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Articles 1021 through 1120 of 26693:
- President Takes Over In Bangladesh (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Oct 30, 2006)
Opposition terms it `most unfortunate'
Dr. Ahmed's move may plunge the country into further chaos, say analysts
Dhaka under siege by opposition for the second day.
- Non-Devolution Of Powers To Civic Bodies Draws Flak (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
PMK leader urges administration to emulate Tamil Nadu
- Brazil's President Roars Back To Win Vote (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Overcoming a series of corruption and political scandals that tarred his image and undermined his credibility, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil won a landslide re-election victory in a runoff vote on Sunday.
- Sandinista Comeback Alarms U.S. (Hindu, Rory Carroll , Oct 30, 2006)
Daniel ortega is a hair's breadth from regaining power in Nicaragua and staging one of Latin America's most remarkable political comebacks, according to new opinion polls.
- Brazil's President Lula Wins Re-Election (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Brazilians re-elected President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with just over 60 per cent support, according to partial results based on 80 per cent of the ballots of Sunday's run-off election.
- Dhaka Discord (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 30, 2006)
A slow-motion crisis is unfolding in an already politically dysfunctional Bangladesh. Retired Chief Justice KM Hasan, the person who was to take over as interim head of government, and whose task is to conduct the elections before January . . .
- No Breakthrough For Colombo, Ltte (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 30, 2006)
The two-day talks between the Sri Lanka Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ended in Geneva on Sunday without an agreement on any of the issues or future engagement.
- Maoists Give King Breather Till Polls (Telegraph, J. HEMANTH, Oct 30, 2006)
Maoist rebels who have been campaigning for abolition of the institution of monarchy have now agreed to allow Nepal’s King Gyanendra to continue as the constitutional monarch till next June’s constituent assembly elections.
- Rising Speculation Grips Commodities Market (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Oct 30, 2006)
The National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) shut down twice on Saturday, causing several commodity prices to plummet to their lower circuit breaker.
- Bangla President Takes Charge (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
President Iajuddin Ahmed was Sunday sworn in as head of a caretaker government that will oversee
- Gathering Storm (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 30, 2006)
There is never a silly season in Bangladesh, a small country with big obsessions.
- Turn In The South (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 30, 2006)
The news about two Pakistani terrorists affiliated to Al Badr Mujahideen being arrested by the police in Mysore last Thursday night indicates the extent to which jihadis have infiltrated India's southern States, especially Karnataka.
- Talks On To End Dhaka Political Impasse (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Bangladesh for a third day on Sunday, as the president worked to end a political stalemate over who should lead a caretaker government to oversee upcoming elections.
- Provincial Legislators’ Tales Strike A Chord With Us Senator (Statesman, Devirupa Mitra, Oct 30, 2006)
Friction, frustration and competition ~ provincial legislators across the world are able to share these emotions among their counterparts, working at the grassroots, but still having to look over their shoulder at the big shadow of the centre.
- A Tough Fight Lies Ahead (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 30, 2006)
We have three crucial Assembly elections coming up in Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Punjab.
- Sonia: I’Ll Convince Opponents (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Admitting that there was opposition to the women’s reservation bill from "some colleagues in the Congress" and other constituents of the UPA, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said she would make efforts to convince those were against the measure.
- Needed: A South Asian Economic Union (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 30, 2006)
Bangladesh is rowdy, boisterous and drenched in fundamentalism. But it is a democracy all right. Liberals are divided but they speak out against fanaticism in one voice.
- Hanging In The Balance (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 30, 2006)
The fate of the Protection of Women Bill continues to hang in the balance.
- On Campaign Stop, Bush Rallies Loyalists (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
After months of fundraising, President Bush plunged into retail politicking for the first time this campaign season, telling a raucous crowd of several thousand Republican partisans on Saturday that the Democrats would raise taxes and retreat from . . .
