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Articles 621 through 720 of 26693:
- Exporting Indian Alphas: Or Globalisation By Other Means (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 08, 2006)
A recent issue of The Economist highlighted the acute talent shortage facing the global workforce.
- Democrats 'Take Control Of House' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The Democratic Party has won control of the House of Representatives in the US mid-term elections, according to projections from ABC news.
- Kyrgyz Mps Make Constitution Deal (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
MPs in Kyrgyzstan say they have reached a deal on a new draft constitution that will curb the powers of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
- Democrats Make Gains As Bush Suffers Backlash (Independent (UK), Rupert Cornwell, Nov 08, 2006)
Democrats took a clear advantage in early results from America's bitterly contested congressional midterm elections, gaining two Senate seats and making strides in the House of Representatives, where the Bush White House was last night braced for a . . .
- Saddam Tells All Iraqis To Settle Their Differences (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
A subdued Saddam Hussein pleaded for forgiveness and reconciliation as he appeared in court on charges of genocide.
- Democrats 'Control The House' (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Twelve years of Republican rule have come to an end, but the scale of the Democrat victory in the House looked not as big as some analysts predicted a fortnight ago.
- Democrats Claim Key Victories (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The Democrats have won control of the House of Representatives from the Republican party, according to projections from US television networks.
- Bush Suffers In 'Bloody Eighth' (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
An incipient Democrat surge in US midterm elections claimed its first victim early this morning when John Hostettler, the Republican House representative for the south-eastern corner of Indiana, suffered a dramatic defeat.
- Blair Summit To Rescue Drifting Government (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown last night convened an unprecedented meeting of 60 ministers in a bid to put the government back on track after Labour's recent infighting.
- Israel Kills 10, Pulls Out Of Gaza Town (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Israeli forces on Tuesday ended a weeklong offensive aimed at halting rocket attacks from this northern Gaza town, leaving behind a devastating scene of wrecked homes, uprooted trees and sewage-covered streets.
- Can Authorities Jam Mobile Networks? (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The recent spate of orders by different state authorities directing shutdown of mobile networks raises the question on whether such orders are warranted and the impact of the same on mobile operators and, more importantly, the public at large.
- India-Born Al Qaida Man Sentenced To Life (Times of India, RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL, Nov 08, 2006)
Britain has been reliving its worst terrorist nightmare ever as it sentenced for life, with a minimum of 40 years to serve in prison, Dhiren Barot, the Hindu convert of Indian origin described as the UK's most senior al-Qaida activist.
- Pakistan In Spotlight For Wrong Reasons (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Pakistan and Pakistanis seem to be hitting the media headlines here on a daily basis and that too in a negative sense, spoiling all the good work that the government in Islamabad keeps claiming it is doing to promote the country’s soft image.
- Mockery Of Law, Travesty Of Justice (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Nov 08, 2006)
If, pursuant to what is so obviously a travesty of justice, Saddam is executed, it will be nothing but an outrageous act of judicial murder, and a mockery of rule of law.
- Imprisoned In ‘Cell’ (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 08, 2006)
People without cell phones are considered an anachronism in today’s world.
- Pbc Upholds Munir Malik’S Election: Malik Qayyum Rejects Decision (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The Pakistan Bar Council on Tuesday upheld the election of Munir A. Malik as president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and of other office-bearers and nullified a notification issued by former SCBA president Malik Mohammad Qayyum.
- Bulent Ecevit: Man To Remember (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 08, 2006)
Bulent Ecevit (1925-2006), Turkish politician, poet, writer and journalist, has aroused the kind of universal Turkish grief at his death which he richly deserved.
- `The Human Being Is Bigger Than A Profit-Making Entity' (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
I am bringing in another business category. The business to do good to people without any expectation of taking profit.
- Democrats May Nuke Deal (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Nov 08, 2006)
The Democrat-controlled United States Congress may put the brakes on the passage of the US-India civilian nuclear deal on Capitol Hill.
- Fm Rules Out Immediate Hike In Interest Rate (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, addressing the two-day Economic Editors’ Conference that began here today, made three significant observations.
