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Articles 17321 through 17420 of 27135:
- Lankan Navy Gunboat Blown Up, Toll 15 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels today blew up a Sri Lankan navy gunboat in a daring suicide attack killing five sailors, with ten others missing and presumed dead, the defence ministry said.
- World Sindhi Inst Condemns Pak Operations In Balochistan (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 08, 2006)
The Sri Lankan government is showing great restraint and patience in spite of all the provocations of the Tamil Tiger rebels, visiting Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said.
- India Rejects Suggestion For Demilitarisation (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Categorically rejecting Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s suggestion for demilitarisation of three places in Jammu and Kashmir, India tonight asserted that it was a "sovereign" decision to be taken by New Delhi based on security situation and could n
- India's Comments On Baloch; Musharraf Says He Is Disappointed (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Accusing India of providing financial support to rebels in Balochistan, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said he was "disappointed" and "annoyed" over the concerns expressed by India over military operations in the province but the "irritant" . . .
- Democracy On A Sticky Wicket? (Deccan Herald, P V Subraya, Jan 08, 2006)
The views aired in the book by persons connected with the judiciary have been debated many times before
- A Little Admission (Hindustan Times, Karan Thapar, Jan 08, 2006)
In the last few weeks, I’ve had occasion to recall a conversation with my old friend Praveen Anand. “Medicine,” he’d declare, “is the most honourable profession in the world”. As an aspiring journalist I’d disagree. He would smile indulgently.
- 13 Sailors Feared Killed In Ltte Attack (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jan 08, 2006)
Suspected Black Sea Tigers target Fast Attack Craft
The suicide craft was among "hundreds of fishing boats" that were near the harbour
The most serious in a string of recent attacks on Sri Lankan security forces
- Anjali's Court Martial (Hindu, U.C. Jha, Jan 08, 2006)
The Indian military justice system in its current form is an anachronis
- Rashid Tells India Not To Meddle In Pak (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has warned that if India continues to poke its nose in the internal affairs of Pakistan, the whole peace process will be an exercise in futility.
- Musharraf Floats New Proposal For Kashmir Peace (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Says Pakistan to ensure end to violence if India
withdraws troops from three cities; Delhi rejects
President Pervez Musharraf has said that he was disappointed with a two-year peace process with India and accused New Delhi of not responding . . .
- Daniel Pearl And The Body Of Evidence (Hindustan Times, B Raman, Jan 08, 2006)
Every year, as we enter a New Year, my mind goes back to Daniel Pearl, the Mumbai-based American correspondent of Wall Street Journal, who met with a brutal end to his young life during a visit to Karachi in January 2002 to enquire, inter alia, . . .
- Proposal To Monitor Ias Officers (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jan 08, 2006)
It is interesting. The suggestion has come from no less a person than the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who is himself a former bureaucrat. Mr Singh is strongly in favour of introducing a monitoring system to assess the performance . . .
- Nuclear Powers Planning ‘Joint Warning’ To Iran (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
The five major nuclear powers are working on a joint warning statement that aims to show unusual unified resolve and put fresh pressure on Iran not to resume nuclear fuel research, US officials and diplomats said on Friday.
- Myanmar Hints At Relocating Capital (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
In November, the junta announced it was moving the government to Pyinmanar, a logging town 320 km north of Yangon.
- Ancient City Modern Hues (Deccan Herald, Soumya Sitaraman, Jan 08, 2006)
What’s in a name? Plenty, it seems, if the impassioned debate surrounding the renaming of Bangalore as Bengaluru is anything to go by. Soumya Sitaraman looks back on a time when the city was, indeed, called Bengaluru.
- Blaming India To Avert Internal Rebellion? Pakistan's Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao Has ‘Held India Responsible’ For The Continuing Unrest In Balochistan Province (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
India can be blamed but the fact is Balochistan province of Pakistan wants independence from the country.
- India Rejects Musharraf Rider To Peace (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
India today reminded Pakistan that its commitment to not let its territory be used for cross border terrorism against India was ‘‘unconditional’’ and could not be linked with any proposal for demilitarisation in parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Musharraf Offers To Join Anti-Terror Fight (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
In a candid interview to Karan Thapar for CNN/IBN, Musharraf also said he was disappointed at the lack of progress in the peace process and complained that there was “not much” response from India to the ideas thrown by him for resolution of the . . .
- Pm’S Left Hook (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jan 08, 2006)
The Left saw another side to the usually soft-spoken Manmohan Singh when it made an issue over the joint Indo-US air force exercise in Kalaikunda, West Bengal, last November.
- Violence In Pak Claims 16 Lives (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
In a separate incident, eight people were reportedly killed in an overnight bombing by US planes and gunship helicopters in the restive region, where the Pakistani security forces had launched a series of military operations last year to track . . .
