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Articles 18321 through 18420 of 27135:
- Un Decides To "Temporary Relocate" Military, Staff To Ethiopia (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
The UN has decided to "temporary relocate" some military and civilian staff to Ethiopia for their safety after Eritrea demanded that the world body withdraw nationals of the US, Russia and other Western countries from its territory.
- Sack Subhas (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 16, 2005)
Incompetence must not be rewarded
There are two possibilities. One, that Transport Minister Subhas Chakraborty is a loose cannon who cannot be controlled by the Chief Minister.
- Give Indo-Pak Friendship A Chance (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
As the small seismic movement of forty millimeter in the Himalayan region created huge
collision of the earthen plates causing vast damages to lives and property on either side
of the man made border-dividing Kashmir, . . .
- Indo-Us N-Deal Reciprocal: Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today that the Indo-US nuclear deal was proceeding on the basis of “strict reciprocity” and India was at liberty not to meet its commitments if the US Administration did not fulfil its obligations.
- No Stalemate In Indo-Us N-Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today asserted that there was “no stalemate” in negotiations with the United States over the implementation of the 18 July agreement on civilian nuclear energy.
- Missing Coalition Culture (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 16, 2005)
Yet again the country is facing the painful paradox that while coalitions have become absolutely unavoidable, there is an absolute lack of coalition culture. To expect the necessary culture to evolve in the foreseeable future would be a classic . . .
- Manmohan Says No Changes To India-Us Nuclear Deal (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
India said on Thursday it would permit no changes to a landmark nuclear deal with the United States to ensure its passage by the US Congress.
- Drugs Biggest Afghan Problem: Nato (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Drugs are a greater security threat in Afghanistan than Taliban resurgence, NATO’s top operational commander said on Thursday, despite a rise in attacks blamed on remnants of the hard-line Islamic regime and their Al Qaeda allies.
- Us Soldier Killed In Afghan Clash (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
An American soldier was killed in a fire-fight with suspected Taliban guerrillas in Afghanistan on Thursday, the US military said.
- India To Reorganise Infantry Battalions, Upgrade Weapons (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 16, 2005)
Army to have 155mm self-propelled and 155mm towed guns
- Unrest In Northern Areas (Daily Excelsior, Sarla Handoo, Dec 16, 2005)
It has taken the world more than 58 years to wake up to the atrocities the people of Gilgit and Baltistan, popularly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan, have been suffering. But, as they say, better late than never.
- India Approves Air-India's Boeing Plane Purchases (Reuters, Nigam Prusty, Dec 16, 2005)
The Indian cabinet has approved state-run Air-India Ltd.'s plans to buy up to 68 aircraft from Boeing Co., subject to final talks on price, a minister said on Thursday.
- Arms From Pak, Brains From Sri Lanka (Hindustan Times, Mammen Matthew, Dec 16, 2005)
Brains or guns, the Naxalites don't mind getting them imported as long as it helps them in their war for the people — against the "brute state".
- Lumpens For Ganguly (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 16, 2005)
A few weeks ago, we had written an editorial claiming how the whole Sourav Ganguly episode was unnecessarily showcasing an ugly side of Bengali chauvinism.
- Sena War: Raj Likely To Meet Thackeray Sr (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Senior Shiv Sena leader and former Lok Sabha speaker Manohar Joshi, who has prepared a peace formula to end the stand-off between party’s executive president Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray, today claimed that the crisis would blow over in the next two
- Man Who Isn’T Here (Indian Express, SANDIPAN DEB, Dec 16, 2005)
Yesterday upon the stair/ I met a man who wasn’t there./ He wasn’t there again today/ I wish that man would go away.
— Hugh Means (1875-1965)
- Aicc Omits Natwar From Panels (Deccan Herald, C B P Srivastava, Dec 16, 2005)
K Natwar Singh, ousted from the Union Cabinet as well as the Congress Steering Committee, thanks to the Volcker controversy, has totally gone out of favour with the Congress high command if one goes by the committees formed to prepare for the AICC . . .
- A Fairy Godmother (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Makkala Sahaya Vani gets 50 distress calls from children daily, but that does not deter Brinda from helping them, writes Marianne de Nazareth.
- Talks On India-U.S. Nuclear Deal Proceeding On "Strict Reciprocity' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
If U.S. does not carry out its commitments, India is free not to reciprocate, Manmohan tells Rajya Sabha
Joint statement a "binding constraint" on both countries
Both working out ways and means to find satisfactory solutions
- Leftist Set To Be Bolivia's First Indian President (Christian Science Monitor, Danna Harman, Dec 16, 2005)
Evo Morales is an unorthodox candidate. He's a former IIama herder and coca farmer, and an indigenous Indian with an eighth-grade education. His platform rests on ending Bolivia's 20 years of free-market economic policies, and . . .
