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Articles 15921 through 16020 of 27135:
- Iran And United States Square Up After Iaea Vote (Reuters, PARISA HAFEZI , Feb 05, 2006)
Defiant Iran said it would end snap U.N. nuclear checks on Sunday, a day after the U.N. atomic watchdog voted to report the Islamic Republic to the Security Council over concerns about its nuclear programme.
- Iaea Votes To Report Iran To U.N. Security Council (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Feb 05, 2006)
The U.N. nuclear watchdog voted on Saturday to report Iran to the Security Council over fears it is trying to build atomic bombs and a defiant Tehran said it would end snap U.N. inspections of its nuclear plants from Sunday.
- Us Sees Ally In India, Rival In China (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Feb 05, 2006)
A new US defence strategy document identifies India as “an emerging great power and a key strategic partner” and notes that the choices of three countries — China, Russia and India — will be key to the global security environment in the 21st century.
- India, France To Sign Nuke, Defence Pacts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
India and France are set to sign defining pacts on civil nuclear energy and defence cooperation during the three-day visit of French President Jacques Chirac beginning February 19.
- Ally Left’S Sorry Saturday: Iran Goes To Un, Airport Staff To Work (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Feb 05, 2006)
Going along with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, including Russia and China, and concerned over Tehran’s A Q Khan link, India today voted in favour of a resolution by the nuclear watchdog agency IAEA to report the Iran nuclear . . .
- India Tries To Calm Iran After Nuclear Vote (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
India said it was one of the countries which voted on Saturday to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear programme, but tried to calm its old ally by saying the move allowed for more negotiations.
- Stage Set For Action Against Tehran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
The wording of the final resolution recognised “that a solution to the Iranian issue would contribute to global non-proliferation efforts and... the objective of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction including their means of delivery”.
- Highwaymen On The Net (Deccan Herald, S B Viswakumar, Feb 05, 2006)
Cyber criminals use the internet as a convenient conduit to unleash viruses, plant adware and spyware, steal personal/credit card information, send spam mail and engage in other activities that affect the innocent user in many ways.
- 23 Qaeda Members Escape (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
A group of 23 convicted al-Qaida members escaped from a prison in Yemen’s capital, a security official said.
- A Quantum Leap In Ties With Philippines (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
The relations between India and Philippines were taken to a new level with the signing of three agreements in the backdrop of the four-day visit of President A P J Abdul Kalam to this country.
- India, Philippines To Exchange Military Training Expertise (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Significant accord signed during President Abdul Kalam's visit
- Antediluvian .303s Give Way To Ak-47s (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
The Lee-Enfield series of rifles was born in 1895. Designed by J P Lee, the new pattern of barrel rifling was improvised at the Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF) at Enfield in Britain.
- India Drops Bombshell Again On Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
India on Saturday voted in favour of an international resolution reporting Iran to the UN Security Council even as it repeated its commitment to “close and friendly ties” with Tehran and supported its right to civilian nuclear energy.
- America Unplugged (Hindu, RUMINA SETHI, Feb 05, 2006)
IN today's globalised climate, the former colonies have ended up as the neo-colonial empire of the United States, complicit in global give and take, economic hegemony, and . . .
- Literary Odyssey (Hindu, KAUSALYA SANTHANAM, Feb 05, 2006)
Sivasankari on the Knit India project and the manner in which it will deepen our understanding of the country. Excerpts from an interview...
- Not Frightened By Threats, Says Rajapakse (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Feb 05, 2006)
"There is nothing to hide in the peace process. The Government is not forcibly bringing about a solution"
Special programme of national integration launched to build greater amity and trust
President promises transparency in the new peace process
- Excerpts From Text Of Resolution On Iran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
The Board of Governors ...
(f) Recalling that ... the Director General noted that after nearly three years of intensive verification activity, the Agency is not yet in a position to clarify some important issues relating to Iran's nuclear . . .
- Iran To Swiftly Begin Enrichment (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 05, 2006)
Teheran rejects a Russian compromise offer
- Iaea Votes To Report Iran To U.N. Security Council (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
27 nations vote for the resolution in Vienna, three against, and five abstain
- Unpleasant Surprise? (Hindu, Bill Kirkman, Feb 05, 2006)
After the result of the Palestinian election, the fundamental question is about the values that underlie policy. Will Hamas renounce violence?
- Global Nature Of Protest (Hindu, Mike Marqusee, Feb 05, 2006)
A look at the significance of February 15, 2003.
Many demonstrators who hoped to deter the invasion of Iraq probably underestimated what they were up against ... ."
