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Articles 621 through 720 of 8510:
- Kabul Another Baghdad (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok K. Mehta (retd), Oct 03, 2006)
US President George Bush’s dinner diplomacy between Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai and Gen Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan has not worked. But on the ground, NATO commanders are claiming success.
- Breakdown Of Peace Process In Assam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
Unlike the Naga peace talks and the related ceasefire for more than a decade, the apparent lack of confidence and resultant absence of mutual trust between the Centre and the ULFA presumably led to the premature collapse of the peace process in . . .
- Lives In Search Of Lost Worlds (Hindu, Suchitra Behal, Oct 03, 2006)
The Inheritance of Loss is written with joy, compassion and a rare candour.
- India Slips On Diplomatic Stage (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 03, 2006)
Aiming big in foreign policy, the Manmohan Singh government has lost out on what was within its reach on the international arena.
- Gandhi Peace Prize For Tutu (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2006)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2005 in recognition of his "invaluable contribution towards social and political transformation through dialogue and tolerance", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced on Monday . . .
- Musharraf Blames West For Terror (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2006)
In yet another controversial statement, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has virtually blamed the US and other Western countries for terrorism emanating from his country.
- Congress Restricts Bush From Building Mily Basis In Iraq (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
The U.S. Congress on Friday moved to block the Bush administration from building permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq or controlling the country’s oil sector, as it approved $70 billion for funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Cii’S Ruffled Feathers (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 30, 2006)
The government would find itself in quite a predicament were the members of the Council of Islamic Ideology to carry out their threat to resign collectively unless their reservations are addressed.
- We Haven’T Even Heard Afzal’S Story (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 30, 2006)
Mohammad Afzal has been sentenced to death by hanging for the offence of conspiring to attack the Indian Parliament on December 13, 2001.
- Pak Abducted A Lot Of Terror Suspects, Says Amnesty Intl (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
Pakistan has abducted hundreds of people as part of the US-led war on terror, often secretly holding them for months while they are interrogated , the human rights group Amnesty International said on Friday.
- Ethnic Hate Crimes On The Increase In Russia (Hindu, Marianna Belenkaya, Sep 30, 2006)
Religious and ethnic communities have a big role to play. They should not give in to provocations.
- U.N. Envoy For Tsunami Recovery Seeks Revival Of Talks In Sri Lanka (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 30, 2006)
"Recovery process has ground to a halt in parts of north and east"
Reported Defence Ministry letter asks journalists not to disseminate news without confirmation from Media Centre for National Security
Move unnecessary and tantamount to . . .
- Gandhi’S Way Won’T Do (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 30, 2006)
Rajkumar Hirani in his film “Lage Raho Munnabhai”, a sequel to “Munnabhai MBBS”, took up Gandhi and Gandhism and gave it an attractive makeover, making it . . .
- Reservation In Premier Institutions (Hindu, Prabhudev Konana, Sep 30, 2006)
While reservation is a political hot button, it is about societal endurance, ethics, and value issues. If it is a pure political solution then, unfortunately, premier institutions will probably lose the battle.
- Feeling Grounded? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 30, 2006)
What would you do when your kid chooses to be anything but cooing and cute on board an aircraft?
- Osama Is In Afghanistan: Musharraf (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Brushing aside a French intelligence report that Osama bin Laden has died of typhoid, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf says intelligence input suggests the al-Qaeda leader is hiding in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar, possibly with the help . . .
- Statistics Hide More Than They Reveal (Times of India, Amrith Lal, Sep 29, 2006)
Anthony D'Amato's study puts forward two propositions. One, the amount of social violence in the US has come down over the years and, two, exposure to depictions of violence has influenced the decline.
- Beautiful People (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 29, 2006)
Khushwant Singh's Sex, Scotch and Scholarship lay by my side. I'd given up on it: just wasn't in the mood. No sex please, we're Pakistani. Just how we've reached a population of over 165 million isn't too clear.
- Not A Banana Republic? (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Sep 29, 2006)
The writer is a former member of parliament and a freelance columnist based in Lahore
- Politics Of Durga Puja (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 29, 2006)
While West Bengal erupts in what Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi calls "stree shakti" (women's power), two very dissimilar strees are jostling for Durga's tiara.
