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- Bush’S Surprise Visit To Baghdad (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2006)
US president George W. Bush assured Iraqis in a surprise visit to Baghdad on Tuesday that the United States stands with them and their new government.
- Exuberance Can Be Rational (Indian Express, Narayanan Madhavan and Rosemary Arackaparambil, Jun 14, 2006)
In capitalism’s high ground, demand and supply are what matter, and the market is where the twain meet to discover deal prices.
- ‘Reports About Arms Sales From Pakistan Are Misleading’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 14, 2006)
The peace process between Sri Lanka and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), begun with Norwegian mediation in 2002, remains stalled, violence is the order of the day in the . . .
- For Beijing, Terrorist And Victim Are Same (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
China holds the key to containing Islamist terror in Asia, but its backing of Pakistan to countervail India does not augur well, says Cecil Victor.
- 5 Die, 17 Injured In Quetta Blast (Pakistan Observer, Ghulam Tahir, Jun 13, 2006)
Five persons including a women and a child were killed and 17 others received serious injuries today in a bomb blast at Sariab old customs post, a suburb seven miles from here.
- China Arming Hr Abusers: Amnesty (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
China is selling arms to an array of human rights abusers such as Sudan and Myanmar to extend its trade and diplomatic reach, human rights group Amnesty International said on Monday, an accusation Beijing denied.
- Seven Qaeda ‘Terrorists’ Killed In Iraq (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The US military said seven “terrorists” linked to Al Qaeda leaders in Iraq were killed during an air strike on Monday near the restive Iraqi city of Baquba. The strike also left two children dead.
- Fo Terms Kashmir Core Issue Between Pakistan, India (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Jun 13, 2006)
The Foreign Office on Monday emphatically declared that it considered Kashmir dispute the core issue between Pakistan and India and said it had been acknowledged in the Simla and Tashkent agreements.
- The Double-Decker Effect (The Economic Times, Raghu Dayal , Jun 13, 2006)
Railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav recently flagged off the first ever double-stack container train, to run from CONCOR’s inland container depot at Kanakpura (Jaipur) to Pipavav port on Gujarat coast.
- J&k's Summer Of Death And Grief (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Jun 13, 2006)
UPA Government's soft approach towards terrorism has only encouraged the jihadis to strike with greater venom and ferocity, says Anil Narendra
- Taxing The States (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 13, 2006)
The petro-product tax structure is grotesque, serving neither the poor nor promoting efficient economic outcomes.
- Gwadar’S Rich Potential (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 13, 2006)
The government’s plan to set up an export processing zone in Gwadar with a 15-year tax holiday as an incentive for potential investors is a step in the right direction.
- 37 Ultras Killed In Afghanistan (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces killed 37 suspected rebels, including a relative of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, in three separate battles across southern Afghanistan, an Afghan army general said Monday.
- Choice Is Clear (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 13, 2006)
Kumaraswamy's way, or highway----It is typical of the infuriating ironies of Indian politics that the Golden Quadrilateral, the highway development programme that is contemporary India's showpiece infrastructure project, has swiftly seen a change . . .
- Bjp's Yayati Syndrome (Pioneer, Sandhya Jain, Jun 13, 2006)
Some time after the arrest of the Kanchi Acharyas, the BJP think-tank hosted a talk where an ideologue defended the greatest civilisational insult Hindu India has suffered since the assassination of Guru Tegh Bahadur by a rabid Islamist ruler.
- Nepal To Free Maoist Detenus (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, Jun 13, 2006)
Talks with Prachanda fruitful
Maoists hint at readiness to drop House dissolution issue
Next round of talks to focus on ceasefire monitoring
- Solar Power Competes With Diesel, Dung In Himalayas (Reuters, Neil Chatterjee, Jun 13, 2006)
The Tibetan monk fingers his beads as he climbs up the stone steps of a 1,000-year-old monastery perched on a hilltop spur overlooking the Himalayas.
- India-U.S. Nuclear Talks Begin (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Discussions likely to centre on "123 agreement" that will form the basis for deal
- "Harness Atomic Energy For Food Security" (Hindu, T.S. Subramanian, Jun 13, 2006)
Swaminathan's call at BARC golden jubilee
- Cpi(m) Gesture To People Of Palestine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Appeals to all citizens to donate money
Concerned over `illegal and immoral financial blockade' imposed by U.S., E.U.
