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Articles 14221 through 14320 of 27135:
- Iran’S Nuclear Standoff And Pakistan (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 10, 2006)
With the United States nudging the International Atomic Energy Agency at every step, the IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei has transmitted his report on Iran’s nuclear programme to the UN Security Council at the close of the Agency’s . . .
- Centcom Chief’S Assertion (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 10, 2006)
The Karzai government must have been deeply disappointed by Gen. John Abizaid’s remarks in Islamabad on Wednesday.
- Why The Federation Is At Odds With Provinces? (Dawn, Zamir Ghumro, Mar 10, 2006)
Against the backdrop of a raging controversy and widespread protests in the country in general and in Sindh in particular over the construction of mega dams, the federal cabinet decided on January 1 to revive the Council of Common Interests under . . .
- Bush Sends India Nuclear Request To Congress - Sources (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
The Bush administration on Thursday submitted to Congress its proposal to change U.S. law to allow the sale of nuclear technology to India, congressional sources said.
- It’S Actually The United States (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 10, 2006)
The current row over militants’ movement across the Durand Line was discussed at a meeting between President Gen Pervez Musharraf and US CENTCOM chief Gen John Abizaid in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. Gen Musharraf is understood to have called for . . .
- Kashmir Involves India & Pakistan: Cbms Progressing: Musharraf (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that the issue of Kashmir was a bilateral matter involving Pakistan and India and neither party wanted it to become a trilateral or multilateral issue.
- Musharraf Says No Compromise On Deterrence (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf Thursday said that Pakistan is not into an arms race in the region but will never compromise on its strategy of defensive deterrence to safeguard its sovereignty
- Pak-Afghan Tension (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, Mar 10, 2006)
That the main issue during talks between General Musharraf and CENTCOM Commander Gen John Abizaid was the situation on Pakistan's western border indicates that differences between Pakistan and Afghanistan have reached a point where a third . . .
- Islamic Kashmir Outfit Claims Blasts In India (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2006)
An unknown Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for blasts that killed 23 people in India’s holiest Hindu city of Varanasi as grieving relatives cremated victims.
- Iaea Clears Way For Un Action On Iran (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
* UNSC to take up watchdog’s report next week
* ElBaradei says political settlement still possible
* Russia sees no military solution, says sanctions ineffective
- Shaukat’S Principled Stand On Iran (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Mar 09, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan is opposed to military action against Iran over its disputed nuclear programme and called for diplomatic solution to the crisis over Iran’s uranium enrichment issue.
- Easy Targets (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
The terrorist attack in Varanasi (including one on an important Hanuman temple on Tuesday, in which about 15 people died) does not leave much room for doubt that these attacks follow a pattern.
- Power Moves In Asia (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Mar 09, 2006)
The US pursues goals of nuclear non-proliferation and counter terrorism in South Asia
- Correct Approach (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
While talking to BBC Television at London on Tuesday, Mr Aziz has reiterated Pakistan’s stand on tackling the issue of Iran’s nuclear enrichment programme that the West, mainly the US, wants wound up, suspecting it to be weapons-oriented, . . .
- A New South Asian Order In The Making (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Mar 09, 2006)
Despite the concessions made by Pervez Musharraf for Washington, President Bush’s approach to South Asia indicates very clearly a major shift in US policy, refracted most sharply by his visit to the region.
- Is The Bird Flu Over? (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
Don’t just have it on your mind. Have it on your plate too!” So runs one of the series of advertisements that the ministry of health and family welfare and the department of animal husbandry are putting out in newspapers.
- The Nuclear Plan’S Hurdle Race (Indian Express, G. Balachandran, Mar 09, 2006)
At last one can heave a sigh of relief of sorts. Even though a lot remains to be done to give practical effect to the July 18 India-US statement on nuclear cooperation, the “successful completion of discussions on India’s separation . . .
- White House: Indo-Us N-Deal Will Not Fuel Arms Race (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 09, 2006)
In an exercise aimed at silencing critics of the Indo-US nuclear deal, the Bush administration has rejected charges that the pact would fuel an arms race in South Asia and set the stage for recognition of India as a nuclear weapons state.
- Govt-Left Relations Getting Worse (Daily Excelsior, Sondip Bhattacharya, Mar 09, 2006)
Relations between the Left parties and the Manmohan Singh Government are set to get more fractious in the days to come over India’s ties with the United States
- Reality Dawned Upon Me: Hizb Comdr (Daily Excelsior, Sarwar Kashani, Mar 09, 2006)
"I surrendered because reality dawned upon me," said the surrendered Hizbul Mujahideen district commander before media today, while explaining his reasons why he deserted his militant outfit and joined "mainstream".
