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Articles 5321 through 5420 of 53943:
- `Indian Support For Nepalese Quest Unwavering' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
India said on Tuesday it stood firmly behind the Nepalese people in their quest for peace.
- Indian Independence Day Celebrated In Washington (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
The Indian community in the American capital celebrated the 59th anniversary of India's independence on Aug 15 with Ambassador Ronen Sen hoisting the national flag at the Embassy Residence.
- Take Concrete Steps To Stop Terror: Pm To Pak (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
In a blunt message to those responsible for acts of terror, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today declared that "no one can make India kneel" and told Pakistan that the success of the peace initiatives depended on the concrete steps it took to stop . . .
- Bombs And Bullets Can’T Queer Colombo’S Pitch (Indian Express, Trevor Chesterfield, Aug 16, 2006)
Seeing the Berlin Wall go up in 1961gave one an uncomfortable feeling. A year later the experience of a bus being strafed in Cyprus was decidedly scary; by mid-1965 they warned you in Saigon that a ride in a rickshaw could make you a target for . . .
- Envoy Escapes Tiger Attack (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers killed seven people in an attack on a Pakistan embassy convoy today, the military said, hours after a suspected rebel front threatened to bomb civilians in the capital and an air raid killed dozens.
- Terror Bred Of Terror (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 16, 2006)
Having averted a possible disaster of unimaginable proportions, Britain and America continue to be threatened by ‘terrorism’.
- India Should Take World Into Confidence On Terror (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
The BJP on Tuesday said India should take the international community into confidence for dismantling terrorist camps, being run in Pakistan.
- ‘No Evidence Iran Active In Iraq’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Iranians celebrate Hezbollah ‘victory’
Netanyahu calls Ahmadinejad worst tyrant since Hitler
- Lanka Fears Flashpoint, On High Alert (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Sri Lanka on Tuesday tightened the security in wake of a mine explosion in the capital targeting a top Pakistani envoy that killed seven people, even as schools were closed ahead of schedule amid fears of attacks by LTTE to avenge the killing of . . .
- Attack On Pakistani Diplomat (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 16, 2006)
Monday's explosion in Colombo, ostensibly targeting Pakistan’s high commissioner in Sri Lanka, Bashir Wali Mohmand, is yet another sign that the Tamil Tigers are prepared to take their battle to new fronts.
- Indian Allegation Rejected (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
The Foreign Office spokesperson on Tuesday rejected the Indian allegation that Pakistan was involved in cross-border terrorism.
- Black Day In Ihk (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 16, 2006)
India's Independence Day was observed as Black Day on the call of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference in occupied Kashmir on Tuesday by the people to focus their struggle for freedom from the Indian yoke.
- Who Won And Who Lost In The Me? (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 16, 2006)
In Lebanon, the truce under UN Resolution 1701 is holding while the region waits for a 5,400-strong UN force to come and send around 30,000 Israeli troops back to Israel.
- Ambassadors’ Messages On Ptv (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 16, 2006)
People of Pakistan individually and collectively participated in the Independence Day celebrations. It is heartening to note that the PTV thought it appropriate to reflect the sentiments of some of the friendly countries through their . . .
- Israeli Troops Pullout Start From Lebanon (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Israel began slowly withdrawing its forces from southern Lebanon on Tuesday and made plans to hand over its captured territory as hopes were raised that a U.N.-imposed cease-fire would stick, despite early tests on its first day.
- North Korea Nuclear Talks Need Patience: Seoul (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged patience in attempts to lure North Korea back to talks about its nuclear weapons ambitions rather than risk a "negative" response from the secretive state.
- Bush Declares Hezbollah Loser In Lebanon Conflict (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
President George W Bush has said that Hezbollah guerrillas suffered a sound defeat at the hands of Israel in their month-long West Asia war.
- I-Day Celebrated By Indians Abroad (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Indians living in several parts of the world today celebrated their homeland’s 60th Independence Day with the hoisting of the Tricolour by respective Ambassadors amid mirth, enthusiasm and renewed pledge to safeguard the country’s sovereignty and . . .