Palestinians facing a serious assault on basic rights, livelihood
- Why Bjp Silent On Rss Suggestion: Congress (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
In States where it is in power, the party should follow Congress example
Abandon politics of opposition
Congress will build public pressure
- Special Court To Hear Rahul's Bail Plea (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
A special court on Monday accepted a revision petition filed by the Delhi police, seeking a hearing of the bail application by Rahul Mahajan, son of the slain Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan, by a court designated for cases under the . . .
- Bank Staff Threaten Strike (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Members of the All India Bank Employees Association have threatened to go on nation-wide strikes to express their unhappiness with the move to privatise banks, allowing foreign direct investment in the banking sector and outsourcing of services.
- Us Could, India Can (Pioneer, Surajit Dasgupta, Jun 13, 2006)
It is not only military belligerence and arm-twisting economics that has raised the US to the pinnacle of political power. It is also for the fact that there was a time when that country embraced all.
- Can India Fix Its `Macro`? (Business Standard, Govindraj Ethiraj, Jun 13, 2006)
What does the average Chinese businessman think of India? I put this question two months ago to an Indian trader I met in China’s textile capital Shaoxing, some four hours south-east of Shanghai.
- Going Beyond Kansas (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 13, 2006)
Forecasters are famously advised never to predict both an event and its timing. This was certainly the approach adopted by ancient soothsayers and oracles, who, like Alan Greenspan, added ambiguity and obscurity to their counsel.
- The Wrong Aroma (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Jun 13, 2006)
The commerce ministry’s move to notify “Super Basmati” (developed originally in Pakistan) as an approved Indian variety of Basmati for export may have gone down well with exporters, who sense a new trade opportunity, but it is fraught with certain . . .
- Outright Dishonesty (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 13, 2006)
In the politics of petrol, reason has no place. The circumstances in which the Manmohan Singh government increased the price of petrol by Rs 4 and diesel by Rs 2 per litre are well known, the international price of crude oil having crossed the $70-mark.
- Truth Hurts & Therein Lies The Problem (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Jun 13, 2006)
Recently a newspaper supplement asked a series of stock questions to a Page Three persona. Among these was one which wanted him to reveal his worst trait.
- Sc Rejects Pleas Against ‘The Da Vinci Code’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court today dismissed two PIL petitions for ban on Hollywood movie ''The Da Vinci Code'', which has already been prohibited by five states on the ground that it hurt the sentiments of Christians and can create a law and order problem.
- Terror In Jammu, Anantnag (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
One person was killed and 31 were wounded when terrorists hurled three grenades on Vaishnodevi shrine-bound buses at the general bus stand here this morning.
- What Ails The Tiger? (Tribune, Brig Ranjit Talwar (retd), Jun 13, 2006)
Nobel laureate Milton Friedman had once remarked, “If a government were put in charge of managing the Sahara Desert, within five years, they’d have a shortage of sand!” Well, that pretty well sums up the Government of India’s most inept handling of . . .
- Nepal Axes Terror Act (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
A day after Prime Minister Mr Girija Prasad Koirala sent envoys to meet Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal at an undisclosed destination, the Cabinet today decided to scrap the draconian Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Control and Punishment) . . .
- Digesting The Rbi’S Unexpected Rate Hike (The Financial Express, Rajeev Malik, Jun 13, 2006)
The portents are clear for at least another hike between now and the end of the calendar year.
- Islamabad Rejects Sinha’S Remarks On Kashmir (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday snubbed the former Indian External Affairs Minister for his naive remarks made regarding the status of Kashmir dispute saying that anyone who knows even little about Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan would . . .
- 15 Killed In Iraq Car Bombings (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
At least 15 people were killed and 61 injured in Iraq car bombings.
- Incumbent Assembly To Elect President, Says (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
PML Secretary-General Mushahid Hussain Sayed has said that the incumbent assembly would elect the president and the election would be held according to the schedule.
- China Rejects Amnesty Report Of Arms Exports (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
China on Monday rejected charges by rights group Amnesty International that it is one of the world’s most reckless arms exporters and guilty of sustaining violence in countries like Sudan, Nepal and Myanmar.
- North Korea Flexes Missile Muscle To Grab Us (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
North Korea’s preparations for possible long-range missile tests, its first in nearly a decade, may be an attempt to grab the attention of a US government distracted by its nuclear row with Iran, experts said Monday.
- Saddam’S Trial Resumes (Jordan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Saddam Hussein's former intelligence chief was manhandled by guards as they dragged him out of court Monday for arguing with the judge, fuelling defence protests that it is being treated unfairly in the trial of the ouster Iraqi leader and members . . .
- British Police Hit On 'Bungled' Terror Raid (Christian Science Monitor, Tom Regan, Jun 13, 2006)
Muslim groups protest 'rising Islamophobia' as government admits to erosion of community trust.