- Iran's Top Mullah May Be On Our Side (Los Angeles Times, Dariush Zahedi, Jan 08, 2006)
The united states has a surprising ally in its impatience with the new Iranian president.
- End-Game In Kashmir Uncertain (Tribune, Sushant Sareen, Jan 07, 2006)
WITH Pakistan coming up with “bold” and provocative proposals like “self-governance” and “demilitarisation” in the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir, the main focus of negotiations during the third round of the composite dialogue between India and . . .
- Clarify Stand On Nuclear Plan: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
"Centre must keep all parties informed"
Concern over plan being shared with U.S. Congress
Wonders whether it amounts to capping India's n-resources
Wants Government to take other political parties into confidence
- Cabinet Nod For Agreement To Combat Ship Piracy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
India signatory to a 16-nation, first-of-its-kind pact
Coast Guard to be focal point for agreement
Information-sharing on piracy, armed robbery
Cooperation meant to make sea lanes secure
- No Solution Under Indian Constitution, Says Aphc (News International, Asim Yasin, Jan 07, 2006)
Describing Pakistan’s proposal of self-governance and demilitarisation in Kashmir as a first step towards resolution of this issue, visiting leaders of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference announced that the Kashmiris would not accept any option . . .
- Full Independence Of Kashmir Not Possible: Mirwaiz (Daily Times, Umer Farooq, Jan 07, 2006)
Leader advocates co-existence
* Says self-governance and demilitarisation of Kashmir can be interim arrangement
- India, Us Plan Army Exercises (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Jan 07, 2006)
As India emerges the favourite destination for most of the world powers to carry out exercises by the armed forces, the biggest-ever such exercise will be conducted by India and the United States of America near Ranikhet in Uttaranchal later this month.
- India To Tap Dutch Friendship For Nuke Energy (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
As part of an intensified campaign in its quest for civilian nuclear energy, India will tap the Netherlands when Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende comes here on a three-day visit starting Jan 18.
- 'Nuke Deal With India High On Us Priorities' (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has strongly supported the civil nuclear deal with India and said strengthening Washington's relations with New Delhi would be among the priorities in her agenda for 2006.
- French Ship Must Not Enter India (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jan 07, 2006)
Officials of French firm depose before committee
The Supreme Court Monitoring Committee on Hazardous Wastes Management on Friday decided that the French warship, Clemenceau, should not enter India. This recommendation would be sent to the court . . .
- Year 2005: Best And Worst Of Times For Parliament (Business Line, R.C. Rajamani, Jan 07, 2006)
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times... It was the spring of hope; it was the winter of despair.
- Invasion Of Privacy (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 07, 2006)
Telephone tapping and all that
THE exposure of telephone tapping of politicians has once again brought to the fore the larger issues of individual freedom and the right to privacy.
- Nato Confident About Afghanistan Deployment (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Hopes Dutch will send 1,400 troops to southern Afghanistan
- Bhutto’S Diluting Legacy (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 07, 2006)
Pakistan Peoples Party celebrated 78th birthday of late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto on January 5, 2006. Functions including cake-cutting ceremonies were held in different parts of the country where speakers also highlighted achievements of their late leader.
- Media Attention On Clemenceau (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 07, 2006)
The Committee's decision generated huge media attention in France. For many ordinary French persons, the Clemenceau has come to symbolise the high handed manner in which developed nations tend to act towards countries of the south.
- Ltte Testing The Waters In Tamil Nadu? (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Jan 07, 2006)
There appears to be a renewed pro-Eelam campaign by some parties in Tamil Nadu. Why now?
- Sharon Leaves No Heir (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Jan 07, 2006)
If the massive cerebral haemorrhage suffered by Ariel Sharon marks the end of this remarkable man's political career, then Israeli public life is about to lose the figure who above all others reshaped Israeli politics and diplomacy in the post-Oslo period
- Bush Defends Iraq Policy (Hindu, DAVID E. SANGER, Jan 07, 2006)
Colin L. Powell said nothing — a silence that spoke volumes to many in the White House on Thursday morning. His predecessor, Madeleine K. Albright,
- Us Endorses India's Nuclear Energy Goals (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
In a strong endorsement of India's quest to acquire technology and equipment to generate atomic power, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that it will have to have civilian nuclear energy and not be dependent on countries posing concerns.
- Nuclear Powers Aiming To Put Fresh Pressure On Iran (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jan 07, 2006)
The five major nuclear powers are working on a joint warning statement that aims to show unusual unified resolve and put fresh pressure on Iran not to resume nuclear fuel research, U.S. officials and diplomats said on Friday.
- Suspected Rebels Attack S.Lanka Navy, 13 Missing (Reuters, Ranga Sirilal, Jan 07, 2006)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels attacked and sank a small naval boat off Sri Lanka's east coast early on Saturday and 13 of the 15 crew were missing, the navy said, amid growing fears of a return to civil war.
