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Articles 11021 through 11120 of 53943:
- Region:afghanistan, China Vow To Strengthen Ties (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Annual trade between the two states ranges between $400-$500 million
Military ties to be strengthened.
- Another 37 Killed In Afghanistan Violence (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Taliban kill 30
7 militants slain in raid
UN urges coalition forces to avoid harming civilians during military operation.
- Fo Advises Govt To Expand Talks With Afghans (Daily Times, Zulfiqar Ghuman, Jun 20, 2006)
The Foreign Office has advised the government to expand interaction with Kabul and monitor the activities of foreign intelligence agents operating in Afghanistan following the recent allegations by the Afghan government that Pakistan is sheltering . . .
- Revived Taliban Waging 'Full-Blown Insurgency' (USA Today.com, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
In their biggest show of strength in nearly five years, pro-Taliban fighters are terrorizing southern Afghanistan — ambushing military patrols, assassinating opponents and even enforcing the law in remote villages where they operate with near impunity.
- In Tribal Pakistan, A Tide Of Militancy (Washington Post, Pamela Constable, Jun 20, 2006)
Influence of Taliban Said to Be Spreading Beyond Border Areas Near Afghanistan
- Maoists In The Mainstream (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 19, 2006)
This must be a rare instance of the triumph of both hope and experience.
- Poverty Lurks In The Shadows Of Indian Economic Boom (Daily Times, Khalid Hasan, Jun 19, 2006)
“The obstacles hampering India’s progress, poor infrastructure, weak government, searing inequality, corruption and crime-converge in Bombay,” according to a cover story in Time magazine’s new issue.
- J&k Governor 'Holds Keys' To Mystery Of Shivlingam (Hindustan Times, Arun Joshi, Jun 19, 2006)
No one wants to own up to creating the 'man-made Shivlingam' at Amarnath cave this year. And with all the heat it has generated, rest assured no one will -- not unless a probe pins responsibility.
- Eviction Time (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 19, 2006)
Lutyen’s Delhi will undergo quite a change if the political parties are evicted out of their offices and asked to move to RK Puram, Mehrauli, Badarpur or wherever.
- Gandhara Name Proposed For Pak Airport (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Pakistan may name a new airport to be built in the capital after Gandhara, the ancient province known as the cradle of Buddhism in the sub-continent, apparently seeking to shed its image as a hardline Islamic country.
- Against The Dole (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Jun 19, 2006)
The unemployment allowance scheme formally kick-started by Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh raises many issues.
- “Tamatar” (Tribune, Harish Dhillon, Jun 19, 2006)
Why is it that people whom you’ve spent a sizeable chunk of time with and have been close to, never come into your life again once you have moved away, while others, whom you meet only fleetingly seem to cross your path again and again?
- The Central Banker's Puzzle (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Jun 19, 2006)
Different central bankers have their own national experience and policy objectives to go by in determining their anti-inflation stance. While maintaining a reasonable threshold for inflation levels, Governor Reddy has to keep in mind the need to . . .
- Year Of The Farmer (Tribune, M.S. Swaminathan, Jun 19, 2006)
To restore farmers’ faith in farming, the National Commission on Farmers (NCF) has recommended that the agricultural year 2006-07 (June 1, 2006, to May 31, 2007) may be observed as the Year of the Farmers.
- Revisiting Syria’S History (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Jun 19, 2006)
The sun rises at 4.30 am. It is already high by 7.30 and will fade only at 7.45 in the evening.
- Germany, Bouncing From Obscurity To Action (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Jun 19, 2006)
World Cup 2006 is big business worth billions of euros, with the sale of television transmission rights alone bringing in more than € 1 billion.
Public life in Germany has been buoyed by an unmatched World Cup mania. No station square or public . . .
- Bill Closes The Gates (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 19, 2006)
He is the man who more than any other has shaped and defined the IT age. It no exaggeration, therefore, to say the tech world will not be the same once Bill Gates, in keeping with Thursday’s announcement, disengages from his full-time role at . . .
- Walking The Talk (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 19, 2006)
Kingfisher Airlines & UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya takes his customers rather seriously, it appears. Recently in Mumbai, he was addressing a select gathering of scribes over cocktails, introducing them to his airline’s newly formed internationaL . . .
