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Articles 16421 through 16520 of 26693:
- The System That Failed (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 11, 2005)
Every so often I find someone arguing that the present disarray in our government and politics will not go away unless we adopt a presidential system. But no one has spelled out the relevant specifics and told us what kind of a presidential system . . .
- Shaukat Consolidates Pml Also (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 11, 2005)
PRIME Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that PML President Ch Shujaat Hussain is leading the party effectively and that he has the support of ‘all of us’ in this connection. Talking to newsmen in Islamabad on Friday, he said that the affairs of the party....
- Seven Cops, Five Taliban Killed In Afghan Assault (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Seven police officers and five Taliban fighters have been killed during an assault on government offices in southern Afghanistan.
- New Police Act Must Protect, Not Impede, Freedom (Tribune, Mandeep Tiwana, Dec 11, 2005)
At the passing out parade of the 57th Batch of IPS probationers at Sardar Vallabhbai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad recently, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil announced that a new Police Act was on the way.
- Blair Game (Dawn, E. J. Dionne Jr., Dec 11, 2005)
In democratic countries, the true mark of a politician’s triumph is not whether he transforms his own political party. It’s whether he forces the opposition to renovate itself and become tweedledum to mimic his own success as tweedledee.
- Economy Alone Won’T Do (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Dec 11, 2005)
A brief comment on Gen Musharraf’s six years in power with which most people would tend to agree is: economically a success, administratively a failure and politically an unmitigated disaster.
- Growing Concern For The Environment (Dawn, Akhtar Mahmud Faruqui, Dec 11, 2005)
About a week ago the world witnessed a sudden surge in concern for the environment. Environmentalists occupied centre stage in 30 countries as they staged vociferous marches from Sydney to London to urge governments to lower emissions of heat- trapping...
- Forward Bloc Politics (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 11, 2005)
Dissidence within political parties is not a phenomenon peculiar to Pakistan. It is more common here and based more on personal grievances than principles because of the unrepresentative and undemocratic way in which the country has been governed . . .
- B'desh- Beware Of 1971 Traitors (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 11, 2005)
A few days after Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia appealed to Opposition Awami League’s (AL’s) leader Sheikh Hasina to join hands to fight the rising jehadi terror in the country,
- As Microsoft Fails To Make Headway In New Software – Bill Gates Tries To Woo Indian Students To Find Some Answers To His Frustration (India Daily, Harish Baliga, Dec 11, 2005)
Bill Gates is in India. But Microsoft with huge resources and power – almost a monopoly has miserably failed to create any success in the world of software in the last five years.
- India's Highway Modernization (New York Times, AMY WALDMAN, Dec 11, 2005)
Amy Waldman answers questions from readers about her series of four articles on India's highway modernization.
- In Footsteps Of Enlightened One In Vizag (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
The existence of centuries-old Buddhist sites in Vizag is bound to interest both tourists and historians, writes V Guhan.
- Indian Women’S Movement Has Had Many Avatars (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 11, 2005)
The very fact that the issue of women carrying a large share of social and economic burden without commensurate rights is acknowledged now, shows the success of the women’s movement in South Asia in general and India in particular,
- A Sigh Of Relief As Storm Crosses Coast (Hindu, K.Subramanian, Dec 11, 2005)
However, samba crops which farmers hoped to revive took a beating following heavy rain
Not much damage in Nagapattinam
Evacuated residents return
Sirkazhi recorded maximum rain
Special teams posted for relief work
- Invisible At The Top (Hindu, C.V. MADHAVI, Dec 11, 2005)
Why aren't women making their presence felt at the senior managerial levels and top posts of public sector units?
- Karzai Appoints Mujaddedi, Fahim To Afghan Upper House (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday decreed the appointment of 34 people, already cleared by the Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB), to the Meshrano Jirga (upper house of parliament).
- Discriminatory Law (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 11, 2005)
The proposed amendment to the Constitution, to ensure reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students in private unaided professional institutions, does enjoy support cross-party support in Parliament.
- Mayawati’S Touch Of Caste (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Dec 10, 2005)
The BSP’s victory in the recent state assembly by-elections in Uttar Pradesh is surprising, notwithstanding the fact that it comes soon after the party’s majestic performance in the Zila Panchayat elections.
- Omar To Teach Afghan Mps (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
National Conference president Omar Abdullah is flying to Kabul tomorrow to participate in an orientation programme for newly elected Parliamentarians in Afghanistan, a first Kashmiri leader to visit that country after the US-led coalition overthrew . . .
