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- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 12, 2006)
The Central Bureau of Investigation will have to do an infinitely better job following up the FIR it registered against George Fernandes than it did probing the Bofors affair if it desires retaining domestic and international credibility.
- Labour:asian Lessons (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Oct 12, 2006)
The ILO's new report on "Labour and Social Trends in Asia and the Pacific" has important lessons for labour market governance.
- Upa's Mid-Term Report Card (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
The UPA's record of achievement is a case of two steps forward and a giant step backward.
- Killer Asbestos (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
A report on the health of workers at the Alang ship-breaking yard points to the need to ban asbestos.
- To Be Or Not To Be An Sro (The Financial Express, Sourav Majumdar, Oct 12, 2006)
The various issues concerning self-regulatory organisations need to be re-examined
- Siamese Tragedy (Frontline, WALDEN BELLO, Oct 12, 2006)
The coup in Thailand is the culmination of a slide caused by the political bankruptcy of civilian rule and accelerated by IMF prescriptions.
- Plans Galore For Tourism In J&k (Statesman, Kavita Suri, Oct 12, 2006)
Kangdoori in Gulmarg is being developed as an international ski destination at an estimated cost of Rs. 4.35 crore earmarked under Prime Minister’s Reconstruction Plan. In addition, Golf Course Gulmarg is being upgraded and renovated at a cost . . .
- N Korea May Hit Back If Usa Persists (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
North Korea warned today it would physically retaliate to increased US pressure on the communist regime, while South Korea reportedly prepared for a possible nuclear conflict amid spiralling tensions in Asia.
- Looming War Clouds (Pioneer, Dmitri Kosyrev, Oct 12, 2006)
Russia and Georgia are eyeball-to-eyeball and America is doing everything to exacerbate the crisis
- Cbi Attack Will Not Affect Ongoing Deal With Israel (Pioneer, Rahul Datta, Oct 12, 2006)
The CBI raids on Tuesday in connection with the Barak missile system deal with Israel during the then Defence Minister George Fernandes tenure is not likely to affect the ongoing defence deals with Israel as any action like banning or blacklisting . . .
- Delusions Of Order (Indian Express, Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Oct 12, 2006)
Marginal states like North Korea can turn desperation into power and make the powerful look utterly desperate. We need to rethink power in the 21st century
- China Key To Sanctions' Success Against N Korea (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
Most days, scores of Chinese trucks rumble across the border into North Korea, part of a stream of subsidized food and fuel from China that keeps leader Kim Jong Il's regime afloat.
- An Indian Writer Has Done It Again (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 12, 2006)
Booker is only for Indians, many joke but Kiran Desai winning the prestigious award makes one take the statement more seriously.
- “Secure Your Investments” (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Oct 12, 2006)
It is necessary to transcend geographical boundaries to secure economic interests.
- “War On Terror” For Money (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Oct 12, 2006)
Musharraf’s book reveals more about the illegalities in the state than the “truth” about him and the country.
- States In A Time Of Unrest (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2006)
In this, my tenth and last annual report, I have sought to provide an overview of the Organization’s main achievements and challenges during the past 12 months in the light of the critical developments in the decade since I took office at the . . .
- Voices Of The Same Poverty (Telegraph, AVEEK SEN , Oct 12, 2006)
Kiran Desai getting this year’s Booker Prize continues a tradition that is essentially unsubtle and rather old, writes Aveek Sen
- Wounded By The West (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 12, 2006)
Although it focuses on the fate of a few powerless individuals, Kiran Desai’s extraordinary new novel manages to explore, with intimacy and insight, just about every contemporary international issue...
- U.S., Russia Still Working On Details Of Wto Deal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
The United States and Russia are still negotiating details aimed at reaching agreement on Moscow's bid to join the World Trade Organization, the U.S. commerce secretary said on Wednesday.
- Keeping To The Right (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 12, 2006)
The first leg of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s six-day European tour underlines the growing relationship between the two countries, both political and economic.
- North Korean Nuclear Blast (Daily Excelsior, V.N. Paranjape, Oct 12, 2006)
The inevitable has happened. North Korea has, by conducting the unwarranted nuclear test, given full play to its dangerously belligerent intentions.