- I-Day: Kalam Hosts Reception At Home (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
President APJ Abdul Kalam on Tuesday hosted a reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan on the occasion of Independence Day.
- Embryonic End (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 16, 2006)
The clock turns back in globalised India
- Scientists Want Nuke Freedom (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
With Parliament getting ready to witness a debate on the Indo-US nuclear deal this week, eight prominent nuclear scientists have sent an open letter to MPs to ensure that the agreement does not inhibit India from exercising its nuclear option or . . .
- The Ugly Politics Behind War (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Aug 16, 2006)
Each party will have its own defence for a war. The vested interests will have their own version.
- Verge Of Civil War (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 16, 2006)
The world must rein in both the LTTE and the armed forces.
- Plenty More Like Pluto (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 16, 2006)
As the 20th century rolled on, astronomers established that it would take more than 20 Plutos to produce a planet having even the small mass of Mercury.
- Indian Scientists Urge Mps Not To Accept ‘Us Restraints’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Eminent Indian scientists have contended that the India-US nuclear deal infringes on India’s indigenous nuclear research and development and have asked MPs to ensure continuation of the nuclear option and not to accede to any restraint on scientific . . .
- Making Heavy Weather (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Aug 16, 2006)
After a year and a half of courtship, President George W. Bush came to Delhi and signed an agreement with the prime minister, Manmohan Singh, on March 1.
- Bombings Victimise Children In Sri Lanka: Unicef (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday that Monday's bombing of a child home was a shocking result of the rising violence in Sri Lanka, calling on both the rebels and the government to ensure a safe place for children.
- Un To Deploy 3,500 Troops In Lebanon In Two Weeks (Press Trust of India, DHARAM SHOURIE, Aug 16, 2006)
The United Nations hopes to deploy 3,500 well-equipped peacekeeping troops in south Lebanon within two weeks to prop up the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah and pave the way for withdrawal of the forces of the Jewish State.
- Pm To Tell House: Us Laws Can’T Shape Our Diplomacy (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Aug 16, 2006)
Responding to criticism of the Indo-US nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will make it clear in Parliament on Thursday that India’s foreign policy will not be guided by legislation passed in other countries, in this case the nuclear . . .
- Israel Begins Pullout Of Lebanon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Thousands of refugees headed home to south Lebanon on Tuesday as a UN truce between Israel and Hezbollah held for a second day and Israeli forces began pulling back from some positions they had occupied.
- Civil Unrest: Between Democracy And The Deep Red Sea (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Aug 16, 2006)
G G P Koirala was the first to voice his resentment at civil society treating political parties as Pariah. In their first public meeting under the banner of ‘Citizens for Peace and Democracy’, nearly six months after King Gyanendra took over . . .
- Pm Asks Pak To Go Tough On Terrorism (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
With the dark shadow of terror looming large both in the national and global arena, the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has asked Pakistan to take concrete steps in curbing cross border terrorism before going ahead smoothly with bilateral . . .
- Pm Hints At Hike In Price Of Kerosene (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Though the UPA Government has been able to resist economic pressures to hike the prices of kerosene and LPG due to stiff opposition from the Left and the main Opposition BJP, the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has hinted at an imminent price rise . . .
- Indian, Russian Women Vow To Boost Trade (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Aug 16, 2006)
Chain store of Indian goods to be reopened in Russia; FLO delegation meets its counterparts
- Bill On Aids Likely To Be Tabled In Winter Session (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Aug 16, 2006)
`HIV a serious issue in paramilitary forces'
- India's Response To Aids Campaign Encouraging, Says Richard Gere (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Aug 16, 2006)
It is celebrities galore at the XVI International AIDS Conference with the world's most rich and powerful pouring in to associate themselves with the anti-AIDS campaign.
- Shun Divisiveness: Manmohan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Calls for new kind of politics in his I-Day address to the nation from the Red Fort
- Message Of Peace (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Aug 16, 2006)
An interview that General Pervez Musharraf gave Frontline on August 1 at the President's office in Rawalpindi.
- '60% Of S Asia's Hiv+ In India' (Times of India, Kounteya Sinha, Aug 16, 2006)
India is home to 60% of South Asia's HIV patients, a World Bank report released at the 16th International AIDS Conference on Monday said.
