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Articles 29521 through 29620 of 53943:
- Vajpayee Aide Accused Of Involvement In Iraqi Oil Scam (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Former Indian foreign secretary Romesh Bhandari has accused a "very close" associate of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of being involved in the Iraqi oil scam and suggested a thorough probe into the matter to "expose" several faces of . . .
- A Forgotten Kashmiri Leader (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Dec 10, 2005)
Sheikh Abdullah, whose birth centenary is being celebrated this month, has not been given his due in India, much less in Kashmir from where he hailed.
- Resolving Iran’S N-Issue (Dawn, Afzaal Mahmood, Dec 10, 2005)
Some new steps in dealing with the stand-off over Iran’s nuclear issue offer a flicker of hope that the harsh realities may induce some flexibility in Washington and Tehran, leading to a peaceful resolution of the current crisis.
- In Fact, It May Be Wrong (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 10, 2005)
for all professional factfinders — which includes amateurs posturing as professional factfinders — the Wikipedia comes as a boon.
- Implications Of Indo-Us Alliance (Dawn, M. Tayyab Siddiqui, Dec 10, 2005)
The July visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the US was hailed by both sides as a “historical watershed”. The true import of this visit, however, has not been sufficiently grasped by Pakistan, in particular the long-term adverse impact . . .
- Waziristan Under Siege (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 10, 2005)
Violence has once again erupted in Waziristan. The agency has been in turmoil since the war against terror was launched.
- Makkah Declaration (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 10, 2005)
Unlike the declarations issued in the past by Islamic summit conferences, the joint communique released by the summit at Makkah on Thursday is focussed on a reform of the Muslim world.
- Delhi Defies Court Over Reservations (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
The Indian government says it plans to defy the Supreme Court and press ahead with a controversial measure to reserve private college places for students from low-caste or poor backgrounds.
- ‘Al Qaeda-Iraq Link Testimony Coerced’ (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
top Al Qaeda suspect whose testimony was used in part to justify the invasion of Iraq, has said his statements linking Baghdad to Al Qaeda were false and made under coercion in Egypt, The New York Times said on Friday quoting current and former US....
- Iaea Warns Against Strike On Iran (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, on Friday said the international community was losing patience with Iran over its nuclear programme but cautioned against using military action.
- Musharraf Backs New Initiatives, Claims Mirwaiz (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 10, 2005)
All Parties’ Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Friday that President Gen Pervez Mushrraf had assured him of Islamabad’s support for the idea of ‘united states of Kashmir’ as part of efforts to resolve the dispute with India.
- Karzai Makes Parliamentary Appointments (Washington Post, AMIR SHAH, Dec 10, 2005)
President Hamid Karzai has made his appointments to the upper house of Afghanistan's parliament, set to convene this month for the first time in over 30 years, officials said Friday
- Oic Backs Pak’S Stance On Kashmir (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Toeing Pakistan’s line, the 57-member Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) has “extended” its support to the “inalienable right” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir for “self-determination” in accordance with the UN resolutions.
- Once America’S Conservatives Dictated Agenda To The Republicans. Now They Have An Identity Crisis (Indian Express, DAVID BROOKS, Dec 10, 2005)
Conservatives are in power in the US but out of sorts. Fifty years after the founding of the modern right, conservatives hold just about every important government job, yet the conservative agenda has stalled. Federal spending has surged.
- How Downer And Dfat Failed To Act On Ona And Asio Warnings Prior To The Bali Bombings (Tonykevin, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Where is our Australian Richard Clarke when we need him ?
I reproduce below the Sydney Morning Herald page 2 news report of 19 June 2003, "I don't remember seeing Bali warning: Downer" , Tom Allard - together with the accompanying illuminating SMH
- The Crude Game Of Sonia Bachao (Pioneer, S Gurumurthy , Dec 10, 2005)
The Opposition has made an error by focusing too much on Natwar Singh. S Gurumurthy says all indicators point to Congress president Sonia Gandhi sanctioning the deal which brought the country much infamy
- Congress Inc. (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 10, 2005)
Its 45 days since the United Nations Independent Inquiry Committee headed by Paul Volcker submitted its final report. Yet, we are nowhere near the answer to the central question: Was the Congress party as a whole engaged in trading activity with . . .
- Discriminatory Law (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 10, 2005)
The proposed amendment to the Constitution, to ensure reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students in private unaided professional institutions, does enjoy support cross-party support in Parliament.
- Inside Al-Qaeda (Mid East Web, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Al-Qaeda (or Al Qaida) means "the base." It has been described as many different things, and it includes a "federation" of different Islamic groups, all dedicated to mayhem against the West, Christians, Jews and Muslim regimes that do not conform . . .
