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Articles 17521 through 17620 of 27135:
- A Glimmer Of Hope In The Distance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 04, 2006)
Every hour of the day, the sun sets in some part of the world. But at the very same time, it rises somewhere else.
- Redefining Nam’S Role (Dawn, Shamshad Ahmad Khan, Jan 04, 2006)
The numerical strength of both G-77 and NAM (non-aligned movement) has been a major factor in decision-making at the UN and in all conferences held under the auspices of the UN system.
- Un ‘Deeply Concerned’ At End Of Ceasefire In Nepal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Series of explosions rock country hours after ceasefire ended
- Ngos Appeal For Peace In Balochistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The government should stop its military operation in Balochistan, said the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), a human rights body of the Catholic Church in Pakistan, and Labour Party Pakistan in separate statements on Tuesday.
- U.S. Cedes Duties In Rebuilding Afghanistan (Washington Post, Griff Witte, Jan 03, 2006)
Four years into a mammoth reconstruction effort here that has been largely led, funded and secured by Americans, the United States is showing a growing willingness to cede those jobs to others.
- Bringing Peace To Gilgit (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 03, 2006)
One wonders what to make of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s statement that peace is a prerequisite to development in the Northern Areas. It would have been more logical for him to say that development was a prerequisite for peace and political . . .
- Job Creation Is Agenda For 2006 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Development programmes to be monitored: Manmohan
In a bid to ensure effective implementation of the United Progressive Alliance Government's National Common Minimum Programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired a meeting here on Monday . . .
- Iran Firm On Enriching Uranium At Home (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Larijani dismisses the Russian proposal as problematic
* Warns Tehran has prepared scenarios and cannot be ‘checkmated’ easily
- Ard, Ponm Rally Demands End To Balochistan Military Operation (News International, Asim Yasin, Jan 03, 2006)
Chanting slogans to stop military operation in Balochistan, a rally of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) and the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM) outside the Parliament house on Monday expressed solidarity . . .
- Pakistan Tells India To Back Off (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan bluntly told India on Monday to back off, following New Delhi’s comments on escalating violence in Balochistan, warning that such statements were unhelpful and would not improve bilateral relations.
- Out Of Saudi Comfort (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Jan 03, 2006)
The story was apocryphal once but has acquired the patina of fact. It pertained to a remark by the American millionaire Mr J. J. Astor, who on seeing the shards of the fatal iceberg strewn on the decks of the Titanic, muttered: ‘I had ordered ice, . . .
- India’S Statements May Sabotage Cbms: Rashid (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that if India did not stop issuing "irresponsible" statements, it would sabotage all the confidence building measures (CBMs) so far taken for easing tension between the two countries.
- Launch Dialogue Also (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 03, 2006)
Fighting between security forces and tribesmen on Dera Bugti-Sui Road and a bomb blast in Mashkal area of Kharan district killing four persons have been reported in Balochistan.
- Nepalese Maoists Call Off Unilateral Truce (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Nepal’s Maoist rebels said on Monday they would not extend a four-month truce which ends at midnight, and that they were abandoning the ceasefire in self defence
- Bush’S Year Of Follies (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 03, 2006)
The best thing about 2005 is surely the fact that it has reduced one year from the term of President George Bush. The wisdom of limits has sometimes been questioned, particularly when a sensible president like Bill Clinton comes along.
- India To Host Joint Naval Exercises (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
India is ready to host its first major regional naval exercises since the tsunami disaster at the end of 2004, military officials said on Monday.
- Govt. Taking Steps To Check Maoist Militants: Buddhadeb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Security situation reviewed in three districts in West Bengal
- Army Plans Hi-Tech Gear For Soldiers (Deccan Herald, Madhuprasad N, Jan 03, 2006)
The plan calls for a better 5.56-caliber assault rifle, helmet-mounted sight and observation gear, radio and data communications, load-carrying packs and protection and sustainability gear.
- Voice Of Dissent (Hindu, Mujibur Rehman, Jan 03, 2006)
Offers an alternative to free market economic policy for restoring balance to globalisation's disequalising effects
- Stung Mp Challenges Expulsion From Ls (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
The Pawan Kumar Bansal Committee had gone into the sting operation exposing 11 MPs in the scam. Of the 10 MPs from Lok Sabha, five belonged to BJP, three to BSP and one each to Congress and RJD.
- Rebels End Truce, Nepal Tense (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jan 03, 2006)
The rebel leader said the autocratic government, the army and their spies would be the target of attacks by the People’s Liberation Army and they would oppose the “farcical” local elections called on Feb 8.
