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Articles 23021 through 23120 of 27135:
- India And Pakistan Agree To Boost Trade, Trust (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
India and Pakistan agreed in "positive and businesslike" talks on Sunday to boost trade and trust to bolster peace efforts between the wary nuclear-armed neighbours.
- Iraq’S Continuing Travails (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Jun 22, 2005)
Speaking in his weekly radio broadcast US President George Bush said on Saturday that pulling out of Iraq now is not an option.
- As Aung San Suu Kyi Holds On (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 22, 2005)
Celebrating her 60th birthday in confinement last Sunday, the world’s most famous political prisoner, Aung San Suu Kyi, has remained a beacon of hope for millions of Burmese who have suffered under repressive military rule for more than 40 years now.
- Caterpillar Group Boycotted For Selling Bulldozers To Israel (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
From boots to baseball caps, the Caterpillar fashion range is marketed as upmarket outdoors wear for label-conscious youth.
- Nepal's King Of The Disappearing (New Zealand Herald, Justin Huggler, Jun 22, 2005)
Human Rights Watch has accused Nepal’s security forces of being behind the disappearances of hundreds of Nepalese civilians since King Gyanendra’s seizure of power a month ago.
- Insight Into Indonesia (New Zealand Herald, Andrew Clifford, Jun 22, 2005)
A sadfact reinforced by the Boxing Day tsunami is that our awareness of other cultures is often limited to their presence in world media headlines in times of strife.
- Pakistan-Bashing Again (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 22, 2005)
PRESIDENT Hamid Karzai has once again accused Pakistan of interference in his country’s affairs. Speaking to an assembly of ulema, he even came out with the purported tactics Pakistan was using to make the Taliban fight the Afghan government.
- High-Tech Pirates Take On Much Bigger Prey (New Zealand Herald, Michael Richardson, Jun 22, 2005)
Piracy in Southeast Asia has sometimes been seen as an exotic nuisance. Not any more.
- Buying Arms (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 22, 2005)
IN a bid to tackle allegations of corruption in defence deals, the Defence Ministry has made it mandatory for foreign arms companies to sign an `integrity pact’ wherein they declare that they would not employ unfair or unethical means in winning defence..
- Nuclear Arms Pact 'In Need Of Repair' (New Zealand Herald, Rupert Cornwell, Jun 22, 2005)
The cornerstone international treaty curbing the spread of nuclear weapons is in urgent need of repair if it is to keep pace with globalisation and atomic technology,
- Muslims Sceptical Over Newsweek Back-Track On Koran (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Muslims in Afghanistan and Pakistan were sceptical on Monday about an apparent retraction by Newsweek magazine of a report that US interrogators desecrated the Koran and said US pressure was behind the climb-down.
- Indian Rebels To Sign Ceasefire (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Separatist rebels from India's troubled state of Assam are to sign a ceasefire with the government for the first time in two decades, the Indian news agency PTI reported, quoting unidentified sources.
- Amnesty Accuses Us Of Condoning Torture (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
Amnesty said Guantanamo has become the gulag of our time, entrenching the practice of arbitrary and indefinite detention in violation of international law
- Middle: Pakistan A British Creation (Times of India, K. Subrahmanyam, Jun 22, 2005)
According to popular folklore both in India and Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah created Pakistan after he went back on acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan and when Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel,
- Royal Tyranny Creates Threat Beyond Nepal (New Zealand Herald, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 22, 2005)
Most countries got rid of their kings in the end, and the rest took away most of their powers,
- Nuclear Arms Conference Collapses Without Deal (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
United Nations - After a month of bickering, the 188 signatories to the global pact against atomic weapons ...
- Musharraf's Two Roles On Pm's Agenda (New Zealand Herald, Kevin Taylor , Jun 22, 2005)
Prime Minister Helen Clark will raise Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's dual role as head of state and chief of the Army during his historic visit this week.
- India, China Troops To Train Jointly As Ties Warm (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
The armies of India and China, which fought a border war four decades ago, plan to hold unprecedented joint counter-terrorism and peacekeeping training programmes,
- China, India To Change International Politics (New Zealand Herald, Michael Richardson, Jun 22, 2005)
How will the geopolitical map of the world be shaped by 2020?
