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Articles 22821 through 22920 of 27135:
- Why The Fbi Can’T Be Reformed (Dawn, William E. Odom, Jul 07, 2005)
OF all the failures that allowed Al Qaeda’s attacks on September 11, 2001, to succeed, those of the FBI are the most egregious.
- Senseless Attack On Pak Envoy (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 07, 2005)
Unknown gunmen opened fire on Pakistan Ambassador Muhammad Yunis Khan’s vehicle in Baghdad on Tuesday.
- The Imperial Origins Of Abu Ghraib (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 07, 2005)
Prisons and prisoner abuse were part of the British colonial mission too
- Ayodhya’S Original Security Lapse (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jul 07, 2005)
The success of the Central paramilitary forces in repelling a terrorist attack in Ayodhya in 2005 exposes the “security lapse” engineered at the same site by the BJP and Congress in 1992.
- Pakistan Scared And Up In The Arms With India-Us-Uk Joint Air Force Exercises In Kashmir (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Jul 07, 2005)
Indian Air Chief S.P. Tyagi said that India was going to hold joint air power exercises with US air forces in Kashmir in coming November and by the start of next year with the British air force.
- Terror In Ayodhya (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 06, 2005)
Wipe out remnants of militancy...
- Pak-Afghan Ties (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 06, 2005)
FOREIGN Office spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani has said that a stable Afghanistan is in Pakistan’s interest and reiterated that Islamabad will continue to extend fullest cooperation in this regard. In his weekly briefing in Islamabad on Monday he, however,..
- Mission To Washington (Tribune, H. K. Dua, Jul 06, 2005)
PM is willing, but there are critics and comrades...
- English Jinx Haunts Army Aspirants From Karnataka (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2005)
Often, Karnataka quota of seats is surrendered to other states due to low percentage of selection of candidates from the State.
- Unchain Information (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 06, 2005)
The Govt should declassify 30-year-old secret information...
- Lanka Rebels Fete Suicide Bombers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2005)
The Tigers commemorated hundreds of men and women known as Black Tigers who have carried out suicide missions since the first strike in 1987 in Jaffna
- Baghdad Gunmen Attack Bahrain, Pak Envoys (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 06, 2005)
Gunmen attacked the envoys of two Muslim states in Baghdad on Tuesday, three days after Egypt's chief diplomat in Iraq was abducted from the street.
- The Expanding Eu-India Relationship (Hindu, SUSHMA RAMACHANDRAN , Jul 05, 2005)
For a long time, the EU-India relationship was largely at the economic level. The current effort is to give it a larger political dimension.
- America's Blase Approach To Doomsday (Japan Times, TOM PLATE, Jul 05, 2005)
The policy of the United States, at the moment the world's only superpower, lacks an overall sense of urgency about the spread and possible use of nuclear weapons.
- Kashmir: A New Strategy (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Jul 05, 2005)
The Saturday issue of the Financial Times usually carries an interview with a celebrity over lunch paid for by the newspaper.
- Is World United Against Iran? (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 05, 2005)
US President Bush has said that the world is united against Iran’s efforts to acquire nuclear weapon capability and hoped that EU3 (Germany, France and Britain) will issue a strong message against Tehran at the G-8 summit. In an interview, he reiterated..
- American Pie (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 05, 2005)
Most things American come gilded in hype and gift-wrapped by grand pronouncements
- Automated Learning (Telegraph, Tapas Majumdar, Jul 05, 2005)
Two new strains of disease have been sited in India’s higher education system.
- Feeding Frankenstein (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 04, 2005)
The UPA government must cease and desist from engaging with the ULFA
- Infiltrations Rising Along Loc (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2005)
Six militants killed in encounter in Keri sector of Rajouri
- Pota Panel Orders Withdrawal Of Charges Against Manipuri Student (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Jul 04, 2005)
"Noprima faciecase to prove that Ibotombi Sapam was harbouring a terrorist"
- Joining Hands To Defeat Militancy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2005)
Secularism in a time of peril
- Saudi Forces Kill Top Qaeda Man (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2005)
Successive leaders of the Saudi wing have been killed since 2003 but the ultra group has shown resilience and an ability to regenerate.
