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Articles 5821 through 5920 of 53943:
- Bofors & Volcker (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 09, 2006)
Last week the Pathak Commission probing the Volcker Report gave the Congress party a clean chit. Also last week, Mr Arun Singh emerged from the shadows after two decades to remind us of Bofors.
- Israel Studying Lebanon's Offer, Says Olmert (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Israel is studying Lebanon's offer to deploy some 15,000 Lebanese troops along the Israel-Lebanon border, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday.
- No One Can Hand Me Over To India: Hizb Chief (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
With India seeking his deportation from Pakistan in the aftermath of Mumbai blasts, Hizbul Mujahideen Chief Syed Salahuddin has said nobody could hand him over to India.
- Arabs Warn Draft Resolution Would Only Complicate Crisis (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
A draft Security Council resolution on ending the war between Israel and Hizbollah would only complicate the crisis and result in “grave ramifications” for Lebanon and the entire region, Qatar's foreign minister said Tuesday.
- A Many-Sided Threat (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Aug 09, 2006)
The Government of India has postponed the scheduled talks between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan and so is the proposed visit of the Prime Minister to Pakistan.
- Eu Complains To Wto About India (British Broadcasting Corporation, bbc correspondent, Aug 09, 2006)
The European Union has accused India of misusing trade legislation and unfairly protecting manufacturers from imports.
- Water Flows To Sri Lanka Farmers (British Broadcasting Corporation, bbc correspondent, Aug 09, 2006)
Water has begun flowing to farmers in north-east Sri Lanka after a canal reopened that was at the centre of fighting between the army and rebels.
- Natwar Suspended From Cong, To Get Show Cause Notice (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Wielding the axe, the Congress tonight suspended indicted party leader Natwar Singh from primary membership of the party and asked him to show cause why he should not be expelled for misuse of his position for procuring oil contracts from Iraq in 2001 . .
- Can The Revolution Outlive Castro? (Daily Times, Mahir Ali, Aug 09, 2006)
It probably would not be considered particularly ageist to contend that no nation’s fortunes ought to be linked to a supreme leader having been in office for several decades.
- Israel Threatens To Extend Offensive (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
Hezbollah fighters and Israeli ground troops were battling in south Lebanon as diplomats bickered at the United Nations over moves to end four weeks of bloodshed and destruction.
- Us Reinforcements In Iraq To Escalate Killings (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 09, 2006)
Despite United States’ desperate political and military manoeuvres in Iraq including military reinforcements on the pretext of sectarian violence, the war-torn country continues sink deeper and deeper in the quagmire.
- The War Of Terrorisation (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Aug 09, 2006)
Five years on from 9/11, what the Muslim World is beginning to witness is the transformation of the war against terror into a War of Terrorisation of Muslim polities and Muslim civil societies -- and all this under the continuing guise of the war against
- The 60-40 Ratio (News International, Naeem Sadiq, Aug 09, 2006)
As a citizen of Pakistan, I would like to have the right not to hand over my mobile phone to every other kid who rides a motor bike and keeps a TT in his pocket to facilitate negotiations.
- Towards A Nuclear-Free South Asia (News International, M B NAQVI, Aug 09, 2006)
The writer is a veteran journalist and freelance columnist.
- In Reverse Gear? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 09, 2006)
Not very long ago three journalists belonging to this city had participated in a lively debate organised by a leading private television channel of Pakistan. It was at the peak of bonhomie between India and Pakistan.
- Lebanon - Israel Conflict - A Proxy War? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Aug 09, 2006)
Before analyzing the more than three weeks old Israel attacks on Southern Lebanon, three factors in the global security environment needs to be taken into consideration.
- Unfair To Indian Weightlifting (Daily Excelsior, Ramu Sharma, Aug 09, 2006)
The International Weightlifting Federation’s decision to ban the Indian Federation for a period of one year was to be expected.
- Us Defends India’S Non-Proliferation Record Despite Sanctions (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
The George Bush administration has defended India’s non-proliferation record despite imposition of sanctions against two Indian private firms for business dealings with Iran last Friday.
- New Pak Posts On Border, Ls Told (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 09, 2006)
If there is a fresh frost in India-Pakistan relations, the government is not hiding it.