- The Pilgrim's Progress ... Diverse And Truly Global (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 05, 2006)
The Haj seeks to reinforce equality among fellow Muslims, irrespective of differences in race, wealth or nationality.
- Issue Of Blasphemous Cartoons (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 04, 2006)
THERE have been countrywide protests against blasphemous cartoons published by Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten and mischievously republished by newspapers of several other Western countries.
- Private Militia In Balochistan Must Disarm: Musharraf (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
President unveils four-point solution to crisis;
condemns blasphemous cartoons
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Friday denied any military operation in Balochistan but said that the private local militia must disarm and stop hampering . . .
- `Our Wto Negotiations Are Mainly About Making Russia An Equal Participant In Global Trade' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 04, 2006)
It is important that we complete the negotiations with India on Russia's WTO accession. We are sure that our fast accession would be in India's interests, too, because Russia honouring its agreed commitments would mean better and broader access of Indian
- Iaea Delays Vote On Iran Referral (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
The UN nuclear watchdog deferred until Saturday a vote to report Iran to the UN Security Council, as the European Union lobbied developing nations to back the measure.
- India’S Newest N-Capable Icbm Ready For Action’ (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 04, 2006)
India ‘s most ambitious intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear-capable missile Agni III is ready for launch. M Natarajan, the country’s top defence scientist, announced this on Friday. He said that his department was awaiting the political . . .
- India, Israel Sign Secret Deal On Anti-Missile System (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 04, 2006)
India is said to have signed an agreement for the joint manufacture of the ship-borne Israeli Barak II anti-missile system at Hyderabad for both the Indian and Israeli navies.
- Pro-India Policy Preventing Good Ties With (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that Moscow’s pro-India policy is an obstacle in the qualitative development of Pakistan-Russia relations in the post-cold war world.
- Agni Iii Is Ready For Launch: Drdo (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Agni III is ready for launch, awaiting a green signal from the political leadership, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief M Natarajan announced on Friday
- Musharraf Wants Militia To Disarm For Balochistan Peace (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
* Calls publication of blasphemous cartoons ‘a glaring mistake’
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the private local militia in Balochistan must disarm for peace to prevail.
- Revolution, Shaken And Stirred (Times of India, SWAGATO GANGULY, Feb 04, 2006)
By all indications, Latin America is undergoing a leftist resurgence. The impressive electoral triumph of Evo Morales, who joked that he couldn't take Bolivia's presidential oath unless Fidel Castro attended, was followed in a few weeks by . . .
- Mess In Nagaland (Tribune, Maj. Gen Ashok K Mehta , Feb 04, 2006)
The nine-year-long ceasefire in Nagaland between the main separatist group NSCN (IM) and the Central Government expired on January 31.
- Breaking The Oil Habit (Indian Express, R.K. PACHAURI, Feb 04, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear agreement is critical for an integrated energy policy, says R.K. Pachauri
- India, Russia May Sign Defence Deal (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Feb 04, 2006)
Russia has said that it is in advanced negotiations with India on a $ 10 billion deal to provide the country with an anti-missile and fool-proof air defence system encompassing the whole geographical area.
- India, Philippines To Sign Four Accords (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
India and the Philippines are set to give bilateral ties a big boost by signing four accords, including one on defence cooperation envisaging among other things exchange of Air Force planes, Navy ships and military instructors during President . . .
- Musharraf's Kashmir 'Solutions' (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Feb 04, 2006)
But for these cussed Indians, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistan military dictator cum President has solved his country's long-standing dispute on Jammu and Kashmir.
- Read The World (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 04, 2006)
The classics, it would seem, are what the old want the young to read. Why? Because these works have survived the passage of time; they can be enjoyed by anybody living anywhere in the world (knowledge of English or a European language being taken . . .
- Stardust- Unravelling Space Mysteries (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Feb 04, 2006)
A capsule containing particles from the tail of a comet, Wild-2 parachuted to Earth on Sunday January 15, 2006. The capsule, part of the space probe 'STARDUST' landed two minutes ahead of schedule at the American Air Force's Utah Test and . . .
- Society’S Willing Murderers (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 04, 2006)
If you are reading this in Bombay, then you probably know all about Daya Nayak. But if you are reading it in one of the HT’s many other editions, then the name may not necessarily ring a bell.
- Kalam Begins Philippines Visit (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
India and the Philippines are set to take bilateral ties to a qualitatively higher plane by signing four accords, including the first one ever on defence cooperation envisaging among other things exchange of Air Force planes, . . .
