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Articles 821 through 920 of 8510:
- Scourge Of Terrorism (Hindu, R. K. Raghavan , Sep 19, 2006)
Demolishes the theory that licence to religions has worked well for the U.K.
- Over Darfur Looms The Shadow Of Rwanda (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 19, 2006)
Darfur, a semi-arid region in western Sudan roughly the size of France, demands the urgent attention of the world.
- It Is Not The Economy But Race (Hindu, Gary Younge, Sep 19, 2006)
Recent research into voting patterns in America ignores the elephant in the room.
- Pervez's Balochistan Blunder (Pioneer, Anil Narendra, Sep 19, 2006)
Bugti's killing has united all political factions in Pakistan, leading to widespread demands for Gen Musharraf's ouster, says Anil Narendra
- Section 377 Must Go (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 19, 2006)
The argument against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is writ large indeed.
- Kidnapped: More Than Just A Child’S Story (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 19, 2006)
British newspapers have recently been highlighting Louise Campbell’s tearful plea that her daughter, Molly Campbell, had been abducted by her ex-husband, Sajjad Ahmad Rana. Pakistani papers, on the other hand, have been stressing on statements made . . .
- Tale Of Two Crimes (Times of India, Jyoti Punwani, Sep 19, 2006)
The two stories of crime and punishment that shook Mumbai in recent years could not have been more different.
- Discriminate Between Refugees, Anti-Social Elements: Karunanidhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
Urges police, revenue authorities to resort to coordinated action
Government duty bound to help Sri Lankan refugees
13,844 refugees have arrived in Tamil Nadu
Police officers told to uphold human rights.
- China: Boom Or Bust? (Tribune, S.P. Seth, Sep 19, 2006)
In a recent forum on Australian television, the participants debated if China was headed for boom or bust. China’s continued economic growth of around 10 per cent is now regarded as a given by many commentators around the world.
- Yet Another Tribune (Tribune, Darshan Singh Maini, Sep 19, 2006)
I guess, few among the millions of the Tribune readers would know that there was a paper of that name published in New York in the 19th Century. Henry James, one of the greatest American novelists, used to write for it weekly reports when as a young . . .
- Gadgets Still Shy Of Utopia (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 19, 2006)
Scientists gave us a future that sci-fi imagined for us, but couldn't give us happiness.
- China Is Not Just Rising, But Also Changing (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 19, 2006)
China's advance toward global economic pre-eminence appears irresistible. Having recently surpassed Britain, France and Italy, its economy is now the fourth-largest in the world...
- Value The Witness (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Sep 19, 2006)
In the Best Bakery trial in Gujarat, 37 witnesses, some of them relatives of those killed, turned hostile.
- Nations Co-Exist In Cyber Space (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 19, 2006)
Oppressive prime ministers and caring dictators — elected with the click of a mouse — are running over 100,000 cyber nations armed with their unique flags, emblems, mottos and warped ideologies.
- Reduce The Wpi Weightage For Sugar (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Sep 19, 2006)
In many parts of India, the sugar industry is in dire financial straits. Cash-strapped sugar mills take delivery of sugarcane but postpone paying farmers. This forces farmers to take extortionate loans.
- More Autonomy, Please (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 19, 2006)
If you feel that you have had enough of Bugti, Qazi, Osama, Mulla Dadullah, Pope Benedict XVI and the likes, check out the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's most recent report titled 'Northern Areas of . . .
- After 43 Years Locked Away, This Woman Gets A Second Shot At Justice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2006)
On Wednesday, Sarla’s case will come up before a court of the National Human Rights Commission. It’s the second shot at justice for a woman who fell through the cracks of the judicial system 43 years ago.
- Nepal Mps Want Us Ambassador Recalled (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Sep 19, 2006)
At least two members of Nepal’s Parliament have criticised US ambassador James Moriarty for what they called brazen “interference” in Nepal’s domestic affairs, and asked the government to send him back urgently.
- Global Grief (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 19, 2006)
World events this week have shown the inevitability of globalisation in terms of how economics is forcibly wedded to politics and religion. In Singapore, the World Bank, IMF, G7 are holding talks to decide how to resurrect talks. When they will . . .
- World Leaders Face Un Overloaded With Crisis (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
What a difference a year makes. A gala summit in 2005 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the United Nations turned into a divisive debate over the organisation’s shortcomings and proposed reforms.
