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- China Frees Tibetan Monk (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
China has freed Tibetan monk Tashi Phuntsog but a United States-based human rights watchdog said almost three years of imprisonment had left him seriously ill and urged the authorities to provide for his medical treatment.
- Scientists To Re-Measure Everest Amid Concerns It May Be Shrinking (New Zealand Herald, Michael McCarthy, Jun 22, 2005)
Only recently, it got bigger. Now, it may be shrinking. What on earth is happening to Mount Everest?
- Peace Looks To Australia And Us For R&d Move (New Zealand Herald, ADAM GIFFORD , Jun 22, 2005)
Utility billing specialist Peace Software will lose its mantle as the country's largest software . . .
- Insight Into Indonesia (New Zealand Herald, Andrew Clifford, Jun 22, 2005)
A sadfact reinforced by the Boxing Day tsunami is that our awareness of other cultures is often limited to their presence in world media headlines in times of strife.
- Smash Terrorism (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 22, 2005)
THE Hawara affair is getting murkier and murkier. The more the police digs, the more roots of this terrorist network emerge.
- Riding On Oil (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 22, 2005)
The story of oil price hikes in India is as tedious as a tale told many times over. Political parties refuse to accept the simple premise that changes in the domestic prices of petrol and diesel should reflect global oil prices.
- Why An Oil Crisis Is Imminent (Business Line, Pratap Ravindran , Jun 22, 2005)
Do world's oil producers have any headroom? Unlikely as Saudi Arabia's oil fields are said to be declining. There have not been any new discoveries since the 1970s.
- High-Tech Pirates Take On Much Bigger Prey (New Zealand Herald, Michael Richardson, Jun 22, 2005)
Piracy in Southeast Asia has sometimes been seen as an exotic nuisance. Not any more.
- Buying Arms (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 22, 2005)
IN a bid to tackle allegations of corruption in defence deals, the Defence Ministry has made it mandatory for foreign arms companies to sign an `integrity pact’ wherein they declare that they would not employ unfair or unethical means in winning defence..
- Tiff Over Bhel (Tribune, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Jun 22, 2005)
In the coming months, tension between the Congress and the communist parties is expected to exacerbate,
- The Lost Chances Of History (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 22, 2005)
Author of Constitutional law of India and former attorney general, the late H.M. Seervai, has provided an interesting account of Jinnah’s role in Partition.
- Nuclear Arms Pact 'In Need Of Repair' (New Zealand Herald, Rupert Cornwell, Jun 22, 2005)
The cornerstone international treaty curbing the spread of nuclear weapons is in urgent need of repair if it is to keep pace with globalisation and atomic technology,
- Outsourcing Thriving In Philippines (New Zealand Herald, Stuart Grudgings , Jun 22, 2005)
There never used to be much to do after midnight in this northern Philippine university city except study or hit the lively bar scene.
- Chhattisgarh: These Gift Cows Are A Burden On Poor Farmers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
The cows that were distributed were old, ailing and infirm and hassled their owners with their gluttonous habits and measly output.
- Laloo, Rabri Plea Dismissed In Hc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
Patna High Court dismissed a petition filed by Laloo Prasad and Rabri Devi challenging their prosecution for alleged misappropriation of public funds
- Un Seeks Climate 'Roadmap' Beyond Kyoto (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
BONN, Germany - The world should work out a roadmap this year for extending the UN Kyoto protocol on global warming beyond 2012 . . .
- No Consensus On Un Reform After Rivals Meet (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
United Nations - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan intervened yesterday to try and get consensus among supporters of rival plans over expansion of the Security Council but no meeting of the minds emerged, diplomats said.
- Amnesty Accuses Us Of Condoning Torture (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
Amnesty said Guantanamo has become the gulag of our time, entrenching the practice of arbitrary and indefinite detention in violation of international law
- Pakistan's President Musharraf To Visit Nz (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
Pakistan's president Pervez Musharraf will visit New Zealand next month, Prime Minister Helen Clark said today.
