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Articles 6321 through 6420 of 53943:
- High Fidel-Ity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 02, 2006)
Woes of Cubans seem far from over ---- The prophecy of Nikita Khrushchev to all Americans, "Your grandchildren will live under Communism," mocks not only at Russians today but Communists everywhere.
- Israel's Terror (Frontline, AIJAZ AHMAD, Aug 02, 2006)
The U.S.-Israel axis goes all out to remove the last impediments to building a "New Middle East".
- Engineered War (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2006)
Hizbollah holds out and civilian casualties rise as Israel continues to wage a war that it planned for over a year.
- Summer Of Shelling (Frontline, Atul Aneja , Aug 02, 2006)
From the war zone in Lebanon, an account of the distress and the relief effort.
- Lebanese Quagmire (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
The way Israel positions itself in the world political order is not a prescription for peace in the region.
- In 'Liberated' Iraq (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Aug 02, 2006)
The country is sliding into a civil war, but this reality is overlooked by the U.S. despite heavy casualties in sectarian violence.
- Let's Not Cry Over Qana (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Aug 02, 2006)
On Monday, July 31, a travesty of sorts was committed when the Lok Sabha unanimously adopted a resolution whose contents amount to a scathing indictment of Israel for "the large-scale and indiscriminate bombing of Lebanon...
- Terrorism Shouldn’T Affect Ties: Pak (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Pakistan on Tuesday emphasised that ‘‘phenomenon of terrorism’’ should not be allowed to impact on Indo-Pak ties but virtually rejected India’s demand for the arrest of leaders of Jamat-ud-Dawa headed by Lashkar-e-Toiba chief Hafiz Mohammad Sayed.
- Un Resolution On Iran (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 02, 2006)
The timing couldn’t have been worse.
- Abolishing Secret Us Prisons (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Aug 02, 2006)
Although it is unlikely that the US will pay heed to the UN Human Rights Committee’s call to close down all secret detention centres associated with the war on terror, independent reports confirm . . .
- N-Deal Won't Be Under House Arrest (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Sticking to its stand that the Left cannot dictate terms on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the government has asserted that there cannot be any “resolution” or a “sense of House” statement on the issue.
- Superpower Returns (Pioneer, Niall Ferguson, Aug 02, 2006)
The influence of the United States on Israeli politics is not as great as it is generally believed, says Niall Ferguson
- Lessons Of A Failed Intervention (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Aug 02, 2006)
On a midsummer’s day 50 years ago, the new president of Egypt was scheduled to make a speech in Alexandria.
- Don't Play 'I Spy' (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 02, 2006)
End this 'mole' hunt, India is fed up ---- There was something of a Shakespearean tragedy played out in Parliament on Tuesday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Foreign Minister . . .
- We Must Rethink The War On Terror - Blair (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Five years into the War on Terror, Tony Blair called yesterday for a “complete renaissance of our strategy” to defeat militant Islam.
- Dramatic Changes In Lebanon (Business Standard, Ajai Shukla, Aug 01, 2006)
Beirut: In the eye of the storm raging across the Israel-Lebanon border is a battalion called 4 SIKH, comprising about 800 Indian peacekeepers.
- Forget Loan Waivers, Bring In Positive Reforms (Business Line, Manasi Phadke, Aug 01, 2006)
Rural reforms need more than just a human face with tears; needed are strong and compassionate people to head what seems to be a directionless government machinery.
- Israel And America (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Aug 01, 2006)
Who is responsible for the second Qana massacre?
Qana saw an Israeli massacre of Lebanese civilians in 1996, and has now seen another yesterday, this time from the air of at least 60 mostly women and children, who were taking shelter in a building . . .
- Fall In Eden (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 01, 2006)
Despite what the numbers clearly demonstrate, there may not be any victors in the aftermath of the elections held in the Cricket Association of Bengal. Of course, there can be no doubt that Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya has scored a personal triumph . . .
- China’S Israel Arms (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Aug 01, 2006)
Prakash Karat, the General Secretary of the CPI(M), has seized upon the current Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon to target New Delhi’s defence relationship with Tel Aviv.
- Tragic Or Comic? (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 01, 2006)
Life in India is like a tragicomic farce, where corruption and all the horrors of bad living blend easily with helpless, nervous laughter because there is nothing anyone can do to alleviate wrong and replace it with integrity and dignity.
- Israel Rejects End-War Calls, Us Hopeful (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Israel rejected mounting international pressure today to end its 20-day-old war against Hizbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, but Washington said a ceasefire could be achieved this week.
