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Articles 17021 through 17120 of 27135:
- Nepali Troops Clash With Maoists, 17 Killed: Army (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Sixteen Maoist rebels and a soldier were killed on Saturday, in the biggest battle in Nepal since a guerrilla ceasefire ended this month, the army said.
- India To Keep Troop Levels In Kashmir-Army Chief (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
India says it has no plans to cut troop levels in Kashmir, despite a call to do so by Islamabad, because separatist operations continued unabated from Paksitani territory.
- Wages Of The Us Fiasco (Deccan Herald, David Hirst, Jan 14, 2006)
The US occupation of Iraq has turned its neighbour into a regional power. But the contagion is likely to spread.
- Iran Nuclear Impasse Could Hurt U.S.-India Atomic Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jan 14, 2006)
A landmark U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation deal could be hampered by India's reluctance to refer Iran's nuclear program to the U.N. Security Council and to open enough of its own atomic facilities to inspection, U.S. officials and experts said on Friday.
- Panel Dismisses Ltte's Denial Of Attack On Sailors (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jan 14, 2006)
The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) on Friday dismissed denials by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of involvement in the recent escalation of violence in the northern and eastern districts.
- S.Lanka Truce Monitor Base Hit By Grenade Attack (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Jan 14, 2006)
Attackers threw a grenade into the compound of truce monitors in Sri Lanka's restive east early on Saturday, damaging vehicles and a building but causing no injuries, officials said, as fears of a return to war grow.
- Pinning General To Specifics (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jan 14, 2006)
As the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan begin third round of dialogue next week, a political paradox confronts the peace process.
- India To Keep Troop Levels In Kashmir: Army Chief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
New Delhi says despite the two-year peace process, Pakistan continues to abet a Muslim separatist revolt in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and allow Islamic militants to cross the LoC, a ceasefire line dividing Kashmir.
- Iran Threatens To End N-Cooperation (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Iran threatened on Friday to end surprise inspections and other cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog if it was referred to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme, and the president vowed his country wouldn’t be intimidated by sanctions.
- Free Speech In Secular Democracies (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 14, 2006)
The trial resumes next month for internationally acclaimed Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk,
- Situation Not Conducive To Troops Reduction In J&k: Army Chief (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
The Army on Friday said the situation was not conducive to troops reduction in Jammu and Kashmir because the terror infrastructure across the border is intact and infiltration continues.
- ``No Frontline Duty For Women'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
The Army is planning to induct more women officers but is opposed to drafting them for frontline combat fighting.
- Al-Qaeda Claims To Have Killed 10 Us Soldiers In Iraq (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Thousands of tribesmen protested on Saturday against an alleged US air strike.
- Simulated Fuss (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
As head of the Censor Board, Sharmila Tagore has denuded her office through an inexplicable and convoluted exercise in film certification.
- Snails For Money (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
MONEY is not only the root of all evil — it is the root of everything. Despite what you may have read in the comic strips, the first money early homo sapiens used wasn’t clams, but snails.
- Army Presence To Continue In J&k: Gen Jj Singh (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Ruling out the demilitarisation of Jammu and Kashmir as suggested by Pak President Pervez Musharraf, Army chief General JJ Singh today said continued presence of terrorist- infrastructure across the Line of Control necessitated troop- presence in the...
- Sri Lanka Mine Blast Kills Two Navy Sailors (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Thousands of tribesmen protested on Saturday against an alleged US air strike.
- Us-Afghan Troops Kill Six Militants (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Thousands of tribesmen protested on Saturday against an alleged US air strike.
- Nato Relief Team To Leave Ajk By Feb 1 (News International, Mariana Baabar, Jan 14, 2006)
The Nato disaster relief team in Pakistan has started redeployment from Azad Kashmir and will be completely out of Kashmir by February 1 before moving to home bases by mid-February.
- Rendition For Dawood Ibrahim? (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Jan 14, 2006)
Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery. Why then, given New Delhi's obvious desire to ingratiate itself with Washington, can't the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government take a cue from the Bush
- Not Quite Back To Square One Yet (Dawn, David Hirst, Jan 14, 2006)
PAKISTAN spokesperson Tasneem Aslam must be having a great sense of humour. Otherwise, how can she say that the forecast about the peace progress between New Delhi and Islamabad was certainly not “bleak”?
- Militancy In The Mid-East (Dawn, David Hirst, Jan 14, 2006)
IN March 2003, before US troops reached Baghdad, Middle East scholar Volker Perthes wrote that while the risks of this “illegitimate” war were enormous, those of “a US failure to stabilize post-war Iraq would be even higher”.