- ‘Dialogue With Khan Needed To Solve Pak N-Issue’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Regarding the Iran nuclear issue, he said that Iran has to assure the international community that its nuclear programme is not aimed at developing weapons.
- The Die Has Been Cast (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jan 03, 2006)
It is time to take stock of the problems Indian negotiators can face
India faces an uphill task this year, as it approaches complex multilateral as well as bilateral issues centering on nuclear diplomacy, health regulations, intellectual property rights,
- No More Nuclear Fundamentalists (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 03, 2006)
The arrival of Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso today will launch 2006’s diplomatic season in the capital as well as help develop a more productive nuclear conversation between the two countries.
- Centre To Wait For Details, No Dates For Ulfa Dialogue Yet (Indian Express, SUDHI RANJAN SEN, Jan 03, 2006)
Even as the Congress-led Assam government declared a partial amnesty for ULFA militants for the forthcoming Bihu festival and for the peace talks, the Centre seems to be in no hurry to engage the banned organisation.
- Pak Says ‘Bully’ India Must Keep Out Of Balochistan (Indian Express, K J M Varma, Jan 03, 2006)
Reacting strongly to India’s remarks on the spiralling violence in Balochistan, Pakistan today said it ‘‘betrayed the psyche of a bully’’ and tended to vitiate the atmosphere created by the two sides for sustaining the composite dialogue process.
- King Unbending, Nepal Maoists End Ceasefire (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jan 03, 2006)
A four-month spell of peace in Nepal came to an end today as the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) announced it would not extend the ceasefire that began in September, and vowed to resume its activities against the Royal Nepal Army (RNA).
- India To Host Joint Naval Exercises With Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka And Thailand. (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
India is ready to host its first major regional naval exercises since the tsunami disaster at the end of 2004, military officials said.
- Heavy Fighting Between Pakistan Military And Balochistan Rebels (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Jan 03, 2006)
Balochistan wants freedom from Pakistani oppression. Pakistan is sending new reinforcements to keep Balochistan rebels at bay.
- A Conversation With Orhan Pamuk (Hindu, DILEEP PADGAONKAR, Jan 03, 2006)
The writer's eclectic approach allows him to be critically engaged in Turkey's perennial dilemma — how to live in a westernised fashion in a country that is essentially non-western.
- A Shipload Of Trouble From France (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 03, 2006)
Have the French authorities really removed all the asbestos they could have without damaging the structure of the ship or could more have been done?
- Pak In Talks To Buy Chinese Nuclear Reactors (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan is in talks to buy up to eight nuclear power reactors from China for between $7 billion and $10 billion, Britain's Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
- Maoists Call Off Truce In Nepal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Offensive would be directed at the royal regime, say the rebels
Nepal's Maoist rebels said on Monday they would not extend a four-month truce which ends at midnight, and that they were abandoning the ceasefire in self-defence.
- Snow, Rain Bring Misery To Pakistan Survivors (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Jan 03, 2006)
Heavy snow and rain brought more misery to Pakistan's earthquake survivors on Monday, halting relief work, bringing landslides down on roads and flooding tents across the cold, wet mountains.
- Nepal Rebels Say Compelled To End Truce (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Jan 03, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels said on Monday they have been compelled to end a four-month-old truce at midnight tonight and go on the offensive to defend themselves against government forces.
- Maoists Announce End To Unilateral Ceasefire (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Jan 03, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels today announced they have ended the unilateral ceasefire and vowed to "go on the offensive" against the Royal Army, dousing the hopes of peace despite pleas from political parties and the international community.
- Understanding On Nukes (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 03, 2006)
But what about fighting terrorism
India and Pakistan have shown admirable understanding on their nuclear installations and facilities ever since they signed an agreement to this effect on December 31, 1988.
- Turning The Tables (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jan 03, 2006)
General Musharraf is said to be intrigued at New Delhi expressing concern over the situation in Baluchistan, and he has reason to be.
- Mixed Fare (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 03, 2006)
What 2005 meant to the North-east
No North-eastern state suffered political tsunamis in the year just ended, thanks to the anti-defection law and downsizing of ministries that checked characteristic toppling games and horse-trading so common to Meghalay
- Nepal Says Farewell To Peace (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jan 03, 2006)
After an uneasy four-month truce, Nepal's Maoist guerrillas Monday ended their unilateral ceasefire and declared a fresh war against King Gyanendra and the Royal Nepalese Army.
- Manmohan’S New Year Resolutions (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Thrust on jobs, infrastructure
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh got down to the business of implementing various ambitious schemes encompassing the employment guarantee scheme and focussing on the direly needed infrastructure in the country’s outbacks . . .
