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Articles 9321 through 9420 of 53943:
- Climate Change Can Wait, Health Can't (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 03, 2006)
With $50bn, we could make the planet a better place but money spent on global warming would be wasted.....
- 4 Infiltrators Killed In Gulmarg Sector (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
At least six residential houses were gutted and a soldier got killed in a fierce gunbattle between militants and security forces at Gamroo village in Bandipore area of Baramulla district even as a group of . . .
- Israel Pressures Hamas With Sixth Night Of Gaza Raids (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Israel carried out a sixth night of air raids on the Gaza Strip early Monday, a day after it warned it would use all its power to free a soldier captured by militants a week ago.
- Baba Farid Varsity Vc Admits To Paper Leak (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
The leaked question paper of the Punjab Pre-medical Entrance Test was an exact copy of the original.
- Grass-Roots Realities (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 03, 2006)
Prime minister Manmohan Singh's Rs 3,750 crore debt relief package for Vidarbha treats the symptoms of agrarian distress without addressing their root causes.
- Win-Win Nuclear Deal (Times of India, K SUBRAHMANYAM, Jul 03, 2006)
It is futile to look for explanations from prophets of gloom who predicted that the Indo-US nuclear cooperation agreement would fail to overcome US legislative hurdles.
- Pervez Orders Review Of Islamic Laws (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has ordered a review of the Islamic laws in the country and said that 2,000 women prisoners, languishing in jails for a long time without being convicted, should be considered for release in a few weeks.
- Don’T Keep Your Head Out Of The Way (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 03, 2006)
Despite heroic efforts of soccer moms, suburban liberals, and World Cup hype, soccer will never catch on as a big time sport in America.
- Quotas To Be Rolled Out In One Go (Times of India, Rajeev Deshpande, Jul 03, 2006)
Despite concerns over whether infrastructure will be in place to accommodate the extended OBC quotas and a 54% enhancement in seats in Central educational institutions before admissions for the 2007-08 academic year begin, reservations are likely . . .
- Power Passes To Next Generation Of Myanmar Generals In Major Reshuffle (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Myanmar's military rulers have begun a massive shake-up with eight deputy ministers and a Supreme Court judge already relieved of their posts.
- Missing In Action: The All-Rounder (The Economic Times, R K NANDAN, Jul 03, 2006)
Test cricket is not won by good batting or incisive bowling or superlative fielding but by a combination of all three, co-ordinated by the captain.
- Sonia Meets Cong-State Cms Over Price Hike On Wednesday (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Worried about the UPA-ruled Central Government's inability to contain rising prices, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of the Chief Ministers of party-ruled States here on July 5.
- Palestinian Officials To Be Prosecuted: Peres (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres said on Sunday that his country would prosecute Palestinian government officials captured in connection with the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier.
- Tibet Rail: Dalai Lama’S Open Mind (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jul 03, 2006)
While supporters of the Tibetan cause protested against the inauguration of the spectacular rail line from Gormo to Lhasa on Saturday, the Dalai Lama has left himself some political room.
- Putting Private Equity To Work In India (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 03, 2006)
Buyout firms that can exercise the disciplines of building ties and bet on the right human capital will reap the rewards of a market where east and west are meeting for mutual benefit.
- Privacy, In Bits And Bytes (Indian Express, Subimal Bhattacharjee, Jul 03, 2006)
Three incidents have happened in the recent past involving cyberspace. An HSBC call centre employee in Bangalore had passed on banking details of some 20 UK based customers to accomplices who siphoned off almost Rs 2 crore.
- Tomato Pickle (Business Standard, Subir Gokarn, Jul 03, 2006)
The best prophylactic against surges in the prices of fresh produce is ensuring processed equivalents become affordable.
- Japanese Monetary Policy (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 03, 2006)
The Bank of Japan has signaled that inflation, rather than deflation, is now the main worry.
- Sustaining The Pace Of Services-Led Growth (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jul 03, 2006)
A coherent integrated services policy, in line with the agricultural and industrial policies, needs to be developed.
- The Crown Prince (Business Standard, John Satish K, Jul 03, 2006)
It must be some head that has the fertility of imagination to conceive an idea as audacious as acquiring the second-largest steel-maker in the world for a whopping $32.3 billion, marking the culmination of the courtship of two of the biggest . . .
