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Articles 6621 through 6720 of 53943:
- Manmohan Calls For Immediate Lebanon Ceasefire (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Expressing India's displeasure with Israel, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday demanded "an immediate ceasefire" to end "the destruction of Lebanon" and a "comprehensive and negotiated solution" to the Middle East crisis.
- Why Israel Is On Warpath (Times of India, DAVID DANIELI, Jul 28, 2006)
With the flurry of news updates and analyses, the plain truth behind the crisis in Lebanon is blurred, if not lost. Hezbollah's war of terror against Israel is neither about the occupation of Lebanon nor about Palestinians' right to have their own . . .
- Questions Arise On Reprocessing Restrictions (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 28, 2006)
Spent fuel treatment will require separate U.S. consent.
- Clearing The Cloud Around The N-Deal (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 28, 2006)
After the thumping vote on Wednesday night in favour of the Indo-US nuclear deal in the House of Representatives, you might think a happy ending is at hand.
- Advantage Lebanon (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 28, 2006)
Half-time score in the Middle East
Israel had well-laid well-rehearsed plans to attack Lebanon aiming to permanently destroy Hezbollah.
- Legalising The Illegal (Statesman, SANKAR SEN, Jul 28, 2006)
It is learnt that the Government of India is debating the issue of legalisation and decriminalisation of prostitution. Some feminine groups as well as human rights activists are aggressively campaigning for legalisation of prostitution.
- Israel Not To Expand Offensive (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Top Israeli Cabinet ministers today decided not to expand the country’s Lebanon offensive, but ordered the call up of thousands of additional reserve soldiers to boost the campaign, officials said.
- Taliban Returning Via Pakistan: Un Envoy (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan is backed by foreign money, terror networks and fighters coming over the border from Pakistan, the top UN envoy in Afghanistan said on Wednesday.
- Centre Feels The Heat On N-Deal, Opp Walks Out (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The UPA Government faced rough weather in Parliament on Thursday from opposition BJP as well as the Left and Samajwadi Party on the Indo-US nuclear deal despite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's assertion that the final vote by the US Senate would be . . .
- Poverty In A World Of Wealth (Deccan Herald, Jeremy Seabrook, Jul 28, 2006)
The existing model robs poor countries of a role in the relief of their own penury.
- Do Not Derail The Dialogue (Deccan Herald, Sushant Sareen, Jul 28, 2006)
Is it correct to blame Pakistan for the recent 7/11 Mumbai serial blasts without hard evidence to back it up?
- The War Of Two Mistakes (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 28, 2006)
The current conflict in Lebanon should be called the ‘‘war of two mistakes’’.
- Nuclear Deal Wins Washington As It Continues To Battle New Delhi (Indian Express, LALIT K JHA, Jul 28, 2006)
Surprising even many of the Indian supporters and those in the State Department, the House of Representatives last night passed the civilian nuclear agreement between India and the United States with an overwhelming majority.
- Much Heat, Little Light On Nuclear Deal (Business Line, G. Parthasarathy, Jul 28, 2006)
While New Delhi can say it is not bound by any "Sense of the Congress" provisions in the legislation, it must recognise that nuclear cooperation with the US will end if it tests a `nuclear device'. Therefore there is merit in the criticism that . . .
- ‘Pak Has 25 To 50 Modest Nukes’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Pakistan currently has between 25 and 50 nuclear weapons, mostly relatively simple uranium arms with ‘‘modest’’ yields—around the size of the bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the journal Nature claimed on Thursday.
- House Warming (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2006)
The expansive support — more than three-fourths in a chamber of 435 — to the Indo-US nuclear deal from the House of Representatives in Washington surprised both the pros and the antis.
- Wto Talks Suspended Over Agricultural Tariffs (Times of India, AMIT SAXENA, Jul 28, 2006)
The WTO is not merely about signing deals. It is meant to create a climate for rules-based trading. If deadlocks are the norm in WTO talks, it is because WTO is a relatively democratic multilateral organisation, based on one-country-one-vote.
- Moving Ahead (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 28, 2006)
The Indo-US civilian nuclear deal is moving towards becoming a reality. It has crossed another hurdle with the US House of Representatives giving its seal of approval after an intense debate lasting nearly five hours.
