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- Where We Stand One Year After The Tsunami (Deccan Herald, William Jefferson Clinton, Dec 26, 2005)
Bill Clinton, UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery feels that the effort of rehabilitation will take years and the world must see it through
- Be Peacemakers, Pope Says On His First X’Mas (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Pope Benedict, ushering in his first Christmas as Pontiff, on Sunday urged the world’s Catholics to be beacons of peace in a troubled world and offered a special prayer for an end to strife in the Holy Land.
- The Time When You Will Be Really Old (Daily Excelsior, O P Modi, Dec 26, 2005)
It is said that a women is as old as she looks and a man is as old as he thinks.
- Unseen Corruption (Statesman, NB GRANT, Dec 26, 2005)
Whenever we talk of corruption, we only envisage big financial deals like those of Harshad Mehta, Rajan Pillay, the kickbacks involved in the purchase of Bofors, submarines and helicopters, and the recent names mentioned in the stamp and Tahelka scams. Al
- Shades Of Grey In A Black-And-Yellow World (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 26, 2005)
Consider this: A majority of Mumbai’s taxi drivers these days are migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
- Lankan Pro-Rebel Mp Gunned Down (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
A Sri Lankan legislator allied to Tamil tiger rebels was shot dead by unidentified gunmen during the midnight mass at a church in the island’s east.
- Mumbai Meet: Bjp Laddoo’S Cut, Time For Hard Talk (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
By Sunday night, time was running out for allotting rooms to about 20 BJP VIPs, 220 leaders of the party’s National Executive, and 4,000 party members converging at the stylish settlement,
- Careful Advance (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 26, 2005)
Diehard romantics may see it as the end of an idyll. But the decision by King Jigme Singye Wangchuk to usher in parliamentary democracy in Bhutan speaks of his astute political sense.
- Indo-Pak Foreign Secretaries To Discuss Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 26, 2005)
The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet here on January 17-18 to launch the third round of the Composite Dialogue Process between the two countries, official sources said here today
- Disputed Durand Line (Tribune, Gurinder Randhawa, Dec 26, 2005)
The British during their long rule over the subcontinent drew three lines on the map — the McMahon Line between India and China, the Radcliff Line between India and Pakistan and the Durand Line between India and Afghanistan. All three became . . .
- Of Passion Fruit And Vegetables (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
In 1972, we were posted to Imphal. Offered the choice of three houses, I selected a cottage with a thatched roof, enraptured by its picture postcard garden. At that time, I did not know that bandycoots would run relay races on its roof all night. Also tha
- Push Infrastructure Reforms (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
In 1972, we were posted to Imphal. Offered the choice of three houses, I selected a cottage with a thatched roof, enraptured by its picture postcard garden. At that time...
- One Year On (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 26, 2005)
It is a year since the tsunami tore through the Indian Ocean obliterating thousands of coastal villages in at least a dozen countries killing some 216,000 people.
- Party Discipline (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 26, 2005)
POLITICAL parties in India have begun copying the methods of governments, public and private sectors in dealing with their members who publicly ventilate criticism of their policies or of their leaders.
- France Face-To-Face With Globalisation Challenges (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Dec 26, 2005)
We often see developing countries struggling to accept the changes that come with globalisation, and rushing to protect their social structures, subsidies and companies. But France, which had the vision to initiate the move to form the European Union, . .
- Explaining Away The Us' Imbalances (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Dec 26, 2005)
The rising American current account deficit has spawned a number of attempts at explanation and mitigation.
- Annual Reflections (Business Line, S. Ramachander, Dec 26, 2005)
As another December ends, one is inevitably reminded of unmet targets and unfulfilled promises, public and private, and can too easily give way to wistful regret.
- Centre For Managing Solid Waste To Be Set Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Exnora to replicate Pammal project in tsunami-hit districts
- Wto: The Next Bargaining Phase (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Dec 26, 2005)
While the WTO's future is a debatable point, as far as the stand likely to be adopted by the rich at the ongoing Doha Round negotiations is concerned, the signs are that any drastic change is unlikely.
- India, Pakistan Discussing Kashmir Self-Rule: Official (Hindustan Times, Muhammad Najeeb, Dec 26, 2005)
Pakistan and India are discussing a proposal to demilitarise Kashmir and introduce self-governance in the region, an official said in Islamabad on Monday.