- Dmrc Planning To Increase Frequency Of Trains (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Particularly during office hours to clear the extra rush at stations
- Demand Conservation: An Essential Plank Towards Energy Security (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Jul 03, 2006)
A bystander at a conference of international petroleum experts could be excused for being confused. For he would have heard two well substantiated but conflicting viewpoints on the future role of oil.
- Government Seeks Options To Make Probe Effective (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
CBI investigation in Kiliroor sex scandal case
- Yechury Meets Koirala, Concludes Nepal Visit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury on Sunday met Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala before concluding his Nepal visit, during which he gained assurances from the Maoist leadership on their commitment to the peace . . .
- A Sumptuous Buffet (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 03, 2006)
Warren Buffet’s decision to donate 85% of his personal wealth, around $38 billion, to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is a landmark event in the history of philanthropy and shows the best of capitalism .
- Flatly Wrong (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 03, 2006)
Urban living space is scarce. But government allocation systems make the problem worse
- Indian Footprints (Deccan Herald, H P HANDE, Jul 03, 2006)
Like their ancestors, modern Indians leave their traces wherever they go.....
- Saddam Daughter, Wife On Wanted List (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Iraq on Sunday named Saddam Hussein’s eldest daughter and his first wife on a list of 41 “most wanted” in connection with terrorism.
- Israel Hits Palestine Pm Office (Deccan Herald, Greg Myre, Jul 03, 2006)
An Israeli aircraft fired missiles into the offices of the Palestinian prime minister in Gaza City early Sunday, the highest profile target yet in Israel’s escalating campaign to pressure the Palestinians for the release of an Israeli soldier.....
- Bin Laden Can Offer Only War, Says Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
The White House shot back on Saturday at Osama bin Laden’s warning of retaliation against Shi’ites in Iraq by condemning the al-Qaeda leader as a man of dark vision who offers only chaos, war and misery.
- Fiction To Fact (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 03, 2006)
Hawking has sounded alarm on genetic engineering
- Growing Intolerance (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jul 03, 2006)
Such actions as the Forest Gate incident, will drive a wedge between Britain and its Asian immigrants...
- Will India-China Border Talks Ever End? (Japan Times, Brahma Chellaney , Jul 03, 2006)
For 25 years, India has been seeking to settle by negotiation with China the disputed Indo-Tibetan frontier.
- Connecting Rural India (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 03, 2006)
Co-ops are ideal bases to connect rural areas, as they foster economic activity
- Israel Orders Stepped Up Gaza Action, Hits Haniyeh’S Office (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Israel's prime minister ordered the army on Sunday to intensify operations in Gaza to free a captured soldier after aircraft attacked the office of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas.
- Experts Express Concern Over Nuclear Deal With U.S. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Attention not paid to "pitfalls and weaknesses"
The U.S. President will have to certify every year that he is satisfied India's nuclear programme
Integrated national security should be given the highest priority
Under the deal, India will . . .
- Afghan 'Snow' (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 03, 2006)
It is just a coincidence that there have been a number of reports of late pointing to the Afghan link in the drug menace in this country including in the State.
- Iran Again Rejects Deadline On Nuclear Plan (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Iran on Sunday again rejected a deadline to respond to an international proposal to end the standoff over its nuclear program, saying it would respond in a month.
- Israel Steps Up Raids In Bid To Free Soldier (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Israeli aircraft intensified their attacks on Palestinian targets in Gaza early Monday, a day after Israel's prime minister ordered his military to do whatever necessary to pressure militants to free an Israeli soldier captured a week ago.
- Pak-Us Talks On Rozs Next Month (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
The US and Pakistan will negotiate next month the technical aspects of setting up reconstruction opportunity zones (ROZs) on the Pak-Afghan border and in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
- Taliban ‘Justice’ (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 03, 2006)
The execution before a crowd of over hundred onlookers, including children, of an alleged murderer by relatives of the victim in North Waziristan seems proof that the Talibanisation of the tribal areas is only becoming stronger.
- Learning From The Left Parties (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jul 03, 2006)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has said that the BJP should learn from the Left Parties how to secure people's mandate repeatedly.
