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Articles 3921 through 4020 of 53943:
- Us Journalist Released From Sudanese Prison (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
American journalist Paul Salopek was released on Saturday from a prison in the war-torn Darfur region where he was held for more than a month on espionage charges, the Chicago Tribune reported on its website.
- Iran, Eu To Resume Crunch Atom Talks (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Sep 10, 2006)
Iran's nuclear negotiator and the EU foreign policy chief meet again on Sunday after what they termed constructive talks in search of compromise that might avert looming U.N. sanctions over Tehran's atomic programme.
- Nato Troops Kill 60 Taliban Insurgents In Afghanistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
NATO-led troops in a major offensive in southern Afghanistan have killed around 60 insurgents in the last 24 hours, said officials.
- Us For Quick Sanctions On Iran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The United States wants the UN Security Council to begin talks next week on a draft resolution that sets out sanctions against Iran for its nuclear activities, US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said on Friday.
- Pakistan Risks Creating Safe Haven For Al-Qaeda, Taliban (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Five years after President Pervez Musharraf bowed to US pressure to withdraw support for the Taliban in Afghanistan, his government has signed a peace deal with Pakistani Taliban.
- Dividing Iraq Will Be A Mistake: Bush (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
President Mr George W Bush says he believes dividing Iraq into three separate regions ~ Kurdish, Shi’ite and Sunni ~ with a central government in Baghdad would be a mistake.
- Cambridge To Confer Honorary Degree On Manmohan Singh (Press Trust of India, H S RAO, Sep 10, 2006)
Nearly 50 years after he earned his first class honours degree in economics from the University of Cambridge, his alma mater will confer an honorary doctorate on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next month.
- Strengthen The Alternative World Order (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 10, 2006)
NAM needs to be revitalised as a dynamic and effective mechanism to coordinate, aid, represent and defend the interests and priorities of its member-states that are mostly Third World countries
- Troops Patrol Malegaon After Deadly Blasts (Reuters, Krittivas Mukherjee, Sep 10, 2006)
A Muslim-majority town in Maharashtra buried its dead as troops patrolled the streets on Saturday to prevent religious riots, a day after bomb blasts killed 32 people and wounded dozens.
- Kicking Up A Rao (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 10, 2006)
Apart from committing a gross breach of diplomatic propriety, Sri Lanka's Tourism Minister Anura Bandaranaike is guilty of tasteless sexist prejudice for attacking India's High Commissioner Nirupama Rao.
- For Whose Peace? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Sep 10, 2006)
At Havana, the media attention will be riveted on the Manmohan Singh-Pervez Musharraf sideline talks. In the media circus that will ensue, few will recall the original slogans behind non-alignment and, like on previous occasions, the event will pass . . .
- Uk Is Willing To Talk To Mullah Omar (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Sep 10, 2006)
Only days after Pakistan brokered a deal with the local Taliban in the tribal areas, the United Kingdom has shown interest to talk to former Afghanistan ruler Mullah Omar to achieve peace.
- Breaking The Code (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 10, 2006)
After reports of alleged spying by some members in the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), Cabinet Secretary B K Chaturvedi has sent a stern circular to all secretaries, reminding them of basic ground rules for officers coming into contact . . .
- The American Flight No One Takes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
United-93. No, we are not talking about the Hollywood movie that released this week.
- Musharraf Explains Pak Position Well (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf is now back home after a short, crisp and highly productive visit to the neighbouring Afghanistan.
- Indian Troops Patrol Muslim Town After Blasts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
A Muslim-majority town in western India buried its dead as troops patrolled the streets on Saturday to prevent religious riots, a day after bomb blasts killed 32 people and wounded dozens.
- Carnage At Indian Mosque (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 10, 2006)
What some observers of the Indian scene had dreaded for long finally came to pass on Friday: terrorists struck at a mosque, killing at least 37 people and injuring over 100.
- India An Opportunity, Not A Threat, To Neighbours: Saran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Describing the country's borders as "arteries of commerce, exchange and movement of people," Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on Saturday said the message India wanted to send to its neighbours was that it represented an economic opportunity for them . . .
- India, China Should Work Together: Sibal (Hindu, Ashok Dasgupta , Sep 10, 2006)
Collaboration will be mutually beneficial
MNCs entering China due to low manufacturing costs
India's USP is its large talent pool.
