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Articles 15321 through 15420 of 27135:
- U.S.-India Deal Uncertain Ahead Of Bush Visit (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Feb 17, 2006)
The top U.S. negotiator on a troubled nuclear deal with India would hold new talks in New Delhi next week only if there is a chance the visit could resolve differences clouding President George W. Bush's planned South Asia trip, U.S. officials . . .
- Chirac To Woo India After Toxic Ship Spat (Reuters, Sophie Louet, Feb 17, 2006)
Having called home a mothballed toxic warship poisoning relations, French President Jacques Chirac arrives in India on Sunday with a posse of top executives hungry for trade with one of Asia's booming economies.
- Several Pacts Are Expected To Be Signed During Chirac's Visit (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
A Declaration on development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and a defence agreement are among several pacts expected to be signed during the visit of French President Jacques Chirac here beginning on Sunday.
- Prosecutor Says Al-Qaeda Wanted Australian Sleeper .......... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
An Australian man received training at an Al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan and had been chosen by Osama bin Laden to act as a "sleeper" in Australia, prosecutors told a court today.
- China Urges Pakistan To Catch Killers Of Workers ......... (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Chinese President Hu Jintao has urged Pakistan to track down the gunmen who killed three Chinese engineers in a drive-by shooting, Xinhua news agency said today.
- Nepali Troops Who Abuse Should Be Barred From U.N. - Group (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
A top U.N. human rights panel said on Thursday that Nepali soldiers responsible for human rights violations should be banned from participating in international peacekeeping missions.
- Killing Of Chinese Engineers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 17, 2006)
In yet another incident of terrorism, this time in the Balochistan town of Hub, three Chinese engineers were shot dead by assailants while driving home after work.
- History In Quran’S Light (Dawn, Prof Mohammed Rafi, Feb 17, 2006)
History is a record of the rise and fall of nations. Through it we realize facts about nations that flourished, the goals they pursued and above all the values around which their culture and society was organized. It can help us assess values and . . .
- Pakistan Protests Airspace Violation By India (News International, Mariana Baabar, Feb 17, 2006)
An uncalled-for provocation by India has prompted the government of Pakistan to lodge a protest with New Delhi through the Indian High Commission in Islamabad for violation of its airspace and Exclusive Economic Zone by an Indian maritime aircraft and ...
- Efforts On To Create India Disaster Knowledge Network (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Two-day conference on disaster management organised Two-day conference on Disaster Management organised Issues such as disaster preparedness, early warning, rescue, relief and rehabilitation, and the role of NGOs were discussed
- Avoiding A Second Disaster (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 17, 2006)
AS if things weren’t bad enough for survivors of October’s devastating earthquake, Wednesday’s news that flash floods from a giant lake could break through a dam and wreak havoc in Muzaffarabad is cause for serious concern.
- The Hunter, Hunted! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 17, 2006)
In a country where shooting straight and talking little is considered the mark of a man, US Vice-President Dick Cheney’s accidental wounding of a fellow hunter has become a talking point.
- Iaea Seeks Compromise On Iran Nuclear Issue (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei has warned in quiet diplomacy that it will be hard to strike a compromise on Iran’s nuclear programme without letting it do small-scale enrichment work, something the West firmly rejects, diplomats told AFP.
- Supreme Court Orders Closure Of Illegal Commercial Complexes In The Capital (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 17, 2006)
Axe to fall on big showrooms in residential areas for now; smaller shops to be targeted later
- Nepali Army Copters Pound Rebel Positions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Army helicopters bombed mountainous districts in southwest Nepal on Thursday in a massive campaign to flush out communist rebels, while a U.N. official said the country has slipped back into civil war.
- Cia Documents Show India’S Nuke Route (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 17, 2006)
Newly declassified documents from the CIA made available to Deccan Herald show how the Americans kept track of India’s bid to develop nuclear weapons.
- Forward On Asbestos (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 17, 2006)
In a triumph of good sense and bipartisan cooperation, the US Senate voted last week to go forward with a bill that would fix the broken asbestos litigation system.
- Nuke Deal: Pm Statement In Both Houses (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make a suo motu statement in both Houses of Parliament on Friday on the status of negotiations with the US on implementation of the controversial Indo-US civil nuclear cooperation deal signed last July.
- Thousands March In Pak Over Cartoons (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Thousands of Muslims wielding sticks and waving green flags rallied in Karachi against cartoons of Prophet Mohammad on Thursday, the latest in a wave of protests in which five people have died.
