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Articles 5021 through 5120 of 53943:
- Israel’S Blatant Vandalism (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 21, 2006)
Israe seized Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Naser al-Shaer from his home in West Bank while its commandos raided a Hezbollah stronghold in eastern Bakaa Valley in ‘naked violation’ of the UN brokered truce on Saturday. Naser al-Shaer is top . . .
- Trivialising The War On Terror (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 21, 2006)
THE results of the alleged plot to bomb transatlantic airlines have varied from the serious to the ludicrous: while Britain and America have thanked Pakistan for unearthing the plot, flights have been delayed because a woman . . .
- Saddam’S Genocide Trial Revives Kurd Anger (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Iraq’s ousted leader Saddam Hussein will return to the dock on Monday (today) to face genocide charges in a highly-charged case that has revived bitter memories among the country’s Kurdish minority.
- How To Revive Agricultural Economy (Daily Excelsior, Satyendra Pratap Singh, Aug 21, 2006)
As the crisis of the farming community reverberate in the country with suicides and hunger, the prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in his Independence speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, loudly proclaimed that the UPA government is "concerned . . .
- Drugs Worth 5 Million Us Dollars Seized, 4 Held (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
In a major success, Delhi police today said it has smashed an international drug racket with the arrest of four persons and seized 100 kg of ephedrine worth nearly five million US dollars and three kg of hashish from them.
- Pakistan Risk Test In Ball-Tampering Row (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The fourth Test between England and Pakistan descended into total farce on Sunday as first Pakistan, and then the umpires, refused to return to the field after tea on the fourth day following a ball-tampering storm. Play was called off for the day.
- Let And Al Qaeda (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 21, 2006)
Now even the National Security Advisor is openly talking about the links between these two and how the LET has become as great a threat to regional and international peace and security as Al Qaeda...
- Indo-Pak Optic Fibre Link Through Wagah Ready (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
India and Pakistan have tested the optic fibre link cable laid through Wagah border by India but it is not yet operational due to “tactical reasons.”
- Moving Nukes: India Must Join World Initiative (Tribune, Premvir Das, Aug 21, 2006)
The Proliferation Security Initiative, PSI for short, is an initiative, initially sponsored by 14 nations including the USA (therefore being seen as an American scheme) aimed at countering proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and . . .
- Adhere To Custom, Tantris Tell Government (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Ban on entry of women into Sabarimala is part of tradition' .
- Musharraf Pops Out Of Box (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Aug 21, 2006)
Like an untiring jack in the box, President Pervez Musharraf pops out his head every time anyone lifts the lid for him, and when no one else does he is quite capable of doing it himself; and perhaps because someone has told him that “thinking out . . .
- Drug Racket Busted, 4 Held (Tribune, Nalini Ranjan, Aug 21, 2006)
In a major breakthrough, the Delhi police today claimed to have smashed an international drug racket with the arrest of four persons and seized 100 kg of ephedrine and 3 kg of hasish worth nearly $5million from their possession.
- Information Freeway~i (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 20, 2006)
This right cannot be questioned on the ground that the applicant has no reason to want the information he is asking for
- Declare Pak A Terror State: Bjp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Claiming that the recent spurt in terrorist activities in the country was sponsored by Pakistan, BJP today said India should step up pressure on the international community to declare the neighbouring country a ‘Terrorist State’.
- A Raja’S Realm (Telegraph, Malavika Karlekar, Aug 20, 2006)
A problem that early professional and amateur photographers in India had to deal with was an idiosyncratic and varied climate.
- Nothing Islamic About Fascism (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Aug 20, 2006)
So, five years after 9/11 are we back to the beginning? Not quite. Complexity has been replaced by simplicity, but the magnitude of ambition remains steadfast.
- Obc Quotas: Blind Oversight (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Aug 20, 2006)
There is no moral, philosophical, or economic basis for OBC reservations in colleges or employment.
- Jats To Protest Against Natwar's "Ill-Treatment" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
``He enhanced status of Jats at the international level''
- Hurdles In Indo-Us Defence Cooperation (Daily Excelsior, Brig. (Retd.) S.N. Sachadeva, Aug 20, 2006)
A hard scrutiny of the Indo-US agreed minutes on defence cooperation hides more than it reveals.
- Mole In The Pmo? (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Aug 20, 2006)
In politics, truth is strictly optional. Former External and Finance Minister, Jaswant Singh first hinted that there was a mole in the Prime Minister's office during the tenure of PV Narasimha Rao.