- 23 Die In Iraq Blasts (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
In the deadliest blast, a suicide attacker driving a truck rigged with explosives blew himself up outside the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the political party of Iraq's President Jalal Talabani, killing 17 people.
- Shocks To Come (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 18, 2006)
Nawab Akbar Bugti's killing could have consequences for the whole region.
- Setting An Example (News International, Editorial, The News International, Sep 18, 2006)
The case of Ghazala Shaheen Bhatti, a young woman from Kabirwala, who was allegedly detained recently along with her mother by the henchmen of a local influential needs to be investigated immediately.
- Twisted Stand On Academic Freedom (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, Sep 18, 2006)
Hark the ringing prose about academic freedom by Rima Kapitan, the volunteer attorney in CAIR's Chicago office. "Another casualty in the war against civil liberties in this country since September 2001 is the right to academic freedom.
- Beyond Powerpoint (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 18, 2006)
Powerpoint presentations are a torture for most audiences. Some executives are aware of the monotony that these cause.
- Nam Condemns Israeli Attacks, Supports Iran: Havana Declaration (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 18, 2006)
Representatives of 118 Non-aligned Movement nations condemned Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and supported a peaceful resolution to the US-Iran nuclear dispute in the final declaration on Saturday of a summit that brought together some of . . .
- Mysterious Abductions (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 18, 2006)
Newspersons in Colombo received a jolt on the morning of August 29 in the form of reports that Nadarajah Guruparan, a senior journalist, had disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
- U.S. Foes Bash U.S. And U.N At Cuba Summit (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
Washington's biggest enemies, from communist Cuba to North Korea, called on developing nations on Saturday to challenge U.S. dominance through a revived Non-Aligned Movement labeled a Cold War relic by critics.
- Medicine Prices A Bitter Pill To Swallow (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
Lack of control on prices of many drugs and loopholes in the regulations which govern the prices of those under control are adding to the woes of patients.
- Sexual Abuse 'A Cancer' In Congo:un Official (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
A senior UN official has called sexual abuse a ''cancer'' in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and told military and civilian leaders they had to condemn it publicly and prosecute offenders.
- How Many More Ministers Will Azad Induct? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Sep 17, 2006)
Even while avowedly pursuing the noble objective of keeping a modestly sized council of Ministers with austerity as a State policy, the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad seems to have finally succumbed to the pressures from within and outside . . . .
- Forced Departures (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Sep 17, 2006)
When women, of whatever class, are forced by circumstance to migrate, they expose themselves to new forms of violence and exploitation.
- Where The Past Still Lives (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
It is very difficult to escape the past in Mussoorie, pervaded by a genteel colonial air.
- Glamour In The Grind: Devil Of A Boss! (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Sep 17, 2006)
Why would anyone work for such a monster of a boss as Miranda Priestley? Why would anyone work under such sub-human conditions rivalling a prison labour camp? That is the question that will arise again and again in anyone’s mind when reading the book.
- Centre To Set Up Six . . . (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
The Centre is planning to set up six institutes similar to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in different parts of the country, Union Minister for Health Ambumani Ramadoss has said.
- On Illusion And Love (New Indian Express, K. Kunhikrishnan, Sep 17, 2006)
An Indian Nobel laureate in literature? Yes, Prem Rustum, the main character, a reclusive Indian septuagenarian, in Abha Dawesar’s latest novel; (the other two: Miniplanner and the Stonewell Book Award winning Babyji).
- Befitting Honour For Shabana Azmi (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 17, 2006)
Shabana Azmi looked different than other members whenever she raised an issue or participated in a debate in the Rajya Sabha.
- Pre-Marriage Hiv Tests To Be Made Voluntary In Goa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
In a departure from its earlier stand, making it compulsory for a couple to take an HIV test before entering wedlock, Goa Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane has said the tests would now be voluntary.
- Back To The Future (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 17, 2006)
The ill-fated Women's Protection Bill has created quite a stir. The genesis of the bill, according to the cynics, is that the president wanted it passed before he arrived in the United States so that he could show the world just how well stocked . . .
- Terror's Forgotten Victim (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Sep 17, 2006)
Between 2001 and August 2006, India lost 23,753 people to terrorism. Tens of thousands of others were maimed and injured. Hundreds of thousands were bereaved. Millions of lives were disrupted. The direct and developmental costs of this terrorism . . .
- Terror's Forgotten Victim (Pioneer, AJAI SAHNI, Sep 16, 2006)
Between 2001 and August 2006, India lost 23,753 people to terrorism. Tens of thousands of others were maimed and injured. Hundreds of thousands were bereaved. Millions of lives were disrupted. The direct and developmental costs of this terrorism would . .