- Bush Still A Hot Commodity In Some Places (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
For all the talk about the political baggage that President Bush carries this year, his stop in Indiana on Saturday showed that he could still turn on — and, White House strategists say, turn out — the most faithful party voters.
- Strong Loan Demand Lifts Dbs Earnings (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Dbs Group Holdings, which owns DBS Bank, said Friday that net income was up 32 percent in the third quarter, driven by robust demand for loans as well as higher gains from capital market activities. Profit for the three months ended September 30 . . .
- Fighting Terrorism For Money (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Oct 30, 2006)
An official report released in Washington says Pakistan has received the lion’s share of a “total of $6.64 billion for 2002-2007 for the coalition fighting terrorism:
- Gop Strategists Puzzled By Bush Press Conference (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Republican strategists around Washington have a big question for President Bush and his handlers today:
- Iraqi Leader Critical Of U.S. Envoy (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
A festering grievance between Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and the United States escalated yesterday with Mr. al-Maliki telling President Bush that America's ambassador in Baghdad acts like a viceroy instead of a diplomat.
- Iraq Focus Of Steele-Cardin Tilt (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele and Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin this morning met in an hour-long, nationally televised debate on "Meet the Press," nine days before voters elect one to the U.S. Senate.
- Reforms Roiling Eastern Europe (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Anti-government rallies rock Budapest, the Hungarian capital. Political intrigue in Poland holds up new roads and housing.
- Gulf Investors Urged To Cash In On India Boom (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Bahraini and other Gulf investors should make use of India's ideal investment climate, said a top Indian government official.
- A Case For Guidelines (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Oct 30, 2006)
Intelligence- The thrust should be on gathering information to tackle threats
- Mexican Federal Police, Backed By Army, Retake City (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Federal forces moved to take back this picturesque tourist town one cobblestone street at a time on Sunday, bashing through barricades and pushing back activists who had seized the downtown five months ago in an increasingly ugly dispute with the . . .
- Bangladesh President Sworn In As Interim Government Chief (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Bangladesh’s president has been sworn in as head of a caretaker government to oversee national elections, sparking fears of fresh violence between supporters of rival political parties.
- Saddam Verdict May Be Delayed - Prosecutor (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
A court trying Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity could delay its verdict by a few days, the chief prosecutor said on Sunday, in a move that would shift the announcement until after US midterm elections.
- Us Urged To Open Talks With Iran (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Ahmad Chalabi, a former Pentagon favourite who was once Iraq's deputy prime minister, urged the United States to open talks with Iran, saying that it could help reduce sectarian violence in Iraq and allow US forces to withdraw.
- Us Looks For Honourable Iraq Exit Strategy (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The Bush administration seems to have given up its aim of moulding Iraq into a democracy of its liking and is now looking for an honourable exit strategy, experts say.
- Personality Test For All-India Services (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Oct 30, 2006)
Up until the early-1960s, the marks obtained by candidates for All-India services such as the IAS and IFS in the personality test (as distinguished from a mere interview) played a decisive role in the selection process.
- Race For Identity (Nepali Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
The restoration of democracy in April has prompted Nepal’s plethora of ethnic, regional and linguistic groups to press for self-determination and autonomy.
- Kharge Dares Kumaraswamy To Refer Charges To Cbi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Chief Minister accused of indulging in blackmailing tactics
- Dmk Keen To Uphold Alliance Dharma, Says Karunanidhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Joins issue with PMK founder S. Ramadoss on cross-voting
- Cpi (M) To Take Stock Of Its Shortcomings (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
To carry out a mid-term appraisal of progress
- Little Progress On Doha Round (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 30, 2006)
The situation today is not favourable for a resolution of the problems facing the Doha Round but one coloured deeply by attempts to forge bilateral trade ties.
- Enter Barack Obama (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2006)
If the Democrats are to be something more than merely the Bash Bush party in the coming years, they must not just win next month’s elections, crucial though that is.
- Talks On To Defuse Bangladesh Political Crisis (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed consulted feuding party leaders today to try to defuse a mounting crisis over forming a caretaker government to steer the nation through to January general elections.
