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Articles 23621 through 23720 of 53943:
- Iran To Curb Un Checks On N-Plants (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Iran will immediately curb UN inspections of its nuclear plants and pursue full-scale uranium enrichment after a UN nuclear watchdog agency vote reporting it to the Security Council, a senior Iranian official said today.
- Iran Hauled Up To Unsc, India Backs Us Move (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
India on Saturday joined 26 other nations to refer Iran’s suspect nuclear activities to the UN Security Council. That should unleash a fresh round of rhetorical conflict with the Left, but smoothen the passage of a landmark civil nuclear deal with the US.
- Iaea Resolution Well Balanced: India (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
India today said the IAEA resolution for reporting Iran's nuclear issue to UN Security Council was "well-balanced" and asserted that its support to the move should "not be interpreted" as being "detracting from the traditionally close and friendly" . . .
- When Jihadis Win Elections (Hindustan Times, DAVID DANIELI, Feb 05, 2006)
True democratic nations and societies know well that democracy doesn't end with elections.
- India, France To Sign Nuke, Defence Pacts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
India and France are set to sign defining pacts on civil nuclear energy and defence cooperation during the three-day visit of French President Jacques Chirac beginning February 19.
- India Does It Again, Votes Against Iran At Iaea Meet (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Feb 05, 2006)
India on Saturday voted in favour of an IAEA resolution to report the Iran nuclear issue to the UN Security Council. The resolution expressed concerns that Iran’s nuclear programme may not be “exclusively for peaceful purposes”.
- Ally Left’S Sorry Saturday: Iran Goes To Un, Airport Staff To Work (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Feb 05, 2006)
Going along with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, including Russia and China, and concerned over Tehran’s A Q Khan link, India today voted in favour of a resolution by the nuclear watchdog agency IAEA to report the Iran nuclear . . .
- India Tries To Calm Iran After Nuclear Vote (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 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.
- Lic Keen On Health Insurance Foray, Awaits Irda Approval (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
A core team of the corporation is working on identifying viable sectors
- Stage Set For Action Against Tehran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
The wording of the final resolution recognised “that a solution to the Iranian issue would contribute to global non-proliferation efforts and... the objective of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction including their means of delivery”.
- Highwaymen On The Net (Deccan Herald, S B Viswakumar, Feb 05, 2006)
Cyber criminals use the internet as a convenient conduit to unleash viruses, plant adware and spyware, steal personal/credit card information, send spam mail and engage in other activities that affect the innocent user in many ways.
- Gm Deal Value Is $27 M: Wipro (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
General Motors awarded computer services contracts totalling about $7.5 billion to Electronic Data Systems, International Business Machines Corp, Hewlett-Packard Co, France’s Cap Gemini and Compuware Covisint unit of Compuware Corp, among others.
- ``Hurriyat Does Not Represent All Kashmiris'' (Hindu, Luv Puri , Feb 05, 2006)
Ready to buy goods from India : PoK PM
Prime Minister of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir Sikandar Hayat Khan has said the All Parties Hurriyat Conference cannot claim to represent the entire State of Jammu and Kashmir.
- Manmohan Compromising To Stick To Office: Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
But I gave up my party job to stand by my views on Jinnah
Kalam erred in agreeing to Assembly dissolution President's action should not become precedent I am not "minimalised" in party
- Iran: Left To Take Stock (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Say it violates NCMP commitment to independent foreign policy
Economic policies of the Government will also come under the scanner at the proposed meet
The parties have also condemned stand on privatisation of airports as `adamant' and `unreasonable'
- India Drops Bombshell Again On Iran (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
India on Saturday voted in favour of an international resolution reporting Iran to the UN Security Council even as it repeated its commitment to “close and friendly ties” with Tehran and supported its right to civilian nuclear energy.
- Vote Not To Affect Ties With Tehran, Says New Delhi (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
Within hours of its vote in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) governing body meeting in Vienna in favour of reporting the Iranian nuclear programme to the UN Security Council, the Manmohan Singh government asserted on Saturday that its . . .
- America Unplugged (Hindu, RUMINA SETHI, Feb 05, 2006)
IN today's globalised climate, the former colonies have ended up as the neo-colonial empire of the United States, complicit in global give and take, economic hegemony, and . . .
- Clemenceau: Greenpeace To Register Protest (Hindu, Siddharth Narrain , Feb 05, 2006)
Social activists say the issue is also about all toxic ships being dismantled at Indian shipyards
Toxic chemicals being put into the lives of workers without basic medical facilities
Those opposing entry were not against the ship-breaking industry
- Not Frightened By Threats, Says Rajapakse (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Feb 05, 2006)
"There is nothing to hide in the peace process. The Government is not forcibly bringing about a solution"
Special programme of national integration launched to build greater amity and trust
President promises transparency in the new peace process
- Excerpts From Text Of Resolution On Iran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
The Board of Governors ...
