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Articles 821 through 920 of 12026:
- Sudan Is The Most Failed (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jun 02, 2006)
The recently released annual global “failed states index” covered 146 states from all continents. Each country was scored from one to ten according to a dozen criteria and was ranked according to its score. Those scoring highest were rated the most . . .
- Office-Of-Profit: Special House Session May Not Be Convened (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
PM Manmohan Singh who consulted some of his ministerial colleagues, including parliamentary affairs minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi on the office of profit issue, is reportedly unwilling to appear completely impervious to President Kalam's view on the issue
- Gap With Govt Widening, Say Maoists (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
Communist rebels today acknowledged widening differences at peace talks with Nepal’s new government, accusing the ruling alliance of reneging on promises that could push the country back into conflict.
- Reserve And Destroy (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 02, 2006)
As the populism fire rages, Indian forests are under profound threat.
- Terror Attack On Rss Hq Foiled, 3 Lashkar Men Shot Dead (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 02, 2006)
The Centre breathed a huge sigh of relief after Nagpur police foiled a plot to trigger large-scale communal violence across the country with a terror attack on the RSS headquarters.
- Fear And The City (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2006)
An economy growing at a brisk 8.4 per cent should be expected to celebrate confirmation of support from nature.
- Ways To Defeat Ourselves (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 02, 2006)
On the face of it the two have no correlation. Fourth Generation Warfare (4GW), which has kept strategic thinkers engrossed for the last decade and a half, is about the what, why, where and how of future conflicts and possible responses.
- Car Had Red Light But No Escort: Alert Policemen Saw The Red Flag (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Jun 02, 2006)
At 3.45 am, the special squad was on a routine patrol when they noticed a white Ambassador car entering the Mahal area from adjoining Gandhibagh. But the patrol realised something was wrong: cars with red lights usually have escort vehicles but this . . .
- Terror Is Stopped Within Striking Distance Of Rss Headquarters (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Jun 02, 2006)
In a pre-dawn encounter today, the Nagpur police shot dead three heavily-armed militants trying to storm the RSS headquarters in the Mahal area of the old city.
- ‘Our Second Freedom Will Release Us’ (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jun 01, 2006)
A C Kamaraj, an engineer, and an ardent believer in the interlinking of rivers, was a member of the committee of experts on interlinking of rivers set up by the Union government.
- 35 Bengalis Injured As Terrorism Takes On Tourism (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 01, 2006)
About three dozen tourists from West Bengal sustained injuries when unidentified terrorists carried out grenade attacks on two tourist buses in Dalgate area in this capital city today.
- Reduce Reliance On Monsoons (Daily Excelsior, Ramesh Pandita and Meenakshi Koul, Jun 01, 2006)
Monsoons; of rains and suicides, may sound a bit strange and unusual to a good cross section of our society, especially to people, who dwell in urban areas of cities and towns, but holds very true to our farming community, who not just experience . . .
- Police Kill Three Militants In Nagpur, Thwart Raid (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Police shot dead three suspected Islamist militants in Nagpur on Thursday, scuttling a possible plan to blow up the headquarters of powerful Hindu nationalist group, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), officials said.
- Kashmir Rebel Chief Rejects Indian "Come Home" Call (Reuters, Kamran Haider, Jun 01, 2006)
The Pakistan-based commander of Kashmir's biggest guerrilla group rejected on Wednesday an appeal by India's prime minister for militants to return to their homes, saying New Delhi must first leave the territory.
- Safari Tourism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 01, 2006)
Any effort to promote tourism in Assam, or for that matter the North-east in entirety, is welcome.
- Cops Foil Terror Bid On Rss Headquarters; Three Killed (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
A major attempt to attack the RSS headquarters in Nagpur was foiled when three heavily-armed militants were shot dead in an encounter with the police while trying to enter the heavily-guarded sprawling premises in the wee hours on Thursday.
- 'The Army Has To Come Out' (OutLook, Arundhati Roy, Jun 01, 2006)
'The Indians are teaching the Americans, too, how to occupy a place ... The occupation of Kashmir has taken place over years. ... In Iraq, you have 125,000 or so American troops in a situation of war, controlling 25 million Iraqis.