- India Says Hindi Should Be Included In Un (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
India has said that Hindi should be included as one of the languages used by the United Nations as it was spoken by a substantial percentage of the world population.
- Uk Cops Find Bomb-Making Equipment (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
A suitcase filled with bomb-making material has been found by British police officers investigating an alleged terrorist plot to blow up US-bound passenger jets using liquid explosives.
- The Green Way To Energy Security (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 20, 2006)
India and the United States share a deep and abiding interest in assuring reliable and abundant energy to power our economies and provide a basic foundation for the prosperity of our citizens. We also share a vision of promoting clean energy practices . .
- Israel Raid On Rebels Strains Ceasefire (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Helicopter-borne Israeli commandos raided a Hizbollah bastion today in what Lebanon called a “naked violation” of the UN-backed truce that halted Israel’s 34-day war with the Shia group.
- Taking Them On, Left, Right And Centre (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 20, 2006)
Heroism, Hemingway once said in another context, is grace under pressure. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s defence of the Indo-US nuclear deal was poised, polished and passionate.
- Murthy To Step Down As Infy Chief (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Infosys Technologies' chairman NR Narayana Murthy stepped down on Sunday after 25 years at the helm of the firm he co-founded with six other software engineers and built into India's second-largest software company.
- We Do Not Foresee Any Glut In The Steel Market’ (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Bhushan Steel & Strips Ltd is the country's third-largest secondary steel manufacturer after Tata Steel and SAIL.
- How We Built The Bomb (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 20, 2006)
If India ever decided to single out a date for marking some sort of an anniversary of its nuclear weaponisation, March 18, 1989 will be a pretty good choice, probably even more fitting than the two dates of May 1974 and 1998, Pokharan I . . .
- Don't Rejoice, Tackle Terror (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 20, 2006)
For the past week, the Government and intelligentsia of India have been wallowing in an unseemly bout of self-congratulation.
- Law Of The Land (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 20, 2006)
India's industrialisation efforts do not take into account the fact that land is a scarce resource. The recent rush to set up special economic zones (SEZs), with the government having cleared over 40 proposals, affirms this trend.
- File Notings (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 20, 2006)
The Right to Information (RTI) Act, passed by Parliament last year, is new and finding its ground. Both educated and unlettered people around the country are struggling to make it a reality.
- Sharon Legacy Battered By Lebanon War (Indian Express, Reuters, Aug 20, 2006)
The same day an uneasy truce took effect in the Lebanon war, doctors treating former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reported a sharp deterioration in his condition as he lay comatose in a Tel Aviv hospital.
- Israeli Commandos Launch Raid Deep Inside Lebanon (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 20, 2006)
Attack termed a serious violation of the ceasefire
- Grass Does Not Grow In Calcutta (Indian Express, Anees Jung, Aug 20, 2006)
An encounter with Gunter Grass had revealed him to be a man with little love
- Israeli Raid Tests Lebanon Truce (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Helicopter-borne Israeli commandos raided a Hezbollah bastion on Saturday in what Lebanon called a “naked violation” of the UN-backed truce that halted Israel’s 34-day war with the Shi’ite Muslim group.
- Drastic Need For More Aids Health Workers:meeting (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Drastic measures are needed to make sure there are enough health care workers to help treat and prevent HIV in Africa, where 25 million patients with the virus now live, said the World Health Organisation.
- India Says Hindi Should Be Included In Un (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
India has said that Hindi should be included as one of the languages used by the United Nations as it was spoken by a substantial percentage of the world population.
- Being Prime Ministerial (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 20, 2006)
These are moments that come rarely to prime ministers. Moments when they earn the adjective, ‘prime ministerial’. Before Manmohan Singh rose to reply to Thursday’s day-long discussion on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the anxiety in the Rajya Sabha did . . .
- Hiv Prevention: More Steps Sought (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Aug 20, 2006)
International AIDS Conference ends
- Sonia Behind Cbi Case: Maneka (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Faced with a CBI case for alleged illegal fund allocations as a Union minister of state in the NDA government, Maneka Gandhi, BJP Lok Sabha member from Pilibhit, alleged that she had been booked at the instance of her sister-in-law Sonia Gandhi.
- Aids Meet: Kolkata Gay Activist On Ramp (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Aug 20, 2006)
An Indian designer going global is no longer news but what makes this Toronto fashion show special is that it is being held in the Youth Pavilion in the Global Village of XVI International AIDS Conference.