- Iaea Delays Vote To Report Iran To U.N. Security Council (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Feb 04, 2006)
The U.N. nuclear watchdog put off until Saturday a vote to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council over concerns it is seeking atomic bombs, as European Union powers lobbied developing nations to back the measure
- Fear Stalks Taliban Heartland In Afghanistan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
A breeze blows down the dark deserted streets of this southern Afghan city as Mohammad Hussain closes his bakery for the night.
- Bush Men On Recce Visit To India (Hindustan Times, Sutirtho Patranobis, Feb 04, 2006)
US President George Bush is sending his men ahead of his visit to India in March. A high-level US delegation, headed by Under Secretary in the US Energy Department, David K. Garman, will be in town between February 8 and 10.
- Iaea Puts Off Deciding On Iran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
The UN atomic agency has put off a decision on whether to send Iran to the UN Security Council over fears it is developing a nucler weapon, with an emergency session resuming tomorrow, an agency spokesman said.
- Wali Baba, My Adoptive Father (Indian Express, MUKULIKA BANERJEE, Feb 04, 2006)
Wali Baba passed away on January 26 at his favourite hour. At 7.15 am, between bed-tea and breakfast, he was usually to be found in his beloved garden at ‘Walibagh’, striding among the flower beds, planning the planting of new bulbs, . . .
- Agni Iii Icbm Ready For Launch (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Feb 04, 2006)
India’s first intermediate range ballistic missile (ICBM), the Agni-III, has been ready for flight tests for 18 months now. However, geopolitical sensitivities seem to have introduced traditional delays in getting the missile off the ground, . . .
- Agni Iii Ready For Launch (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Agni III, surface-to-surface missile with intercontinental reach capabilities, is ready for launch, defence scientist M Natarajan said at a press meet here on Friday. He said it was for the political leadership to give the nod.
- Pakistan Seeks Nuclear Parity With India: Us (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Feb 04, 2006)
The Pakistani premier had raised the issue of nuclear parity with India in his address last month to the prestigious Council on Foreign relations in New York.
- Kalam Salaams Filipino Nursing (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Feb 04, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam suggested that India could take a leaf out of the Filipino nursing education book that enables nursing graduates to become rural doctors.
- Hamas No To Recognition, But Ready For Peace Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Hamas will never recognise Israel’s right to exist but will negotiate conditions for a long-term truce with the Jewish state, senior Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal told a Palestinian newspaper in comments published on Friday.
- Should The Power To Punish Contempt Of Court Be Diluted? (Hindu, K.T. Thomas, Feb 04, 2006)
The present law of contempt of court may have inadequacies but its dilution will be disastrous to the functioning of the judiciary.
- Air Force Dismisses Anjali (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday dismissed officer Anjali Gupta, who had been found guilty of indiscipline by a military court almost two months ago, but reduced the punishment meted out to her.
- Court Notice On Circulation Of Cd Against Christians (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Petitioner seeks CBI probe into its production and distribution
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre, the States of Maharashtra and Gujarat, and the Shabarai-Kumbh Mela Organising Committee on a petition seeking a direction . . .
- Versailles Court Scuppers Bid To Block Asbestos Probe (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Feb 04, 2006)
Reconfirms decision to set up panel to evaluate quantity on board Clemenceau
Defence Ministry not to appeal decision
EC looking into legality of sending ship to India
France may be in violation of Basel Convention on movement of toxic waste
- Anjali Gupta Dismissed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Anjali Gupta, the first Indian Air Force woman officer to face court martial proceedings, was dismissed from service on Friday for indiscipline.
- India Considering Russian Anti-Missile Shield Offer (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Feb 04, 2006)
Negotiations in advanced stage for weaponry worth $10 billion
Several high-end military platforms being offered
Offers technology transfer for medium transport aircraft
Willing to sell submarines too
- Bush Tried To "Lure'' Iraq Into A War (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 04, 2006)
Blair backed the plan, says book
U.S. President George W. Bush so desperately wanted to attack Iraq on any pretext that he even contemplated `luring'' Saddam Hussein into a war by sending a spy plane, painted in U.N. colours, over Iraq hoping . . .
- Dozens Feared Dead As Cruise Liner Sinks; Rescue Efforts Hampered By Bad Weather (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 04, 2006)
Bad weather suspected to be the cause; U.S. offer of help spurned
- Iran Faces Iaea Vote (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
We are at a critical phase not a crisis situation, says ElBaradei
Iran, facing almost certain referral to the U.N. Security Council, threatened retaliation, Thursday, and the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said the dispute over . . .
