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Articles 22921 through 23020 of 27135:
- Kashmir: A New Perspective (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Jun 27, 2005)
Despite the unfortunate controversy between New Delhi and Islamabad regarding the travel of Hurriyat leaders beyond Azad Kashmir, the two-week visit of the nine-member Hurriyat delegation has been a positive development for the resolution of the Kashmir..
- Shining A Light On Turkish-Japanese Ties (Japan Times, HIROAKI SATO, Jun 27, 2005)
Selcuk Esenbel was in town. For many years now a professor of history at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Selcuk was, when I met her more than 30 years ago, studying Japanese history at Columbia University
- A Serious Setback To The Eu (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Jun 27, 2005)
The EU’s current president is reported to have remarked after the latest EU summit this week, that “Europe is not in a state of crisis — it is in a state of profound crisis.”
- Perceptions That Defy Amity (Japan Times, KIROKU HANAI, Jun 27, 2005)
On a recent Korea Air flight from Narita to Inchon, South Korea, I was surprised when they showed images of air routes on the in-flight video system. The Tok-do islets in the Sea of Japan,
- Us Determined To Stay The Course (Deccan Herald, L K Sharma , Jun 27, 2005)
Americans have started seeing in the Iraqi sands a “quagmire” but Bush is determined to carry on regardless
- Justice For The Poor (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jun 27, 2005)
The worst thing about the current state of affairs in this country is not that things are really bad, which of course they are, but that there doesn’t appear to be any possibility of improvement.
- Rumsfeld’S Concerns (Dawn, Fred Hiatt, Jun 27, 2005)
Earlier this month Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld questioned the priorities of editorial pages in some newspapers.
- Growing Discord In Europe (Dawn, Shadaba Islam, Jun 26, 2005)
The recent ill-fated European Union summit will probably be remembered as one of the worst in the bloc’s history.
- Moving Ahead (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 26, 2005)
The Sheikh Rashid Ahmed affair has been characterized by rather juvenile behaviour on both sides of the border.
- Another Vietnam (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 26, 2005)
PRESIDENT Bush has refused to set a timetable for withdrawal of US troops from Iraq because ‘it would allow Iraqi insurgents to wait us out’. Speaking at a joint Press conference with the visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari at the White House
- Indigenous Awacs In Three Years (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
To be mounted on acquired jet airline
- Justice Above Prejudice (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jun 26, 2005)
The current world perception is that it is General Musharraf at one end and fundamentalists at the other who dominate the community life in Pakistan to the exclusion of law and reason.
- Reality' Rape (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jun 26, 2005)
`The conviction rate for rapes is appalling, just four per cent. The blame lies largely with shoddy investigation and collection of evidence.'
- Reverberations Of The Midnight Knock (Deccan Herald, Inder Malhotra, Jun 26, 2005)
In my biography of Indira Gandhi (Hodder & Stoughton, 1989), I had described the Emergency she had clamped down in the mid-1970s as her worst blunder, indeed “cardinal sin”.
- Reliving History That None Dare Repeat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
‘Freedom hijacked’: On the morning of June 26, 1975, the nation awoke to the realisation that in the silence of the previous midnight the state had hijacked its democratic rights. Three decades later, BJP president L K Advani relives the dark days of Emer
- Security: Nepal Seeks Financial Help (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Nepal's Government fighting the Maoist insurgency in the kingdom has asked donor countries, including India and the U.S., to extend support to finance its increasing expenditure for peace and security.
- Congress Still Continuing With Emergency Mindset, Says Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
"They are averse to any kind of opposition, which is very dangerous for democracy"
- Military-Level Information Security For General Use (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Jun 26, 2005)
Indian engineers have delivered a robust communication system "Now the civilian sector in India can not only access levels of security hitherto unavailable but also manage its own `keys' using a smart card"
- Drug Trafficking Tough In India: Dcp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
The narcotic substance that was seized from passengers in UAE who went via India was 1.5 kgs while the seizure of the same in India from passengers travelling from UAE was 30 kgs last year,
- Sheikh Rashid Deprived Of Visit To Ihk (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 26, 2005)
India has refused permission to Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed to visit occupied Kashmir by the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar peace bus, an Indian External Affairs Ministry announcement in New Delhi said.