- Private Aid Opportunities (Japan Times, DOUG BANDOW, Jun 22, 2005)
NIAS ISLAND, Indonesia -- The flotsam of disaster was everywhere: trash, bricks, splintered wood, household effects, clothes, debris.
- World Military Spending Nears Cold War Peak (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
Massive US spending on the war on terrorism pushed global military expenditure above US$1 trillion ($1.42 trillion) in 2004, the sixth successive year the total has risen, a leading research institute said on Tuesday.
- Rich Nations Near Deal On African Debt Relief (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
The Group of Eight rich nations edged closer to a historic deal that would wipe out US$40 billion (NZ$56bn) of debts owed by 18 of the world's poorest countries as part of a British-led drive to haul Africa out of poverty.
- Stop The World So The West Can Get Off (New Zealand Herald, Jason Nisse, Jun 22, 2005)
Are the traditional Western capitalist economies, which felt so comfortable in their success only a few years ago,
- First Un Peacekeepers Arrive In Sudan (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
EL-OBEID, Sudan - The first deployment of a huge UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan began on Wednesday with 12 Nepalese soldiers and equipment arriving in clouds of dust on a cool morning in the west of the country.
- Pyongyang Tests Missile On Eve Of Un Nuclear Talks (New Zealand Herald, Rupert Cornwell, Jun 22, 2005)
Talks on curbing nuclear proliferation which open today in New York seem doomed to failure,
- Time For Constitutional Statesmanship (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 22, 2005)
After the recent talkfest at the Conference of Governors, it is time for follow-up action.
- 500-Year-Old Guide To Good Health (Hindu, Lucy Atkins, Jun 22, 2005)
TheTacuinum Sanitatiscontains a mix of good sense and utter nonsense.
- Need For A Chief Of Defence Staff (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 22, 2005)
Since no single service by itself can win future wars, there is need to integrate the armed forces
- An Expansionary Budget (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Jun 21, 2005)
OMAR Ayub Khan, minister of state of finance, presented an expansionary budget to the National Assembly on June 6.
- Image And Reality (Dawn, Mahjabeen Islam, Jun 21, 2005)
The Pakistani preoccupation with image and impressions has always been somewhat mystifying.
- Tsunami Leaves A World Of Ghosts' (Hindu, John Aglionby , Jun 21, 2005)
Before the December 26, 2004 tsunami I had never met anyone who had suffered so much that they had effectively lost their identity.
- Central Asia — A Region Destabilised (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Jun 21, 2005)
Just what is the U.S. mission in Afghanistan? The "war on terror" is providing a timeless, seamless context for geopolitics
- Eu Turmoil: Lessons For European Integration (Business Line, Raghu Dayal , Jun 21, 2005)
With the stunning negative vote from the two founding members of the European Union against its constitution, there is a whole new look being taken at the remarkable post-World War II institution built and nurtured in Europe.
- Jawans Reach Out To People In Ladakh (Tribune, Tsewang Rigzin, Jun 21, 2005)
The deployment of the Army for the last five decades in Ladakh has gone through several stages, and the Army has touched every aspect of Ladakh’s life, economy, employment and the environment.
- Fears Of Taliban Resurgence (Hindu, Declan Walsh, Jun 21, 2005)
String of Iraq-style attacks and rising U.S. toll point to militia's comeback
- Career Soldier Sees China For What It Is (Japan Times, TOM PLATE, Jun 21, 2005)
How many of you out there would just love to see Colin Powell back in the saddle as U.S. secretary of state? Or, better yet, as secretary of defense, giving the boot to his arch-nemesis -- the war-prone Donald Rumsfeld?
- Left Against Dilution Of Bhel Stake (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2005)
Public sector character of `navaratnas' will not be altered''
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Privatisation and disinvestment co-terminus: Yechury
- Siachen: Solutions For The Taking (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jun 20, 2005)
The only guarantee that the glacier will remain demilitarised once India and Pakistan withdraw is a political one. And only Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Musharraf have the capacity to effect it.
