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Articles 2721 through 2820 of 53943:
- U.S. Senators Trade Blame Over India Deal Delay (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Sep 27, 2006)
Republican and Democratic leaders on Tuesday blamed each other for the U.S. Senate's delay in approving the landmark U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement.
- Is Osama Dead? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 27, 2006)
A newspaper report sourced to French intelligence quoting Saudi sources claimed that Osama bin Laden died of typhoid on August 23 in Pakistan.
- Line Of Fire, Circle Of Unreason (Indian Express, Murtaza Razvi, Sep 27, 2006)
Everyone in Pakistan has high expectations of General Musharraf’s In the Line of Fire: the liberal urban minority, the silent majority, the religious fanatics. The book will be interpreted variously as coming from a prophet of boon or of doom, . . .
- Iran-Russia Pact On Nuclear Fuel (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Russia will ship fuel to a controversial atomic power plant it is building in Iran by March under an agreement signed today ~ a deal that should allay Iranian suspicions that Moscow is dragging its feet but adds to Western fears over Teheran’s . . .
- N-Deal Vote Likely To Be Delayed Even Further (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Sep 27, 2006)
The India-US civilian nuclear energy deal is not likely to come up for a vote before the US Senate breaks for the Congressional elections at the end of this week.
- Farmer Issue Was Ignored By Congress At Meet: Bjp (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The BJP on Tuesday accused the Congress party of not taking the farmer suicides seriously and of skirting the issue of price rise at the Nainital conclave of the Congress party, which was held recently.
- Return Of Nam (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Sep 27, 2006)
The Non-Aligned Movement summit in Havana comes out with a robust response to U.S. hegemony in a unipolar world.
- Beyond The Rhetoric (Frontline, Partha S. Ghosh , Sep 27, 2006)
To make NAM a vehicle of South-South cooperation, what is needed is not mere joint statements but their follow-ups in letter and spirit.
- Sideline Summits (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Sep 27, 2006)
The India, Brazil and South Africa Trilateral Cooperation Forum has helped the three democracies in trade and international politics.
- Trade Triangle Of India, Brazil, South Africa (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Sep 27, 2006)
The India, Brazil and South Africa Trilateral Cooperation Forum has helped the three democracies in trade and international politics.
- Made In Cuba, Unmade In Pak (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Islamabad’s assertion that those wanted by India have a ‘different status’ in Pakistan has put serious question marks on the proposed joint anti-terror institutional mechanism.
- Major Indo-German S&t Initiative Launched (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Sep 27, 2006)
Focal areas for cooperation identified
Angela Merkel regime keen on enhancing partnership
S&T centre will take shape next year
Public-private partnership mooted.
- Pak Remains Nursery Of Global Terrorism: Pranab (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Sep 27, 2006)
Pakistan “remains a nursery of global terrorism” and has done “precious little to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism,” Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday.
- United States, Who Sign Agreement For Tb Control In India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
WHO given Rs. 19 crore for research, State-level implementation of disease control programme
- India Lauds Rajapaksa Government's Resolve To Build Consensus On . . . (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 27, 2006)
On basic principles, India and Sri Lanka share the same vision India is ready to share with Sri Lanka our "own experience of unity in diversity, plural democracy and devolution."
- Science Must Be Harnessed In Full: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Presents CSIR's Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes for 2006 to 13 scientists
- Balochistan Geopolitics (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 27, 2006)
Much of the nineties was spent by global oil companies trying to design how to provide accessible markets to the newly exposed Central Asian Republics. Gas resources in Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan are estimated to equal . . .
- Ending A Controversy (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 27, 2006)
In his meeting with diplomats from Islamic countries on Monday, Pope Benedict expressed deep regret over the resentment caused to Muslims by his remarks of Sept. 12. The regret should do for the apology some people been demanding over the fateful words.
- In The Line Of Fire And Dr A Q Khan (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 27, 2006)
In his book, In the line of fire, President Musharraf makes some very serious allegations regarding Dr A Q Khan's network. He says that Dr Khan had advised his daughter, who lives in the UK, to disclose the country's nuclear secrets to the British media.