- As India Debates N-Deal, China & Pak Move To Close Rival Pact (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 20, 2006)
As India’s nuclear debate enters the Rajya Sabha tomorrow, Beijing and Islamabad are moving towards deeper bilateral atomic energy cooperation.
- Not One Mole, Mr Prime Minister And Mr Jaswant, But Two! (New Indian Express, S Gurumurthy , Aug 20, 2006)
First, the Kandahar pay-off issue and next, the ‘mole' in PMO. Mr Jaswant Singh's new book seems to have opened a can of worms.
- Muslims: Smell The Coffee (Pioneer, Khwaja Ekram, Aug 20, 2006)
The community is stigmatised by jihad. It's time educated Muslims come forward to replace the traditional leaders
- Let And Al Qaeda (Asian Age, B. Raman , Aug 20, 2006)
Now even the National Security Advisor is openly talking about the links between these two and how the LET has become as great a threat to regional and international peace and security as Al Qaeda...
- Pakistan In Lanka (OutLook, B. Raman , Aug 20, 2006)
The increasing involvement of Pakistan in the counter-insurgency operations against LTTE in Sri Lanka is a matter of serious concern from the point of view of India's national security.
- N-Deal Clarified (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 20, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's detailed response to the Opposition's concerns over the perceived shifting of goal posts by the US Congress, thus changing the parameters of the proposed India-US civil . . .
- Iaf Scrambles Migs After Pak Violates No-Fly Zone (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
The Indian Air Force on Saturday scrambled its MIG-21s after a flying object from Pakistan was noticed very close to the border in Rajasthan. While the object did not cross the border, sources said, it did violate the 10 km no-fly zone rule . . .
- Quality Of Relief Goods (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 20, 2006)
It is disappointing to note that UN agencies are refusing to allow local authorities to check the quality of medicines and food items meant for earthquake victims, currently in storage at warehouses.
- Doing The ‘Doable’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 20, 2006)
MOST of us have by now become used to the ebb and flow in relations between Pakistan and India.
- India Scrambles Jets After ‘Flying Object’ Enters No-Fly Zone (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
The Indian Air Force scrambled two Mig-21s on Friday morning after a “flying object from Pakistan” came close to the Pakistan-India border near southern Punjab, the Indian Express reports.
- World Should Force India To Re-Start Dialogue’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
The international community should use its influence over India to help restart the peace process in South Asia that has been stalled by the “arrogant” Indian attitude, demanded a unanimous resolution .
- Indian Army Chief To Reaffirm Indo-Russia Military Ties (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
India’s army chief of staff heads on Sunday to Russia to reaffirm India’s continuing long-term strategic partnership with its old ally despite fast expanding defence ties with the United States.
- Pakistan Asks India To Resolve Disputes Through Diplomacy (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Pakistan has sent a message to the Indian leadership, asking them to reactivate the peace process between the two countries and manage the tangle through diplomatic channels instead of consigning irritants to media glare for maligning the other side.
- Make Travel Across Loc Easy: Rasgotra (Hindu, Shujaat Bukhari , Aug 20, 2006)
People-to-people ties to be strengthened, additional avenues of interactions sought
Steps taken to initiate trade across LoC
Opening of more bus services also on Working Group's agenda
PDP leader suggests interaction at NGO level.
- ‘The Government Sticks To The Commitment Made To Vajpayee’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
Will the peace process, which was postponed by India following the Mumbai bomb blasts, help Pakistan achieve its Kashmir policy objectives?
- ‘If You’Ve Abandoned Kashmir, You Might As Well Abandon Army’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
As head of the ISI, you must have been deeply involved in the country’s Kashmir policy. How would you evaluate General Pervez Musharraf’s policy on Kashmir?
- ‘Pak Has Been Given Full Dossiers. It Is In Denial. . . . (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2006)
This week was a busy one for the PM and his deputies in the Foreign Ministry, especially MoS Anand Sharma. Defending the Government in Parliament on the nuclear deal with the US from both the Left and the Right must have been a trying experience.
- Japan’S Problem With History (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 19, 2006)
Japan has a serious geopolitical problem.
- Protest In Dhaka Over Bjp Leader's Remark (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Bangladeshi Muslims took to streets in Dhaka today after noon prayers to protest against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh’s recent remarks that India should send its security forces into Pakistan and Bangladesh to destroy . . .
