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Articles 1321 through 1420 of 53943:
- Reason And Religion At Harvard (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2006)
What should a properly educated college graduate of the early 21st century know? A Harvard curriculum committee proposed an answer to that question this month, stating that, among other things, such a graduate should know “the role of religion in . . .
- U.S. Considers Adding Troops In Baghdad (US News & World Report, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Two weeks before U.S. midterm elections, American officials unveiled a timeline Tuesday for Iraq's Shiite-led government to take specific steps to calm the world's most dangerous capital and said more U.S. troops might be needed to quell the bloodshed.
- Speed Of Change (Tribune, J.L. Gupta, Oct 25, 2006)
IT was almost the last leg of the “European Extravaganza”. We were going from Paris to London.
- Great Game In Afghanistan (Tribune, Major-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Oct 25, 2006)
George Bush’s dinner diplomacy between feuding Presidents Karzai and Musharraf did not work. But on the ground, Nato commanders are claiming success.
- Women In Journalism Honored For Courage (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
For May Chidiac, host of Lebanon's popular "Good Day" TV program, it was a regular Sunday in September.
- Pranab Will Restore Balance (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Oct 25, 2006)
Pranab Mukherjee‘s appointment as Foreign Minister — a job he held for 15 months in the mid-nineties — could help once again restore the balance in policy making between the Prime Minister's Office and the Foreign Ministry.
- Pranab Mukherjee Is Eam, Antony Defence Minister (Hindustan Times, Vinod Sharma, Oct 25, 2006)
The year-long suspense over the choice of a new foreign minister is over. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assigned his senior most colleague Pranab Mukherjee, the coveted job.
- Iraqi Takeover Target Set (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
The top U.S. military commander in Iraq set a timeline yesterday of 18 months for the Iraqi security forces to take over war operations in all the country's provinces "with some level of support from us."
- Hard Choices For Iraq (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Washington has set a 12-month target for Iraqi leaders to end nascent civil war and open the way for the withdrawal of large numbers of American troops.
- White House Gives Iraqi Leaders 12 Months To 'Make Hard Choices' (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Washington has set a 12-month target for Iraqi leaders to end nascent civil war and open the way for the withdrawal of large numbers of American troops.
- Rice Proposes Asia Form Security Alliance (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is urging Asian nations to form a regional security organization to address common threats, suggesting that the six-nation forum dealing with North Korea -- which includes China and Russia -- could be a useful . . .
- German Ministers 'Knew About Cia Torture Cells' (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
The German government is alleged to have received first-hand evidence that the CIA began torturing terrorist suspects at secret prisons in Europe shortly after the September 11 attacks, despite claiming it only knew about such sites through the media.
- More Troops May Be Iraq-Bound (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
The top American commander in Iraq said Tuesday that he may call for more troops to be sent to Baghdad, possibly by increasing the overall U.S. presence in Iraq, as rising bloodshed pushes Iraqi and American deaths to some of their highes . . .
- Armed And Defiant: A Tour Of Duty With The Taliban Army (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Racing across the desert in the north of Helmand province, our convoy was kicking up a dust-storm that could be seen from space.
- Iran, Syria Rebuild Hezbollah (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Iran and Syria are rapidly rearming Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon as an international peacekeeping force has failed to carry out a U.N. mandate to disarm the Shi'ite militia group, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz said yesterday.
- Pranab On Familiar Turf, Task Cut Out For Antony (Hindu, Indrani Bagchi, Oct 25, 2006)
The writing was on the wall when Pranab Mukherjee was deputed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to represent India at the annual UNGA jamboree in New York last month. Nevertheless, it is no secret that Mukherjee is a reluctant foreign minister.
- Japan - Tense Neighbour (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
North Korea's relations with Japan face stormy weather in the aftermath of the nuclear test.
- Missile Matters (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Oct 25, 2006)
North Korea's missile development, which began in the early 1960s, benefited greatly from Soviet and Chinese assistance.
- Unrest In Budapest, Then And Now (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Oct 25, 2006)
Last month, protests erupted in Budapest after an extraordinary speech by Hungary’s prime minister, Ferenc Gyurcsany, was leaked to the press some four months after it was delivered.