- Master's Course In International Business To Be Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The self-financing course will start from 2006-07
- Ivory Coast Seeks Mining Cooperation With India (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
FIMI will be given an opportunity to participate in joint ventures
- Privatisation Of Water (Hindu, A. Vaidyanathan , Aug 08, 2006)
Appraisal of the rationale and performance of privatisation of water supply for domestic consumption
- Uncalled-For Expulsions (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
The writer is editor current affairs, The News, and editor
- Try Bush, Blair For Crimes: Iran (Hindu, Simon Tisdall, Aug 08, 2006)
British and U.S. leaders had foreknowledge of Israeli plans
- Ex-Servicemen To Help Boost Tourism In State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Veterans' home-stay project becoming popular
Aimed at establishing a chain of home-stays
Plans to set up 1,000 of them in three years
- War And War Crimes (Hindu, Hamid Ansari, Aug 08, 2006)
Human Rights Watch has published a report that documents Israel's actions against Lebanese civilians.
- "India Offered To Restore J&k To Pre-1953 Status" (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Aug 08, 2006)
Prior to the Mumbai blasts, India told Pakistan that it was prepared to restore Jammu and Kashmir to its pre-1953 status, The Nation newspaper said on Monday.
- U.N. Warns Of Iraq-Like Situation In Lebanon (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Aug 08, 2006)
It is always the same when you have to fight against guerillas
- When Self-Defence Becomes Lawlessness (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Aug 08, 2006)
Israel's right to self-defence has never been the issue. The issue is whether its response has been proportionate.
- Ban Pesticides! (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 08, 2006)
Pesticides in colas? No problem, just ban them — the colas, that is. The response to the recent findings of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) that colas in India contain significantly higher amounts of pesticides than those prescribed . . .
- The Buddha Of The Fast Lane (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Aug 08, 2006)
Six months is an extraordinarily long time in politics. On January 8 West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had held US President George W. Bush guilty of the world’s “worst organised murder” during a massive election rally at . . .
- International Community Has Failed Afghanistan: Pak (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Aug 08, 2006)
Amid criticism that it had done little to curb Taliban infiltration into Afghanistan, Pakistan today said the international community had "failed" to fulfil its commitments in the strife-torn country.
- Us Alters Tune On Pak Proof (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Backtracking on its claim that India does not have enough evidence to link Pakistan with the July 11 Mumbai blasts, the US today acknowledged that anti-India terror groups were operating in that country.
- Are Us-Iraq Ties On Cusp Of Change? (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Aug 08, 2006)
Americans believe that the time has come to stop wasting American lives and money.
- Badminton For Birdies (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 08, 2006)
Those geese have been slaughtered by the millions to contain the virus, causing a feather shortage that has unnerved the badminton world.
- General Anaesthesia (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 08, 2006)
Islamabad's brutal treatment of an Indian diplomat, who was hooded, handcuffed and confined at an undisclosed location before being expelled from the country, doesn't square very well with its insistence that the peace process must not be affected . . .
- Leak To Let-Off, Focus Shifts (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The privilege notice against the Prime Minister may have caused a stir but the focus in the next few days is not likely to be so much on the “leak” as the exoneration of the Congress by the Pathak report.
- U.S. Says Could End Trade Benefits For India, Brazil (Reuters, Doug Palmer, Aug 08, 2006)
The United States will review whether to withdraw longtime trade benefits for India, Brazil and 11 other advanced developing countries, U.S. trade officials said on Monday.
- Sri Lanka Fighting Goes On, Slain Aid Workers Moved (Reuters, Peter Apps, Aug 08, 2006)
Explosions sounded out in Sri Lanka's east on Tuesday as fighting between the military and Tamil Tigers over a water supply entered a 14th day, while aid workers planned for the burials of 17 slain local staff.
- Indian Consulate In Iran Aiding Baloch Rebels: Pak (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Pakistan has asked Iran to monitor the Indian consulate in the Iranian border city of Zahidan, alleging it was aiding nationalist rebels in the southwest Balochistan province.
- New Sri Lanka Refugees Shelter Under Sheets, Carts (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Overflowing from desperately crowded temporary camps, hundreds of displaced Sri Lankan Muslims hide from the baking sun in the shade of bullock carts, walls and plastic sheeting.
