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- Dangerous Waffling (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 15, 2005)
There’s a lesson for us in Britain’s response to the outrage it suffered
- Code For Electioneering (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 15, 2005)
The code of conduct announced by the Chief Election Commissioner on Wednesday contains some welcome points, though many clauses seem odd and open to misuse.
- London Blasts’ Impact On Pakistan (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Jul 15, 2005)
A perusal A PERUSAL of the British newspapers with regard to the intense on-going investigations shows, that three of the four bombers have been tentatively,
- Insult To Deny Iraq Link To London Attacks (Hindu, Seumas Milne, Jul 15, 2005)
Tony Blair put his own people at risk in the service of a foreign power.
- Role Of Universities (Hindu, CALESTOUS JUMA, Jul 15, 2005)
Leaders of the industrialised world, who met at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland last week, have agreed to help develop professional skills through networks between higher education institutions and centres of excellence in science and technology.
- Character In Islamic Context (Dawn, Prof. Mohammed Rafi, Jul 15, 2005)
The character of a person consists of all the qualities that make him distinct and reflect his nature.
- Business Tools For Individuals: Offshoring (Hindu, Ben Hammersley, Jul 15, 2005)
Big businesses are not the only ones who can benefit from sending work overseas. Individuals can make cost and time savings, too
- Forget The Heavy Mob (Hindu, MADELEINE BUNTING, Jul 15, 2005)
It is an agonising moment to be a British Muslim. This has been their worst nightmare come true: British-born young men from families that were well established in this country carrying out a suicide bomb attack.
- A Lose-Lose Situation (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Jul 15, 2005)
Musharraf is on the horns of a dilemma as a provincial government goes ahead with a retrograde religious bill
- Drug Companies And Medical Research (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 15, 2005)
By calling a spade a spade, Richard Smith, the former editor of the British Medical Journal for 25 years, has turned the spotlight on how medical journals, peer-reviewed journals included,
- Made In Britain (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 15, 2005)
How could a proudly multi-cultural society nurture suicide-bombers? Britain is shocked to have produced its — and Europe’s — first four home-grown mujahedin.
- The Fist And The Fury (Telegraph, NEHA SAHAY, Jul 15, 2005)
A man convicted of murdering his wife was given life imprisonment. Before his term could end, his wife was found, alive. During the trial, the man had “confessed” that a corpse discovered near his house was that of his wife. After his release, ....
- Debt Sustainability Of States — A Package To Balance Revenue (Business Line, K Venkataramanan, Jul 15, 2005)
The advice of Shakespeare's Polonius was "Neither a borrower nor a lender be." That advice has been followed by governments — to modify Shakespeare's phrase — more in the breach, for they think they are, and indeed they are in some respects, differently p
- The Security Vs Liberty Debate (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 15, 2005)
The recent terrorist attacks paralysing the London transport system and the threats continuing to be hurled by various terrorist groups at Governments,
- For More Growth, Get More Fdi (Business Line, T. C. A. Ramanujam , Jul 15, 2005)
Recognising the importance of foreign direct investment for economic growth, India has, among other things, entered into free trade agreements with Singapore and Thailand.
- It’S Not Just Getting Gas (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 15, 2005)
India and Pakistan have finally agreed to move forward on the Iranian gas pipeline project.
- Breeding Stupidity (Yahoo! News, Hugh Hewitt , Jul 15, 2005)
The first is that
Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda were not connected. The work of Stephen F. Hayes and Thomas Joscelyn in THE WEEKLY STANDARD, which is supported by other serious investigative reporters such as Claudia Rosett has already established..
- Britain Needs Islam's Finest (Yahoo! News, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2005)
To rid their communities of closet terrorists, Britain's two million Muslims must do more than just hang up new banners.
- India-Us Relations, A Vision For The Future (Pacific Council, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2005)
India-Us Relations, A Vision For The Future
- We Will Deport Radical Imams, Says Blair (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
Steps to be taken to stop them from spreading extreme ideology
- What The Cpi(m) Seeks From Manmohan's U.S. Visit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
Karat asks Dr. Singh to resist from making any announcements on opening retail trade
- Save The Fbi (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 14, 2005)
We miss the good old days of the FBI (a.k.a., G-men). In the old days, they could do no wrong. They caught bank robbers, kidnappers, German spies and men taking women across state borders for illicit purposes.