- Bangladesh Freedom Fighters In Fresh Campaign To "Restore Secularism" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Mukti Joddha Kalyan Foundation seeks to realise "their old dream"
Vijay Diwas to be celebrated on Friday
Mukti Joddha members in Kolkata to participate in the celebrations
- Guilt Edged (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 16, 2005)
As far as Pavlovian responses go, “I didn’t do it!” has to be the oldest. Ever since Tehelka had made hidden camera sting operations the vigilante’s weapon of choice, one would have thought the straight-faced response of innocence would be replaced . . .
- Being Irate At Iran, But Wisely (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Iran's potential nuclear threat took on ominous meaning after several recent fiery speeches by its new president. In stating Israel should be moved elsewhere and claiming the Holocaust is a myth, Mahmud Ahmadinejad deserves condemnation.
- Top Militant Arrested In Bangladesh (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The law enforcers on Tuesday arrested Ataur Rahman Sunny, top military commander of the banned Islamist organization Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh
- Bank On The King (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 15, 2005)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran's three-day visit to Nepal merits a welcome, particularly since it included a nearly two-hour meeting with King Gyanendra in Kathmandu.
- Us Looks To India In New Light (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Dec 15, 2005)
Located in the heart of Washington DC, the Indian Embassy is an impressive building, now adorned with a statue of Mahatma Gandhi just opposite its entrance. The statue, built with special approval accorded by the US Congress, is a tribute by America's ...
- Changing Us Perceptions (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 15, 2005)
Located in the heart of Washington DC, the Indian Embassy is an impressive building, now adorned with a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, just opposite its entrance. The statue, built with special approval accorded by the US Congress, . . .
- Pakistan, Iran For Early Gas Pipeline (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 15, 2005)
Project opposed by U.S. comes for review at ministerial meet
- Ivory Coast's Fragile Peace (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Dec 15, 2005)
The war is over but Ivorians are still paying the price: poverty, desperation and infection.
Economy shattered by civil war
HIV prevalence is twice as high as in Nigeria
- India-Sri Lanka Naval Exercise Ends (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 15, 2005)
Purely professional one, involving fleet manoeuvres
- Sri Lankan Helicopter Hit By Gunfire (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 15, 2005)
A Sri Lankan Air Force helicopter came under gunfire on Wednesday from suspected LTTE gunfire in eastern Amparai district. It was flying over the Government-controlled territory, Army spokesperson Nalin Witharanage told The Hindu .
- Towards An Upheaval In Jammu & Kashmir? (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 15, 2005)
Unnoticed, the pressures on the troubled State's political system are building. A seismic reordering of its structures seems inevitable in the not-too-distant future.
- Indian Unit In Bofors Race (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Dec 15, 2005)
The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has offered to upgrade the Bofors howitzers for the Indian Army in a move that throws up an Indian competitor in a race among international gun-makers for an order to modernise India’s artillery.
- China Snubs The Us (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Dec 15, 2005)
The US President, George Bush has just concluded his third visit to China since coming to office nearly six years ago. That is as good an indication as how important it is for the US to maintain close friendly relations with China, . . .
- 'Issues With B'desh To Be Solved Through Talks' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said all contentious issues between India and Bangladesh would be sorted out through dialogues and hoped traditional friendship between the neighbouring countries would remain despite occasional strains . . .
- Maoists Declare War On Big Companies (Hindustan Times, Mammen Matthew, Dec 15, 2005)
Big corporate houses venturing into Naxalite-hit states may be in for some trouble. The extremists have said they would “step up activities” against the big companies, including MNCs, which are being set up by “forcibly displacing people”.
- Seeds Of Terrorism: A Pakistani Perspective (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Seeds do not germinate or sprout by themselves. They need a congenial soil to grow.
- Troops Open Fire In Nepal, Casualties Feared (Hindustan Times, PTI, Dec 15, 2005)
A dozen people were killed and an equal number injured when Nepal's security personnel indiscriminately opened fire at a group of villagers returning from a Hindu festival held near the capital, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) officials said.
- India, China To Solve Boundary Dispute: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
India and China have agreed to speed up the process of resolving their long-standing border disputes on the basis of agreed principles, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said tonight.
- Nepal Army Fires On Villagers, 11 Dead - Witnesses (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 15, 2005)
Nepali soldiers opened fire on a group of people near a temple just outside Kathmandu, killing at least 11 people overnight, officials and witnesses said on Thursday.
- Indian Army Kills Six Militants In Kashmir Battle (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 15, 2005)
Indian soldiers shot dead six suspected Muslim militants in a gunbattle in Kashmir on Wednesday, the army said, the highest toll in a single clash in the disputed Himalayan region in weeks.