- Air-India Approves Purchase Of 50 Boeings (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Bombay - Air-India have approved the purchase of up to 50 long-range Boeing Co aircraft worth about 300 billion rupees ($9.58) billion), the US plane maker's second multi-billion-dollar deal in as many days.
- Giving A Raw Deal (Telegraph, GWYNNE DYER, Jun 22, 2005)
“We are very sorry and apologise to viewers and other people who felt offended,”
- India Says 114 Tigers Killed By Poachers In 99-03 (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Poachers have killed at least 114 tigers in India between 1999 and 2003, the country’s environment ministry said yesterday, as debate raged over how to protect the endangered big cats.
- Ai Hopes To Corner India-U.K. Market (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Jun 22, 2005)
Policy decision to operate international flights from cities other than Delhi and Mumbai
- Fao Praises India’S Farm Produce Policy (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Jun 22, 2005)
India has made it amply clear that unless rich countries removed all trade-distorting domestic subsidies and export subsidies it would not provide market-opening for other countries.
- Stage Set For Signing Of Economic Pact Between India And Singapore (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jun 22, 2005)
A positive move towards strengthening of relations, says Singapore Indian Chamber
- Israel To Transfer Security Of Two Towns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
Sharon says deal depends on Palestinian efforts to end militant attacks
- Reformists Alarmed By Hardliner's Success (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jun 22, 2005)
Bolstered by support from the poor, Ahmadinejad's camp begins to fancy victory
- Nuclear Arms Conference Collapses Without Deal (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
United Nations - After a month of bickering, the 188 signatories to the global pact against atomic weapons ...
- Musharraf's Two Roles On Pm's Agenda (New Zealand Herald, Kevin Taylor , Jun 22, 2005)
Prime Minister Helen Clark will raise Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's dual role as head of state and chief of the Army during his historic visit this week.
- Bono And Geldof Are Too Polite (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 22, 2005)
"Hackers Bombard financial networks," the London Financial Times reported on Thursday. Government departments and businesses "have been bombarded with a sophisticated electronic attack for several months."
- India, China Troops To Train Jointly As Ties Warm (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
The armies of India and China, which fought a border war four decades ago, plan to hold unprecedented joint counter-terrorism and peacekeeping training programmes,
- Amid The New, China Seeks Out The Old (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 22, 2005)
The success of Xintiandi in Shanghai has fuelled demands for the preservation of historic buildings across China.
- China, India To Change International Politics (New Zealand Herald, Michael Richardson, Jun 22, 2005)
How will the geopolitical map of the world be shaped by 2020?
- Private Aid Opportunities (Japan Times, DOUG BANDOW, Jun 22, 2005)
NIAS ISLAND, Indonesia -- The flotsam of disaster was everywhere: trash, bricks, splintered wood, household effects, clothes, debris.
- India Rejects Aphc’S Participation In Dialogue (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 22, 2005)
Indian Minister of State for Home Sri Prakash Jaiswal has said that New Delhi is opposed to APHC leaders’ inclusion in the Pak-India dialogue process. Talking to newsmen in Dehradun, he said that the conglomerate can, however, give its suggestions. . .
- Ranks And Scores (Telegraph, Bibek Debroy, Jun 22, 2005)
With Laveesh Bhandari, I have sometimes attempted to rank Indian states.
- Assembly Time (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 22, 2005)
What is common to government offices, cabinet meetings and schools in Madhya Pradesh?
- The Speaking Tree: The Basic Nature Of Trees Is To Give Spontaneously (Times of India, P VENKATESH, Jun 22, 2005)
Once, an old man was planting mango saplings in his garden. His wife asked him not to exert himself, as he was not going to be around to relish the mangoes from these saplings.
- No Rain, But `Snow' And Water Parks (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Jun 22, 2005)
Water-starved Vidharbha has a growing number of water parks and amusement centres.
- An Avoidable Burden (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 22, 2005)
The Government's decision to raise the retail prices of petrol and diesel by Rs.2.50 and Rs.2 a litre respectively has run into a controversy with major political parties and consumer groups opposing the move.