- Regulation Must Keep Pace With Markets (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 19, 2006)
Regulators and laws are still to address the issues posed by e-wallet, an already launched product
- 'Now Duets Are Sung Alone' (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
The Dada Saheb Phalke award winner whose six-decade-long career shows no signs fading, on the changing world of Hindi film music, the new trends and the old memories
- Nepal: Peace In The Offing? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 19, 2006)
The agreement reached between the Nepalese government and the rebel Maoists on Friday would have been unimaginable a few months ago when the people had yet to take to the streets against the country’s autocratic monarchy.
- Many A Slip (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 19, 2006)
There is an old joke that defines mixed feelings as seeing one’s mother-in-law driving one’s new BMW over a cliff.
- Pakistan Fine With Indo-Us N-Deal But… (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that the recent nuclear deal between the United States and India is a bilateral arrangement but Pakistan should be treated on equal basis for maintaining geo-strategic balance in the region.
- No Us Pressure On Ipi Gas Line Project: Pm (Pakistan Observer, John Thakur Das, Jun 19, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Sunday set aside the impression about involvement or pressure of a third country in negotiations and discussions on the gas pipeline from Iran through Pakistan to India.
- India’S Egregious Hr Record (Pakistan Observer, Mohammad Jamil, Jun 19, 2006)
In the past there have been negotiations between India and Pakistan, and whenever the thorny issue of Kashmir came under discussion, India did find some excuse to derail the process.
- Musharraf For Conflict Resolution (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 19, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called for addressing the root causes of terrorism and underscored the need for resolution of conflicts such as Palestine and Kashmir to ensure peace, security and economic development in Asia.
- 'Lyrics Today Aren't Poetry, Just Bad Prose' (OutLook, SAIBAL CHATTERJEE, Jun 19, 2006)
One of Bollywood's last active links with its golden era, the veteran lyricist shares his unique musical insight and sense of history in a freewheeling conversation.
- Afghan President In Beijing For State Visit (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
A host of bilateral and regional issues of common concern would be the focus of discussions Afghan President Hamid Karzai would have with the Chinese leadership during his state visit which began here today.
- Missile Warning To N Korea (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Japan today warned North Korea of “a harsh response” from Tokyo and Washington if it went ahead with the launch of a long-range missile.
- 23 Killed, 26 Injured In Bus Accident On J&k Highway (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
At least 23 people, mostly labourers from Bihar and Nepal, were killed and 26 others injured when the bus they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge near Ramban on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway today, a police . . .
- Myanmar Minorities Fear Being Dammed And Damned (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
From the ice fields of the Himalayas to the azure waters of the Andaman Sea, the Salween flows undisturbed through some of the most outwardly tranquil territory on earth.
- Reliance Plans $5.5 Bln Indian Economic Zone (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
India's top petrochemicals firm, Reliance Industries Ltd., said on Monday it planned to invest 250 billion rupees ($5.5 billion) in a special economic zone in Haryana.
- Russia Pragmatic On Arms But Is Trade Healthy? (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Missiles to Syria and Iran, warplanes to Venezuela and Myanmar, helicopters to Sudan -- Russia goes its own way when it comes to selling arms, seemingly immune to ethical debates that affect the industry elsewhere.
- Beginnings (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 19, 2006)
Only Trotskyites deceive themselves with the utopia of permanent revolutions.
- Falling Standard Of Education (Daily Excelsior, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Jun 19, 2006)
As most of the people in Education know that the word ‘Education' has been derived from the word ‘Educe' which means to draw out all the best that is there in a child.
- Pau Inks Mous With Two Us Universities (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Punjab Agricultural University has signed agreements of cooperation with two American Universities to enhance academic interchange and to further the development of basic scientific and technological research and faculty-student exchange programmes.
- Incidents Of Hr Abuses Vitiating Atmosphere: Mufti (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) patron and former Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has said that Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh’s pledge regarding zero tolerance for human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir should be translated into action . . .
- 23 Killed, 23 Injured As Bus Plunges Into Gorge (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
In a tragic road accident, 23 persons, mostly labourers from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Nepal were killed and 23 others received injuries, 13 of them critically, when a bus carrying them skidded off the road and plunged into deep gorge near Kela . . .