- Drdo Looking For Global Technical Partner To Develop Kaveri Engine (Hindu, Ravi Sharma , Jun 20, 2005)
Decision seen as admission that Gas Turbine Research Establishment cannot develop the engine on its own
- Deuba's Detention Is "Unconstitutional" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2005)
Senior leaders of the seven-party alliance in Nepal on Sunday met the former Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, who is in police custody after defying the royal anti-graft Commission, and expressed solidarity with the ousted leader.
- Army Gains Success In Manipur Operation (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2005)
Imphal : The Army on Sunday gained a major success in Manipur, clearing the Henglep sub-division, near Churachandpur district, of insurgent groups.
- System’S Transparency (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 20, 2005)
The effectiveness of parliament and the provincial assemblies remains stymied because of the federal and provincial governments’ authoritarian attitude towards the opposition and their stubborn refusal to respect dissent.
- Middle: Musharraf's Real Face (Times of India, ALI DAYAN HASAN, Jun 20, 2005)
Teach the bitch a lesson. Strip her in public". As one of the police officers told me, these were the orders issued by their bosses.
- Absence Of Land Reform (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jun 20, 2005)
There is a hierarchical system of mutual favours between political leaders and local influentials in Pakistan
- Little Headway In Talks With Nscn (Im) (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2005)
Naga leaders maintain they have scaled down their demands and accepted certain conditions posed by Centre.
- Suu Kyi’S Poignant Milestone (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2005)
Aung Suu Kyi’s plight has attracted worldwide attention. Her cause has been championed by the EU.
- Iaf Plans To Procure Advanced Choppers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2005)
The new copters are likely to be used to ferry VVIPS to remote areas within the country. They would be equipped with advanced protection systems.
- Beach Safety (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 20, 2005)
With the onset of summer, Karachi’s beaches are once again thronged by thousands of visitors at a time when the sea is particularly choppy because of the approach of the monsoon season.
- Politicos Feeding Off Turmoil (Japan Times, RONALD MEINARDUS, Jun 20, 2005)
MANILA -- These days the political class in the Philippines is preoccupied with other things besides governing. Attention is focused on what one commentator has termed "the worst crisis any administration" has ever experienced. The opposition is . . . .
- Will The No Vote Mean The Breaking Up Of Europe? (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jun 20, 2005)
I was at dinner in Jean Luc Jeanroy's farmhouse in Seguret, one of the most beautiful villages of France at the foot of Dentelles de Montmirail in the Rhone Valley on May 29.
- Align With Democrats In Asia (Washington Post, Jackson Diehl, Jun 20, 2005)
Just a few months ago the United States seemed to have few choices in the strategically important Muslim countries of Central Asia. All were ruled by undemocratic regimes,
- Decline In Quality Of Life (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Jun 20, 2005)
There are five national themes that are mauled in the national press on a regular basis — human rights, intolerance, education, corruption and the increasing militarization of civil society.
- Cooperation, Not Conflict (Dawn, Henry A. Kissinger, Jun 20, 2005)
THE relationship between the United States and China is beset by ambiguity. On the one hand, it represents perhaps the most consistent expression of a bipartisan, long-range American foreign policy.
- Left Up In Arms Over Bhel Disinvestment (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2005)
Left leaders would chalk out their strategy on the issue over which they have perceptional and interpretational differences with the UPA.
- What Went Wrong With The Naga Talks? (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Jun 20, 2005)
The first phase of intensive negotiations with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah)
- U.S. Ambassador's Statement Is Irresponsible, Says Pakistan (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jun 20, 2005)
If Mr. Khalilzad has any specific information, he should share it with us"
- Holes In The Tanker Story (Telegraph, Editorial, Washington Post, Jun 20, 2005)
Two Years Into the controversy over the Air Force's botched and misguided deal to lease refueling tankers from Boeing Co.,
- Burmese Years (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 19, 2005)
ON Sunday, Aung San Suu Kyi celebrates her 60th birthday — a milestone for most people, but an especially poignant one for her. In fact the more pressing measure of the passing of time for Ms Suu Kyi is the period of nine years and 238 days,
- Quotas Will Make India Weaker (Tribune, Pushpesh Kumar, Jun 19, 2005)
IN his article “Dalits in private sector will make India stronger” (Perspective, June 12), Udit Raj makes a forceful plea for quotas for dalits. But, unfortunately, he does not seem to bother about the detrimental effect of reservation on the Indian . . .