- Nuke Scientists Welcome Manmohan's Assurances On Indo-Us Deal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Top nuclear scientists on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's detailed assurances on concerns raised by them about the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Break The Rice-Wheat Cycle (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 19, 2006)
An unwarranted controversy has been kicked up against crop diversification. This is absurd and belies the truth.
- Aids Meet: Kolkata Gay Activist On Ramp (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Aug 19, 2006)
An Indian designer going global is no longer news but what makes this Toronto fashion show special is that it is being held in the Youth Pavilion in the Global Village of XVI International AIDS Conference. Twenty-one-year-old Soumik Chatterjee . . .
- N-Deal: Pm Silences Critics (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 19, 2006)
When India’s top scientists meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on August 26 to discuss Indo-US nuclear deal, they are unlikely to have any clarifications left to seek after Dr Singh’s elaborate and scholarly reply in the Rajya Sabha yesterday.
- Capitalism Is Increasingly Operating Outside The Rule Of Law (Business Line, D. Murali , Aug 19, 2006)
"Responsible business interests should understand that they have much more to gain from supporting and extending rather than subverting and weakening legal structures," cautions Raymond W. Baker in Capitalism's Achilles Heel. Satyajit . . .
- Tears In Heaven (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 19, 2006)
It's not Lebanon yet in Sri Lanka, but it's getting there. Fierce fighting has broken out between the military and LTTE rebels in the north and east of the country, sending thousands of civilians fleeing.
- Hard Times For Pak President (Times of India, Somini Sengupta , Aug 19, 2006)
Nearly five years after September 11 turned Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, into one of Washington's most indispensable allies, he finds himself squeezed from many directions, leading to one of the most serious political binds of . . .
- Six Linked To Pakistan Suicide Attack Arrested (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Pakistani agents have arrested six militants accused of playing role in a suicide attack near the US Consulate in March that killed an American diplomat and three Pakistanis, an official said on Friday.
- Grass Does Not Grow In Calcutta (Indian Express, Anees Jung, Aug 19, 2006)
Reading the news of Gunter Grass having revealed that he had served in the Waffen-SS, the Nazi elite force, was disturbing.
- G8 Failing Africa On Aids (Hindu, Sarah Boseley, Aug 19, 2006)
United nations special envoy Stephen Lewis on Thursday accused the G8 countries of betraying Africa by their failure to find the money to fulfil their Gleneagles promise on the treatment, care, and prevention of AIDS.
- Sonia Behind Cbi Case: Maneka (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Faced with a CBI case for alleged illegal fund allocations as a Union minister of state in the NDA government, Maneka Gandhi, BJP Lok Sabha member from Pilibhit, alleged that she had been booked at the instance of her sister-in-law Sonia Gandhi.
- Musharraf Put In A Terrible Bind (Deccan Herald, Somini Sengupta , Aug 19, 2006)
No one doubts that the president, who is also the army chief of staff, remains the most powerful man in Pakistan and enjoys the backing of the United States. “He still makes the political weather,” as one Western diplomat put it.
- Being Prime Ministerial (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 19, 2006)
These are moments that come rarely to prime ministers. Moments when they earn the adjective, ‘prime ministerial’.
- U.S. Espionage In India (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 19, 2006)
The book is a comprehensive survey of U.S. intelligence on the bomb in countries including India, Pakistan, the USSR and Israel.
- Pollution Solution (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Aug 19, 2006)
Asia should learn from the West and leapfrog the mistakes it made, to avoid polluting the environment.
- N Korea May Test N-Bomb (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
North Korea, which only last month shocked the international community by test-firing missiles, could now be preparing for its first nuclear bomb test, US media have reported citing US officials.
- ‘Al-Qaeda Has No Role In J&k’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Syed Sallah-u-Din, chief of Hizbul Mujahideen, the strongest Kashmiri militant group, has said that al-Qaeda has no role in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Petro Product Prices To Be Reviewed On September (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
The Petroleum Ministry will review retail prices of all products including kerosene and domestic cooking gas on September 1, Petroleum Secretary M.S. Srinivasan said here on Friday.
- Obc Quotas: Blind Oversight (Business Standard, Surjit S Bhalla, Aug 19, 2006)
There is no moral, philosophical, or economic basis for OBC reservations in colleges or employment.
- ‘Troops For Un Force Only If All Parties Agree’: Participation To Be Considered: Kasuri (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2006)
Pakistan will mull a possible participation in a UN force in south Lebanon but will only send troops if they will be ‘welcomed’ by all parties to the conflict, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Friday.
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