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Articles 521 through 620 of 1494:
- Superpower Returns (Pioneer, Niall Ferguson, Aug 02, 2006)
The influence of the United States on Israeli politics is not as great as it is generally believed, says Niall Ferguson
- Salahuddin’S Meaningful Silence (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 02, 2006)
Chairman of the Muzaffarabad based United Jehad Council, Syed Salahuddin, has adopted a meaningful silence during the past one month. According to the watchers of the separatist camp, Mr Salahuddin has not been seen issuing any statement or . . .
- Us Working For "Sustainable" Ceasefire In Middle East (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
US President George W Bush today said Washington was working hard and urgently to get a "sustainable" ceasefire in Middle East and that his administration was determined to resolve the crisis.
- Israel Rejects End-War Calls, Us Hopeful (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Israel rejected mounting international pressure today to end its 20-day-old war against Hizbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, but Washington said a ceasefire could be achieved this week.
- 12 Terrorists From 4 Outfits Surrender In J&k (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
As security forces stepped up anti-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 12 terrorists from four different outfits laid down arms in Baramulla district on Monday.
- Four Pak Infiltrators Killed; 12 Surrender (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
Four heavily armed Pakistani infiltrators were killed and 10 people, including seven Amarnath pilgrims wounded while 12 militants surrendered before security forces in Kashmir valley during the past 24 hours.
- Jihad's New Targets (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 01, 2006)
PM's silence is intriguing ---- Key aides of the Prime Minister are expected to be discrete and maintain a low profile.
- Bush Gets Room To Manoeuvre As Israel Suspends Air Strikes (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
President George W Bush, under intense pressure to call for an immediate cease-fire in the West Asia got some breathing room when Israel announced a decision to briefly halt aerial bombings over Lebanon.
- Israel Rules Out Early Ceasefire (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Aug 01, 2006)
Israel ruled out an early ceasefire as it resumed air strikes across the Lebanese border on Monday.
- Qana Massacre And The Security Council (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Aug 01, 2006)
The primary role of any Chapter VII resolution or expanded U.N. peacekeeping force must be to protect Lebanon from Israeli aggression.
- Halt N-Work By 31st, Un Tells Iran (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 01, 2006)
The UN Security Council on Monday demanded that Iran suspend its nuclear activities in a month or face the threat of sanctions, but Tehran denounced the move as illegal and vowed to press on.
- Enough Is Enough (News International, Editorial, The News International, Aug 01, 2006)
It was only a matter of time before Israel's reckless and savage Lebanon strategy ended in a terrible tragedy that would shake the civilised world. It happened on Sunday at Qana in southern Lebanon, when Israeli jets flattened a building killing . . .
- Cruel, Senseless Campaign (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 01, 2006)
There can be no doubt that Israel is continuing to get away with the massacre of innocents because efforts to bring about a ceasefire have been stalled by the United States.
- More Arab Than Arabs (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 01, 2006)
Why isn’t Left’s Mid East policy centred on our interests? The crisis doesn’t affect ties with Israel
- Fighting In Lebanon "Tragic": Bush (Pioneer, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Jul 31, 2006)
The fighting between Israeli forces and Hizbollah militant group in Lebanon may be "painful and tragic" but presents an opportunity for "broader change" in the Middle East which has suffered decades of "tyranny and violence," US President George . . .
- Admission Of Debility (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 31, 2006)
And so, after five-and-a-half years of rolling his eyes at the "shuttle diplomacy" of his predecessor, George W Bush has to send his, Secretary of State to the West Asia to do just that:
- 55 Killed In Israeli Air Raid (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 31, 2006)
Israeli warplanes bombed a three-storey house in the southern Lebanese village of Qana on Sunday, killing at least 55 members of two families including 37 children.
- World Leaders Condemn Israeli Attack On Village (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Politicians from around the world condemned an Israeli attack on a village in southern Lebanon on Sunday that killed over 55 civilians, including 37 children in the bloodiest single attack in 19-days of fighting.
- Israel Suspends Bombing After Deadly Lebanon Raid (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Israel suspended air strikes on southern Lebanon on Monday for 48 hours after a raid killed at least 54 civilians, mostly children, and triggered worldwide demands for a truce in the Jewish state's war against Hizbollah.