- Annan Asks G-8 To Help Tackle Poverty, Terror (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2005)
Mr Annan has praised the G-8 nations for focusing their attention on the special needs of Africa and climate change.
- The Question Of Image (Dawn, S.M. Naseem, Jun 25, 2005)
The way the Pakistani government has handled the case of the gang-rape victim Mukhtaran Mai reflects the gulf between high-sounding aims and ground realities.
- Change In Pak Stand On Kashmir? (Tribune, P. C. Dogra, Jun 25, 2005)
PAKISTAN President Pervez Musharraf, after his meeting with our Prime Minister in the US, has come out with his set of solutions to the Kashmir problem one after the other.
- Where Hurriyat Tripped Up (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 25, 2005)
There must have been a communication gap between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his minister of state Prithvi Raj Chouhan.
- Politics Of Budgeting (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Jun 25, 2005)
The budget is a political document. It determines how much money will be taken out of whose pockets and how much of that money will be put into whose pockets.
- Making Of National And Military Leaders (Dawn, Khushwant Singh, Jun 25, 2005)
There is only one leader; the rest are led by him. National leadership in times of peace requires one kind of skill; military leadership when a war breaks out requires quite a different kind.
- Safe At Home (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 25, 2005)
Legislating on domestic violence needs to be followed up with educating law enforcers
- Complying With Tax Notification Conditions Isn't An Empty Formality (Business Line, D. Murali , Jun 25, 2005)
Flex Industries supplied structures, reservoir tanks and so forth on behalf of Triveny Engineering to Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) for use in a mini hydel project on a canal in the State.
- The Leader Article: Left With No Alternative (Times of India, KINGSHUK MUKHERJI, Jun 25, 2005)
In sweeping the civic polls in West Bengal, the CPM has proved a point — a fractious Opposition will never dislodge it from power.
- Emergency: Memories Of The Dark Midnight (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jun 25, 2005)
Indira Gandhi, on the night of June 25, 1975, took away, in one stroke, what her father had pledged his countrymen 28 years before at the dawn of Independence.
- Lankan Govt, Ltte Clinch Deal Over Tsunami Aid (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2005)
The government and the LTTE consider the deal a positive measure but the Marxists are against any act which they think would legitimise the rebels.
- Us ‘disliked’ Everywhere, Except In India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2005)
Nearly seven of ten US citizens felt their country was ‘generally disliked’, a finding which is ‘the most self-effacing assessment’ of global popularity.
- India Has Right To Unsc Seat: Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2005)
Stopping short of endorsing India’s bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council,
- Taliban In The Footsteps Of Iraqis (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 24, 2005)
AS many as 76 people were killed in military operations launched by Afghan and US troops with warplanes’ support in the Mian Nishin district in Kandhar province that the Taliban had taken over last week.
- Eu States Also Need To Deal With Israel (Japan Times, RAMZY BAROUD, Jun 24, 2005)
DOHA, Qatar -- Hamas' electoral success since the first round of local elections in Gaza in December has signaled a dramatic shift in the way the movement is perceived both nationally and internationally.
- Door Wide Open For Resolving Korean Nuclear Issue (Japan Times, JAMES A. KELLY, Jun 24, 2005)
There is no country in Asia, indeed in the world, that behaves like the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
- Scientists Take On Science Media (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 24, 2005)
Sensationalim and "headline-grabbing" are more the stuff of tabloids but now an internationally respected academic journal is facing allegations of "scare-mongering" and "desperate headline-seeking"
- A Tribute To George Dantzig — To Him, Impossible Was Nothing (Business Line, Niranjan Krishnan, Jun 24, 2005)
A YOUNG student walks into the classroom. He is late and finds the professor well into his lecture. He notices two problems written on the blackboard. He thinks they are routine assignments and copies them down in his notebook.
- A Word Called Freedom (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 24, 2005)
The Indian Express did not appear on June 26, the day India awoke to unfreedom and the Emergency.
- Changing The Image (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 24, 2005)
GUANTANAMO Bay is getting a lot of attention lately. Some of it isn’t necessarily good. The Bush administration is now in high gear trying to change the public perception of the prison
- Another Vietnam In The Making? (Dawn, Sidney Blumenthal, Jun 24, 2005)
ON June 21, network news reported that the Pentagon had claimed that 47 enemy operatives had been killed in Operation Spear in western Iraq.