- Foreign Policy Tangles (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Jul 28, 2006)
The writer is a former member of parliament and a freelance columnist based in Lahore
- The Neocon Resurgence (Hindu, Sidney Blumenthal, Jul 28, 2006)
The delusional U.S. mindset that made the Iraq war a disaster has resurfaced in Lebanon.
- U.S. Sanctions Two India Firms For Transfers To Iran (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The Bush administration has decided to impose sanctions on two Indian firms for missile-related transactions with Iran, U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday.
- My Book Is Not Meant To Be Sensational (Asian Age, Sanjay Basak, Jul 28, 2006)
"Sensationalism has no place in it. I never sought sensationalism. Therefore it disappoints me," former external affairs minister Jaswant Singh said in an indirect reference to the controversy being generated by his just published memoir, A Call To . . .
- Indo-Us Deal Crosses Another Hurdle (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 28, 2006)
With the US House of Representatives voting overwhelmingly in favour of the Indo-US nuclear deal another hurdle has been crossed in a process that promises to be a major test of India’s diligence. The process has several imponderables built into it.
- Lantos Nearly Killed Nuke Deal Bill With Iran Rider (Hindustan Times, S Rajagopalan, Jul 28, 2006)
Senior lawmaker Tom Lantos is as passionate in his support to India as in his antagonism for Iran.
- India, Us Working To Conclude N-Pact By Sept (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
India and the US are working towards concluding the bilateral civil nuclear agreement by September.
- Dishonourable Silence (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Behind the noise and scurry that has accompanied the ‘non-revelatory revelations’ made by Jaswant Singh in his memoirs, A Call To Honour, there lies the matter of serious irresponsibility.
- Mole On The Nose (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Jul 28, 2006)
Jaswant Singh is a gentleman fallen among politicians. We have been waiting for his memoirs ever since a south-east Asian summit when the post-banquet entertainment took the form of a skit that was a witty take-off of Lewis Carroll’s “You are Old . . .
- The Us And Muslims (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Jul 28, 2006)
If the United States of America still hoped it would be able to win the hearts of minds of Muslims worldwide, its reaction to the events of the past few weeks in the Middle East should make it realise the futility of the exercise.
- Fill The Vacancies In The Courts (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jul 28, 2006)
Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the chief justice of Pakistan, has breathed new life into the apex court by exercising its dormant suo motu powers to redress wrong and dispense justice.
- Indian Bristles At Bangladeshi Hostility (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
A minister in the northeastern Indian state of Assam has accused Bangladesh of grabbing two square kilometres (500 acres) of Assam’s land by shifting international boundary markers.
- Us-India Nuclear Deal Wins Big Vote Despite Dissent (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jul 28, 2006)
The US House of Representatives voted by 359 votes to 68 to approve the controversial US-India nuclear cooperation agreement despite several dissenting voices, with one member calling the deal a “historic failure” that “pours nuclear fuel on the . . .
- A Major Setback (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 28, 2006)
The world, especially the developing world, has been extremely concerned, at least since the Doha round of July 2003, over the way the global trade talks had progressed.
- Other Alphabets Want A Slice Of Internet (Hindu, Kieren McCarthy, Jul 28, 2006)
The Internet is a global revolution in communication — as long as you use letters from the Western alphabet. A report on the growing pressure for a Net that recognises Oriental, Arabic, and Hindi characters, too.
- Cpi(m) Launches Signature Campaign Against Israel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
To submit memorandum to the Prime Minister on Friday
- Israel Orders Heavier Air Attacks (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 28, 2006)
Two Hizbollah rockets hit Haifa; Al-Qaeda vows to launch world-wide offensive
- Putin Pushes A Wider Agenda For The G8 (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jul 28, 2006)
In Russia's vision, the expanded G8 will no longer be a Western club but will evolve into a round table of the world's major players.
- When A "Loyal" Guest Rounded On Blair (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 28, 2006)
The Iraqi Prime Minister's recent outburst against Mr. Blair over his refusal to condemn the Israeli actions in Lebanon has reinforced Mr. Blair's image as a cheerleader for George W. Bush.
- Diplomatic Divide Over Lebanon Crisis Widens (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
A diplomatic divide over how to end the fighting in Lebanon widened today with France pressing for an early UN ceasefire resolution, while the United States aimed new threats at Iran and Syria.
- Condi Opts For War Instead Of Diplomacy (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 28, 2006)
The Rome conference of European and Arab officials has failed to agree on cease-fire due US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s opposition to diplomatic initiatives on the pretext that there cannot be a return to political uncertainty and . . .
