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Articles 18121 through 18220 of 27135:
- Bush And Iraq Elections (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 21, 2005)
The much-awaited Iraqi elections are over. The Iraqi administration and the Americans can take satisfaction from the fact that there was a large turnout in the Sunni majority provinces and that the insurgents lived up to the expectations created . . .
- Taliban Dismisses Parliament As Us Forgery (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A statement attributed to the leader of the ousted Taliban regime on Tuesday dismissed Afghanistan’s first parliament in 30 years as a US forgery and vowed the American ‘invaders’ would be forced out.
- First Sikh Enters Pak Army (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A 19-year-old Sikh youth has become the first person from the minority community to become an officer in the Pakistan Army.
- Heritage In Shambles (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 21, 2005)
Thanks to the indifference of the government some of the very important sites and structures are in shambles.
- Salem's Lawyers' Plea On Confession Statement Adjourned (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A special TADA court today adjourned till January 3, the hearing on an application moved by lawyers of extradited gangster Abu Salem, demanding a copy of the confessional statement of the accused in regard to his alleged role in the 1993 serial bomb....
- Informal Talk On Jehadis Relief Work (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 21, 2005)
The United States remains perturbed about the presence of jehadi relief workers who are working around the clock in Azad Kashmir and in the NWFP.
- Flawed System (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 21, 2005)
In Kuala Lumpur last week Prime Minister Manmohan Singh indicated that India would soon open its retail sector to foreign investment.
- Small Troop Cut In Afghanistan (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
The Pentagon has called for a small cut in the American troop numbers in Afghanistan - from the existing 19,000 to about 16,000 by next Spring.
- Canada Urges India To Open Up Nuclear Reactor (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Canada urged India on Monday to allow nuclear inspectors access to a Canadian-supplied reactor where experts say the country produces a significant amount of its weapons-grade plutonium.
- Kohlu Operation Should Be Short & Swift (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 21, 2005)
Par forces have launched retaliatory operation against the miscreants who fired rockets during President Musharraf’s visit to Kohlu and targeted the helicopter wounding FC’s chief and deputy chief on board. About 23 rockets were fired on Monday
- Politicians, Maoists Unite Against Nepal King (Tribune, Naveen S. Grewal, Dec 21, 2005)
There is a clear division as to whose writ runs in Nepal. The state controls cities like Kathmandu, but the Maoists run their own government of sorts in the rural areas.
- India Making Weapon Locating Radar (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
India has developed a surveillance central acquisition radar and is also working on a weapon locating radar, officials of the Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) and the Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) said. S Varadarajan, . . .
- United States To Cut Troop Levels In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has signed orders that will reduce the number of American troops in Afghanistan to 16,000 from 19,000 by next spring, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
- Us To Cut Troop Level In Afghanistan, Says Nyt Report (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has signed orders that will reduce the number of American troops in Afghanistan to 16,000 from 19,000 by next spring, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
- Nato Must Cover Us Afghan Troop Cuts: Un (Indian Express, David Brunnstrom, Dec 21, 2005)
Planned cuts in US troops in Afghanistan must be covered by deployment of NATO-led peace-keepers due to take place next year, the UN peace-keeping Chief said on Tuesday
- Army Provides Power To Remote J-K Villages (Indian Express, MIR EHSAN, Dec 21, 2005)
After quake relief operations, Army is helping people tide over power shortage in Kashmir.
- ‘Problems Should Not Defeat Me. I Should Defeat The Problems And Succeed’ (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Dec 21, 2005)
From the imposition of President’s rule in Bihar, to the valiant sacrifices of India’s Manjunaths and Satyendra Dubeys, President A P J Abdul Kalam fielded questions as diverse as they were pointed at the India Empowered Conclave
- Talks On Joint Survey Of Sir Creek Begin (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
The Pak-India Technical Experts meeting for the joint survey of the Sir Creek — one of the eight areas covered by Composite Dialogue Process — began on Tuesday here.
- Kalam For Good Governance Through Net Use (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today made a strong case for good and transparent governance through the Internet revolution based on “physical, electronic and knowledge connectivity”.
- Finally, A Sikh Becomes An Officer In Pak Army (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
A 19-year-old Sikh youth has become the first one from the minority community to become an officer in the Pakistan army.
