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Articles 21421 through 21520 of 27135:
- The Burden Of Great Power (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 20, 2005)
As a week-long diplomatic opera opens in Vienna this week, India is being called upon to change its part from that of a bit player in the non-aligned chorus to one of the lead singers.
- Talking To Al Qaeda (Dawn, Allen J. Zerkin, Sep 20, 2005)
Isn't it clear by now that the US and its allies are not likely to be able to wipe out Al Qaeda or ensure that the West is not attacked again domestically?
- Inter-State Forces To Fight Naxals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
The task forces would remove the hurdle wherein security forces of one state could not pursue Naxalites in another state due to jurisdiction problems
- Expansion Of Khushhali Bank Network (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
Khushhali Bank is to set up its branches in all districts of the country by the end of 2007 to enhance service outreach to the majority of poor households while maintaining financial sustainability. According to its President Ghalib Nishtar, the bank
- Indian Pro-American (Daily Excelsior, Ravinder Vohra, Sep 20, 2005)
The world at large may be expecting a shift in the foreign policy of India by the coronation of the UPA Government in New Delhi. But the adoption of a pro American policy by Dr Manmohan Singh has confused the world in general and the western powers
- Pakistan's Cry: Parity (Daily Excelsior, T S Rao, Sep 20, 2005)
The much-anticipated Pakistani campaign for the US to treat Islamabad on par with India has finally begun.
- Presidential Polls In Egypt (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Sep 20, 2005)
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s landslide victory in presidential elections held on September 7 has not come as a surprise to any observer of the Middle East political scene.
- No Trace Of Iraq’S Missing $1 Billion (Tribune, Patrick Cockburn, Sep 20, 2005)
ONE billion dollars has been plundered from Iraq’s defence ministry in one of the largest thefts in history, The Independent can reveal, leaving the country’s army to fight a savage insurgency with museum-piece weapons.
- Ban Maoists At National Level: Jaya (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has urged the Centre to immediately ban the `terrorist organisation' like CPI (Maoists) at the national level under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, by issuing an order under section 35
- Navy Conducts Campus Selections In Six Dists In State (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
Under its reintroduced University Entry Scheme, Indian Navy is holding campus screening to select candidates for Service Selection Board (SSB) interviews
- A Diplomatic Disaster (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, Sep 20, 2005)
Manmohan Singh made a blunder by getting involved in Kashmir- centric discussions with Gen Musharraf
- N Korea To Give Up Nuke Plans (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 20, 2005)
North Korea on Monday agreed to give up all of its nuclear weapons and programmes in a landmark agreement that caps two years of negotiations to defuse a high-stakes crisis.
- Iraq Reeks Of Graft Under Uncle Sam (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Sep 20, 2005)
While $1 billion is missing from the Defence Ministry, another $1 billion is suspected to have gone astray in the electricity, transport and other ministries
- How The Church Can Tackle Terrorism (Deccan Herald, Richard Harries, Sep 20, 2005)
Christians are well suited to foster democracy, through the concept of reconciliation among communities, in the current crisis
- Regulatory Independence — Strengthen By Constitutional Mandate (Business Line, Sumit K. Majumdar, Sep 20, 2005)
A country that is committed to an open market economy should have independent regulators who can fearlessly uphold institutional norms. In their absence, a country risks disrepute and could lose out on substantial investments and allied growth.
- Democracy For All? (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Sep 20, 2005)
For North, the U.S. is neither in process nor substance a democracy
- North Korea To Give Up Nuclear Programmes (Tribune, Anil K. Joseph, Sep 20, 2005)
In a major breakthrough, North Korea today agreed to abandon its nuclear weapons and programmes and rejoin the Non-Proliferation Treaty, accept inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency after the USA agreed to normalise bilateral ties and ....
- His Name Was Sukses (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Sep 20, 2005)
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was in Jakarta on 25 August; there he signed an agreement with Benny Santoso of the Salim group
- Maritime Security: Preparing For The Unexpected (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Sep 20, 2005)
India's strategic location in the Indian Ocean puts it in a unique position to help combat terror on the high seas, especially against high value economic targets.
- A New India Policy (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Sep 20, 2005)
Stare decisis is a Latin term used in legal parlance to connote the importance attached to precedence.