- Indo-Thai Trade Pact To Cover 5,000 Products (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
The free trade agreement between India and Thailand, which covers 85 products, will soon be expanded to cover 5,000 products,
- A Journey Of Pain And Fear (Dawn, General Mirza Aslam Beg, Jul 14, 2005)
THE tragic incident which killed innocent people in the 7/7 bombings in London, is to be condemned.
- Responding To A Crisis (Tribune, Rajan Kashyap, Jul 14, 2005)
IN an unusual coincidence, two important democratic states, India and the United Kingdom, came under separate terrorist attacks within a span of forty-eight hours.
- Rep. Louise Slaughter: Bush Must Keep His Word (Yahoo! News, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
When he took office,
President Bush told the American people that his White House would be defined by honor and dignity. After the attacks of September 11th, 2001, he told us that he would do everything in his power to keep Americans safe. In the
- Bleak Individual Looks At The Bright Side (Yahoo! News, STEVE DUNLEAVY , Jul 14, 2005)
MINUTES after he copped a plea and agreed to serve 90 days in jail on heroin charges, Robert Chambers sighed with resignation and said, "It's better than getting life."
- The Realities Of Offshore Services (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 14, 2005)
The "thematic essay" on offshoring of information technology (IT) services, which the annual review (2005) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has presented, holds valuable lessons for policy-makers in India.
- A Face-Saver At Best (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 14, 2005)
SO, Mr L.K.Advani may continue to be in the saddle after all. But it will be a mistake to think that he has won the day. Nor is there any guarantee that his tenure will be long enough to leave an impact.
- China Supports India's U.N. Bid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
Beijing stand conveyed to visiting CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat
- Doctors Were Out On The Pavement Immediately Responding To Calls For Help (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
When a terrorist bomb exploded on a bus in central London last week, a group of 24 experienced doctors were, by a quirk of fate, already at the scene.
- 3 Ethnic Pakistanis Named (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 14, 2005)
Hunt focuses on the mastermind
- ‘we Need A Cyber Crime Law’ (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Jul 14, 2005)
First the MMS clip. Then the Bazee incident. Then the Mphasis case in Pune. And now the BPO scandal involving Karan Bahree.
- Feared Backlash In Britain (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 14, 2005)
A Pakistan was killed on Tuesday in a suspected racial attack in Britain’s central city of Notingham. Several mosques across the country have also been attacked. Inayat Bunglawala, spokesman of the Muslim community in Britain has said that the incidents a
- Detecting The Discontents (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 14, 2005)
The suspected identity of the London bombers poses a challenge to civil society in Britain
- London ``Suicide Bombers'' Were Of Pakistani Origin (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 14, 2005)
Police hunt on for fifth suspect; Tony Blair calls for efforts to mobilise the moderate and true voice of Islam
- Blooms From Marshland (Tribune, A.J. Philip, Jul 14, 2005)
IT was thrilling news that Wednesday’s The Tribune brought for me. A London-datelined story said Rina, a girl from a colony of leprosy patients in the no man’s land on the Indo-Nepal border, graduated with flying colours from Sunderland University ...
- Vvips And Traffic Blues (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 14, 2005)
Whenever there is real traffic chaos in Karachi, you can be sure that either the president or prime minister is visiting the city.
- Eu, Us Agree To Support G-20 Proposal At Wto (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2005)
The G-20 countries, of which India is a leading member, had strongly urged developed countries to dismantle the restrictive non-tariff trade barriers.
- Five Ways For Consultants To Improve Business Performance (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jul 14, 2005)
YOU would agree that business is not what it used to be. "It used to be that a manager got up, arrived at (invariably) his office, managed the same processes, ticked the same boxes, talked to the same staff, day in and day out," recapitulates Management..
- Focus On The Future (Business Line, R. Devarajan, Jul 14, 2005)
THE world is only ten years old," wrote Tom Friedman in 1999, in his book The Lexus and the Olive Tree. The reference was to the demolition of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989.