- Pleasures Of Separation (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 09, 2006)
The formal outline of the nuclear separation plan presented before Parliament seems to have been designed to keep virtually everyone happy.
- Musharraf Wants More Security On Afghan Border (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Mar 09, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday told US Central Command (Centcom) chief General John P Abizaid that there was an urgent need to reinforce security on the Afghan side of the border to stop “miscreants” sneaking into Pakistan’s tribal areas.
- Bush Visit To South Asia (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Mar 09, 2006)
Some change in US thinking on Pakistan
NEVER before has the visit of an American President to South Asia created such a political storm as the recent one by President George W. Bush to Afghanistan, India and Pakistan.
- New Clear Deal (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 09, 2006)
After weeks of intense diplomatic activity, India and the US have reached an agreement on implementation of the nuclear deal struck last year.
- Blood On His Hands (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 09, 2006)
In August 2001, George Bush told Americans that he worried about a culture that devalues life, and that he believed that, as US president, he has an important obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world.
- Indo-Us N-Deal: Good Or Bad? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
India tested nuclear bombs in 1974 and has remained outside the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) since then.
- American Building Schools And Relations In Northern Areas (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
An American mountaineer who fell ill while attempting to climb K2 in 1993 and spent seven weeks recovering in the Northern Areas village of Korphe promised to return and build the area’s fist school when he left - and he did.
- Kalam Reaches Myanmar On A Three-Day Visit (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam and a 40-member entourage arrived in Myanmar amid tight security on Wednesday for a three-day visit.
- Iaea Sending Iran Report To Unsc Today (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
VIENNA MEET Tehran warns Washington of ‘harm and pain’, White House calls statement provocative
- 'Indo-Us N-Pact Doesn't Hamper Dealing With Iran' (Hindustan Times, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Mar 09, 2006)
The Bush Administration has rejected the notion that proceeding with the civilian nuclear energy agreement with India undercuts America's dealing with Iran on the issue, stressing that the US looks at both the cases differently.
- What Is Sacred? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 09, 2006)
When terror is precision-timed for symbolism, careful scrutiny of the site and the situation is revealing.
- Strategic Interests Safe (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 09, 2006)
N-deal has made no such compromise
- Us, Europe Tell Iran To Reverse Nuke Policy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
An Iranian collision course with the Council looks more likely after Tehran brushed aside a tentative Russian offer on Tuesday to let it do limited atomic research if it refrained from enriching uranium on an industrial scale for 7-9 years.
- Pentagon Lauds Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Mar 09, 2006)
The U.S. has said Pakistan's role is "critical" and "key" in matters concerning fighting the war on terror, securing the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and instilling peace in the South Asian region.
- Pieces In Terror Jigsaw, Two Top Lashkar Men Shot In Up, Delhi (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Mar 09, 2006)
Within hours of the terror strike in Varanasi, two top-ranking Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed by the police in Lucknow and Delhi.
- In Islamabad, On A Turning Wicket (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, Mar 09, 2006)
Pakistan should not define its interests solely in terms of competing with a much larger neighbour, says Pakistan should not define its interests solely in terms of competing with a much larger neighbour, says HUSAIN HAQQANI
- Prime Minister's Statement On Discussions On Civil Nuclear Energy Cooperation With The Us (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
In my Statement on February 27, 2006, I had provided an assurance that this august House will be informed of developments in our discussions with the United States on separation of our civilian and military nuclear facilities.
- 22 Iron, Manganese Mines Closed Down (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2006)
Minister of State for Mines T Subbarami Reddy told M Shivanna (JD-S) and R L Jalappa (Cong) that 70 iron ore mines, 15 manganese mines and two chromite and two gold mines are in operation in the State.
- Iran's Threat Of 'Harm And Pain' (San Francisco Chronicle, Edotorial, San Francisco Chronicle, Mar 09, 2006)
The Rhetoric is rising in the war of wills between Washington and Tehran.
- Indo-Us N-Deal: Good Or Bad? (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
India tested nuclear bombs in 1974 and has remained outside the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) since then. US laws prohibit the export of nuclear technology to countries who have not signed NPT.