- Cong Banking On Akali Bickering (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Although it was slow in launching its campaign in Punjab, the Congress is feeling relatively more confident now as it is banking on factionalism in the Akali Dal ranks to see it through next year’s critical Assembly elections.
- Independents Win 128 Seats In Uttar Pradesh Civic Elections (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Nov 08, 2006)
The UP local body elections, termed as the ‘semi-final ‘ in the runup to the Assembly poll scheduled for early next year, has been a reality check for all political parties. The voters have given every political party something to ponder about.
- Bush Faces Daunting Challenges In His Lame-Duck Years (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
With the contentious elections of 2006 behind him, President Bush must now determine how best to spend his remaining political capital in the final two years of a lame-duck presidency.
- Confrontation Won’T Do (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 08, 2006)
For the second time in a week, protesting traders brought Delhi to a standstill on Tuesday.
- Right Stand (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 08, 2006)
It is entirely right that the Supreme Court should remain inflexible in its stand on the sealing of illegal shops in Delhi’s residential areas.
- Difficult Choice (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 08, 2006)
It is possible to endlessly debate on what real democracy is all about. But there can be no dispute that a monarchy should have no place in a democracy.
- Judges, Beware (Times of India, Rajindar Sachar , Nov 08, 2006)
The National Judicial Council Bill, to be placed before Parliament, is an attempt to make the judiciary more accountable to the people.
- Nepal's Maoists Agree Peace Deal (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The Nepalese government and Maoist rebels have agreed a peace deal aimed at ending the 10-year insurgency.
- Sc Rejects Reliance Airport’S Plea On Revamp, Slams It For Letters During Bids (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
In a strong rebuff to the Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Airport Developers Pvt Ltd, the Supreme Court today upheld a Delhi High Court order endorsing award of contracts for modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports to consortiums led by GMR Infrastructur
- Democrats Are Smiling But New Delhi Isn’T Too Anxious (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Nov 08, 2006)
Contrary to conventional wisdom that the widely anticipated gains of the Democratic Party in today’s US Congressional elections would kill the Indo-US nuclear deal, informed betting here is that the odds are better than even in favour of the Senate . . .
- Progress Thru Cooperation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 08, 2006)
Thirty-seven years after its founding, the Organization of the Islamic Conference does not have much to show for.
- Nicaragua: Back To The Future? (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Nov 08, 2006)
A Prominently moustachioed figure from the past has been haunting United States officials of late. No, I don’t mean Saddam Hussein, who was sentenced to death last Sunday in what is predictably (and unconvincingly) being hailed in certain quarters . . .
- Us Senate Down To The Wire (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
On the eve of the 2006 midterm elections, a last-minute tightening in the polls of Senate contests from Montana to Rhode Island to Maryland has thrown some doubt into the calculations of pundits who had come to see a Democratic takeover as possible.
- A Shift Coming In (Christian Science Monitor, Howard LaFranchi, Nov 08, 2006)
'Stay the course' and 'cut and run' aren't options. Speaking to 'axis of evil' neighbors may be.
- Uncertain Justice (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 08, 2006)
NOT many people outside Iraq had ever heard of a little town called Dujail before Saddam Hussein stood trial for the crimes against humanity that were committed there when he was the unchallenged ruler of his country in 1982.
- Rethinking Balochistan Uplift (Dawn, Kaiser Bengali, Nov 08, 2006)
Balochistan has been taken off the media headlines. Within the province, however, the insurgency continues to simmer. The Baloch people’s emotional link with Pakistan stands frayed and urgent measures are imperative to address the political and . . . .
- Exit Polls Give Cardin Edge In Md. (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Maryland chose a white anti-war Democrat over a black Republican for the state's open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday, a blow to GOP efforts to recruit black winners in the midterm elections.
- Liquids Allowed, But Bring Patience, Too (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Flying home this Thanksgiving? There are two things experts say are essential to bring: patience and a sense of humor.
- The American Connection (Hindu, V. Gangadhar, Nov 07, 2006)
There are striking similarities between life in India and the U.S. And, important differences too...
