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Articles 821 through 920 of 26693:
- Capital Rule Of Law (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 04, 2006)
The violence and lawlessness mounted by Delhi’s traders earlier this week met with an extraordinary response from the government.
- How I Got Back At The Chamcha Slur (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Nov 04, 2006)
The last time I met Lalit Suri was at a crowded book launch presided over by the Prime Minister...
- Munde’S Prophecy,tigers’ Tantrum (Indian Express, Rakshit Sonawane, Nov 04, 2006)
The Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in Mumbai may have helped both parties come to power in Maharashtra, but whether it has a future is an open question.
- Munnabhai At Large (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 04, 2006)
Not the ideal hour to land at Chicago’s O’Hare International. At 4.30 in the morning the caverns of the world’s busiest airport were echoingly silent. Even the duty-free shops were mostly boarded up.
- Caste As Basic Structure (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 04, 2006)
Karunanidhi’s letter to chief ministers frames an invented idea of India, which must be challenged.
- Text Messaging Challenge To Tyranny Of Spelling (Hindu, Simon Jenkins, Nov 04, 2006)
The texting generation may yet realise George Bernard Shaw's dream of liberating the English language for all of us.
- Our Flawed Afghan Policy (Dawn, Tariq Fatemi, Nov 04, 2006)
I was in the midst of writing about Pakistan’s tortured relations with Afghanistan, when the shocking news of the October 30 air strike on a seminary in the troubled area of Bajaur, gave fresh evidence of how closely entwined the paths of the two . . .
- Racism Enters The Race (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 04, 2006)
It's that time of year. A nip is in the air, the football season is nearly halfway over, the holidays are almost upon us and right on schedule — just before the Nov. 7 elections — the airwaves are full of racially tinged politicking. Republicans and . .
- Capital Clamp-Down (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 04, 2006)
The unseemly events in the capital in the wake of traders' protest against sealing of their premises and the three-day hartal show up the country as "a noisy democracy," warts and all.
- 10 Dyeing Units Sealed In Panipat On Pollution Charges (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
In its special drive against polluting industries, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board has sealed as many as 10 dyeing units on charges of releasing contaminating effluents.
- Peoples' Experiments In Politics (Hindu, MUKUL SHARMA, Nov 03, 2006)
The proposed India Social Forum in Delhi from November 9 to 13 marks an initiative to further advance the movement against neo-liberal globalisation, sectarian politics, casteism, patriarchy, and militarisation.
- A Hopelessly Lost Cause (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 03, 2006)
For a lame-duck Prime Minister desperately in search of a respectable legacy, Tuesday's vote in the House of Commons on a cross-party motion demanding a thorough inquiry into Iraq invasion and its aftermath could not have come at a more awkward time.
- Law-Abiding, Yet Treated As Criminals (Hindu, Henry Porter, Nov 03, 2006)
Guilty until proven innocent now seems to be the watchword of the British Government.
- Hindu Obcs Are Only 30pc Of Population (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Nov 03, 2006)
The latest findings of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) have the potential to demolish many myths, hitherto influencing the country's socio-political order.
- The Phantom Returns (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 03, 2006)
It’s not just American comic-strips like the Phantom which are caught in a time warp where a masked Caucasian in violet tights carries the white man’s burden by looking after the native pygmies.
- A Certificate In Empowerment For Rural Women (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
A profusion of colours brightens a dull November morning in the Capital as the eyes feast on reds, mustards, greens and magentas of women in odhnis, brand new saris and salwar kameezes.
- Picking Up From A Past (Hindu, TARA KASHYAP , Nov 03, 2006)
The era of the Hoysala kings is considered the golden age in the development of art, architecture and religion of Karnataka. In the Suvarna Karnataka year we remember them for their contributions to the Kannada land .
- Mp Bypoll: Setback For Uma As Bjp Wins Both Seats (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Nov 03, 2006)
Uma Bharati suffered a serious setback on her home turf today when her fledgling Bharatiya Janshakti Party lost the by-elections to Bada Malhera and Vidisha.
- The Jamshedpur Model For India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2006)
The move spearheaded by the Jharkhand BJP MLA, Raghubar Das, to take over the administration of Jamshedpur town from the Tatas (IE, October 30), must be seen in conjunction with the collapse of basic civic amenities in each of our cities.
