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Articles 22121 through 22220 of 27135:
- Welcome Spin-Off (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 25, 2005)
Made for war, used daily
There will be tremendous interest in the experimental anti-perspiration underwear that has been developed for British troops serving under the desert sun in Iraq/Afghanistan.
- Cancelling Out O’Reilly (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 25, 2005)
When the Vietnam war was going on, a man stood in front of then secretary of defence Robert McNamara’s window at the Pentagon and set himself on fire to protest against the war.
- Rising Power (Statesman, SP Seth, Aug 25, 2005)
An important indication that the United States is worried about China’s incursions into the Asia-Pacific region is the inroads it has made into Australia.
- Surviving Expensive Oil (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Aug 25, 2005)
The new World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz came on his first visit to Pakistan and has gone back after promising 1.5 billion dollars as development aid for each of the next three years.
- Cruise Missiles In Neighbourhood (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 25, 2005)
On July 18 President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted that India and the United States would “work together to provide global leadership in areas of mutual concern and interest.”
- Draw Parallels (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 25, 2005)
The Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip and four of the 120 settlements in the West Bank has been widely welcomed.
- India And Iran: A Time For Reflection (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 25, 2005)
With vital energy, trade, manufacturing, and security interests involved, Iran and India have an overwhelming stake in resisting U.S. pressure that seeks to inhibit their relationship.
- Need For Interfaith Harmony (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Aug 25, 2005)
No one who is true to the principles of any of the world’s major faiths, which are based on values of truth, justice, piety and decency, can ever be a religious intolerant and bigot.
- The Drama And Trauma Of Gaza (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 25, 2005)
A great media circus is being played out in Gaza as the Israeli army evicts Jewish settlers to return the strip of land to the Palestinians, who were dispossessed in 1967.
- This Is How We Perceive The Problem Of Kashmir-Vi (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 25, 2005)
We are concluding the full text of the discussion between Muhammad Yasin Malik, Chairman Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and Omar Abdullah,
- No Conflict With Court, Say Mps (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2005)
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday held a discussion on the Supreme Court's observations made on Tuesday, with the Government and members stressing that there was no confrontation between Parliament and the judiciary.
- Fenced In (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Aug 25, 2005)
Suddenly we have discovered to our dismay that the fence that we are setting up to keep the Bangladeshis out could very well keep them in.
- Accounting's Key Role In Human History Is Of Creating Institutionalised Memory (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 25, 2005)
In Chapter XX, titled `Of the tradesman's keeping his books, and casting up his shop', of The Complete English Tradesman, Daniel Defoe writes about a tradesman who could not write, but could still manage `with so many ingenious knacks of his own'.
- No End To Corruption (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2005)
As far as I can recall, it is the first time that a responsible government functionary has said something sensible and realistic about corruption. Some time ago, the Auditor-General of Pakistan stated in a gathering that, in his opinion, bribery and . . .
- Nepal: Dangerous Drift (Tribune, S.D. Muni, Aug 24, 2005)
A recent study published in an American journal places Nepal at the 37th place in a list of 60 prospective failing states all over the world.
- Acquiring Missile Defence (Tribune, Maj Gen (retd.) Jatinder Singh, Aug 24, 2005)
Recent newspapers reports have suggested that during the Defence Minister’s visit, the US offered to provide India details of Patriot anti-missile system,
- The Myth Of "Feminisation" (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 24, 2005)
First, A well-known fact: a British workplace is no longer a sea of white and brown men in grey suits;
- Khan And Us Perfidy (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Aug 24, 2005)
We have it now on the authority of Ruud Lubbers, a long-serving former Prime Minister of Holland,
- Reining In The Madressahs (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Aug 24, 2005)
Last week the government issued an ordinance requiring all the madressahs in the country to get themselves registered with the authorities.
- Rising India (Deccan Herald, Anand Giridharadas, Aug 24, 2005)
World War II thrust an acute test on India: Should Indians, then under British rule, join what Japan billed as a pan-Asian struggle to expel Western imperialism from Asia?