- Chronicles Of A Patriot (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
The world of covert intelligence is John le Carré’s natural terrain. He returns to it in his latest novel through a different route and in a different manner.
- A Different Kind Of Truth (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2006)
Good non-fiction needs more than just facts - it takes a degree of well-disciplined artifice.
- Language: For Torture Or Communication? (Hindu, KESAVA MENON, Sep 29, 2006)
Given India's demographic mix, the link language should primarily be a tool for communication.
- Italian Feud (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 29, 2006)
Venice is the world's oldest film festival. Rome is the big, brash, new kid on the block. How are they getting on?
- Turkey-Eu: ‘Train Crash’ Ties (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Sep 29, 2006)
West asia- Turkey's troubled candidacy: Legislation not implemented on the accession process.
- Political Parties Join Protests Over Death For Mohammad Afzal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Separatists give call for general strike, demonstrations on Friday
- Civil Society Can Bring Ulfa To Talks: Gogoi (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday exhorted civil society groups in the state to act as intermediaries and bring the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) for peace talks.
- On-Screen Gore Sublimates Violent Impulses (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 29, 2006)
Violence is not a metaphysical thing; it's one of the most physical of experiences from the point of view of its victim.
- Private Freebooters (Frontline, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Sep 28, 2006)
Private freebooters are holding the talented youth of India to ransom, while the state wastes its funds on luxuries.
- Passing The Buck (Frontline, T.K. RAJALAKSHMI, Sep 28, 2006)
The Centre has gone back on its commitment to legislate a Bill guaranteeing the fundamental right to education.
- Q&a: No Escape From Racial Profiling (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2006)
A former vice-chancellor of Oxford University and expert in private international law, Peter North has been associated with legal reforms in UK. Manoj Mitta speaks to North about the debate over racial profiling, which has emerged as the most . . .
- Cbi Wanted Four Cops Probed (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The CBI informed the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that it had recommended disciplinary inquiry against four Delhi police officers who had failed to conduct proper investigation into the rape and murder of Priyadarshini Mattoo when the case was under them
- One And A Half Cheers For Police Reform (The Economic Times, Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar, Sep 28, 2006)
For decades, I have argued that police independence and reform are crucial for governance. Public order is intrinsically political and must be handled by the home minister. But crime detection and prosecution should not be political, and should be . . .
- Targeting Al Qaeda (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2006)
The ethnic Pashtun hamlet of Damadola Burkanday in the Bajaur Agency of Pakistan's Federally Administered Territories is inhabited by the Mamond tribe. Bajaur has a history of strong jehadi sentiments.
- Coup In Bangkok (Frontline, P.S. Suryanarayana, Sep 28, 2006)
Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is ousted in absentia in a bloodless coup.
- Indian Too Responsible For Terrorism In Pakistan (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Sep 28, 2006)
Indian Defence Minister Mukherjee has accused Pakistan of being ‘nursery of global terrorism’ and lamented that it has done very little to dismantle, what he called, terrorists’ infrastructure on its eastern border – a reference to Kashmir where . . .
- Armed For Democracy? (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Sep 27, 2006)
Unwilling to give up their arms, Maoists insist they’ll organise a ‘people’s revolt’ in Kathmandu. Their tactic is to project the pro-democracy coalition and judiciary as anti-people, and the security forces as violators of human rights
- Coffee With The Enemy (Indian Express, RICHARD N. HAASS, Sep 27, 2006)
Chatting with Ahmadinejad in New York wasn’t about bestowing him legitimacy. Exchange doesn’t mean endorsement.
- An Inner Bath (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 27, 2006)
Laughter has been uplifted as a therapy the world over. Not so long ago, laughter was considered shallow and unintelligent; seriousness was highly valued as a social trait.
- In Assam, The Guns Open Up Again (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Sep 27, 2006)
There is renewed pressure on both sides to return to the negotiating table.
- South Asia's Most Militarised Society (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 27, 2006)
A study details the effects on Sri Lanka of the 23-year-old ethnic conflict.
- The Race To Choose Annan's Successor Is Hotting Up (Hindu, Dmitry Kosyrev, Sep 27, 2006)
Russia is not against any of the three front-runners from Asia. But are the Americans trying to fix the result?