- Us Poised To Elect First Socialist Senator (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
Amid the furious debate over Iraq and the speculation that George Bush may be a lame duck after next Tuesday's mid-term elections, an extraordinary political milestone is approaching
- Unep, Yale, Publishers Launch Online Access To Research In The Environment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
Available to scientists, policy makers in the developing world for free or at nominal cost
It will have one of the largest collections of peer-reviewed journals
Portal presented in English, Spanish and French
- Bmic: Supreme Court Rejects State's Petition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
No setback for the Government, says Kumaraswamy
State to seek legal expertise
Steps to be taken to protect land of poor
- Counting, Counting And Adding Up To Nothing (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2006)
The Sachar Committee is not the first in independent India to look at the state of Muslims. The Gopal Singh Committee had done the same 26 years ago, and told the same story. So why are we shocked?
- War On Terror In Asia: Everyone Is A Loser (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2006)
The nuclear testing by North Korea, the passing of the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the US and the fourth anniversary of the October 12, 2002 terrorist attacks on Bali, and the growing unpopularity of the war in Iraq in the US, should be . . .
- Disaster Or A Hard Place? (Indian Express, Harsh V. Pant, Nov 03, 2006)
The US is fighting a losing war in Iraq. But withdrawal will have intolerable consequences for Iraq and the world.
- Rbi Keeping A Hawk Eye On Foreign Banks (Indian Express, DEV CHATTERJEE, Nov 03, 2006)
The Indian Central bank is keeping a close eye on the foreign banks which are soliciting new business through their non-banking finance arms. Foreign banks are at present restricted from opening new branches as per the Reserve Bank India (RBI) norms.
- Doctor Needles (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 03, 2006)
PM’s uncharacteristic political barb is proof how much the BJP needs to rediscover itself
- Imranas Of The World, Unite (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Nov 03, 2006)
Imrana, who finally saw justice done by the country's criminal law enforcement system, continues to face injustice from the clerics of her own community.
- Gazprom To Double Georgia Charges (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
Russian energy giant Gazprom has said it will more than double prices of gas supplies to Georgia from 2007.
- Caste, Class And New Ways Of Looking At Indian Society (Telegraph, Suhrita Saha, Nov 03, 2006)
André Béteille, a sociologist par excellence, has produced works of consistent eminence for the past four decades.
- Battle Ground (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 03, 2006)
Calcutta, as its keepers often like to remind themselves, is a city of traditions. One of the most important among these is certainly the Book Fair.
- Bush Defends Rumsfeld And The War (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
With less than a week before the election, President George W. Bush sought to rally Republican voters with a vigorous defense of the war in Iraq and a vow to keep Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in office until the end of Bush's term.
- Democrats Could Give Allies An Exit Strategy (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
A strong showing by the Democrats in U.S. elections Tuesday would embolden European critics of President George W. Bush's Iraq policy and could help transform Washington's already reluctant allies into a coalition of the unwilling, political . . .
- Opposition In Disarray (Dawn, Tahir Mirza, Nov 03, 2006)
It is often the case that in an authoritarian or a military-dominated system, criticism of the opposition, which is already suppressed by the state machinery, tends to be muted.
- High Court Ruling Saves Us From Undemocratic 'People's Initi (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
The decision by the Supreme Court last Oct. 26 to junk the so-called People’s Initiative to amend the Philippine Constitution and transform current American-style presidential system of government into a parliamentary system was a great relief and . ..
- Pollock's 'No. 5, 1948' Commands Record Price For A Painting (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
When Jackson Pollock, the troubled and alcoholic American painter, dribbled paint on to a bare board laid on the floor of his Long Island studio nearly 60 years ago, he may or may not have wondered what kind of money might one day be paid for it.
- Un Compromise Shows Limits To Us Power (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
A compromise reached between Venezuela and Guatemala over a United Nations Security Council seat they both wanted means that Panama will take the coveted two-year post instead.
- Singapore Haze This Year Worst For Nearly A Decade (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
The haze that turned Singapore skies gray for much of the past month was the worst since 1997, the National Environment Agency said Thursday.
- China Aims To Increase Its Clout In Africa (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
Billboards show elephants and giraffes stalking the savanna. Traffic has been curtailed, construction sites shut down and the sky rendered tantalizingly, if temporarily, blue.
- Negative Ads Are Top Issues In Key Senate Races (USA Today.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
Negative advertising certainly is nothing new in competitive political races. But this season, two states with hypercompetitive Senate races–in Tennessee and Missouri–have seen two of the season's most controversial ads.