- Children’S Blood Stains West Asia War (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
An Israeli air strike today killed more than 60 Lebanese civilians, including at least 37 children, fuelling world pressure for a ceasefire.
- N-Deal: Detractors Target Iran Links (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Jul 31, 2006)
Three US lawmakers have demanded that the State Department investigate why officials delayed a report on two Indian companies accused of selling missile spare parts to Iran.
- India To Raise Issue Of Terror (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
India will raise the issue of continued cross-border terrorism when Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran meets his Pakistan counterpart Riyaz Mohammad Khan here tomorrow, in the first high-level contact between the two countries since the Mumbai blasts.
- Terrorism Is Inherent In Pok (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Jul 31, 2006)
A few years ago an angry feminist told a women conference in Lahore that the condition of women in Pakistan would not improve unless the two-nation theory was discarded.
- 34 Children Among 54 Killed In Deadly Israeli Air Strike (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 31, 2006)
Families in the basement of a building in Qana bore the brunt of the attack
- Bombs Turn Hizbollah Base Into Ghost Town (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 31, 2006)
Fallen apartments, mounds of debris stand mute witnesses to West Asian strife
- Arabs Disavow Hizbullah (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Jul 31, 2006)
The current round of hostilities between Israel and its enemies differs from prior ones in that it's not an Arab-Israeli war, but one that pits Iran and its Islamist proxies, Hamas and Hizbullah, against Israel.
- Arab Opinion Turns In Favour Of Hizbollah (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
At the onset of the Lebanese crisis, Arab governments, starting with Saudi Arabia, slammed Hizbollah for recklessly provoking a war, providing what the United States and Israel took as a wink and a nod to continue the fight.
- Hamas, Hizbollah Not Named In New Russian Terror List (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
The Russian government daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta published a list on Friday of 17 groups, including al-Qaeda, declared ‘‘terrorist organisations’’ by the country’s Supreme Court.
- A Never-Ending Saga Of Violence (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Jul 30, 2006)
Disproportionate is the general verdict on what Israel is doing in Lebanon but what exactly is a “proportionate” reaction to the “abduction” of two Israeli soldiers?
- U.S., U.K. Warn Iran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday delivered their sharpest warning yet to Iran over its alleged involvement in Lebanon and its suspected nuclear weapons programme.
- Airstrikes Intensified, Un Pulls Out Observers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Israel on Friday dismissed suggestions of major UN involvement in any potential international force in Lebanon and said more professional and better-trained troops were needed for such a volatile situation.
- Thousands Of Civilians Are In Danger Of Being Trapped (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 29, 2006)
As Israel steps up air raids, people rushing towards Christian dominated villages
- Only Hizbollah Can Defend Against Israel (News International, Jonathan Steele, Jul 29, 2006)
A rally of well-dressed middle-class ladies, perhaps 40 in all, protested outside the UN's offices here on July 26, calling for a ceasefire. Representing the Lebanese Council of Women, they handed out leaflets appealing to Kofi Annan to get something . .
- Oil Falls As U.S. Takes Step To End Mideast War (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Oil prices fell more than a dollar on Friday as the United States and Britain sped up diplomacy for a U.N. resolution aimed at halting a 17-day war between Israel and Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas.
- Beware The `New Order' Israel Is Imposing (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jul 29, 2006)
No peace or stability can emerge in West Asia through occupation, subjugation, and the military slaughter of civilians.
- Only Hizbollah Can Fight Israeli Invasion (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Jul 29, 2006)
Attempts to impose an international force would risk destroying Lebanon's government and revive the danger of civil war.
- Hizbollah Fires Longer Range Rockets At Israel (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 29, 2006)
Militant group providing relief to thousands of refugees
- Panic Reaction (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 29, 2006)
How should one interpret Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's fears about hot pursuit by India? Normally New Delhi should have reacted angrily.
- Probe Sought On Delayed U.S. Report On India (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
Democratic lawmakers on Friday requested an investigation into why the State Department delayed word of sanctions on two Indian companies for Iran-related dealings until after the U.S. House of Representatives approved a nuclear agreement with New Delhi.
- Q&a: The Fifteenth Day (OutLook, Editorial, Outlook, Jul 29, 2006)
Who is winning this war?
On the 15th day of the war, Hizbullah is functioning and fighting. That by itself will go down in the annals of the Arab peoples as a shining victory.