- Kathmandu Experiment (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 19, 2006)
The Nepal government’s decision to dissolve the country’s Parliament and form an interim government with the Maoists is the best news to come out of the Himalayan nation in some years.
- Medha Patkar Alleges Conspiracy To Crush Nba (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jun 19, 2006)
"Time has come for political parties to take a position on equitable development" "If you get power from big dams, but have no farm land how would you feed growing population?"
"World Bank now wants land-for-land policy to be finished"
Shunglu . . .
- Al-Qaeda Planned Gas Attack In Ny: Report (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
US officials received intelligence that Al-Qaeda operatives had been 45 days from releasing a deadly gas into New York City subways when the plan was called off by Osama bin Laden's second-in-command in 2003, according to a book excerpt . . .
- China, India Agree To Reopen Historic Trade Route (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
China and India have agreed to reopen border trade at the historic Nathu-la pass after more than 40 years, a symbol of rapprochement between Asian giants who fought a Himalayan war in 1962.
- Nepal Peace Deal Hinges On Trust, Maoist Guns (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 19, 2006)
The pace of change has been as breathtaking as the Himalayan scenery. In just a few short weeks, Nepal has rediscovered democracy and brought 10 years of civil war tantalisingly close to an end.
- Learn From Left, Says Atal (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee wants the men and women in his party to learn from the communists — about how to climb back to power.
- Sri Lanka's Overseas Tamils Fill Rebel Tiger Coffers (Reuters, Peter Apps, Jun 19, 2006)
It's thanks to Sri Lanka's overseas Tamils -- people like engineer S. Vijayadeva or accountant Kana Naheerathan -- that the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) can afford to keep up its insurgency.
- America’S War For Hearts And Minds (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 19, 2006)
It seems unfair to single out the hapless Colleen Graffy.
- Congressmen Back Indo-Us N-Deal (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
The US-Indo nuclear deal has won critical support from two key Congressmen heading foreign relations committees of the two Houses of the US Congress days before it comes up for review before the lower House panel.
- Army Shrinks Under Scanner (Telegraph, SUJAN DUTTA, Jun 19, 2006)
Lieutenant Susmita Chakraborthy’s suicide is the latest in a series of self-killings by army personnel and the second by a lady officer.
- Indian Business Invasion Of Britain (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Next month, UK Trade and Investment, the government-backed agency that encourages overseas companies to do business in Britain, will reveal how many Indian companies invested here in the year to April.
- Third Time Unlucky (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 19, 2006)
What kind of country would hold a census in which the enumerator recorded your sex but not your religion, your age but not your ethnicity?
- No Mercy In Killing (Times of India, Harmala Gupta, Jun 19, 2006)
As head of an organisation that looks after the medical, nursing and psychosocial needs of people with terminal cancer, I am appalled to know that the Union government is considering legislation to legalise eutha-nasia, or as it is more . . .
- Gab Of The Gift: Pak Is Best (Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta, Jun 19, 2006)
The one-upmanship between India and Pakistan may have become a no-contest now with New Delhi's economic and strategic leap forward, but there is one area where Islamabad is a clear winner.
- Indo-China Trade Through Nathu La Pass To Resume (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
India and China have reached a historic agreement to resume border trade through the strategic Nathu La pass from July 6, 44 years after its closure.
- Citizen Gates (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 19, 2006)
Bill Gates, after having reinvented the computer industry, has just reinvented himself. The man closely identified with Microsoft and the PC revolution has just announced that he will disengage from day-to-day running of the company by 2008, after . . .
- Making History (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 19, 2006)
After the initial euphoria over the toppling of King Gyanendra had subsided there were fears that Nepal might slip back into anarchy. There were doubts whether the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) would be able to work with Maoists in drawing up a road . . .
- Army To Strengthen Stress Counselling: Pranab (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
The Ministry of Defence has decided to strengthen stress counselling for the armed forces following the alleged suicide of Army officer Lieut Sushmita Chakraborty.
- Sonia To Flag Off Second Bus Service To Pok Tomorrow (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
The UPA Chairperson, Ms Sonia Gandhi and the Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, will flag off a passenger bus service between Poonch and Rawlakot in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Tuesday amidst tight security in the wake of reports of two . . .