- Siam, German Association Sign Mou (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Diesel engine, alternative fuels are among areas identified for cooperation
- Pak Nabs Key Jaish Militant (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
Pakistani security forces arrested today an Islamist militant suspect who is wanted for several attacks and smuggling explosives used in bombings in the country’s biggest city, a security force spokesman said.
- Commercialisation Of Water Must Stop: Pandey (Tribune, Vibha Sharma, Sep 10, 2006)
For Magsaysay Award winner Sandeep Pandey, Mahatma Gandhi’s statement that the earth has enough resources to take care of everyone’s needs but not enough to fulfill even one person’s greed forms the basis of his fight against cola majors — Coca-Cola . .
- Just Nam-Sake Relevance (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Sep 10, 2006)
It's time India realised that non-alignment is dead and gone
- Liberal View Needs To Be Less Fanatic (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Sep 10, 2006)
An unintended consequence of last week's Al Jazeera telecast of archival footage of a beatific Osama bin Laden blessing some of the 9/11 hijackers is the abrupt death of the strange theory that the attack on Manhattan's twin towers five years ago . . .
- Only Through Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 10, 2006)
I HAD the privilege of meeting Akbar Khan Bugti, the slain Baloch leader, after the birth of Bangladesh and before the Shimla conference. My main purpose of visit to Pakistan was to interview Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, then
- Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Adopted By U.N. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The U.N. General Assembly adopted on Friday a global strategy designed as a unique instrument to enhance national, regional and international efforts to combat terrorism.
- Israel Lifts Naval Blockade (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 10, 2006)
Bowing to international pressure, Israel has lifted its eight-week naval blockade of Lebanon.
- Senate Should ‘Strip’ Title Two Of Bill On N-Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 10, 2006)
The Senate should “strip” Title Two of its version of a Bill on Indo-US civilian nuclear deal if it is seen as causing undue delay in implementing the pact, a leading American think tank has said.
- Teaching Youth The Basics Of Life (Tribune, Kiran Bedi, Sep 10, 2006)
I loved English honours as a subject in college because of my teacher Dr Urmila Nagar, a petite woman who taught so well.
- Strengthen The Alternative World Order (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 09, 2006)
NAM needs to be revitalised as a dynamic and effective mechanism to coordinate, aid, represent and defend the interests and priorities of its member-states that are mostly Third World countries
- Why Globalisation Is In Trouble - Ii (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 09, 2006)
Globalisation has spurred inequality — both among citizens in the wealthiest countries as well as among developing nations. BRANCO MILANOVIC explores the growing resentment, as only a few poor countries adjust to globalisation.
- Kicking Up A Rao (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 09, 2006)
Apart from committing a gross breach of diplomatic propriety, Sri Lanka's Tourism Minister Anura Bandaranaike is guilty of tasteless sexist prejudice for attacking India's High Commissioner Nirupama Rao. By dismissing one of India's senior . . .
- For Whose Peace? (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Sep 09, 2006)
At Havana, the media attention will be riveted on the Manmohan Singh-Pervez Musharraf sideline talks. In the media circus that will ensue, few will recall the original slogans behind non-alignment and, like on previous occasions, the event will . . .
- Seeking Saviours (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 09, 2006)
I wonder what Mr Chandrababu Naidu is doing these days. He looms in my thoughts every time I wade across slushy cratered roads on my long trudge to the Internet centre, if you could call it that.
- Sri Lanka Distances Itself From Minister's Charge (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 09, 2006)
His views on Nirupama Rao's conduct do not reflect Government's views"
- Nato Seeks More Troops For Afghan Operations (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Sep 09, 2006)
The car bomb in Kabul that killed 15 persons including two U.S. soldiers and injured several others lent greater urgency to a two-day meeting of NATO defence chiefs that began in Warsaw on Friday.
- Myanmar: Junta Blamed Over Tribes' Poor Health (Hindu, John Aglionby , Sep 09, 2006)
The tribes of eastern Myanmar (Burma) have some of the worst health conditions in the world as a result of persecution by the junta, a report published on Thursday reveals.
- Emirates Set To Launch Eight Flights A Week From Bangalore (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The UAE airline's service will start on October 29
Airline to have discounted fares as introductory offer
Company's Mumbai call centre to be expanded.
- Seeking Joint Responses To Global Challenges (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 09, 2006)
Asia and Europe look to the future on ASEM's tenth anniversary.
