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Articles 621 through 720 of 53943:
- With A 3-Year Ba, You Can Now Join An American College (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Universities in the US have started accepting three-year bachelor’s degrees for admission to their graduate schools, a move that straightaway opens the doors of higher studies in American varsities to a massive Indian pool of three-year BA, BCom . . . .
- U.K., U.S. Resisting Ban On Cluster Bombs (Hindu, George Monbiot, Nov 08, 2006)
THE CENTRAL mystery of the modern state is this. The necessary resources, both economic and political, will always be found for the purpose of terminating life.
- Hu's Visit A Chance To "Enhance Political Trust" (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Nov 08, 2006)
Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to India from November 20-23 will be an opportunity to "enhance political trust" and to "show the world that the common development of both countries is not only important bilaterally but also significant for . . .
- "Banking System Made Fragile By Liberalisation" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
One of the consequences of financial and banking reforms is that the structural change it has wrought has substantially increased fragility and there are increased concerns about the trends in the banking policy over the last decade, according to . . .
- Palestinians Seek Un Meeting (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The Palestinian observer to the United Nations on Monday called for a ceasefire to end an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed over 50 Palestinians in the last six days.
- N Korea No Nuke State: Usa, Japan (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The United States of America and South Korea affirmed they won’t recognise North Korea as a nuclear weapons state during high-level meetings today, where the two countries coordinated strategy for revived disarmament talks with Pyongyang.
- 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.
- Open Skies With Asean (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Allowed, the country's airlines will quickly be ready to compete with the best in Asia.
- Iea's World Outlook Report — Investment Can Quench Thirst For Energy (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Nov 08, 2006)
The International Energy Agency calls for "strong policy action to move the world onto a more sustainable energy path".
- 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.
- `Financial Inclusion', Survival Strategy For Banks (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 08, 2006)
India may be `the world's second-fastest growing economy'. But that may mean nothing to nearly half of India's 1.1 billion, because they `have no access to loans and insurance,' notes www.chinapost.com.tw in a report dated November 6.
- Musharraf Defends Attack On Militants: Democratic Reforms Stressed (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday pledged to continue dealing effectively with terrorists and militants and said that terrorism would be crushed at all costs.
- President Of China Due On 23rd (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Chinese President Hu Jintao and Mrs Hu Jintao will pay a four-day state visit to Pakistan from November 23 at the invitation of President General Pervez Musharraf.
- How North Korea Fulfilled Its Nuclear Dream (International Herald Tribune, Donald Greenlees, Nov 08, 2006)
Seoul for two years in the mid- 1980s, Kim Dae Ho produced propaganda on North Korea's efforts to become a nuclear power.
- Chinese President To Visit India From November 20 (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
Chinese President Hu Jintao will pay a state visit to India from November 20-23 and hold talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other leaders on various aspects of Sino-Indian relations, including the vexed border issue.
- Sc Rejects Reliance Plea (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
The Supreme Court today put its seal of approval on the government decision to privatise the Delhi and Mumbai airports and rejected the appeal of Anil Ambani owned Reliance Industry challenging it.
- ‘Globalisation Will Not Bring Prosperity In Itself’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 08, 2006)
George Sorensen, the author of fifteen books besides The transformation of the state: beyond the myth of retreat and former head of the Political Science Department, Aarhus University, Denmark explains to Marianne de Nazareth why the impact of . . .
- 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.
- Infrastructure Jwg With Italy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 08, 2006)
India and Italy have agreed to set up a joint working group (JWG) for economic cooperation and to step up efforts to boost bilateral trade and investment. The first meeting of the group will be held in New Delhi in January, 2007.
- A Hero In Death (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Nov 08, 2006)
Occasionally, like any doomed man, Saddam Hussein played with the notion of a last-minute reprieve.
- Prisoners Of The Past (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 08, 2006)
Politics is said to be the art of the possible.
- Homework Done To Cut Price Of Petrol, Diesel (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Nov 08, 2006)
With international crude prices dropping to below $60 a barrel, the Petroleum Ministry has worked out a proposal to bring petrol petrol and diesel prices back to their pre-June levels.
- 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 . . .
- 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 . . .