- India Says To Complete Nuclear Separation By 2014 (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Mar 08, 2006)
India will open 14 of its 22 nuclear plants for international inspections by 2014 as part of a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.
- N-Deal Doesn’T Recognise India As Nuclear Weapon State, Says Burns (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The US has made it clear that the Indo-US nuclear deal does not amount to recognition of India as a nuclear weapon state.
- Kalam Embarks On Myanmar Visit Today (Indian Express, Manraj Grewal, Mar 08, 2006)
A very important visit to a very important neighbour. That’s how Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran described President APJ Abdul Kalam’s visit to Myanmar, beginning tomorrow.
- Australia Opens Door For Uranium To India - Analyst (Reuters, James Grubel, Mar 08, 2006)
Australia has opened the door to future uranium sales to India but would not want to consider the issue for several years and not until Australia has locked in lucrative sales to China, a leading analyst said on Tuesday.
- Concessions And Gains (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Mar 08, 2006)
There would be no dearth of former officials and experts in Washington and New Delhi, taking potshots at the Indo-US agreement on nuclear separation that was unveiled in Parliament on Tuesday by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and soon . . .
- Today's Editorial: New Clear Deal (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 08, 2006)
After weeks of intense diplomatic activity, India and the US have reached an agreement on implementation of the nuclear deal struck last year.
- How To Stop It (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Mar 08, 2006)
Any sane person will be shocked by the gory incident of an Army jawan gunning down his four colleagues and then taking his own life in Miran Sahib on Sunday night. It is true that this is not the first instance of its kind in the State.
- Arroyo Offers Talks (Deccan Herald, Manila, Mar 08, 2006)
President Gloria Arroyo confirmed on Tuesday that she would hold talks with leaders of the Philippines military, less than two weeks after her government foiled an alleged coup plot by renegade officers.
- Mulayam Moves To Take Ground Measures, On Political Front Too (Indian Express, Atiq Khan, Mar 08, 2006)
Even as Governor TV Rajeswar kept a close watch on the situation in the aftermath of the serial bomb blasts in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav held a closed-door meeting with some of his ministers and senior officials . . .
- Iran Insists On N-Fuel Research (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
European Union negotiators demand a 10-year moratorium on all enrichment activities.
- A Reminder From A Brother Judge (Indian Express, J.L. Gupta, Mar 08, 2006)
The Golden Jubilee celebrations of the high court at Chandigarh were grand. The hosts had arranged everything meticulously.
- N-Deal: What The Pm Said (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
"There will be no capping of our strategic program. India will not be constrained in any way." - Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister
- Issues Remain Unaddressed In Budget (Hindu, Subramanian Swamy , Mar 08, 2006)
The 2006-07 budget has no solutions for the pressing problems of the economy. Instead, we find a tax on kitchen tiles, packaged software, and share transactions just to make budgetary ends meet and not for dynamic policy.
- Implementing India's Separation Plan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 08, 2006)
Fourteen thermal power reactors to come under safeguards between 2006 and 2014. U.S. promises to create conditions for India to have assured and full access to fuel.
- Hours After Blasts, Three Let Men Gunned Down (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Hours after the blasts in Varanasi, a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist was shot dead in an encounter with the police in Gosaiganj area on the outskirts of the city early on Wednesday morning.
- Manmohan Spells Out N-Separation Plan (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Spelling out the separation plan under the Indo-US nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said there would be no capping of the country's strategic programme.
- A Landmark Deal Between (Daily Excelsior, K.N. Pandita, Mar 08, 2006)
The nuclear deal between the strongest and the largest democracy in the world essentially stems from 9/11. No doubt it has come belatedly, but certainly it reflects mature statesmanship of highest level.
- A Win-Win Agreement (Times of India, Anupam Srivastava & Seema Gahlaut , Mar 08, 2006)
The civilian nuclear energy deal between India and the US has finally been concluded, which means that the Indian plan to separate civilian and weapons-dedicated nuclear facilities has met US benchmarks of being credible, verifiable, and . . .
- Low-Intensity War In Balochistan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 08, 2006)
"Don't push us," President Pervez Musharraf warned in January last year, after an attack by Baloch insurgents on a gas refinery in Sui disrupted steel and fertiliser production across Pakistan for more than a month.
- Leader Editorial: Blood On His Hands (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 08, 2006)
In August 2001, George Bush told Americans that he worried about a culture that devalues life, and that he believed that, as US president, he has an important obligation to foster and encourage respect for life in America and throughout the world.