- Lost In The Maze Of Iraq War (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Oct 25, 2006)
The number of American soldiers who have been killed in Iraq is now approaching 3,000, with October being on course to becoming the bloodiest month for the Americans since the clashed in Fallujah and Najaf two years ago.
- We Can Do Without The Death Rows (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Oct 25, 2006)
Two high-profile executions — one in India and the other in Pakistan — were stayed last week.
- The Disneyfication Of War (Dawn, George Monbiot, Oct 25, 2006)
Most of our memorials sentimentalise war. Few commemorate the horror. But now we have a new category whose purpose seems to be to trivialise it.
- Scuttling To Victory (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2006)
Americans, Iraqis and many others must have wondered just what George Bush meant in his weekly radio address on Saturday when he insisted: “Our goal in Iraq is clear and unchanging. Our goal is victory.”
- Road To Rubicon (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Oct 25, 2006)
North Korean concern for security dates back to the Korean War when the U. S. threatened to use nuclear weapons to end the war.
- Isi Strategy To Infiltrate Indian Army ‘As Old As Pakistan’, Says Gul (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
General Hameed Gul, former chief of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), has said that the ISI’s strategy to infiltrate India’s armed forces is “as old as Pakistan” itself, but this was unlikely to derail the peace process between the two countries.
- Nuclear Korea (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Oct 25, 2006)
The adventurist nuclear test rattles the East Asian neighbourhood and provokes sanctions by the United Nations Security Council.
- ‘No Regrets, No 2nd Test For N Korea’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
North Korea is not planning a second nuclear test and is willing to return to six-party talks under certain conditions but warned that it would take action if it feels pressured, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
- Boot For Pak Driver In Spy Scandal (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Delhi today asked Islamabad to withdraw the Pakistan high commission employee whom police have accused of receiving secret documents from an Indian soldier.
- Icici Bank Q2 Net Rises 30 Pc (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Higher interest income and fee income boosted the bottomline
- Antony Sworn In As Defence Minister (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
AK Antony was on Tuesday night appointed the new defence minister in place of Pranab Mukherjee, who moved to the external affairs ministry in a Cabinet expansion and reshuffle, which also saw the reinduction of controversial RJD MP Jai Prakash . . .
- India, Russia Discuss Cooperation Against Terror (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Sharing concerns over expanding web of global terrorism, India and Russia on Tuesday discussed ways to increase cooperation to fight the menace more effectively.
- China's Grand Africa Strategy (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 25, 2006)
Ever since the Berlin conference of 1883, which Belgium’s King Leopold II called “the sharing of Africa’s cake,” the west has assumed exclusive rights over sub-Saharan Africa.
- Killing Of Palestinians (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 25, 2006)
The killing of seven Palestinians in Gaza on Monday is Israel’s ‘gift’ to all Muslims on the occasion of Eidul Fitr.
- The Quagmire In Iraq (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 25, 2006)
While the US and the UK play an increasingly difficult balancing act in a violent Iraq, more and more voices in the two "great democracies" are speaking out against their countries' presence as occupiers of that country. As for the Iraqis themselves, . .
- Iraqis Can Take Over Security In 18 Months: Us (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
The US ambassador to Iraq said on Tuesday his country ‘must succeed’ while the American military commander said Iraqi armed forces should be ready to take over security responsibility in 18 months.
- Pact With Nato To Be Made Public (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Oct 25, 2006)
Salient features of an Afghanistan-specific agreement that Pakistan is negotiating with the 26-member North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) would be made public, well-placed government sources told Dawn on Monday.
- Returns Of Office (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 25, 2006)
With his vast experience Pranab Mukherjee is well placed to craft diplomacy for the world’s fourth largest economy
- Bullying In A Revolution (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Oct 25, 2006)
The Nepalese Maoist worldview sees India, except on rare occasions, as a big bully, a ‘hegemonic’ power and a strategic ally of the ‘imperialist’ United States.
- Pranab Is Reluctant Foreign Minister In Sonia’S Cabinet Tweak (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Oct 25, 2006)
Dress Rehearsal Before UP Polls: Sonia’s trusted Antony gets Defence, Oscar moved to Labour; RJD, Karnataka politics factored in
- Ctbt A Decade Ago To Nepal This Year, He Blends Politics, Strategy (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 25, 2006)
Six months ago, when the Nepal crisis took an unpredictable turn with the Seven Party Alliance rejecting King Gyanendra’s offer to nominate a Prime Minister, India was staring at a possible diplomatic embarrassment having welcomed the King’s offer . . .