(f) Recalling that ... the Director General noted that after nearly three years of intensive verification activity, the Agency is not yet in a position to clarify some important issues relating to Iran's nuclear . . .
- Swan Song Of A Pm Cum Linguist (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
This is a beautifully produced bi-lingual edition of poetry, translated from Telugu to English. It presents a beautiful rendering of the original Telugu poems by Jayaprabha, deftly transformed into English by the translator, P V Narasimha Rao.
- Arroyo Thanks Kalam (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Feb 05, 2006)
The Philippines President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, on Saturday thanked her Indian counterpart, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, for putting her country back on New Delhi's radar screen.
- Ongc Chief For Steps To Spur Growth Of Manufacturing Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
"It will become catchy like IT"
Chairman and managing director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) Subir Raha on Saturday called for emphasis on measures that would spur the growth of the manufacturing sector.
- "India Will Not Be The Same Without Salesians" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
He heads an organisation that is dedicated to serving the youth. Which explains the rather youthful demeanour of this respected leader of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Rector Major Pascual Chavez, who is in India for the centenary of the community's presenc
- Iran To Swiftly Begin Enrichment (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Feb 05, 2006)
Teheran rejects a Russian compromise offer
- Fable For Our Times (Hindu, NIMI KURIAN, Feb 05, 2006)
John Boyne, author of a book that looks at the Holocaust from a child's perspective, says there is no subject that is `inappropriate' for children.
- Iaea Votes To Report Iran To U.N. Security Council (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
27 nations vote for the resolution in Vienna, three against, and five abstain
- The Price Is Not Right (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 05, 2006)
No true liberal, however rational or sure of themselves they are, should argue that it is always right to assault religious beliefs in every way.
- Case For Raising Benchmark For Super Fast Trains (Hindu, V.V. RAVI KUMAR, Feb 05, 2006)
The Indian Railways runs super fast express trains on its network. From hardly over a dozen trains including the prestigious Rajdhanis three decades ago, their number has now crossed the 200 mark.
- Legend And History (Hindu, THEODORE BASKARAN, Feb 05, 2006)
Historians like David Shulman caution us that legends and folklores should not be discounted as sources of information for history. And India abounds in such tales, which need to be interpreted.
- Dose Of Sunshine (Hindu, KISHORE IYENGAR, Feb 05, 2006)
Penned in a lucid, easy-reading and informal style by India's only officially certified Sommelier and Wine Expert, Magandeep Singh, this handy book is an ideal ready reckoner for anyone interested in the romance, the mystery, the simplicity of wine and ..
- Asthma: No Permanent Cure (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 05, 2006)
"Asthma needs to be treated regularly to control it," says the respiratory physician on our panel in response to readers' queries.
- Pakistan Prepared To Show Flexibility On Kashmir Issue, Says Pervez Musharraf (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 05, 2006)
"Rigidity and violence must give way to positive engagement"
President calls for enabling for the success of the peace process
Improve human rights situation in Kashmir: Aziz tells India
- Shoulder In Trouble (Hindu, DR. A.K. VENKATACHALAM, Feb 05, 2006)
Injuries of the shoulder in sportspersons can be set right with minimally invasive surgery.
- Different Journeys And Destinations (Hindu, SOMA BASU, Feb 05, 2006)
Tabish Khair's latest anthology grew out of a casual lunchtime discussion with two of the other editors. "We started talking of Asian and African travel texts, and we listed almost 20 between the three of us. Later, research took us to a hundred, . . .
- Unpleasant Surprise? (Hindu, Bill Kirkman, Feb 05, 2006)
After the result of the Palestinian election, the fundamental question is about the values that underlie policy. Will Hamas renounce violence?
- Global Nature Of Protest (Hindu, Mike Marqusee, Feb 05, 2006)
A look at the significance of February 15, 2003.
Many demonstrators who hoped to deter the invasion of Iraq probably underestimated what they were up against ... ."
- Educating Mr. Modi (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Feb 05, 2006)
No one seems to care about providing appropriate sanitation facilities for women.