- Death Sentence For Saddam Hussein (Japan Times, Editorial, Japan Times, Nov 08, 2006)
I raqi dictator Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death on Sunday.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Injuries Revive Bid To Ban Cluster Bombs (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Hassan Hammade was picking oranges near his home when a strange object fell from a tree in front of him. The 13-year-old picked it up.
- 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.
- What's Happening `Inside China's Stock Markets'? (Business Line, D. Murali , Nov 07, 2006)
"China has enjoyed its greatest period of international investor enthusiasm in history," note authors of Privatizing China. A. Besant C. Raj investigates this success in comparison to India in Unravelling the China Miracle. Sun Shuyun takes the . . .
- Another Hanging Gone Wrong (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 07, 2006)
The High Tribunal in Baghdad has finally sentenced Iraq’s tyrant for nearly thirty years, Saddam Hussein, to death by hanging for killing 148 Shias in Dujail in 1982.
- United Against Poverty And Disease (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 07, 2006)
Thanks to efforts by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund and others, progress is being made to slow the spread of infectious diseases and provide assistance to those suffering from them.
- The Angry Periphery (Hindu, SUBASH JEYAN , Nov 07, 2006)
In Theft, Carey explores Australia's ambivalent relation to the Western artistic tradition.
- In Between The Worlds (Hindu, Ranjita Biswas, Nov 07, 2006)
Mamang Dai gives us a glimpse of a tiny corner largely unknown to the outside world.
- 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.
- International Architects To Discuss Design For New Domestic Air Terminal (Hindu, T.S. Shankar, Nov 07, 2006)
It will be futuristic in design and will cater to the increasing passenger traffic.
- Panel To Probe Sri Lanka Abuses (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 07, 2006)
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapksa on Monday appointed a Commission of Inquiry to probe and report to him the alleged violations of human rights since August 1, 2005.
- Tracking Internet Use (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 07, 2006)
The potential of the internet — as a source of information, as an efficient interface between the government, non-governmental institutions, and ordinary citizens, and as the means of delivering a wide range of services — is immense.
- Trial Was Brought To The Verge Of Anarchy (Hindu, Michael Howard, Nov 07, 2006)
The fairness of Saddam Hussein's trial was a vital concern in a country trying to bring reconciliation between its Sunni minority and the Shia majority.
- Comrades, It’S Time To Change: Manmohan (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday gave vent to his irritation over the tendency among a section of the political class to cling to rigid ideological positions and old beliefs when he said that “political postures based in the past” were not in . . .
- Brokering Peace In Iraq (Hindu, Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, Nov 07, 2006)
The part played by the U.N. Security Council in shaping events in Iraq during the wars.
- 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.
- Japan, U.S. Vow To Keep Pressing North Over Nukes (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Japan and the United States agreed Monday to keep pressuring North Korea to end its nuclear weapons drive, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said after meeting with Nicholas Burns, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs.
- 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.
- Eu-India Summit — Getting Closer To The Eu (Business Line, R. Parthasarathy , Nov 07, 2006)
The Helsinki summit is the seventh in the series, which over the years have come to acquire a practical meaning in translating ideas into action.
- Kashmir Muslims Divided On Verdict (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Nov 07, 2006)
Saddam was a "tyrant," says Syed Ali Shah Geelani
Muslim League chairman praises Saddam for defiance
"Case should be heard by an international tribunal".
- ``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.
- Swiss Expert Likely To Present Neutral Report On Baglihar Dam (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Nov 07, 2006)
Pakistan favoured on reduction of height, India on keeping sluice gates
Officials to present their comments on the draft
If India accepts the verdict, it may have to alter the dam design.
- Chaos In Air And On The Ground (Business Line, A. Ranganathan, Nov 07, 2006)
Poor airport infrastructure gets compounded by air traffic flow inadequacy.
- Tsunami Warning System To Be Completed By September (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Official says 10-12 ocean bottom pressure recorders will be installed.
- Verdict May Be Beneficial In The Long Run: Hungary (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Nov 07, 2006)
Iraq situation "very difficult" with high levels of tension.
- Mayhem In Assam (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 07, 2006)
The renewed violence in Assam with Sunday's bomb explosions in crowded market places in Guwahati that killed 14 people while injuring 53 others holds grim portents.