- Israel Disgraces Itself (News International, Praful Bidwai, Jul 29, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Rice Leaves Malysia For Mideast Diplomacy Drive (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2006)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left Malaysia on Saturday, returning to the Middle East on a new diplomatic drive to end 18 days of fighting between Israel and Hizbollah.
- Bush, Blair Speed Up Diplomacy On Lebanon Crisis (Reuters, Steve Holland, Jul 29, 2006)
President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, pressured for a Lebanon cease-fire, sped up diplomacy on Friday for a U.N. resolution aimed at halting the violence and establishing a multinational force.
- Terrorists And Fellow Travellers (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Jul 29, 2006)
There are, it is often remarked, none so blind as those who will not see.
- Pakistan Is Not Lebanon (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jul 29, 2006)
When one thinks of terrorism and Pakistan, one is reminded of the husband who complains against a neighbour for making eyes at his wife. It never occurs to him that it is his own responsibility to command the loyalty of his spouse.
- The War Of Two Mistakes (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 28, 2006)
The current conflict in Lebanon should be called the ‘‘war of two mistakes’’.
- Foreign Policy Tangles (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Jul 28, 2006)
The writer is a former member of parliament and a freelance columnist based in Lahore
- The Neocon Resurgence (Hindu, Sidney Blumenthal, Jul 28, 2006)
The delusional U.S. mindset that made the Iraq war a disaster has resurfaced in Lebanon.
- U.S. Sanctions Two India Firms For Transfers To Iran (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
The Bush administration has decided to impose sanctions on two Indian firms for missile-related transactions with Iran, U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday.
- Lebanon Hit Again, Toll Touches 600 (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Israeli warplanes and artillery hammered Lebanon again today and the Beirut government said up to 600 people may have been killed in Israel’s 16-day-old campaign against Hizbollah guerrillas.
- Zawahri Spits Fire At Israel (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Al Qaida’s deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri said his group would not stand by and watch Israel bombard Lebanon and the Palestinians, calling on Muslims in a video aired today to fight those who support the attacks.
- The Us And Muslims (News International, Rahimullah Yusufzai, Jul 28, 2006)
If the United States of America still hoped it would be able to win the hearts of minds of Muslims worldwide, its reaction to the events of the past few weeks in the Middle East should make it realise the futility of the exercise.
- Israel Orders Heavier Air Attacks (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 28, 2006)
Two Hizbollah rockets hit Haifa; Al-Qaeda vows to launch world-wide offensive
- When A "Loyal" Guest Rounded On Blair (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Jul 28, 2006)
The Iraqi Prime Minister's recent outburst against Mr. Blair over his refusal to condemn the Israeli actions in Lebanon has reinforced Mr. Blair's image as a cheerleader for George W. Bush.
- J&k Announces Reward For Nabbing Grenade-Throwers (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Jammu and Kashmir police has announced a reward of Rs one lakh besides a government job for anyone who will catch a grenade-thrower.
- Diplomatic Divide Over Lebanon Crisis Widens (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
A diplomatic divide over how to end the fighting in Lebanon widened today with France pressing for an early UN ceasefire resolution, while the United States aimed new threats at Iran and Syria.
- Dangerous Times (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 28, 2006)
Three weeks on from the start of Israeli attacks on Lebanon, there is little to be optimistic about. Not only have the attacks continued, they continue to be indiscriminate in who they target.
- Oil Spill Adds Ecological Crisis To Lebanon’ (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Along Lebanon’s sandy beaches and rocky headlands runs a belt of black sludge, 10,000 to 30,000 tonnes of oil that spilled into the Mediterranean after Israel bombed a power plant.
- Present Musharraf With Evidence (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Jul 28, 2006)
Rather belatedly, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appears to have become aware of Pakistan's treachery.
- Al-Zawahri Warns Of Al-Qaida Attacks Over Lebanon Crisis (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2006)
Al-Qaida's No 2 leader warned on Thursday that the terrorist group would not stand idle while "these (Israeli) shells burn our brothers" in Lebanon and Gaza."
