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Articles 20421 through 20520 of 27135:
- Earthquake As ‘Wrath Of God’? (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
A section of the national media has aired the apocalyptic view that the October 8 earthquake was a curse from God punishing the misdeeds of the state of Pakistan.
- Controversial Nato Presence (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 26, 2005)
Dissenting voice was raised in the National Assembly on Monday about the NATO forces involvement in the relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction process in the quake affected areas of Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division.
- A Saudi Nsc (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 26, 2005)
The establishment of a national security council seems to give another indication of the desire for political reforms in Saudi Arabia.
- Survivors On Verge Of Death (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 26, 2005)
UN's Humanitarian Office has said that the international community has three weeks to deliver enough aid to quake victims in mountainous areas of Azad Kashmir and Hazara Division before snowfall sets in. In its regular situation report on the earthquake,
- Pak Army Fails To Fight Natural Calamities (Daily Excelsior, Dr Golam Yazdani, Oct 26, 2005)
There is mounting anger and frustration in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir over the complete failure of the Pakistan establishment to react to the calamitous earthquake of October 8 that caused extensive damage. The 7.6 magnitude earthquake killed more than....
- India Expresses Concern Over Gilgit Situation (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 26, 2005)
Hopes Pakistan will observe human rights
"Clashes" between Pakistani forces and Shia students reported in Gilgit
Indian delegation to visit Pakistan on relief camps for the quake-hit
India awaiting Pakistan response
- Quake Survivors See Militants As Heroes (Tribune, PAUL WATSON, Oct 26, 2005)
In the eyes of earthquake survivors, the heroes in this devastated valley are not soldiers or relief workers, but guerrillas notorious for suicide bombings and kidnappings.
- Un Warns Of Death Traps In Quake Relief (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Says less than one-third of $312m requested for Pakistan quake victims received
* US to double military strength in quake-hit Pakistan
- Throw Them Out (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 26, 2005)
End the occupation of the VVIP squatters
- Indian Air Force Goes Total High Tech In The Middle Of Massive Upgradation (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Oct 26, 2005)
Indian Air Force is planning to compete with America, China and Russia.
- Crossborder Relief Still A Chimera (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Pranab Mukherjee says the relief centres are already operational. But external affairs ministry says they will work only after talks with Pak.
- Disclosures From The Mitrokhin Files (Deccan Herald, P R CHARI, Oct 26, 2005)
The failure of Indian counter-intelligence against KGB and CIA points to pervasive corruption of the system
- India’S Atomic Dilemma (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Oct 26, 2005)
As for the Indian vote in the IAEA against Iran, External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh must have been overruled
- Plan For International Airport In Visakhapatnam To Be Revived (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Chief Minister vexed with frequent flooding of INS Dega airport
Officials asked to find permanent solution for flooding problem
Airport unable to cope with air traffic needs
- ‘India’S Record On Nuclear Non-Proliferation Impeccable’ (Tribune, Shyam Saran, Oct 26, 2005)
There is a vigorous, and in my opinion, a healthy debate under way currently on a range of issues that relate to nuclear non-proliferation and international security. A number of recent developments, . . .
- British Mp Profited From Iraq Oil’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
The MP, a critic of the US invasion of Iraq, was thrown out of the Labour Party for badmouthing Blair.
- Police Gun Down Two Ulfa Militants (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Police gunned down two hardcore militants of the ULFA in an encounter at Mangaldoi in lower Assam on Tuesday.
- Shoot-At-Sight Orders In Bihar (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Oct 26, 2005)
62 constituencies will go to the polls amid shoot-at-sight orders; red alert sounded on border
- China Gives Large Military Aid To Nepal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
In a move that will raise eyebrows in New Delhi and even Washington, China has pledged military assistance of $989,000 to Nepal eight months after the kingdom's principal military aid givers continued to keep their assistance on hold.
- India, Pakistan To Ratify Coast Guard Hotline (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
A hotline between India's Coast Guard and Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency will be established as soon as both sides ratify a pact for creating the link, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday.
