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Articles 27021 through 27120 of 53943:
- Ngos Appeal For Peace In Balochistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
The government should stop its military operation in Balochistan, said the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), a human rights body of the Catholic Church in Pakistan, and Labour Party Pakistan in separate statements on Tuesday.
- Afghan Mps Want To Question Aid Groups (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 04, 2006)
Afghanistan’s parliament wants to question aid agencies about their spending amid growing complaints from Afghans about a lack of change despite the expenditure of billions of dollars, MPs said on Tuesday.
- U.S. Cedes Duties In Rebuilding Afghanistan (Washington Post, Griff Witte, Jan 03, 2006)
Four years into a mammoth reconstruction effort here that has been largely led, funded and secured by Americans, the United States is showing a growing willingness to cede those jobs to others.
- No Fear From India Over Safta: Pak (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday denied reports that it has delayed the ratification of SAFTA due to fears that the agreement would pave way for free trade with India, which it resisted all along.
- Birth Of A Forum For Dialogue On Asia (The Financial Express, Nagesh Kumar, Jan 03, 2006)
With the emergence of strong regional trade blocs in Europe, North America, South America, and parts of Africa over the past decade, the relevance of evolving a broader pan-Asian grouping has been attracting a lot of attention.
- The Devil Is In The Detail (The Financial Express, Ravi Visvesvaraya Prasad, Jan 03, 2006)
India’s telecom subscribers rece-ived welcome New Year gifts in the form of reduced rate plans from various service providers. These new plans have been driven by three major factors.
- Air Sahara Takes You To London @10,000 (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Taking competition from international airlines head on, private carrier Air Sahara today announced the sale of 2006 Delhi-London return tickets at a very low Rs 10,000 on first-come, first-served basis.
- Pampered, But Not Yet King! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jan 03, 2006)
Reliance Infocomm’s Re 1/min long-distance plan is not only the most aggressive reduction in mobile call rates seen in a long time.
- Bringing Peace To Gilgit (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 03, 2006)
One wonders what to make of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s statement that peace is a prerequisite to development in the Northern Areas. It would have been more logical for him to say that development was a prerequisite for peace and political . . .
- Job Creation Is Agenda For 2006 (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Development programmes to be monitored: Manmohan
In a bid to ensure effective implementation of the United Progressive Alliance Government's National Common Minimum Programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired a meeting here on Monday . . .
- Iran Firm On Enriching Uranium At Home (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Larijani dismisses the Russian proposal as problematic
* Warns Tehran has prepared scenarios and cannot be ‘checkmated’ easily
- Pakistan Tells India To Back Off (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan bluntly told India on Monday to back off, following New Delhi’s comments on escalating violence in Balochistan, warning that such statements were unhelpful and would not improve bilateral relations.
- Taking Innocent Life (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 03, 2006)
Earlier last month, the state of North Carolina executed Kenneth Boyd — who became the 1,000th person put to death in the United States since the Supreme Court permitted executions to resume in 1976.
- Restoring Real Choice (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 03, 2006)
The political situation at the start of 2006 is remarkably changed from anything that anyone alive today has known for at least a generation. Put it this way: when was the last time there was a serious case for being able to contemplate a vote for . . .
- Out Of Saudi Comfort (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Jan 03, 2006)
The story was apocryphal once but has acquired the patina of fact. It pertained to a remark by the American millionaire Mr J. J. Astor, who on seeing the shards of the fatal iceberg strewn on the decks of the Titanic, muttered: ‘I had ordered ice, . . .
- Rethinking Nation-Building (Dawn, Ashraf Ghani, Jan 03, 2006)
In 1945 the future of capitalism as the organizational form of the economy and democracy as the organizational form of the polity was far from certain in the advanced industrialized world. Today there is a remarkable consensus on both the . . .
- Wto Meeting And Pakistan (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jan 03, 2006)
Last week, I provided an overview of the process that led to the discussions at Hong Kong aimed at further improvements in the multilateral trading system. At issue were a series of actions the developed world had promised it would take to create . . .
- Pakistan Asks India Not To Interfere In Internal Affairs (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
FO links APHC team’s visit to peace process
Pakistan has again asked India not to make statements about the situation in Balochistan, saying it is vitiating the good atmosphere between the two countries engaged in a peace process.
- India’S Statements May Sabotage Cbms: Rashid (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that if India did not stop issuing "irresponsible" statements, it would sabotage all the confidence building measures (CBMs) so far taken for easing tension between the two countries.