- Three Services To Have Brahmos Missiles (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Feb 17, 2006)
The Navy has started inducting the missile, the Army and the Air Force to follow suit
- Nuclear Scientist Fails To Get U.S. Visa (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Feb 17, 2006)
A former director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, and one of the chief architects of the Indian nuclear breeder programme, Dr. Placid Rodriguez, was in effect denied a visa by the U.S. Consulate in Chennai . . .
- Defence Drill To Thwart Mittal (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Arcelor ramped up its defence against a $22-billion takeover bid by global leader Mittal Steel on Thursday, nearly doubling its dividend after a rise in 2005 profit and promising investors more to come.
- I Tarzan, You Terrorist (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Feb 17, 2006)
What explains the American reaction to the Hamas victory?
Cutting corners Ashok mitra
- Military List (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 17, 2006)
The Indian army moves with an enormous amount of baggage. This baggage is colonial, and pertains not only to the various rituals that govern army life but also to the patterns of recruitment.
- Pak Accuses Indian Maritime Aircraft Of Violating Its Airspace (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Pakistan today alleged that an Indain maritime aircraft violated its airspace and two naval vessels from the neighbouring country sailed in its territorial waters in the Arabian sea.
- Nuke Deal Tops Chirac’S (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
A declaration on development of civilian nuclear energy is exprected to be signed during the French President, Mr Jacques Chirac’s visit on Monday.
- Jp’S Forgotten Secretary (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 17, 2006)
Remember Sachchidanand Babu, secretary to Jaya Prakash Narayan. He was called Babu as long as JP lived and his glory lingered. Then Sachchidanand was no more “Babu”; people effaced him even from their memory.
- Govt Stands Up For Ties With Us (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The government today defended India’s growing ties with the US as it brushed aside criticism from its Left allies to assert that enlightened national interest guided its foreign policy.
- Getting India Right (Policy Review, Parag Khanna, Feb 17, 2006)
Parag Khanna is a fellow at the New America Foundation and author of The Second World, forthcoming from Random House. C. Raja Mohan is strategic affairs editor of the Indian Express in New Delhi.
- Us Will Continue To Encourage Indo-Pak Peace Efforts: Boucher (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Ambassador Richard Boucher on Thursday said the United States would "continue to encourage" peace efforts between Pakistan and India, including a resolution of the question of Kashmir.
- Iran Has Secret Military N-Programme: France (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
* Britain’s opposition party supports option of military attack on Tehran
- Thousands Rally Against Cartoons, Shun Violence (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Tens of thousands of Pakistani Islamists wielding sticks and waving green flags rallied in Karachi against cartoons of Prophet Mohammad today, the latest in a wave of protests in which five people have died.
- Karzai Opposes 'Fencing' Off Pak-Afghan Border (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday he opposed fencing off his country's border with Pakistan, a proposal Islamabad had floated sometime back to check illegal cross-border movements.
- Shut Down Prison, Un Tells Us (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The US today faced mounting international calls to close its Guantanamo prison camp with UN investigators saying detainees there faced treatment
- Iraq Faces More Instability (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 17, 2006)
The election of Ibrahim al-Jaafari as Prime Minister of Iraq by just a single vote has only underlined the deep divisions between and within Iraqi communities that the United States-led military invasion opened up.
- Impose Strict Conditions On India, Say U.S. Nuclear Experts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
India should agree to a cut-off of fissile material production
India should be asked for list of nuclear reactors
No justification for changes in U.S. non-proliferation laws
Suspect clandestine effort to increase weapons production
- The Basra Video Should Lay To Rest A Lie (Hindu, Jasem al-Aqrab, Feb 17, 2006)
Since April 2003, the people of Basra have been bemused by reports that they and their city enjoy a state of stability under the British forces, in contrast to the north of Iraq and the so-called Sunni triangle.
- A Question Of Identity (Deccan Herald, S. Padmanabhan , Feb 17, 2006)
The army, regardless of societal pressures, successfully retains its secular character as a combat organisation
- Muslims And Armed Forces (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 17, 2006)
The contestation over the work of the Prime Minister's High Level Committee headed by Justice Rajindar Sachar is clearly overblown.
- A Scholarly Challenge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
Some interesting reads in Kannada
History has always been the main forte of communal propaganda. While objective historiography is utopia, the developments in other branches of archaeological sciences have been increasingly reducing . . .