- Forgetting Sheikh Abdullah At 100 ! (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Dec 10, 2005)
''It happens only in India'' That's the refrain of a song picturised some years ago on the late Amrish Puri.
- The Man In The Middle (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Dec 10, 2005)
Nehru was an intelligent man who led an interesting life in most interesting times. And he could write.
- Rhetorics And Reality Of Human Rights (Daily Excelsior, Jagjit Singh, Dec 10, 2005)
''Instruments of political oppression still threaten many thousands of people. The number believed to be incarcerated without a fair trial is quite high in some countries. In many cases oppressive states use the police and military to repress people . . .
- Dual Power Centres (Daily Excelsior, Arun Nehru, Dec 10, 2005)
Natwar Singh has resigned but look at all the pain and suffering over the last forty days as confusion and chaos prevails between the dual power center's = PM who has no power to 'act' and another power center [Sonia Gandhi] who runs away from
- Buddhadeb Calls For Land Reforms Across India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Second International Congress on Kerala Studies begins in Thiruvananthapuram
- Iraq Invasion Was A Bandit Act: Harold Pinter (Tribune, Ciar Byrne, Dec 10, 2005)
Harold Pinter was not able to deliver his Nobel literature laureate’s lecture in person in Stockholm on Thursday (Dec 7), but his pre-recorded speech was a characteristically impassioned critique of the Anglo-American decision to go to war in Iraq.
- Asean Ministers Urge Myanmar Democracy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Asean foreign ministers feel that Myanmar, as a fellow bloc member, must show some developments on the roadmap to democracy if they are to defend the isolated state, Malaysian foreign minister Syed Hamid Albar said today ahead of next week’s Asean Summit.
- Hurdles In Way Of Growth (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 10, 2005)
Whatever constraints (to growth) are there, are internal: constraints imposed by our polity, our social structures, our regional imbalances, our ability to handle inequity and our ability to take hard but essential decisions.'
- Democracy Undermined (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
The Cabinet's decision on a Constitutional amendment to explicitly provide for quotas in educational institutions not receiving aid from the government is an example of the populism that political parties are nothing loath to adopt, never mind . . .
- Apollo Likely To Buy Out Samudra Hospital (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
The Apollo Hospitals board will meet on Monday to consider acquisition of a hospital.
- Generation Ex (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 10, 2005)
Geriatrics are becoming history Left and Right. What are they doing in the Congress, at the expense of young talent?
- Egypt's New Dilemma (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Dec 10, 2005)
Hidden agenda of social intolerance, repression of women suspected
Brotherhood says it wants political reform
- In Defence Of The Drama Queen (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Dec 10, 2005)
I’m going to come right out and say this at the very beginning — so now is the time to let your jaws drop if you are going to look incredulous — but I am completely on Uma Bharti’s side.
- Struggles In Afghanistan (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 10, 2005)
Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan three months ago resulted in the most unlikely of career moves for many of the candidates. Once they were warlords or Taliban fighters; now they are legislators who can craft policy to rebuild the country they . . .
- The Year That Was... (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Dec 10, 2005)
It was the coldest winter I can recall: late winter monsoon added dampness to the chill to usher in morning mists.
- Truth Dawns On Americans (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Dec 10, 2005)
The debate on the Iraq war has begun among Americans and the opinion polls are against Bush
- Lotus Stemmed (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 10, 2005)
Three chief ministers in less than three years. This is what has happened in Madhya Pradesh, where the BJP, after a landslide win during the last assembly polls in 2003, is now facing a revolt from within.
- Boom By The Brahmaputra (Indian Express, Ashok Malik, Dec 10, 2005)
Travelling through Assam, Ashok Malik experiences an enormous pent-up consumer energy, just waiting to blow out the shortage economy
- A Forgotten Kashmiri Leader (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 10, 2005)
Sheikh Abdullah, whose birth centenary is being celebrated this month, has not been given his due in India, much less in Kashmir from where he hailed.
- Women Cab Drivers To Greet Tourists (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
BJP President L K Advani on Friday strongly criticised the manner in which the Manmohan Singh government is being run and expressed his doubts over how long the United Progressive Alliance could continue in power at the Centre.