- Trial By Fire (Tribune, Gen V.P. Malik (retd), Sep 27, 2006)
I have confronted death and defied it several times in the past because destiny and fate have always smiled on me.” “… unlike most leaders, I am also a soldier, Chief of the Army Staff and Supreme Commander of my . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 27, 2006)
It is customary when cornered to lash wildly in all directions. Pervez Musharraf is probably smart enough to understand that the clock is counting down the time for his carefully-crafted charade to conclude, hence his bid to present his side of the . . .
- Deep Strike At Sea (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Sep 27, 2006)
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to arm its Jaguar deep penetration strike aircraft with long range anti-ship missiles, to boost its maritime warfare capability.
- Free Trade Zones For Overseas Smes Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
India is considering a proposal to set up seven Free Trade & Warehousing Zones (FTWZs) across the country to enable overseas Small & Mediun Enterprises (SMEs) to put up their manufacturing units.
- Taliban Bombs In Afghanistan Kill 20 (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
A suicide attack tore through a crowded southern Afghan town, killing 18 people, while a powerful bomb blast in Kabul killed an Italian soldier and a child in a new wave of Taliban violence.
- But Even Then Take People Along, Mr President (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 27, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that there are no differences in the Pakistan Army and it fully supports him. ‘The army likes me, follows me and is with me’, he said while addressing the annual Pehla Qadam gala organised by the National . . .
- The General And His Book Will Come In The Line Of Fire (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 27, 2006)
In his memoir, In the Line of Fire, General-President Pervez Musharraf has said things that may be credible, even remarkable, in terms of barrack-room achievement; but his spin on some events of the recent past can be challenged easily.
- Australia Terms Nuclear Deal With India ‘Good Idea’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Australia is considering whether to match a controversial US nuclear deal with India to allow Canberra to sell uranium to the New Delhi government, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said on Tuesday.
- India Accuses Pakistan Of Being ‘Nursery Of Global Terrorism’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
Accusing Pakistan of being a “nursery of global terrorism”, India has asked Pakistan once again to stop all cross-border terrorism as promised and dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism still intact on its soil.
- Cancel The Call (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 27, 2006)
The 10-month flip-flop on policy details after taking the decision to increase foreign investment limits in telecom to 74 per cent was bad enough, but worse now seems round the corner as the government may reverse the decision and go back to the . . .
- No Taliban Hq In Quetta: Musharraf (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf asking Afghan president Hamid Karzai to put his own house in order first has said that there is no Taliban headquarter in Quetta and such assertions are unfounded and baseless and he is ready to challenge all such false claims.
- Lower Interest Rates On The Horizon (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
India’s top bankers, state-owned and private, expect interest rates to soften or remain stable in the near future. A comfortable liquidity position, fall in global crude oil prices and appreciation of the rupee are likely to push the interest rates . . .
- The Tao Of Us-India Relations (Business Line, Robinder Sachdev, Sep 27, 2006)
There needs to be action by all parties having any interest in a true handshake of synergies between the US and India.
- Bottomline Turbulence (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 27, 2006)
Vigorous competition for market share is impacting the operating margins of domestic airlines.
- In The West's Own Interest (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 27, 2006)
Pakistan is unarguably the west's most important ally. This Anglophone country, with its deep institutional and social connections to Britain and to the US is naturally placed to be these countries' key interlocutor and partner in countering . . .
- Pm Hints At Harmonising Reservation And Merit (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 27, 2006)
The government is in favour of taking the socially-backward classes on-board in its effort to attain technological excellence, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said on Tuesday.
- Defence In Offence (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 27, 2006)
The schizophrenic nature of the UPA Government's national security policy was evident yet again when, addressing a gathering at Harvard University, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee denounced Pakistan as the regional fount of jihad. Speaking of how . . .
- Indo-China Business To Touch $20 B (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
The bilateral trade between India and China is likely to touch $20 billion by the end of the current year–two years ahead of the target.
- Dismantle Terror Structure First: Rajnath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
``Manmohan misleading the country''
- Cia Paid Pakistan For Al-Qaeda Men (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 26, 2006)
The CIA secretly paid "millions of dollars'' to the Pakistan Government as a reward to Islamabad for handing over hundreds of Al-Qaeda suspects to America, The Times reported on Monday claiming that the "revelation'' came from the Pakistan President . . .
- Chinese Troops In Lebanon (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Sep 26, 2006)
While India makes a heavy weather of its participation in the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, China has stepped in by expanding its military presence there five fold. Paralysed by the fear of domestic criticism, India chose not to increase its . . .
