
- Aso Says China A Threat; Shrine Overtures Rebuffed (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Foreign Minister Taro Aso on Sunday called China a military threat and Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe rebuffed conciliatory gestures by Beijing over Yasukuni Shrine in comments likely to heighten tensions between the two nations.
- Asia: The Ascendant Continent (News International, Nasim Zehra, Apr 03, 2006)
The twenty-first century is decidedly the Asian century
- Rotten At The Roots (News International, Chris Cork, Apr 03, 2006)
Politicians are getting bad press almost everywhere these days. They are consistently exposed as fiscally fraudulent, institutionally deceitful, self-serving and downright corrupt whether they be to the right, left or centre of the political spectrum.
- Unethical Us Act Against Hamas (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Apr 03, 2006)
US State Department has announced that Washington has suspended all contacts with the Palestinian Government led by Hamas.
- Dimensions Of The Indo-Us Deal (News International, Humera Niazi, Apr 03, 2006)
The recent nuclear deal the US enacted with India violates the NPT and also its own laws.
- Iran Terror Response Seen To Us Strike-Wash Post (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Iran would respond to US military strikes against its nuclear sites with global attacks by intelligence operatives and Hezbollah teams, The Washington Post reported in an article on its Web site, citing unnamed "intelligence and terrorism experts."
- Making Of A Leader (News International, Prof Khwaja Masud, Apr 03, 2006)
Leadership consists in mastering the calculus of dynamics of change". Robert McNamara Niccolo Machiavelli, in his famous book The Prince, written in 1513, used three basic concepts to discuss the basic problems of political leadership: virtu,
- Balakot Reconstruction (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Apr 03, 2006)
The decision to commence the reconstruction phase of the quake-ravaged areas from April 7 has not come too soon.
- Polling Underway In Assam (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 03, 2006)
Only seven per cent votes were cast on Monday in the first three hours of polling till 10 am in phase one of Assam Assembly elections with rains playing spoilsport, official sources said.
- Sri Lanka And Pakistan Agree To Combat Terrorism (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Apr 03, 2006)
Mahinda Rajapakse in Islamabad Pakistan reaffirmed its support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Sri Lanka
- World Bank Puts On Hold A Billion Dollars For Health (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Apr 03, 2006)
In a setback for the UPA government’s flagship health programme, the World Bank has withheld 350 million dollars of funding for the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) project of the National Rural Health Mission. While the government is going . . .
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