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Articles 921 through 1020 of 53943:
- Lankan Jets Bomb Ltte Area, 5 Killed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Air Force fighter jets bombed LTTE stronghold Kilinochchi this afternoon, killing at least five persons. According to the LTTE Peace Secretariat website, the bombs exploded “on a civilian settlement” about 600 metres from a hospital, . . .
- Trade Winds (Times of India, RONOJOY SEN, Nov 03, 2006)
Helsinki had probably never seen so many Indians in one place at the same time. At the EU-India summit held in Helsinki, by virtue of Finland holding the rotating EU presidency, in October several CEOs of Indian companies besides the PM and commerce . . .
- Railroad To Development (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 02, 2006)
Bringing the railways into Tibet would hardly destroy its religion and culture, for these are not objects to be stored in museums, argues Ashis.
- The Day That Changed The Climate (Tribune, Colin Brown , Nov 02, 2006)
Climate change has been made the world's biggest priority, with the publication of a stark report showing that the planet faces catastrophe unless urgent measures are taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Denied Quick Aid, Man Dies At Mumbai Airport (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
In an incident that underlines the need for protocol to deal with medical emergencies at airports in the country, a Bharuch resident, who suffered a heart attack at the Mumbai International Airport, died on Tuesday due to the delay in timely medical . . .
- Iran Offers Cash To Lure American Tourists (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Iran will offer cash incentives to travel agencies to encourage Western tourists to visit the country, giving a premium for Americans, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
- Kidnap Drama Ends In Shootout (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
A team of the City Crime Bureau rescued a kidnapped person, killed two of his captors in an encounter and arrested two others of the gang in the wee hours of Wednesday.
- India-Sri Lanka Forum To Discuss Economic Pact (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
The Joint Business Council likely to recommend an early partnership agreement
Sri Lanka is India's major trading partner in South Asia
Delegation going to Colombo to take part in JBC meeting
- Omar Cites Rights Violations For Quitting Working Groups (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
``Mufti copying NC's demand for autonomy''
``Government not doing enough to improve human rights situation''
``Zero tolerance goal cannot be achieved unless Armed Forces Special Powers Act was removed''
- Infosys Names Brand Ambassadors (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Salome Koruthu of All Saints' College and Rejini Sarah Philip of Mar Ivanios College have been selected brand ambassadors of Infosys.
- North Korea Wants Talks To Focus On Lifting Sanctions (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Nov 02, 2006)
America willing to consider the demand.
- Importance Of Reading Newspapers Stressed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
College Day was celebrated at Sri Bharathi College of Education and Sri Subabharathi Teacher Training Institute for Women at Kaikurichi near Pudukottai recently.
- Poor Players (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 02, 2006)
Success in sports, be it team games or individual, has come as rare bursts of fresh air to Indians.
- Defusing A Crisis (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 02, 2006)
Pyongyang's decision to re-enter the Six Party talks is excellent news but the world — and Washington, in particular — must realise this is not the way things were supposed to go.
- Lankan Fighter Jets Bomb Tiger Targets (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Nov 02, 2006)
For the first time since the breakdown of the Geneva peace talks, the Sri Lankan air force’s Kfir planes bombed LTTE positions in eastern Batticaloa district on Wednesday.
- Us Happy As N Korea Gets Back To Talks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
China played a key role in reviving the suspended talks by hosting a trilateral meeting of North Korean, US and Chinese representatives in Beijing where it was agreed to restart the six-party dicussions.
- 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.
- Pranab Has His Task Cut Out (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Nov 02, 2006)
India’s ties with the neighbourhood is as important as its relations with the US.
- Reliance Plans Big Spending To Double Gas Output (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Reliance Industries Ltd will invest $ 5.2-billion to double the output from its prolific D6 block in Krishna Godavari basin to 80 million standard cubic metres per day (mmscmd).