- Khan May Have Smuggled Centrifuges To Iran: Pak (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 25, 2006)
The Pakistani general heading his country’s nuclear command and control centre has conceded that renegade scientist Dr A Q Khan may have smuggled uranium centrifuges to Iran via Dubai.
- Veteran Returns To Assignment More Demanding Now (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Oct 25, 2006)
India will have a stand-alone External Affairs Minister after nearly 11 months
Also worked as Finance, Commerce Ministers
Has headed many Groups of Ministers.
- China - Angry Friend (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, Oct 25, 2006)
The nuclear test has shaken North Korea's ties with long-time ally China.
- Us’ Contradictory Arms Rules (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Oct 25, 2006)
It is disingenuous for the US to seek tough action against North Korea and Iran.
- Partnering Development (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 25, 2006)
The development agencies will have to evolve with the changing needs and priorities of India.
- Tremors In The East (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 25, 2006)
The nuclear test has unleashed a sense of unease across East Asia as the region tries to come to terms with an evolving reality.
- Foreign Buyouts Fuel Fdi Outflow (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
A number of foreign acquisitions by India Inc especially the latest of Corus Group by India’s largest corporate House — the Tatas, for over $8 billion may result in FDI outflows exceeding inflows this year.
- International Airport To Be Ready By March 2008 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
An action plan has been prepared to make the Hyderabad International Airport at Shamshabad here operational by March 2008 as major site-preparation works of the Greenfield airport are complete.
- Aso Skeptical Of North Korea's Nuclear Plans (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Foreign Minister Taro Aso warned Tuesday there is still a possibility North Korea will carry out more nuclear tests and said he is pessimistic about the country returning to disarmament talks soon.
- Ltte Team Leaves For Geneva Talks (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 25, 2006)
`Agenda not yet decided'
- Count Women Too, Not Just Guns (Nepali Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Nepali women’s needs are apt to be forgotten when peace returns if this country follows trends set in post-conflict societies in Africa, warned women activists here for an international meeting last weekend.
- Outrage Over North Korea Dissipates (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2006)
Some two weeks after North Korea leapt a grave military threshold to test a one kiloton nuclear device, and a week after the UN Security Council passed its strongest resolution ever on North Korea, much of the collective outrage and resolve in this . . .
- The Search For A Solution In War-Torn Iraq (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Oct 25, 2006)
A beginning could be made with a regional conference of all neighbours. This must include the invading powers; having created the problem, they must share the burden of resolving it on terms that are not unilateral.
- Choosing War (Frontline, Jayadeva Uyangoda, Oct 25, 2006)
Negotiations between the government and the LTTE falter as each attempts to gain the upper hand through military victories.
- Striking A Balance (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 25, 2006)
China is attempting to improve the living standards of the displaced as well as ordinary workers while continuing to remain the world's most attractive destination for foreign investment.
- Dubious Barak Deal (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Oct 25, 2006)
The CBI files a case on the allegations of corruption in the Barak missile system deal with Israel in 2000.
- Why Eu Matters (Pioneer, Claude Arpi, Oct 24, 2006)
India can benefit in trade and investment by strengthening relations with the 25-nation European Union, says Claude Arpi
- Merger Truths (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 24, 2006)
Intense competition, high fuel prices and congested airports that impair profitability make the Air India-Indian merger imperative.
- As Iraq Angst Intensifies, So Do White House Reassurances (International Herald Tribune, Brian Knowlton, Oct 24, 2006)
The Bush administration, under intense pressure to deal with mounting violence in Iraq and rising domestic criticism of the war, insisted Monday that it was working "collaboratively" with Iraqi leaders to find better ways forward and had issued them . . .
- Beyond Asian Century (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 24, 2006)
The rapid economic growth of China and India is not merely about the prospects of an Asian century but also the transformation of other regions in the world.
- Britain For Troop Withdrawal From Iraq? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 24, 2006)
Britain was on Monday reported to be exploring a timetable for a gradual withdrawal of its troops from Iraq as Prime Minister Tony Blair reviewed the security situation with visiting Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih.