- India, Pak Discuss Terror, Peace Process Continues (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Amidst the chill in bilateral relations following the Mumbai blasts, India and Pakistan on Monday night held the first high-level talks during which New Delhi raised its concerns over cross border terrorism and hoped these will be addressed properly.
- India Accuses Pakistan Of Jeopardising Safta (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Pakistan ‘surprised’ at Indian statement
- Un Extends Peacekeeping Mission (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The Security Council extended the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon by just one month today, a movement to ensure that the force does not conflict with a larger international deployment of peacekeepers if Hezbollah and Israel agree to end three . . .
- Lebanon’S Befitting Rebuff To Condi (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 01, 2006)
Infuriated Lebanese Government has refused to receive US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Beirut on Sunday following the carnage at Qana, where Israeli missile attack killed 60 people including 37 children.
- Accountability In Clinical Trials (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 01, 2006)
In a bid to meet a long felt need for more transparency and order in the way human clinical trials are conducted, the Indian Council of Medical Research has decided to start a registry by the beginning of next year.
- Unsc Shocked But Doesn't Condemn Israeli Attack (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The UN Security Council expressed "extreme shock and distress" at the Israeli attack that killed at least 57 people in the southern Lebanese village of Qana.
- Bush Gets Room To Manoeuvre As Israel Suspends Air Strikes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
President George W Bush, under intense pressure to call for an immediate cease-fire in the West Asia got some breathing room when Israel announced a decision to briefly halt aerial bombings over Lebanon.
- If No Minister Is Involved In Sugar Scam… (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Aug 01, 2006)
Minister for Food and Agriculture Sikandar Hayat Bosan has claimed that no member of the Federal Cabinet is involved in the sugar crisis. Justifying the alarmingly high prices of the commodity in Pakistan, he attributed the rise to its prices in . . .
- Mystery Us Plane Forced To Land In Mumbai (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
An "Atlas Air" aircraft flying in from the Kenyan capital Nairobi was ordered by the Indian Air Force to land at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport after it aroused suspicion in the minds of Indian authorities.
- Arab, Israel Envoys Face Off In Delhi (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Aug 01, 2006)
The widespread anger over the Israeli war against Lebanon has affected the diplomatic community in New Delhi with Israeli ambassador to India David Danieli’s attempts to justify the aggression drawing strong criticism from the Arab envoys posted here.
- In The Air, Us Tastes Own Medicine (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
India today gave the US a mild taste of its own airspace defence mechanisms adopted after 9/11 when it forced a private cargo aircraft to land in Mumbai after the plane changed its call sign from military to civil.
- The Importance Of Being Fiscally Responsible (The Financial Express, ILA PATNAIK, Aug 01, 2006)
For, large fiscal deficits mean inflation, large interest payments, external indebtedness, etc
- Heading For Un-Isation Of The Wto? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Aug 01, 2006)
Members need to focus on trade liberalisation, re-haul decision making and moderate expectations.
- West Asia Biggest Test For Upa Government (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Aug 01, 2006)
Developments in West Asia are proving to be the biggest test of Indian foreign policy in recent times as New Delhi finds itself under increasing pressure to review its strategic ties with Israel.
- Civilians Suffer In Lebanon (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 01, 2006)
Not infrequently, one incident in a war or war-like situation transforms its outcome. So it was in Bosnia where a market massacre tilted the scales against the Bosnian Serbs.
- North Korea’S Missile Men (Tribune, Barbara Demick, Aug 01, 2006)
When North Korea first test-launched a missile capable of reaching Japan, the son of the country’s leader lavished praise and gifts on the researchers who had labored away on the project behind locked doors.
- Hezbollah Breach Resumes Israeli Action (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Israeli planes hit targets in southern Lebanon today after Hezbollah guerrillas blasted an Israeli tank and injured three Israeli soldiers, breaking a brief respite in 20 days of fighting.
- Stop It Now (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 01, 2006)
The attack on a building in Qana, Lebanon, which killed some three dozen children and a score of adult civilians, has shocked the world by the magnitude of the tragedy.
- Model Crorepati (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 01, 2006)
N R Narayana Murthy is a mentor in more ways than one. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Infosys Technologies, he announced the disbursement of Rs 126 crore to 55,000 employees, cementing his credentials as a wealth sharer.