- Gory Face (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 03, 2006)
Should one express surprise over the targetted killing of scientists, academicians and intellectuals by the terrorists? The answer can only be no. By its very definition the terror machine is synonymous with murder and mayhem.
- India In 2006: Forging Ahead To The Forefront (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jan 03, 2006)
A stable political environment, law and order, and a reasonable governance all point to an India heading with confidence into a New Year.
- Terror In Bangalore (Tribune, P.C. Dogra, Jan 03, 2006)
On December 28, 2005, terrorists barged into the auditorium of the Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore, where an international conference of eminent scientists was going on, opened indiscriminate firing, killing renowned mathematician and . . .
- A Vital Step (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 03, 2006)
The government finally has had the good sense to revive the Council of Common Interests.
- Taliban List Battlefield Successes In 2005 (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
The Taliban Monday claimed that their fighters shot down seven helicopters and killed scores of foreign and Afghan soldiers during the seven-month period from July-December 2005.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Cooperation Deal A Dangerous Gamble (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jan 02, 2006)
The chief architect of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has described President Bush’s recent proposal to provide nuclear energy assistance to India as a “dangerous gamble”.
- India Wants To Make Tsunami-Hit Andamans A Tourist Hotspot (Daily Times, Pratap Chakravarty, Jan 02, 2006)
About 90,000 tourists on average holiday annually on 10 Andamanese islands open to visitors - generating less than a fourth of tourist income of the Maldives, industry estimates show
- Taliban Rising In Afghanistan? (Daily Times, Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan, Jan 02, 2006)
Most analysts following the events in Afghanistan believe that in years to come the situation will get even worse. The latest videotape I have received shows new Al Qaeda and Taliban training camps in Afghanistan.
- Will The Hr Profession Please Speak Up? (Business Line, Ganesh Chella , Jan 02, 2006)
The security departments, transport departments, the police, the taxi drivers, the CEOs, Nasscom, the various labour unions, the public at large — they all had something to say. As for the HR (human resource) community,
- Putting Aside Ideological Hang-Ups (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Jan 02, 2006)
The genie of obscurantism, of the confused ideological variety, is out of the bottle again. At least that was the impression created by a host of speakers, among them Dr Javid Iqbal, Justice Nasim Hassan Shah and Mr Majid Nizami, at a seminar held to ....
- A Significant Turn (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Jan 02, 2006)
Manmohan Singh's meeting with People's Conference leader Sajjad Lone sends out the message that New Delhi intends to reach out not just to the APHC centrists but to all elements of the political mosaic of Jammu and Kashmir.
- India Defends Comments On Balochistan (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
India on Sunday insisted there was nothing wrong in reacting to the "serious situation" in the neighbouring country, particularly when it waves "red rags" at India virtually on daily basis.
- Challenges Ahead (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Jan 02, 2006)
It is difficult to miss the strong undercurrent of concern about the state we are in which runs through the otherwise diverse end-of-the-year comments in our print and electronic media.
- N-Facilities’ List Swapped With India (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Pakistan and India on Sunday exchanged lists of their nuclear facilities in line with an agreement to swap such information annually on New Year’s Day, the foreign ministry said.
- Maoist Designs (Statesman, JR MUKHERJEE, Jan 02, 2006)
With Maoists from Nepal to Tamil Nadu subverting the government machinery and gaining control in a wide corridor across 13 states through a campaign of terror, their activities have become a serious threat to national security.
- Balochistan Situation Serious, Nothing Wrong In Comment: India (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Notwithstanding Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf terming as "intriguing" India's comment on Balochistan, New Delhi today asserted there was nothing wrong in reacting to the "serious situation" in the neighbouring country, . . .
- Unrest In Baluchistan (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 02, 2006)
Musharraf should tackle its problems
What is happening in Baluchistan is much more than what was experienced by the Shias in Gilgit and Baltistan recently, forcing India to lodge its protest against the large-scale human rights violations there.
- Staying Connected (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 02, 2006)
With the availability of every new comfort the people tend to forget their sufferings of the past.
- Killer Roads (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 02, 2006)
A report in this newspaper that seven persons were killed in an accident on the Batote-Doda road last week-end makes an extremely sad reading. The ill-fated passengers were travelling in a mini bus.
- Optimism Alive As Winter Chills Pak Quake Zone (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Jan 02, 2006)
Snow and rain across northern Pakistan grounded relief flights on Sunday, giving earthquake survivors and rescuers their first big test of the winter.
- Us Plans To Strike Iran N-Facilities (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
The United States is mulling a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities this year and has informed NATO member states to make similar preparations, a report claimed on Sunday.
