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Articles 18921 through 19020 of 27135:
- Imperatives Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Dr Kamal Munir, Dec 03, 2005)
Nearly eight weeks after the most devastating earthquake in the history of the subcontinent, Islamabad is rife with talk of reconstruction.
- India, Russia To Sign Four Accords (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
India will sign four key agreements on space and defence cooperation during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s three-day visit to Moscow starting from Sunday, India’s Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said on Friday.
- Pml-N Rejects Mirwaiz’S United Kashmir Proposal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has categorically rejected "United States of Kashmir" proposal floated by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq.
- Clause 18 Compliance — The Form And Substance (Business Line, K. Ramesh, Dec 03, 2005)
There is no dearth of talent; yet, corporates have been slow in complying with Clause 49 for more than a year now. The reasons are varied.
- Targeting Iran? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 03, 2005)
Relatively speaking, it is a mild warning. Speaking to reporters in Tel Aviv on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned that his government would not accept an Iran that has nuclear weapons.
- 90% Tents In Quake Areas Inadequate (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Dec 03, 2005)
UN says operations may be reduced in midwinter
* Says 40% of UN’s appeal fulfilled
* Asks NATO to leave equipment before leaving
- A Climax Of Ignorance (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Dec 03, 2005)
T. C. A. Ramanujam discusses a case where the Bombay High Court observed that though there may be a rule that ignorance of law is no excuse, there is no presumption that everyone knows the law
- Olive Green, Black Hole (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 03, 2005)
NATO’s earthquake relief effort in Pakistan did not even involve a thousand personnel. It is now winding up, completing its tight lease of 90 days in what is a most politically sensitive region.
- Hammer Blow To Lashkar (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 03, 2005)
They crossed LoC on November 20 to carry out attacks
- Withdrawal Symptoms (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Dec 03, 2005)
The debate on the Iraq war has been flattening out in the capitals of Europe. But it has visibly perked up again in Washington. Suddenly, the agonising over ‘‘time-tables’’ and demands for measurable ‘‘exit strategies’’ fills the air.
- Pml-N Rejects Mirwaiz’S United Kashmir Proposal (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has categorically rejected "United States of Kashmir" proposal floated by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq.
- Ongc Closes In On Nigerian Oilfield (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is likely to win the auction of a Nigerian offshore oilfield with an offer of between $1 billion and $2 billion, a person close to the development said on Friday.
- Chaman Border Crossing Shut After Spat (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pakistan closed its main border crossing with Afghanistan after a confrontation between the two countries’ frontier guards, a military official said on Friday.
- Pm Must Act Now (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 03, 2005)
Diplomats are expected to be discrete and cautious about what they say. Not so our Ambassador to Croatia, Mr Aniel Mathrani, whose explosive interview to India Today has blown to smithereens the strenuous efforts of the Congress and the UPA Government to
- Show Him The Way (Greater Kashmir, SYED QASIM KAZIMI, Dec 03, 2005)
An individual is caught in a deluge of choices and options. What to do and what to desist from. Here needs a proper guidance and a careful counseling, comments
SYED QASIM KAZIMI
- Wither Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 03, 2005)
Mum is the word, if you are seeking an answer to the question ''wither Kashmir''.
- Cong Keeps Natwar Off Quicksand (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Dec 03, 2005)
The Congress and its government at the Centre have decided that Anil Mathrani’s alleged comments about Natwar Singh will be treated as “part of evidence” to be examined by the Justice Pathak committee but the minister will not be asked to resign.
- What The Afghan Elections Mean To Seema (Deccan Herald, Deepali Gaur Singh, Dec 02, 2005)
There are women in the Afghan Parliament now, but is the country safe for its women?
- Britons Should Avoid "Free" And "Democratic" Iraq (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Dec 02, 2005)
The Tony Blair Government has made plain that it does not want Britons to go to Iraq. This even as Mr. Blair insists that post-invasion Iraq is a better place.
- Terrorist Violence Rising Again (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Dec 02, 2005)
The spurt in terrorist attacks in Kashmir and elsewhere in the country, including Delhi, must be a matter of worry for a Government that is already under heavy fire from the Opposition on a host of issues.
- After Volcker Damp Squib, Nda Primes Mitrokhin Ammo Next (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
With the parliamentary debate on the Volcker Committee report turning out to be a damp squib, the BJP-led Opposition is now keen to have a discussion on the Mitrokhin Archives and former US ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s book, . . .