- Relief Work Best To Improve U.S. Image: Cheney (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 21, 2005)
Tours quake hit areas in PoK
United States Vice-President Dick Cheney arrived here on Tuesday on a symbolic visit to express solidarity with Pakistan in managing the crisis thrown up by the October 8 earthquake and pledged continued support from.....
- Canada Urges India To Open Up N-Reactor (Indian Express, Carol Giacomo, Dec 21, 2005)
Canada has urged India on Monday to allow nuclear inspectors access to a Canadian-supplied reactor, where experts say the country produces a significant amount of its weapons-grade plutonium.
- India Developing Weapon Locating Radar (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
India's defence engineers have developed a surveillance central acquisition radar and is also working on a weapon locating radar, officials of Electronics and Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) said Tuesday ...
- Russia To Deliver More Air Defense Systems To India (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Russia has signed a contract to supply India with a large number of air defense systems, a Russian news agency reported Tuesday.
- India-Us Nuke Deal Hinges On Hope As Saran Leaves For Washington (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Dec 21, 2005)
India and US both looks at each other with big hope of clinching and settling the nuclear deal in this weak.
- Us Congressmen Seek To Oppose India Nuclear Deal (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Two US lawmakers have proposed a resolution expressing congressional disapproval for President George W Bush's "sweeping" nuclear agreement with India, one of the congressmen said.
- India Must Place Civilian N-Facilities Under Safeguards’ (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Dec 21, 2005)
Two nuclear experts have recommended that India place all its civilian nuclear facilities under full international safeguards, in order to obtain congressional satisfaction about its July 2005 nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States
- Pakistan, India Hold Talks On Sir Creek (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
Pakistan and India on Tuesday held parleys at the Technical Experts meeting to carve out terms of reference and modalities for undertaking first-ever Joint Survey of Sir Creek.
- The West's Patience Wears Thin With Iran's Hard Line (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 21, 2005)
When European nations resume talks with Iran in Vienna Wednesday over that country's nuclear ambitions, two dangerous new factors are in play.
- Nato, Eu Hail First Afghan Assembly Session (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Reaffirm commitment to help Afghanistan meet its aspirations
* Japan pledges support for Afghan nation-building
- Afghanistan Becomes Democracy After 30 Years (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Former warlords, ex-communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in on Monday as members of the first Afghan parliament in more than 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- Democracy D-Day In Kabul (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Former warlords, ex-communists, Taliban defectors and women activists were sworn in today members of the first Afghan Parliament in over 30 years amid hopes of national reconciliation after decades of bloodshed.
- India Concerned Over Nepal's Move To Get Arms From Pak: Pranab (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
India today said it was concerned over reports that Nepal was seeking to acquire arms from Pakistan and has conveyed this to Kathmandu.
- India-Us Talks On Nuclear Issue On Dec 21 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
India and the US are expected to spell out the steps taken by them on implementation of Civil Nuclear deal when Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his American counterpart Nicholas Burns hold talks in Washington on Wednesday.
- Making An Ass Of The Law (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 20, 2005)
Anarchy in India means a free for all — the ruled and those who administer the rule.
- India-Us Nuke Deal Hinges On Hope As Saran Leaves For Washington (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Dec 20, 2005)
India and US both looks at each other with big hope of clinching and settling the nuclear deal in this weak.
- We Cast The First Vote (Hindu, S. SRINIVAS, Dec 20, 2005)
Isn't it a matter of pride that citizens of Bangalore voted before any other city in India did?
Bangalore is the only metropolitan city where cinemas in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam are screened apart from Kannada and English
- Basics Re-Stated (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 20, 2005)
Kudos to the Delhi High Court for rejecting an air force officer’s plea for premature retirement on the grounds that frequent transfers created marital difficulties.
- Royal Arrogance (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 20, 2005)
Nepal headed for the brink
The Nepalese may have to prepare for worse if King Gyanendra hangs tough on Maoists.
- Bad Slip (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 20, 2005)
The Northeast is a bit too far for the mandarins in New Delhi. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Centre sometimes gets things in Assam — or other northeastern states, completely wrong.
- Does Us Face An Engineering Gap? (Christian Science Monitor, Mark Clayton, Dec 20, 2005)
A new study deflates claims that China and India have a vast advantage in graduates
- Where Does Saarc Go From Here? (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Dec 20, 2005)
IS there a heaven for dead prime ministers in which rivers of milk and honey flow as mellifluously as their rhetoric did while they were on earth? If so, one can imagine at least two of them — Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Zhou Enlai comparing notes . . .