- French Press Comes Down On President (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Feb 17, 2006)
Decision to repatriate the warship in every single newscast and on every newspaper front page
- Hurriyat Divided On Joining Round-Table Meet (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Feb 17, 2006)
The Kashmir separatist camp’s response to the UPA Government’s proposed round-table conference of all mainstream and secessionist parties in New Delhi later this month appears to be lukewarm at this stage as a number of constituents in both . . .
- ‘India Keen On Uk Sea Harriers’ (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 17, 2006)
India is seriously considering an UK offer of eight second-hand Royal Navy BAE Systems Sea Harriers for utilising them as training aircraft, the Jane’s Defence Weekly has claimed.
- Kalam Airs Concern Over Infiltration (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 17, 2006)
The President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, today expressed the UPA government's commitment to the ongoing composite dialogue with Pakistan but underlined India's concerns over infiltration and cross-border terrorism.
- Forces Of Integration (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 17, 2006)
Needless controversies should be avoided
DEFENCE Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s assertion that the armed forces would always remain “secular and apolitical” is, hopefully, the last word on the controversy about an alleged religious headcount in the forces.
- Chirac Embarks On India Visit This Week (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 17, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac heads to Thailand and India this week for a visit that narrowly missed being overshadowed by concerns over a decommissioned French aircraft carrier laden with toxic materials.
- Iran Says No Uranium Enrichment Yet, Ready To Talk (Reuters, Parinoosh Arami, Feb 17, 2006)
Iran said on Thursday it had not yet begun any uranium enrichment and was still ready to negotiate on a Russian proposal for resolving a dispute with the West over its nuclear programme.
- Chirac Orders Clemenceau Back Home (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Feb 16, 2006)
France's highest court calls upon the Government to recall the asbestos-laden ship
- Sri Lanka Rebels Say Talks Will Decide Peace Or War (Reuters, Peter Apps, Feb 16, 2006)
Talks between Sri Lanka and Tamil Tigers next week will determine if there is peace or war, the rebels said, branding President Mahinda Rajapakse's refusal to consider a separate Tamil homeland as "childish".
- Russia, India Designing Interceptor Fighter (Hindu, Prabhakkar Sharma, Feb 16, 2006)
Call for stronger ties in hi-tech and information technology
Russia and India were designing a unique interceptor fighter of the fifth generation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, Vyacheslav I. . . .
- Shoots And Leaves (Indian Express, NIRANJAN RAMAKRISHNAN, Feb 16, 2006)
After laughing, like everyone else, at US Vice President Dick Cheney’s shooting of Harry Whittington, I started to wonder why the name Whittington seemed familiar.
- Provision Of Data: Army May Have Over-Reacted (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 16, 2006)
Information on religion sought at first stage of recruitment; this may convey the wrong message
Infantrymen recruited according to religious, ethnic identities
Army tries to balance this in the overall criteria
- A Historic Day All The Way For Indian Railways (Hindu, Sandeep Joshi, Feb 16, 2006)
History was made on the Indian Railways on Wednesday when the New Delhi-Bhopal Special Shatabdi Express clocked a top speed of 150 km per hour to become the country's fastest train.
- This Must End (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 16, 2006)
The current standoff between the legislature and the judiciary over the prerogatives of the legislature does not bring credit to either institution. Whether both institutions are clearly overstepping their proper domain is a debatable matter.
- How Long Will American Dominace Last ? (Daily Excelsior, I.S. Chadha, Feb 16, 2006)
Our problem is not that we are being Americanised.Our problem is rather that the US empire does not know what it wants to do or can do with its power or its limits.
- Balochistan: A Writing On The Wall (Daily Excelsior, D R Ahuja, Feb 16, 2006)
In Balochistan, another Tiananmen Square is about to happen, on much larger scale. From the raging military-civilian conflict in Balochistan, it is clear that it is a fight-to-finish as far as President Pervez Musharraf is concerned.
- Incidentally, The Budget Will Also Be Passed This Session (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Feb 16, 2006)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram should be a relieved man. Nobody seems to be overly taxed about what permutations he is about to unleash in his Budget.
- India’S Iran Stand Neither Here Nor There (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 16, 2006)
Whatever the outcome of talks on the India-America nuclear deal, New Delhi should at least take up Iran’s case with the US
- Before India Voyage, Chirac Orders Asbestos Ship Home (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac today ordered a decommissioned aircraft carrier laden with toxic materials to return to France after the country’s top administrative court suspended its transfer to India for disposal.
- Metro: Confusion On Track (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Even as new Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy is yet to make up his mind on which of the two — Metro Rail or Monorail — would be the “best solution” for the traffic woes of the state capital, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC) Managing Director . . .