- Tackling Al-Qaeda (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Mar 08, 2006)
Over four years have passed since 9/11. According to dependable intelligence sources Osama bin Laden throughout this period remained holed up in the tribal belt that lies between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- Breaking The Mould? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Mar 08, 2006)
Among the points raised by President Pervez Musharraf during his talk with editors on Monday and earlier in his CNN interview was his criticism of the ‘India-centric’ attitude in Pakistan.
- Self-Correction Is In National Interest Now (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Mar 08, 2006)
In his meeting with the editors of Pakistan’s leading newspapers and electronic media on Monday, President Pervez Musharraf used the word “Indiacentric” to describe a foreign policy stance that he intends to shun in the future.
- Pak, India Civil Aviation Talks Inconclusive (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Extensive round of Pak-India talks to review Civil Aviation existing bilateral arrangements concluded inconclusive in New Delhi on Tuesday.
- Iaea Meets Amid Rift Over Iranian Nuclear Programme (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Iran will not agree to a compromise over its nuclear programme that involves suspending full-scale uranium enrichment for any longer than two years, a diplomat told AFP Tuesday.
- Nuclear Separation Plan Seeks Fine Balance (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mar 08, 2006)
Concerns of cost, research and security emphasised, but sme sacrifices too
Decision on fuel fabrication plants put off
CIRUS research reactor to be shut down
Fuel core of Apsara reactor to be shifted
- India To Open 14 Nuclear Plants To Inspection By 2014 (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 08, 2006)
India will open 14 of its 22 nuclear plants for international inspections by 2014 as part of a civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.
- Separation Of N-Units By 2014: Singh (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
India will open 14 of its 22 nuclear plants for international inspections by 2014 as part of a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation deal with the United States, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.
- Pakistan To Pursue Pipeline With Or Without India: Pm (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Says Pakistan will oppose military action against Iran
- The Indian Factor Mma’S Ajk Chapter Formed (Daily Times, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mar 08, 2006)
“The US does not oppose a natural gas pipeline from Iran. Our beef with Iran is not the pipeline; our beef with Iran is the fact that they want to develop a nuclear weapon.”
- Pakistan And India Agree To Expand Air Service Agreement (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Mar 08, 2006)
Pakistan and India have agreed to expand the scope of the existing air service agreement between them.
- Rising To The Defence (Business Standard, Sangeeta Singh, Mar 08, 2006)
Public-private joint ventures in the defence sector get a boost from home-grown enterprises.
- Bush Visit To Pakistan, India May Have Done Harm: Nyt (Dawn, Masood Haider, Mar 08, 2006)
Saying that President Bush’s visit to “Pakistan and India may have done real harm”, the New York Times chided Mr Bush for “sticking” President Musharraf with the unwelcome task of explaining to Pakistanis why his friend and ally, Mr Bush, had . . .
- India Protests Border Bunkers (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
India has registered “strong protests” with Pakistan over the construction of new bunkers on border, a minister said on Tuesday.
- No Curb On Nuclear Facilities: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Sees no adverse effect from India-United States deal and separation plan
"The integrity of our nuclear doctrine and our ability to sustain a Minimum Credible Nuclear Deterrent is protected"
CIRUS reactor shutdown in 2010
- Deal Won’T Affect N-Scheme: Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
The Prime Minister today assured Parliament that the implementation of the Indo-US deal on civilian nuclear energy will not lead to the capping of India’s strategic nuclear programme or affect the three-stage nuclear programme.
- Side Trips On A Visit To India (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Mar 08, 2006)
More than four years after a US-led invasion force delivered to Afghanistan the gifts of freedom and democracy, the man behind the enterprise finally plucked up the courage for a quick trip to Kabul.
- ‘Lt Commander’ Killed: India (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
Indian troops killed a top commander of a hardline rebel group in revolt-hit Kashmir in a gunbattle early Tuesday, the army said. The commander belonged to Lashkar-i-Toiba, the army said.
- What’S In It For The Us? (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 08, 2006)
“What is in it for America?” That was how the national security adviser, M. K. Narayanan, reacted after the Bush administration proposed the nuclear deal to the Indians at Blair House, the official guest house of the American president, during the . . .
- Pro-North Korean Paper Chides Us-India N-Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2006)
A pro-North Korean newspaper in Japan on Wednesday condemned the recent nuclear deal between the United States and India, claiming it gave India "preferential" treatment by formally recognizing it as a nuclear power despite its failure to sign . . .
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