- Pakistan Rallies Aid, More Needed, Fast (Reuters, Amir Ashraf, Oct 26, 2005)
Pakistan and international relief agencies scrambled to deliver vital aid to remote parts of the quake-stricken country on Tuesday as a top official complained the world was not doing enough to help.
- Uses Of Domestic Dissent In Foreign Policy (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 26, 2005)
There is no reason why non-official voices cannot be raised to send a message to the Bush White House that public opinion in India will not permit an unequal deal.
- India Ready To Aid Pakistan Quake Victims (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
India is ready to help Pakistani victims of the October 8 earthquake through three camps set up along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here on Tuesday.
- The Kashmir Dilemma Bears Hope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 26, 2005)
Irrespective of the final decision on who will be the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir after November 2 — Mufti Mohammed Sayed or Ghulam Nabi Azad — the decision-making process has been fascinating.
- Crime In Uniform (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 26, 2005)
Prompt and exemplary action the only answer
- Will Syria Benefit From Iraq's Lessons? (Hindu, Marianna Belenkaya, Oct 26, 2005)
A long diplomatic campaign to establish the degree of Syria's involvement in the murder of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri on February 14, 2005, and to decide on the punishment for the culprits, has begun.
- Moscow, Teheran, And Washington (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Oct 26, 2005)
Russia has positioned itself as a trusted negotiating partner for both Iran and the United States.
- Bihar: Polling Begins In 62 Constituencies Amid Heavy Security (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Polling began this morning in 62 north Bihar constituencies in the second of the four-phase assembly elections, the second in eight months, amidst tight security.
- Ready To Send Relief Material But Our Engineers Cannot Go: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Hard problems and ground realities will have to be recognised
- Practical Action Needed Against Proliferation (Hindu, Alexander Downer, Oct 26, 2005)
The Spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) is one of the main threats to international and regional security
- Us Foreign Policy (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Oct 26, 2005)
American presidents are jinxed by the term two trauma. One should understand why. President John Kennedy’s 1960 election was a watershed.
- Army Can’T Lower Guard (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Oct 26, 2005)
ON October 8, seismic fault-lines made a mockery of the ceasefire line that was drawn 56 years ago between the Indian and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). This map delineation,
- Rain Kills Nine, Triggers A Deluge Of Problems In Bangalore Roads (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Army help sought to rescue people in flood-hit areas; situation grim in Mysore
- Please Come Clean (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , Oct 26, 2005)
“It’s not easy to do business in India”, screamed the headline in a leading Indian daily in mid-September, 2005, following the World Bank report, which ranked India 116 out of 155 nations in corruption.
- High-Level Panel Constituted To Monitor Disaster Management (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
Chief Secretary B.K. Das heads committee to coordinate administrative measures
Task forces constituted for relief measures in Bangalore and its outskirts
Thanisandra, Bommanahalli, Krishnarajapuram, Hosur Road and Puttenahalli worst affected
- Assam Peace Talks Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2005)
People's Group for `dignified solution'
- Iran: India Wants Pakistani Role Also Under Iaea Scanner (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Calling for a global consensus on nuclear non-proliferation, India said IAEA should probe the role of nuclear suppliers in proliferation.
- On Iran, India Points To Khan Network (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
month before the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meets again to discuss the Iran nuclear issue, India today turned the spotlight on the A Q Khan affair, his Tehran links and the need for the international community to act on this.
- Israel’S Bęte Noire (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2005)
Israel, it seems, will have to put up with Hamas’s participation in the January elections given America’s apparent refusal to back
- Protecting The Vulnerable (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Oct 25, 2005)
In his October 18 address to the nation — the second in a few days — President Pervez Musharraf explained why it had taken so long for the agencies of the government to reach the entire population affected by the earthquake of October 8.
- Socio-Cultural Centre (Hindu, S. N. Kandaswamy, Oct 25, 2005)
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- Oic’S Disasterfund (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 25, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has proposed setting up of a permanent OIC Disaster Fund for assistance to the member States in case of tragedies like October 8 earthquake in Pakistan.