- ‘N-Deal Will Only Serve Proliferation’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
A landmark new US-India nuclear agreement would enable New Delhi to expand atomic weapons production and encourage Pakistan and China to do likewise, according to critics of the controversial deal......
- France Recalls Toxic Clemenceau (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac ordered a decommissioned aircraft carrier laden with toxic materials to return to France on Wednesday, after
the country's top administrative court suspended its transfer to India for disposal.
- Clemenceau Ordered To Return (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday ordered decommissioned aircraft carrier Clemenceau to return to France, after the country’s top administrative court suspended its transfer to India for disposal.
- Character Of Indian Army Would Not Undergo Change: Govt (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Amid a raging controversy on the reported headcount of Muslims in the Armed Forces, Government today said the character of the Indian Army would not undergo a change even as Muslim bodies denounced parties opposing the move.
- Experts Write To Congress Against Us-India Civil Nuclear Deal (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Feb 16, 2006)
Some non-proliferation experts have expressed strong reservations on the civilian nuclear energy cooperation "deal" between the United States and India and urged members of US Congress to reject the deal as it stands.
- Character Of Indian Army Not To Be Changed: Govt (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Amid a raging controversy on the reported headcount of Muslims in the Armed Forces, government on Wednesday said the character of the Indian Army would not undergo a change even as Muslim bodies denounced parties opposing the move.
- The Plot Thickens Around The Palace (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Feb 16, 2006)
The options before King Gyanendra are getting limited, but the constitutional political forces are yet to earn the faith of the people. Will the Maoists emerge as the only alternative? asks Sumanta Sen
- Musharraf, Karzai To Boost Efforts Against Terror (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf and his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, on Wednesday reaffirmed the resolve to strengthen bilateral economic ties and intensify counter-terrorism efforts.
- Chink In The Armour (Telegraph, P.K. Vasudeva, Feb 16, 2006)
Recently, the United Progressive Alliance government constituted a committee headed by Justice Rajinder Sachar to collect data on the number of Muslims serving in the armed forces, the positions they hold, and their role in the key positions.
- The Guantanamo Shame (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 16, 2006)
One would hardly be surprised by a UN report that terms the American techniques of interrogation and forced feeding of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay as torture.
- Army Protects Itself Religiously (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Feb 16, 2006)
Fearing that the veil over one of its closely guarded secrets — the composition of its rank and file — would be lifted, the army refused to answer queries by a high-level committee formed by the Prime Minister’s Office to study the status of minorities.
- Chirac Red-Flags Scrap Warship (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac today ordered a French warship bound for a scrapyard in Gujarat to return to French territorial waters pending a final decision on how to dispose of the asbestos-laden vessel.
- Party Cocks Ears For Pm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s “reluctance” to go on the front foot on the military minority count controversy has caused disquiet in the Congress.
- 3 Killed In Violent Peshawar Protests (Pakistan Observer, Tariq Saeed, Feb 16, 2006)
At least 3 people were killed and more than sixty injured most of them seriously when more than 70,000 of infuriated people taking to streets to resent the publication of sacrilegious sketches of the Holy Prophet (SAW), clashed with the law . . .
- Naxalite Menace In Bihar (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Feb 16, 2006)
With the new dispensation in Bihar completing three months in office on February 23, it has finally worked out a roadmap to contain the growing Naxalite menace in the state.
- Character Of Army Won’T Change: Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Amid a raging controversy on the reported headcount of Muslims in the Armed Forces, the Central government on Wednesday said.....
- India-Us N-Deal Could Start Arms Race (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
A landmark new US-India nuclear agreement would enable New Delhi to expand its production of atomic weapons and encourage Pakistan and China to do the same, according to critics of the controversial deal.
- Nepal: Maoists Kill 3 Security Men, Abduct 5 Govt Employees (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Maoists attacked a security patrol killing at least three soldiers and injuring two others in Nepal where the rebels also abducted nine people, including five government employees, officials said today.
- Chirac Orders "Toxic" Warship Back To France (Reuters, Helene Fontanaud, Feb 16, 2006)
President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday ordered home an asbestos-laden warship after Indian authorities blocked its journey to an Indian scrapyard, days before a visit to New Delhi overshadowed by the legal wrangle.
- U.S. Deal Said To Let India Expand Nuclear Arms (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Feb 16, 2006)
A landmark new U.S.-India nuclear agreement would enable New Delhi to expand atomic weapons production and encourage Pakistan and China to do likewise, according to critics of the controversial deal.
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