- What Is The Mplad Scheme? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 26, 2005)
It was introduced by the the Narasimha Rao government to help MPs execute small works of a local nature to meet the urgent needs of their constituents. It began with an initial annual grant of Rs 50 lakh per MP.
- Its Outright Abolition Won’T Reduce Corruption (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
These days, when corruption and double standards have become the hallmark of Indian politicians, only a Tehelka-like sting operation seems to force them to waken and introspect.
- Bharat Nirman: Foundation In Rural India (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Dec 26, 2005)
The ambitious Bharat Nirman project can succeed only if large industries are induced to distribute themselves in villages. For rural location imposes no serious financial liability on large industries but small ones cannot prosper in villages . . .
- Our Posture In The World Market Should Be ‘Come All, We Take You On’ (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
Which way are global trade talks headed? How was India’s performance and posture, what did it get and what did it have to give away...
- Indian Security Officials Arrive In Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
A five-member Indian delegation arrived here Sunday to assess security at cricket grounds before their team's tour of Pakistan next month.
- Koodankulam First Unit Work To Be Expedited (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Russia agrees to advance delivery of equipment for the power plant..
- Notes From The Washington Merry-Go-Round (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Jack Anderson’s journalism comforted the afflicted and afflicted the comfortable. Inderjit Badhwar remembers his days with a scam-busting colleague
- Trivially Tragic To Tragically Comic: Thank Goodness,2005 Is Almost Past (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Dec 26, 2005)
Another year and something always on. Too much on air, too much happening as though the world is in constant motion. Of course it is.
- Kingdom Of The Official Secret (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Dec 26, 2005)
Open Government is a contradiction in terms. You can be open or you can have a government...(‘Yes Minister’ by Jonathan Lynn and Antony Lay)
- The Scheme Is Against Basic Legal Tenets (The Financial Express, Era Sezhiyan, Dec 26, 2005)
The concept and working of the MPLAD Scheme has been against the basic tenets of the parliamentary system
- Some Relief For Poor Nations (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 26, 2005)
The US was the fiercest opponent to concessions for the poor nations
- Acts Of Divine Grace (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Even the Vedas, which are the ultimate scriptural authority of Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism), reiterate that it is not possible to fathom the nature and glory of the Supreme Being, the reason being that He is beyond the ken of the human senses and the mind.
- A Year After The Angry Waves (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Dec 26, 2005)
At the Nagapattinam District Collectorate, a patchy little sketch ushers you in to a trail of ruins. The painting by twelve-year-old Maideen, a tsunami victim, recreates December 26, 2004, through images of angry waves, upturned boats and piled-up . . .
- From Children To Corporates, Singapore Education Suits All (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Attracts students who wish to pursue higher education of international quality
- How Reliance’S Big-Bang Demerger Will Unfold (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 26, 2005)
In just around 20 days, India’s largest private sector company will formally spawn four new entities which will be separately listed on the major stock exchanges adding fresh stock to the depleting pool of investment opportunities in India’s overheated...
- Cable Car Idea May Affect Asi Plan For Shravanabelagola (Hindu, Alladi Jayasri , Dec 26, 2005)
Efforts are on to seek the World Heritage tag for the pilgrim centre in Hassan district
Government firm on cable car proposal
ASI not enthusiastic about it
A former ASI official had ruled the idea as bad
- Standing Reality On Its Head (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 26, 2005)
The denial by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam of involvement in the claymore mine attack that killed 13 Sri Lanka Navy sailors last week, and its assertion that it is "not involved in any activity that breaches the ceasefire agreement," is breathtaki
- Peace, South Asia And The Kashmir Dispute (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 26, 2005)
No, is the instant answer. Some historic facts, some political complicacies, some national interests and more.
- One Year On, Promises To Keep In Sri Lanka (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 26, 2005)
One year after the tsunami, the country shows a mixed record on relief and reconstruction.
- Tsunami Relief And U.S. Strategic Moves (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Dec 26, 2005)
Has Indonesia's cooperation with the U.S. over "disaster relief" acquired potential strategic overtones?
- Look East, Think North-East (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 26, 2005)
Imagine that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's vision of an Asian Economic Community, which he outlined at the East Asia Summit,
- Democracy, Modernity, And The Indian Child (Hindu, Krishna Kumar, Dec 26, 2005)
At present, our schools act like factories, forcing children into a fixed, preconceived mould. They stifle natural curiosity and creativity. The fruits of democracy and modernity will remain elusive if education is not structurally adjusted . . .