- Nightmare Figures (Hindu, Mike Marqusee, Nov 07, 2006)
A recent study by the Johns Hopkins University has put the death toll in Iraq since the coalition invasion at 6,55,000, ten times the figure cited by Western media.
- Us Senate Elections Go Down To The Wire (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
On the eve of the 2006 midterm elections, a last-minute tightening in the polls of Senate contests from Montana to Rhode Island to Maryland has thrown some doubt into the calculations of pundits who had come to see a Democratic takeover as possible.
- Candidates Make Dash For Finish Line (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Exhausted candidates across the country delivered their final appeals on Monday, closing a campaign that will determine the balance of power in Washington for the next two years and render a judgment about President Bush and the war in Iraq.
- India’S Congress Party Satisfied With Saddam Verdict (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Nov 07, 2006)
India’s Congress party on Monday ‘noted with satisfaction’ that there is an automatic appeal provision in deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s death sentence and that as such the verdict is still not final, said Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
- Bush And Rove, Still Strategizing (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
President Bush and his political partner, Karl Rove, ended it where they started it: in this sliver of Northwest Florida that arguably gave them their 2000 victory.
- Israeli Minister Calls For Arab-Free Israel (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Less than a week after being appointed to the Israeli cabinet, ultra-nationalist Avigdor Lieberman called for Israel to become "as much as possible" an all-Jewish country without an Arab minority.
- A Flawed Verdict (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 07, 2006)
After a trial that most international observers called seriously flawed, Mr Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death by hanging.
- These Discriminatory Laws (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 07, 2006)
Waf's silver jubilee celebration in Lahore last weekend focused attention on two paradoxical aspects of the status of women in Pakistan.
- Price Of Overfishing (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 07, 2006)
Naturally harvested seafood could be a thing of the past by 2048. According to a recent report in the research journal Science, 29 per cent of open-sea fisheries were in a state of collapse in 2003.
- Candidates Make Dash For Finish Line (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Exhausted candidates across the country delivered their final appeals on Monday, closing a campaign that will determine the balance of power in Washington for the next two years and render a judgment about President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq.
- A Judicial Nudge To Long-Overdue Police Reforms (Hindu, Mahmood bin Muhammad, Nov 07, 2006)
The issue is too serious to be left entirely in the hands of myopic politicians.
- Q&a With Mahathir Bin Mohamad (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
For 22 years Mahathir bin Mohamad dominated Malaysia's ruling party, the United Malays National Organization, and set a course for the country that helped upgrade its infrastructure and diversify its economy.
- Apex Court Will Not Stay Sealing (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Nov 07, 2006)
None can be permitted to place a dagger on the neck and seek relief: judges.
- Secular Architecture Of Gingee (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
A trendsetter in the study of forts and fortified towns tracing the development of this historical urban centre.
- Stay Order Withdrawing Consent For Bmic Project: Nice (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Nov 07, 2006)
The company has altered alignment, says Pollution Control Board
The decision is illegal, says NICE
It will bring the entire project to a standstill.
- To The Victor Belongs The Judge's Gavel (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Nov 07, 2006)
The show trial of Saddam Hussein was not just a violation of international legal norms by a court operating under the reality of foreign occupation but also an insult to the victims in whose name this political farce was enacted.
- After The Falls (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Here I am in remotest northern Peru, hard on the trail of the world’s third-largest anticlimax.
- Empowering Women In Bangladesh (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Nov 07, 2006)
The collective noun is a poor cousin of the proper; the singular belongs to a higher caste than the plural.
- ``Inadequate Recognition Of Growing Interdependence'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
I am disappointed with political leaders for their postures based in the past: Manmohan.
- M, Y And Now C? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 07, 2006)
The model code of conduct could not deter chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav from announcing that he would try his level best to have Lucknow-based Isabella Thoburn (IT) College declared a deemed university once the local bodies elections were over.
- Designing For A Near-Silent Flight (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
MIT-Cambridge team releases design of new aircraft.
- The Irrelevance Of Politics (The Economic Times, Ruchir Sharma, Nov 07, 2006)
Financial market reaction to the increase in tensions on the Korean Peninsula over the past month has been rather telling.