- Not Everything Need Show On Radar Screen (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Jul 14, 2005)
The market watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India is reportedly perturbed over the recent spate of bulk sale of shares of a few banking companies in negotiated deals that leave no imprint on the records of recognised stock exchanges in India. It
- Tsunami Relief With Understanding (Hindu, Santhosh Srinivasan , Jul 14, 2005)
The fishermen in Chinnurpettai, a small hamlet of about 63 households near the Tamil Nadu-Pondicherry border in South India, jointly owned and operated six motorised plastic boats,
- Unraveling Motives Of Terror (Japan Times, DAVID HOWELL, Jul 14, 2005)
After months of careful planning, it has been the turn of London to suffer the carnage already familiar to the people of Madrid, Jakarta, Casablanca, Riyadh, Istanbul, New York (although not on the same scale) and many other world cities.
- Reformers And Hardliners (Hindu, Neil Clark, Jul 14, 2005)
If you orientate your foreign policy towards the U.S., you will be a "reformer." If you run your country for the benefit of your people you will be called a hardliner.
- Un Needs A Real Change (Dawn, Karl F. Inderfurth, Jul 14, 2005)
AS US ambassador to the United Nations for special political affairs from 1993 to 1997, I had the not-always-scintillating experience of sitting through countless meetings of what was known as the Open-Ended Working Group on Security Council Reform.
- Left Limit For Singh Us Trip (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Jul 14, 2005)
The Left has won out. When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sits beside US President George W. Bush in the East Room of the White House on Monday, CPM supremo Prakash Karat’s shadow will loom large over his visage.
- Leather Industry Targets $5-Billion Exports By 2010 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Under the modernisation scheme, approved by the Cabinet on July 7, all SSI and non-SSI units would get assistance at the rate of 30 and 20 per cent of the project cost respectively.
- America, India And Outsourcing Imperial Overreach (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 13, 2005)
If there THERE is one document everyone should read to understand the direction relations between the United States and India have begun to take in the past few years, it is The Indo-U.S. Military Relationship: Expectations and Perceptions, a report . . .
- Beware The Hype About A Backlash (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 13, 2005)
Anyone Watching some of the Indian television channels might be led into believing that a full-blown anti-Muslim backlash is brewing in Britain after last week's train bombings.
- Climate Change Deniers Shift Their Ground (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 13, 2005)
Instead of denying climate change is happening, the U.S. now denies that we need proper regulation to stop it.
- Decoding Dr. Singh's Oxford Reflections` (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 13, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's July 8 address at Oxford University in acceptance of an honorary D.Phil. degree
- Investment In Sindh (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
GOVERNOR Dr Ishratul Ebad has pointed out that vast opportunities exist in Sindh for investment. Talking to a three member delegation of Hotel Sheraton, he said investment friendly policies of the present Government and its efforts for bringing improvemen
- For London, A Whiff Of The War (Dawn, Mahir Ali, Jul 13, 2005)
IS there any way last Thursday’s tragedy in central London could have been avoided?
- What After The Blasts? (Dawn, Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Jul 13, 2005)
July 7, 2005 , that saw horrific bombings in three tube stations and a double-decker bus in London, represented as much a “day of infamy” for the British, as September 11, 2001, did for their American cousins
- Halliburton Fails Upward (Yahoo! News, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
The Nation -- "Lawmakers, Including Republicans, Criticize
Pentagon on Disputed Billing by Halliburton," read a New York Times headline on June 22. "Worries Raised on Handling of Funds in
Iraq," the Los Angeles Times wrote the same day.
- Beep Won't Replace Canned Consultant (Yahoo! News, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
MANHATTAN Borough President C. Virginia Fields has "no plans" to fill the position left open by political consultant Joseph Mercurio's ousting, sources say.
- Leather Industry Targets $5 Bn Export By 2010 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Buoyed by its highest export of $ 2.38 billion in 2004-05, the Indian leather industry is targeting over $ 5 billion export revenue by 2010.
- Srebrenica Massacre (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 13, 2005)
More than a decade after they were massacred in cold blood, the remains of 600 Muslims of Srebrenica were lowered into their last resting places on Monday.
- India As An Energy Hot Spot (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jul 13, 2005)
In January this year and mid-last year, this column had alerted its readers to the fact that India is the fourth largest economy of the world in purchasing power terms and the G8 have decided to invite us to the high table.