- Why Javed Was Denied Visa ? (Daily Excelsior, Allabaksh, Jul 03, 2006)
Pakistan establishment seems to take a sadistic pleasure in humiliating or harassing Indians associated with Mumbai films (Bollywood) or the world of arts and culture when they apply for visas to visit the land of the ‘pure’.
- New Jersey Educators On Trip To Southern India (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
A team of 14 educators, including 11 from North Jersey, is bound for southern India this weekend to begin a month-long study of the region and its interactions with the rest of the world.
- Just A Bit Of Security (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 03, 2006)
Every Government has a midlife crisis as well as a sell-by date. The trick is to ensure that the latter does not precede the former.
- Israeli Request For Pistols To Protect Diplomats Turned Down (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Government has turned down a request from the Israel embassy here for importing of 20 pistols for its security staff and also asked it to return nearly four dozen they already have to Tel Aviv, as the security of its diplomats was the responsibility . . .
- Iran Rejects Deadline For N-Response (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Iran again rejected a deadline today to respond to an international offer aimed at resolving a nuclear standoff, saying it would answer during the next Iranian month which begins July 23.
- Law, Justice And J&k~ii (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 03, 2006)
The invaders failed to take Srinagar solely because they lost their military purpose while indulging in the Rape of Baramula.
- Govt Rejects Israeli Request For Pistols (Pioneer, PTI, Jul 03, 2006)
The UPA Government has turned down a request from the Israel embassy here for importing 20 pistols for its security staff and also asked it to return nearly four dozen they already have to Tel Aviv, as the security of its diplomats was the . . .
- Merit Lies In Equal Opportunity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 03, 2006)
Breaking open the unstated reservation for the upper-caste is the only way to advance the nation's backward castes/communities — S Simhadri
- Maoists Told To Stop Extortion, Scrap Courts (Tribune, Shirish B Pradhan, Jul 03, 2006)
Maoists in Nepal should immediately halt extorting money and scrap their “people’s courts” to maintain the rule of law, the country's Deputy Prime Minister said today.
- High Prices To Top Agenda Of Left Meet (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jul 03, 2006)
A litre of petrol costs only Rs. 21; the rest is due to the burden of taxes: Abani Roy
Freeze on taxes on petroleum products demanded
Details of nuclear deal to be sought from Prime Minister
- Iran Plans To Cut Gas Imports, Subsidies (Washington Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Iran, which relies on imports for almost half its refined petroleum products, plans to halt those imports and introduce gasoline rationing later this year, the government announced.
- A Tiger’S Tears (Tribune, Pran Chopra , Jul 03, 2006)
If a tiger can shed crocodile tears, a super Tiger has done it. Anton Balasingham, described as the chief negotiator on behalf of the Tamil secessionists in Sri Lanka, is obviously skilled in the art of saying one thing and meaning another.
- A Rail On The Roof Of The World (Tribune, Ching-Ching Ni, Jul 03, 2006)
The inaugural journey for the world’s highest railway began on July 1, a technological feat improving China’s access to one of the most forbidding corners of the Earth.
- Two Us Execs In Chennai Probed By Police (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
An American couple, both of them top executives of a US-based payroll processing and HR outsourcing company, have been restrained by the Chennai police from leaving the city following a complaint accusing them of stealing high-value business process . . .
- V.P. Singh For Referendum On Quota (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jul 03, 2006)
Withdraw concessions to private sector if it does not implement policy: Raja
Media criticised for "hyping" agitation by students
Government should withdraw concessions to private sector: Raja
Government urged to declare 2006 as `Year of Social . . .
- 'Indian Fishermen To Be Set Free After Completing Sentences' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
A day after New Delhi suggested that Islamabad had not kept its word on prisoner exchange, Pakistan today gave a new twist to the issue, saying the 240 Indian fishermen due to be released yesterday, would be set free only after they complete their . . .
- Agreements To Be Signed With Spanish Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Several important agreements are expected to be signed during the visit of the Spanish Prime Minister, Mr Jose Luis Rodgriguez Zapatero, beginning today.
- Naco Defends Hiv Estimation Process (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2006)
Ever since the Global Report on HIV was released by UNAIDS earlier this month, there has been much controversy on the NACO versus UNAIDS HIV/AIDS estimation figures for 2005.