- Allies Pledge Millions To Feed Hungry (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Washington- United States President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair were to pledge hundreds of millions of dollars today in aid to Africa.
- World Military Spending Nears Cold War Peak (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
Massive US spending on the war on terrorism pushed global military expenditure above US$1 trillion ($1.42 trillion) in 2004, the sixth successive year the total has risen, a leading research institute said on Tuesday.
- Blair Expects Global Warming Plan At G8 Summit (New Zealand Herald, Andrew Grice, Jun 22, 2005)
Leaders of the G8 richest nations will agree a plan for global action to tackle climate change at next month's summit at Gleneagles, Tony Blair has predicted.
- Britain Strives For Africa Aid Deal In G8 Talks (New Zealand Herald, Brian Love and Sumeet Desai , Jun 22, 2005)
LONDON - Britain appealed on Friday for a big push on debt relief and aid to rid Africa of disease and poverty,
- Bigger The City, The Bigger The Disaster (New Zealand Herald, Michael Richardson, Jun 22, 2005)
For the first time in human history, more people will soon live in cities than do not. Urbanisation is intensifying as greater numbers of people, especially in Asia, leave the countryside in search of jobs, better living standards and wider opportunities.
- Open Water Fisheries Over-Exploited (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Jun 22, 2005)
Dr Modadugu Vijay Gupta, the sixth Indian World Food Laureate, is the first fisheries scientist to win the prestigious prize.
- Wto Farm Talks Deadlocked (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
Chief mediator of farms talks for the World Trade Organisation (WTO), New Zealander Tim Groser, is disappointed that talks on freeing up global trade in farm goods have ended in deadlock.
- Foreign Brains Wooed With Lower University Fees (New Zealand Herald, Audrey Young , Jun 22, 2005)
Study fees for foreign PhD students will be slashed and their children will be able to attend school for free in new measures aimed at the rich education market.
- Britain Willing To Give Up Eu Rebate (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jun 22, 2005)
The majority of the EU member countries consider the British rebate an anomaly, something that has not changed for the past 21 years.
- Bush And Saudi Prince Focus On Long-Range Oil Plan (New Zealand Herald, Reuters, Jun 22, 2005)
Texas - President Bush has pressed Saudi Arabia to take steps to relieve record-high oil prices, but the world's largest exporter insisted global supplies were adequate and offered a long-term plan to increase production.
- Stop The World So The West Can Get Off (New Zealand Herald, Jason Nisse, Jun 22, 2005)
Are the traditional Western capitalist economies, which felt so comfortable in their success only a few years ago,
- Us Says 1,907 People Died In International Terror Last Year (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
More than 1,900 people died in international terrorist attacks last year according to US data released today. It was triple the figure for 2003 but officials said this reflected more aggressive government efforts to track such violence.
- Pyongyang Tests Missile On Eve Of Un Nuclear Talks (New Zealand Herald, Rupert Cornwell, Jun 22, 2005)
Talks on curbing nuclear proliferation which open today in New York seem doomed to failure,
- Time For Constitutional Statesmanship (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jun 22, 2005)
After the recent talkfest at the Conference of Governors, it is time for follow-up action.
- The Quest For A People's Computer (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 22, 2005)
The widespread use of computers in various walks of life has remained an elusive goal in countries where a deep digital divide exists and this is primarily due to economic poverty and illiteracy.
- A Woman With A Will Of Steel (Deccan Herald, NICHOLAS D KRISTOF, Jun 22, 2005)
How many women defy tradition like Mukhtaran Bibi who was not cowed down?
- Science In The Need Of Idiom (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Jun 22, 2005)
Commercial pressures and funding drive much of research in the US today. Nothing proves this than a survey that showed that scientists indulge in fact-bending. More than five per cent of scientists admitted to having rejected data that contradicted their
- Us Busts Indian Internet Pill Store (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
Philadelphia - An internet pharmacy based in India that sold hundreds of millions of dollars worth of drugs without prescriptions has been indicted by United States authorities.
- Search For A Wto Leader (New Zealand Herald, Fran O Sullivan, Jun 22, 2005)
World headlines were dominated for days last week by the ritualistic and somewhat archaic process to select the next Pope to lead the 1.3 billion-strong Roman Catholic church.