- China's Support For Ban May Dent India's Chances (Times of India, SAIBAL DASGUPTA, Oct 30, 2006)
Ban Ki-moon, the newly elected UN secretary-general, has acknowledged that he received 'extensive help and support'from China in the race for the top post.
- Brazil's President Roars Back To Win Vote (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Overcoming a series of corruption and political scandals that tarred his image and undermined his credibility, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil won a landslide re-election victory in a runoff vote on Sunday.
- Federal Police Step In Over Mexico Unrest (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Five months after leftist protesters occupied the center of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, President Vicente Fox sent federal security forces this weekend to resolve a deadly conflict that has stained the image of a town famed for its colonial facades . . .
- Wind Kos Power To Thousands In The East (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Thousands of homes and businesses had no electricity Sunday from Maryland to Maine as a storm system blasted the region with winds gusting to more than 50 mph, knocking over trees and a construction crane. The storm was blamed for at least two deaths.
- Mexican Police Storm Embattled Oaxaca (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Federal police backed by armored vehicles and water cannons tore down barricades and stormed embattled Oaxaca on Sunday, seizing control of the city center from protesters who had held it for five months.
- Tongue Twist Of Fate (Indian Express, JAITHIRTH RAO , Oct 30, 2006)
The familiar adage is that there are many Indias. Given our ancient Indic obsession with pairs of opposites, our academic and popular journals are full of bi-polar descriptions.
- Mexican Police Move To Retake Southern City (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Federal forces moved to take back this picturesque tourist town one cobblestone street at a time on Sunday, bashing through barricades and pushing back activists who had seized the downtown five months ago in an increasingly ugly dispute with the . . .
- India Wants Free, Fair Elections In Bangladesh (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed consulted feuding party leaders today to try to defuse a mounting crisis over forming a caretaker government to steer the nation through to January general elections.
- Which Party Can Get Voters To The Polls? (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2006)
Here's Rick Santorum's plan to close his challenger's big lead in the polls and pull off a surprise win next week: a phone bank staffed with a half-dozen die-hard volunteers in this Philadelphia suburb.
- Abounding In Hidden Dangers... (Deccan Herald, Christine Krishnasami, Oct 29, 2006)
The title of the book is meant to be symbolic, but the symbol that emerges is quite the contrary.
- Man Of Mettle (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
Ramnath Goenka blazed a trail in newspaper industry as no other Indian press baron has ever done. The intrepid owner of the Indian Express group of newspapers outwitted those in power who tried to arm-twist him.
- Brit Wit On A Bus (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
As you are taken on a tour of London, the guides have a memorable way of mixing historical information with slapstick comedy.
- Violence After Aiadmk Candidate Is Declared Winner (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
Re-poll proposed for Madurai East panchayat union
- Dmk Wins Komarapalayam Municipality (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam retained the Komarapalayam chairmanship on Saturday when its nominee S. Sekar, who was elected from Ward 13, won the post.
- Protests Rock Bangladesh (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Oct 29, 2006)
Opposition ultimatum as caretaker nominee declines power
- The Storyteller Of Mayyazhi Goes Global (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
The celebrated Malayalam writer M Mukundan is credited with heralding a new existentialist and creative literary anarchy in the 60s.
- A Strategic Impasse? (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 29, 2006)
India will soon have to fight its own war against a force oozing with confidence
- Iraq Combat Deaths Spike (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Unrelenting daily attacks in Baghdad and the western province of Anbar have made October the deadliest month of the Iraq war for U.S. troops in combat since the all-out American offensives on Fallujah in April and November of 2004, according to U.S. . . .
- Bush Signs Law To Build Border Fence (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
President Bush yesterday signed a law committing to build nearly 700 miles of fence along the U.S.-Mexico border -- although less than 24 hours earlier, he told conservative writers that he doesn't see immigration as a major issue in this year's campaign.