- Manmohan: No Change In Foreign Policy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
"Nation could not be tied to the past"
"There is a bid to create confusion"
Says we need peace in neighbourhood.
- Upa’S Petrol Scam (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 02, 2006)
The lead story in the Organiser , ‘Profiteering in petrol’, slams the UPA government for not reducing the petrol prices despite the “steep fall” in the international crude oil price from an all time high of $79 per barrel on August 8, 2006, to below . . .
- China For N Korea Sanctions To Stay (Indian Express, Reuters, Nov 02, 2006)
North Korea officially confirmed on Wednesday it was returning to six-party talks because Washington had agreed to discuss financial sanctions that had driven it away from the negotiating table to start with.
- China Tightens Law On Death Sentence (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Nov 02, 2006)
In what is being called the most important reform of capital punishment in China in over two decades, the legislature has passed an amendment to the law requiring all death sentences to be approved by the Supreme People's Court.
- 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
- 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
- Maoists Terrorise Nepal Media (Pioneer, BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Nov 02, 2006)
An international media rights group has criticised Nepal's Maoists for continued attacks on journalists despite declaring a cease-fire and entering a peace process with the Government.
- Japan Stands Firm With Sanctions On North Korea (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Japan will continue the economic sanctions it leveled against North Korea despite Pyongyang's apparent about-face on returning to the multilateral talks to end its nuclear threat, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki told a news conference Wednesday.
- Pak Shuts Out Shoaib For 2 Yrs, Asif For 1 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
With his pony-tailed hair and penchant for fast living, top Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has always lived up to his famous nickname.
- Abu Dhabi Plans Major Investment (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Abu Dhabi plans to invest more than Dh642 billion ($175 billion) by 2012 in tourism, industry, energy, infrastructure and other developments, a top government official said yesterday.
- 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.
- Little U.S. Flexibility Seen On N.Korea Sanctions (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Details of a U.S. offer to discuss financial sanctions with North Korea in six-party talks are not yet decided, but there is little flexibility for soon easing the pressure, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
- Pm Joins Kerala Birthday Bash (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today laid the foundation stone for a new terminal and inaugurated Air India’s maintenance base unit for its new fleet of low-cost airline ~ Air India Express ~ to West Asia.
- Limited Objective (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 02, 2006)
The MSP is a candid admission by the government that it wants to pay more to procure more to rein in prices.
- Us-Led Group Unveils Steps To Fight N-Terror (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
US releases ‘Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism’
- Wider Dimensions Of Security (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 02, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf hit the nail on the head when he told a seminar in Islamabad on Tuesday that national security depended on pursuing defence, foreign and domestic policies in line with the needs of the regional environment.
- Collapse Of Sri Lankan Talks (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 02, 2006)
The collapse of peace talks between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tiger rebels in Geneva the other day was only to be expected.
- 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.
- Sovereignty Is More Important Than Foreign Fund Flows (Business Line, R. Vaidyanathan, Nov 02, 2006)
India needs to develop a global strategy encompassing investments and politics. It is time the government looked at security, foreign flows and foreign affairs in an integral fashion and constituted inter-ministerial groupings. Perhaps, experts . . .
- North Korea Talks: Back To The Table, Some Reluctantly (New York Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Officially, the Bush administration is “pleased” — as President Bush put it on Wednesday — that North Korea has agreed to resume talks on nuclear disarmament.
- Will Hu Or Will Hu Not? (OutLook, B. Raman , Nov 02, 2006)
Will Chinese President Hu Jintao visit Gwadar in Balochistan to formally inaugurate the Chinese-aided Gwadar port and the Northern Areas (Gilgit and Baltistan) to inaugurate a project for the upgradation of the Karakoram Highway?
- China Throws Open Its Doors To Africa (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Nov 02, 2006)
China is hosting the leaders of more than 40 African nations in Beijing from November 3 to 5. This underscores its attempts to increase economic and diplomatic clout with a continent often ignored by the rest of the world.