- A Multi-Dimensional Monetary Policy (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 01, 2006)
The Monetary Policy is not one-dimensional but is seen more as a vehicle that enhances various segments of the financial market, improves credit delivery, nurtures credit culture and enhances the quality of financial services.
- India-Us Nuclear Deal — Good Intentions, Bad Bargain (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Aug 01, 2006)
In their anxiety to secure the country's energy security, India's leaders seem to have convinced themselves that the nuclear deal is in the best interest of the country. Yet, the impression is unavoidable that the Government has been taking too many . . .
- The Box That Changed The World (The Economic Times, J BRADFORD DELONG, Aug 01, 2006)
It Is 40 feet long, 8.5 or 9.5 feet high, and eight feet wide.
- Pressure Within Cong To Condemn Israeli Attack (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Aug 01, 2006)
There is growing pressure in the Congress that the party leadership convene a meeting of the working committee to adopt a formal resolution denouncing the continuing Israeli attacks on Lebanon.
- Dialogue Of The Deaf (Times of India, SANJAY SUBRAHMANYAM, Aug 01, 2006)
Nearly three weeks ago, the kidnapping of a handful of soldiers unleashed a massive Israeli campaign of retaliation. Gaza was pounded, leading to considerable destruction in the infrastructure of an already miserable area.
- Education For Women: Role Of Open Universities (Daily Excelsior, Ram Rattan Sharma, Aug 01, 2006)
The twentieth century will be known for the movements and consolidation of the agenda of human rights and democracy.
- India, Pakistan Renew Commitment To Peace Process (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Aug 01, 2006)
India and Pakistan on Monday pledged to push a peace process that had come under severe strain after New Delhi blamed Pakistan-based Islamist militants for the Mumbai bombings.
- Nepal Maoists Are Hounding Out Indians (Times of India, Himanshi Dhawan, Aug 01, 2006)
Indians are being hounded out of Nepal by the Maoists. Death threats, 24-hour deadlines for leaving with bag and baggage have been received by Indian hospitality sector employees and businessmen, creating a sense of deep fear in the community.
- India Talks Tough On Safta (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Aug 01, 2006)
India-Pakistan differences on SAFTA dominate first day of Foreign Secretaries meet
Pakistan's decision to take bilateral trading route is negation of SAFTA
Lot of time and effort invested in good faith while negotiating SAFTA: Saran
- Senior Sri Lanka Rebel Says War Back On, 28 Dead (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Aug 01, 2006)
Eighteen soldiers were killed on Monday night when a fragmentation mine blew up their army bus in restive east Sri Lanka, hours after a top Tamil Tiger accused the government of restarting the country's two-decade civil war.
- India Can't Afford To Snap Israel Ties (Times of India, RAJAT PANDIT, Aug 01, 2006)
Defence minister Pranab Mukherjee may have 'deferred' his visit to Israel last month due to 'political sensitivities', but there is little chance of UPA government capitulating to the Left's demand for severing all military ties with the Jewish state.
- Qana, Deadly Deja Vu (Times of India, Vikas Singh, Aug 01, 2006)
Dozens of children have died, hundreds of civilians have perished in an Israeli attack on Lebanon. But all that the global outrage has been able to achieve is an uneasy lull in the hostilities. A ceasefire looks distant, let alone a lasting settlement.
- Crusade Against Corruption Finds Recognition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Kejriwal awarded for activating India's Right to Information movement at grassroots Mr. Kejriwal was cited by the Magsaysay Foundation for "activating India's Right to Information movement at the grassroots, empowering poorest citizens to fight . . .
- American Satellite Captures Terror Camps In Pakistan (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Aug 01, 2006)
When India's national security establishment and foreign office mandarins meet with interlocutors from Islamabad and Washington over the next few days amid a spat over sponsorship of terrorism in the neighbourhood, they could draw upon court . . .
- Wrong Place, Wrong Time (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
It seems that some political advisers of President Musharraf are managing to do what the opposition parties have failed to so far so far --
- A Multi-Dimensional Monetary Policy (Business Line, K. Subramanian, Aug 01, 2006)
The Monetary Policy is not one-dimensional but is seen more as a vehicle that enhances various segments of the financial market, improves credit delivery, nurtures credit culture and enhances the quality of financial services.
- Qana Massacre And The Security Council (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 01, 2006)
The primary role of any Chapter VII resolution or expanded U.N. peacekeeping force must be to protect Lebanon from Israeli aggression.
- Halt N-Work By 31st, Un Tells Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The UN Security Council on Monday demanded that Iran suspend its nuclear activities in a month or face the threat of sanctions, but Tehran denounced the move as illegal and vowed to press on.