- Iaf Worried Over Flight Of Pilots (Hindu, Ravi Sharma , Jul 03, 2005)
Alarmed at the number of experienced pilots quitting the force early for greener pastures, the IAF has stopped processing applications for premature retirement. The Air Head Quarters (AHQ) is particularly apprehensive of pilots, usually in the rank of...
- Cpi(m) Objects To Defence Agreement With U.S. (Hindu, Special Correspondent, The Hindu, Jul 03, 2005)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist), which had objected to the framework agreement on the U.S.-India defence relationship, has said that the United Progressive Alliance Government had taken a major step in tying up with the United States to serve the..
- An Arms Race In The Offing? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 03, 2005)
QUITE understandably, Pakistan has reacted strongly to the 10-year US-India defence pact that paves the way for the flow of American arms and technology into India in a big way. On Thursday, the foreign office warned that the induction of advanced...
- India Can Be America's Best Friend (International Herald Tribune, Brahma Chellaney , Jul 01, 2005)
At a time when anti-Americanism has spread across the globe, a new poll shows that more people in India have a positive view of the United States than in any other nation surveyed. The poll, conducted by the Pew Global Attitudes Project, raises . . .
- The Arms Agreement (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 01, 2005)
The agreement charting a 10-year course for defence cooperation between India and the United States, formalising the intentions already expressed on both sides, is indeed a landmark. It is broad ranging, covering not only arms sales to India but also...
- Indo-Us Pact: ‘new Framework’ Just An Appetiser (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jul 01, 2005)
The “framework” document signed by both countries is significant to the extent that it defines the scope and declares intentions in the area of defence co-operation.
- India Is Entering Uncharted, Risky Territory (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 01, 2005)
The new military agreement with the U.S. will help advance Washington's strategic goals in Asia and expand the global market for American defence contractors. But it is not clear what good it will do for India and Asia.
- An Emerging Alliance With India (US News & World Report, Michael Barone, Jul 01, 2005)
You didn't see it in the headlines this week, but it's likely to be more important in the long run than many things that received much more notice. The "it" in question is the New Framework for the U.S.-India Defense Relationship signed Monday . . .
- Blaming Pakistan Won't Help (Japan Times, Farhan Bokhari, Jun 30, 2005)
The latest diplomatic rift between Pakistan and Afghanistan speaks volumes about the underlying frictions among both countries and the United States in the so-called war on terror.
- Conservatives Regain The Presidency In Iran (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 30, 2005)
The new President represents a right-wing drift in a large section of the new generation which has, for the moment, overpowered the impulse for reform as well as the aspirations of its liberal advocates.
- Restrictions On High-Tech Transfer Should Go: Pranab (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jun 30, 2005)
"Expanding ties with U.S. does not mean commonality of views"
- India, Singapore Sign Economic Pact (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2005)
Comprehensive accord to boost trade in goods and services; mutual legal assistance treaty too
- Our Stings, Their Stings (Telegraph, Gouri Chatterjee, Jun 30, 2005)
There are stings and stings. There are our stings and there are their stings and never, it seems, the twain shall meet.
- The “dekko” (Tribune, Raj Chatterjee, Jun 30, 2005)
Ack-chu-ally” said the Lt. Gen. Indian Army (Retd), “it was a damn good show, though I nearly had my sun-helmet knocked off, ha! ha! ha!”
- How Pakistan Can Help Iran (Dawn, Mahdi Masud, Jun 30, 2005)
A STATEMENT issued recently by a number of important persons, associated with foreign affairs, has stressed the importance of a close Pakistan-Iran relationship and warned against divisions and misunderstandings created wittingly or unwittingly.
- Talking To Iraq’S Resistance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 30, 2005)
WHO is talking on whose behalf may be controversial, but the contradictory statements emanating from Washington and Baghdad confirm that the Iraqi resistance is being engaged in talks.