- Brain Drain Or Mutual Gain? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 02, 2006)
In an increasingly shrinking world, we need a more sophisticated understanding of the national-international dynamics at work, at the workplace.
- Will Americans Hobble George Bush? (Hindu, Jonathan Freedland, Nov 02, 2006)
The November 7 elections in the U.S. cannot, alas, remove the President. But they can change the political terms of trade.
- U.S. Faults Syria, Iran, Hezbollah On Lebanon (Washington Post, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
The White House on Wednesday accused Lebanon's Hezbollah militia and its Iranian and Syrian backers of seeking to topple the U.S.-backed government of Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.
- Al-Maliki Wins Pact With U.S. To Lift Blockades (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki flexed his political muscle yesterday by winning U.S. agreement to lift military blockades on Sadr City and another Shi'iite enclave where an American soldier was abducted.
- Nasa Gives Green Light To Hubble Mission (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Nasa Administrator Michael Griffin announced yesterday that the agency will send a space shuttle crew to upgrade and repair the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, reversing an order by his predecessor to forgo the Hubble mission because of safety concerns.
- Pm's Vow To Tackle Global Warming Hit By Plans To Treble Flights (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Britain's airports are planning to treble the number of flights by 2030, despite the recent Stern report's grave warnings about the environmental effects of expanding air travel in the UK.
- Panama Agreement Ends Un Seat Row (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Venezuela and Guatemala have withdrawn their rival bids for a UN Security Council seat from Latin America, diplomats have said.
- Nasa To Fix Hubble (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Nasa will send a space shuttle to repair the 16-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, agency Administrator Michael Griffin announced today, reversing his predecessor's order that had nixed the mission.
- How North Korea Fulfilled Its Nuclear Dream (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
For two years in the mid- 1980s, Kim Dae Ho produced propaganda on North Korea's efforts to become a nuclear power.
- Somali Talks Fail Amid War Fears (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2006)
Peace talks between Somalia's transitional government and Islamists have been postponed, mediators in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, say.
- Un Envoy To Return To Sudan (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The UN envoy to Sudan is to return to Khartoum despite his recent expulsion from the country, the UN has announced.
- No 'Real Change' For Afghan Women (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
An international women's rights group says guarantees given to Afghan women after the fall of the Taleban in 2001 have not translated into real change.
- Japan Must Do More To Accept, Aid Refugees: U.S. Ngo Reps (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The government's support for refugees has made considerable progress compared with the 1990s, but it must do more and assist those who have already been granted asylum, according to the International Rescue Committee, a major U.S. nongovernmental . . .
- The Lure Of Korea's Magic Mountain (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
North Korea Visiting this fabled North Korean mountain was not an easy decision for Kim Chung Soo and his wife, Nam Sang Ja. Twenty-two people from their village in central South Korea had each paid 240,000 won a month in advance to book a day trip . . .
- Royal Madrassa Trip Called Off As Storm Grows Over Air Strike (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The Prince of Wales’s controversial visit today to a madrassa in the border town of Peshawar has been cancelled over fears for his safety, after calls by Islamic leaders for revenge for a Pakistani airstrike that destroyed another religious school about 6
- China Cut Off Exports Of Oil To North Korea (International Herald Tribune, Joseph Kahn, Oct 31, 2006)
China cut off oil exports to North Korea in September, amid heightened tensions over that country's nuclear and missile programs, Chinese trade statistics show.
- British To Evacuate Basra Consulate Staff (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The British consulate in Basra, in the south of Iraq, will evacuate all but a skeleton staff from "its heavily defended building" within the next 24 hours over safety concerns.
- Russia Becomes Largest Arms Seller To Third World (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Russia has overtaken the United States to become the developing world's arms dealer of choice for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, striking a record number of arms deals last year.