- Taliban Using Human Shields (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
President Bush and NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer today discussed how the Taliban has begun using Afghan civilians as human shields.
- As Us Gets Ready To Vote, World Has Other Things On Its Mind (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The US mid-term elections offer enough drama to intrigue even the most casual news junky - a mix of power, war, corruption and sex that would make a Hollywood producer giddy.
- Dr Congo Leader To Accept Results (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
DR Congo leader to accept results
President Kabila secured 45% support in the first round
President Joseph Kabila has told the BBC he will accept the result of the run-off election in the Democratic Republic of Congo "without question".
- Without Ego (Deccan Herald, Swami Sukhabodhananda, Oct 28, 2006)
One’s consciousness gets imprisoned by one’s own personal philosophy of life and hence, it is not open to cosmic life. In the process, one misses cosmic beauty.
- Bypoll May Show Up Coalition Rift (Deccan Herald, Ramakrishna Upadhya, Oct 28, 2006)
Is the marriage of convenience between the BJP and the JD(S), which is mostly confined to the top echelons of leadership, coming to an abrupt end even before it completes one year in office?
- Bangladesh Power Shift Postponed (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The swearing-in ceremony of a caretaker administration in Bangladesh has been postponed amid street clashes between government and opposition supporters.
- Face Off (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 28, 2006)
The procedure is complicated and could go either way.
- Iraq Reality Check (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 28, 2006)
If there was good news from President Bush’s news conference Wednesday, it’s that the president is not adopting a bunker mentality and is addressing the deteriorating conditions in Iraq.
- Bush Seizes On Gay Marriage (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
President George Bush is seizing on a New Jersey Supreme Court ruling this week offering full marriage rights to gays and lesbians in hopes of galvanising the dispirited conservative base of the Republican Party just 10 days from crucial mid-term . . .
- Nato Blames Taliban For Deaths (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
The NATO secretary general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, blamed the Taliban on Friday for NATO killings of Afghan civilians, saying the Islamist militia was taking "human shields" to ward off attacks, the White House said.
- End Of An Era As Ghulam Ishaq Khan Laid To Rest (Frontier Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Former President Ghulam Ishaq Khan died here Friday morning at the age of 91. He was suffering from Pneumonia for the past three months.
- For Many Americans, The Voting Is Already Over (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
It's nearly Election Day, and campaigns are strategizing about last-minute tactics. In some races candidates are preparing for their final debate.
- Former Pak Army Chief Tells A Cia Tale (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 28, 2006)
Pakistan’s former chief of army staff Mirza Aslam Beg has revealed that he was among a group of army officers trained by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the 1950s as a “stay behind organisation” that would melt into the population if ever . . .
- Party And Government (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 28, 2006)
One of the imperceptible threats to democracy in India is the gradual but unmistakable blurring of the division between the government and the party. At first sight, the separation of the two appears to be self-evident.
- Mistaken Liberals (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 28, 2006)
have been living in the eastern United States this fall, at a time when the botched invasion of Iraq dominates the public discourse. I am based in a (mostly liberal) university, where defenders of the war-makers — George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, . ..
- Vote With Your Feet (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 28, 2006)
The strike by employees of nationalised banks on Friday was less disruptive than would have been the case even a decade earlier.
- Low Expectations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 28, 2006)
The agenda for Geneva talks is not clear.
- Bush Oks 700-Mile Security Fence (Chicago Sun Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
President Bush signed a bill Thursday authorizing 700 miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to give Republican candidates a pre-election platform for asserting they're tough on illegal immigration.
- Vajpayee To Canvass In Up Civic Polls For Jittery Bjp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 28, 2006)
Secret surveys by the BJP have brought home the bad news — the saffron party will be reduced to more than half its strength in Uttar Pradesh when the state goes to the assembly polls before May next year.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 28, 2006)
The reality has “rattled”. The Prime Minister’s accepting that “perhaps even more than external aggression we need to be concerned with internal security” amounts to more than a grim message.
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