- Foreign Secretaries To Discuss Kashmir Options (Dawn, Ihtasham ul Haque, Jan 03, 2006)
India is unwilling to consider proposals coming through the media and argues it would prefer back-channel contacts, both official and unofficial, to resolve the decades-old Kashmir problem.
- Aphc Not Part Of Track-Ii On Kashmir: Mirwaiz (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), Mirwaiz Umar Farooque has categorically stated that the APHC was not a part of Track-II diplomacy on Kashmir. Despite opening of five intra-Kashmir contact points along the Line of Control there was no ....
- Bush’S Year Of Follies (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 03, 2006)
The best thing about 2005 is surely the fact that it has reduced one year from the term of President George Bush. The wisdom of limits has sometimes been questioned, particularly when a sensible president like Bill Clinton comes along.
- Prime Minister Arrives In City (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
To inaugurate the 93rd Indian Science Congress at ANGRAU
- Bomb Scare At Dharam Singh's House (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
The Chief Minister's relative in Gulbarga received the hoax call
Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh and the members of his family went through some anxious moments in the early hours of Monday following an anonymous call that a bomb had been planted ....
- Advisory Role (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 03, 2006)
India stands firm on not accepting a mediatory role in Sri Lanka
The Indian leadership has made use of the first opportunity available to it to directly convey at the highest level to Sri Lanka that stabilisation of the February 2002 . . .
- Disinvestment In Profitable Psus Opposed (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Jan 03, 2006)
Left parties plan widespread campaigns against U.S. policies when George Bush visits next month
Left to organise campaign against U.S. policies to coincide with the visit of Bush next month
`Privatisation of pension funds not acceptable'
- India, Pakistan Miss Deadlines (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Consulates reopening and rail link restoration delayed
India and Pakistan have missed deadlines for reopening the Karachi and Mumbai consulates by the end of 2005 and restoring the Munabao-Khokhrapar rail link between Rajasthan and Sindh . . .
- Air Sahara Slashes New Delhi-London Return Fare (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
The private air carrier plans to start services to Hong Kong, Bangkok
Signalling the beginning of another round of fare war in the international sector, private carrier Air Sahara on Monday announced the sale of 2006 Delhi-London return tickets . . .
- Bsnl Likely To Cut Ild Rates From March (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
International long distance (ILD) telephony call rates of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) are likely to fall by up to 20 per cent after March as the telecom monolith is all set to install its own long distance infrastructure in the four metros and....
- Explosives Seized From Ksrtc Cloakroom (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Seizure follows a bomb threat over phone on Sunday
The police have seized 45 gelignite sticks from the cloakroom of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus station here on Mavoor Road.
- 12 Chief Ministers To Attend Pravasi Meet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Rajasekhara Reddy reviews arrangements for the event
Chief Ministers of 12 States will attend the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Divas at the state-of-art Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) here from January 7 to 9.
- Terrorist Outfit Funds Mujeeb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Mujeeb Ahmed, who was arrested recently by Hyderabad police on charge of planning terrorist attacks, had received Rs. 3 lakhs from the terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen he was working, the police said. This amount was meant to be spent . . .
- Ukraine Stealing Gas: Russia (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Jan 03, 2006)
Austria, Hungary and Poland report a sharp fall in supplies
A day after it cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine over a price dispute Russia accused Ukraine of stealing Europe-bound gas from pipelines running across its territory.
- Bhel Bags Rs. 800 Cr. Order From Nalco (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged an order from National Aluminium Company (Nalco) to set up the tenth successive unit of the 960 MW (8x120 MW) captive power plant at Angul in Orissa valued at Rs. 800 crore.
- Politics And Development (Hindu, A. Vaidyanathan , Jan 03, 2006)
A running commentary on India's development and economic reforms initiated in the early 1990s
- Voice Of Dissent (Hindu, Mujibur Rehman, Jan 03, 2006)
Offers an alternative to free market economic policy for restoring balance to globalisation's disequalising effects
- Rethinking Strategy (Hindu, M. S. S. Varadan, Jan 03, 2006)
This book is painted on a very broad canvas, trying to map out an agenda for a new approach to strategy, necessitated by the failures of the current strategies to create a world with peace and prosperity.
- The National Resolve (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jan 03, 2006)
Hinduism must realise that the caste system is sounding its death knell by brewing intolerance and division
- Kashmir Valley Cut Off (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
The Kashmir valley was cut off on Monday from the rest of the world as heavy snowfall forced the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway as well as the cancellation of all flights both in and out of the Srinagar International Airport.