- Hc Notice To Centre On Air Traffic Congestion (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The Delhi High Court today issued notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking creation of sufficient infrastructure by the International Airport Authority for eliminating air and ground traffic congestion at all airports of the capital.
- Nuclear Blackmail (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 08, 2006)
The Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, Mr Mahmud Ali Durrani, has made it clear that the new plutonium-producing reactor coming up at the Khushab complex in Pakistan is intended to increase Pakistan’s arsenal. Pakistan’s repeated . . .
- Gas From Iran (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 08, 2006)
Teheran has been behaving funnily on the supply of gas to India. The Iranian Foreign Minister, Mr Manouchehr Mottaki, now talks of “some specific difficulties” in honouring the $22-billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract signed by the two . . .
- The Enemy Within (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Aug 08, 2006)
India is perhaps the only country where two forms of fanaticism is currently prevalent.
- India Tells Usa To Rein In Pakistan (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 08, 2006)
India today conveyed two things directly to the United States — neither being music to ears of the “strategic partner”.
- Boucher Wiser On Pak Terror Tap (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Aug 08, 2006)
Hours of intensive talks with senior officials appears to have convinced US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Richard Boucher, that India’s concerns on terrorism emanating from Pakistan were justified.
- Hezbollah Explodes Myth Of Israel’S Invincibility (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 08, 2006)
Hezbollah killed at least 11 Israelis in a deadliest rocket attack on Haifa in northern Israel on Sunday. About 45 Israeli soldiers have also been killed in clashes with Hezbollah militia since Israel launched unprovoked aggression against Lebanon . . .
- Lebanese Objection Delays Vote At Un (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
UNSC to hold public debate on Lebanon today
Israel will expand ground offensive if no UN resolution passed
Israeli strikes kill 57, 3 Israeli soldiers killed
- Diplomats’ Expulsion (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 08, 2006)
Well-wishers of South Asia the world over must now seriously doubt whether the normalisation process between Pakistan and India will continue.
- The Indian Outsourcing Saga (Hindu, Anand Parthasarathy, Aug 08, 2006)
Highlights the achievements of pioneers who put India on the world map of BPO
- `Ltte Certainly Wants Peace' (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 08, 2006)
Certainly LTTE wants it. The question is how much it is willing to compromise politically in terms of the power it wields. — MR JEHAN PERERA, MEDIA DIRECTOR, NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL, COLOMBO .
- Sbp’S Move To Contain Inflation (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 08, 2006)
The Tight Money Policy announced by the State Bank of Pakistan has not yet yielded desired results in controlling inflation, improving profit rates for depositors and reducing the present spread between lending and deposit rates.
- Call For Nuclear Free World (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 08, 2006)
The Japanese city of Hiroshima has marked the 61st anniversary of the world’s first atomic attack by the United States with renewed calls for a nuclear-free world. Japanese Prime Minister promised to continue leading the international society to the . . .
- Diplomatic Row (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
The tit-for-tat expulsions by Pakistan and India over the weekend -- after a passage of almost three years -- does not bode well for relations between the two countries, already rocked by New Delhi's allegations of Islamabad's involvement in the . . .
- Justice For The Northern Areas (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
It is not quite clear under what law the 1.5 million people of the Northern Areas (Gilgit-Baltistan), a region of 72,496 sq km, are ruled by Pakistan as a federal territory for 58 years.
- What’S Israel Up To In Lebanon? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 08, 2006)
Well-wishers of South Asia the world over must now seriously doubt whether the normalisation process between Pakistan and India will continue.
- Unadulterated Lies (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 08, 2006)
'The attendant propaganda -the abuse of language and eternal hypocrisy - has reached its nadir in recent weeks,' says John Pilger of the undiluted lies discharged daily by the western media since the beginning of the Lebanon crisis.
- Arabs Demand Israel Pullout As More Civilians Die (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Arab nations demanded Israel pull its troops out of Lebanon as part of any UN resolution to end a war in which at least 30 people were killed today by Israeli strikes.
- Sehgal, Mystery Sixth Man In Team (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The breakthrough in Andaleeb Sehgal’s bid for a slice of the Iraqi oil-for-food contracts came when he managed to latch on to Natwar Singh’s delegation to Baghdad.