- Families Divided By Line Of Control (Tribune, Tsewang Rigzin, Jun 30, 2005)
Surrounded by the mountains of Pakistan is the village of Thang with 18 households on the Line of Control in Ladakh. At a distance of 3 or 4 km, on the other side of the LoC, lies the village of Phranu in Baltistan.
- Suu Kyi’S Fight For Democracy (Dawn, Maheen A. Rashdi, Jun 30, 2005)
When the world’s most peaceful fighter against oppression, Aung San Suu Kyi turned 60 recently, she was alone and more isolated than ever before.
- Iraq: Elusive Stability (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Jun 29, 2005)
BY the time this article appears President Bush would have made his speech at Fort Bragg defending America’s Iraq policy and emphasizing that there was no question of withdrawing US troops from Iraq until the Iraqi security forces had been built up. . .
- India: U.S. Ally Or Independent Power? (Japan Times, Brahma Chellaney , Jun 29, 2005)
The courtship between the world's most powerful and most populous democracies is in full swing,
- Anybody Remember Manipur? (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jun 29, 2005)
With the first anniversary of Manorama Devi's killing upon us, the Government must make public the report of the Justice Jeevan Reddy review panel on the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act without any further delay.
- The Jinnah Speech (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Jun 29, 2005)
THIS is not a comment on the controversy over whether Jinnah was or was not secular which continued in India even after the crisis in the BJP over the subject was seemingly resolved.
- `Jury Of Conscience' Indicts U.S., U.K. On Iraq (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 29, 2005)
The Jury has called for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the coalition forces from the West Asian country.
- Snipers With Children In Their Sights (Hindu, Chris McGreal, Jun 29, 2005)
IT WAS the shooting of Asma Mughayar that swept away any lingering doubts I had about how it is the Israeli army kills so many Palestinian children and civilians.
- It’S An Unequal World (Telegraph, SANKAR SEN, Jun 29, 2005)
The United Nations may have got its way over Darfur, but the US continues to thumb its nose at the ICC, writes Sankar Sen
- Boost To Ties Likely (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jun 29, 2005)
AS Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prepares for his meeting with President George W. Bush at the White House next month, expectations are high that the summit will spawn an array of agreements on defence, civilian space and nuclear cooperation.
- Clearing The Air (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jun 29, 2005)
If defence minister Pranab Mukherjee’s two days of talks in Washington this week are indicative of what to expect during Manmohan Singh’s visit to the White House on July 18, the prime minister will be no pushover for the Americans.
- Navy Launches Fac Vessel (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2005)
Aiming at intense surveillance in and around coastal waters and island territories, the Indian Navy’s Fast Attack Craft (FAC) vessel was launched on Tuesday.
- Mr. Bush On Iraq (Washington Post, Editorial, Washington Post, Jun 29, 2005)
President Bush sought last night to bolster slipping public support for the war in Iraq by connecting it, once again, to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and to the war against terrorism
- Sc Expansion On Hold (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 29, 2005)
THE Security Council expansion issue now stands frozen — at least for a while.
- The False Face Of Reality (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jun 29, 2005)
AT a time when image building is the buzzword in Pakistan it would be interesting to note how others are faring in this exercise
- Rs. 12,000 Cr. To Be Spent On Missiles (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Jun 29, 2005)
Investment will have a big impact on economy''
- Navy Launches Fast Attack Craft (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2005)
They have an overall length of 46 metres and attain speeds of over 28 knots
- Ysr Seeks Forces To Pursue Naxalites (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 29, 2005)
Chief Minister addresses Inter-State Council meet; wants more funds to tackle extremists
- "India Can Be An Excellent Base For U.S. Defence Industry" (Hindu, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jun 29, 2005)
However we are looking for a long-term commitment, says Pranab
- Ringside View Of History (Hindu, B. S. Raghavan , Jun 28, 2005)
Patel had a ringside seat which enabled him to observe and recall in his memoirs history in the making
- U.S. Forces Israel To Cancel Sale Of Planes To China (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
Tel Aviv agrees to allow Washington review of its defence exports deals
- Man-Made Monsoon! (Tribune, Vepa Rao, Jun 28, 2005)
IT'S a triangular debate on the recent drought and floods — between one well-fed Ruling Coalition Leader (Ruling Ld),
- Pitching A Japan That Can (Japan Times, KEIZO NABESHIMA, Jun 28, 2005)
A clash of interests among major U.N. member states is clouding the prospects for reform of the Security Council.