- Whose Development? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2005)
US hip-hop group Flipsyde's single Someday is a runaway hit and has been chosen as the anthem for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. In India as part of the VH1 Hip-Hop Hustle tour, the band's singer and guitarist Steve Knight speaks to Manoj Nair:
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- Killer Earthquake (Tribune, Balraj Puri, Dec 10, 2005)
Lessons of the earthquake in Kashmir, worst in over a century, are both positive and negative. The shock of that intensity was perhaps needed to make Kashmiri speaking people of the state really conscious of the existence and plight of socially and . . .
- Positions Are Being Treated As Private Property (The Financial Express, YRK REDDY, Dec 10, 2005)
The number of positions—ministerial, professional, managerial or civil service—is always very few compared to the multitude of aspirants. But once occupied most of such positions become monopolies and properties on lease.
- Protecting Human Rights (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
December 10 is the Human Rights Day. Human Rights are those rights which are inherent in every human being by virtue of being a member of the human family. These are nothing but what had been traditionally known as natural rights.
- Iaf Band Regales Tihar Inmates (Tribune, Girja Shankar Kaura, Dec 10, 2005)
With all efforts being made by the Tihar jail authorities to reform the prisoners, it was yet another opportunity for the inmates to enjoy some good music, even though it was more of instrumental. For the first time ever, the Indian Air Force symphony....
- A New Start For India & Russia (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Dec 09, 2005)
India's national interests demand a strengthening and deepening of friendly ties with Russia.
- India In Iter: All-Round Support Helped (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Dec 09, 2005)
To give the entire credit to the U.S. for India's inclusion in the prestigious project is misplaced.
- Coca Farmer Turned Saviour Of The Left (Hindu, Dan Glaister, Dec 09, 2005)
High up on the Bolivian altiplano near Lake Titicaca, an Aymara priest holds a green plastic lighter to a carved wooden cup containing strips of paper.
- Pakistan And India Agree To Open Ports (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Shipping experts from Pakistan and India have agreed to allow shipping companies under flags of these two countries to transport cargo to any third country using each other’s port facilities
- Divine Tolerance (Dawn, Martin Jacques, Dec 09, 2005)
The past two or three years have marked a new moment in the global perception of China. There is suddenly a new awareness that encompasses both a recognition of China’s economic transformation and an understanding that, because of its huge size and . . .
- Iraq Bus Blast Claims 30 Lives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
U.S. soldier killed in attack on convoy
- Cpi(m) Meet, A Search For Positive Governance Agenda (Hindu, C. Gouridasan Nair, Dec 09, 2005)
Meet a follow-up on 1994 Kerala studies congress
- Educational Malaise (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 09, 2005)
The inter-provincial conference of education ministers held in Karachi this week took what may seem major decisions. From 2006, the academic year for schools will begin in September and end the following May.
- A Case Of Peace Talks Through The Press? (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 09, 2005)
Pakistan has time and again gone public with new proposals for a resolution of the dispute over Kashmir even as negotiations were going on with India.
- Governance Of Stock Exchanges (Dawn, Dr Tariq Hassan, Dec 09, 2005)
On November 29, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) issued directives to the Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad stock exchanges directing them to amend their constituting and governing documents to ensure that the chairperson . . .
- Nothing Official About Bill’S Visit (Deccan Herald, Sangeetha Chengappa, Dec 09, 2005)
Microsoft Corporation Chairman Bill Gates is scheduled to arrive in Bangalore on Friday around lunch time.....
- China: The Other Superpower? (Dawn, Martin Jacques, Dec 09, 2005)
The past two or three years have marked a new moment in the global perception of China. There is suddenly a new awareness that encompasses both a recognition of China’s economic transformation and an understanding that, because of its huge size and . . .
- Ignoring The Facts (Dawn, Richard Cohen, Dec 09, 2005)
In one of the most intellectually incoherent major speeches ever delivered by a minor president, George W. Bush blamed “some Democrats and antiwar critics” in recent weeks for changing their minds about the war in Iraq and now saying they were deceived.
- India Briefs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 09, 2005)
An Indian freight train carrying a consignment of 1,320 tons of relief supplies for PoK’s earthquake victims, has been stranded in Lahore since 23 November, over payment of customs duties, a report said here today.
- Bmw Picks Chennai For Its Car Plant (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
German automobile major BMW on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu Government to establish its car assembly plant at an investment of Rs 180 crore in five years. The MoU was signed between the government and the BMW Gro
- Nasscom For Creation Of Spl Education Zone (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has urged the Centre to initiate effective measures to create a Special Education Zone to free the knowledge segment from the clutches of “educational bureaucracy”, the organisation
- India Turns Down Iranian Envoy's Request To Tour Kashmir (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Iran ambassador to India S. Zargar-Ya''gubi's request to visit Jammu and Kashmir was turned down by the ministry of external affairs, which said that he could go only if he agreed to meet leaders of the government's choice.