- Bush Hits Gop Outposts, Dems Optimistic (USA Today.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
President Bush, campaigner in chief for a party in peril, set out on a rescue mission for embattled candidates in the unlikeliest of places Thursday as Republicans struggled to minimize their losses in next week's elections.
- German Muslims Praise American Diplomat's Style (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
The last time high schoolers in Berlin's Neukölln district made headlines was this spring, when teachers wrote an official letter to politicians essentially declaring a state of emergency over a violent student body - 80 percent of whom come from . . .
- China Woos Africa For Trading Partners (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
For Chinese officials, this weekend's summit here of more than 40 African leaders is a chance to celebrate Beijing's booming economic ties with the continent.
- China And Africa, Then And Now (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
It was early 1964 and I was doing postgraduate work at the University of Khartoum in Sudan. John F. Kennedy, symbol for many in Africa of all that was best about America, had been recently assassinated.
- Mess In Bangladesh (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Nov 03, 2006)
Whatever may be said of the grim political and constitutional crisis in Bangladesh, it can in no way be called a surprise.
- Taking The Pm For A Ride (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 03, 2006)
If a Cabinet reshuffle is the government’s idea of driving out bad vaastu that may exist around the Prime Minister, it may be time for a quick re-reshuffle.
- Retire Them At 60 (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 03, 2006)
While Indians live longer than before, the Punjab Government has reportedly dropped the move to raise the age of retirement of its employees from 58 to 60.
- Both Sides Push Hard In Final-Days Effort (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
Just days before crucial midterm elections, the latest polls and analyses continue to point to broad Democratic gains, but President George W. Bush tried Thursday to shore up vulnerable Republican candidates in the West as both parties poured . . .
- Wto: India Must Focus On People Movement (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Nov 03, 2006)
India should demand loosening of patent protection under TRIPS and freer movement of natural persons under GATS in the WTO, instead of harping on farm issues.
- Mischief In Nepal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 03, 2006)
The meeting between India's Ambassador to Nepal, Mr Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, and Chairman Prachanda of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) at the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu earlier this week was entirely uncalled for.
- Oil Workers Seized Off Nigeria (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
A Briton has been kidnapped from an oil ship off the Nigerian coast, company sources said.
- World's Seafood Stock Depleting, Study Says (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
An international group of ecologists and economists warned yesterday that the world will run out of seafood by 2048 if steep declines in marine species continue at current rates, based on a four-year study of catch data and the effects of fisheries . . .
- Crime & Punishment (Times of India, ARCHANA JAHAGIRDAR, Nov 03, 2006)
Santosh Singh, the man who raped and then killed Priyadarshini Mattoo, has been handed the death penalty. So has Afzal Guru. But this piece isn't about to add its two bits to the death penalty versus life imprisonment debate but to raise an entirely . . .
- America’S “Pay To Play” Democracy (Tribune, Johann Hari, Nov 03, 2006)
If we believe the opinion polls, it is tempting for the watching world to chill out, cheer as the Democrats reclaim at least one branch of the American state, and assume that after Katrina, after Fallujah, sanity is being slowly restored.
- Bangladesh Election Chief To Stay On, Provokes Anger (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Bangladesh's Chief Election Commissioner says he has been asked to stay on to oversee next year's poll, raising the spectre of renewed violence after the former Opposition accused him of bias.
- Democrats Surge In Run-Up To Crucial Us Polls (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Nov 02, 2006)
A week before the US Congressional elections, President George W Bush's Republican Party is fighting with its back to the wall as one opinion poll after another points to a strong Democratic surge.
- Against Common Sense (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Nov 02, 2006)
I had persuaded myself that I had said my last word on the burqa in last week’s column when an Australian imam of Egyptian extraction, Taj Din al-Hilali, delivered a sermon in Sydney in which he suggested that the Lebanese Australians who had . . .
- Lula Bounces Back (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 02, 2006)
With the re-election of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as President of Brazil with about 60 per cent of the vote in his favour, it hardly seems to matter that he had to go through the inconvenience of a second round run-off.
- Legislative Council Elections: K. Laxmaiah Is Ngos' Candidate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
The Andhra Pradesh NGOs Association has announced the candidature of K. Laxmaiah for the ensuing elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council from the Hyderabad Graduates' constituency.
- Blair Survives Vote On Iraq Probe (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Nov 02, 2006)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair survived a close vote on Iraq in the Commons on Tuesday night, but suffered the humiliation of seeing as many as 24 of his own MPs not voting for the Government despite a party whip.