- Security For Scientists’ Meet (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Groups of security men are patrolling the venue of the 93rd Indian Science Congress, the annual meet of top scientists from the country and abroad, which is to be inaugurated here on Tuesday by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
- Indian Docs Face Unemployment In Uk (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
The British health department said it was considering allowing overseas doctors to apply for jobs from their home countries.
- Un Team Wants To Meet Assad Over Hariri Killing (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jan 03, 2006)
The Syrian government has repeatedly denied any Syrian involvement in the assassination and, following the adoption in October of a Security Council resolution threatening sanctions, pledged to cooperate fully with the UN team.
- Alagappa University Enters Into Mou With Four Foreign Institutions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
To conduct joint academic courses and programmes The respective faculty and students would be encouraged to pursue collaborative research programmes, besides short-term visits in the areas of common interest with funding sponsorship
- ‘Dialogue With Khan Needed To Solve Pak N-Issue’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Regarding the Iran nuclear issue, he said that Iran has to assure the international community that its nuclear programme is not aimed at developing weapons.
- Waiting To Be Gm! (Deccan Herald, AMBIKA ANANTH, Jan 03, 2006)
As they get older, mothers start reliving those first unforgettable years of motherhood
- The Die Has Been Cast (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jan 03, 2006)
It is time to take stock of the problems Indian negotiators can face
India faces an uphill task this year, as it approaches complex multilateral as well as bilateral issues centering on nuclear diplomacy, health regulations, intellectual property rights,
- ‘Education Revolution Looms’ (Deccan Herald, Sangeetha Chengappa, Jan 03, 2006)
Is there more to your kid’s life than just the home-school-home routine? Is his/her entire day spent coping with physics, history, mathematics, geography? Who’s in charge of our children? What’s being taught or learnt in their schools? Should all children
- Keeping Traditions Alive (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
The Seal of Excellence for Handicraft Products encourages craft-workers to use traditional skills and materials to ensure the perpetuation of traditional knowledge and skills, writes Geetha Rao.
- Once Again, Across The Bridge Of Many Returns (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jan 03, 2006)
The Kashmir quake shattered the Kaman bridge that brought so much hope for the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus. It’s still not too late to take up peace initiatives to revive the enthusiasm of a year ago, says Muzamil Jaleel.
- No More Nuclear Fundamentalists (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Jan 03, 2006)
The arrival of Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso today will launch 2006’s diplomatic season in the capital as well as help develop a more productive nuclear conversation between the two countries.
- Norms In Ship-Shape? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 03, 2006)
The ‘Clemenceau’ controversy gives India an opportunity to clean up its vessel breaking act
- Two Arrested In Hyderabad With Explosives (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Police arrested two men believed to be planning attacks on companies in the information technology sector in Hyderabad and seized a large haul of explosives, . . .
- Politics Of Global Inequality Comes Of Age (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 03, 2006)
It has happened because the West is learning to question its own legitimacy
- Hurriyat Team Leaves For Pakistan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
A three-member Hurriyat conference delegation today left for Lahore on their way to Islamabad for a week-long visit, during which they are to meet Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, with whom they will discuss de-militarisation and self-rule for the re
- Pak Says ‘Bully’ India Must Keep Out Of Balochistan (Indian Express, K J M Varma, Jan 03, 2006)
Reacting strongly to India’s remarks on the spiralling violence in Balochistan, Pakistan today said it ‘‘betrayed the psyche of a bully’’ and tended to vitiate the atmosphere created by the two sides for sustaining the composite dialogue process.
- King Unbending, Nepal Maoists End Ceasefire (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Jan 03, 2006)
A four-month spell of peace in Nepal came to an end today as the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) announced it would not extend the ceasefire that began in September, and vowed to resume its activities against the Royal Nepal Army (RNA).
- Maoists Burning Alive Politicians As Violent Revenge In West Bengal – Cops Not Ready To Face The Challenge? (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
The Maoists claimed to have killed the CPI(M) leader and his wife to "take revenge for Chhoto Angaria" in West Midnapore, where 11 people were killed allegedly by CPI(M) activists in 2001.
- India To Launch Italian Satellite (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
India would take Italian satellite "Agile" to outer space aboard PSLV C-8 in April-May in the country's first fully commercial satellite launch, ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair said Monday [2 January].
- Ensuring Delivery When You Are In Charge (Business Line, K. V. Ramesh, Jan 03, 2006)
Congratulations ! You have earned your role by gaining the acceptance of the board to deliver the mandate for the company.