- India Seen As Key Player To Farm Deal At Wto Talks (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
India is seen as a key player to win over for a global deal to free up agricultural trade at next week's World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Hong Kong, analysts said.
- Wto: Cabinet Okays Nath Stance (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The Union Cabinet today approved the national stance to be adopted by Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath at the WTO Ministerial Meeting next week in Hong Kong.
- Russian Overture (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 09, 2005)
The "Special Relationship" between India and Russia is based wholly on the ties that blossomed during the Cold War, when the Kremlin responded to New Delhi's overtures to further its larger geo-political interests.
- India-Asean Free Trade Agreement Hits A Snag (Business Standard, Monica Gupta, Dec 09, 2005)
The proposed India-Asean Free Trade Agreement has hit a roadblock. This is after the 10-member Asean began pressing India to remove import duties on 90 per cent of agriculture and non-agriculture products by 2011. For the remaining 10 per cent products, A
- Indo-China Trade To Reach Usd 50 Bn By 2010 (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
India and China have reached an advanced stage for finalising a Regional Trade Agreement to boost bilateral trade to 50 billion dollars by 2010 from the current 13.8 billion dollar.
- Nato Denies It Is Acquiring Land In Kashmir (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has denied reports that it is acquiring land in Kashmir.
- Lanka Peace: Norway For ‘Close Talks’ With India (Indian Express, Shiv Aroor, Dec 09, 2005)
Hours after Sri Lanka’s new President overturned an earlier statement and asked Norway to resume its role as facilitator of peace talks between the government and Tamil rebels, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg arrived in New Delhi . . .
- Govt Okays Law To Provide Quota In Private Colleges (Hindustan Times, Jay Raina, Dec 09, 2005)
The government on Thursday decided to enact a law to provide reservation to socially and educationally backward students in private unaided educational institutions. The law will effectively neutralise a Supreme Court judgment against such reservation.
- Bhandari Names Vajpayee Aide In Oil Scam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Former Foreign Secretary Romesh Bhandari has alleged the involvement of a person very close to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Iraq’s ‘Oil-for-Food’ scam and accused the then National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government of burying . . .
- All Indian Politicians In Trouble Under Microscope – Now Vajpayee And Bjp? (India Daily, Sudhir Chadda, Dec 09, 2005)
There is a proverb - try to find the thief and you will find all villagers are part of that life style. That is exactly what is happening to Indian politicians.
- 13th Saarc Summit Gave Renewed Hope For South Asia: Ahmed (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Observing that SAARC countries are confronted with the challenges of socio-economic development, Bangladesh President Ijuddin Ahmed today said the recently concluded 13th SAARC Summit in Dhaka has given renewed hope for rebirth and regeneration of . . .
- Bmw Settles For Chennai (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Car assembly plant to come up in Mahindra City at Maraimalai Nagar
BMW rates Chennai the best location
Group to invest Rs. 180 crores in five years
- Garbage Menace Grips Jammu (Daily Excelsior, G L Khajuria, Dec 09, 2005)
The problem of growing garbage in Jammu city is highlighted in regular columns of dailies, weeklies and other print media.
- Curable Disease (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 09, 2005)
Off and on one comes across weird reports of the men in uniform killing their colleagues or officers before taking their own lives. Some times they just kill themselves leaving others wonder why they have taken the fatal step.
- Move On (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 09, 2005)
Only recently State Vigilance Commissioner Ashok Bhan had let it be known that his department was in possession of a "watch list" of officers who had amassed wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income.
- Sri Lanka Unveils Robin Hood Budget (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Sri Lanka's President today unveiled a robin hood style budget taxing companies, increasing import duties while offering subsidies to farmers and lower-grade employees.
- Other Sums (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 09, 2005)
Nostalgia is a good way to inject fresh life into a relationship. The emphasis of the Indian prime minister, Mr Manmohan Singh, on the long and warm relationship of India and Russia, formerly the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,
- Wahhabi Islam: A M I Snomer (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal, Dec 09, 2005)
A rebel with acause, amission and amessage - V
Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal writes about the contribution of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab who rose in revolt against the socio-religious corruption prevalent during his times everywhere in Ottoman provinc
- Ghisingh Wins Again (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 09, 2005)
Subash Ghisingh wanted three things from a new tripartite agreement — and on Tuesday he managed to get all three. The first was more funds by virtually blackmailing the Centre and the state into agreeing to bring the Council under the Sixth Schedule . . .