- The Pursuit Of Peace (Hindu, V. Suryanarayan, Sep 26, 2006)
Lessons from the efforts taken to bring about a political solution to the conflict in the emerald isle.
- 1993 Blast Verdict: Key Aides Of Tiger Memon Convicted (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Two key aides of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts mastermind Tiger Memon, Mohammed Iqbal Mohammed Yusuf Shaikh and Nasim Ahmed Shaikh Ali Barmare, were convicted by a special TADA court here on Monday for their complicity in the crime that claimed 257 lives.
- Musharraf: Vajpayee & I Insulted By Higher Power (Asian Age, K.J.M. Varma, Sep 26, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is of the view that both he and the then Indian Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, had been "humiliated" at the Agra summit in 2001 "by someone above" the two of them.
- The Blooming Indo-Brazil Ties (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Sep 26, 2006)
From food to famous sportsmen, the two countries enjoy several similarities.
- Kerala Keeping Its Options Open On Mullaperiyar Dispute (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Government awaiting the outcome of Prime Minister's mediation to settle row
- Singapore To Help India Set Up Sezs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Plans to boost bilateral economic cooperation
Consulate in Chennai getting upgraded
Simplification of visa procedures
Scope for tie-ups in IT, life sciences.
- "Intervention Aimed At Strengthening Democracy" (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 26, 2006)
This is a letter from Thailand's Ambassador to India, Chirasak Thanesnant, on the recent political change in his country:
- Centre's Move Places Education At Risk (Hindu, ANIL SADGOPAL, Sep 26, 2006)
Allocation for education as a percentage of the GDP has been steadily declining since the promulgation of the New Economic Policy.
- Singh Sincere In Addressing Kashmir Issue: Musharraf (Daily Times, Rana Qaisar, Sep 26, 2006)
President says Havana meeting sowed seed for resolution of Indo-Pak disputes
Says he introduced sustainable democracy in Pakistan
No problems in Balochistan
‘Army likes me and follows me’
- Deccan Aviation: Turbulent Weather (Business Standard, Niraj Bhatt, Sep 26, 2006)
The Street was expecting Deccan Aviation to turn in a loss of around Rs 150 crore for the 15 months ended June 2006. But the amount has been more than twice the estimate at Rs 340 crore.
- The Nature Of Hope (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 26, 2006)
For those who came in late: the prime minister’s decision to extend B K Chaturvedi’s tenure as cabinet secretary had scotched the chances (and expectations) of two entire batches of senior bureaucrats.
- 'Manmohan Singh's Sincerity Withering Away' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf says that he is still waiting for the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's "outside the box" solution on Jammu and Kashmir.
- Mush Trading Qaeda Suspects For Cia Dollars (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Sep 26, 2006)
Supplying the US with wanted al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists has turned out to be a profitable venture for Pakistan, earning it millions of dollars in bounty.
- Atal Exposed Pak Role In Encouraging Terror: Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
The BJP on Monday trashed Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf claim that Kargil conflict had compelled India to take initiative on resolving the Kashmir dispute.
- Us 'Onslaught' Fear Forced Mush To Join Terror War (Pioneer, PAUL GARWOOD, Sep 26, 2006)
Pakistani President Gen Pervez Musharraf said in his memoir released on Monday he had no choice but to switch support from the Taliban to the US-led war on terror or face an American "onslaught" and a possible Washington-backed Indian incursion into . . .
- Making Of Poverty (Pioneer, RAHUL RAMAGUNDAM, Sep 26, 2006)
Manipur's weaving culture will be destroyed due to unfair trade practices and cause large-scale unemployment, says Rahul Ramagundam
- Russia Atomic Chief To Meet Top Iranian Nuke Official (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Iran’s top nuclear official was scheduled to meet Russia’s atomic energy chief in Moscow on Monday, and Tehran complained that Moscow was dragging its heels over supplying nuclear fuel for a controversial Russian-built nuclear plant.
- Vikram Chandra (Business Standard, Nilanjana S Roy, Sep 26, 2006)
Everyone has a story to tell and hearing these is how Sacred Games metamorphosed into the huge tome it is.
- Pope: Future Lies In Good Christian-Muslim Ties (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim diplomats on Monday that "our future" depends on good relations between Christians and Muslims as he sought to put to rest anger over his recent remarks about Islam and violence.