- Normalcy In Air, Mess On Ground (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
No cancellations were reported from any airport although delays continued and amenities inside terminals took a beating.
- Negotiating The N-Deal (Deccan Herald, Michael Krepon , Feb 03, 2006)
India’s concerns can be addressed by creating new standards to strengthen the rules against proliferation
- New Bush? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
The American President is chastened but not over Iraq
On the face of it, US President George Bush’s State of the Union address reflects a more chastened leader.
- Council Of States Or Council Of Nominees? (Hindu, Era Sezhiyan, Feb 03, 2006)
Removal of secret voting in Rajya Sabha elections is an onslaught on a free and fair electoral process. And the removal of residential qualification for candidates negates the constitutional purpose of the Council of States.
- Palestinians In A Lose-Lose Situation (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Feb 03, 2006)
Hamas’ electoral power has frightened the Arabs and appalled the West which must now deal with it
- The Inside Story Of Ads (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Feb 03, 2006)
Nearly sixty years after we shrugged off our colonial shackles, we still suffer from the ‘foreign label’ syndrome
- Pakistan Says No Direct Military Threat From India (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Ruling out a direct military threat from India as long as the peace process goes on, Pakistan has said that those involved in militancy in Jammu and Kashmir were "freedom fighters."
- Us Seeks To Curb China’S Might: Pentagon Official (Indian Express, Jim Wolf, Feb 03, 2006)
The Pentagon is seeking to dissuade China from building its military forces to a level not warranted by its security needs, and the issue is addressed in a new long-term Pentagon plan, a US official said on Wednesday.
- Nepal: Us Asks King To Establish Truly Participatory Government (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Expressing serious concern over Maoist insurgency and King Gyanendra's power grab, the chief of US Pacific Command has called on all interested parties to work towards establishing a truly participatory government in Nepal to end the present . . .
- Incredible India: Visitors Greeted By Darkness And Filth (Indian Express, AMAN SHARMA, Feb 03, 2006)
At 1 am, as businessman Tom Backman, who arrived on a Lufthansa airlines flight from Frankfurt, walks out of the customs area into the arrival lounge of New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International airport, two overflowing garbage bins greet him.
- Iran And The Iaea (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Feb 03, 2006)
An interim report prepared by the International Atomic Energy Agency on the implementation of nuclear safeguards in Iran has cited numerous instances of Iranian cooperation with its inspectors but has also stressed the need for Teheran . . .
- Merkel Says Army An Option In Fight Against Terrorism (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said military force can be used as a “last option” in the fight against terrorism and warned Iran not to deny cooperation with the UN’s nuclear watchdog.
- Lanka Names Silva For Peace Talks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s health minister, who was once targeted by Tamil Tigers in a bomb attack, was today named as the head of the government’s team for peace talks with the rebels scheduled to resume in Geneva later this month.
- Iran Nuclear Potential 'Immediate Concern' - U.S. (Reuters, DAVID MORGAN, Feb 03, 2006)
The United States does not believe Iran has a nuclear weapon but the danger Tehran will acquire one is an "immediate concern," U.S. intelligence chief John Negroponte said on Thursday.
- No Direct Military Threat From India: Pak (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
Ruling out a direct military threat from India as long as the peace process goes on, Pakistan has said that those involved in militancy in Jammu and Kashmir were "freedom fighters".
- Bush To Seek $70 Bln For Iraq, Afghanistan Wars - Sources (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
President George W. Bush will ask Congress for another $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, congressional sources said on Thursday.
- Bhuj Rebuilds Itself (Tribune, R.K. Misra, Feb 03, 2006)
The sun shines bright piercing the chill of a cold wintry morning in Bhuj district of Gujarat bordering Pakistan. The spreading warmth is symbolic as this land devastated by a massive earthquake on the Republic Day five years ago seeks to . . .
- Nepal: Us Commander Meets King, Expresses Concern (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
The head of US Pacific Command has met Nepal King Gyanendra and expressed Washington's serious concern at the Maoist threat and discussed the issue of restoration of democracy in the Himalayan Kingdom.
- Voting Unlikely At Iaea Meeting (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 03, 2006)
Discussions were held today at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna on the board’s draft resolution to report Iranian nuclear programme to the UN Security Council even as non-aligned countries moved several amendments to the document . . .
- Winter Fears For Pakistan Earthquake Victims (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 03, 2006)
As winter approaches, there are growing fears for earthquake victims trying
to rebuild their lives, said Pakistan Press Foundation Secretary-General, Mr
Owais Aslam Ali.
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