- Any Big Ideas, Dr Singh? (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jun 28, 2005)
The world wants India to assume responsibilities of an emerging great power but our security establishment conditioned by the Third World syndrome is unwilling to rise to the occasion.
- Honesty And Civilised Society (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 28, 2005)
Edward de Bono writing in his best selling treatise, How to have a beautiful mind, ponders whether values depend upon circumstance and gives the answer as both a yes and a no.
- The Chinese Challenge (Deccan Herald, Paul Krugman, Jun 28, 2005)
The US should be relieved that at least for now the Chinese aren’t dumping their dollars; they’re using them to buy American companies.
- London Hotels Case To Be Clubbed With Wealth Case (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
Holding that the investigating agency was wrong in registering “London Hotels case” as a separate case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha, the special court has ordered for clubbing that case with the Rs 66.65 crore disproportionate Wealth. .
- Water Level In Tibet Reservoir Recedes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
The worst in Himachal Pradesh is over with the water level in the Parechu reservoir in Tibet receding considerably.
- Deuba Cleared Of Graft Charges (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
Panel wanted to defame anti-royal politicians: ex-Premier
- Years Of Militancy Ahead, Says Rumsfeld (Hindu, Rory Carroll , Jun 28, 2005)
The U.S. Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, has warned that the militancy in Iraq could go on for another 12 years and admitted that the army has been in contact with some of its leaders in an attempt to quell the violence.
- The Beauty Of The Floating Mountain (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2005)
The Bhatkal Alvekodi beach on the Western coast may show water on all sides but sailing 30 kms off the shore would reveal a floating mountain, says VINAY ADI.
- To Keep Things In Order (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 27, 2005)
“The great force on which we must rely is the hatred of the cruelty and waste of war which now exists.
- Middle: Revamp Forest Bureaucracy (Times of India, VALMIK THAPAR, Jun 27, 2005)
With forests vanishing and tigers dying, it is quite clear that the Indian Forest Service with its strength of 4,000 officers, 8,000 state service officers and nearly 1,75,000 men is in a mess and urgently requires overhaul.
- Home Of Nepal’S Ranas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
The Aurobindo Bhavan on Gangadhar Chetty Road is an unusual edifice built with no specific style of architecture.
- Eco-Threat From Siachen (Tribune, Mohan Guruswamy, Jun 27, 2005)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, for a moment came tantalisingly close to committing himself to a settlement of the Siachen confrontation when he expressed a desire to turn the area into a mountain of peace.
- Divestment: Peeved Left Not To Attend Upa Meets (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
The Left leaders feel the government’s decision to disinvest from profit-making PSUs like BHEL amounts to violating the UPA’s common minimum programme.
- Cbi To File More Cases In Defence Deals (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
The Defence Ministry has filed an official complaint to the CBI in 12 of the 24 cases of arms purchase during the previous NDA regime and the investigative agency would soon register some more cases in this connection.
- Flood Warning (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 27, 2005)
Flood situation in Peshawar, Nowshera and Charsadda districts is deteriorating with rising water level in Kabul and Swat Rivers.
- Naipaul’S Challenge (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Jun 27, 2005)
The year 2005 will be remembered for, among other things, V.S. Naipaul’s milestone speech in which he challenged Indians to come up with a contemporary intellectual discourse.
- Upset Win (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 27, 2005)
Confusion over the reform process led to Ahmadinejad’s victory in Iran
- `Great Potential For India-Singapore Trade' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2005)
Singapore's Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loongsees the prospective Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between India and Singapore as "a very big psychological step" for New Delhi. In a wide-ranging interview toP.S. Suryanarayana, he also spoke on the
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