- A Blow Against Torture (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 20, 2005)
Thanks to a belated White House retreat, Congress is on the verge of taking an important step toward curtailing the systematic human rights violations committed by the Bush administration in its handling of foreign prisoners.
- Quake Offered Further Linkages (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
President Pervez Musharraf said on Monday the October 8 earthquake has provided an opportunity to build further linkages between the Kashmiri people on both sides [of the Line of Control] which should not be missed.
- India’S N-Facility Separation Plan Ready (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
India’s plan to separate its civilian and military nuclear plants, key to a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has been finalised ahead of a meeting of officials of the two countries, a report said on Monday.
- Cheney Hails Afghan Parliament (International Herald Tribune, Richard W. Stevenson, Dec 20, 2005)
Vice President Dick Cheney arrived here Monday with words of praise and encouragement for Afghanistan as it convened a new Parliament.
- Kbd: Smaller Provinces Are Being Pitted Against Punjab, Says Fazl (Pakistan Observer, Mahmood Hussain, Dec 20, 2005)
The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) has criticized the Army action in Balochistan claiming that several lives had been lost during the action which began on Sunday in the Kohlu area.
- India Empowered To Me Is... (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 20, 2005)
They spoke with conviction and passion. They talked grand ideas. They talked about small people. You could agree with them or not. But you couldn’t be indifferent. For, the contributors strove to think big for India.
- India Planning To Produce Nato-Compatible Arms For Export Market (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Indian ordnance factories are planning a more serious defence export market by considering manufacture of specific NATO-compatible bullets and shells.
- India’S Nuclear Facility Separation Plan Ready (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 20, 2005)
India has prepared an exhaustive list of civilian facilities and it is also planning to offer to place a large number of civilian nuclear reactors under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, diplomatic sources here said.
- No Easy Way Out As Hong Kong Ii Looms (Hindu, Larry Elliott, Dec 20, 2005)
After a week of trench warfare, the idea of a spring trade pact looks far-fetched.
- Secular Democracy Goes On Trial (Deccan Herald, Pankaj Mishra, Dec 20, 2005)
Orhan Pamuk’s case throws light upon the myth of a secular society
- Storm Heads For Southern Indian States (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Southern Indian states readied on Monday for a fourth tropical storm to hit in less than a month, prompting officials to close schools, stockpile food and urge fishermen to return to port.
- A Sane Approach (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 20, 2005)
Since 9/11, the fading fear of a nuclear war with Russia or China has been supplanted in many American minds by a new nightmare:
- Action In Balochistan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 20, 2005)
The government moved paramilitary forces in Balochistan’s Kohlu district over the weekend to weed out what it says are camps being run by subversive tribals responsible for rocket attacks in the area, including one during President Pervez Musharraf’s ....
- India-Us Nuclear Deal In Doldrums (Pakistan Observer, Saifullah Khan, Dec 20, 2005)
The US and India entered into an agreement on 18 July 2005 to share civilian nuclear technology. This was a major change in US policy which discouraged countries from developing nuclear weapons.
- World Nuclear Disarmament (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 20, 2005)
Media tycoon and chairman of the UN Foundation Ted Turner has called for world nuclear disarmament. Addressing a Press conference in Islamabad, he said that all the eight nuclear States will have to be involved in the process of elimination of nuclear ...
- Recognising Jihad (Pioneer, Priyadarsi Dutta, Dec 20, 2005)
From its beginning, Islam has been a terrorist movement," said Martin Henriksen, spokesman of Danish People's Party (DF) on educational affairs. It is ironic that only a few days ago Mr Henriksen was appointed to that party post in place of . . .
- Karzai Ponders Cabinet Reshuffle (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is considering reshuffling his cabinet and cutting the number of ministers, officials said on Monday, after the president inaugurated his country’s first parliament in decades.
- India-Us Nuke Talks On Wednesday (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2005)
India and the US are expected to spell out the steps taken by them on implementation of Civil Nuclear deal when Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his American counterpart Nicholas Burns hold talks in Washington on Wednesday.