- Israel Begins Troop Pullout From Lebanon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Israel began pulling out forces from southern Lebanon and made plans to hand over territory on Tuesday on the first full day of a tense ceasefire that already has been tested by skirmishes.
- Pepsi Understands India Better Than Rbi? (Indian Express, RAJEEV DUBEY, Aug 16, 2006)
Two exceptional women met with two exceptionally dissimilar treatments on Monday. In the US, the $27 billion PepsiCo announced that it would hand over the reins of the company to Chennai-born Indra Nooyi who would be the first woman, first . . .
- Japanese Encephalitis:a Vaccine Row (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Aug 16, 2006)
A vaccine for Japanese encephalitis was used in an immunisation campaign without a `bridging study'.
- End Of A Fragile Peace In Sri Lanka (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 16, 2006)
As the events unfold in Sri Lanka and newer areas in the troubled nation are drawn into the conflict zone, it is fairly certain that the uneasy, fragile peace has been shattered.
- Consensus On National Issues Must: Manmohan (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the political class in his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort here on Tuesday to "shun the politics of divisiveness" and adopt the politics of "change and progress".
- Natwar Singh In The Dock (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Aug 16, 2006)
The Pathak report sets off events that culminate in former Minister Natwar Singh's suspension from the Congress.
- Invisible Mole (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Aug 16, 2006)
Former BJP Minister Jaswant Singh's claims about a mole in the PMO turn out to be an embarrassment to his own party.
- Pakistan Rejects Indian Allegations (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Aug 16, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday rejected allegations from Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that Pakistan was allowing terrorist groups to operate from its territory.
- Pm Hints At Hike In Kerosene, Lpg And Commodity Prices (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday hinted at raising the prices of kerosene and cooking gas in the face of surging global oil prices and made a case for better returns to farmers even at the cost of higher food commodity prices.
- First, The Soap (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 16, 2006)
The occasion was the inauguration of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) campus in Kolkata.
- Pm Hints At Freedom From Subsidies (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday once again attempted to drive home the need for pruning the large subsidy bill. Mr Singh, who said that there were limits to what the government could do to protect people from the effects of high oil . . .
- Manmohan To Discuss N-Deal With Scientists (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Prime minister Manmohan Singh will meet the country’s top nuclear scientists on Wednesday to discuss areas of concern in the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Of Tar Sands And Sand Castles (Business Line, N. Shanmuganathan, Aug 16, 2006)
The International Energy Agency claims that 37 million barrels per day of non-conventional oil will be produced by 2030.
- Cj’S Meaningful Resolve (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 16, 2006)
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has said that the Supreme Court will deliver justice irrespective of the stakeholders’ reaction.
- `Jhulan Seva' Attracts A Large Number Of Devotees At Iskcon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Temple premises decorated with flowers and lamps
- New Postgraduate Course In International Business (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Department of Commerce, Bangalore University, will introduce it
- Preliminary Work On Aircraft Maintenance Hangar Begins (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Project undertaken by Cochin International Aviation Services Limited
- War And Solidarity (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Aug 16, 2006)
The Lebanese forge a national identity in the face of Israeli aggression and appear determined to bargain for a truce on their terms.
- A Shift Towards Fdi (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Blast kills four army commandos, three civilians
Pakistan condemns attack
- Un Calls For Up To 3,500 Peacekeepers In Lebanon Within Two Weeks (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
The United Nations called for up to 3,500 international peacekeepers to be deployed to southern Lebanon within 15 days as part of a plan to beef up an existing UN force there, a senior UN official said Wednesday.
- Oic: Hesitant Steps (Frontline, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Aug 16, 2006)
While the OIC does not take a firm stand, self-interest determines the responses of two regional groupings.
- India's Tax System (Business Line, Editorial, Business Standard, Aug 16, 2006)
A recent working paper prepared by the IMF under the title "Making India's tax system pro-growth" gives a balanced and constructive analysis of the country's efforts to make its tax structure support and speed up economic growth.