- Changing Profile Of Al Qaeda (Daily Excelsior, P Bhattacharya, Jan 07, 2006)
On 5 February, 2003, the then US Secretary of State, Gen Colin Powel had said at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that, ''Iraq today harbors a deadly terrorist network, headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, an associate and collaborator . . .
- Pakistan Sees India Hand In Balochistan Violence (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
As heavy fighting continued between nationalist rebels and security forces in Balochistan, Pakistan has accused India of supporting violence in the troubled southwestern province.
- French Ship: Sc Panel Says You Can’T Dock Until You Come Clean (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
Taking a tough stand on the decommissioned French aircraft carrier Clemenceau, the Supreme Court monitoring committee on hazardous waste management today said that the ship should not be allowed within 200 km of India’s exclusive economic zone . . .
- In Nepal It Is A Three-Horse Race Once Again (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jan 07, 2006)
As the Maoist ceasefire ends, Yubaraj Ghimire argues that the king cannot delay reaching out to pro-democracy forces much longer
- A Ship We Can Refuse (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 07, 2006)
It is heartening that the Supreme Court Monitoring Committee has responded firmly and with sensitivity to the despatch of the French Navy's decommissioned aircraft carrier, Georges Clemenceau, to India for dismantling.
- Those Blessed With Gene-Sharkmen, Matters, Memories (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jan 07, 2006)
A news item I read in one of the Delhi papers the other day describes how a little striped fish had helped scientists to solve one of the biggest mysteries in biology- which genes were responsible for differences in human skin, eye and hair colour.
- South Korean Arrested In Iraq Oil-For-Food Scandal (Reuters, Daniel Trotta, Jan 07, 2006)
U.S. authorities arrested a South Korean lobbyist accused of secretly scheming with top U.N. and Iraqi officials to create the oil-for-food program that turned into a multibillion-dollar scandal.
- Govt Showing Restraint Despite Ltte Provocation: Samaraweera (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 07, 2006)
The Sri Lankan government is showing great restraint and patience in spite of all the provocations of the Tamil Tiger rebels, visiting Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said.
- All Parties Are To Blame (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jan 07, 2006)
Action against terrorists should not have led to torture and killing of innocents, and humiliation of all Kashmiris
- The Net And Nostalgia (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jan 07, 2006)
My conscious memories of Bangalore/Bengaluru go back to the year 1962. For the next thirty years I visited the place once a year, sometimes twice, staying for a few weeks or a few months each time.
- Rice Endorses India’S Quest For Nuclear Energy (Tribune, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jan 07, 2006)
In a strong endorsement of India's quest to acquire technology and equipment to generate atomic power, US Secretary of State Condoleezzza Rice has said that it will have to have civilian nuclear energy and not be dependent on countries posing concerns.
- Bjp Alleges Secret N-Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 07, 2006)
The BJP today charged the Manmohan Singh government with stealthily submitting “a plan” to the USA, “separating our civil and military nuclear facilities”.
- Indian Navy Commissions Asia’S First Unmanned Craft Squadron (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Jan 07, 2006)
The Navy’s long-term vision for a coastline dotted with squadrons of unmanned spy planes kicked off today, with the commissioning of its first unit-INAS 342-in Kochi, thus becoming the first Navy in Asia to raise an exclusive squadron for unmanned aerial.
- Alleged Tapping Of Telephone: Jayalalithaa Comes Out In Support Of Amar Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Says "shocking act" infringes constitutional rights; wants UPA Government to take responsibility
Chief Minister says nation reminded of Watergate scandal
"Incident has shaken basic structure of our great democracy"
- Nuclear Plan Presented To Washington (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jan 06, 2006)
India awaits U.S. response on separation of facilities
Fast-breeder reactor programme not included in civilian facilities
India has no problem if Washington shares the separation plans with U.S. Congress
- Return Of The Natives (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Jan 06, 2006)
The question of Pandit return looms large over the larger Kashmir dispute.
- Kalabagh: The Question Of Alternatives (Dawn, S.M. Naseem, Jan 06, 2006)
The rush to build the Kalabagh dam is taking General Musharraf and many of his supporters, including some born-again superpatriots, to heights of irrationality.
- The Task Before The Ncsw (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 06, 2006)
Although it took 10n months to fill the post of chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women, the educationist Dr Arfa Syeda Zehra, who was recently appointed, has a huge challenge ahead of her if she is to fill the void left by her . . .
- Eight Killed In S Waziristan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Masked gunmen have killed eight tribesmen, including seven of a family, in two separate incidents in South Waziristan, administration officials and eyewitnesses said on Thursday.
