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Articles 23421 through 23520 of 53943:
- Why Bush Has To Deliver In India (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Will President George W Bush deliver? Will India-US negotiations on the civilian nuclear deal yield something before the American leader lands in New Delhi on the evening of February 28?
- Nato-Isaf To Attend Rawalpindi Meeting (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Feb 06, 2006)
The Tripartite Commission comprising senior military and diplomatic representatives from Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States will hold its 17th meeting in Rawalpindi on June 5-6, it is learnt.
- Attracting Foreign Investment (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 06, 2006)
Speaking to heads of foreign firms on Friday, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said that Pakistan had made significant headway in trying to attract overseas investors.
- Is There An Excess Of Cess? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 06, 2006)
The levy of education cess in the 2004-05 budget and euphoria surrounding the revenue realisation from this source has encouraged the government to propose a similar cess of 2% on central taxes for health insurance policy for the poor.
- Iran Moves To Resume Uranium Enrichment (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
A defiant Iran moved on Sunday to block snap UN nuclear inspections and kick-start sensitive fuel work after being reported to the Security Council, deepening a crisis over its disputed atomic ambitions.
- For The People (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 06, 2006)
We need a labour movement, in sweatshops not airports. Will labour leaders agree?
- Playing Safe (The Week, Rajesh Parishwad, Feb 06, 2006)
He is one of the few beneficiaries of the terrorist attack on the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore. P. Ravindranath, head of a professional security services agency, Private Eye, is flooded with calls from IT and BPO firms seeking . . .
- Egyptian Ferry Disaster (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 06, 2006)
IT is now confirmed that there were problems with the Egyptian ferry that sank in the Red Sea on Friday. Rescuers were able to save about 400 lives, but that still means that nearly 1,000, most of them Hajis, were drowned.
- Where Campaigns Fall By The Wayside (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Feb 06, 2006)
The old English saying ‘Well begun is half done’ apparently doesn’t apply to the people who handle administrative matters in Karachi. That, at least, is the impression one gets after reading the final chapter of the sordid tinted glass saga enacted . . .
- On To A Broader Horizon (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Feb 06, 2006)
My previous article tried to sketch a framework of geo-strategic and geo-economic concerns that determine the new bearings of the Saudi foreign policy.
- Indian Pm Considers Talks With Leftists (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was mulling on Sunday whether to hold crisis talks with leftwing allies that are angry at his government’s vote against Iran over its nuclear programme and its airport privatisation plans.
- Iran Blocks N-Inspections (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
A defiant Iran moved on Sunday to block snap United Nations nuclear inspections and kick-start sensitive fuel work after being reported to Security Council, deepening a crisis over its disputed atomic ambitions.
- Germany Says Iran Should Take Up Russian Offer (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
* German FM says solving Iranian issue key to preventing arms race in Middle East
- Lost For Ideas (The Week, R. Prasannan, Feb 06, 2006)
FOR the next few months, the Bofors-armed, Rajnath Singh-led Bharatiya Janata Party won’t be enemy number one to the Congress. It will be the CPI(M) and its Leftist comrades.
- War In The Air (The Week, Frances Bulathsinghala, Feb 06, 2006)
It is 7.30 p.m. A group of eager youth affiliated to the LTTE media unit wait round the television set with cups of steaming tea for the start of transmission.
- India To Take Up Issue Of Spread Of Terror Outfits (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Concerned over the spread of activities of Pak-based terrorist outfits in India, Government is going to take up the issue during the Home Secretary level talks scheduled for next month in Islamabad.
- Terror? We Are Better Off (The Week, Sachidananda Murthy, Feb 06, 2006)
Shivraj Patil has been a key member of the Congress think tank ever since Sonia Gandhi became Congress president. His long experience as Speaker, Deputy Speaker and deputy leader of the opposition has made him a leading light of the Manmohan Singh . . .
- India Urged To Reciprocate Pak Peace Proposals (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Speakers at a special gathering held here to show solidarity with the Kashmiries on Sunday urged the Indian leadership to give positive response to Pakistan’s initiatives to resolve the Kashmir issue through dialogue.
- Not End Of The Road: Iran (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Iran said today that it was still willing to negotiate with the international community over its nuclear programme while the President mocked the referral by the UN nuclear watchdog to the Security Council.
- Improved Relations To Help Resolve Kashmir: Pm (Pakistan Observer, Zubair Qureshi, Feb 06, 2006)
Efforts for early solution to the Kashmir dispute would gain momentum in an environment of improved relations with India. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz expressed this belief while addressing a seminar organized by Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council . . .