- N-Weapons In Emerging World Order — Symbols Of Power And Privilege (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jun 24, 2005)
The differences between the signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the absence of any consensus on nuclear disarmament have created a new situation in the global nuclear architecture for India.
- In The Name Of Security (Dawn, Tony Benn, Jun 23, 2005)
Since the attack on the twin towers, in which many innocent Americans were killed, we have been told that we are engaged in a war against terrorism that threatens our way of life and our liberties.
- No Getting Away From The Imf (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jun 23, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz says Pakistan is making fast progress and has achieved the target of economic self-sufficiency. The country is no longer in need of foreign co-operation in terms of foreign aid, he has stressed.
- Reforming The Un (Dawn, Ghayoor Ahmed, Jun 23, 2005)
A High-Level plenary meeting, scheduled to be held in New York from September 14 to 16, 2005,
- Two Major Initiatives Of Pervaiz (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 23, 2005)
JUNE 21, 2005 would go into annals of the Punjab history as golden day. Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi took two major initiatives on the day with far-reaching impact on the overall socio-economic conditions of the people of the province.
- Nuclear Threat Or Bluff? (Business Line, K. Subrahmanyam, Jun 23, 2005)
The old time-worn story of Bruce Riedel, who was on President Clinton’s National Security Council staff during the Kargil crisis and was present during the Clinton-Nawaz Sharif negotiations on July 4, 1999, has captured Indian media headlines once again.
- Taliban Generate Telephonic Parleys (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 23, 2005)
US PRESIDENT George W Bush telephoned President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday to defuse tension between Kabul and Islamabad amidst recent incidents of Taliban related violence in Afghanistan.
- Strokes Of A Genius (Telegraph, Raju Mukherji, Jun 23, 2005)
The first time I saw Syed Mushtaq Ali was at the Eden Gardens in the “Defence Fund Match”, which was held following the India-China war in 1962.
- Learn To Work (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 23, 2005)
The census figures indicate that 17 per cent of India's graduates are jobless. If employment is defined as productive work, this figure goes up to 40 per cent
- The Political Blame-Game (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 23, 2005)
With the Ambani brothers burying the hatchet after their mother announced a patch-up formula, stock market indices zoomed,
- Tributes To Rajiv Gandhi (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Jun 23, 2005)
Cutting across party lines, Sri Lanka's main political leaders on Wednesday paid tribute to the former Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi.
- Hope For Siachen (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 23, 2005)
There is some hope now for Siachen. Nine days after Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh spoke of turning the glacier into a “peace mountain”, the follow-up from New Delhi is positive.
- Which States Make Up Russia's Enemies? (Hindu, Vladimir Simonov, Jun 23, 2005)
A recent poll among the Russian public throws up some surprise results.
- Lively Politics Worries China (Japan Times, HARVEY STOCKWIN, Jun 23, 2005)
Hong Kong -- Although Taiwan's lat est constitutional reforms preclude any declaration of formal independence for the foreseeable future, they do strengthen Taiwan's democratic development.
- China Says Border, Tibet On Agenda At India Meet (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
A longstanding boundary dispute between China an India will be on the agenda when Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visits New Delhi ...
- India Media Slam Us Move To Sell F-16s To Pakistan (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Indian newspapers and analysts warned Monday that a US decision to sell F-16 fighter planes to Pakistan . . .
- Eleven Killed, 17 Hurt In Kashmir Rebel Violence (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
India - Suspected militants shot dead a grandmother, mother and her infant daughter after the child's father, a former Kashmiri separatist rebel, surrendered to Indian security forces, police said on Sunday.
- Where We Stand In Bush's America (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
Carroll du Chateau asks the ambassador to the US how he's getting on with the coveted free trade deal.
- Nepal Slips Back To Medieval Rule (New Zealand Herald, Justin Huggler, Jun 22, 2005)
The King of Nepal has just seized absolute power, sacked the entire Government and put the country's Prime Minister under house arrest.