- Debate Over Iraq War Back In Washington (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
The No. 1 issue for American voters - the future of the Iraq war - moves to the fore this week, both among President Bush's wartime advisers and on the floor of Congress.
- Case For Provincial Autonomy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 13, 2006)
The federal minister for inter-provincial coordination struck the right note when he called for maximum autonomy to enable the provinces to run their own affairs.
- Sense And Sensuality: New Food Writing (Business Standard, Nilanjana S Roy, Jun 13, 2006)
Just a decade ago, food memoirs and histories were as exotic as the cheeses and chocolates kind friends would bring back from “phoren”. Now that even Manchegos, Reblochons and a growing selection of gourmet chocolates are available if you know . . .
- The Case Of The Curious Rate Hike (The Financial Express, Mythili Bhusnurmath, Jun 13, 2006)
The timing of last Thursday’s interest rate hike suggests more of politics than economics.
- Land Acquisition Problems.. (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 13, 2006)
With the private sector setting up an increasing number of greenfield projects, infrastructure facilities and special economic zones (SEZs), it has become imperative for the Union government to come out with a comprehensive land acquisition policy . . .
- It Can Make Filing I-T Returns Easy (Business Line, Bhanoji Rao, Jun 13, 2006)
India, home to the globally respected IT professionals and software companies, should not make it difficult to file income-tax returns, as will happen with the new Form 2F. With some thought, filing returns and paying the tax can be made totally . . .
- Tv Channels And The Hudood Debate (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Jun 13, 2006)
The current debate about the abolition of Hudood laws is throwing up an interesting array of opinion.
- Petrol Price Hike: Can States Soften The Blow? (Business Line, C. J. Punnathara, Jun 13, 2006)
By reducing the Customs duty on crude oil the Centre has shown the way to reduce the burden of the consumer. Some State governments have followed up by reducing the sales tax, but more should do so.
- India-Japan Ties: More Hay To Make From The Rising Sun (Business Line, AJAY KHANNA, Jun 13, 2006)
Given India Inc's newfound confidence in its ability to compete globally, it can look at Japan as much as a market as a source of knowhow and finance. "Incredible India" is finding increasing resonance in Japan, too.
- Chinese Arms Fuelling Conflicts, Says Amnesty (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
China's sales of military vehicles and weapons to Sudan, Nepal and Myanmar have aggravated conflicts and abetted violence and repressive rule in those countries, Amnesty International said in a report released on Sunday.
- Treatise On Gaudiya Vaishnavism (Hindu, V.K.S.N. Raghavan, Jun 13, 2006)
This book covers a wide range of topics connected with Chaitanya's philosophy namely, Gaudiya Vaishnavism, besides the systems of Ramanuja, Madhva, Nimbarka and Vallabha.
- On Very Shifty Ground (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 13, 2006)
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Meira Kumar must know that her ‘wish’ to hike reservations for Scheduled Castes from 15 per cent to 16.23 per cent calls for a constitutional amendment.
- Banks Gypping Us, Cry Bhopal Victims (Tribune, RASHEED KIDWAI, Jun 13, 2006)
The survivors of the world’s worst industrial disaster are now accusing banks of tricking them out of part of their compensation money.
- A Tunnel Without An End (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 13, 2006)
The 460-plus men in Guantánamo Bay have been held for longer than four years. Only 10 have been charged with a crime. Not one has had a trial. The men are not allowed to visit or speak with family or friends.
- International Call (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Jun 13, 2006)
While most ministers try to escape the Indian summer, a few have more important things on their plate, writes Jyoti Malhotra.
- Soldier, 9 Labourers Killed In Kulgam Massacre (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jun 13, 2006)
Unidentified gunmen operating in combat uniform and vehicles today shot dead 9 Nepalese and Bihari labourers and a Kashmiri soldier of JAKLI in a broad daylight massacre near Yaripora in Kulgam area of south Kashmir.
- Ignore Young People's Protests At Your Peril (Hindu, Gary Younge, Jun 13, 2006)
Forget nostalgia for 1968 — youth activists today have real political savvy, and they are making their governments listen.
- Preparing For The Monsoon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Kingfisher Airlines is offering a host of comfort measures for its passengers for the monsoon. First, valets will be employed at airports to carry big canopy-sized umbrellas to escort guests.
- Riddle Of Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Probing the enigma of life has been the prime quest of man since time immemorial. Religion, philosophy, science or reason has yet to postulate a satisfactory explanation in this regard.