- Focus On Relief, Rehabilitation (Hindu, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 02, 2005)
The Southwest and the Northwest monsoons that brought unusually bountiful rain have also spelt destruction and misery for a large section of the people in peninsular India, thanks to the breached and swollen waterways and storages.
- Kochi Underwater Cruise Project In The Doldrums (Hindu, John L Paul, Dec 02, 2005)
Marine Department yet to give green signal
- Militants Attack U.S. Bases (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Dec 02, 2005)
Hundreds of heavily armed men fire mortars, rockets at buildings in Ramadi
- Solving Kashmir-Ii -By Subroto Roy (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Dec 02, 2005)
For India to implement such a proposal would be to provide an opportunity for all those domiciled in Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Ladakh to express freely and privately as individuals their deepest wishes about their own identities, in a confidential manner,
- Cope India 2005 — Lessons For Us (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Dec 02, 2005)
At Cope India 2005, the recently held two-week India-US joint air exercise, Indian pilots flying the Sukhoi-30 MKIs are reported to have outperformed the United States F-16s. Indian pilots not only came out the winners in various visible-range encounters,
- Militant Camps Still Exist In Pakistan: India (Daily Times, Ignatius Pereira, Dec 02, 2005)
India claimed on Thursday that militant training camps still exist in Pakistan and Kashmir, as well as in Bangladesh along its eastern border.
- To Madam With Love-By Sudha Palit (Statesman, SUDHA PALIT, Dec 02, 2005)
She had a rather unprepossessing appearance. Goan by birth, she was barely five feet tall and skeletally thin. her most prominent facial features were her aquiline nose and her protruding teeth
- ‘Kashmiris Died Because Pakistan Declined Indian Help’ (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Dec 02, 2005)
Accusing the Pakistani government of playing with the lives of thousands of people from PoK, a leading Kashmiri separatist in Britain said lives could be saved if Pakistan had not turned down the Indian offer of helicopters for earthquake relief.
- Visible Threat (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 02, 2005)
It may be hasty to see Bangladesh as another Afghanistan in the making. The geopolitical context that gave birth to the taliban regime in Kabul does not prevail in Dhaka. The two countries also have very different racial and cultural contexts.
- Facade Of Inclusiveness (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 02, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said in a widely published article titled "Open democracy and open economy" that objective of his Government is to empower the people of the country. Public investment in health and education will be increased . . .
- Iran’S Nuclear Lies (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
IAEA has no authority to determine whether or not a country has a nuclear weapons programme. That is up to the UN Security Council. The IAEA’s job is to determine whether a nation has violated its safeguards agreement, and El Baradei has made it . . .
- Iran Needs Assurance: Iaea Chief (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has expressed hope that the contentious issue of Iran’s nuclear programme could be resolved by assuring international community that ‘it is not meant for developing nuclear weapons’ and by assuring Iranians
- India, Us Pledge Greater Cooperation In Technology (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
India and the United States vowed to implement steps to promote high technology cooperation on Thursday at the fourth meeting of the High Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG).
- Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved Bilaterally, Say Retired Soldiers (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 02, 2005)
Says SAARC should be preferred to NATO
* People be allowed to move freely across border
* NATO has no role to play in subcontinent
- Petroleum Pricing: In Defence Of Oil Marketing Companies (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Dec 02, 2005)
The Petroleum Minister defends the oil refining and marketing companies on the issue of their not reducing petrol and diesel prices
- U.S. Confident India Nuclear Deal Will Be Approved (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The State Department expressed confidence on Thursday a controversial nuclear deal with India would be approved by Congress and said it would work with lawmakers to make it happen
- Embattled Nepal King To Return To Face New Challenge (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Dec 02, 2005)
Nepal's King Gyanendra faces a fresh challenge to his rule on his return home from Africa on Friday after the main political parties and Maoist rebels joined hands to end absolute monarchy and restore democracy.
- Iraq — Another Vietnam? (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Dec 02, 2005)
THE writer recalls the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings of 1966 when Senator Fulbright brought under debate the growing US involvement in Vietnam. Though the conflict was proving costly, it was considered critical to the “war against communi
- Islam’S Pioneering Role (Dawn, Bilal Ahmed Malik, Dec 02, 2005)
Despite efforts to achieve world peace in the wake of two world wars, armed conflicts remain a prominent feature of our human landscape.