- Pak- Nepal Nexus (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jan 06, 2006)
It should have been expected that sooner or later both China and Pakistan would want to fish in the troubled waters in Nepal and, sure enough, Beijing has already delivered truckloads of weapons for the Royal Nepal Army and Pakistan is preparing . . .
- The Kitty (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Jan 06, 2006)
Being the mother of two animal-loving children, who on and off keep making demands (albeit without much success) for a pet of their own, I am quite used to stray dogs being fed with carefully smuggled-out biscuits and milk from my home.
- Us Lawyers Seek Faster Green Card Processing (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 06, 2006)
American lawyers are seeking faster processing of Green Cards by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for thousands of immigrants, including several Indian Americans who have been approved as legal permanent residents.
- India Blamed For Kohlu Unrest; Sherpao Warns Outlaws Of Stern Action (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Thursday held India responsible for the continuing unrest in Balochistan and said the government had decided to take ‘stern’ action against those involved in anti-state activities in the province.
- Over To The Masses (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 06, 2006)
The phoney peace of a one-sided four-month ceasefire in Nepal has expectedly come to an end. The ceasefire was first declared in September for three months.
- Task Force On Global Strategic Developments — Need Unclear, Purpose Undefined (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 06, 2006)
If a Task Force is not to end up as a monumental wool-gathering enterprise, its purpose should be delineated in sharp and clear terms.
- Clarion Call (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 06, 2006)
The latest Heritage Foundation annual Index of Economic Freedom is an unhappy reminder of just how much we have slipped. Ironically, during the same period that we slid 36 notches to 121 out of 160-odd countries in the league tables of economic freedom,..
- 927 Terrorists Killed In 2005 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
As many as 927 militants were killed and 233 apprehended during counter terrorist operations by the Army in 2005.
- Government Won’T Hold Talks With Baloch ‘Miscreants’, Says Sherpao (Daily Times, Shahzad Raza, Jan 06, 2006)
The government has decided not to hold talks with the militant tribesmen in Kohlu who it says are receiving weapons and financial assistance to carry out acts of sabotage in Balochistan.
- India Wants Peace With Neighbours: Mukherjee (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Underlining the need for living in peace with neighbours, Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said New Delhi was holding talks with Islamabad to achieve this end.
- Bhutto’S Diluting Legacy (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 06, 2006)
Pakistan Peoples Party celebrated 78th birthday of late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto on January 5, 2006. Functions including cake-cutting ceremonies were held in different parts of the country where speakers also highlighted achievements of their late leader.
- Musharraf Insists On Kashmir Demilitarisation (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday hoped India would respond positively to Pakistan’s proposals of demilitarisation and self-rule in Jammu and Kashmir to facilitate a lasting solution to the lingering dispute.
- Chandigarh Needs Bulldozer Too (Indian Express, Vipin Pubby, Jan 06, 2006)
Even as politicians cry hoarse over the demolition of illegal structures in New Delhi, the Punjab government has recently and quietly condoned irregular constructions in the periphery of Chandigarh.
- China Sees India As Partner, Says Pla Expert (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jan 06, 2006)
China and India "eye each other not as a threat but as a partner," according to Rear Admiral Yang Yi, Director of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Institute of Strategic Studies at China's National Defence University.
- Clandestine Nuclear Deals Traced To Sudan (Hindu, Ian Cobain, Jan 06, 2006)
Hi-tech equipment imported into the country has disappeared Intelligence agencies suspect the equipment has been traded by the nuclear proliferation racket headed by the Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.
- Ltte Warns Of Dire Consequences (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jan 06, 2006)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Thursday warned of "dire consequences" if "repression by the armed forces on Tamil people" is continued.
- U.S. Blunder Aided Iran's Atomic Aims, Says Book (Hindu, Julian Borger , Jan 06, 2006)
The CIA may have helped Iran to design a nuclear bomb through a botched attempt to channel flawed blueprints to Teheran's weapon designers, according to a new book on the U.S. ``war on terror''.
- E-Mail To Pm, President Warns Of Terror Strikes (Hindustan Times, JT Vishnu, Jan 06, 2006)
Pakistan-based terrorist outfits Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and Jaish-e-Mohammad are planning fidayeen attacks on IIT-Kanpur, Varanasi's Kashi Vishwanath Temple and vital installations in the Capital. The attacks have been planned on or before Republic Day, . . .
- Pakistan Wants To Live In Peace (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has underscored the need of an " early settlement of the Kashmir issue," and said his country wants to live in peace with neighbouring India.
- Us Won’T Talk Of This Iran N-Chapter (Indian Express, JOSH MEYER, Jan 06, 2006)
In a clumsy effort to sabotage Iran’s nuclear programme, the CIA in 2004 intentionally handed Tehran some top-secret bomb designs laced with a hidden flaw that US officials hoped would doom any weapon made from them, according to a new book . . .
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