- Mush Metamorphosis (OutLook, B. Raman , Sep 26, 2006)
There seem to be two clear shifts - the first relates to the on-going US-led war against international terrorism and Pakistan's role in it and the second to Pakistan's stand on jihadi terrorism in Indian territory.
- Economic Integration And Equitable Trade (Hindu, Raghu Dayal , Sep 26, 2006)
A comprehensive backdrop as well as a roadmap for India-ASEAN association to fructify and flourish
- What Pulls Pios Towards India? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 26, 2006)
A mentor of mine used to say, “Where your heart pulls you, the head will always follow.” It seems that a lot of foreign born Indians are having their heartstrings pulled much more regularly these days.
- Headless Chicken (The Financial Express, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 26, 2006)
Why should our armed forces be above civic laws?
- Facilitating Rollout Of 3g Services (The Economic Times, MAHESH UPPAL, Sep 26, 2006)
In the telecommunications industry, radio frequency (RF) spectrum is often referred to as real estate. There is an uncanny similarity in their issues.
- Preposterous & Absurd (OutLook, G. Parthasarathy, Sep 26, 2006)
By equating India and Pakistan as "victims of terrorism" in Havana, India has seriously undermined what has been its consistent stand that Pakistan should end terrorist violence unconditionally.
- Australia May Match Us Deal With India (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Australia is considering whether to match a controversial US nuclear deal with India to allow Canberra to sell uranium to the New Delhi government, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Tuesday.
- Crude Oil: Super-Spike Ahead? (Business Line, Satish Kumar, Sep 26, 2006)
With the gas reserves position still unclear, and the uncertainties associated with the infrastructure, such as dropping rig count and aging pipelines, it should not be surprising at all if there is a super-spike in the price of crude oil in the . . .
- Musharraf Airs Doubt Over Singh In Memoir (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
In a book released just over week after agreeing with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resume a stalled peace process, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf described his fears that the Indian leader had fallen under the influence of New Delhi's old guard
- An Unwinnable War (Dawn, Max Hastings, Sep 26, 2006)
The Labour party has so much to make itself unhappy about in Manchester this week that only the demonstrators outside the hall will give Iraq, Afghanistan, George Bush and the “war on terror” the attention they deserve.
- India Should Limit Use Of Anti Terror Laws’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
India should limit the use of its tough anti-terrorism laws and push ahead with long-overdue police and criminal justice reforms, a New York-based lawyers’ group said Tuesday.
- Australia Ponders Uranium Sale To India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
The Australian government said on Monday it was considering a new push by New Delhi to buy Australian uranium but it had not changed its policy of banning uranium sales to India.
- Cia Paid Pakistan Millions Of Dollars For Al Qaeda Suspects (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Sep 26, 2006)
President General Pervez Musharraf has written that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) secretly paid his government millions of dollars for handing over hundreds of Al Qaeda suspects to the United States.
- Musharraf Fires In The Line Of Fire (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
Pakistan was secretly paid millions of dollars by the US Central Intelligence Agency for handing over 369 Al Qaida suspects, President Pervez Musharraf has claimed.
- Novel Diplomacy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 26, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf accuses a senior Bush administration official of threatening to bomb his country back to the Stone Age! We’ll get on with this potentially serious diplomatic incident in a moment — but first, a word from our . . .
- Let Gen Mehmood Comes Out With His Version (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 26, 2006)
A CONTROVERSY has been generated in Pakistan and US about the language used by the then US official Richard Armitage to coerce Islamabad in to supporting American plans to dislodge Taliban in Afghanistan following President Musharraf’s CBS interview.
- It's Not A Plan To Hand Over Wanted People: Pakistan (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 26, 2006)
"Mechanism is only to help prevent terrorism"
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 26, 2006)
Diplomats, the old saying went, were “people sent abroad to tell lies about their country.
- Khan Network May Have Helped India Build Bomb - Musharraf (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
India's efforts to build an atomic bomb in the 1990s could have benefited from a black market nuclear network run by disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf wrote in an autobiography published . . .
- Us Report On Iraq (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 26, 2006)
A report by US intelligence agencies on the fallout of the war in Iraq has only revealed what many -- especially in the Muslim world -- have widely believed to have happened since that country's invasion.
- Revamped Pds (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Sep 26, 2006)
Food is a potent weapon to be used nationally and internationally to win friends and influence voting patterns.
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