- The Burden Of Inequity (News International, Shireen M Mazari, Sep 27, 2006)
Despite the deck being stacked against her, the Pakistani woman shows her true mettle whenever an opportunity is presented.
- Fighting Again (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 27, 2006)
The truce between the Government and the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has ended even before it could take root. Barely six weeks after the Centre announced a ceasefire, the truce has been called off and military operations have been . . .
- Easy Target (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Sep 27, 2006)
Despite its history of communal tension, Malegaon has remained calm in the wake of the blasts.
- On And Off (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 26, 2006)
With the Indian Army resuming operations against the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), prospects for a lasting ceasefire with the banned terrorist organisation have further dimmed.
- After The Fighting, A Battle For Hope (Hindu, Declan Walsh, Sep 26, 2006)
In the aftermath of Operation Medusa, the anti- Taliban offensive in southern Afghanistan, NATO is scrambling to win the locals' sympathies.
- Story Of A Bestseller: Fact Or Fiction? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 26, 2006)
The story of Kathy O'Beirne has a lot to do with a market driven by an almost obsessive interest in personal accounts of abuse, pain, and hurt.
- Intransigence In Assam (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 26, 2006)
The United Liberation Front of Asom has squandered yet another opportunity to work through the democratic mainstream and chosen to continue on its path of terror and extortion.
- Ulfa On Rampage (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Sep 26, 2006)
Cynical as it may sound, the UPA Government's peace overture to the United Liberation Front of Asom, which has been waging a bloody insurrection for the past three decades and whose leaders and cadre are guilty of extortion and mass murder of . . .
- Vikram Chandra (Business Standard, Nilanjana S Roy, Sep 26, 2006)
Everyone has a story to tell and hearing these is how Sacred Games metamorphosed into the huge tome it is.
- Upa Govt Allowed Ulfa To Lead It Up The Garden Path (Pioneer, Pramod Kumar Singh, Sep 26, 2006)
When the Centre decided to suspend the ongoing military operations against the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on August 13, the Army had expressed serious concern over the decision.
- India Should Limit Use Of Anti Terror Laws’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
India should limit the use of its tough anti-terrorism laws and push ahead with long-overdue police and criminal justice reforms, a New York-based lawyers’ group said Tuesday.
- One That Flew Over The Coup’S Nest (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 26, 2006)
As far as sales pitches go, Sunday’s rumours that a coup was in progress in Pakistan came at a perfect time — a day before the launch of Pervez Musharraf’s autobiography, In The Line of Fire. A power failure, of the electrical kind, throughout the . . .
- Blessings Of Judicial Activism (Dawn, Sajjad Ali Shah, Sep 26, 2006)
Before partition, the judicial system in the subcontinent was provided by the British government that did not interfere with the personal laws of its subjects.
- Assam Set For Turmoil (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 26, 2006)
The turn of events in Assam suggests the North-eastern state could be in for another round of turmoil.
- Readying For Times More Taxing (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Sep 26, 2006)
The outlawed United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) has entered a new phase; it has announced its decision to impose ‘tax’ on the common people, irrespective of whether they are “Indians” or “indigenous people belonging to the . . .
- General Admits: Pak Army Fought Kargil, Aq Khan Helped Iran (Indian Express, Pranab Dhal Samanta, Sep 26, 2006)
There may still be differences over the extent to which Pakistani regulars were involved in the Kargil conflict but for the first time in seven years Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has admitted — in an effusive tone — that the Pakistan Army . . .
- Victims At A Loss Over Pakistan’S Rape Law Reform (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2006)
The 24-year-old Pakistani woman has medical reports saying she's been raped. What she hasn't got is four male witnesses that the country's Islamic law says she needs to prove it.
- Shot-Down Idea (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 26, 2006)
This newspaper has always maintained that ceasefire with the Ulfa is utterly unacceptable. But the home ministry had insisted that negotiations with a group of extortionists was feasible.
- Laws For Defence Forces (Tribune, Lieut-Gen Harwant Singh (retd), Sep 25, 2006)
THE Parliamentary Committee on Defence has proposed a “makeover” for the defence forces laws, to make them less harsh and oppressive and more democratic in the interest of the morale of the troops.
- Let's Call A Spade A Spade (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 25, 2006)
The average Delhiite does not have a sparkling reputation and we all know it.