- To Live In Other Spaces (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 09, 2005)
It was good news when the government in Delhi announced that it would amend the masterplan and allow for working and living in the same areas. The sterile approach to the use of space as ‘commercial’ and ‘residential’ is alien to Indian civilization.
- Terror Groups Targeting J&k's Political System (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 09, 2005)
Interrogation shows evidence of Lashkar efforts to plant operatives Using cash, coercion and common political interests, terrorists have sought to build affiliations to protect their overground sympathisers
- Bjp Gives Centre A Week To Increase Flood Relief To State (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
C.P.Radhakrishnan threatens to launch agitation
- Bill Gates Calls On Karunanidhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Discusses aspects of the Thirukkural with him
- Cabinet Nod For U.N. Convention Against Corruption (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its approval for the signing of the United Nations Convention against Corruption at the U.N. headquarters in New York and for initiating the process of enacting necessary enabling legislation before approval for ratifica
- Congress Did Not Know Of Jagat's Visit, Says Mathrani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
"The news was treated with great surprise and indignation" "There was a sense of disbelief in the party when the Volcker controversy broke out in October-November"
- History Vs Pak, Sl In Waiting (Indian Express, Sandeep Dwivedi, Dec 09, 2005)
Kumble returns to Kotla, where he created history, but you won’t hear it from him.
- The ‘Friend’ Who Drove Me (Deccan Herald, D A SAIT, Dec 09, 2005)
Was the auto driver who drove me that frightful night the long dead friend I had?
- World May Miss Child Development Goal By 30 Years - U.N. (Reuters, Palash Kumar, Dec 09, 2005)
The U.N. Children's Fund said on Thursday the world would miss by 30 years the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of cutting child deaths by two-thirds unless nations stepped up efforts to reduce mortality.
- Smart Set Floats On Volcker’S Oil Spill (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Dec 09, 2005)
RITU SARIN tries to take the oil-for-food paper chase from the Enforcement Directorate office to its possibly inconclusive conclusion.
- Oic Can Help Resolve Kashmir, Palestine Issues: Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Calls Mecca Summit a ‘historic moment’
Indian response to de-militarisation proposal ‘not positive so far
- Cong Unaware About Jagat's Presence In Iraq:matherani (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Congress leadership was not aware of the presence of Jagat Singh and his cousin Andaleeb Sehgal in Baghdad when a four-member party delegation led by K Natwar Singh visited Iraq in January 2001 and the news was received with "indignation" . . .
- Natwar Off Its Back, Cong Gets Its Iraq Moment: Targets Atal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
K Natwar Singh has reason to be disappointed. He quit the Cabinet claiming he was doing so because he didn’t want to be an “excuse” for Parliament to be paralysed. No one listened.
- Clash In North Waziristan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 09, 2005)
At least 17 persons were reported dead in clashes between seminary students and highway bandits near Miranshah in the volatile North Waziristan Agency on Wednesday. The clash followed students’ refusal to pay ‘tax’ at a ‘checkpost’ established . . .
- Amritsar-Lahore Bus Trials On 11th And 13th (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Dec 09, 2005)
India and Pakistan will conduct trial runs of the Amritsar-Lahore bus service on December 11 and December 13 respectively, said Navtej Sarna, the External Affairs Ministry spokesman on Thursday.
- India Stalls Iran Envoy’S Visit To Kashmir : Shift In Me Policy Seen (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
India has taken an unusually tough stance with Iran by insisting that its ambassador to New Delhi, S.Z. Yaghoubi, who wants to visit Jammu and Kashmir could do so only if he agreed to meet people selected by the pro-India government in Srinagar,
- Al Qaeda Still Capable Of Attacks: Saudi Envoy (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
Prince Turki al-Faisal claims Bin Lade
Saudi Arabia’s new ambassador to Washington said on Wednesday the failure to capture Osama bin Laden only enhanced a sense of Al Qaeda’s invincibility and said that the group remained capable of launching attacks.
- Musharraf’S Call To Muslim Leaders (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 09, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf has urged the Muslim leaders to work out a strategy for Islamic revival and renaissance,recommend mandatory contribution for scientific and technological advancement, and ask extremists to shun violence. In a wide-ranging ..
- India, 15 Other Asian Countries Agree On Combatting Bird Flu (Press Trust of India, Anil K Jospeh, Dec 09, 2005)
India and 15 other Asian countries have agreed to exchange information, develop new vaccines and enhance investment in their joint efforts to control the spread of bird flu wrecking havoc in the region.
- Launching Edusat In J&k (Daily Excelsior, Dr Renu Nanda, Dec 09, 2005)
Due to globalisation, the world is going through rapid changes where national boundaries of production and distribution and the quality of life are giving way to global trends and standards.
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