- Zia’S Carrot And Stick Policy (Dawn, Sajjad Ali Shah, Dec 02, 2005)
Normally, the government, whether civil or military, is always anxious to tame the judiciary or befriend it, and for that purpose a policy of carrot and stick is followed. This formula was applied with full force after martial law was imposed . . .
- Congress Will Approve India Nuke Deal: Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The State Department expressed confidence that Congress would approve a nuclear deal with India and said it would work with lawmakers to make it happen.
- Us Confident India Nuke Deal Will Be Approved (Hindustan Times, Reuters, Dec 02, 2005)
The State Department expressed confidence on Thursday that a controversial nuclear deal with India would be approved by Congress and said it would work with lawmakers to make it happen.
- India, Us Discuss Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Issues (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Discussions were on between India and the United States for working out modalities to realize the Indo-US understanding on civilian . . .
- Google's Kashmir Map Pains India (News International, Naveed Ahmad, Dec 02, 2005)
All the peace process rhetoric aside, New Delhi does not have the tolerance to acknowledge a factual description of Jammu and Kashmir map in which Google Inc. had just shown Azad Kashmir outside Indian territorial limits
- Big Pharma’S Bitter Pills (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Dec 02, 2005)
When my two-year old daughter started bumping into furniture and tripping over her toes, I was puzzled; she had been walking for a year with reasonable co-ordination.
- India, Us Close To Inking High-Tech Space Pact (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Taking forward the agenda of civilian space cooperation, India and US are looking at soon finalising a technology safeguard agreement (TSA) on cooperation in the sector.
- Pushing The Boats Out (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Dec 02, 2005)
Like post-quake diplomacy in the mountains, post-tsunami diplomacy is paying off at sea, writes SHIV AROOR, in the lead-up to Navy Day on December 4
- Free, But Also Secure (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 02, 2005)
Salute to Army chief for promptly taking back RTI-immune order. By the way, we agree with him
- Army Chief Withdraws Circular (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Chief of Army Staff J. J. Singh on Friday withdrew a circular directing officials to withhold furnishing of information under the Right to Information Act till the Defence Ministry considered the Army's plea to exempt the three armed servicesfrom . . .
- No Going Back On Afghan Road Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Nowhere in the world can you buy peace by compromising and surrendering to terrorists: Pranab
BRO project will be completed at all costs
Pakistan was contacted to get in touch with the Taliban to secure Maniappan's release
- Boundary Issues With China Will Be Tackled, Manmohan Singh Tells Elders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
"Special Representatives are going through various stages of negotiations"
Assurance to Rajya Sabha
No timeframe set for final settlement: Ahamed
- 3 ‘Foreigners’ Among 5 Killed In Waziristan (Daily Times, Iqbal Khattak, Dec 02, 2005)
Five people including three ‘foreigners’ were killed in what officials said was an explosion inside a house three days after a peace deal was signed between wanted tribal militants and the government in North Waziristan Agency.
- Afghan Prosperity — Still A Dream For Most (Daily Times, SAYED SALAHUDDIN, Dec 02, 2005)
A problem for President Hamid Karzai, a year after he formed a new government following a sweeping election victory, is that people’s expectations have been raised, but not met
- Blasts Kill Five Militants In N Waziristan (News International, Mushtaq Yusufzai, Dec 02, 2005)
Five suspected militants, including three Uzbek nationals, blew themselves up while making bombs in a North Waziristan house early on Thursday, official said.
- Musharraf Seeks Us Support On Kashmir (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday stressed the need for the United States to lend its support to the efforts aimed at resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which was at the root of tension in South Asia.
- Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Bus Service Resumes (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 02, 2005)
The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Bus service resumed for the first time on Thursday after the October 8 earthquake, the Indian Army said.
- Shun Gender Violence (Pioneer, Remya Mohan, Dec 02, 2005)
The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) began as an endeavour by a small group of Canadian men who wore White Ribbons in memory of the brutal massacre at the Université de Montreal Engineering School where on December 6, 1989, a gunman shot dead 14 female student
- Hindsight As Foresight (Pioneer, Mumtaz Khan, Dec 02, 2005)
Just when it was time for Musharraf to make a grand gesture towards the unity of Kashmir, he fell victim to his old habits, says Mumtaz Khan
- Amman Blasts: Get The Message (Pioneer, B Raman, Dec 02, 2005)
International community must tackle jihadi terror of the Al Qaeda variety by eliminating the source of its violence, says B Raman
- Militant Camps Still Exist In Pakistan: India (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 02, 2005)
India claimed on Thursday that militant training camps still exist in Pakistan and Kashmir, as well as in Bangladesh along its eastern border.