- Leather Sector Set To Trigger Big Investment (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Emphasis is on infrastructure, environmental safeguards
- Ayodhya Probe Reveals Militants’ E-Mail Ids (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Investigations into the Ayodhya attack have revealed that militants used an Internet chatroom to chat with a Delhi based businessman for months, under the name Vizal.
- Stay Like A King, Feel Like A King (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Bangalore's latest hotel has been sumptuously and stylishly redone by erstwhile royalty
- Gas Pipeline: Pak To Include Security Issues (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Broad-based discussions were held to ensure that India and Pakistan get gas at ‘reasonable prices’
- Manmohan Not Going To U.S. With A List Of Demands (Hindu, Amit Baruah, Jul 13, 2005)
Visit an important foreign policy event: South Block sources
- Population Day Thoughts (Dawn, Zubeida Mustafa, Jul 13, 2005)
July 11 was world population day — a day of introspection on where the human race is heading. In Pakistan, we have plenty of soul-searching to do given our rapidly increasing population and its far-reaching impact on every sector of national life. In 50..
- Blast Suspects Are Of Pak Origin’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
The discovery of a man’s severed head at the scene of the bombing in central London has provided a much needed breakthrough.
- Everybody’S Invited (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 13, 2005)
The shocking inertia in securing the Ayodhya site is an open invitation for more trouble
- G-4 Introduces Draft Resolution In U.N. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2005)
Efforts unethical and selfish: Pakistan
- Attack On Bradford Consulate (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jul 13, 2005)
A suspected arson attack on Pakistan’s Consulate in Bradford in Britain was reported on Sunday night. It is reported that a rubbish bin was set on fire and pushed against the front door of the building at Laisterdyke causing minor damage.
- Terrorism And Globalisation (Tribune, Stephen King , Jul 13, 2005)
People have all sorts of views on globalisation but there can be no doubt that last week, we saw a series of atrocities carried out against a major international city, an ethnic and cultural melting pot, a place that derives much of its vibrancy. . . .
- The Many Colours Of Green Fuel (Times of India, Arun Firordia, Jul 13, 2005)
Biodiesel cooperatives can wipe out poverty
- Terror Links (Hindu, Salim Lone, Jul 13, 2005)
The Gleneagles summit's grand stage might well have shown up George W. Bush's hypocrisy in proclaiming an "ideology of compassion" over African poverty and global warming. Instead, the London bombings allowed the U.S.
- New Delhi Gets Serious About Cigarettes (Japan Times, B. GAUTAM, Jul 13, 2005)
MADRAS, India -- A recent study in the United States revealed that films have a powerful effect on viewers' behavior. When actors smoke on screen, they serve as a link between big tobacco companies and impressionable young people.
- Taking Forward The `Outlay Vs. Outcome' Debate (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jul 13, 2005)
Much of the discussion during the two-day National Development Council (NDC) meeting last week focussed on government programmes, with an understandable desire of the States that these schemes be expanded.
- Why Bother About The Left’S Views? (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jul 13, 2005)
A new book by Ms Jung Chang and Jon Halliday, titled “Mao, the Unknown Story”, deals, among various other things,
- `Air Transport Industry In Good Health' — Mr Jean-Paul Bechat, Ceo, Safran, And Mr Vincent Gorry,national Executive - South Asia (Business Line, J. Srinivasan, Jul 13, 2005)
"I believe that SAFRAN marked Le Bourget this year," says Mr Jean-Paul Bechat, Chairman and CEO, with obvious pride at the splash made at the Paris Air Show by the euro 11-billion French Group, created by the merger of aircraft engine-maker Snecma and...
- Sandy Frank: The Stateless Enemy (Yahoo! News, Sandy Frank, Jul 13, 2005)
Most wars are between two states (or groups of states), and hostilities end only when one surrenders to the other. But in the war on terror our opponent is not a state, and this has raised a huge problem for those of us who want to end the war – and ....
- Changing Scenario In Egypt (Dawn, Tayyab Siddiqui, Jul 12, 2005)
A Wind of change is blowing across the Middle East. It may soon develop into a hurricane, even a political tsunami for the entire region. There are straws in the wind that suggest that the changes may radically transform the political landscape,
- I’M Sorry (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jul 12, 2005)
This period in history will be known as the “Age of Non-Apology.” Politics means never having to say you are sorry.
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