- To Teach Is To Learn Twice (Hindu, ANUKRITI PANDEY, Feb 05, 2006)
An enriching teacher-student equation need not entail some sort of a succumbing to pressure on the part of the teacher
- India May Ask Russia To Lower Tea Import Duty (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Feb 05, 2006)
Gherman Gref to hold talks with Kamal Nath in New Delhi
The two sides will sign a protocol on Moscow's accession to WTO
Russia reportedly agreed to facilitate higher uptake of Indian tea and tobacco
- Issue Of Blasphemous Cartoons (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 04, 2006)
THERE have been countrywide protests against blasphemous cartoons published by Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten and mischievously republished by newspapers of several other Western countries.
- Kalam Unfolds India’S Agenda (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 04, 2006)
Indian President Abdul Kalam Azad is having day-dreaming as he sees emergence of Pakistan-India Federation in the next fifty years. Speaking in Bangkok, he argued that if the United States and Russian Federation can become friends and Germany . . .
- Thar Express To Have Capacity Of 500 Passengers (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
The Thar Express connecting the deserts of India and Pakistan from Feb 18 will have seven coaches with a capacity of 500 passengers, Indian Railway officials said here Friday.
- `Our Wto Negotiations Are Mainly About Making Russia An Equal Participant In Global Trade' (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Feb 04, 2006)
It is important that we complete the negotiations with India on Russia's WTO accession. We are sure that our fast accession would be in India's interests, too, because Russia honouring its agreed commitments would mean better and broader access of Indian
- Trade With India In Pak Interest: Ex-Minister (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Former minister of finance Shahid Javed Burki Friday said Pakistan must open trade with India and other South Asian countries as it is in Pakistan’s interest.
- Jaswant Stresses Need For Expanding ‘Constituency Of Peace’ (Dawn, Shamim-ur-Rahman, Feb 04, 2006)
India’s former external affairs minister and currently leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh has emphasized the need for a constant endeavour by India and Pakistan to “expand the constituency of peace”.
- Sense & Sensibility (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 04, 2006)
There has been an angry reaction in many Muslim countries to the publication of offensive cartoons in a Danish newspaper. The cartoons were first published in September.
- Iaea Delays Vote On Iran Referral (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
The UN nuclear watchdog deferred until Saturday a vote to report Iran to the UN Security Council, as the European Union lobbied developing nations to back the measure.
- King’S Very Productive Visit (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 04, 2006)
The two-day visit of Khadim-e-Harmain Sharifain King Abdullah ‘s visit to Pakistan would go a long way in bringing the two brotherly countries still closer in various fields. As a result of intensive interaction, the leadership of the two countries . . .
- India, Israel Sign Secret Deal On Anti-Missile System (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Feb 04, 2006)
India is said to have signed an agreement for the joint manufacture of the ship-borne Israeli Barak II anti-missile system at Hyderabad for both the Indian and Israeli navies.
- Pro-India Policy Preventing Good Ties With (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf has said that Moscow’s pro-India policy is an obstacle in the qualitative development of Pakistan-Russia relations in the post-cold war world.
- Shaukat Rejects Indo-Pak Confederation (News International, Muhammad Anis, Feb 04, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday termed possibility of confederation between Pakistan and India a mere thinking of the Indian rulers. "This may be their way of thinking," Shaukat said, while talking informally to newsmen at the oath-taking . . .
- Poor Nations Need Billions To Fight Climate Change (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Feb 04, 2006)
A top British environmentalist said on Friday the developing world needed to spend at least $40 billion more every year to fight climate change.
- Ties With Saudi Arabia (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 04, 2006)
AN identity of views on regional and international issues seems to have marked the outcome of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz’s one-day visit to Pakistan. Among the issues on which the two sides appeared to have a common perception were Kashmir, Palestine, I
- Striking Argument (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 04, 2006)
Timetable for airport revamp is short. Let AAI show it can do better elsewhere
- Pak Ultras Threat To S Asia Peace: Usa (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
Pakistan-based militant groups operating in Kashmir pose a persistent threat to stability in South Asia, a top intelligence official of the USA has warned, even as he called India a “reliable ally” in the fight against global terrorism.
- Afghanistan’S Drug Menace (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 04, 2006)
IT is expected that Afghanistan’s leaders will speed up development in their country now that they have been promised more than $10.5 billion by international donors who recently met at a conference in London.
- It’S Time To Rethink That Gmail Account And Demand Safeguards From A Potentially Dangerous Company (Indian Express, FRIDA GHITIS, Feb 04, 2006)
A few years ago, I walked into an Internet room in Tibet’s capital, Lhasa. There were no Chinese soldiers in the room and no visible government censors nearby. A sign on the wall, however, reminded users that China’s all-seeing eye had not disappeared. ‘‘
- Bush Fuels The Debate (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 04, 2006)
President Bush’s strong espousal of alternative fuels such as cellulosic ethanol as a way of weaning America off its dependency on Middle East oil should be warmly applauded.