- From Baghdad To New Orleans (Dawn, Kurt Jacobsen and Sayeed Hasan Khan, Sep 20, 2005)
IN 1962 social reformer Michael Harrington published The Other America, a startling expose of the plight of tens of millions of citizens ill-fed,
- Indira Gandhi Received Funds From American To Get Rid Of Communism In India? Prominent Marxist Leader Jyoti Basu Drops The Bombshell (India Daily, Anil Rane, Sep 20, 2005)
What else was congress involved in?
- Daily Stands By Report On Musharraf (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Sep 20, 2005)
When confronted by angry Pakistani women in New York, Gen Musharraf denies his rape comments but reporters play back his embarrassing words
- Paswan Set To Forge Third Front In Bihar (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Veteran CPI leader A B Bardhan hinted that CPI (ML), Forward Bloc and RSP were likely to join the new alliance.
- Need For Mass Transit System (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 19, 2005)
Karachi is perhaps the world’s only mega city without a mass transit system. For the future, too, there is no hope because no plans exist for giving this city of twelve-million plus a mass transit system that would be cheap, fast and comfortable.
- A Premature Initiative (Dawn, Shameem Akhtar, Sep 19, 2005)
The meeting of the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Israel at Istanbul on September 1 is believed to be the first formal contact between the two governments.
- Recognizing Israel (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Sep 19, 2005)
By now the thinking man in the land of the pure has probably fully recovered from the headlines which etched the friendly overtures made to the Jewish state by a country that has for 57 years carried on as if the Hebrew republic just did not exist.
- Irrelevant Borders (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 19, 2005)
Although the idea itself is not novel the theory of making the borders irrelevant is currently doing the rounds in the sub-continent. Obviously it is in the context of India and Pakistan and at the centre of it is our State.
- Where Is The Institutional Response? (Dawn, Dr Farzana Bari, Sep 19, 2005)
After the shocking incidence of the rape of Mukhtaran Mai, Dr Shazia Khalid and now Sonia Naz — which has brought into question the existence of an informal parallel judicial system of panchayats and jirgas in the country,
- Before And After The London Suicide Bombings (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 19, 2005)
As the investigations continue into the July 7 suicide bombings, there are no arrests yet.
- Innocents Have Nothing To Fear About Narcoanalysis’ (Deccan Herald, Dipti Nair, Sep 19, 2005)
“It is the most humane approach to upholding the criminal justice system.” Dr S Malini Forensic expert
- Maritime Security Initiative In S E Asia (Deccan Herald, Vijay Sakhuja, Sep 19, 2005)
The ‘Eye in the Sky’ initiative indicates that the littoral states have agreed to maintain a security framework
- Un And Terrorism (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 19, 2005)
Karachi is perhaps the world’s only mega city without a mass transit system. For the future, too, there is no hope because no plans exist for giving this city of twelve-million plus a mass transit system that would be cheap, fast and comfortable.
- Disappointing Document (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Pious resolutions apart, the UN summit has not moved the world an inch forward
- Lessons From Mumbai (Statesman, ARUN PROSAD MUKHERJEE, Sep 19, 2005)
After the recent calamity in Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra, it may be the turn of Kolkata and West Bengal, one of the perennially flood-prone states.
- Afghans Brave Guns To Vote (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Afghans vote in historic parliamentary and local elec tions, after a campaign marred by violence.
- Non-Proliferation Is Coming Home To Roost (Daily Excelsior, Brigadier (Retd.) S. N. Sachadeva, Sep 19, 2005)
The nuclear deal between India and the US has come up with opposition among members of the US Congress, and Iran is one of the bones of contention.
- Cbi Registers Three Enquiries On Nda Defence Deals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
One Preliminary Enquiry on fallout of Tehelka tapes
One case relates to purchase of spares for Bofors guns during Operation Vijay
Amendments to contract caused additional burden of Rs. 9.61 crores on exchequer
- Pak Coming Closer To Israel (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Sep 19, 2005)
According to Western observers Israel is very pleased to have collected an early reward for its Gaza pullout from Muslim Pakistan which went public in establishing high-level contacts with the Jewish state.