- Iran Reportedly Expanding Nuclear Activities (International Herald Tribune, DAVID E. SANGER, Oct 24, 2006)
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday that Iran had begun testing new uranium enrichment equipment that would double the capacity of its small research-and-development facilities.
- Pranab Reasons Why He Should Deny Fm Post (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Oct 24, 2006)
Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who would have been external affairs minister by now by all reckoning, is believed to have introduced yet another dimension to a prolonged internal debate in the ruling Congress, about his candidacy for the job.
- Options Before Us (OutLook, B. Raman , Oct 24, 2006)
Leave Iraq in time-bound phases, letting the Iraqi government and the various contending parties sort it out or fight it out among themselves without waiting till there is at least a semblance of normalcy or stay on till normalcy is restored?
- How North Korea Fulfilled Its Dream (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
In his artwork and short morality plays, the research going on in secrecy at the Yongbyon nuclear complex where he worked and at dozens of other facilities and laboratories was portrayed as a valiant and noble mission to reunite the Korean people.
- A New Message (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Oct 24, 2006)
A spiritual Ambedkar may pose more danger to Hinduism than a political Ambedkar.
- Isi Worming Into Armed Forces (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
“The ISI network exists in several organisations. ISI appears to be working through Delhi and Kathmandu gateways. There is a need to improve the army intelligence network.”
- India Inc In For Big Churn Out Of Ceos (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
India Inc will witness a big churn of CEOs in the next few years considering the amount of changes it has seen in the past five years, according to global executive firm EMA Partner International.
- No Clarity On Nature Of Naxalite Threat (Deccan Herald, P V RAMANA, Oct 24, 2006)
The MHA reports and the Home Secretary’s views are at variance on Naxalite issue.
- Pyongyang Nuke Test Fuels Threat Of Bomb Sold Over Black Market (Japan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
North Korea's claim to have successfully tested a nuclear bomb has raised a terrifying question: How long will it be before a desperate Pyongyang decides to earn some hard cash by selling its bomb technology?
- Not Quite The Clincher (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 24, 2006)
National Security Advisor MK Narayanan’s explication on how India expects the new Indo-Pakistan joint mechanism on fighting terrorism to work is timely.
- Let The Psu Go Hi-Tech And Compete (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 24, 2006)
Myopic, ‘infant-industry’ reasoning is being applied to protect engineering major Bhel. Reportedly, the industry ministry has floated the curious proposal that project contracts for upcoming thermal plants be reserved and set aside for Bhel, so . . .
- The Challenge Of Food Security In India (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 24, 2006)
India is a poignant example of how food sufficiency at the aggregate level has not translated into food security at the household level.
- Development Discourse (Hindu, V. K. Natraj , Oct 24, 2006)
Essays critically looking at the different dimensions of recent developments in India
- Mindless And Uncouth (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Oct 24, 2006)
The dumbed down press was in evidence the other afternoon at a rather deft and exciting game of polo.
- The Free Market (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2006)
Foreign investment is now the buzzword in our country. We ought to remain on the alert lest an open market furtively encourages exploitation
- China’S Covert Role In Aiding N Korea (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 24, 2006)
Sir, ~ In his article “Another big bang” (12 October) former foreign secretary Salman Haidar is of the opinion that “China is Pyongyang’s only significant friend and has been the mainstay of the regime through its supplies of food and fuel at . . .
- Rice Barnstorms Asia On Enforcing North Korean Nuke Sanctions (US News & World Report, Thomas Omestad, Oct 24, 2006)
With U.N. Security Council sanctions in hand–and the atomic content of North Korea's test blast "test blast" confirmed–Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this week launched an effort to buck up the North's neighbors to halt any trafficking in . . .
- How To Conduct A Geo-Political Orchestra (Telegraph, Achin Vanaik , Oct 24, 2006)
Shinzo Abe’s accession to premiership in Japan accurately expresses and symbolizes the new Japan that has been in the making over the last few years under the tutelage of his predecessor, Junichiro Koizumi.
- Clamor Rises For A Us Shift On Iraq Strategy (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2006)
With violence surging in Baghdad and midterm elections two weeks away, the Bush administration faces pressure as never before to change its approach in Iraq.
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