- Karzai Makes Parliamentary Appointments (Washington Post, AMIR SHAH, Dec 10, 2005)
President Hamid Karzai has made his appointments to the upper house of Afghanistan's parliament, set to convene this month for the first time in over 30 years, officials said Friday
- We Won't Allow Centre To Bury Volcker: Advani (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
BJP president and Leader of Opposition LK Advani on Friday demanded that the UPA Government must constitute a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate the Iraqi Oil-for-Food scandal.
- Myths And Prejudices (Pioneer, N Jamal Ansari, Dec 10, 2005)
Mr KR Phanda thrives on controversies and his recent article, "Root cause of riots" (November 14) is no exception. Unfortunately, some of his remarks concerning the two-nation theory and riots demand further debate.
- Congress Inc. (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 10, 2005)
Its 45 days since the United Nations Independent Inquiry Committee headed by Paul Volcker submitted its final report. Yet, we are nowhere near the answer to the central question: Was the Congress party as a whole engaged in trading activity with . . .
- Discriminatory Law (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 10, 2005)
The proposed amendment to the Constitution, to ensure reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students in private unaided professional institutions, does enjoy support cross-party support in Parliament.
- Probe Ram Naik's "Business" Delegation Too (Pioneer, CP Bhambhri, Dec 10, 2005)
The Volcker Commission of Inquiry was instituted by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to investigate into the irregularities, if any, during the implementation of the UN "Oil-for-Food" programme in Iraq.
- Protecting Human Rights (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
December 10 is the Human Rights Day. Human Rights are those rights which are inherent in every human being by virtue of being a member of the human family. These are nothing but what had been traditionally known as natural rights.
- India In Iter: All-Round Support Helped (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Dec 09, 2005)
To give the entire credit to the U.S. for India's inclusion in the prestigious project is misplaced.
- Coca Farmer Turned Saviour Of The Left (Hindu, Dan Glaister, Dec 09, 2005)
High up on the Bolivian altiplano near Lake Titicaca, an Aymara priest holds a green plastic lighter to a carved wooden cup containing strips of paper.
- Divine Tolerance (Dawn, Martin Jacques, Dec 09, 2005)
The past two or three years have marked a new moment in the global perception of China. There is suddenly a new awareness that encompasses both a recognition of China’s economic transformation and an understanding that, because of its huge size and . . .
- Iraq Bus Blast Claims 30 Lives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
U.S. soldier killed in attack on convoy
- A Case Of Peace Talks Through The Press? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 09, 2005)
Pakistan has time and again gone public with new proposals for a resolution of the dispute over Kashmir even as negotiations were going on with India.
- Governance Of Stock Exchanges (Dawn, Dr Tariq Hassan, Dec 09, 2005)
On November 29, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) issued directives to the Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad stock exchanges directing them to amend their constituting and governing documents to ensure that the chairperson . . .
- China: The Other Superpower? (Dawn, Martin Jacques, Dec 09, 2005)
The past two or three years have marked a new moment in the global perception of China. There is suddenly a new awareness that encompasses both a recognition of China’s economic transformation and an understanding that, because of its huge size and . . .
- Sectarianism Opposed By Manmohan (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today called for “more professionals in our legislatures who recognise the danger of dividing our people on the basis of religion or caste”.
- Cabinet Overhauled By Nepal King (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Four days after returning home from a foreign tour, Nepal’s King Gyanendra today evening announced a massive overhaul in his cabinet, axing several ministers, including one who had incurred the wrath of the Crown Prince.
- Liberhan Panel Sets Deadline For Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
"Last chance to express its view on masjid demolition" "... Who is the author of the [demolition] movement — BJP, RSS, VHP or the Shiv Sena? Let the Centre come out clear on its perception of those responsible for the incident"
- Bjp Headquarters Attacked (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Party calls for protest against attack; RSS denies role
- Garbage Menace Grips Jammu (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Dec 09, 2005)
The problem of growing garbage in Jammu city is highlighted in regular columns of dailies, weeklies and other print media.
- Sri Lanka Unveils Robin Hood Budget (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Sri Lanka's President today unveiled a robin hood style budget taxing companies, increasing import duties while offering subsidies to farmers and lower-grade employees.
- Setting The Priority Right (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The change in fortune is of course on account of the stunning outcome of the Bihar poll: it has recreated the opening the BJP had, in its mode of despondency, feared had closed for ever.
- All For Votes (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 09, 2005)
The tribal world of Jharkhand, it seems, is up for grabs. The sangh parivar and the left are competing for the soul — some would say, the votes — of the state’s tribal population.