- Nato Forces Move Into Afghanistan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Nato forces on Monday took over security from a US-led coalition in restive southern Afghanistan embarking on one of the alliance’s biggest ground operations in its history.
- Enough Is Enough (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
It was only a matter of time before Israel's reckless and savage Lebanon strategy ended in a terrible tragedy that would shake the civilised world. It happened on Sunday at Qana in southern Lebanon, when Israeli jets flattened a building killing . . .
- Challenges For The Ajk Govt (News International, Ershad Mahmud, Aug 01, 2006)
Many were predicting that the ruling Muslim Conference would once again form a government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Quite a few reasons contributed to this pre-poll pointer.
- Causes And Consequences (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Aug 01, 2006)
The difference of opinion is regarding subsidies to the farm sector. India should be careful in taking decisions.
- The Tribes Of War (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 01, 2006)
When the Israeli press, politicians and intellectuals speak with regret about the "Lebanon War," it is usually to say the cost to Israel was too high or to point out that the invasion failed to achieve its objectives.
- Israel Supplies Key To Indian Defence...And Cpm Wants Delhi To . . . (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Aug 01, 2006)
While several MPs today joined the chorus of condemnation of Israel after its strike that killed 37 children, the CPM and its general secretary Prakash Karat have urged the Government to not only snap military ties with Israel but seek UN sanctions.
- New Drivers Of Economic Growth (Hindu, A.V. VEDPURISWAR , Aug 01, 2006)
Synthesises today's emerging trends to give an overall perspective of how the global economy works .
- Sugar Export Ban To Be Reviewed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
States to be consulted after crushing season begins
- Cruel, Senseless Campaign (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 01, 2006)
There can be no doubt that Israel is continuing to get away with the massacre of innocents because efforts to bring about a ceasefire have been stalled by the United States.
- More Arab Than Arabs (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 01, 2006)
Why isn’t Left’s Mid East policy centred on our interests? The crisis doesn’t affect ties with Israel
- Israel Continues Bombardment (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Aug 01, 2006)
On Monday Israel did not abide by the 48-hour cessation of bombing it promised after Sunday's slaughter of 55 civilians at the southern village of Qana.
- Musharraf's Puppet (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 31, 2006)
Beware of Attique Khan in PoK ---- T he recent 'election' in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was not only illegitimate, it amounted to a blatant mockery of democracy.
- Us-India Deal Should Abide By Non-Proliferation Rules: China (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
With the India-US nuclear deal endorsed by the House of Representatives, China today said both countries should abide by the existing non-proliferation rules and contribute to the international community's efforts in this regard.
- 16 Indians Die In Bahrain Fire (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
At least 16 Indians, all from Tamil Nadu, died of suffocation and 11 others were injured when a fire broke out in a three-storey building housing over 200 expatriates in this capital city of Bahrain early today.
- Admission Of Debility (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 31, 2006)
And so, after five-and-a-half years of rolling his eyes at the "shuttle diplomacy" of his predecessor, George W Bush has to send his, Secretary of State to the West Asia to do just that:
- Eighteen Years, One Question (Indian Express, Arun Jaitley, Jul 31, 2006)
The comments made by Arun Singh, a close personal friend of Rajiv Gandhi and the former minister of state for defence, that he requested the Rajiv Gandhi that it was the prime minister and the defence minister’s job to find out who . . .
- A Leadership Vacuum (New Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Jul 31, 2006)
Here are some moments in the life of a nation when people eschew individualism and look for leadership.
- Indian Muslims Used As Scapegoats (Pakistan Observer, Ghulam Sarwar, Jul 31, 2006)
Recent bomb blasts in Mumbai have been widely condemned by numerous Indian Muslim organizations and leaders, but, regrettably, their voice has gone unheard.
- Prosaic Injustice (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 31, 2006)
It would be more than interesting to know how the Shakespearean “hoist with his own petard” would have been translated into ‘strine’ ~ the version of the Queen’s English spoken by her subjects Down Under ~ by a certain Scott Morrison.
- Understanding Pakistan~ii (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 31, 2006)
I n August 1947, the new Pakistani elite hardly felt or even wished to feel free of the British ~ they merely felt independent of what they saw as Congress domination, and had now acquired some power for themselves.
- Sri Lanka Ground Offensive Begins (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Sri Lankan forces have launched a ground offensive against the Tamil Tiger rebels to free a canal.
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