- Google's Kashmir Map Pains India (News International, Naveed Ahmad, Dec 02, 2005)
All the peace process rhetoric aside, New Delhi does not have the tolerance to acknowledge a factual description of Jammu and Kashmir map in which Google Inc. had just shown Azad Kashmir outside Indian territorial limits.
- Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved Bilaterally, Say Retired Soldiers (Daily Times, Ali Waqar, Dec 02, 2005)
Lt Gen (r) Nasir Akhtar, president of India-Pakistan Soldiers Initiative for Peace (IPSI), Pakistan chapter - a group of retired Pakistani and Indian army officials - has ruled out third party involvement to resolve the Kashmir issue and . . .
- ‘Security Threat Has Changed In Afghanistan’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The security threat in Afghanistan has changed, notably with an increase in suicide attacks encouraged by the presence of foreign fighters, the head of the French army said during a visit to Kabul this week. “The threat has changed
- Angry Sanyasin, Aged Tiger (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Dec 02, 2005)
How typical it all is of this country’s dismal, distorted and depressing politics! After many a summer the people had got something to cheer and be happy about. Bihar, the state almost written off as an irremediably benighted land, . . .
- Under The Thumb (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
In dampening resentment, nothing succeeds like success
- Bangladesh Bomber Bares Plot To Police (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
The suicidal bomber of Chittagong, who narrowly escaped death, today gave important information about the ghastly blast he had carried out yesterday and activities of the banned Islamic outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
- If You Can't Shoot The Messenger, Lock Him Up (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Dec 01, 2005)
President Bush's alleged threat to bombAl Jazeerashouldn't surprise us. Ever since the NATO attack on Yugoslavia, the U.S. has looked at the media it can't control as the "enemy."
- Freedom Unlimitted, Disaster Indescribable (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 01, 2005)
We can call it a sexual Glasnost. A world where buggery, bestiality, adultery, incest and all such diabolic deeds of a human being have made even devil blush with himself.
- Aids Day To Be Observed Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Candles were lit in a symbolic gesture for awareness against HIV/AIDS in Fort Kochi on Wednesday. Several organisations joined in the mass education held at the Vasco da gama Square on the eve of AIDS Day.
- The Responsibilities Of A Free Press (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 01, 2005)
The press in the United Kingdom has been warned that it will face legal action under the Official Secrets Act if it publishes a document that apparently shows how the United States administration was considering an even more savage assault on the media.
- China Develops Aids Drug (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
China has developed its first AIDS drug with independent intellectual property right, the producers announced here on Wednesday.
- Pakistan Courting Israel (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Dec 01, 2005)
Just on the eve of its nuclear tests on May 28, 1998, Pakistan summoned India’s High Commissioner Satish Chandra and alleged that Israeli F-16 aircraft based in Chennai were preparing to strike at its nuclear installations.
- Quake Survivors Plead For Help In Indian Kashmir (Reuters, Sheikh Mushtaq, Dec 01, 2005)
Sarwar Jan and her eight shivering children collect a handful of twigs to light a fire in their little tin shed as it snows heavily outside.
- The Kids Aren’T Alright (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 01, 2005)
Consumer studies these days go on and on about targeting the ‘youth segment’.
- 'Iran-Eu Nuclear Talks To Start Within Two Weeks' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Preliminary talks between Iran and the European Union over Tehran's nuclear programme will begin by mid-December, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in Ankara on Wednesday.
- Pakistan's Bhutto Acquited Of Appointments Charges (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
A Pakistani court on Wednesday acquitted self-exiled former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, of charges of making illegal appointments in the state-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).
- Two Kashmiri Guerrilla Commanders Shot Dead (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Indian troops have shot dead two senior guerilla commanders, one of whom had been on the run for 12 years, in occupied Kashmir, the army said on Wednesday.
- House Informed Of Anti-Naxal Force (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Karnataka has informed the Centre that a force has been constituted to deal with the Naxal problem in the State, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
- U.S. Payloads Likely To Be Accepted On Chandrayaan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Two sides moving forward in space cooperation: Shyam Saran
S & T accord will permit collaborative research
Civil nuclear energy is a component of larger dialogue
Nuclear agreement sends clear message
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