- Enter Oic (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 28, 2006)
After days of dilly-dallying the Organisation of Islamic Conference has finally decided to get into the act -- perhaps to refute the many who think its days are numbered -- and do and say something with regarding to Israel's invasion of Lebanon.
- Dangerous Times (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 28, 2006)
Three weeks on from the start of Israeli attacks on Lebanon, there is little to be optimistic about. Not only have the attacks continued, they continue to be indiscriminate in who they target.
- The New Middle East (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 28, 2006)
On February 14, 2005, Rafik Hariri attended a session of the Lebanese parliament in central Beirut. Around noun, he left the parliament area and headed home.
- Israel Pounds Lebanese Army Base, Radio Station (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Top Israeli Cabinet ministers on Thursday decided not to expand the country’s Lebanon offensive, Israel Radio reported. But they approved calling up three additional divisions of reserve soldiers. Meanwhile, a Hezbollah rocket hit a chemical plant . . .
- Nuke Deal: Goalposts Shift (Asian Age, Seema Mustafa, Jul 28, 2006)
The Indian government and the Bush administration made combined efforts on Thursday to counter the charge levelled by Indian political parties in Parli-ament that the goalposts had been shifted in the execution of the July 18, 2005 civilian nuclear . . .
- Look What The ‘Likud Prince’ Just Did (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2006)
Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert was elected Prime Minister of Israel. The hopeful narrative of his campaign was that of a career hard-liner who, like the great majority of Israelis, had finally come to believe that his country’s occupation of the more . . .
- Flames Of War In West Asia (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jul 28, 2006)
Even at the best of times, this country is heavily polarised and therefore in a confrontational mood.
- Mountain Out Of Mole Hill (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jul 28, 2006)
It's hardly a secret that the Americans have kept close watch on India's nuclear programme for several decades -------- Should politicians publish their memoirs in their lifetime? Former Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh with his book, A Call to Honour, . .
- Stop Burning The Future (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Jul 28, 2006)
Environment- Solar Generation, the youth wing of Green Peace, is making a big difference in a very impressive way.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal Just A Senate Nod Away (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The overwhelming approval of the Indo-US nuclear deal in the House of Representatives came after several hours of debate. It saw many legislators backing the pact saying " it would strengthen global nonsproliferation regime", while some expressed . . .
- Protestations Of The Credulous (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Jul 28, 2006)
It might appear preposterous to the rest of the country, but two Ministers from the Congress, a CPI(M) top brass and one Muslim maulana distinguished themselves by offering alternate theories on 7/11.
- Nuke Deal Gets Us House Nod (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 28, 2006)
India’s supporters are celebrating the House of Representatives’ decision to back the controversial nuclear deal that permits US nuclear fuel exports without requiring New Delhi to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
- Let Us Wait For The End Product: Manmohan (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Jul 28, 2006)
He admits U.S. Bills contain elements that are of "concern to us"
Let the legislation process be over in U.S. I will come before this House if there is any departure: Manmohan
U.S. stipulation on IAEA violates Manmohan's assurance, says CPI(M) . . .
- ‘This Secret Will Perish Along With Me’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 28, 2006)
Tell me of your experience in dealing with (Bill) Clinton.
- Prime Minister For Review Of Subsidies In Energy Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
`India urgently needs to define a new paradigm of development'
- India Phenomenon (Statesman, AMITAV BANERJI, Jul 27, 2006)
A couple of weeks ago, Time magazine had an eye-catching cover.
- China Demands Apology As Israel Kills Un Obs (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
China strongly condemned on Wednesday an Israeli air strike in Lebanon that killed a Chinese United Nations observer and summoned Israel’s ambassador in Beijing to demand an apology.
- Us House Debates On N-Deal Before Vote (Tribune, Ashish Kumar Sen, Jul 27, 2006)
The House of Representatives was expected to approve a US-India nuclear cooperation agreement following a debate scheduled for late Wednesday afternoon, according to congressional sources.
- The Saudi Warning (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 27, 2006)
Coming from one of America’s closest allies in the Middle East, the Saudi warning about an escalation of the Israeli war must be taken seriously.
- After Serial Blast (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 27, 2006)
After Srinagar-Bombay serial blasts, it is becoming increasingly clear that the terrorist organizations based in Pakistan have played the key role in planning and executing the serial blasts.