- A Mother’S Quest For Peace (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 24, 2005)
A couple of years ago, during a rare interlude of optimism occasioned by evidence of a massive international movement aimed at pre-empting the war against Iraq,
- No Room For Complacency (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 24, 2005)
The regularity with which the India-Bangladesh boundary erupts in clashes between the two border security forces is alarming.
- India Must Play Mediator Between The Muslims And The West’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2005)
A member of the House of Lords, Bhikhu Parekh has been living in the UK for over four decades.
- Pak Weaponisation Programme (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Aug 24, 2005)
Three days before Pakistan celebrated its 58th Independence Day on August 14, 2005, it successfully test-fired the Babur Cruise Missile obviously in an attempt to reassure the countrymen that with the military at the helm of affairs their country was. . .
- India : Democracy Eroded (Daily Excelsior, Rakesh Bahl, Aug 24, 2005)
The constitution of In-dia is known to be the best document written and enacted in the world of democracy, but practically the facts on ground seem to be diametrically opposite to the principals of government formation and governance.
- Over-Reaction? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 24, 2005)
Or prejudice portrayed
There is an awful lot more than the proverbial egg on the face of the UP police, and a section of the media too,
- The Midnight Knock (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 24, 2005)
Tuk, Tuk. Taps on the wooden door suddenly break the tenuous calm of the night. Within seconds my insomniac uncle walks across the house,
- Sense And Consensus (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Aug 24, 2005)
Anyone looking at political debate on economic issues recently might be forgiven for thinking that politics in India is all sweetness and light.
- Children Caught In The Crossfire (Deccan Herald, JANARDHAN ROYE, Aug 23, 2005)
In war-torn countries, children lose their lives and some their childhood as they are forced to become combatants
- Saddam Changes Lawyers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 23, 2005)
The news from Baghdad is that Saddam Hussein has fired all his defence lawyers and wants new ones.
- King Fahd’S Many Legacies (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Aug 23, 2005)
Following his assassination by a royal prince, King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud was succeeded by Khaled, the deceased king’s half brother.
- Un Resolutions Obsolete For Solving K-Issue (Daily Excelsior, L C Kaul, Aug 23, 2005)
Addressing a public meeting organised by Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, on the first anniversary of the party, at Hyderpura,
- Engage Positively With Iran (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2005)
The resumption of Iran's uranium conversion and enrichment activity, with the potential to produce nuclear weapons, after a nine-month freeze and the consequent International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution. . .
- Cruise Missiles In Sub-Continent — The Sino-Pakistani Nexus (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Aug 23, 2005)
India cannot be too careful about the manner in which China is supplying Pakistan with missiles to give latter the capability to strike at cities all across India.
- Eloquent Eyes (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2005)
The evening is quiet as I sit alone in the dim light of my room. Scenes long forgotten come crowding back
- No Values, Just Greed (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Aug 22, 2005)
Is it all ideological, an expression of deeply held values, the ire votaries of economic liberalization exhibit toward public sector entities?
- Indian Government Still Faltering In Manipur – It Needs A Deep Rooted Political And Compassionate Solution (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Aug 22, 2005)
Manipur is about to rattle again. Manipuris need to under they is proud integral part of India.
- 1984: Next, A Task Force (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 22, 2005)
Sensing the public mood, the UPA government had to relent after tabling a completely sterile Action Taken Report alongwith the Nanavati Commission Report in Parliament.
- Israel: Eyeless In The Gaza Strip (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 22, 2005)
Jewish immigrants the world over found in Gaza an opportunity to be ‘pioneers in a new land’; It was an escape from their humdrum lives.
- Apology Accepted (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 22, 2005)
Japans army was ruthless in its colonization of Korea and invasion and occupation of other Asian nations during World War II.
- Uavs Look For Crashed Copter (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2005)
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been pressed into service to look for the Indian Navy helicopter that crashed into the dense forests near Belgaum in north Karnataka last Friday. One team was deployed on Saturday, and another joined in the efforts....
