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Articles 2521 through 2620 of 53943:
- Kabul Another Baghdad (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Oct 03, 2006)
US President George Bush’s dinner diplomacy between Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai and Gen Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan has not worked. But on the ground, NATO commanders are claiming success.
- Pak Response: If Proof There, Will Act But No Handing Over (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
A day after New Delhi said it would confront Islamabad with the evidence of its involvement in the Mumbai train blasts, Pakistan today promised action against any of its nationals with links to the attack if it’s provided information but said it . . .
- How To Avoid The Oil Slick Of Volatile Prices (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Oct 03, 2006)
One month is a long time in today’s oil industry. My last column, four weeks ago, was written against the background chatter of $100/barrel oil and deepening concern that the government’s refusal to allow their marketing companies to recover the . . .
- ``Spiritual Bliss'' At Phoenix Settlement (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 03, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh experienced on Sunday ``a rare spiritual moment'' at the ``sacred site'' of the Phoenix Settlement, set up by Mahatma Gandhi in 1904 on the outskirts of Durban.
- Challenge To World Peace (Daily Excelsior, V.N. Paranjape, Oct 03, 2006)
The South Block is drawing up a strategic road map to welcome the Chinese President, Hu Jintao, in November.
- A Strategy After Facts (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 03, 2006)
Shiv Shankar Menon, the new Foreign Secretary, has given some needed perspective to the issue of the new joint consultative mechanism on terrorism with Pakistan. Pakistan, he has pointed out, needs to be judged by its actions, not words.
- India Slips On Diplomatic Stage (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 03, 2006)
Aiming big in foreign policy, the Manmohan Singh government has lost out on what was within its reach on the international arena.
- N-Deal: A Setback To Indo-American Lobby (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Oct 03, 2006)
Indian diplomats in Washington are tight-lipped and South Block experts in Delhi are privately gnashing their teeth after the US Senate’s failure to move the civil nuclear deal with India.
- Stress On ‘Happiness’ Index (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
Thailand’s military rulers unveiled a stopgap prime minister and constitution today, fulfilling a promise to step back in favour of civilians within two weeks of their coup against Thaksin Shinawatra.
- South Africa Backs Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 03, 2006)
It will help India seek access to advanced civilian nuclear technology from the NSG
- Issue To Be Raised With Pakistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
'New evidence on ISI involvement'
Pakistan to be judged by action on terrorism
Hopeful of India-U.S. nuclear deal
- "Abide By Human Rights Treaties In Treating Hiv-Afflicted" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
Seek more involvement in policy making, programme planning
- No Change (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Oct 03, 2006)
It is unfortunate that the latest assertion of Hizbul Mujahideen supremo Syed Salahuddin eliminates the possibility of truce now or later.
- Satyagraha Won't Help Bring About Un Reforms: Mbeki (Pioneer, Shobori Ganguli, Oct 03, 2006)
Satyagraha may be an immaculate value system in principle but civil disobedience is certainly not a medium for democracies like India and South Africa to make their voices heard in the international arena.
- White House Upset With Indo-Us Nuke Deal Failure (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
The White House said on Monday, it was disappointed the US Senate failed to approve a landmark US-India nuclear deal before adjourning, but expressed optimism it would be approved during a "lame duck" session in November.
- Kofi Annan’S Successor Soon (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Oct 03, 2006)
A final straw poll will be held at the United Nations in New York on Monday to determine a likely successor to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
- Russia Pulls Out Embassy Staff From Georgia (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2006)
Following the ongoing row due to the arrest of five Russian military officials on charges of spying earlier this week, Russia on Saturday withdrew all its embassy staff from Tbsilisi, capital of former Soviet Republic of Georgia.
- Afghan Blast Kills 12, Wounds 42 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2006)
A suicide bomber today blew himself up in front of the Interior Ministry in Kabul, killing 12 people and wounding 42, the Afghan government said.
- Musharraf Blames West For Terror (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2006)
In yet another controversial statement, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has virtually blamed the US and other Western countries for terrorism emanating from his country.