- Wahhabi Islam: A M I Snomer (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal, Dec 09, 2005)
A rebel with acause, amission and amessage - V
Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal writes about the contribution of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab who rose in revolt against the socio-religious corruption prevalent during his times everywhere in Ottoman provinc
- Ghisingh Wins Again (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 09, 2005)
Subash Ghisingh wanted three things from a new tripartite agreement — and on Tuesday he managed to get all three. The first was more funds by virtually blackmailing the Centre and the state into agreeing to bring the Council under the Sixth Schedule . . .
- Terror Groups Targeting J&k's Political System (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 09, 2005)
Interrogation shows evidence of Lashkar efforts to plant operatives Using cash, coercion and common political interests, terrorists have sought to build affiliations to protect their overground sympathisers
- India Stalls Iran Envoy’S Visit To Kashmir : Shift In Me Policy Seen (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
India has taken an unusually tough stance with Iran by insisting that its ambassador to New Delhi, S.Z. Yaghoubi, who wants to visit Jammu and Kashmir could do so only if he agreed to meet people selected by the pro-India government in Srinagar,
- Violence Simmers In Sri Lanka's Multi-Ethnic East (Reuters, Peter Apps, Dec 09, 2005)
Ethnic tension between Sri Lanka's minority Tamil and Muslim communities is rising in the island's east after a November grenade attack on a mosque killed seven and as observers fear the island's 2002 truce is falling apart.
- Buddha Denounces Strikes, Says Time To Rectify Mistakes (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Intelligent people do not participate in strikes and the CPI(M) is trying to rectify mistakes on labour issues made in the past: this was Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s message to the captains of the IT industry and presumably, . . .
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 09, 2005)
Uma throws a tantrum and all’s well with India
- World Can't Watch Dhaka Fall (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Dec 09, 2005)
As the region's biggest power, "larger than all the rest combined" as Junius R Jayewardene reminded the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation's inaugural conference in Dhaka 20 years ago, India might expect to enjoy the same . . .
- Democracy Calling (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 09, 2005)
The latent desire for democracy that exists in mainland China and Hong Kong remains undiminished though daunting memories of the Tiananmen Square massacre are yet to fade from public memory.
- Death Factories (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2005)
Fire mishap was waiting to happen
Twelve labourers perhaps would not have died in a fire mishap in a Delhi garment factory on Wednesday if only the government had honoured the Supreme Court deadline set last year that all such factories should be moved
- Bangladesh Suicide Bombers Kill 8 (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Two suicide bombs killed at least eight people in Bangladesh and wounded more than 50 on Thursday in the latest in a series of deadly blasts blamed on militants seeking Islamic rule in the country.
- Caring Hands Accepting Bribe? (Tribune, Kailashnath Sud, Dec 09, 2005)
A sting operation at the Medical Council of India’s Delhi office amply explained corruption in medicine. The caring hands were seen accepting bribes to set up medical colleges in the country as also registering student doctors with bribes of lakhs.
- Despite Domestic Waves, Iran Will Keep Its President (Christian Science Monitor, editorial, Christian Science Monitor, Dec 09, 2005)
Tehran and Iranian opposition websites in recent weeks are rife with rumors that the regime is about to replace ultraconservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
- Bringing Back Boediono (Economist, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Indonesia's president chops away some dead wood, but not enough
- Can There Really Be Peace With Ariel Sharon? (Hindu, Gerald Kaufman, Dec 08, 2005)
The Gaza withdrawal has been a veil for continued persecution and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
- Rejuvenating Agriculture (Tribune, P.S. Rangi, Dec 08, 2005)
Agriculture continues to be the dominant sector of the economy. The population pressure on agriculture continues to remain almost the same. More than two-third of the population still depends on agriculture and about 60 per cent get direct employment . .
- Management Lessons From Dunlop (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 08, 2005)
An important object of this column is to draw, to the extent possible, generalisable managerial lessons from recent happenings in the business world.
- India To Blame: Infy's Murthy (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
America is at war and Bill Gates, worth $39 billion in packaged software, wants it to merge with China and India.
- Mining Polluted Hampi Temples’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Mining activities at Sandur and Hospet have led to severe dust pollution in the Centrally-protected Parvathi and Kartikeya temples and in the State-protected Jambunatheshwara temple at Hampi.
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