- Joint Exercises Planned With Leading Foreign Armies (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
To act as diplomatic tool for pursuing national security strategies
Major plans with Russian, French, U.S. armies
Low-level exercises, joint training planned with Singapore, Mongolia and Uzbekistan
- Space Command Proposal Shot Down (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
The Government has turned down the Air Force's proposal to create a separate command for protection and better utilisation of the country's assets in space, according to sources.
- Un Human Development Report 2005: Shocking Disparities Across Regions (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Sep 19, 2005)
The UNDP's latest Human Development Report has done a creditable job of stressing the importance of attaining the Millennium Development Goals.
- Musharraf In Row With Women Rights Activists (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 19, 2005)
Pandemonium at meet in New York:Dawn"You are against me and Pakistan," said the President when a human rights activist referred to his alleged comments in aWashington Postinterview.
- Waste Of Time And Money (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Sep 19, 2005)
THE three-day UN "summit" attended by heads of states and governments was described as the largest such gathering ever, but going by the forgettable outcome, it was a big yawn.
- India, Us Sit On Monday To Rule Out Crossed Wires On Iran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Amidst the continuing war of words between the Bush Administration and Tehran,
- A Glass At Least Half Full (Hindu, Kofi A. Annan, Sep 19, 2005)
I deliberately set the bar high, since in international negotiations you never get everything you ask. I also presented the reforms as a package since advances were more likely to be achieved together than piecemeal. That is precisely what happened.
- Afghans Defy Threats To Vote In General Election (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Afghans defied threats from Taliban militants to vote in Sunday's landmark elections to the Afghanistan parliament and provincial councils.
- To Be Better Prepared Next Time (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Extracts from the government of India’s status report on Disaster Management in India, August 2004
- Congress, Cpi Deny Receiving Funds From Kgb, Dismiss Reports In Book (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
The book has come out when most of the principal players are no longer alive, says Abhishek Singhvi
Congress says it has better things to react to
It's a spy thriller, we have survived slander in the past: CPI
- King’S Actions, Intentions (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Sep 19, 2005)
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. King Gyanendra must be feeling the heat, now that many in Nepal realise that a republican state is inevitable. Not long ago Nepalese used to say:
- Second Life (Tribune, Geetanjali Gayatri, Sep 19, 2005)
The defence correspondents’ course (DCC) 2005 for journalists at Pune was my passport to living a “second lifetime”.
- Navigating Galileo (Tribune, Sridhar K Chari, Sep 19, 2005)
India‘s bid to join the Galileo satellite navigation project promoted by the European Union (EU)
- India, Pakistan And Us (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
While large sections of the Indian media bemoaned the lack of some much-anticipated positive outcome out of the Manmohan Singh - Musharraf dinner meeting in New York some important aspects of that meeting appear to have been overlooked in most of the ....
- Iranian Leader Alleges "Nuclear Apartheid" (Hindu, Joel Brinkley, Sep 19, 2005)
U.S. bullying other nations, charges President Ahmadinejad
- The Audacity Of The General (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Sep 19, 2005)
The prime minister’s visit to New York should prove to be an important moment in the learning curve for him and the establishment.
- Jakarta Withdraws Troops From Aceh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Indonesia withdrew about 800 troops from tsunami-battered Aceh province on Sunday,
- An American Empire In Denial (Deccan Herald, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Sep 18, 2005)
The author feels that the US should face its imperial obligations as Britain did. He is sure that the ‘new empire’ is destined to do good for mankind
Colossus— the Rise and Fall of the American Empire , Niall Ferguson,
Penguin, 2005, pp 386, £ 6.30
- 200 Years Later (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2005)
A Ganesha idol that hid a bounty,oranges grown by Armenians, temples as old as thousand years and a Rajput settlement, all right here in the outskirts of Bangalore. These are some teresting facts uncovered in tracing Francis Buchanan’s trail.
- Nuke Deal: Subtext Of A Sell-Out (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Sep 18, 2005)
Both the American ambassador speaking in New Delhi and the US Under-Secretary of State Robert Joseph testifying in Congress have almost simultaneously spelled out the implications of the US-India nuclear agreement.
- Farce Of The Comity Of Nations (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2005)
Attend a General Assembly session and see why the United States does not like the United Nations.