- Explosion On Quetta-Lahore Bus Kills 12 (Daily Times, Azizullah Khan, Feb 06, 2006)
* Police chief says timed device caused the blast
* Six die in latest clashes between tribesmen and security forces in Dera Bugti
- Kashmir Solution A Must For Peace, Says Aziz (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that durable peace in South Asia can only be established with the resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the wishes and aspirations of the Kashmiri people. He was speaking at a seminar on ‘Earthquake: ...
- Rallies Call For End To Indian Rule In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Several thousand people held rallies on Sunday in Islamabad, Peshawar and Azad Jammu and Kashmir to demand an end to Indian rule in held Kashmir.
- George Bush To Propose Nuclear Partnership With Russia (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
President George W Bush will propose funding for the creation of an atomic energy partnership with Russia in his upcoming fiscal 2007 budget, according to the New York Times.
- Yes, Foreigners Too Are Violating Sovereignty (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 06, 2006)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that January 13 missile attack on Bajaur was violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty, but foreigners in the Tribal Areas are also guilty of it. In his interaction with the electronic media anchorpersons, . . .
- We Must Not Miss Chance For Kashmir Peace: Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
* President urges India to respond to demilitarisation proposal
* Says time it’s to focus on dispute resolution
* Rs 80b to rebuild schools and hospitals in quake zone
- Back To The Wto Doha Round (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 06, 2006)
The good thing about the Davos meeting is that it has straightaway injected a sense of urgency into the negotiating process. A detailed, though informal, timetable is being circulated of what has to be accomplished and by when.
- Left In The Lurch (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Feb 06, 2006)
THE Left parties can no longer put off devoting a couple of days in a quiet retreat to intense introspection, reviewing the effect of developments in India and abroad on their movement.
- Brazil: The Challenge Of Ecological Resource Use (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Feb 06, 2006)
Brazil's rainforest is considered the earth's most biologically diverse ecosystem. Unfortunately, about 16 per cent of this forest has been denuded in just the last four decades.
- The Need To Look Beyond Gdp (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Feb 06, 2006)
The point is not the replacement of GDP growth rate by the growth rate of educated rural population but to question age-old shibboleths, and look for alternatives. That kind of questioning, and the tolerance of such questioning are the basic . . .
- Musharraf Weakening Kashmir Stance (Daily Times, Ghafar Ali, Feb 06, 2006)
General Pervez Musharraf has weakened Pakistan’s principled stand on Kashmir by initiating ‘confidence-building-measures’ (CBM) with India which has shown no flexibility on its stance, said Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) president.
- Towards Corruption Free Society (Daily Excelsior, Tahir Khurshid Raina, Feb 06, 2006)
The change of guards in the State at the political level brought a glaring change in the issues to be addressed by the Government. The new incumbent Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad as the Chief Minister of the State has come up with the slogan of good governance.
- Guarding Brides And Grooms (Tribune, Devi Cherian, Feb 06, 2006)
Elaborate cuisine, VVIP presence, expensive outfits and exquisite jewellery if you think these are the only ways to flaunt wealth and status at weddings, you’re still not with the “hip” crowd in the Capital. For the latest fad is hiring bodyguards . . .
- List Adag Company Shares Without Delay (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Feb 06, 2006)
The Ambani siblings may have split the corporate empire Dhirubhai built, but the Reliance “family” of investors continues to be buffeted by the aftershocks of the bitter schism leading to the formal separation.
- Uk To Aid Iran’S Nuclear Studies (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
In a controversial decision, a British University has agreed to train engineering students from a notorious Iranian nuclear research centre in an attempt to plug a hole in its finances, a media report said today.
- Twin Challenges: Clear Reflection In The Governor’S Address (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 06, 2006)
A legislative speech by a constitutional head is almost invariably scripted by the political establishment. The customary Opposition cavil is only for the record.
- The Slip Between The Cup And The Lip! (The Financial Express, TN THAKUR, Feb 06, 2006)
Importing coal for generating power has been a subject of headlines for a while now.
- Visits Muzaffarabad, Bagh On Kashmir Solidarity Day (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Calling upon Indian leadership to reciprocate Pakistan’s offers for resolution of Kashmir dispute, President General Pervez Musharraf has said that New Delhi will have to show more flexibility.
- Kashmir Has A Great Future: Kalam (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 06, 2006)
"Energy independence has to be the country's first priority"
``Kashmir has a great future. There are tremendous opportunities for development and during my recent visit to Kashmir I can see the commitment of the people for a developed future,' . . .