- From Nepal, New Hope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 19, 2006)
The interim government in Kathmandu must work for the permanent end to Maoist violence
- Market Musings In These Volatile Times (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 19, 2006)
After the roller-coaster ride in the capital market last week, only the very bold or extremely foolish would dare to predict what the coming week will bring. In the last fortnight, the Indian market has bounced up three times with a dazzling . . .
- Lasting Peace Is Not A Party (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jun 19, 2006)
Nepal is upbeat over the government’s dialogue with the Maoists. But don’t start celebrating just yet
- Shaken By Shanghai (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jun 19, 2006)
While the painful prose of the declarations from the Shanghai summit last week might put most people to sleep, it has begun to shake America out of its strategic stupor in Asia.
- Gulf Countries Adopt Oil Export Contingency Plan (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 19, 2006)
GCC member nations fear closure of exit points if U.S., Iran clash
- Trade As A Tool Of Geopolitics (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 19, 2006)
According to the Minutes of the U.S. Trade Policy Review meeting released recently by the World Trade Organisation, major trade partners have expressed concern over the impact of the security measures instituted by the United States on the flow . . .
- Code That Protects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna states that when standards of Dharma fall, He would incarnate to re-establish its primacy and protect the virtuous and saintly.
- The Magic Of That Old School Tie (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jun 19, 2006)
Fifty four per cent of Britain's top newspaper and television journalists were educated at expensive private schools.
- Towards Bankruptcy (Pioneer, Amy Teibel and Sara Toth, Jun 19, 2006)
Hamas's cloak-and-dagger gambit is unlikely to extricate it from the grave financial mess it finds itself in, writes Amy Teibel
- Beyond The Drama, The Real Issues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
That was something of a record — more than 25 messages pointing out one error.
- Ai, Indian See Opportunities In Merger (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Benefits include dominant market position and economies of scale; the new airline will also get ample scope to create joint ventures
- Nepal King's Veto Powers Scrapped (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Bills need no royal assent
Concept of `King in Parliament' abolished
All the authority the King once had in Parliament eliminated
First face-to-face meeting between officials and Maoists
- Brainstorming Session For Bihar Mlas On Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Move to discuss ways and means for more forceful drive against the dreaded disease
Alarming rise in cases of HIV positive patients in the State
An exhibition on AIDS will also be organised
`MLAs would be told about various dos and don'ts about . . .
- Microsoft Initiative To Promote Indian It Market (Hindu, Shanthi Kannan, Jun 19, 2006)
Strategy aims at developing tools, technologies and training
The attempt is to change India from renting intelligence quotient to owning intellectual properties.
- India And The U.N. Human Rights Council (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Jun 19, 2006)
If India is to establish its credibility as a country genuinely interested in the protection and promotion of human rights, it has to accept the jurisdiction of committees under the international system.
- More Punch For Para-Military (Deccan Herald, Bidanda M Chengappa, Jun 19, 2006)
Resources must be improved for better intelligence gathering
- To Save Government, Gowda, Son Back Off (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jun 19, 2006)
The Janata Dal (Secular), coalition partners of the BJP in the Karnataka government, has backed down on its move to push through legislation for government takeover of the Bangalore Myore Infrastructure Corridor Project, the country’s first private . . .
- Five Killed, Lanka On Brink Of War (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Tamil villagers, terrified by an approaching Sri Lankan government patrol, sought shelter on Sunday in the same church where they say they had been when soldiers had fired at them a day before.....
- Is Iraq A Running Sore? (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Jun 19, 2006)
The answer to the insurgent torn country is a broadening of the coalition by involving the United Nations.
- The Glorious Past (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 19, 2006)
Bangalore has lost much of its vegetation, but Cubbon Park still retains its charm
- The Family That’S Come To Stay (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Jun 19, 2006)
It's only when you are far, far away from Delhi that you realise (a) how little of the TV news is of relevance to you outside the great capital of India, (b) how little you care about the news you cared so much about when you were . . .
- U.S.' Problem Is Resisting Bush's Power Grab (Hindu, Martin Kettle, Jun 19, 2006)
As in the 18th century, America's problem is a usurping king called George.
- Nobody Untouchable In Politics: Kumaraswamy (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Projecting himself as a development-oriented politician, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has said that his government is business-friendly and it has been appreciated by captains of the industry.
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