- Time To Look Back Without Anger (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 08, 2006)
The tit-for-tat expulsion of an Indian and Pakistani diplomat each over the weekend clearly signifies a new low in the bilateral relationship. What is worse is the media spin being put on the story, which, in fact, makes out the situation to be . . .
- Pathak Panel Probe — Loose Ends, Grey Areas (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 08, 2006)
The conclusions of the Justice R. S. Pathak Inquiry Authority in the oil-for-food scandal suffer from inner contradictions. The report could have been more convincing and thorough than it actually is, says B. S. RAGHAVAN.
- Is The Outsourcing Boom Over? (Daily Excelsior, Arvinder Kaur, Aug 08, 2006)
As companies start out sourcing more selectively and strategically and onshore providers face new pressures, questions are being raised over the future of outsourcing.
- 40 Die In Israeli Strike On Lebanese Village (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
An Israeli attack on a Lebanese border village killed more than 40 people Monday, the prime minister said, raising the day’s death toll to 55 in heavy fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas despite efforts toward a cease-fire.
- Groundwater Not The Culprit (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Aug 08, 2006)
The cola companies are taking the consumers for a ride in developing countries, giving false excuses.
- Indian Cos May Need To Get Bolder (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 08, 2006)
The clear message to companies looking for a definitive formula to successful globalisation is that there is no formula.
- Global Strategy: What's Different? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 08, 2006)
Bookshelves now bulge with books proclaiming the death of distance, the flattening of the world, and the disappearance of differences across countries. Such proclamations of apocalypse now or in the near term have proven to be effective . . .
- The Forked Tongue (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 08, 2006)
When it comes to gift of the gab, you just can’t beat a Bajaj, especially if the first name happens to be Rahul. The independent Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra sure knows how to keep his PR and business in water-tight compartments.
- Petty Parochialism (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 08, 2006)
Regional parties will obviously have regional mindsets, and while they are increasing their political clout in national-level coalitions there should be well-defined, and more importantly well-maintained, distinctions between national and . . .
- Pakistan Hopes Spy Row Won't Hurt India Peace Talks (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Pakistan said on Monday a tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats by Islamabad and New Delhi at the weekend should not derail a delicate peace process between South Asia's nuclear-armed rivals.
- Put Ngos Under Rti Scalpel (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Aug 08, 2006)
The $50,000 Magsaysay Award was recently conferred upon Arvind Kejriwal, a former Indian Revenue Service officer campaigning for the Right to Information (RTI).
- Fighting External And Internal Enemies (Pioneer, Asheesh Shah, Aug 08, 2006)
All political and social organisations should review their policies in the interest of the nation to keep India ahead, says Asheesh Shah.
- Israel Will Not Capitulate (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Ben Caspit proposes the text of a speech by the Prime Minister that would explain to the world what exactly Tel Aviv is fighting for
- Blood Over Water (Pioneer, Amantha Perera, Aug 08, 2006)
The peace process notwithstanding, war in Sri Lanka has intensified with little to hope from international efforts at mediation, says Amantha Perera.
- When Frugal Germans Forced The Retail Gaint Wal-Mart Out (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
When Wal-Mart arrived in Germany eight years ago, it tried to introduce its new customers to an American custom...
- Law-Governed Solution (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 08, 2006)
The voices of the innocent must be heard above the din of war.
- Israel Targets Hezb Rockets (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Israel believes it will be able to reduce the threat posed by Hezbollah missiles by targeting resupply convoys and by getting an international force to keep rockets out of south Lebanon, Israeli government officials said.
- At Least 40 Dead In Israeli Air Raids, Says Lebanon (Hindustan Times, Reuters, Aug 08, 2006)
An Israeli air raid killed more than 40 people in a Lebanese village on Monday, Lebanon's prime minister said, and other air strikes killed 19 after diplomatic efforts to end the 27-day-old war stalled.
- Loc Tense Again, Says Sultan (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry, former prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and convener of People’s Muslim League, said on Monday that troops’ build-up along the Line of Control (LoC) had begun again, and the Indian army was committing . . .
- Expulsion Of Envoys Won’T Hurt Peace: Fo (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
The tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats by Pakistan and India will not affect the peace process between the two countries, the Foreign Office said on Monday.
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