- Loc-Opening Talks On 29th (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
* FO says Army responded promptly to quake
* India delays opening LoC relief camps
- In The Aftermath Of The Earthquake (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 25, 2005)
Funds should be earmarked for the orphans’ benefit and a public authority created to see to it that they are provided proper shelter and food. I would even suggest that the dogmatic Islamic law on adoption be discarded and childless couples enabled . . .
- Where Were The Nazims? (Dawn, Masud Mufti, Oct 25, 2005)
These lines are not about myself but about (a) the defunct system of district administration, and (b) the initial response to the earthquake of October 8, 2005. I am merely a narrator with first hand experience of the former.
- Defence Funding (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 25, 2005)
PM sets a standard
- After The Earthquake (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Oct 25, 2005)
THE Indian subcontinent and the world grieve over the earthquake tragedy that has devastated Kashmir and a portion of Pakistan, but given the tangled nature of relations between India and Pakistan,
- Poll In Sri Lanka-Ii (Statesman, PARMANAND, Oct 25, 2005)
True, the Sri Lankan Supreme Court has ordained the presidential poll to be completed by the end of this year, and very soon dates would be announced.
- Nato’S Unusual, Quick Response (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2005)
Two weeks after the devastating earthquake which hit Pakistan’s northern areas, European governments and relief agencies are working around the clock to deliver urgently-needed relief supplies to the quake-hit areas.
- Kosovo Is Back (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2005)
For years the West used a convenient formula for keeping the troublesome Balkan province of Kosovo on a back burner: “standards before status.”
- French Model Shows Signs Of Stress (Tribune, Sebastian Rotella, Oct 25, 2005)
After taking office this summer, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin promised “economic patriotism’’ would drive his effort to revive a battered government and slumping economy.
- Burns Factor (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2005)
That the deal on civilian nuclear energy cooperation, signed on July 18 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President George W. Bush in Washington, is too important to be lost through second thoughts and tertiary arguments, . . .
- Disaster Management (Tribune, G.S. Bedi, Oct 25, 2005)
For whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee,” is an apt quote from John Donne in the present circumstances.
- The Kashmir Dilemma Bears Hope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2005)
Irrespective of the final decision on who will be the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir after November 2 — Mufti Mohammed Sayed or Ghulam Nabi Azad — the decision-making process has been fascinating.
- A Shrewd Move By Sonia Gandhi – Congress To Allow Mufti Continue As Chief Minister Of Kashmir (Indian Express, Balaji Reddy, Oct 25, 2005)
It is the shrewd move by Sonia Gandhi
- Campaign Ends For Second Phase (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
Election in 7 constituencies in Bihar deferred for security reasons
- Shedding More Light On Vijayanagar Era (Hindu, M. Ahiraj, Oct 25, 2005)
Seven copper plates of the Vijayanagar period and pertaining to the reign of Immadi Harihar (1397)have been secured by D.V. Parashivamurthy of the Department of Epigraphy of Kannada University, Hampi, from a family in Hubli.
- Don't Mess With Ceasefire, Lanka Rebels Warn Pm (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 25, 2005)
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse's pledge to amend the terms of a truce with the Tamil Tigers if elected president next month could cause the agreement to collapse, the rebels warned on Monday.
- They Make Hay While It Rains In Bangalore (Deccan Herald, Shubha Narayanan, Oct 25, 2005)
First the good news: Like Mumbai, Bangalore too has its share of good samaritans — strangers who will willingly lend a helping hand as you find your way in waist-deep water, give a push to a stranded car, . . . .
- Implicate Pakistan Too (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Oct 25, 2005)
If Iran is to be referred to the Security Council for receiving N-technology, Pakistan, as supplier, should also face a referral
- U.S. Assures South Korea Of "Nuclear Umbrella" (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Oct 25, 2005)
United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has reassured South Korea on protection under the American "nuclear umbrella" against any hostile military moves by North Korea.