- The Dilemma Of Language (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 02, 2006)
AS A child I often wondered about the status of English in my school. "A foreign language," we were told, which confused us further as there were no foreigners around.
- Secrets In The Family (Hindu, NIMI KURIAN, Jul 02, 2006)
Eraly portrays various aspects of relationships — some dark, some fiery, some sleazy.
- Aam Aadmi Who? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 02, 2006)
The Congress better clarify who this person is if its government means to get its policies right
- Window On The World (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Hameeda shows rare insight in recounting events as they were.
- True To The Original (Hindu, W. Chandrakanth, Jul 02, 2006)
Despite pitfalls, the book retains the authenticity of the language.
- The Art Of Amrish Puri (Hindu, V. Gangadhar, Jul 02, 2006)
Vignettes of Indian theatre and cinema.
- Militants Holding Israeli Soldier Want More (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Palestinian militants holding an Israeli soldier issued a new set of demands today, calling for the release of 1,000 prisoners and a halt to Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, in a sign that diplomatic efforts to resolve the standoff were . . .
- Nepal To Ask Un To Monitor Maoist Rebels (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
Nepal will ask the United Nations to monitor weapons of Maoist rebels and the army ahead of elections for an assembly to map out the country’s political future, the home minister said on Saturday.
- ‘Stinking’ Face Of India's Neo-Rich ! (Daily Excelsior, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Jul 02, 2006)
Leading a high-profile 5- star lifestyle, the Late Pramod Mahajan was always reluctant to publicly admit that he had Diabetes and never betrayed embarrassment in face of allegations levelled in unsavoury situations like Shivangi murder case but . . .
- Not Good Enough (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 02, 2006)
High marks, and nowhere to go
There was a time when first divisions and distinctions were achievements that ensured names would be painted in gold letters on school notice boards.
- Concrete Cbm (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 02, 2006)
Since it is unlikely that India would provoke, and the announcement was made immediately after another round of boundary talks, the go-ahead for 608 kms of road within striking distance of . . .
- Rbi Says Global, Indian Issues Not Equal (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor said on Saturday there was no one-to-one link between global developments and Indian interest rates and it was still possible to contain inflation in the central bank's 5.0-5.5 percent range.
- Nepal To Ask U.N. To Monitor Rebel, Army Arms (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Jul 02, 2006)
Nepal will ask the United Nations to monitor weapons of Maoist rebels and the army ahead of elections for an assembly to map out the country's political future, the home minister said on Saturday.
- Law, Justice And J&k~i (Statesman, SUBROTO ROY, Jul 02, 2006)
For a solution to J&K to be universally acceptable it must be seen by all as being lawful and just. Political opinion in Pakistan and India as well as all people and parties . . .
- A Bomb That Didn’T Go Off (Deccan Herald, M BHAKTAVATSALA, Jul 02, 2006)
The book reads more like a filmography than a biography.
- Sco Pledges To Fight Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Subhashis Mittra, Jul 02, 2006)
Signalling the dawn of a new era, the Sixth Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in China pledged to jointly fight terrorism and reached an agreement among its six-member states on cutting off infiltration channels of terrorists . . .
- What Rule Of Law? (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 02, 2006)
In theory, the modern liberal-constitutional state has three autonomous arms, all of which ideally reinforce its inherently democratic character.
- Cm Holds Marathon Janata Darshan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
A marathon Janata Darshan on Saturday saw Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy literally on his feet from 9.30 am to 9 pm. There was no lunch, no tea. It was just three glasses of “moosambi juice”, delivered promptly by his staff at three to four hour . . .
- Pm Announces Rs 3,750 Cr For Distressed Farmers (Deccan Herald, Parag Rabade, Jul 02, 2006)
After touring the suicide zone of Vidarbha in Maharashtra on Friday and Saturday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh disappointed the distressed farmers by refusing to waive their unpaid debts, which is the major cause behind the suicides, and announced . . .
- Us Admin Notifies Congress Of N-Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2006)
The Bush administration's nuclear accord with India seems on track to easy passage in Congress, as the White House also proceeds with plans to equip Pakistan with F-16 fighter jets.
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