- Five Years After (OutLook, B. Raman , Jun 01, 2006)
Large sections of the people of Kabul, who had welcomed the entry of the Northern Alliance and US troops into Kabul in 2001 with flowers, song and dance, shouted the most abusive slogans against the US and Mr Karzai on May 29, 2006. What gives?
- Dalai Lama's Varanasi Connection (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 01, 2006)
What do the Dalai Lama's ornate robes, kimkhabs used in Hollywood costumes, the rich brocades adorning Tibetan monastries in India and abroad and exquisite dragon fabrics available across Buddhist centres have in common? Varanansi. Amazing but true.
- End Of Innocence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 01, 2006)
Recent anti-reservation protests by students remind APS Malhotra of the last time Delhi University turned into a makeshift battlefield
- Don’T Jump The Gun On Iran: Iaea Chief (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Iran does not pose an immediate nuclear threat and the world must act cautiously to avoid repeating mistakes made with Iraq and North Korea, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency said.
- The Unrest In Sri Lanka (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Jun 01, 2006)
On May 21, 1991, a suicide bomber strapped with explosives deputed by LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran blew herself up and assassinated former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
- Fears Of Senator Prof Khurshid (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 01, 2006)
Senator Khurshid Ahmed has said that Dr A Q Khan has been further isolated and even his daughter is not being allowed to meet him.
- Power Riots In Karachi (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 01, 2006)
Police fired tear-gas and baton charged a protest rally in Gulbahar and Rizvia Society in Karachi on Tuesday agitating against regular and prolonged power breakdowns.
- Burying The Kukri (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 01, 2006)
The peace process between the Nepal government and the Maoists is going as well as can be expected, with both sides agreeing to hold constituent assembly elections and to a 25-point code of conduct for further negotiations.
- Obliterate The Tamil Tigers (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jun 01, 2006)
On May 21, 1991, a suicide bomber strapped with explosives deputed by the LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran blew herself up and assassinated former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Prabhakaran, who faces charges of involvement in Rajiv Gandhi's . . .
- Re-Examination Of Cartridges' Empties Sought In Jessica Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2006)
Police doubt earlier report which said that they were fired from two different weapons
- Trouble In Afghanistan Is Not Just Talibanism (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 31, 2006)
Last Monday’s rioting in Kabul portends ill for the government of President Hamid Karzai as well as the United States project of bringing normalcy to Afghanistan. Consider.
- Quake Toll Rises To 5,700; Hope For Survivors Fades (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Emergency relief operation involving 22 countries picks up pace
- Eu Ban And After (OutLook, B. Raman , May 31, 2006)
The reported decision of the Europen Union (EU) countries to declare the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organisation and ban its activities in their respective territories would be unimpeachable legally and on merits . . .
- Saving The Serendip (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, May 31, 2006)
While the EU has shown forbearance in dealing with the LTTE, it is now clear that the patience of the international community is wearing thin.
- Monsoon Claims Six More Lives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Government releases Rs. 6 crores to the districts for relief measures
- Indian Medicos To Sue Blair Govt For Jobs (Telegraph, Amit Roy, May 31, 2006)
Junior Indian doctors in Britain are to take the department of health and the home office to court because they say the rules have been changed retrospectively making it almost impossible to get jobs they believe were promised to them.
- Cement Cartel (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 31, 2006)
The remarks of finance adviser Ashfaq Hassan Khan reporting the stand taken by the government against the shenanigans of the sugar cartel are baffling to say the least. Quoting from the observations of the federal cabinet's economic coordination . . .
- Quake Survivors Immunised, Hospitals Get Relief (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Indonesian authorities started to immunise thousands of earthquake survivors against measles on Wednesday and helicopters swept the devastated region on Java island to check for isolated victims.
- Indian Pm Acknowledges Sporting Ties Boost With Pakistan (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has praised the role of cricket in boosting sporting relations with Pakistan, a senior official of the Pakistan Cricket Board said on Tuesday.
- Tigers On Eu Terror List (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
The EU listed Sri Lanka’s rebel LTTE as a banned terrorist organisation today amid a sharp escalation in clashes between it and the military, EU diplomats said.