- Will Rice Deliver? (Pioneer, Patrick Bishop, Jul 28, 2006)
The conflict in Lebanon proves that peace in the region can only be brought through dialogue, not confrontation, says Patrick Bishop
- Iranian Students Leave To Fight Israel (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Say they are not backed by state authorities
* The volunteers lack military training to challenge a professional army
- China Demands Apology As Israel Kills Un Obs (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
China strongly condemned on Wednesday an Israeli air strike in Lebanon that killed a Chinese United Nations observer and summoned Israel’s ambassador in Beijing to demand an apology.
- Israel Bleeds In Close Combat, World Dithers (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Hizbollah guerrillas killed at least eight Israeli soldiers in Lebanon today in fighting set to continue after world diplomats meeting in Rome failed to agree on calling for an immediate end to the 15-day-old war.
- Spinning Out Of Control (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
The situation in the Middle East is rapidly degenerating from terrible to atrocious. Already bordering on living hell for those at ground zero in the battle zone in Lebanon, the conflagration could spread out of control. While the mainly Sunni Hamas are o
- Pawns In A Game Of Giants (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 27, 2006)
The writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor
- Offence Against Israel (Pioneer, B Raman, Jul 27, 2006)
If India's anger against Pakistan is justified, so is Israel's ire against Iran, Syria and their surrogates ----
- Militants Escape After Killing 3 Soldiers In Shopian Gunbattle (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jul 27, 2006)
Even as two Army personnel and a constable of SOG Pulwama got killed in an encounter at Renipora in Shopian area today, eight persons---including the grenade throwing militant---sustained injuries in a blast at Magam on Srinagar-Gulmarg Road.
- Oil Rises To $74 On Strong U.S. Gasoline Demand (Reuters, Matthew Robinson, Jul 27, 2006)
Oil rose to near $74 a barrel on Wednesday as U.S. summer gasoline demand held strong against high prices and an attack on a Nigerian oil plant further cut supplies from Africa's largest producer.
- Israel, Hizbollah Battle For South Lebanon (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2006)
Four UN observers killed in Israeli airstrikes, Tyre bombed; 13 Israelis killed: Hizbollah
- Lessons To Learn (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 27, 2006)
Sound personnel policy and strong political will is needed to bust terror modules and counter jihadi misadventures, says Hiranmay Karlekar.
- Operation Sukoon (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Jul 27, 2006)
India’s evacuation of its citizens from Lebanon is set to conclude on Thursday when 376 Indians, 400 Sri Lankans and 17 Nepalese make the crossing from Beirut to Larnaca in Cyprus on three warships engaged in the sea and air lift dubbed ‘Operation Sukoon’
- Pakistan Warns Against "Hot Pursuit" (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jul 27, 2006)
``Country's defence in strong hands''
Musharraf reiterates offer of co-operation in Mumbai blasts probe
The country's defence is in strong hands, he says
- War Without A Resolution (Pioneer, Ramamohan Rao, Jul 26, 2006)
Today the nation pays its homage to martyrs of the Indian armed forces, who made the supreme sacrifice during the Kargil operations seven years ago.
- Pontificating Against Israel (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 26, 2006)
As Israel began its latest campaign of self-defence, the Vatican's leading official rushed to join his peers on the speeding bandwagon of international disapproval.
- Israel Closes In On Key Hizbollah Post (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Israeli forces battled to take over a second Hizbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon on Tuesday and an Israeli commander estimated that at least 20 guerrillas had been killed in the fighting.
- Syria Welcomes Lebanese Refugees (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Jul 26, 2006)
No air of crisis; Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's popularity at a high
- Israel Seizes Main Hizbollah Headquarters (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 26, 2006)
Israeli warplanes blasted southern suburbs of Beirut on Tuesday and troops battled Hizbollah guerrillas as Israel effectively ruled out any chance of a rapid ceasefire to end the two-week-old Lebanon conflict, and warned it could set up its own . . .
- An Absurd 'Solution' (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jul 26, 2006)
"Deeply concerned" about the people of Lebanon and "what they are enduring," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid an unannounced visit to Beirut on Monday, to convey to the Lebanese government what is being referred to as a 'solution'.
- Proxy War Shows No Signs Of Abatement (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jul 26, 2006)
On July 26, the nation will pay its homage to martyrs of the Indian Armed Forces who made the supreme sacrifice during the Kargil operations seven years ago. Will the nation observe it as the final Vijay Diwas ? Unlikely.
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