- Us Court Tosses Out Terror Charge Against Indian (Hindustan Times, PTI, Dec 15, 2005)
A US court has tossed out terrorism charge against an Indian accused of a seven-hour university shooting rampage in 2003, but retained 201 other charges against him, including aggravated murder.
- Philippine Military Troops In Battle With Al-Queda Supported Abu Sayyaf Group In The Mountains On The Southwestern (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Philippine military troops clashed with about 50 rebels of the Abu Sayyaf Group in the mountains on the southwestern island of Jolo late Dec. 12, Brig. Gen. Alexander Aleo said Dec. 13.
- Multiple Assaults (Hindustan Times, Poornima Advani , Dec 15, 2005)
On December 10, the nation observed the International Human Rights Day.
- Rockets Fired As Musharraf Visits Pakistani Town (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 15, 2005)
Suspected separatist militants in Pakistan fired eight rockets at a paramilitary base in a troubled southwestern province on Wednesday as President Pervez Musharraf was visiting a nearby town, police said.
- How Long Can China Resist Democratic Movement? – Tibet, Taiwan And China’S Interior Showing Signs Of Imminent Change (India Daily, Sonia Joshi, Dec 15, 2005)
It was Tinanmen Square decades ago when the world saw how brutal Chinese authorities are with their own people.
- Sena War: Raj Likely To Meet Thackeray Sr (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Senior Shiv Sena leader and former Lok Sabha speaker Manohar Joshi, who has prepared a peace formula to end the stand-off between party’s executive president Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray, today claimed that the crisis would blow over in the next....
- India, Israel To Boost Trade Ties (Deccan Herald, Janaki Murali, Dec 15, 2005)
The bilateral trade between India and Israel stood at $2135.4 million for the period of January to October 2005 as against $1806.4 million in the corresponding period last year.
- Good Taliban: Role Reversal? (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Dec 15, 2005)
The Taliban appear to be resurgent again. Their links with local leaders of the JUI are becoming obvious.
- Vijay Diwas To Be Celebrated Tomorrow (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The nation will celebrate Vijay Diwas — the victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war — on a grand scale on Friday. According to an official release the initiative was taken by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee to commemorate the event on December 16 and 17.
- No Talks With Govt, War At Higher Stage: Cpi(maoist) (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Dec 15, 2005)
The CPI(Maoist) has ruled out any kind of negotiation with any state government, saying it would pursue the path of violent retaliation with more vigour. The outfit, for the first time, acknowledged its association with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil ...
- Manmohan For Release Of Suu Kyi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
"It is for them to solve their problems"
We favoured national reconciliation Myanmar leader appreciative of suggestion
- Pok Woman Gets Jail For Crossing Border (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
A Kashmiri court awarded six months’ imprisonment to a PoK woman and slapped a fine of Rs 200 on her for illegally crossing the border.
- Gen Ahsan In Kabul For Meeting (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Vice Chief of Army Staff General Ahsan Saleem Hayat will leave for Kabul today (Wednesday) on a two-day official visit to attend the fourteenth meeting of the Pakistan-Afghanistan-US Tripartite Commission on Border Security. During his stay in Kabul, the
- The King Of Hard Times (Pioneer, Ashok K Mehta, Dec 14, 2005)
King Gyanendra returned to Kathmandu on December 2 from a three-week African safari immediately after the Dhaka SAARC summit where he "granted an audience" to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh but nothing came out of even the second meeting between . . .
- Afghanistan Adopts Plan To Deal With Rights Abuses (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
War-scarred Afghanistan has adopted a plan to bring people to account for human rights abuses in almost 25 years of brutal conflict and to promote reconciliation, officials said Tuesday.
- Nato Not Chasing Al Qaeda In Pakistan: Official (Dawn, Iftikhar A. Khan, Dec 14, 2005)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces are not in Pakistan to chase Al Qaeda, a Nato commander said on Tuesday. “Chasing Al Qaeda is neither our agenda nor our mandate,” Commander of the Nato Forces in Pakistan Air Commodore Andrew George Walton ...
- Vendors Of Expediency (The Economic Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 14, 2005)
The sanctimonious political corner in the Left must be preening.
- Sa Keen To Resolve Denel Controversy Early (Deccan Herald, PTI, Dec 14, 2005)
Observing that the Denel deal controversy had affected growth of bilateral cooperation with India in defence sector, South Africa on Wednesday said it wanted early resolution of the issue so that the two countries could go in for more purchases besides jo
- Regaining One's Lost Self (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Dec 14, 2005)
Many have come to ‘Cold Mountain’ through Anthony Minghella’s movie, which has stellar performances from Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger and Jude Law. But Charles Frazier’s fictive original, on which the film was based, has a clutch of spiritually potent c
- Cash For Question (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 14, 2005)
The urgency which presiding officers of the two Houses of Parliament and every concerned political party have shown in dealing with the cash-for-question scandal is the only silver lining in an utterly shameful affair.