- 'We Were Pinned Down By Fire In The Heart Of Kashmir' (New Zealand Herald, Justin Huggler, Jun 22, 2005)
When the gunfire suddenly sprayed across the street in front of us, we dived for the ground, scrabbling desperately to get behind a parked car.
- Piracy Dips But Indonesia Remains Violent Black Spot (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Piracy at sea fell by a quarter in 2004, although violence rose in the trade-critical Malacca Straits, according to the International Maritime Bureau.
- Bush Agrees To Sell F-16s To Pakistan, India Uneasy (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Texas - President Bush has agreed to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan in a major policy shift rewarding a key ally in the war on terrorism and angering its nuclear neighbor, India.
- Nepali Army Launches Air Strikes Against Rebels (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
KATHMANDU - Nepali troops backed by helicopters have attacked Maoist camps in the jungles in the west of the country,
- British Minister Exposes Rift With Us On Global Warming (New Zealand Herald, Colin Brown , Jun 22, 2005)
LONDON/MOSCOW - The British government is deeply disappointed that US President George Bush has not made a greater commitment to tackling climate change before the G8 summit, its Environment Secretary has disclosed.
- Paying The Price To Enjoy Beauty Of The Himalayas (New Zealand Herald, Amanda Kyne, Jun 22, 2005)
The Maoist rebel appeared out of nowhere. It was 6.30am and I had been up at Poon Hill watching the sun rise over the Himalayas.
- Musharraf A Considerable Player On The World Stage (New Zealand Herald, Fran O Sullivan, Jun 22, 2005)
Pakistani strongman General Pervez Musharraf concedes it is "indeed partially true" that before September 11 ...
- Australia: Regional Profile (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
History: Australia is the world's smallest continent but the sixth largest country.
- Sailing Starships (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 22, 2005)
The age of fuel-guzzling rockets could be coming to an end soon — barely 50 years after they blasted off
- Nepal King Names New Cabinet, World Condemns (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Nepal's King Gyanendra unveiled a 10-member cabinet under his leadership on Wednesday, a day after he sacked the prime minister
- Pakistani Scientist Gave Iran Machines Useable For A-Bomb (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Islamabad - Pakistan has acknowledged for the first time that a disgraced Pakistani scientist at the centre of a nuclear black market gave Iran centrifuges which can be used to make atomic weapons.
- India And Pakistan Head For Confrontation Over Supply Of Arms To Nepal (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
India and Pakistan are headed for a confrontation over the supply of arms to Nepal’s King Gyanendra to fight the Maoist insurgency that led to him...
- Sikhs Cleared Of Involvement In Air India Bombing (New Zealand Herald, Allan Dowd and Nicole Mordant, Jun 22, 2005)
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - A Canadian judge cleared two Sikh militants on Wednesday of involvement in the 1985 bombing of an Air India jetliner over Ireland's Atlantic coast, history's deadliest bombing of a civilian plane.
- Us Wants Full Break-Up Of Khan Nuclear Network (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
ISLAMABAD - A clandestine network run by the disgraced father of Pakistan's atomic bomb and used to supply nuclear technology abroad must be completely destroyed, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today.
- Rice To Challenge North Korea To Return To Nuke Talks (New Zealand Herald, Saul Hudson , Jun 22, 2005)
TOKYO - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will challenge North Korea on Saturday to give up its nuclear weapons as she presses partners in Asia to make Pyongyang return to six-party arms talks.
- Ndian Army Clears Mines From Kashmir (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
Indian Army experts have begun removing landmines from Kashmir
- Nepal King Says Defending Democracy, Phones Cut (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Nepal's King Gyanendra said on Friday he took power to protect democracy from Maoist rebels and political instability,
- Kashmir Peace Bus Passengers Cross Ceasefire Line (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
India-Pakistan border - Showered with tears and rose petals from relatives thought long lost, two groups of Indian and Pakistani Kashmiris walked over the "Peace Bridge"
- Nepal Rebels Kill Policemen In Jail Raid (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Maoist rebels stormed a jail in central Nepal, killed two policemen and set free 28 inmates, including guerrillas, police said.
- Be Free And Be Creative (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Jun 22, 2005)
While altogether banning smoking on the Indian screen, as recently demanded by the Health Ministry, does seem excessive,
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