- Protect Scribes From Libel Action (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 31, 2006)
Indian scribes, like their counterparts in Britain and the USA, deserve protection from libel proceedings in their investigative journalism, especially involving public figures.
- U.K. Fears Disaster In Climate Change (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Britain warned Monday that failure to act swiftly on global warming will have a cataclysmic effect on the global economy, and said it was stepping up efforts to get other nations involved.
- Accounting Standards — Debits And Credits Of Harmonising (Business Line, R. Narayanaswamy, Oct 31, 2006)
That Indian accounting will converge with International Financial Reporting Standards can be good news only if accompanied with radical institutional reforms.
- Sensex Tops 13k (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 31, 2006)
The country is riding a `quality' wave, yet caution should be the watchword for investors.
- Nuclear Prog Not Dependent On Outside Help: Fm (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
India's ongoing three-stage nuclear power programme remains independent of the efforts to enter into collaboration with foreign countries, the government's top scientific adviser said today.
- Artillery Fire In Sri Lanka Marks End Of Peace Talks (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Heavy artillery fire resumed Monday in northern Sri Lanka hours after peace talks between the government and Tamil Tigers rebels collapsed, triggering fears of a deepening civil war.
- 3g - Going, Going, Gone! (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 31, 2006)
The brutal pun notwithstanding, these are interesting times if you care about the air above you. No, it’s not about the quality of the air.
- Blow To Justice (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 31, 2006)
The recent decision of the Supreme Court that upheld various provisions of the reservation policy raises several questions. The judgment places SC/STs on par with the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for which the creamy layer was introduced while . . .
- Making Sezs People-Friendly (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Oct 31, 2006)
To carry along all the stakeholders, especially the owners of farmlands, the Special Economic Zones Act should not only be investor-friendly but also people-friendly. Towards this end, some fine-tuning of the Act will help greatly, says BHANOJI RAO.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 31, 2006)
The foreign secretary’s first offshore exercise in Bhutan last week ~ the onshore detour to Gopalan Bhavan was an aberration ~ was remarkable as he was able to place bilateral relations fair and square in the context of the impending transition in . . .
- Us Navy To Lead Joint War Exercises Off Iran (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
The United States will lead international naval manoeuvres in the Gulf off Iran’s west coast beginning on Monday aimed at fighting weapons proliferation, the US state department official said.
- Challenge And Response (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 31, 2006)
Both the Mysore Police and the Intelligence Bureau deserve credit for preventing what could have ended in one more of the horrific acts of urban terrorism in India.
- Hll Launches Two Vaccines (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
Hindustan Latex Ltd (HLL), a mini-ratna company under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Monday launched hepatitis-B and typhoid vaccines.
- Advantage India, Says Prince Andrew (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2006)
A better investment destination for British companies than China, says the Duke of York
- Saran: If Deal Fails, We Have Our Own Programme (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 31, 2006)
Also, it would imply loosening of international nuclear market for India
- Iraq's Oct Toll: 100 Marines (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Oct 31, 2006)
The US passed the grim milestone this weekend of losing 100 soldiers in October in Iraq, amid a precipitous decline in Republican popularity ten days ahead of mid-term congressional elections.
- Tank Travel (Times of India, Manjul Bajaj, Oct 31, 2006)
A 42-year-old man in Cheshire, UK, has just bought himself a 7.5-ton Sabre tank to go to town for shopping, dropping the kids off, catching a movie, that kind of thing. There are many large vehicles on the road but nothing quite like . . .
- A Climate For Investment (Indian Express, Nicholas Stern, Oct 31, 2006)
In summer last year the British Chancellor, Gordon Brown, asked me to examine the economics of climate change, basing the analysis on sound science and the latest economic literature.
- Meaningless Development (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 31, 2006)
Sir, Undoubtedly India is developing rapidly and getting exposure on the international platform.
- What Impedes Growth (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 31, 2006)
And, yet again, we have thrown the possible victory at Mohali to the winds.
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