- Killed In The Line Of Duty (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Aug 22, 2005)
An American newspaperman once wrote that a reader can’t acquire complete knowledge of a happening, unless the report is accompanied by an illustration
- Jihadis Riding The Chip (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 22, 2005)
Today's Islamic fighter has come a long distance from the days of jihad in Afghanistan in early 1990.
- Israel Moves Against Remaining Settlements (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2005)
Though evacuations have been quick in most areas, Sanur and Homesh in the West Bank are seen as potential flashpoints.
- Un Bush-Whacked (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Aug 22, 2005)
The resignation of Mr Benon Sevan, a senior official of the United Nations (UN), as also the arrest of another senior official, Mr Alexander Yakovlev,
- True Islam Or Islamic Formalism? (Dawn, Mansoor Alam, Aug 22, 2005)
Bernard Lewis, a western scholar of Islam recently wrote a book with the title “What went wrong?”
- Poisoned Planet (Statesman, YP GUPTA, Aug 22, 2005)
It is seriously questioned these days whether petroleum, the harbinger of modern civilisation,
- Power Play In Central Asia (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Aug 22, 2005)
While most of the world, and especially local analysts like us, have remained focused (for understandable reasons)
- Target Next (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Aug 22, 2005)
Iran is marching towards its entry in the nuclear club. This decision raises several questions, comments Minhaj Qidwai
- The West And Asia's Perceived Dominance (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Aug 22, 2005)
Many observers of the global economy have noticed the rising importance of Asia in the global power equation.
- Security On Another Plane (Telegraph, N.K. Pant, Aug 22, 2005)
The Centre’s announcement last week that it was adopting a tough anti-hijack policy, which envisages no talking to hijackers and the shooting down of a hijacked plane, may be necessary in the light of what happened to the World Trade Center and the....
- Militancy Has Come Down In Valley, Says General (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2005)
Claiming that over 1500 militants were operating in Jammu and Kashmir, Lieut-Gen Hari Prasad, GOC-in-C, Northern Command, here today said that the level of militancy had drastically reduced by 50 per cent.
- Bangla Strike: 40 Hurt In Clashes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
At least 40 people were injured in clashes with police during a nationwide general strike called by Bangladesh’s main opposition alliance to protest the serial bombings on Wednesday by suspected Muslim extremists.
- Ctbt Has No Relevance For India, Says Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
"We are a nuclear weapons State since 1998 and committed to nuclear disarmament''
- Enigma Of Emerging Ties (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Aug 21, 2005)
Listening to the politicians in power on the subject of our emerging relationship with India, and placing their declarations alongside the joint statements of the Indian and Pakistani officials,
- Kalam Calls For National Aeronautics Policy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
The president stressed the need for an aeronautics commission to expedite the process of designing and developing aircraft.
- A Mix Of Feminism (Deccan Herald, Sonya Dutta Choudhury, Aug 21, 2005)
The book reflects contemporary social reality through the medium of a short story and a novella.
- Message To America (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 21, 2005)
The largest Sino-Russian joint military exercise in modern history that started this week is widely viewed as sending a message to the world.
- Armed Forces Development Plan 2019 (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 21, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was given a comprehensive briefing on the country’s defence doctrine and the Armed Forces Development Plan 2019 at the Joint Staff Headquarters in Islamabad on Friday. Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Ehsanul Haq ga
- Putin Comes Out Of Shell (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 21, 2005)
The US has rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call to set a timetable for pulling its troops out of Iraq. State Department spokesman Sea McCormack echoed President Bush’s refusal to lay out a calendar for withdrawing the 1,38,000 American troops
- Pakistan Plans To Make 100 More Nuclear Bombs But India Is Ready With Missile Shields To Deflect All The Incoming Nukes Back To Pakistan (India Daily, Sonia Joshi, Aug 21, 2005)
Pakistan is planning to build 100 more nuke bombs to keep parity with India
- Pak Committed To Furthering Peace Process: Kasuri (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2005)
Downplaying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s allegation about the existence of terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri has said his country is committed to the ongoing composite dialogue process with India.