- Egypt’S Nobel Winner Asks Islamists To Approve Book (Tribune, David Hardaker, Feb 06, 2006)
Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt’s Nobel Prize-winning author, is seeking permission from the country’s highest Islamic authorities to publish one of his most controversial novels, a move which has staggered friends and colleagues who see . . .
- Trial And Error (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Feb 06, 2006)
It’s easy to tell the difference between the trial of Saddam Hussein and the Nuremberg tribunal.
- My Days In Chandigarh (Tribune, KTS Tulsi, Feb 06, 2006)
I came to Chandigarh at the age of 10 in 1957. My school, college, law studies, failures and achievements, hopes and disappointments, struggles and successes were all at Chandigarh. The best of friendships and the greatest of heartbreaks were made and ...
- Lasting Bonds (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Feb 06, 2006)
Even though their directions were different, their goals apart, their thinking disparate, their views distinct and their ideas divergent, the separatist leader and the Army Captain shared a bond.
- Iran In The Dock (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 06, 2006)
Defiance won’t work
AS expected, the efforts to avoid a vote on the Iranian nuclear issue at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s extraordinary session that ended on Saturday did not succeed.
- Now, Focus On Iran-Russia Nuclear Talks (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 06, 2006)
The Iranian crystal ball turned denser and foggier today with Tehran’s announcement of ending all its voluntary cooperation with the IAEA in retaliation to the UN nuclear watchdog yesterday referring the Iranian nuclear file to the UN Security Council...
- Pranab Defends Centre’S Stand On Iran (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
The Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, today defended the Centre’s stand on Iran, adding that it had been a wise decision for it to go along with other non-aligned countries.
- Geopolitics In N-Ties (Tribune, O. P. Sabherwal, Feb 06, 2006)
Nuclear issues the world over have a habit of becoming contentious, enmeshed in nuclear weapon controversies.
- Lot Needs To Be Done To Remove Misunderstanding, Says Mirwaiz (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Exuding confidence that relations among various ethnic groups of State will be improved, chairman of the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today admitted that lot needed to be done to remove the mis-understanding among . . .
- Buckling Buta (The Week, Debashish Mukerji, Feb 06, 2006)
It was a judgment the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in Delhi had been awaiting with dread. Last October, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court called the decision to dissolve the Bihar Assembly on May 23, 2005 ‘unconstitutional’, . . .
- Losing Peripheral Vision (Telegraph, Bharat Bhushan, Feb 06, 2006)
The current dispensation in New Delhi does not seem serious about settling the periphery of India — whether it be Kashmir or Nagaland. As long as Metropolitan India is safe, it feels secure. The bushfires in the periphery can continue for all it cares.
- In A Difficult Phase (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Feb 06, 2006)
The author is an independent researcher. He has recently co-edited the book, Battles over Nature
- Old Friends (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 06, 2006)
The decision by the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency to report Iran to the United Nations security council, for its non-compliance on the nuclear issue, was inevitable.
- Take The Lead (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 06, 2006)
Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq has talked a lot of sense about the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley. His view especially that his faction of the Hurriyat Conference wants the KPs to go again to their original homes with . . .
- Pak Allows Sugar Import From Wagah (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Pakistan Government has formally allowed the import of 50,000 tonnes of sugar from India by road through Wagah border for the first time, hoping it would bring down the spiralling prices in domestic market.
- J&k Has Great Future: Kalam (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today said Jammu and Kashmir has a "great future" with "tremendous opportunities for development" and the commitment of the people to it.
- Iran Ends Cooperation With Iaea (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Iran ended all voluntary cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Sunday but said it was open to a proposal to enrich Iranian uranium in Russia, reversing its earlier response to being reported to the Security Council over fears it wants to produce n
- Let It Take Off (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
There is something strangely reassuring about the manner in which the government has stuck to its stand in the face of aggressive Leftist opposition to the privatisation of the airports
- Russia Urges Iran To Cooperate With Iaea (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
In the wake of the IAEA resolution to report Iran's controversial nuclear programme to the UN Security Council, Russia has urged Tehran to closely cooperate with the world body's nuclear watchdog and said that its proposal to set up a joint venture . . .
- Kalam Suggests 2nd Green Revolution In India (Press Trust of India, Pallab Bhattacharya, Feb 06, 2006)
President A P J Abdul Kalam today suggested a second Green Revolution in India which takes rice and wheat cultivators beyond the grain production stage to agro-food processing and gives value addition.
- India Tries To Calm Iran After Nuclear Vote (Reuters, Reuters, Feb 06, 2006)
India said it was one of the countries which voted on Saturday to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear programme, but tried to calm its old ally by saying the move allowed for more negotiations.