- Trial By Media (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 07, 2006)
Supreme Court Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal has rightly voiced concern about trials by the media of the cases when they are pending before the courts.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 07, 2006)
It would be a gross understatement to call them crib deaths. Nothing short of infant mortality has struck Kolkata with as many as 23 newborns dying in 48 hours at the BC Roy Memorial Hospital.
- Swamy Shares Dais With Bjp Man (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Monday shared the platform with BJP spokesperson Prakash Jawadekar at the Jawarharlal Nehru University campus to address a gathering of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
- India And France: Joining Forces (Pioneer, Seema Sarin, Nov 07, 2006)
With growing French interest in India, it's time Delhi considered taking bilateral defence cooperation to the next level, says Seema Sarin.
- A Fractured Conscience (Telegraph, Dilip Simeon, Nov 07, 2006)
For a system with so much blood on its hands, Afzal Guru’s death sentence is an example of breathtaking hypocrisy, writes Dilip Simeon.
- Noose On Iraq (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 07, 2006)
The verdict of death sentence delivered upon Saddam Hussein needs to be separated from the rights and wrongs of the American invasion of Iraq.
- Americans Go To The Polls Today (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Nov 07, 2006)
Americans will vote in the mid-term elections tomorrow and by all assessments Democrats are likely to regain the control of Congress after over a decade.
- Not Bowled Over (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 07, 2006)
It’s unfortunate that Team India has forgotten how to add to its silverware collection. Its failure in the Champions Trophy is sad not only because it always did well under home conditions.
- Verdict Not Expected To Rescue Bush (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Nov 07, 2006)
The death sentence on Saddam Hussein, coming just two days before the US midterm election, is not expected rescue the Republican Party from losing control of the Congress.
- Death For Saddam (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 07, 2006)
No one in the world, perhaps, expected any other verdict than the one delivered by the High Tribunal trying former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
- Sealing On, Govt In A Bind (Tribune, S. Satyanarayanan, Nov 07, 2006)
The Centre today expressed helplessness in providing relief from sealing to traders in the National Capital in the wake of the Supreme Court’s verdict, even as the Group of Ministers (GoM) pondered over the possible legislative options available to . . .
- Democrats' Win In Polls May Nuke India-Us Deal (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Nov 07, 2006)
The India-US nuclear deal could be one of the many casualties in an American mid-term election on Tuesday.
- Saddam's Sentence Lacks Legitimacy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 07, 2006)
The death sentence handed out to deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, and two of his co-defendants, for their role in the killing of 148 Shias is problematic on several counts.
- Dalits Go On Rampage In Nagpur Over Caste Killings (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Angry that even after a month, the Maharashtra government had not acted against upper caste villagers in Bhandara district accused of the brutal killing of four members of a Dalit family, Dalits went on a rampage on Monday setting ablaze a police . . .
- Baghdad Blah (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 07, 2006)
Making forthright and possibly accurate remarks about another country's affairs can still amount to a diplomatic gaffe.
- Cong Runs For Cover, Plans Peace Rallies In Ulfa Strongholds (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Nov 07, 2006)
A day after the ULFA set off bombs in the heart of Guwahati, killing 14 persons and leaving another 50 injured, the Congress, which had been engaging the banned outfit in talks, ran for cover, drawing plans for peace campaigns in Assam’s ULFA strongholds.
- Geneva Talks: What Next? (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Nov 07, 2006)
The Sri Lankan Government wants the talks to resume in the third week of November but the LTTE is insisting that the A9 highway, linking the Jaffna peninsula with Colombo, should be re-opened before a date can be fixed for the next round.
- Muslim Family Goes For A Vedic Wedding (Deccan Herald, ABHA SHARMA, Nov 07, 2006)
The city of lakes has been witness to many celebrity weddings full of pomp and splendour but the wedding bells that tolled for Teena Choudhury had a different fervour...
- Listen To The Bench (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 07, 2006)
After the heat, some light. The decision of the Group of Ministers to abide by the orders of the Supreme Court indicated some wisdom on the part of the executive in the handling of a contentious and extremely telegenic issue.
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