- N. Korea Back To Talks (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 02, 2006)
North Korea agreeing to return to the six-nation talks on its controversial nuclear programme is a welcome development, though it is on the expected lines.
- A Challenge Before Europe (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Nov 02, 2006)
The 27 member European Union, stretching from the shores of the Atlantic to the Baltic republics, encompasses a region where economic integration and a growing consensus on foreign and security challenges are replacing old animosities and prejudices.
- Individual And Society (Deccan Herald, Acharya Mahaprajna, Nov 02, 2006)
Socially-oriented individuals and individually-oriented societies are what really matter and in such societies there can be proper development.
- Moment Of Truth Looms For Us (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Nov 02, 2006)
But for someone like Mr Bush who says he has both a vision and legacy to pass on, his remaining two years in the job becomes that much more difficult if control of the legislature passes into the hands of a hostile majority.
- ``Shgs, Women Key To Nrega Success'' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Women's participation in social auditing is vital, says Sonia Gandhi
"If money is spent judiciously it can change the face and lives of rural India"
Government committed to implementation of the policies for uplift of the poor.
- Nreg Struggles To Meet Targets (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Ten months after its launch, the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) scheme has failed to impress the central employment guarantee council even as the Rural Development Ministry is terming the scheme a great success.
- Europe Unites To Fight Jihad (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Nov 02, 2006)
The twenty-seven member European Union, stretching from the Atlantic to the Baltic Republics, encompasses a region where economic integration and a growing consensus on foreign and security challenges are replacing old animosities and prejudices.
- Arbiters Of Morality (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 02, 2006)
The French have long believed in themselves as one of the supreme arbiters of the moral history of humanity, as exercising a unique civilising mission on less fortunate parts of the world, and the ardour with which they cling to an exalted vision of . . .
- Azad’S Report Card: But Where’S The Politics? (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Nov 02, 2006)
After one year as J&K CM, Ghulam Nabi Azad comes across only as an efficient administrator. His tenure has seen a weakening of the Indo-Pak peace process
- Kerry Offers Apology; Cancels Appearances (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
issued two apologies for remarks that seemed to impugn U.S. troops and abandoned his public schedule yesterday, but he denounced what he called the "campaign of smear and fear" against him as the surreal sequel to the 2004 presidential election . . .
- Pricing The Pol Less Painfully (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Nov 02, 2006)
President Musharraf has stressed the need to facilitate the common man’s access to resources through broadening the economic opportunities.
- Bangladesh On The Boil (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Nov 02, 2006)
If BNP and the Jamaat alliance come back to power through rigging, it will have serious repercussions for India, says Hiranmay Karlekar
- Customsfines Itc For Waste Paper Imports (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
ITC Ltd, one of India’s biggest private sector companies, was caught by the Customs here importing waste paper mixed with hazardous municipal waste.
- Guatemala-Venezuela Tiff: Un Suspends Vote For Seat (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
With no end in sight to the battle between Guatemala and Venezuela over a UN SC seat, the UN General Assembly suspended voting in the hope that the two countries could work out a compromise.
- Like 'Uncovered Meat' (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Nov 02, 2006)
From Minneapolis to Melbourne, via Delhi, self-appointed custodians of the faith are peddling perversion as Islamic injunction. Yet, there's no voice of protest
- Press Digest-Financial Times, Wall St Journal Asia Editions (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
The Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal carried the following stories in their Asia print and/or Web site editions on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- Global Warning (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 02, 2006)
With the British Government issuing a report that indicts the US and China for activities that have resulted in a "natural calamity on the scale of world wars and the Great Depression of the late 1920s and early '30s", UK's growing dissatisfaction . . .
- Special Article (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 02, 2006)
The landmark judgment by the Supreme Court in the Prakash Singh V Union of India case marks the beginning of a move to insulate the police from extraneous political pressures and influence and allow it to function with some measure of autonomy and . . .
- A Milestone In Our Sectarian War (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 02, 2006)
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has sentenced to death two members of the banned sectarian outfit, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, for killing six Shia employees of the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Organisation (Suparco) in 2003 in Karachi.
- Stubborn Afrikaner, Unabashed Defender Of Apartheid (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 02, 2006)
South Africa's last hard-line White President Pieter Willem Botha, who till his last day remained a "symbol of apartheid," died on October 31 at his home in the wilderness on the south coast. He was 90.
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