- All For A Good Yarn (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 31, 2006)
Do you actually care — I’d write give a damn, except that in these contexts one must choose one’s words with caution
- Book On Rotary Club's History Released (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
It traces landmark events, including two long-term projects
- Death Of A Student (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 31, 2006)
The death on May 28 of a 20-year-old student in Lahore by police fire is most tragic and could have been avoided if our police personnel were better trained and less trigger-happy.
- Energy Conservation And House Building (Hindu, George Monbiot, May 31, 2006)
For 21 years, builders in the United Kingdom have been legally bound to construct homes that conserve energy.
- Earthquake Survivors Wait In Rain For Relief (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Hospitals overwhelmed with five times their normal patient load begged for more medical staff and supplies to treat the thousands of injured.
- Violence In Kabul (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 31, 2006)
The deaths of 14 people in Kabul following an accident in which a US military vehicle rammed into local cars and killed five people shows the extent of frustration and resentment against the foreign presence in that country.
- Mounting Resistance In Afghanistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 31, 2006)
AT least 14 persons were killed as rioters tore through the Afghan capital on Monday amidst anti-American chants torching cars and buildings after US troops opened fire following a deadly traffic accident involving a US military vehicle. Restaurants . . .
- A Fitting Response (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 31, 2006)
In a welcome move, the government has decided to continue the policy of duty-free cement import.
- Arms Control In A Unipolar World (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 31, 2006)
After unsigning the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, sabotaging the verification protocol of the Biological Weapons Convention, and taking the arms race into Outer Space, the United States has finally settled on a multilateral arms control measure it . . .
- India Steps Up Aid To Indonesia (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, May 31, 2006)
India is putting together an aid package worth $2 million for earthquake-hit Indonesia.
- Time Line (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, May 31, 2006)
There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.
John D Barrow
- 16 Students, Teacher Killed As Boat Capsizes In Wullar (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
At least 16 young schoolchildren and a teacher drowned to death when their mechanised boat, acquired from a Navy unit, capsized in Wullar Lake near Watlab in Sopore-Handwara belt of north Kashmir this afternoon. In all, 20 were believed dead as three . .
- 2 Naxals Killed On Orissa Border (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Exchange of fire with a team of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh police at Tekuguda
Incident occurs after combing operations by joint teams of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa police
Joint forces come across big gathering of Girijans in forest
Naxals escape . . .
- 12 Sinhalese Executed By Tamil Tigers (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2006)
Assailants raided an eastern Sri Lankan village, abducted 14 ethnic Sinhalese labourers and shot 12 of them in the head, the military said on Tuesday. Officials blamed the Tamil Tiger rebels, who denied involvement.
- Highly Disquieting (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 30, 2006)
A report in this newspaper makes a highly disquieting reading.
- Aid Trickles Into Quake-Hit Java (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Aid trickled in today for survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people on Indonesia’s Java island, but tens of thousands of homeless still foraged on their own for food and shelter.
- Another Calamity Strikes (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 30, 2006)
The number of dead (over 5,000) in Saturday’s powerful temblor that struck Yogyakarta in southern Indonesia might seem insignificant compared to the tally of at least 75,000 fatalities in the Pakistan earthquake of last October.
- Wincing Over Da Vinci Code (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, May 30, 2006)
Three Vatican-affiliated satra-pies have unilaterally banned the Hollywood blockbuster, The Da Vinci Code, thereby affirming paramount loyalty to Il Papa as opposed to the Indian nation.
- Indonesia Quake Death Toll Passes 5,400 (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
The death toll from the Indonesian earthquake rose past 5,400 on Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of homeless survivors spend another night in the rain waiting for much-needed relief.
- Help Indonesian Brothers (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 30, 2006)
Pakistan has done well in immediately responding to the needs of the earthquake-hit people of Indonesia.
- Sifting Musharraf’S Good Points (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, May 30, 2006)
The pmln and the pppp got together with sundry other opposition parties in Lahore on Sunday to remember the day Pakistan tested its nuclear device in 1998.
- Have Income, Give Subsidies (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , May 30, 2006)
The fault lies not in providing subsidies to the poor and the needy but in not raising enough resources. The Government provides tax exemptions, which reduce legitimate tax revenues due to it, and the variety of subsidies and sops
- Quake Death Toll Close To 5,000, Survivors Scavenge For Food (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Grieving quake survivors on Monday scavenged for food in the debris of their houses, as the world promised help to Indonesia recover from its latest deadly natural disaster.