- Pm To Project New Contemporary Vision At Nam Summit (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
With questions on NAM's relevance being tossed around, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will project a new contemporary vision to deal with major challenges like terrorism, nuclear disarmament and UN reforms at the Summit of the 116-nation grouping in . . .
- ‘Pak Stand To Decide Course Of Talks’ (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Sep 09, 2006)
Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran today confirmed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would be meeting on the sidelines of the NAM summit in Cuba which will take place on September 15-16.
- Malegaon Blasts Terrorist Act: Us (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Terming the blasts in Malegaon in Maharashtra as “terrorist bombings”, the USA today said it stood with India in its fight against terrorism.
- Nuke Deal: No Speed Dating For Us Senators (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 09, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal will have to wait a little longer. US senators considering the India-US nuclear agreement have been unable to agree on a date to bring the enabling legislation to the floor of the House for a debate and a vote.
- Three Cheers For ‘Gulf Wives’ (Deccan Herald, R Gopakumar, Sep 09, 2006)
The UN Fund for Population Activities’ (UNFPA) has commended Indian “Gulf wives’’ for attaining a great sense of independence and judgement that raised their social status.
- India And The Quest For World Order (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Sep 09, 2006)
The Manmohan Singh Government's foreign policy may or may not be independent. What is certain is that it is not effective or imaginative.
- Catering To Nicotine Lovers (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 09, 2006)
Smoker’s International Airways. As the name suggests, the airline, known as Smintair for short, will probably not be for the faint of lung.
- Nato Kills More Than 20 Taliban In Afghan Clashes (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Nato troops killed more than 20 Taliban in airstrikes and artillery barrages on Friday in southern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the alliance said.
- Us Politicking Places Nuclear Deal Hurdle (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Sep 09, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear deal, in which New Delhi and Washington have invested thousands of working hours and a fund of political capital since July 18, 2005, is threatening to unravel days before a final vote in the US Senate.
- Waziristan Remains A Simmering Embarrassment (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 09, 2006)
While the government has international support for its military operations in Waziristan, opinion abroad differs over whether these forays against Al Qaeda have been terribly effective.
- India-Pakistan Peace Process On ‘Life Support’, Needs Revival (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Sep 09, 2006)
The India-Pakistan peace process, which has been on “life support” for some time, needs to be revived, three leading South Asia experts suggested here on Friday.
- Rbi Says No To White-Label Atms (Business Standard, Anindita Dey, Sep 09, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) seems reluctant to give its go-ahead for setting up white-label (or no name) ATMs by corporates, banking sources said.
- Videocon Offers $700 Mn To Buy Daewoo (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The race for takeovers abroad is getting hotter. After Tata Tea’s buyout of American energy drink giant Glaceau for $677 million, it’s the turn of Videocon group to make Corporate India’s biggest overseas acquisition ever.
- Us For Quick Sanctions On Iran (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The United States wants the UN Security Council to begin talks next week on a draft resolution that sets out sanctions against Iran for its nuclear activities, US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said on Friday.
- Balochistan After Bugti (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Sep 09, 2006)
History and nature have one thing in common. They rarely teach lessons without bloodshed and trauma. Although we have never officially embraced it as a potentially preventable wound, one of the lessons etched like a deep scar on our body politic . . .
- Musharraf Explains Pak Position Well (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 09, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf is now back home after a short, crisp and highly productive visit to the neighbouring Afghanistan.
- Demand By Bugti’S Sons (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 09, 2006)
The crisis in Balochistan is nowhere near being resolved. The mystery surrounding the death and burial of Nawab Akbar Bugti has heightened people’s anger and resentment.
- Meeting Of Minds In Kabul (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 09, 2006)
Commonality of interests and a shared threat perception are reason enough for Islamabad and Kabul to bury the hatchet and start afresh.
- Some Indian Views On Balochistan (News International, Praful Bidwai, Sep 09, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- From `Absolute Advantage' To `Yunus, Muhammad' (Business Line, D. Murali , Sep 09, 2006)
The pillars of globalisation include `the free cross-border movements of goods and services, foreign direct investment, financial capital, labour and technology.' At a broader level, globalisation `also embraces international flows of ideas, . . .
- A Shield For Radicalists (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 09, 2006)
While announcing his decision to move the Srinagar sex scandal case to Chandigarh because no lawyer in the state of Jammu & Kashmir was prepared to defend the suspects.