- English University To Train Iranian Nuke Pupils (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
In a controversial decision, a British university has agreed to train students from an Iranian nuclear research centre in an attempt to plug a hole in its finances, a media report said on Sunday.
- Follow Up (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 06, 2006)
Educating the child will help in eradicating child labour
The Supreme Court has done well to remind the Centre and the State governments of their obligation to completely eradicate child labour in the country.
- Iran Halts Iaea Inspection (Indian Express, PARISA HAFEZI , Feb 06, 2006)
A defiant Iran on Sunday ended snap UN checks of its nuclear sites and said it was resuming uranium enrichment, a day after being reported to the Security Council over suspicions it is building nuclear weapons.
- Iran Ends Un Inspections, Resumes Enrichment (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
A defiant Iran on Sunday ended snap UN checks of its nuclear sites and said it was resuming uranium enrichment, a day after being reported to the Security Council over suspicions it is building nuclear weapons.
- `Vote Will Not Affect Ties With Iran' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
India's vote in favour of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) resolution to report Iran's nuclear programme to the United Nation's Security Council will not affect it's relations with Teheran, India's Ambassador to the U.N. nuclear watchdog has s
- Left Protests Iran Vote, To Boycott Upa Meeting (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
The Left parties on Sunday said they would boycott an upcoming coordination meeting with the ruling coalition to protest Iran vote.
- Musharraf Says Peace Linked To Kashmir (Dawn, Tahir Naqash, Feb 06, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday called upon the Indian leadership to take advantage of the atmosphere in the wake of the Oct 8 earthquake and resolve the issue of Kashmir in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiris.
- Iran Resumes Uranium Enrichment, Ends U.N. Checks (Reuters, PARISA HAFEZI , Feb 06, 2006)
A defiant Iran on Sunday ended snap U.N. checks of its nuclear sites and said it was resuming uranium enrichment, a day after being reported to the Security Council over suspicions it is building nuclear weapons.
- Fear, Desperation Mark Nepal's First Polls In Years (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Feb 06, 2006)
When Govind Prasad Bashyal came to file his papers for polls at the municipal office, he did not expect troops to hold him there for two weeks.
- Sri Lanka Tigers Rule Out Mid-Feb Peace Talks - Source (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Feb 06, 2006)
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have rejected plans for crunch peace talks in Geneva in mid February because of reported abductions of pro-Tiger aid workers, a rebel source said on Sunday.
- Nepal Grinds To Halt As Rebel Strike Takes Effect (Reuters, Y.P. Rajesh, Feb 06, 2006)
Hundreds of soldiers and riot police guarded government buildings and patrolled deserted streets across Nepal on Sunday, the first day of a week-long general strike called by the Maoist rebels.
- Throwing A Lifeline (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 06, 2006)
The death toll in the Egyptian ferry ship disaster in the Red Sea last Friday is appalling.
- World Won’T Let Iran Have Nukes: Bush (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
The UN nuclear watchdog’s decision to report Iran to the UN Security Council is a clear message that the world will not allow Iran to have nuclear weapons, US President George Bush has said.
- There Is Life After Fossil Fuels (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 06, 2006)
Budget 2006 must help to rearrange India’s energy basket, says VIKRAM SINGH MEHTA
- Hamas Asserts ‘Right To Self-Defence’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Hamas, under mounting international pressure to renounce violence, asserted the Palestinians’ “right to self defence” on Sunday after the first Israeli air raids since its election victory last month.
- As India Twiddles Thumbs, Us, Russia Unveil Nuclear Deal (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Feb 06, 2006)
As it continues to dither on a plan to separate its civilian and military nuclear facilities, India is in the danger of losing out on a new partnership being launched by the US and Russia to promote an expansive global nuclear industry.
- Manila Institute Developing New Variants Of Nutrition-Rich Rice (Indian Express, Vipin Pubby, Feb 06, 2006)
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) here is on the verge of a revolution in developing and propagating new rice varieties rich in nutrition.
- Aai To Resolve Technical Issues To Form Airport Jvs (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 06, 2006)
Taking forward the government decision to modernise Delhi and Mumbai airports, the Airports Authority of India has approached the Registrar of Companies to form separate joint ventures for both these airports besides issuing letters of intent . . .
- Indian-American Leaders Rush To Join Bush’S Tour (Indian Express, LALIT K. JHA, Feb 06, 2006)
With US President George Bush’s India visit scheduled for March first week, speculation is rife on who all among the Indian-Americans would join him on the historic trip.
- Who Will Lobby Best To Succeed Kofi Annan? (Indian Express, RICHARD HOLBROOKE , Feb 06, 2006)
Almost invisible to the general public, a major international election campaign is underway.
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