- 'Intriguing' Pakistan (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jan 14, 2006)
There was nothing 'intriguing' about the comment of the Pakistani ruler, Gen Pervez Musharraf, on India's expression of concern over the 'spiralling violence' in Balochistan; the more 'intriguing' thing was the adverse reaction in some quarters within..
- After Sharon What? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 14, 2006)
EVEN if he gets out of his current health crisis, it is highly unlikely that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will be able to resume his work.
- Mla’S Driver Held For Militant Links (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
In a major success, Jammu Police and Special Operations Group (SOG), Jammu today arrested a Hizbul Mujahideen militant from New Plot, who was posted as an official driver with Darhal MLA and former Minister of State for Forests Puran Singh.
- Demilitarised General (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 14, 2006)
Our dear General is at it again. The whole world so respects him, so trusts him, so very much accepts him as a man of his word... and yet it is only India that refuses to accept his word
- Democracy Or Hypocrisy (Greater Kashmir, MINHAJ QIDWAI, Jan 14, 2006)
Iraq is heading towards a disaster and American presence in the country is worsening the crisis, comments Minhaj Qidwai
- A Paradise Poisoned (Times of India, Nandini Sundar, Jan 14, 2006)
Visitors to the official Bastar website (bastar.nic.in) will discover that Gonds have a pro-fertility mentality, that marriages between brothers and sisters are common and that the Murias prefer 'mahua' drinks rather than medicines for their ailments.
- Nato Relief Forces To Withdraw In Feb (Dawn, Iftikhar A. Khan, Jan 14, 2006)
Nato forces engaged in relief activities in the earthquake-affected areas of Pakistan will complete withdrawal from the country by mid- February.
- Missing Statecraft In The Chinese Theatre (The Financial Express, V ANANTHA NAGESWARAN, Jan 14, 2006)
India’s relationship with Beijing is marked by naivete and a singular lack of coherence
- Al-Qaeda Number Two Zawahiri May Be Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Al-Qaeda terror network's number two leader Aiyman al-Zawahiri may have been killed in a US air strike in a remote village in Pakistan's restive tribal region which left 18 people dead, including women and children.
- Isro Gets Into Chip Manufacturing — Semiconductor Complex To Be Centre Of Non-Space Research (Business Line, Madhumathi D.S., Jan 14, 2006)
CHIP folk SemInd and Intel have roused Indian semiconductor dreams, but no one knows when they would be walking their fab talk.
- Indian Appointed New Force Commander Of Unmis (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Lt. Gen. Jasbir Singh Lidder of India has been appointed as the new force commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Sudan (UNMIS).
- Local Insurgents In Iraq Clash With Al-Qaeda (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 13, 2006)
Ahead of US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns' visit to India next week, Washington has said it is continuing to work with New Delhi on the civilian nuclear deal and that the Indian Government is currently formulating . . .
- Us Continuing To Work With India On Civilian Nuclear Agreement (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 13, 2006)
Ahead of US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns' visit to India next week, Washington has said it is continuing to work with New Delhi on the civilian nuclear deal and that the Indian Government is currently formulating . . .
- Not Against Modernisation Of Airports (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
The country is witnessing an investment boom, says Chidambaram
The Left parties on Thursday told the United Progressive Alliance that while they were for modernisation of airports, they were opposed to privatisation.
- Well-Oiled Diplomacy (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jan 13, 2006)
The Petroleum Minister, Mr Mani Shankar Aiyar, is in China this week and will need to use all his diplomatic skills to forge any meaningful tie-up between Indian and Chinese oil companies. India and China have emerged as two front-runners in the hunt....
- Of Bofors, Volcker And Tapegate (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
These three have many similarities: for one, they are all related to Congress.
- Maoists Launch Massive Attack In West Nepal (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
In the biggest attack against the government since the withdrawal of unilateral ceasefire by Maoists, more than a thousand armed rebels stormed over half a dozen government offices, including an army barrack and police post in western Nepal.
- Salem Complains Of Police Torture (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Remanded to police custody till January 17
In the Pradeep Jain murder case, extradited underworld don Abu Salem told the special TADA court that he was subjected to third degree methods in police custody and had confessed under pressure.
- Kerry Wants Fissile Material Cut-Off Included In Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
India has to join with U.S. in taking Teheran threat seriously'
Visiting American Senator John Kerry has said it is worth looking at a cap on the production of fissile material by India as part of implementing the July 18, 2005 civilian nuclear . . .