- Pak N-Stockpiles (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 27, 2006)
The report that Pakistan is building a new 1000-MW plutonium-based nuclear reactor at Khushab is a very alarming development.
- 4 United Nations Observers Killed In Israeli Airstrike (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Three of the corpses of four UN observers killed in an Israeli air strike on their post in south Lebanon have been recovered and efforts are underway to recover the fourth body from beneath the rubble, a security source said today.
- What Ails Our Intelligence? (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Jul 27, 2006)
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence has become "a state within a state", answerable neither to the leadership of the Army, nor to the President or the Prime Minister, says the Federation of Americal scientists in its report.
- No Compromise On N-Deal: Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
In a categoric signal to Washington and political opponents at home, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that there would be “no compromise” on the Indo-US nuclear deal, days ahead of the US Congress vote on the civilian nuclear energy cooperation.
- Israel Bleeds In Close Combat, World Dithers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Hizbollah guerrillas killed at least eight Israeli soldiers in Lebanon today in fighting set to continue after world diplomats meeting in Rome failed to agree on calling for an immediate end to the 15-day-old war.
- After The Nuclear Deal (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Jul 27, 2006)
President George W. Bush and Dr Manmohan Singh signed an agreement on July 18, 2005, under which the US leader pledged he would work to achieve “full nuclear energy cooperation” with India.
- Towards Adopting The First Best Trade Policies (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jul 27, 2006)
Industry can partner the government in this endeavour by stating clearly the constraints it faces
- N. Korea & Burma Get Priority In Discussions (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
International efforts to bring North Korea to the nuclear bargaining table forged ahead on Wednesday at an annual conference of Southeast Asian countries, as the grouping said it had privately admonished Burma to free dissident Aung San Suu Kyi and . . .
- Accounting A Milestone For Global Markets (The Financial Express, RAJIV MEMANI, Jul 27, 2006)
With strong cross-border capital flows, the world is moving towards convergence of reporting standards.
- Tourism, Not Extremism (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, Jul 27, 2006)
President Musharraf has appealed to people to shun extremism and promote tourism.
- Spinning Out Of Control (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
The situation in the Middle East is rapidly degenerating from terrible to atrocious. Already bordering on living hell for those at ground zero in the battle zone in Lebanon, the conflagration could spread out of control. While the mainly Sunni Hamas are o
- New Vistas In Micro Finance (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 27, 2006)
Finally, there seems to be a will to take a re-look at financial services for the poor. Much lobbying with the government and the RBI by those who work with financial services for the poor resulted in the government announcing on June 26 that it had . . .
- Israel Bomb Un Post, 4 Observers Killed (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Hezbollah inflicted heavy casualties on Israeli troops as they battled for a key hilltop town in southern Lebanon for a fourth day Wednesday, with as many as 14 soldiers reported killed.
- The Oppressed Of The World (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
Like most Muslims around the world, one, after 9/11, had become convinced of the existence of a well-conceived international conspiracy to destroy Muslim states, subjugate Muslim populations mentally and economically, poison Muslim youth by . . .
- Pawns In A Game Of Giants (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
The writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor
- Offence Against Israel (Pioneer, B Raman, Jul 27, 2006)
If India's anger against Pakistan is justified, so is Israel's ire against Iran, Syria and their surrogates ----
- Little Light On Nuclear Deal (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Jul 27, 2006)
President George Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed an agreement on July 18, 2005, under which President Bush pledged he would work to achieve "full nuclear energy cooperation" with India.
- Plot Thickens: More Mole Sightings (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
More evidence has emerged of the existence of a mole in the upper echelons of the Government of India during the PV Narasimha Rao regime.
- Is Up Going Mayawati's Way? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 27, 2006)
National and international issues hardly ever influence elections in Uttar Pradesh and 2007 is unlikely to be any different, says CP Bhambhri.
- U.S. House Approves India Nuclear Deal (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jul 27, 2006)
The U.S. House of Representatives gave overwhelming initial approval on Wednesday to a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation accord with India, an important but far from final step in making the agreement a reality.
- Taliban Returning Via Pakistan - Afghan Un Envoy (Reuters, Evelyn Leopold , Jul 27, 2006)
The Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan is backed by foreign money, terror networks and fighters coming over the border from Pakistan, the top U.N. envoy in Afghanistan said on Wednesday.
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