- Congress Restricts Bush From Building Mily Basis In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
The U.S. Congress on Friday moved to block the Bush administration from building permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq or controlling the country’s oil sector, as it approved $70 billion for funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Foreign Hand (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 30, 2006)
Prime Ministers of India who have also held the portfolio of external affairs
- Arms Imbalances In The Subcontinent (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 30, 2006)
The supply of non-nuclear technology to India under the Indo- US Agreement on Nuclear Cooperation gives India access to hundreds of nuclear labs and nuclear R&D institutions in the United States. The significance should be obvious.
- London’S Embarrassment And Pakistan’S Isi (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 30, 2006)
A paper written by an officer of the British MI6 for the Defence Academy, a British Ministry of Defence think-tank, has alleged that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is indirectly supporting . . .
- Shahid Malik New Envoy To India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Pakistan on Friday announced the appointment of a new ambassador to its neighbouring rival, India.
- Georgia Trying To Provoke Conflict, Says Russia (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Plans afoot to evacuate Russian diplomats
- "Community Involvement Must For Better Sexual Health Information" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Social taboo stops women from seeking reproductive, sexual health services
- Pak Abducted A Lot Of Terror Suspects, Says Amnesty Intl (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Pakistan has abducted hundreds of people as part of the US-led war on terror, often secretly holding them for months while they are interrogated , the human rights group Amnesty International said on Friday.
- Attracting Tourists (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 30, 2006)
World Tourism Day was observed in Pakistan on September 27 with the federal tourism minister announcing that tourists from several countries could expect to get visas on arrival.
- India Should Not Join Race For Biological Weapons (Hindu, Sujatha Byravan, Sep 30, 2006)
New Delhi has the opportunity to step up as the global leader it aspires to be by taking a practical approach and the moral high road on the subject.
- ‘Doubt Is The Way In Which You Change Things’ (Indian Express, Mini Kapoor, Sep 30, 2006)
John Ralston Saul’s immensely popular books are in persistent battle against today’s slide towards technocracy.
- Islamabad, Kabul Agreed To Avoid Verbal Attacks: Us (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to maintain regular contact over the issues that caused verbal spats between their leaders during their two-week stay in the United States, the White House has said.
- India-Eu Pact Likely In Helsinki (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Sep 30, 2006)
Free trade would be an important element
- Iim-A Agrees To Implement Obc Quota In Phases (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Sep 30, 2006)
To approach the Centre for a one-time grant to create infrastructure facilities
- "The Goalposts Haven't Been Shifted And They Will Not Be Shifted" (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 30, 2006)
With the congressional elections scheduled to take place in November 2006, time appears to be running out for the passage of the legislation that will give effect to the nuclear co-operation deal between India and the United States.
- No Secret Agenda To Cap India's Strategic Programme: Mulford (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 30, 2006)
``U.S. administration committed to getting nuclear deal done''
- Leaving Their Marx (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 30, 2006)
There are three good reasons to welcome the CPM speaking up for good relations with Beijing and ending security-related restrictions against Chinese companies.
- Pervez Reveals Bengali Love (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Pervez Musharraf fell in love with a Bengali girl in Karachi while in his teens but, alas, she had to go off to East Pakistan with her family and that was it.
- Discouraging Iron Ore Exports (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 30, 2006)
Steel, along with textiles, has played a pioneering role in modern India's industrialisation and it is not surprising that the policy to be adopted on the industry's major raw material, iron ore, has become the focus of national attention.
- Soz Calls On Rajapaksa (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 30, 2006)
Union Minister for Water Resources Saifuddin Soz called on Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the temporary Presidential Palace and exchanged views on the current situation in the island nation and issues of interest between India and Sri Lanka.
- S. Korea's Candidate Leads Straw Poll For U.N. Post (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon was calm on Friday over his advantage in the latest straw poll for the next Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- U.N. Envoy For Tsunami Recovery Seeks Revival Of Talks In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 30, 2006)
"Recovery process has ground to a halt in parts of north and east"
Reported Defence Ministry letter asks journalists not to disseminate news without confirmation from Media Centre for National Security
Move unnecessary and tantamount to . . .
- Ethnic Hate Crimes On The Increase In Russia (Hindu, Marianna Belenkaya, Sep 30, 2006)
Religious and ethnic communities have a big role to play. They should not give in to provocations.