- This History Can Be Tricky (Deccan Herald, PUNYAPRIYA DASGUPTA, Jun 22, 2005)
Advani can claim some credit for his courage in pointing out to Pakistanis what Jinnah really stood for
- Need For A Chief Of Defence Staff (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 22, 2005)
Since no single service by itself can win future wars, there is need to integrate the armed forces
- Garden City Blues (Deccan Herald, A N SURYANARAYANAN, Jun 22, 2005)
I am busy collecting data with which to dissuade newcomers from settling down in Bangalore.
- Call For Hiv Screening After Baby Infected (New Zealand Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2005)
The Health and Disability Commissioner is calling for a review of the national HIV screening programme for pregnant women after an untested mother infected her baby.
- Keep A Tab On Travellers (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 22, 2005)
Extracts from the WHO’s revised international health regulations, adopted at the World Health Assembly, May 16, 2005
- Sustainable Growth (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 21, 2005)
There should be planned growth of satellite towns
- The View From Pakistan (Indian Express, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 21, 2005)
The controversy over opposition leader L.K. Advani’s praise of Mohammed Ali Jinnah has had an adverse fallout in Pakistan.
- An Expansionary Budget (Dawn, SHAHID JAVED BURKI, Jun 21, 2005)
OMAR Ayub Khan, minister of state of finance, presented an expansionary budget to the National Assembly on June 6.
- Eu: More Than A Squabble (Dawn, Peter Mandelson, Jun 21, 2005)
THE Brussels summit has highlighted the stark choice before Europe: “carry on as before” or, in the light of the French and Dutch no votes, “rethink fundamentally our priorities and policies”.
- Tsunami Leaves A World Of Ghosts' (Hindu, John Aglionby , Jun 21, 2005)
Before the December 26, 2004 tsunami I had never met anyone who had suffered so much that they had effectively lost their identity.
- Happier Stopover (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 21, 2005)
It could be that we have been spoiled. In India we grow up so cradled in remains of past grandeur and achievement that the coexistence of centuries is taken for granted.
- How The Patriarchs Speak (Telegraph, NIVEDITA MENON, Jun 21, 2005)
Not surprisingly, dramatic dialogues in any episode of the long-running sangh parivar soap draw heavily from the Ramayana,
- The Euro's Legs Are Shaking (Japan Times, DAVID HOWELL, Jun 21, 2005)
Now that the proposed European Union Constitution has been well and truly sunk (although parts may be salvaged), could the same fate happen to the euro currency?
- Realising The Eu Vision (Deccan Herald, Peter Mandelson, Jun 21, 2005)
The EU faces a fundamental choice — either to go in for painful reforms, or suffer economic decline
- Accusations That Are Over The Top (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 21, 2005)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee's letter to the Prime Minister recording "apprehensions". . .
- Central Asia — A Region Destabilised (Hindu, M.K. Bhadrakumar, Jun 21, 2005)
Just what is the U.S. mission in Afghanistan? The "war on terror" is providing a timeless, seamless context for geopolitics
- Through The Prism Of Human Collectivity (Dawn, Huck Gutman, Jun 21, 2005)
William Wordsworth tells us that it is only in retrospect that one can sort out what has been most significant, most telling, in our experience.
- To Stand Alone As Creator (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Jun 21, 2005)
The Reliance empire has finally been divided with the elder brother inheriting and holding the “flagship”.
- Petro Subsidies: Flawed Basis (Business Line, Pradeep S. Mehta, Jun 21, 2005)
The Government has raised the prices of petrol and diesel, while kerosene and LPG have been spared.
- Basically Wrong (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 21, 2005)
Backwardness is sometimes the result of daftness in the high places. This was recently the case in Uttar Pradesh — India’s largest state, with a population of 170 million . . .
- From One Grind To Another (Telegraph, PARIMAL BHATTACHARYA, Jun 21, 2005)
For those who have failed to make it to the JEE merit lists, college is a stop-gap measure
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