- 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.
- The World Is Witness (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Nov 07, 2006)
Saddam Hussein’s trial and death sentence witnesses the intersection of two parallel lines. One flows from contemporary international law that places a premium on national sovereignty.
- Us Biz Tourism Hit By Travel Curbs: Report (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
The US is losing substantial numbers of business travelers to Europe because of the stringent security measures it imposes on international visitors, says a report by a tourism industry group released on Monday.
- Jobless Youth (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 07, 2006)
That the majority of the Indian population is young is not so cheering when confronted with the fact that a majority of them are unemployed.
- People Living In The Past, Complains Pm (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
In a subtle swipe at the Left parties that are accusing his Government of an alleged "pro-US tilt", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said political postures in India were stuck in the "distant past" without any awareness of the country's . . .
- The Politics Of Language (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Nov 07, 2006)
The 50th anniversary of the reorganisation of States was marked by celebrations on November 1 in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the south.
- Judgement Day (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 07, 2006)
In pronouncing Mr Saddam Hussein guilty of slaughtering political opponents in a specific case in 1982 and sentencing him to death, the Baghdad-based tribunal trying the former Iraqi President has triggered an explosion of imponderables.
- No Room For Bangladeshis (Pioneer, BK Verma, Nov 07, 2006)
Jamal Ansari, in his article "Open all doors to Bangladeshis" (November 4), has explicitly showed animus towards the majority community.
- India Cleans Up Act, Goes Up The Honesty Ladder (Hindustan Times, Chetan Chauhan, Nov 07, 2006)
The latest report by Transparency International (TI), the Berlin-based anti-corruption watchdog, has a surprise.
- The New Conjuncture (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 07, 2006)
Steel was hardly ever in the news in the past thirty years; suddenly in the past year, Lakshmi Mittal and Ratan Tata put it on the front pages.
- Hypocritical Justice (Tribune, Robert Fisk, Nov 07, 2006)
So America’s one-time ally has been sentenced to death for war crimes he committed when he was Washington’s best friend in the Arab world.
- Technology, Better Laws Take India Off ‘Highly-Corrupt’ List (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
India is no longer seen to be “highly corrupt”, according to the latest survey by watchdog Transparency International (TI), but there is still some way to go before Indians shake the habit of casual bribery.
- 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.
- Exclusive Interview: Renuka Chowdhury (Times of India, Nilanjana Bhaduri Jha, Nov 07, 2006)
When she first entered Parliament as a young Rajya Sabha MP, she was hailed as the real-life Rajni, after a popular TV character who took up cudgels for the underdog.
- Iit Develops Technology To Make Stealth Aircraft (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Materials scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology in Roorkee (IIT-R) have developed microwave absorbing nanocomposite coatings that could make aircraft almost invisible to radar.
- 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.
- 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.
- Saddam: More Queries Than Answers (Indian Express, P.R. KUMARASWAMY, Nov 07, 2006)
The much-awaited death sentence handed to the former Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, creates more complications than it solves.
- Barot, Al-Qaeda Operative Of Indian Descent, Faces Sentencing In Uk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
Dhiren Barot, a top Al-Qaeda operative captured in Britain, appeared in court amid heavy security on Monday for sentencing in a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, and other major . . .
- A Quagmire Called Iraq (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 07, 2006)
Will the death sentence handed out to Saddam Hussein by an American-choreographed court change anything in Iraq or the region? Is the coup Americans said they were undertaking in Iraq to spread democracy in West Asia a step closer to realisation?
- India Improves Rank On Corruption Index (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2006)
India has shown significant improvement in the perceived levels of corruption in public life, moving to 70 from the 88th position last year, on the list of most corrupt nations, according to a survey.
- Politics Of Sealing: Time To Break The Grand Nexus? (Deccan Herald, Arun Anand, Nov 07, 2006)
The Delhi protests show that the capital has inherited a complex administrative and political structure that has allowed vested interests to grow
- The Argument Is Won, Now For Action (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Nov 07, 2006)
The debate is over. Those who have argued that the causality of global climate change is still empirically inconclusive must now not only drop the charge but also lend their weight to those who are calling for immediate and concerted international . . .
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