- The Truth About Iran (Telegraph, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 25, 2005)
The crescendo of arguments from those who are supporting India’s vote at the International Atomic Eenergy Agency on the Iran issue reminds one of an old lawyer joke.
- India Wants To Avoid Divisive Vote (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 25, 2005)
Iran's cooperation with IAEA welcomed
- Of Fish, Fishermen And Tigers (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 25, 2005)
A significant contribution to the Kachchathivu debate analysing the problems of the Palk Bay fishermen on both sides of the maritime boundary
- Archimedes' Killer Rays Probably A Myth (Hindu, Ian Sample , Oct 25, 2005)
The Greek mathematician "harnessed sun's rays to burn Roman fleet" — U.S. scientists manage small blaze that fizzles out.
- "Separation Plan For N-Units Not Finalised" (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 25, 2005)
Link denied between India's vote against Iran and nuclear deal
India not negotiating with U.S. Congress'
Says U.S. favoured India at NSG meeting
- Villages, Towns On Cauvery Bank Inundated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
For the first time in 15 years, Mettur reservoir received two lakh cusecs and discharged the same quantum
Flood warning issued in Thanjvur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts
IAF copter rescues 27 villagers from village near Salem.
- J&k: Sonia, Manmohan Hear Views (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2005)
No offer of short-term extension of tenure to Mufti: Ambika Soni The exercise being undertaken by the Congress president was neither a review of the decision made three years ago nor was the party having second thoughts but it was a process of . . .
- First Day In Court No Witness For The Prosecution (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
None among the dramatis personae, least of all the Pentagon colonisers overseeing the trial of Saddam Hussein, had anticipated that the proceedings would come to a halt on the very first day.
- Mufti Must Remain Cm (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 24, 2005)
The Congress party’s coalitional arrangements with most of its allies are under severe strain.
- Indo-Pak Ties: A Sliver Of Hope (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 24, 2005)
It is ironic that much misery and suffering — caused by the October 8 earthquake in the Kashmir region — should also offer a totally unanticipated opportunity to reduce military tension between India and Pakistan.
- India, Pakistan Inch Towards Quake Aid Cooperation (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Oct 24, 2005)
International efforts to help survivors of Pakistan's devastating earthquake gathered momentum on Sunday as aid officials warned time was running out for untold numbers of survivors.
- Pakistan And India Work Towards Reconciling The Loc Crossing In Kashmir (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Oct 24, 2005)
Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna indicated late Saturday that New Delhi was willing to work with Pakistan's proposal,
- Now, Army Plans Floating Bridge On Loc River, Awaits Pak Nod (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
As the Centre waits for Pakistan’s official acceptance to set up rehabilitation and relief camps at three points along the Line of Control (LoC), the Army is planning to construct a floating bridge on river Neelam that divides the LoC in Teetwal sector.
- Pakistani Nukes In Myanmar As Mayanmar Prepares For Nuke Test? (India Daily, Sonia Chopra, Oct 24, 2005)
Where did Myanmar get its nukes?
- Pakistan's Friends, Foes Urge More Quake Aid (Reuters, David Brunnstrom, Oct 24, 2005)
Efforts to reach stranded villagers in Pakistan's northern mountains gathered pace on Monday after the country's friends and foes both urged help for up to 3 million survivors of the Oct. 8 earthquake.
- Pax Americana On Trial (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Oct 24, 2005)
The verdict of the Saddam trial is pre-determined, and his execution will mark only the beginning of chaos in Iraq
- Land Is Green, Air Is Pure By Sunrit Mullick (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2005)
From the air, Manipur looked like a lush green jewel surrounded on all sides by verdant hills, the tops of some of which were lost in fluffy white clouds fixed and suspended in space.
- Opening Loc For Relief Work Is A Good Move (Daily Times, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 24, 2005)
Opening LoC for relief work is a good move
- There’S A Time For Everything (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Oct 24, 2005)
A consultant on a visit to Pakistan, who charges by the hour, once quipped that he was thinking of retiring after working in Karachi for a month, because the clients who had hired him were invariably absent, habitually late or irritatingly indecisive. And
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