- Blue Bull At House Of Diplomat Rescued (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
A blue bull (neelgai) was rescued from Saudi Arabian diplomat M. Owaitbi’s house in Shanti Niketan, in southwest Delhi’s R.K. Puram area, at about 5 pm on Wednesday.
- 'We Will Soon Be A Rs 6,000-Cr Group' (The Economic Times, VIVEK SINHA, Oct 12, 2006)
Urvi A Piramal, group chairperson, Ashok Piramal Group, oversees the Rs 1,500-crore conglomerate that has business interests that varies from textiles, real estate, retail, cutting tools, to auto components. Piramal said her vision is to grow the . . .
- Us Not Examining A Q Khan Role On N Korea's Nuke Development (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2006)
The Bush administration has refused to speculate on what the disgraced Pakistani scientist A Q Khan's input may have been in the North Korean nuclear blast.
- Cold War Clouds (Frontline, Vladimir Radyuhin , Oct 12, 2006)
A report prepared by two experts of the state Duma predicts a worsening of Russian-American relations in the next few years.
- Zones Apart (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 12, 2006)
They are two different worlds - Sri Lanka's war-torn North and East and peaceful South.
- Abe's Empire (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Oct 12, 2006)
For new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the challenges are many as Japan seeks to reposition itself in the new world order.
- Sri Lanka:mixed Signals (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 12, 2006)
The conflict resolution process remains stalled though the government receives "positive signals" from the LTTE.
- Second North Korean Test Feared As U.N. Weighs Sanctions (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Capitals from Asia to America were making frantic checks on Wednesday after Japanese broadcaster NHK said North Korea may have conducted another nuclear test, but there was no immediate confirmation that it had.
- Chinese Game Plan (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Oct 11, 2006)
Last month the politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) took an unusual decision about Chinese investments in India.
- Australia To Support Un Sanctions Against North Korea (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Australia today said it will support UN sanctions against North Korea in response to its first nuclear test and announced restricted visa entry for visitors from the communist state.
- Us Not Examining A Q Khan's Role In N Korea (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
The Bush administration has refused to speculate on what the disgraced Pakistani scientist A Q Khan's input may have been in the North Korean nuclear blast.
- Now, Give Them Education (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 11, 2006)
The effort to end exploitation of children must be accompanied by adequate rehabilitation measures.
- Delhi’S No Pyongyang, Says Blair (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Oct 11, 2006)
Indian diplomacy has tasted its first success in trying to prevent the country being lumped with North Korea as a nuclear proliferator.
- No Parallel Between N-Tests By Ind And N Korea: Blair (Press Trust of India, Ajay Kaul, Oct 11, 2006)
Amid an international uproar over the North Korean nuclear test, British Prime Minister Tony Blair today firmly rejected any parallels between it and India's case, saying that New Delhi had stood by its international obligations and was working . . .
- Unsc Mulls Severe Sanctions Against North Korea (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 11, 2006)
The United Nations Security Council on Monday weighed severe sanctions against North Korea while US President George W. Bush vowed the international community would "respond" following a reported nuclear test by the reclusive communist nation.
- How Pak Scientist Sold Bomb Secrets To N. Korea (Tribune, Anne Penketh, Oct 11, 2006)
There was nothing to betray the feverish activity of North Korea's nuclear emerald green paddy fields to the heart of the hermit state.
- N-Test: India Ready To Provide Data On Pak Role (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Indian officials travelling with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Britain and Finland have said that New Delhi is ready to share its information on Pakistan’s clandestine role in providing North Korea with nuclear technology know-how.
- Stay Out Of Trouble (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Oct 11, 2006)
On one issue, at least, George Bush and George Clooney are in perfect accord: what is happening in Darfur is genocide, and something must be done about it. But it isn’t genocide, and nothing will be done.
- Starred War For A Book (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 11, 2006)
As if terrorism, Kashmir and memories of partition were not enough, NRIs and NRPs are now at daggers drawn over President Pervez Musharraf’s controversial autobiography, In the Line of Fire.
- Pm Says No To Another N-Weapon State, Blair Agrees (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Oct 11, 2006)
A day after North Korea reignited the proliferation debate, 10 Downing Street became the venue for India making public its critical stand on the emergence of another nuclear weapon state and got a ringing endorsement of it from British Prime Minister . .