- Why This Kind Of Secrecy? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 19, 2005)
The disclosure in the Senate that 53 persons, and not eight as initially claimed by the government,
- Call Gohar's Bluff (Pioneer, Bobby Sharma, Jun 19, 2005)
Mr Gohar Ayub Khan is a jobless peripheral Pakistani politician. Like such politicians all over the world, he is seeking a few moments under the sun.
- Closed Window To The East (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Jun 19, 2005)
Lately, India has taken the lead; it has been vociferous in supporting a principle shared by most men of goodwill on this planet: The ideal of democracy.
- Cold War Between Us And China? (Dawn, Martin Jacques, Jun 19, 2005)
EVER since 9/11, the US and China have been rubbing along nicely. The US needed China’s support in the war against terror and China is anxious to create the best conditions for its economic growth. But how long will this latest honeymoon last?
- In The Prison Of Guantanamo (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 19, 2005)
AT a session of the US Senate Judiciary Committee formed to look into the legal status of Guantanamo detainees, it was evident that there was concern among both Democrats and Republicans that the treatment of prisoners in the Cuba-based prison camp was su
- Nuclear Disarmament (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 19, 2005)
Speaking to reporters in Auckland, New Zealand, on Friday, President Pervez Musharraf said that he had proposed nuclear disarmament and force reduction to India.
- The Situation Must Be Met (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jun 19, 2005)
We returned to Calcutta on Direct Action Day, August 16, 1946.
- The High Cost Of Misgovernance (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Jun 19, 2005)
THE president of Pakistan is busy in conducting war on terror and in finding a solution to the 58-year old Kashmir dispute which he says he could resolve in two weeks only if India and Kashmiris were to go along.
- Congress Awakens (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2005)
WHILE THE BUSH administration and the courts have tangled over the perplexing legal problems of the war on terrorism, Congress has remained on the sidelines
- Us Motives In Iraq’S Invasion (Dawn, Tahir Tanveer, Jun 18, 2005)
WHAT were the motives behind the American invasion of Iraq in 2003? Was there a grand game plan of re-modelling and reforming the entire Middle East to suit Washington’s imperial design?
- It’S All Nicely Blended Together (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2005)
Three Hollywood blockbusters of the moment have a common ingredient:
- I Am Qualified To Play Peacemaker: Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jun 18, 2005)
``I understand the ravages of war; I have the dubious distinction of having served in two of the three wars between Pakistan and India ''
- Himalayan Blunder (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 18, 2005)
The stand of the Indian government in relation to the Nepal crisis has been far from satisfactory with every passing day it seems Indian diplomacy in relation to Nepal is utterly failing out. The Indian government doesn’t seem to have any vague idea as...
- Mr Gauhar Ayub, Let’S Rewind To 1965 (Indian Express, Anil Bhat, Jun 18, 2005)
Thank you Gauhar Ayub Khan, son of Pakistan’s first dictator president, self-promoted Field Marshal Ayub Khan,
- India Will Stick To The G-4 Track (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jun 18, 2005)
Further discussions will be held with U.S when its official visits New Delhi on June 23
- The Continuing Power Crisis In India (Hindu, M. R. Srinivasan, Jun 17, 2005)
We should encourage public sector companies to build power-generating units. But asine qua nonis that they should be given technical, managerial and financial autonomy, and distanced from political interference.
- Flying The Leader, Protocol And Propriety (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 17, 2005)
Leaders of all political parties find themselves, from time to time, having to request the use of aircraft belonging to this or that industrialist or industrial house.
- A Tsunami And A Reality Check (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 17, 2005)
By walking out of Sri Lanka's ruling United People's Freedom Alliance ,
- Differing Eu And U.S. Interests (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Jun 17, 2005)
Washington gets uneasy as the EU increasinglyemerges as a credible rival to U.S. superpower
- Indifference To History (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jun 17, 2005)
LET a diminished Mr L. K. Advani run the shaken BJP as best he can after taking back his resignation as the party president even though the so-called compromise
- Dexterous Debtor (Deccan Herald, H P HANDE, Jun 17, 2005)
My dear, now departed, elder brother lived very well within the means of others
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