- India For Tie-Ups To Develop Medium Combat Aircraft (Hindu, Y. Mallikarjun, Jan 13, 2006)
Roadmap for futuristic weapons
With the successful development of the multi-role Light Combat Aircraft indigenously, India is ready to collaborate with friendly countries to develop the Medium Combat Aircraft to meet the future defence needs.
- Fleet Expansion In Mind, Myanmar Looks To India For Expertise (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Jan 13, 2006)
Myanmar is steeped in its largest ever defence project, developing indigenous stealth frigates to give the country’s small navy an expeditionary warfare fleet. While it is only to be expected that China will be a principle contractor for the technology,..
- Maoists Attack Army Barracks (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
In the biggest attack against the government since the withdrawal of unilateral ceasefire by Maoists, over a thousand armed rebels stormed over half a dozen government offices, including an Army barrack and police post in western Nepal.
- Russia And India Agree $1 Billion Krivak-Class Frigates To Be Built For The Indian Navy (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Russia and India signed Jan. 12 a contract worth $1 billion for three Krivak-class frigates to be built for the Indian navy.
- Demilitarisation And Autonomy In J&k (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jan 13, 2006)
India should insist that it will consider Gen Musharraf's proposal for "self-governance" in Jammu and Kashmir only if elected rulers in POK and the Northern Areas enjoy the same powers and autonomy as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Australian Prime Minister John Howard Will Visit India In March On A Mission To Strengthen Economic And Defence Ties (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Prime Minister John Howard will visit India in March on a mission to strengthen economic and defence ties with south Asia's emerging power.
- 8 Lashkar Men On The Prowl In Delhi? (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
An alert has been sounded within the security apparatus in New Delhi in the wake of intelligence inputs that at least eight terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had sneaked into the Capital to carry out a suicide attack around Republic Day.
- Us Senator Kerry Sees 'Enormous Benefits' In Indo-Us Nuclear Agreement (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Implementation of the Indo-US deal on civilian nuclear cooperation will mean grant of nuclear power status to India, influential American Senator and former Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry said as he voiced support for the agreement.
- India On Alert – Lashkar Terrorists All Over The Country Ready To Wage War (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
An alert has been sounded within the security apparatus in the wake of intelligence inputs that at least eight terrorists of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) had sneaked into the national capital to carry out a suicide attack around the Republic Day.
- Nuclear Deal: Much Ado For Marginal Gain (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 13, 2006)
There are enough straws in the wind pointing to the so-called nuclear deal signed by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the US President, Mr George W. Bush, turning out to be an albatross round India's neck.
- Iran A Worry But Indo-Us Nuke Deal Gets Kerry Backing (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Efforts underway to carry the Indo-US nuclear deal forward received a boost today with US Senator and Democrat candidate in the 2004 presidential race John Kerry expressing his support, ‘‘in principle’’, for the July 18 understanding.
- Rare Is The Community (Indian Express, Shelley Walia, Jan 13, 2006)
It happened years ago. I arrived in Jalandhar a little after midnight from Mussourie to appalling heat, so oppressive that it had become difficult to sleep after an exhausting rail journey in a packed compartment. I recollect I attempted reading Owen Beat
- Iran N-Research: India In Quandary (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jan 13, 2006)
As the foreign ministers of France, Germany, and Britain meet in Berlin on Thursday to finalise their Iran containment strategy, New Delhi is once again forced to decide one way or the other over Tehran’s latest move to start enrichment ostensibly . . .
- ‘Indo-Us Nuke Deal Beneficial’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Backing the Indo-US nuclear deal, influential opposition Democratic Party Senator John Kerry on Thursday said the agreement would have “enormous benefits” for the two countries besides having impact globally.
- Musharraf’S Panic Attack, Post-Quake Ploy (Deccan Herald, RAHUL BEDI, Jan 13, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s recent proposal that India downsize its military presence in Kashmir appears to be not so much a confidence building measure between the two nuclear powers as a strategic move to build his own defences in the region..
- Amend The Act (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Phone tapping for political reasons should not be allowed
- Ltte Blows Up Navy Convoy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels triggered a powerful anti-personnel mine attack on a navy convoy.
- Kerry Cautiously Backs India-Us Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jan 13, 2006)
United States Senator and leading Democrat John Kerry gave cautious backing on Thursday to a controversial deal granting India access to civilian nuclear technology.
- Spit And Polish (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 13, 2006)
India and China should compete
Since India and China are already locked in a race to lead the Asian century —that is if the American century comes to an end — it is essential that they attend to every aspect of development.