- Why Talk To The Ltte? (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 13, 2006)
In four years, the peace process in Sri Lanka has weathered several body blows aimed at it by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil . . .
- Strange Inequities (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 13, 2006)
When mutual funds fail to match the market, trustees must swing into action
- What The Upsurge In Global Capital Flows Indicates? (Business Line, Jayati Ghosh, Jun 13, 2006)
International capital markets have been very active in the past year, especially in terms of movements in and out of developing countries. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh examine the recent pat terns and their . . .
- Long On Promises, Short On Delivery: The Budget For 2006-07 (Dawn, Shahid Kardar, Jun 13, 2006)
The manner in which the budget speech in the National Assembly was delivered the other day, one was left wondering if it was connected with the budget for the year 2006-07 or an act of mocking at the performance of previous civilian governments with . . .
- Shaukat’S Concern For Peoples’ Welfare (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 13, 2006)
After a surprise visit to a Utility Store in Islamabad the other day, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz ventured to have a personal feel of the prices of essential commodities at an Itwar Bazaar on Sunday in the wake of various budgetary measures . . .
- Games People Play (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 13, 2006)
The Commonwealth Games may be scheduled for 2010 — a good four years away. But by the look of it, it has already spurred intense competition.
- Rs 1000 Crore Private Investments For Kerala Tourism (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Jun 13, 2006)
The Left government in Kerala has announced it is all set to draw private investment worth Rs 1,000 crore into its tourism sector within this year itself.
- Taxes By The Litre (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Jun 13, 2006)
When world crude oil prices go up, the consumer has to pay higher taxes. Not fair
- Devils And Their Nemesis (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 13, 2006)
Any person who, with sexual intent or in a sexual manner — molests a child or touches, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, any part of the body of the child; forces, invites, counsels or incites a child to touch . . .
- Increase In Drug Trafficking (Daily Excelsior, SREEDHAR, Jun 13, 2006)
In the middle of the night on June 1, Rahul Mahajan, son of late Pramod Mahajan and one of his accomplices Vivek Moitra could procure narcotics for personal use in the national capital, surprised every one.
- North-East: Troubling Portends (Daily Excelsior, Vinod Vedi, Jun 13, 2006)
Insurgency and instability in the north-eastern segment of India appears set to exacerbate and there could be no worse omen of unpleasant things to come than the flowering of the bamboo, a phenomenon that repeats itself every half century and brings . . .
- The Khan Investigation (Daily Excelsior, Tushar Charan, Jun 13, 2006)
Pakistan’s claim that it has completed investigation into the underground nuclear network of A.Q. Khan, the so-called father of its nuclear bomb, came just when the US had started to mount fresh pressure on Islamabad for direct access to the . . .
- Be Alert (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jun 13, 2006)
One can only but take an extremely serious view of the targetted militant activity in the State.
- How Ronaldinho Became Ronaldo (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 13, 2006)
Why do so many Brazilian soccer players go by one name? That’s the Brazilian convention. Nicknames and first names are used in all settings, no matter the gravity.
- Overview Of Global Economic Trends (Hindu, Jayan Jose Thomas, Jun 13, 2006)
This annual publication of the U.N. gives a good analysis of the current issues and trends in the world economy. According to its latest issue, global economic output has grown at a moderate pace of 3 per cent in 2005 and is projected to grow at . . .
- ‘Doha Can Follow G-20 Formula’ (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jun 13, 2006)
World Trade Organization Chairman on Doha farm negotiations Ambassador Crawford Falconer says it is his “guess” is the G-20 formula to cut farm tariffs is likely to become the basis for wrapping what are called modalities for tariff and subsidy cuts . . .
- Cm Dares Nice To Open Debate (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
Accusing the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) of trying to “buy me” in return for official favours, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswa-my on Monday invited the NICE owners for an open dialogue on all the controversial issues surrounding . . .
- Bush War Cabinet To Meet On Iraq Review (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 13, 2006)
US President George W Bush convenes a war council this week hoping to build momentum after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s death, but the big question overhanging the talks is when American troops will finally return from Iraq.
- Soccer Stupidity (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 13, 2006)
Priya flaunts it proudly
A politician to the core is PR Das Munshi, hence prone to talking through his hat. Yet realism, if not responsibility, ought to come into play when donning the AIFF hat.
- One World Order~ii (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 13, 2006)
India’s Commitment To Disarmament Should Be Exploited
Klaus Schlichtmann
If foreign policy makers in Europe and elsewhere would concentrate on the “One world” idea as the basis for disarmament, and some European nations . . .
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