- Stage Set For Nuclear Separation Talks (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 20, 2005)
Manmohan was asked to choose from options put forth by the Department of Atomic Energy
Deal unlikely to be clinched this time
Additional rounds of technical talks needed
- Deepening Indo-U.S. Academic Links (Hindu, K. Ramachandran, Dec 20, 2005)
North Carolina varsity in tie-up with Chennai-based RMK Engineering College
- Eye Of The Storm: Not Just Israel's Problem (Jerusalem Post, AMIR TAHERI, Dec 20, 2005)
The way Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells it, the Islamic Republic is well on the way to establishing itself as "the leader of the Muslim world" in what he describes as "the coming clash of civilizations."
- President Calls For Updating The History Of India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
We must enable our people to come out of the past, he says
- Iraq: Hardliners Set Agenda, Says Powell (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 19, 2005)
Bitter infighting was on in the Bush Administration during the invasion
- India's Eastward Ho! But How? (Pioneer, Tarun Basu , Dec 19, 2005)
Formation of an Asian proto-type of EU is far-fetched, thanks to too many internal contradictions, writes Tarun Basu
- Logic Of Separation (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Dec 19, 2005)
The July 18, 2005, joint statement of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George Bush was about exceptionalising from the NPT technology denial regime, a non-signatory of the treaty, and not about accommodating India as a nuclear weapon . . .
- Bengaluru, Not Bangalore (Pioneer, K Govindan Kutty , Dec 19, 2005)
In the process of renaming cities, how far back can we go down the lanes of history, wonders K Govindan Kutty
- Rights Group Reports Afghanistan Torture (New York Times, Carlotta Gall, Dec 19, 2005)
Eight men at the American detention camp in Guantánamo Bay have separately given their lawyers "consistent accounts" of being tortured at a secret prison in Afghanistan at various periods from 2002 to 2004, Human Rights Watch, a group based in New York,..
- France Will Bolster Nato Troops In Afghanistan (New York Times, Reuters, Dec 19, 2005)
France will send several hundred more troops to Afghanistan to reinforce security in Kabul, the capital, when NATO expands operations in the country next year, the French defense minister, Michèle Alliot-Marie, said here on Sunday.
- Warlords Dominate New Afghan Parliament (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Broad range of parliamentarians may allow Hamid Karzai to manipulate the legislating body and garner majority support for his policies
- Plan For Crisis Management (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 19, 2005)
While the city district government of Lahore has unveiled a plan to reorganize civil defence along modern lines, the Punjab government has decided to broaden its emergency ambulance and rescue services to cover the entire province.
- New Afghan Parliament Opens Today (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Afghanistan’s first parliament after nearly three decades of brutal occupation, war and harsh Taliban rule is due to convene today (Monday) in the final step of a transition to democracy launched four years ago.
- Mamata's `Grand Alliance' Plan Receives A Setback (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Dec 19, 2005)
Pranab declines to share dais with Advani at Trinamool Youth Congress meet
- Hands Go Up, Nothing Comes Down (Greater Kashmir, Abdul Waheed Faruqi, Dec 19, 2005)
What does prosperity mean in this part of the world where social degradation, moral corruption and material lust have destroyed the whole fabric of life, Abdul Waheed Faruqi explains the state of affairs in light of a prayer displayed everywhere . . .
- A Face-Saver’S Hammered Out To Wrap Up Hong Kong (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Dec 19, 2005)
After hectic long-winded negotiations that began at 10.30 pm last night and went on till 9 am this morning, a final revised draft for the WTO’s Hong Kong Ministerial declaration was agreed upon by the 150 member countries.
- A Costly Intervention By Martin Woollacott (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 19, 2005)
When the US stumbled out of Vietnam 30 years ago, a void seemed to open up for a world which, for good or ill, had become used to a controlling American hand.
- Indian President Emphasizes Need To Boost Maritime Security (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 19, 2005)
Stressing the need for increased maritime security, Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Sunday [18 December] said that control of India depended on control of the seas.
- Opening A Can Of Worms (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Dec 19, 2005)
“Thirty thousand Kurds and one million Armenians were killed in these lands and nobody but me dares to talk about it,” said Turkey’s most celebrated novelist, Orhan Pamuk, during an interview with a Swiss newspaper last February.
- State Of Human Rights (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 19, 2005)
The Karachi chapter of the English Speaking Union of Pakistan was inaugurated over 40 years ago, presumably to further the spread of English. But for some inexplicable reason it ended up as the outdoor relief department of the foreign diplomatic corps.
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