- New Seven Wonders: Taj In Contention (Hindustan Times, Vijay Dutt, Jan 03, 2006)
The Taj Mahal is among the 21 contenders shortlisted for the New Seven Wonders of the World.
- Russian Natural Gas Monopoly Gazprom Decides To Resume Gas Supply To Western Europe After Germany Promises More Buying From Russia (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom said that it would resume normal shipments to Europe via Ukraine on Jan. 3 after cutting supplies to Ukraine on Jan. 1 due to a pricing dispute.
- Fo Asks India Not To Vitiate Atmosphere (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan on Monday asked India not to vitiate atmosphere for the ongoing peace process between the two countries by issuing statements on Islamabad’s internal affairs.
- Hopes Rise After Stem Cell Breakthrough (Hindu, Alok Jha, Jan 03, 2006)
All of the concerns about contaminating proteins in existing stem cell lines can essentially be removed using this medium
- Taj Mahal In Race (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
The Taj Mahal is among the 20 heritage sites shortlisted for getting the status of seven wonders of the modern world, according to a poll.
- A Conversation With Orhan Pamuk (Hindu, DILEEP PADGAONKAR, Jan 03, 2006)
The writer's eclectic approach allows him to be critically engaged in Turkey's perennial dilemma — how to live in a westernised fashion in a country that is essentially non-western.
- Time To Stop The Slaughter (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 03, 2006)
More than a year after it failed to get the moratorium on commercial whaling lifted at the International Whaling Commission summit, Japan has launched the second phase of its `research' programme in the Antarctic with the avowed objective . . .
- A Shipload Of Trouble From France (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Jan 03, 2006)
Have the French authorities really removed all the asbestos they could have without damaging the structure of the ship or could more have been done?
- Mind Your Own Business: Islamabad (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Jan 03, 2006)
Balochistan isuue our internal affair
Criticising India for expressing concern on the Balochistan situation, Pakistan on Monday said such statements from New Delhi "betrayed the psyche of a bully."
- Pak In Talks To Buy Chinese Nuclear Reactors (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Pakistan is in talks to buy up to eight nuclear power reactors from China for between $7 billion and $10 billion, Britain's Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
- 3,000 Jobless Indian Doctors In Britain (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jan 03, 2006)
British International Doctors' Association says situation is becoming "unacceptable"
- Maoists Call Off Truce In Nepal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
Offensive would be directed at the royal regime, say the rebels
Nepal's Maoist rebels said on Monday they would not extend a four-month truce which ends at midnight, and that they were abandoning the ceasefire in self-defence.
- Japan Minister Visit Could Prove Key To India’S N-Aims (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Jan 03, 2006)
In its diplomatic manoeuvres towards securing international cooperation for its civilian nuclear energy, India will take an important step forward when it launches its first ever nuclear dialogue with Japan during Japanese foreign minister . . .
- Politics Of Global Inequality Finally Came Of Age (Hindu, MADELEINE BUNTING, Jan 03, 2006)
There is fat chance that 2005 has made poverty history, but the west is learning to question its own legitimacy.
- The Fall Of Mr Advani (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jan 03, 2006)
There is a Shakespearean dimension to Mr L.K. Advani’s fall from grace in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Wilting Lotus (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 03, 2006)
The new BJP president, Rajnath Singh, has now been adorned with what its tallest and most enigmatic leader, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, described as a crown of thorns.
- The Promise This Year (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 03, 2006)
Experts have told us that this year started a second too late (as though any of the weekend revellers even noticed).
- Snow, Rain Bring Misery To Pakistan Survivors (Reuters, Robert Birsel, Jan 03, 2006)
Heavy snow and rain brought more misery to Pakistan's earthquake survivors on Monday, halting relief work, bringing landslides down on roads and flooding tents across the cold, wet mountains.
- Nepal Rebels Say Compelled To End Truce (Reuters, Gopal Sharma, Jan 03, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels said on Monday they have been compelled to end a four-month-old truce at midnight tonight and go on the offensive to defend themselves against government forces.
- Chidambaram's New Year Wish: Over 7 Pc Growth In 2006 (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2006)
After ensuring that India got the recognition of a "potential global economic powerhouse" last year, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today made his New Year wish of sustaining over 7 per cent growth in 2006.
- Maoists Announce End To Unilateral Ceasefire (Press Trust of India, Shirish B Pradhan, Jan 03, 2006)
Nepal's Maoist rebels today announced they have ended the unilateral ceasefire and vowed to "go on the offensive" against the Royal Army, dousing the hopes of peace despite pleas from political parties and the international community.
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