- Be With Us Or Be Bombed (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Sep 25, 2006)
Is it any surprise that the Bush administration issued crude threats to Pakistan immediately after 9/11? In his 368-page memoir, In The Line of Fire, which is being launched today, President Pervez Musharraf narrates how, on September 12, 2001, U.S. . . .
- Pak Troops Were Involved In Kargil, Says Musharraf (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
In the first official acknowledgement of involvement of Pakistan’s regular troops in the Kargil conflict, President Pervez Musharraf has described it as “a landmark in the history of the Pakistani army”.
- Thrown Into The Wilderness Of Politics (Dawn, Sherry Rehman, Sep 25, 2006)
When the military regime introduced its draft of the women’s bill in parliament, many progressive forces that had been pushing for the repeal of the infamous Hudood Ordinances imposed by Ziaul Haq saw an opportunity to effect change for women in Pakistan.
- ‘For A Safer City’ (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 25, 2006)
'Bangalore can be vibrant even without late nights. If you extend the deadline then the consumption of liquor also goes up. But may be on one day, it could be extended...’
- An Unsung Death (Tribune, Baljit Malik, Sep 25, 2006)
Independence morning came with death for this labouring adivasi (Jharkhandee) family.
- Iraqis Agree To Discuss Federalism (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Iraq's ethnic and religious parliamentary groups agreed on Sunday to open debate on a contentious Shi’ite-proposed draft legislation that will allow the creation of federal regions in Iraq, politicians from all groups said.
- In Russia, Cautious Generosity (Tribune, Peter Finn, Sep 25, 2006)
Russia’s tycoons, whose flamboyant spending has rung cash registers from the Mediterranean isles to London’s Mayfair district, have found a new use for their supersize wallets: philanthropic foundations.
- Deprivation Of Rights Linked To Terrorist Acts: Former Judge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Former Judge of Mumbai High Court, H. Suresh, has said that deprivation of human rights was the cause for terrorist acts by some persons in the country.
- Foreign Investor Worries (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 25, 2006)
The annual perception survey conducted by the American Business Council, a grouping of American companies operating in the private sector in Pakistan, focuses this time on the issue of law and order in the country.
- Musharraf Backs Women’S Bill (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Facing heat from moderates and rights activists over controversial Islamic laws, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said the laws were “extremely discriminatory” against women and he would ensure the passage of the Bill seeking their . . .
- Sri Lanka Says Sinks 11 Rebel Boats In Naval Clash (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Sep 25, 2006)
Sri Lanka's navy sank 11 Tamil Tiger vessels and killed dozens of rebels in a fierce five-hour battle overnight, the military said on Monday, a fortnight after the foes agreed to resume peace talks to halt renewed civil war.
- Rape Law Reform Lays Bare Pakistan's Political Morass (Reuters, SIMON CAMERON-MOORE, Sep 25, 2006)
The 24-year-old Pakistani woman has medical reports saying she's been raped. What she hasn't got is four male witnesses that the country's Islamic law says she needs to prove it.
- Kerala Hc Ruling Good For India's Image (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 25, 2006)
The Kerala High Court judgement quashing the bans on Coke and Pepsi is a blow for due process and the rule of law.
- Army Launches Major Operation Against Ulfa (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
The army today launched a major operation against insurgent group ULFA in Assam killing one militant in an encounter following the Centre's directive of resumption of operation against the outfit in the wake of killing of a tea garden manager . . .
- ‘Us Forces Abuse Afghan Prisoners’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
Two Afghan detainees died in the custody of US special forces in Afghanistan and several others were badly beaten or tortured there, a media report claimed today.
- Pok Marks On Islamabad (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 25, 2006)
There has always been an element of chutzpah in Islamabad’s relationship to ‘Azad’ Kashmir aka Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
- Qaeda Tape Shows Ultras Setting Captured Us Troopers Ablaze (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 25, 2006)
An al-Qaeda linked group posted a Web video on Saturday purporting to show the bodies of two American soldiers being dragged behind a truck, then set on fire in apparent retaliation for the rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman by US troops from the . . .
- Lost Opportunity (Deccan Herald, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 25, 2006)
It is not just fundamental Muslims who have used force for conversion but several followers of Christianity.
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