- Saudi King As R-Day Guest (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jan 13, 2006)
New Delhi's decision to invite King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to be the guest of honour at India’s Republic Day celebrations is not off the cuff but a considered one. In the past, that country has been a source of irritation, . . .
- Trading Charges In The Midst Of Drift (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 13, 2006)
The India-Pakistan peace process has taken some knocks recently. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pervez Musharraf need to engage directly.
- Road Worth Taking (Indian Express, MANRAJ GAREWAL, Jan 13, 2006)
Hostile is the word. The road to Surankote in Poonch was deceptively welcoming when we started from Jammu with the dense fog smoothing out the rough edges. But no sooner did we cross Akhnoor than it lay bare its inhospitable tracts shorn of macadam.
- Track 2, On Track (Indian Express, YOGINDER SIKAND, Jan 13, 2006)
Rail links between India and Pakistan in the Sindh-Rajasthan sector are due to be resumed early next month.
- Of Faith And Distrust (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Jan 13, 2006)
The winter vacation on Capitol Hill is the moment for senators and congressmen to familiarize themselves with a world outside the Beltway and their constituencies.
- Eight Sailors Killed In Mine Attack (Hindu, V. S. Sambandan, Jan 13, 2006)
Attack on road convoy by suspected LTTE rebels: Sri Lanka navy
The sailors were returning to duty from leave
Over 70 security personnel killed since December in attacks on armed forces
- Ltte Mine Blast Kills Nine Sailors (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Jan 13, 2006)
At least eight navy personnel were killed and eight more wounded when a powerful...
- Egypt Halts Convoy Tugging Clemenceau (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Appeal to Egypt to refuse permission for the ship to enter the Suez Canal
Say more than sufficient evidence that the French Government failed to decontaminate the ship
- Ignoring Tehran's Threats (Washington Times, Editorial, The Washington Times, Jan 13, 2006)
Tehran's resumption of uraniuam enrichment at Natanz nuclear site this week is the latest testament to the futility of further negotiations with the cunning mullahs of Iran, who have so far used brinkmanship to buy more time to advance their nuclear . . .
- Avoiding Critical Mass With Iran (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Thumbing its nose at the West, Iran has resumed research on refining uranium into bomb-grade quality. Its crossing of a nuclear "red line" calls for a firm response because this may be the last chance to really stop creeping global nuclear proliferation.
- Iran And Israel Will Be Kings Of The Middle East Jungle (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
In March 2003, before US troops reached Baghdad, Middle East scholar Volker Perthes wrote that while the risks of this "illegitimate" war were enormous, those of "a US failure to stabilise postwar Iraq would be even higher".
- Iran May Face Sanctions But Not Military Action (Telegraph (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 13, 2006)
Iran has threatened to halt snap United Nations inspections of its nuclear facilities if it is referred to the Security Council.
- A New Mumbai, Still Born (Indian Express, Reshma Patil, Jan 12, 2006)
MR Wadhwa lives in a little city of joy—Ulhasnagar—a young 13.5 sq kms township. ‘‘It was a jungle, chori day and night, no place to stay,’’ the 80-year-old garment trader recalls a time in 1948 when he left Pakistan forever, making his way . . .
- For The People (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 12, 2006)
Thank you, Delhi High Court, for proving even in this system ordinary citizens can be empowered
- Listen, Mr Chidambaram (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jan 12, 2006)
P Chidambaram will receive a million pre-budget suggestions by end-February. But the one he must take seriously, he has already received — the Left has hammered home the point that he must take a sickle to the weedy field of tax exemptions.
- Hail The Chief (Censor) (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Jan 12, 2006)
Now, film criticism from three of the most senior officers of the armed forces
- 2 Killed In Balochistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 12, 2006)
A land mine planted in Pir Koh exploded when the troops' vehicle ran over it
- India Cautioned On Ltte’S Maritime Capabilities (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Jan 12, 2006)
The Sri Lankan Navy has sounded an urgent warning to its Indian counterpart and proposed cooperative action to safeguard both countries’ warships against the LTTE following the January 7 suicide attack that left 13 Sri Lankan sailors dead.
- Balochistan Leader Slams Musharraf (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 12, 2006)
Says rebellion is a result of tribal anger, not Indian support
Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, the powerful tribal chieftain whose followers have been engaged for several weeks in full-blown warfare with Pakistani troops in the province of Balochistan, . . .
- Probe Officials Must Adhere To Time Limit, Says Cbi Chief (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jan 12, 2006)
Urges agency to think big and out of the box to face challenges
Nearly a month after taking over, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Vijay Shanker has outlined a "larger vision'' for the country's premier investigation agency, . . .
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