- Indo-Pak Joint Mechanism (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Oct 11, 2006)
Pakistan and India have agreed to restart peace talks, which had been suspended since train bombings killed more than 200 people and injured over 700 in July, 2006.
- Tipnis’S Outburst Is Extremely Useful (Indian Express, RANJIT B. RAI, Oct 11, 2006)
Ay tipnis, who was chief of air staff during the Kargil intrusions by the Pakistani army in early May 1999, has gone public on the delay in actions taken to meet the Kargil intrusions with air support in the October issue of the Force magazine.
- Nuclear Test May Embolden Iran To Take The Same Path (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
North Korea’s claim to have tested an atomic bomb could embolden Iran as it defies the UN Security Council over its own nuclear programme, say analysts.
- Us And China Scramble To Work Out A Common North Korea Policy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
For almost two decades, the United States and China have tried different approaches to dissuade North Korea from acquiring nuclear weapons—all of which appear to have failed with Pyongyang’s announcement that it exploded a nuclear device.
- Atomic Adolescent (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Oct 11, 2006)
India was quick in its condemnation of North Korea’s nuclear test on Monday. It was on the target when pointing to the Pakistan link in the North Korean proliferation.
- Murder In Moscow (Tribune, Anne Applebaum, Oct 11, 2006)
At the time of her murder in Moscow last week, Anna Politkovskaya was at the pinnacle of her influence.
- Knowledge Is Power (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Oct 11, 2006)
One should welcome the decision to introduce human rights, disaster management and physical and health education as full-fledged subjects for senior secondary students from the next academic session.
- North Korea & Envisioning Alternative Nuclear Futures (Hindu, Ramesh Thakur, Oct 11, 2006)
If the NPT status quo is already history, then we must either accept a world of more nuclear weapon powers, or move to a nuclear-weapon-free world. There is no third way.
- Hu, Bush Discuss Nuclear Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Chinese President Hu Jintao held talks late on Monday with his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush on bilateral ties and the DPRK nuclear test.
- The Nuclear Fallout (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 11, 2006)
To some people, the exploding of a nuclear device by North Korea is probably the best answer any nation could have given to Washington's recent depredations, the most notable example of which was the full-scale military assault against Iraq on a . . .
- Offensive Must Stop Before Talks Can Begin, Says Ltte (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Oct 11, 2006)
The LTTE on Tuesday said it was committed to talks to demonstrate its true "character just one more time" but would be forced into "unfortunate decision to re-examine if large-scale offensives" by Colombo do not stop.
- No Evidence Against Pakistan: Nato (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 11, 2006)
The commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan who met President Pervez Musharaff here on Tuesday in the midst of a controversy over Pakistan's alleged assistance to the Taliban, showered public praise on Islamabad for . . .
- North Korean Case Different From India's, Says Tony Blair (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 11, 2006)
India does not support emergence of another nuclear state: Manmohan
Blair: India strong on counter-proliferation
India, Britain package on counter-terrorism.
- World Big Enough To Accommodate India And China: Manmohan (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 11, 2006)
Urges India-U.K. investment summit to take business partnership to new level
India can absorb $320 billion investment in infrastructure
Volume of trade with China growing handsomely.
- For India, North Korea's Test Poses Key Challenge (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Oct 11, 2006)
Reconfiguring the nuclear order is no longer a simple matter.
- Lord Swraj Paul First Chancellor Of Westminster Varsity (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Oct 11, 2006)
Support's drive to attract international students
- Who's Next? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 11, 2006)
Art always seems to have a head start in pursuit of the truth and these lines from a Tom Lehrer song, recorded in 1965, have contemporary resonance.
- Us To Make It ‘Very Costly’ For Pyongyang (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
The US has proposed sanctions against Pyongyang, including the inspection of cargo to ensure no materials connected with weapons of mass destruction enter or leave North Korea
- China Calls For Tough Reply (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
China, North Korea’s most important ally, today joined other world powers in calling for a tough response to the reclusive communist state’s announcement of a nuclear weapons test.