- Female Space Tourist Returns To Earth (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
The world's first female space tourist, Iranian-born Anousheh Ansari, returned to Earth today, bumping down in a Russian Soyuz capsule at dawn on the Kazakh steppe.
- South Korean Leads Race For Un Secretary General’S Post (Deccan Herald, COLUM LYNCH, Sep 30, 2006)
The leading candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as secretary general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, South Korea’s minister of foreign affairs and trade, has at least one potential advantage over his rivals in the election race for the world’s top . . .
- Mumbai-Malegaon Blasts (Deccan Herald, P.C. Dogra, Sep 30, 2006)
O July 11, seven blasts in seven suburban trains of Western Railway, Mumbai, killed over 229 persons and wounded over 700. Then came Malegaon blasts in a mosque, killing 37 Muslims and injuring many more, who were in the congregation of the devouts . . .
- Patch-Up At White House (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 30, 2006)
It has happened many times in the past. Presidents Pervez Musharraf and Hamid Karzai have met, pledged to bury the hatchet and fight terrorism jointly.
- Sezs: Pil Filed In Supreme Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
They will create shortages: petitioner
Land is being acquired with the help of police
Quash all acquisitions and return land to farmers, court urged.
- Inzy's Triumph (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 30, 2006)
The decision to exonerate Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq of the charges of ball tampering — reached by International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Ranjan Madugalle
- Musharraf, Karzai Break Ice (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 30, 2006)
Despite a tense White House dinner that ended without their even shaking hands, President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan have agreed to meet three times in the coming weeks on each side of their mutual border.
- Plea To Stop Acquisition Of Farm Land For Sezs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
The Supreme Court was moved on Friday to stop the acquisition of agricultural and cultivable land from farmers in various states for setting up special economic zones (SEZs).
- Clarity First, Says Icici On Funding Sezs (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
ICICI Bank, on Thursday, said it would wait for the Centre to remove the cloud of uncertainty surrounding Special Economic Zones before deciding on lending to such projects.
- First Surgery Performed In Weightless Conditions (Deccan Herald, Alok Jha, Sep 29, 2006)
French surgeons have performed the first operation on a person in weightless conditions. In the 10-minute procedure yesterday, four doctors cut out a cyst from a patient's arm aboard a free-falling aircraft.
- Tourism Enriches (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2006)
Pro-active promotion of tourism is needed.
- India`s Ambassadors In The Us (Business Standard, T Thomas, Sep 29, 2006)
If we can get American students to study here, it will prove to be a major advancement in diplomacy.
- It’S All About Business But Comrades Will Take Up China’S Problems With Pm (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Sep 29, 2006)
The Chinese have a string of problems in India, ranging from business visa to denial of infrastructure contracts. Their old comrades in India are now planning to take up these not-so-socialist issues with the Prime Minister.
- Tharoor Stands Second In Un Informal Straw Poll (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Indian nominee for the post of next United Nations Secretary-General Shashi Tharoor remained at the second position in the third informal straw poll conducted by the 15-member Security Council but with reduced number of positive votes compared with . . .
- Musharraf Slams Bbc Over Isi Report (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 29, 2006)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf arrived here on Thursday fuming with rage over a BBC report that a research paper, written by a British intelligence official for the Ministry of Defence, had accused the Pakistani intelligence service, ISI, of . . .
- In The Land Of Rising Nationalism (Business Line, J. Srinivasan, Sep 29, 2006)
Japan's Prime Minister-elect, Mr Shinzo Abe, thinks the country cannot continue the way it has, and wants to revise the pacifist constitution and education to emphasise moral values, patriotism, and tradition.
- Frank And Forthright (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 29, 2006)
The Wapda inquiry committee on the countywide power breakdown on Sunday last has completed its job in time.
- Combating Aids: Yunnan Shows The Way (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 29, 2006)
While many of China's other regions pretend that AIDS does not exist, Yunnan has begun to experiment with novel pilot projects such as the methadone therapy and needle exchange programmes.
- No Deal Campaigners Set To Lose Battle (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Sep 29, 2006)
Despite the perverse pessimism in some quarters in New Delhi, the overriding consensus in the State Department, on Capitol Hill and in the strategic affairs community here is that the India-United States civil nuclear deal is on course.