- Russian Nuclear Proposal Has Problems: Iran (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
A senior Iranian official on Monday dismissed a proposal to enrich uranium on Russian soil as problematic and expressed disappointment in Europe's latest negotiations over the Islamic Republic's controversial nuclear program.
- India On Friday Again Voiced Its Anxieties Over What It Called Continuing Army Crackdown And Human Rights Violations In The Pakistani Province Of Balochistan (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Dismissing Pakistan's objections to its statement on the situation in Balochistan, India on Friday again voiced its anxieties over what it called continuing army crackdown and human rights violations in the Pakistani province of Balochistan.
- Musharraf Blames India For Funding Rebellion In Baluchistan As Pakistan Army Continues Gross Human Rights Violation There (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has termed as "intriguing" India's comments on the situation in Baluchistan province and said the government knew who is funding the armed rebellion in the region.
- Europe, U.S. Uneasy After Russia Cuts Ukraine Gas Supply (Reuters, Meg Clothier, Jan 02, 2006)
The United States said Russia's halting of gas supplies to Ukraine raised questions about use of energy as a political weapon, and European countries voiced concern their supplies could be hit at the height of winter.
- Get Set, Go, It’S A Radioactive Race (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 02, 2006)
As India tries to wrap up the nuclear deal with the United States before President George Bush arrives here early this year and regain access to the international nuclear fuel market, . . .
- U.S. Planning To Strike Iran's Nuke Facilities: Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
Military action against Teheran to foil its nuclear ambitions is one among several options being considered by NATO members, military Intelligence officials familiar with the Iran file told German daily Der Spiegel.
- Sins Of The Clergy (Tribune, Pushpa M. Bhargava, Jan 02, 2006)
IT is a cliché that man has today all the means to destroy all of his species through weapons of mass destruction possessed by many countries led by the US. There is no country that can be trusted not to use them; in fact, the larger the stock . . .
- Going Lean And Lean — Surviving The German Corporate Jungle (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jan 02, 2006)
Herbert Spencer, the British economist, is often credited with introducing the phrase `survival of the fittest' in his 1851 work relating to free market economics.
- Joint Statement Biased, Says Vaiko (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2006)
He said the MDMK, which supports the UPA Government from outside, had its own views on issues like Lanka, just as Left parties had their own perceptions on fuel price hike, etc. That did not mean there were cracks in the UPA. “The UPA is intact”.
- Karachi: Apc Calls For Immediate Halt To Army Operation: Talks On Balochistan Urged (Dawn, Latif Baloch, Jan 02, 2006)
The All-parties Conference on Balochistan held here on Sunday condemned the ongoing military operation in that province and termed it “a conspiracy to harm the country’s integrity. It called upon the government to withdraw troops from . . .
- Gender Budgeting To Help Women (Tribune, V.P. Prabhakar, Jan 02, 2006)
The Government has announced its intention to gradually introduce the concept of “gender budgeting” in line with the basic principles of governance to which the Central Government is committed under the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP), . . .
- Crpf Raises Special Squad To Combat Naxals (Indian Express, SUDHI RANJAN SEN, Jan 02, 2006)
Unable to carry out sustained operations against the Naxals, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) deployed in all states affected by leftist extremism has raised a Special Operations Group within itself.
- The Unintelligible American (Deccan Herald, M N Batra, Jan 01, 2006)
Accent can cause confusion, especially if people from different countries have a meeting.
- Judicial Activism & Restraint (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 01, 2006)
Ever since assumption of the office of Pakistan’s Chief Justice, Mr Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has displayed an element of judicial activism through suo motu notice of various crimes and violation of country’s laws. Cases of new Murree city, . . .
- Terror Shadow Stalks Booming Tech Industry (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Jan 01, 2006)
A suspected militant raid on Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, India's tech capital, has confirmed fears that the country's booming information technology sector could be a new target for terror groups, officials and analysts said.
- In Pakistan Quake Zone, Mild Optimism As Winter Closes In (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Jan 01, 2006)
Villagers in the remote Allai Valley in the high mountains of northern Pakistan are used to hard winters and this year they need to be.
- Railway Track Blown Up Near Sibi (News International, Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Jan 01, 2006)
Train service between Sibi and Harnai was suspended for one week on Saturday after saboteurs blew up the railway track and damaged a bridge near Sibi amid mounting tension in the restive Dera Bugti district.
- Need For A Policy For The Displaced People (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 01, 2006)
The recent internecine killings, which claimed about 90 lives in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, have led to the displacement of over 44,000 tribal Karbis and Dimasas. Away from the attention of the national media, the displaced Karbis and Dimasas . . .
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