- Calibrate Response To Terrorism (The Financial Express, JANMEJAYA K SINHA, Aug 16, 2006)
Governments should ask people how, and at what cost, they would like to be protected
- Pakistan Denies Quake Charity Links To Terror Plot (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 16, 2006)
Charge cooked up to malign the country, says official
- The Answer Lies In Client Power (The Financial Express, S NARAYAN, Aug 16, 2006)
If providers are held more accountable by citizens and there’s more partnership between the poor and the well-off, delivery of public services can improve
- Terror Plot Fallout (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 16, 2006)
The arrests of around 50 suspects in the United Kingdom and Pakistan whom investigators believe planned to blow up transatlantic airliners while in mid-flight as perhaps a sequel to 9/11 is a big relief in that it saved thousands of innocent lives.
- Jamaat-Ud-Dawa Defiant After Terror Charges (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Aug 16, 2006)
Lashkar-linked outfit's anti-West polemic intensifies after fund freeze
- The Global War Among Fascists (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Aug 16, 2006)
The Bush-Blair combine will never be satisfied with Pakistan, no matter what it does. That is why while Bush was effusive in his thanks to Blair on unveiling an alleged plot to blow up airliners across the Atlantic, there was no thanks coming . . .
- Indian Pm's Remarks (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 16, 2006)
In view of the renewed bilateral tensions produced by the Mumbai explosions only last month, perhaps it was to be expected that in yesterday's Independence Day address to the nation Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh repeated the "cross-border . . .
- Gere Lauds Indian Tv Campaign On Aids (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2006)
Hollywood star Richard Gere has lauded an Indian television campaign to prevent the spread of AIDS. However, he cautioned India against repeating mistakes made by the US in its efforts to contain the epidemic.
- Prevention Can Stop Spread Of Hiv (Hindu, Aarti Dhar, Aug 16, 2006)
Target should be the high-risk groups such as sex workers and their clients: report
- Pak Wants ‘Evidence’ To Fight Terror (Tribune, K.J.M. Varma, Aug 16, 2006)
Pakistan today said it would be "unfortunate" if India allowed incidents of terrorism to undermine the peace process and suggested that it was not possible to cooperate with New Delhi "in the absence of evidence" about Pakistani involvement in . . .
- Now Pak Has No Excuse Left To Back Let (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Aug 16, 2006)
With investigations into the air terror plot ripping apart the charity cover of Lashkar-e-Taiba’s front, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Pakistan is being shorn of its last major argument to defend the outfit.
- India On Alert Mode Ahead Of Independence Day (New Indian Express, PTI, Aug 14, 2006)
Security forces were today put on heightened alert across the country and crack anti-terrorist commandoes were positioned at vital installations like nuclear plants and airports in the run up to the Independence Day after intelligence reports warned . . .
- Tourism Dept To Put Up Toilets Along Beaches (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
‘Beaches are not toilets, keep them clean’, this is the message the State Tourism Department will be propagating in the Coastal districts in a bid to keep the coastal line free from human waste.
- Travellers, Check (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Aug 14, 2006)
Disasters — or potential disasters defused at the nick of time — have the effect of completely changing the methods by which one tries to prevent them in the first place.
- Bedfellows In (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 14, 2006)
Glance at a newspaper or a television scroll and you will invariably notice a headline on a protest by leaders of the CPI-M, CPI, RSP and Forward Bloc over some decision of the central government.
- The Camera Can Lie — Sometimes (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 14, 2006)
What the "eye" sees is not always what it looks like, thanks to the many ways in which a camera can be manipulated.
- Centre To Introduce Injectable Polio Vaccine (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Aug 14, 2006)
After over a decade of intensified oral polio vaccine immunisation, the Centre plans to introduce inactivated polio vaccine administered as an injectable by December.
- Two More Foreigners Kidnapped In Nigeria (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
Gunmen wearing military fatigues seized two foreign oil workers on Thursday in southern Nigeria amid an upsurge of violence targeting the petroleum industry in Africa's oil giant, officials said.
- Aids Virus Hides Out In 'Accomplice' Cells:study (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2006)
The AIDS virus has an accomplice that helps it infect the immune system cells it attacks -- other immune system cells, according to a US researchers reported.
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