- Recalling A Great Man (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Dec 14, 2005)
SOME time ago there was something of a controversy in the newspapers on the post-partition politics of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, prime minister from September 1956 to October 1957, in the context of unity between east and west Pakistan.
- Ray Of Hope In Afghanistan? (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Dec 14, 2005)
EARLY on Tuesday morning an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hit north-eastern Afghanistan.
- Losing The War Against Errors (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Dec 14, 2005)
This is how “extraordinary rendition” appears to operate. A suspect is pounced upon by US agents or local proxies, and interrogated.
- Poor Malaria Control (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 14, 2005)
The Sindh Education Management and Information System’s (Semis) report on the annual census of the schools in the province is quite revealing. If it also reflects the pattern of school education all over the country, it is a cause of alarm.
- Why The Arts Matter (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 14, 2005)
SIX YEARS ago, I published a volume of essays about my first five years in the arts world, Art Matters. So much has changed in the past six years that it is time to take a fresh look at the assumptions that prevailed then.
- Is It Iraq's Army Or Militia? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2005)
Although the United States administration has to contend with a lot of political pressure to set a timetable for the withdrawal of military forces from Iraq, it has refused to do so.
- The Cash For Questions Scandal (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 14, 2005)
That some Members of Parliament routinely accept bribes to ask parliamentary questions is one of the worst kept secrets in New Delhi's corridors of power.
- Does It Pay More To Fly Empty Than Full? (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 14, 2005)
If, On reading about Kingfisher's plans to buy Air Deccan's ASKMs or available seat kilometres, you're asking for a quick grounding in airline jargon, rest assured that you aren't alone.
- Election Commission In Command (Daily Excelsior, M V Meenakshisundaram, Dec 14, 2005)
The successful conduct of the Bihar assembly polls has brought to the fore an unlikely hero — The Election Commission.
- Export Of Democracy (Daily Excelsior, N. B. Menon, Dec 14, 2005)
A group of senators in the US Congress have moved a resolution named "Advancing democratic values world over". Specifically, this draft contains a proposal to establish a special "Democratic movements department" within the State Department, . . .
- India Urges Gyanendra To Mend Fences With Parties (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Indian foreign secretary Mr Shyam Saran met Nepal King Gyanendra at the Narayanhity royal palace today morning, conveying Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s message that the monarch should seek a reconciliation with the parties in order to effect . . .
- Us Arms Deals (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 14, 2005)
What the American arms industry now offers India — latest radars for F-16s, P3-Orions with a hint of the next generation of maritime reconnaissance/strike aircraft, to name just some — would invite comparison with Santa’s sack full of goodies.
- Al Qaeda-Linked Suspects: Shc Seeks Grounds (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
The Sindh High Court directed standing counsel for Pakistan Mehmood Alam on Tuesday to ascertain from the federal government where and under what laws it had detained various people, whose next of kin had invoked the jurisdiction of the courts.
- Is India Willing To Be A Partner In New Power Game? (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Dec 14, 2005)
ASEAN: India’s evolution * 1992 Sectoral Dialogue Partner * 1996 Full Dialogue Partner * 1996 Member, ASEAN Regional Forum * 2002 Summit-level dialogue partner n 2005 East Asia Summit partner.
- Poor State Of Education (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 14, 2005)
THE Sindh Education Management and Information System’s (Semis) report on the annual census of the schools in the province is quite revealing. If it also reflects the pattern of school education all over the country, it is a cause of alarm.
- Turf War In The Valley (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 14, 2005)
Though a large part of Srinagar town resembles a fortified camp with continued frisking and checking of people and vehicles, on October 18 Education Minister Ghulam Nabhi Lone was assassinated by terrorists in this high security zone.
- India, Asean Agree To Fight Collectively Scourge Of Terror (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
With terrorism posing a major threat to the collective security of the region, India and ASEAN today agreed to fight together the menace and strengthen maritime security in the piracy-infested Malacca Straits.
- There Will Be No Indigenous Population Except Seagulls’ (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 14, 2005)
Former truck driver Norbert L’Emclume, 65, sits in a shabby courtyard in Cassis, a shanty town in Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius.
- Saran Meets King, Discusses Restoration Of Democracy In Nepal (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Dec 14, 2005)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today held talks with Nepal's King Gyanendra during which he is understood to have discussed restoration of multi-party democracy in the Kingdom and the Maoist insurgency.
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