- Pakistan Bans Most Indian Tv Channels (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 26, 2005)
Cable operators and television viewers in Pakistan are upset with the decision of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulator Authority (PEMRA) to bar 35 television channels, most of them Indian.
- `Clinical Research Lacking In Country' (Hindu, S. Anil Radhakrishnan, Dec 26, 2005)
Indigenous medicines of India and China play vital role in cancer treatment
- Pm Wants Fast Industrial Growth To Bring Jobs (Reuters, Terry Friel, Dec 25, 2005)
India's manufacturing sector is expanding too slowly, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday, warning his Communist allies that more reform and new labour laws were needed to stimulate job creation.
- Sri Lanka Pro-Rebel Mp Shot Dead At Christmas Service (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 25, 2005)
A pro-rebel politician was shot dead at a Christmas service in Sri Lanka's east early on Sunday, police said, the latest in a series of attacks that have raised fears of a return to civil war.
- Sri Lanka Scours For Rebels As Diplomats Rush In (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Dec 25, 2005)
Troops combed Sri Lanka's northwest to root out suspected rebels on Saturday after a series of deadly ambushes raised fears of a return to civil war, as the island's main donors flew to meet the Tamil Tigers for an emergency briefing.
- Un Escapes Financial Crisis As Budget Approved (Indian Express, Evelyn Leopold , Dec 25, 2005)
The UN General Assembly late on Friday passed a budget with an unprecedented spending cap aimed at pressuring countries into approving management and other reforms within six months.
- India Says Proposal Under Discussion : Self-Governance In Kashmir (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 25, 2005)
Indian and Pakistani diplomats are discussing the idea of self-governance for divided Kashmir as proposed by President Gen Pervez Musharraf, a top Indian official disclosed on Saturday.
- Fair Treatment Sought On N-Technology Access (Dawn, Ihtasham ul Haque, Dec 25, 2005)
Pakistan has sought the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in its quest for being treated on a par with India by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) which controls developing countries’ access to nuclear technology.
- Patna To Have Bit Centre (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
The five-year-long controversy over admission to the prestigious BIT (Mesra) virtually came to an end with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar laying the foundation stone for the engineering college’s extension centre in Patna on Saturday.
- A Storyteller On A Mission (Hindu, K.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN , Dec 25, 2005)
Parvathy Baul, a talented young exponent of Baul from West Bengal, talks about her little known musical tradition.
- 'Indo-Us Deal Will Not Compromise Strategic Programme’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
National Security Adviser MK Narayanan has expressed confidence that the India-US nuclear deal will be implemented soon, but this may not happen before US President George W Bush’s visit in New Delhi in early March.
- Us Troops Withdrawal From Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 25, 2005)
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said that Washington will withdraw two brigades of its combat forces from Iraq early next year. Ramsfeld, who visited Baghdad on Friday, however, said that the US will increase the number of officers currently....
- Judiciary And Fair Elections (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Dec 25, 2005)
The judiciary and the legal fraternity of the country have come into focus once again for a variety of unrelated reasons like the new-found judicial activism and bar elections.
- Seeking Alien Interference (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 25, 2005)
IT is a cliché to say that Pakistanis do not learn from history. But on Friday the Alliance for the Restoration Democracy decided to appeal to “western democratic forces” to “stop” the Pakistan government from using force in Balochistan.
- Not Another Catastrophe (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 25, 2005)
It is imperative that the government pay heed to the appeal made by the British NGO Oxfam for relief goods to be delivered soon to earthquake victims to avert a “second humanitarian catastrophe”.
- Reflections On Two Military Presidents (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Dec 25, 2005)
I count Ayub Khan among the tragic heroes of Pakistan. Much good and some bad happened in his time.
- Thinking Of The Quaid (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 25, 2005)
"You are free, you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan.” This is the assurance the founder of our country, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, our Quaid-i-Azam, gave all of us ...
- Power We Didn’T Grant (Dawn, Tom Daschle, Dec 25, 2005)
In the face of mounting questions about news stories saying that President Bush approved a programme to wiretap American citizens without getting warrants, the White House argues that Congress granted it authority for such surveillance in the 2001 ...