- Bangladesh-India Stop Border Fire (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Indian and Bangladeshi border guards have halted a fire fight in a dispute over construction work to strengthen the banks of a common river.
- Ncaa Clarifies Ban On Mascots (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association created some wiggle room yesterday in its recent decision to ban American Indian imagery, announcing that it would give latitude to universities whose "namesake" tribe supports the mascot.
- Far Pavilions Bombed Out (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Aug 20, 2005)
The London bombings have claimed their first casualty in the West End — The Far Pavilions, based on the 1,000-page novel by M.M. Kaye.
- A.D. Joshi Is New Chief Of Strategic Force (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Avinash Deodatta Joshi has been appointed the next Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Force Command (SFC),
- Two U.S. Warships Docked At Jordan Port Leave After Abortive Missile Attack (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 20, 2005)
In coordinated operation, another projectile fired at Israeli airport of Eilat
- Half Hearted And Incomplete (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 20, 2005)
There is little to celebrate in the withdrawal of Israel from Gaza. True, this is the first time since the Sinai pullout of 1982 that Israel is vacating territory that it has forcibly occupied.
- Terrorist Menace (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 20, 2005)
Over the past one month, we have seen increasing attempts by Pakistan to push more terrorists across the LoC into Jammu and Kashmir
- Terror Missiles Fired From Jordan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
The US Navy said it believed the missile attack, which left one Jordanian soldier dead, was directed at its ships docked in Amman.
- Natural Gas Pipeline May Energize Peace (Japan Times, B. GAUTAM, Aug 20, 2005)
It is being called the Peace Pipe. The natural gas pipeline running from Iran to India through Pakistan may be a reality in early 2006.
- No `Sensitivity Training' For Rafah (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Aug 20, 2005)
There was no `sensitivity training' when bulldozers went into Rafah — the settlers' retreat was the theatre of the cynical.
- Mishandling Iranian Crisis (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Aug 20, 2005)
There is worldwide disappointment that the recent talks between the European Union and Iran have led nowhere.
- Tension On Indo-Bangla Border As Bsf, Bdr Exchange Fire (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
Heavy firing broke out between Indian and Bangladeshi border guards when the Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire to scare away hundreds of Bangladeshi construction workers and soldiers near the Malda border, approximately 350 km from here, officials s
- Taking The Bill To The People (Indian Express, Nira Ramachandran, Aug 20, 2005)
The National Rural Employment Guarantee is here to stay. The time for debate is over.
- Delhi'84, Gujarat'02, London'05 (Indian Express, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Aug 20, 2005)
On May 27, 1964, when Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru died of natural causes, General Chaudhuri, then army chief, ordered an extra brigade of troops into the Capital.
- A Geologist Survives Flash Floods (Tribune, Arun D. Ahluwalia, Aug 20, 2005)
Little knowledge is dangerous. Incorrect or mixed-up knowledge can be potentially disastrous, especially when it is about the flash floods which affected the entire Sutlej valley in the summers of 2000 and 2005.
- Plan To Talibanise Bangla Society? (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
The dramatic country-wide blasts that ripped across Bangladesh has put the spotlight on the resurgence of Islamic militancy in the country and the nature of the threat it represents to India’s security interests in the region.
- More Of Musharraf (Asia Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2005)
There is more to the interview that Pakistan President
Pervez Musharraf has given to London's Daily Telegraph than just his highly-publicised assertion that a quicker movement on the Kashmir front was necessary.
- The Clever General Men, Matters & Memories (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Aug 20, 2005)
The ever clever Gen. Pervez Musharraf! He has finally discovered the linkage between the ''unresolved'' Kashmir issue and the West's war on terrorism of which Musharraf, by his own admission, is a major cog
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