- Cabinet Shuffle In India (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 04, 2006)
I may be reading too much into the cabinet reshuffle in New Delhi. But the changes effected make me believe that Congress president Sonia Gandhi has begun the exercise of choosing her party candidates for India’s president and vice-president, . . .
- Muslim Radicals In Power (Dawn, David Ignatius, Feb 04, 2006)
Are Muslim radicals changed by the experience of sharing in the responsibilities of government? The world has a lot riding on the answer to that question, and I can offer a small vignette drawn from a conversation with Hasan Nasrallah, . . .
- Kbd: Not Without Consensus (Dawn, Athar Osama, Feb 04, 2006)
President Musharraf’s address to the nation on January 17, 2005, that called for the construction of Bhasha dam seems to have diverted an imminent national crisis in the inter-provincial and centre-province relationships.
- Jewish Origin: Facts And Fiction (Dawn, Muhammad Ali Siddiqi, Feb 04, 2006)
President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad of Iran is now the latest of the Muslim bad boys in the West and is being portrayed as a Muslim Nazi talking nonsense.
- Heal Thyself (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 04, 2006)
The operation is successful. Doctor has survived!" There is no doubt that malice is hidden in this sentence. At a different level, however, it is meant to convey a significant message
- Mess In Nagaland (Tribune, Maj. Gen Ashok K Mehta , Feb 04, 2006)
The nine-year-long ceasefire in Nagaland between the main separatist group NSCN (IM) and the Central Government expired on January 31.
- Flights Of Despair (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 04, 2006)
Air passengers have their rights too
Most agitators measure their strike on two yardsticks. One, how much disruption they have caused; and, two, how much trauma they have inflicted on the public.
- Breaking The Oil Habit (Indian Express, R.K. PACHAURI, Feb 04, 2006)
The Indo-US nuclear agreement is critical for an integrated energy policy, says R.K. Pachauri
- Don’T Call It Sycophancy (Indian Express, Jayanthi Natarajan, Feb 04, 2006)
Look again at the AICC session, you will find a party proud of its leader
If the world had indeed been there, it would have understood, at least partly, what the Congress party is all about.
- India, Philippines To Sign Four Accords (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 04, 2006)
India and the Philippines are set to give bilateral ties a big boost by signing four accords, including one on defence cooperation envisaging among other things exchange of Air Force planes, Navy ships and military instructors during President . . .
- Musharraf's Kashmir 'Solutions' (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Feb 04, 2006)
But for these cussed Indians, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistan military dictator cum President has solved his country's long-standing dispute on Jammu and Kashmir.
- Stardust- Unravelling Space Mysteries (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Feb 04, 2006)
A capsule containing particles from the tail of a comet, Wild-2 parachuted to Earth on Sunday January 15, 2006. The capsule, part of the space probe 'STARDUST' landed two minutes ahead of schedule at the American Air Force's Utah Test and . . .
- Another Year (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Feb 04, 2006)
That Dogri Sanstha has celebrated its 66th Foundation Day in this city is a matter of rejoicing as well as introspection.
- Un Watchdog Puts Off Decision On Iran (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 04, 2006)
The emergency meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors at Vienna overshot its scheduled calendar of two-day talks today as the 35-member board held consultations and decided to crystallise views on the Iran issue . . .
- India, China To Open Up Border Trade (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Feb 04, 2006)
China and India are contemplating a move that will see a path-breaking visit to this country by the head of the Tibet Autonomous Region government this summer as part of the exchange of high-level political visits that the two countries have . . .
- Hands And Heads (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Feb 04, 2006)
Gandhi, Nandy and Bhatt: three critiques of modern science
Shelley once claimed that poets were “the unacknowledged legislators of the world”. In the decades and centuries since he said this, it has been scientists rather than poets who have . . .
- Women, Secret Hamas Strength, Win Votes At Polls And New Role (Indian Express, Ian Fisher, Feb 04, 2006)
Hamas has been known and feared for its men, armed or strapped with bombs. But in its election triumph last week, one secret weapon was its women.
- Please, Prêt-à-Please! (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 04, 2006)
There are fashion statements and there are fashion designers’ statements. After the capital’s poor,
- Society’S Willing Murderers (Hindustan Times, Vir Sanghvi, Feb 04, 2006)
If you are reading this in Bombay, then you probably know all about Daya Nayak. But if you are reading it in one of the HT’s many other editions, then the name may not necessarily ring a bell.
- A Slippery Friendship (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 04, 2006)
I am glad we asked King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to be the chief guest at our Republic Day celebrations.
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