- Ltte Asked To Ensure Peace (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 25, 2005)
We are helpless over the escalated violence, say the Tigers
Top representatives of the international community backing the Sri Lankan peace process on Saturday expressed concern to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) over the escalation of violen
- White House Plans To Prevent Tsunami (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Hoping to protect US shores from being hammered by a tsunami, the White House has directed federal agencies to increase earthquake and volcano monitoring systems, deep ocean buoys and other high-tech means of alerting oceanside communities.
- A Journey To The Heart Of Tsunami (Deccan Herald, Baban Ingole, Dec 25, 2005)
It was a scientific expedition unlike any other. The journey to the epicentre of the tsunami that devastated large parts of Asia on December 26, 2004, allowed us to plumb the depths ....
- Pm To Visit Tsunami-Hit Areas To Review Work (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said he planned to revisit tsunami-hit regions to review the rehabilitation work.
- Ahmadiyyas In Bangladesh Fear Attacks (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
The Ahmadiyya community said on Saturday it was worried about more violence against its adherents in Bangladesh in the wake of recent violent attacks that left dozens injured.
- Hope In The Heart Of Darkness (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Black can be the colour of hope,creativity and celebration of human resilience, finds Ranjita Biswas as she spends time with Blind Opera, a theatre group of the visually challenged in Kolkata.
- Signs Of Our Times (Hindu, SHARIFA SIDDIQUI, Dec 25, 2005)
Would A security personnel open fire on a person on a pair of crutches? Or on a senior citizen in a wheelchair? Or on a person palpitating with a heart attack?
- An Unusual Epic (Hindu, R. KRITHIKA, Dec 25, 2005)
As the daughter of a diplomat, Samhita Arni's schooldays involved constant moving. Since this made making friends tough, she took refuge in books. By the time she was eight, she had begun writing her version of the Mahabharata.
- Fighting Aids, Hiv With A Cutting Edge (Hindu, G.V. Prasada Sarma, Dec 25, 2005)
Project to train barbers begins
Hyderabad-based NGO takes initiative in making barbers peer educators
Some 1,000 barbers are being trained by a team of 12 doctors
What is AIDS, how it spreads and the means to prevent it are explained
- Naxal Activities Under Control: Dharam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Karnataka Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh on Saturday said that the naxalite activities in the State were under control.
- Can Women Ever Be Safe? (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Dec 25, 2005)
A young reader reacts to the murder of a BPO employee in Bangalore recently.
- Indian Student Stabs Professor (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
An Indian student studying in Massachusetts has been held without bail pending hearing after he allegedly stabbed his assistant professor in the neck.
- Not Even Christmas Can Draw Them Here This Time (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Dec 25, 2005)
This little pilgrim town, which normally burst at its seams at this time of the year, appears emaciated. The stalls are back on the road leading from the centuries old Shrine Basilica to the sea. The lodges, known to pack up to a dozen pilgrims . . .
- Merry Christmas In God’S Own Tsunami Country (Indian Express, Samar Halarnkar, Dec 25, 2005)
The bumpy single-lane road is lined with coconut palms, scattered with quaint, little concrete houses with newly planted marigold and posies. There is a bakery, net cafes, white sand, smiling locals and a sculptor at work on an exquisite 6-foot-high . . .
- Merry Christmas To Mary Christmas (Tribune, Swami Agnivesh, Dec 25, 2005)
This Christmas season it is Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ much more than the Holy Babe himself who fills my mind. This is not because I am a Catholic. I am not, but all my life I have endeavoured to be Catholic in my outlook, . . .
- Cold, Fog Disrupt Life In North (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Four more persons fell prey to the killer cold in Uttar Pradesh taking the toll in north India to 69 as fog delayed flights and trains and led to traffic snarls.
- He Could Measure Up To The Task (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Dec 25, 2005)
Pawan Kumar Bansal was the much sought after man last week.
- Lanka Peace Talks In Jeopardy (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Diplomats backing Sri Lanka’s peace bid today headed for talks with Tamil Tigers in rebel-held territory to stem growing violence that threatens to derail the country’s fragile ceasefire.
- The Sting In The Tale (Indian Express, Raju Santhanam, Dec 25, 2005)
The suspension of 11 MPs for accepting bribes for questions puts them in very poor light,’’ I told Mukul, my in-house political analyst.
- Not Just Standing On The Head (Deccan Herald, Lata Ramaswamy, Dec 25, 2005)
If you want a table to be more ‘rajasic’ than ‘tamasic’, just add wheels to it and make it a trolley!
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