- Pain Of Death In Moscow (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 29, 2006)
It is more or less understandable why revenge was taken on the first deputy chairman of Russia's Central Bank, one of the architects of the country's banking system:
- Questionable Leaders (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 29, 2006)
Somewhere in the distant past, when Muslims were blissfully unaware of progress, the Imam of Jama Masjid with his old pal, Mr Balasaheb Thackeray, was a media darling.
- Pervez's Memoir Diplomacy (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Sep 29, 2006)
The real motive behind General Musharraf's long stay in the US remains a mystery
- Politics Of Durga Puja (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 29, 2006)
While West Bengal erupts in what Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi calls "stree shakti" (women's power), two very dissimilar strees are jostling for Durga's tiara.
- The Captive Shames The Captor And Shames Himself (New Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Sep 29, 2006)
He opted to be a refugee in Pakistan rather than remain a resident in India during Partition. He started his career as a soldier, the most prestigious job then and why even now, in his adopted country.
- Icici Cautious About Lending To Sezs (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Private sector banking powerhouse ICICI Bank on Thursday said it would wait for the government to remove the cloud of uncertainty surrounding Special Economic Zones before deciding on lending to such projects.
- Bush Asks Pervez, Karzai To Join In Terror Hunt (Tribune, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Sep 29, 2006)
In the midst of war of words between Pakistani and Afghan Presidents Pervez Musharraf and Hamid Karzai, US President George Bush has said his country needed to work with them to “strategise together” to defeat terrorism.
- Decisive Firepower (Tribune, Gurmeet Kanwal, Sep 29, 2006)
Despite the increasing obsolescence of Artillery guns, mortars and rocket launchers in the Army, the government has been unable to conclude contracts for their replacement. Protracted trials of several 155 mm howitzers have been carried out over . . .
- Tiger By The Tail (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 29, 2006)
Reports of rampant sale and purchase of tiger skin and products in Tibet - where representatives of Wildlife Protection Society of India have claimed sighting, among other parts of the feline anatomy, a tent made of 108 tiger skins - underscores . . .
- South Korea's Ban Still Ahead In U.N. Leader Race (Reuters, Evelyn Leopold , Sep 29, 2006)
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon retained his lead in an informal Security Council poll for U.N. secretary-general on Thursday, the only candidate to get a clear majority.
- Again, Tharoor Finishes Second In Un Race (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
India’s nominee Shashi Tharoor again finished second behind South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon in an informal Security Council poll for UN secretary-general on Thursday but got two votes less than in the last straw poll.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 29, 2006)
The continuing war of words between New Delhi and Islamabad ~ even if diplomats prefer to describe the sniping as “clarifications” ~ over the scope and role of the proposed joint mechanism on terrorism has rendered it a virtual non-starter.
- No Control On Durand Line (New Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 29, 2006)
Nearly 113 years after it was drawn between British India and Afghanistan, the Durand Line remains volatile.
- Foreign Pressure For Gay Rights (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Sep 29, 2006)
Government should develop political consensus before legalising homosexuality as it is against the ethos of Indian society, says Anuradha Dutt.
- By The Book (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2006)
The Pakistan president, Mr Pervez Musharraf, has consistently invited scepticism in India. Predictably, the publication of his memoir, In the Line of Fire, has intensified public disquiet in India about him.
- J&k Hub Of Tourism Activity: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that his State had become a "hub" of tourism activity and stressed that the entire Northern region can be connected by way of smaller air services to facilitate and enhance tourism activity.
- The Passion To Excel (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 29, 2006)
The passion to excel and reach the top is the key to excellence. The employees at various level of organizational hierarchy must have the fire in their belly to excel in every sphere of operation.
- China's Fusion Reactor Test A Success (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Chinese scientists on Thursday successfully conducted their first test of an experimental thermonuclear fusion reactor, which replicates the energy generating process of the sun.
- Chindia Bhai-Bhai (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 29, 2006)
The elephant and dragon should learn to dance together. With their high growth and demographic dividend, they are poised to dictate terms to the world.
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