- China’S Foreign Policy (Tribune, S.P. Seth, Sep 09, 2006)
I would appear that China’s former president and party general secretary, Jiang Zemin, is not quite ready yet to retire into political oblivion. He wanted a role like Deng Xiaoping as the ultimate arbiter of Chinese politics and policies even after . . .
- 3 Killed, 14 Hurt In Baluchistan Blast (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The situation in Baluchistan continues to remain unstable and unpredictable, 13 days after the killing of senior Baluch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
- Just Nam-Sake Relevance (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Sep 09, 2006)
Dogmatism and ideological rigidity are often the biggest hurdles in the conduct of a nation's foreign policy. What may have been relevant four decades ago may not necessarily be relevant or even desirable today.
- In China, Living With Maoist Horror (Tribune, John Pomfret, Sep 09, 2006)
Forty years ago this past August, the first killings were carried out to launch the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China. Two educators in Nanjing and a high school principal in Beijing were the first victims of the Red Guards, the shock . . .
- Indian Envoy Under Attack In Sri Lanka Earns Praise (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
Sri Lankan leaders Friday rallied to the defence of Indian High Commissioner Nirupama Rao, denouncing a minister who had accused her of interfering in the island's internal affairs.
- The Path To Sanity (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Sep 09, 2006)
The fictional Hossain Miya’s promise of an island without either masjid or mandir in Manik Bandopadhyay’s Padma Nadir Majhi — which the theatre group, Pratikriti, staged with great verve last Sunday — should have a special resonance for his . . . .
- Chappell’S Innovations (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 09, 2006)
Not all India’s international cricketers appear to have benefited from national team coach Greg Chappell’s recent camp in Bangalore.
- Plan To Develop Ananthagiri Hills Into Tourist Resort (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Development to be complementary to Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple; TB sanatorium not to be disturbed
- India Rejects Sri Lankan Minister's Charge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
Reacting to the accusation of Indian interference made by Sri Lankan Tourism Minister Anura Bandaranaike, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday defended the conduct of its High Commissioner in Colombo and said her contribution to the . . .
- Israel Lifts Air Embargo (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Sep 08, 2006)
Naval blockade to continue for now
- Obesity Problems Dog Indians (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 08, 2006)
Health problems related to obesity are hitting Asians, including Indians, harder than other ethnic groups because doctors using a one-size-fits-all diagnosis fail to pick it up, experts said.
- "Safeguards Can Kick In Only After Cooperation Starts" (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Sep 08, 2006)
In the context of the bills moved in the House of Representatives and the Senate on the proposed Indo-U.S. nuclear agreement,Anil Kakodkar, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, says India considers "reprocessing an extremely important part . . .
- Bush Confirms Prison Network (Hindu, Suzanne Goldenberg, Sep 08, 2006)
No indication of CIA shutting down its detention centres
- Wildlife Warrior (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 08, 2006)
He was an icon for millions of fans across the world, an ebullient spirit who found all things wild to be beautiful. Steve Irwin, the `Crocodile Hunter' from Australia, relished wild adventure with a rare spirit.
- Racism New And Old (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 08, 2006)
When Iraqi Sunni terrorists killed 11 Pakistani and three Indian Shia pilgrims on the same bus to Karbala the other day, they did not check passports or wait to hear discourses from their victims about the validity of Jinnah's Two-Nations . . .
- Pakistan Risks Creating Al Qaeda, Taliban Sanctuary (Reuters, SIMON CAMERON-MOORE, Sep 08, 2006)
Five years after President Pervez Musharraf bowed to U.S. pressure to withdraw support for the Taliban in Afghanistan, his government has signed a peace deal with Pakistani Taliban.
- China Still Elusive On Support To India's Bid For Unsc (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 08, 2006)
China today said it was willing to "intensify" consultations with India on revamping the UN Security Council to make it more efficient and democratic but was non-committal on actively supporting New Delhi's bid for a permanent seat in the body.
- What Taliban? (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 08, 2006)
Is NATO fighting a ghost in Afghanistan?
Something very strange is going on in Afghanistan.
- Fewer Iaf Mishaps (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 08, 2006)
The trend must be sustained
Initially it appeared curious that the IAF chose to project its accident-record over just a five-month period, but things fell somewhat into place when it was revealed that the lone Category-I mishap in that timeframe . . .
- Pak-Afghan Fate Linked (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 08, 2006)
President Musharraf has called upon Kabul to end the blame-game and eliminate mistrust to fight the common enemy of terrorism.
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