- Ltte To Resume Talks With Lanka Govt (Deccan Herald, P KARUNAKHARAN , Oct 11, 2006)
The Tamil Tiger rebels on Tuesday agreed to resume direct talks with President Mahinda Rajapaksa's coalition government on October 28 and 29 in a city in Switzerland
- Civil Society’S Vigil Against Death Penalty (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Banners saying “Abolish Death Penalty” were hung across rivers and candle light vigils were held in cities as human rights activists observed the ‘World Day Against the Death Penalty’ in the country.
- Iran's Top Leaders Vow To Continue Nuclear Programme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Iran's hardline leaders said Tuesday their country would not retreat from its controversial nuclear programme despite international demands that it do so.
- N Korea Pulls Off Nuke Test (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
North Korea’s neighbours strongly condemned the nuclear test the country conducted today, throwing the region into the brink of security chaos.
- Pm Convinces Blair On Nukes (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Britain today rejected any comparison between the nuclear test conducted by North Korea and India acquiring nuclear weapon.
- Us Proposes Un Sanctions Against North Korea (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
In the wake of North Korea’s first-ever atom bomb test, the US has proposed sanctions against it, including inspection of cargo to ensure no materials connected with weapons of mass destruction enter or leave its shores to limit chances of proliferation.
- Sonia Not Happy With Patil (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Home Minister Shivraj Patil appears to be in serious trouble. Though Prime Minister Manmohan Singh defended his performance at the recent meeting of Congress Chief Ministers at Nainital, Congress president Sonia Gandhi is far from happy with him.
- Goodbye America? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 11, 2006)
The current power play inside Washington could profoundly affect the future of Indo-US relations.
- Left Impact (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Oct 11, 2006)
Behind the making of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, lies the watchdog role played by the Left in Parliament.
- The N. Korean Blast And Its Mushrooming Aftermath (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Oct 11, 2006)
The Pyongyang nuclear test will only push the world a little further towards the brink, the concern being not so much North Korea's possession of nuclear weapons as the inevitability of this capability being available on the market for anyone to bi . . .
- ‘Excellent Cooperation’ In Fighting Terrorists: (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Richards says most Afghan problems internal
Waziristan deal ‘could set an example’
Pakistan committed against Taliban: Musharraf
- Musharraf Warns Against Blame Game (Pakistan Observer, Aroosa Alam, Oct 11, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has once again cautioned that rift between Afghanistan and Pakistan will strengthen the ranks of Taliban and Al-Qaeda operating in and around Pak-Afghan borders.
- Japan May Follow The Course (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Oct 11, 2006)
North Korea’s nuclear test has evoked worldwide condemnation, as it’s perceived to be a destabilising factor in the region.
- India Edgy About Us Nuclear Deal After North Korea's Test (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
The aftershocks of North Korea's reported nuclear test have hit India, prompting concern that its nuclear cooperation deal with the United States could be undermined by a renewed focus on proliferation.
- Thick As Thieves (Pioneer, Wilson John, Oct 11, 2006)
Clandestine dealings between Pakistan and North Korea leave no room for doubt that their nuclear weapons programmes are closely entwined
- Mechanism Of Deception (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Oct 11, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision in Havana to make Pakistan a partner in tackling terrorism was a colossal mistake, particularly since it is hardly a secret that it supports jihadi activities on the Indian soil.
- N Korea Must Face Punitive Action: China (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
North Korea must face "some punitive actions" for testing a nuclear device, China's UN ambassador said on Tuesday, suggesting that Beijing may be willing to impose some form of Security Council sanctions against Pyongyang.
- Fernandes Shoots Off Letter To Prez (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
On a day when CBI filed an FIR against him in connection with alleged irregularities in a defence deal, former Defence Minister George Fernandes on Tuesday shot off a letter to President APJ Abdul Kalam demanding dismissal of the UPA Government on . . .
- For N-Korea, Worst-Case Scenario Looks Good (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
The crisis on the Korean peninsula is likely to get worse and Pyongyang may want it that way.
- Thailand's Interim Pm Pledges To Lift Martial Law (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2006)
Thailand's interim Prime Minister said on Tuesday that his Government will lift martial law as soon as possible adding that repairing the country's image was a priority after past month's coup drew widespread international condemnation.
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