- India-Pakistan Talks Setback Seen As Temporary (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Sep 18, 2005)
The apparent failure of talks between the leaders of India and Pakistan in New York has dealt a blow to the peace process between the South Asian nuclear rivals but the setback is likely to be temporary, analysts said.
- Mughal Descendants Lay Claim To Taj Mahal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2005)
Descendants of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah have claimed rights over Taj Mahal, saying that the monument is not a public graveyard but an exclusive mausoleum which is of a private and exclusive character.
- Pak Responsibility For Democracy In Afghanistan (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Sep 18, 2005)
Amid threats of violence from warlords and Taliban, the people of Afghanistan are voting today (September 18) for democracy in their country.
- Taliban Launch Raids As Afghans Head To Polls (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2005)
Taliban fighters launched a series of attacks on Sunday as Afghans voted in their first legislative elections in decades which were hailed by President Hamid Karzai as a defining moment in the nation's struggle to rebuild.
- The Kashmir Saga (Hindu, Bhashyam Kasturi, Sep 18, 2005)
The Instrument of Accession now available on the Home Ministry's website gives us a glimpse of the original document
- Wanted: A Definition Of Terror (Tribune, Shruti Bedi, Sep 18, 2005)
Amazingly, there are several international conventions that define war crimes, but there is no internationally accepted definition of terrorism. It is an important issue that requires immediate attention.
- Overarching Urge To Go Public (Hindu, K.K. Luthria, Sep 18, 2005)
Our bureaucracy was conceived to be an invisible spirit guiding the onerous task of nation building
- Crossing Ichhogil Canal: How Lt-Col Hayde Did It (Tribune, Maj-Gen Kuldip Singh Bajwa (retd), Sep 18, 2005)
IT was September 6, 1965. The troops of 11 Corps stormed into Pakistan in Amritsar-Khemkaran sector.
- Highway Drudgery (Statesman, JB LAMA, Sep 18, 2005)
Pending the last word on Naga integration, NH-39 remains vulnerable and thus Manipur in its own interest should expedite work on a rail link
- How India Became A Battleground For Cia And Kgb In The 1970s (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 18, 2005)
It seemed like the entire country was on sale, says book "People in high places, including ministers, were willing to provide sensitive information to the highest bidder"
- Considerable Progress On Siachen: Musharraf (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2005)
Exuding confidence in the ongoing peace process between India and Pakistan, President Pervez Musharraf has said the two countries have made "considerable " progress on Siachen and Sir Creek issues and have shown commitment to resolve the Kashmir issue ami
- Afghanistan Set For Landmark Elections Though Beset With Perils (Hindu, Declan Walsh, Sep 18, 2005)
Poll fires the imagination of youth who want to wrench power from men of violence
- U.N. Summit Endorses Modest Reforms (Reuters, Paul Taylor, Sep 17, 2005)
World leaders endorsed modest reforms of the United Nations on Friday at the end of a summit that made only limited progress on fighting poverty and terrorism, boosting security or protecting human rights.
- U.S. Experts Arrive At Dikom (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2005)
50 fire-tenders pressed into service to douse the blaze
No loss of lives and property
2,500 families temporarily evacuated, sheltered in camps
Special device designed
- Are We A Nation Of Liars? (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Sep 17, 2005)
In a Lahore High Court judgement delivered in 1924 two English judges expressed the opinion that all Punjabis were liars.
- The Familiar Script (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 17, 2005)
There are many reasons why the joint statement by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President General Pervez Musharraf is so insipid and so disappointing.
- Summit In New York (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 17, 2005)
The Musharraf-Manmohan Singh summit in New York has produced mixed results.
- Cutting Through The World Of Work (Deccan Herald, Andrew RatnerLos, Sep 17, 2005)
In one newspaper job I had, my co-workers and I began each day by debating issues and current events.
- Israel Pulls Out But Gaza Is Still Not Free (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2005)
During his address to the UN General Assembly this week, Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon claimed Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip ended Israel’s legal “responsibility” for its Palestinian citizens.
- Iran No Hurdle To Indo-Us Ties: Pm (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Sep 17, 2005)
Denying that his talks with Pervez Musharraf had failed, Manmohan Singh said his meeting with the Pakistani leader was ‘an essay in mutual comprehension’.
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