- Nepal Lawmakers Welcome Code Of Conduct For Ceasefire (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, May 30, 2006)
Nepal's Parliament today welcomed the 25-point code of conduct for a ceasefire with Maoists, saying it would help check violence during the peace process aimed at ending the decade-long insurgency as a rebel leader called for sweeping reforms in . . .
- South Of Java (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, May 30, 2006)
There may have been one terrible earthquake in Indonesia, but the tragedy in that island cluster is manifold.
- Buddha's Stance Confusing (Deccan Herald, V.R. Krishna Iyer, May 30, 2006)
Marxists oppose this grave menace. of Globalisation,Liberalisation Privatisation and have they too been Yeltsinised? Never. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the brilliant West Bengal Chief Minister, why, the Left in India generally, has been blasphemed.
- India Yet To Rise To Potential (Tribune, B G Verghese, May 30, 2006)
India is beginning to attract international notice but has seldom acted in keeping with its potential and power.
- The Pakistan Connection (Deccan Herald, G Parthasarathy, May 30, 2006)
India has to be prepared for attacks on its personnel working on Afghan-Pak border from the Taliban
- Deadly Quake (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 30, 2006)
Rescue and relief teams must remain on high alert
- Quake Toll Crosses 5,000-Mark (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
A week-end earthquake that shook the heartland of Indonesia's densely populated island of Java killed at least 5,115 people, a provincial government office said today.
- Agama Method Of Worship (Hindu, R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, May 30, 2006)
V. Viswanatha Sivachariyar; Pub. by Arulmigu Sri Dhandayuthapani Swami . . .
- India Yet To Endorse Un Role In Nepal (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, May 30, 2006)
As the Government in Nepal prepares to invite the UN into the peace process with the Maoists, India is yet to make up its mind on the timing and the nature of the external involvement in the Himalayan nation.
- Monsoon Claims Four Lives And Causes Heavy Damage (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
People have been shifted to relief camps in four districts
- 2 Hindu Pilgrims Killed In Pakistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
Two Pakistani Hindus were killed on Monday and seven injured when robbers fired at a party of Indian and Pakistani pilgrims near Sukkar in Pakistan's southern Sindh province.
- Once Again, In Indonesia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 30, 2006)
"All things have second birth; The earthquake is not satisfied at once," wrote William Wordsworth in The Prelude.
- Bmp Working On Five-Point Plan To Tackle Rain-Related Problems (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 30, 2006)
The civic body is gearing up to ensure that there are no problems this year
Precautionary steps being taken in 30 areas which are prone to inundation
Control rooms to be set up in three CMCs
- Anthology Of Short Novels (Hindu, P. Sundaresan, May 30, 2006)
This book is a veteran writer's presentation of 12 novellas, some serialised in magazines, in a chronological order.
- Two Die As Rain Lashes Dakshina Kannada (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
In Kozhikode, Kerala, torrential rain, influenced by south-west monsoon, has left a trail of destruction in north Kerala over the last two days. One person was washed away in flash floods, several houses were damaged and many low-lying areas inundated.
- India Offers Help To Indonesia (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, May 29, 2006)
India's offer of assistance to quake-hit Indonesia has been conveyed by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, now on tour of East Asia.
- Quakes Rock Two More Nations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 29, 2006)
Two powerful earthquakes struck about a half hour apart near the South Pacfic nations of Papua New Guinea and Tonga on Sunday, the U.S. Gological survey said. There were no reports of serious injuries or damage.
- Waiting For `Anna' In Vidharbha (Hindu, P. SAINATH, May 29, 2006)
The failure of the banks has seen new kinds of creditors emerge in Vidharbha. Some of these now come in from neighbouring States — with a `home delivery system' of loans. Many farmers owe money to banks, cooperative societies, input dealers, private . . .
- Signals On The Naga Front (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 29, 2006)
Considering that no breakthrough was on the cards anyway, the May 19-20 round of talks in Amsterdam between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) has not been a total disappointment.
- I Can’T Match Udit’S Finances’ (Deccan Herald, Abhay Kumar, May 29, 2006)
She claims to be the original Biwi No 1. And, she has enough documentary evidence to substantiate her claim.
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