- Colourful Beginning For Humanity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 16, 2006)
Lawrence Barham has been studying tools and other artefacts left by ancient humans at a site in Zambia. He says the range of mineral pigments, or ochres, found there hints at the use of paint, perhaps to mark the body. If correct, it would push . . .
- Provide Quota, Dalit Leader Urges British Investors (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Sep 16, 2006)
Meets officials to discuss rights violations
- Recism In The Air (Frontline, Hasan Suroor, Sep 16, 2006)
Asian travellers are being searched for 'terror signs' in Britain's covert racial profiling.
- Model Revolutionary (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Sep 16, 2006)
The death of Subodh Roy marks the end of an era that linked the present-day communist movement with the freedom struggle.
- The Senate Says No To Mr Bush (Economist, Editorial, Economist, Sep 16, 2006)
For A while, George Bush seemed confident of getting his way. In a speech earlier this month he said interrogators of terrorist suspects should be free to use “alternative techniques” to gather information to foil pending plots. Suspects, he added, . . .
- Cyber Crime Becoming More Organised (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Cyber scams are increasingly being committed by organised crime syndicates out to profit from sophisticated ruses rather than hackers keen to make an online name for themselves, according to a top US official.
- Slmm Head Meets Ltte Leaders (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 16, 2006)
The newly appointed acting head of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM), Larse Solveberg, visited the LTTE administrative headquarters at Kilinochchi.
- Racial Tension On The Rise In Russia (Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin , Sep 16, 2006)
A surging wave of hate crimes threatens to upset inter-racial peace and national stability. Locals fear loss of jobs. Migrants seldom integrate.
- Students' Forum Condemns Terrorism (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Takes out a rally protesting against recent blasts in Maharashtra
Government urged to act firmly against terror outfits
Ensure innocent are not targetted .
- Back To Gondwanaland (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
An expedition starting in Asia and across the length of Africa by road, in an effort to retrace the long-lost land link between the continents.
- Education Minister To Take Appropriate Action On Report (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
Cabinet approves report of P.A. Mohammed committee
- Nam Summit Opens Without Fidel Castro (Hindu, N. Ravi, Sep 16, 2006)
Raul Castro and Chavez launch attack on the U.S., Malaysia cautious
- Change System To Make Policing People-Friendly (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 16, 2006)
Although the rampant ‘corruption’ among public servants in general and the police in particular is all too well-known, a recent expose of a conspiracy by some officials of the Delhi Police to frame a citizen indicates the abysmal depth to which the . . .
- Let Dads Cry (Times of India, SATISH K SHARMA, Sep 16, 2006)
Much is being made of laughing and its therapeutic value these days. Laughing clubs have mushroomed in every city and town. On the other hand shedding tears, which is a far more cathartic experience, remains taboo for most of us.
- Senators Defy Bush Over Trials (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 16, 2006)
A Senate committee rebelled against President George W. Bush yesterday, passing a bill it said would protect the rights of foreign terrorism suspects and repair a US image damaged by harsh treatment of detainees.
- Saving Ketchup Colonel (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 15, 2006)
When General J J Singh became chief of army staff, he promised an improvement in the army's human rights record. The jury is out on that promise. The tendency of the army to cover up incidents has not changed.
- Work Towards Real Democracy (Pioneer, Sunita Vakil, Sep 15, 2006)
For the past several years, Pakistan has been pursuing a duplicitous policy regarding Islamist violence.
- Maoist Pawns Need A King (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, Sep 15, 2006)
No positive outcome can be expected from the present opportunistic partnership between Nepal's seven-party alliance and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). Perhaps the only factor they have in common - shared also by the third party in the . . .
- Pak’S Truce With Taliban Raises Us Eyebrows (Deccan Herald, Shyam Bhatia, Sep 15, 2006)
A truce agreed between Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and the Pakistani Taliban has been described by Pakistani exiles in the United States as akin to creating a state within a state in the Waziristan tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
- From The Kitchen With Love (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 15, 2006)
In 1983, as the founder editor of the magazine Granta, which he revived, Bill Buford published, in a single issue, the writings of Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan and Salman Rushdie. The issue was called “Best of Young . . .
- M’Rashtra: The New Bihar (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 15, 2006)
Sure, Maharashtra isn’t a basket case, but cut through the legacy of social progressiveness and rapid industrialisation, and the bright lights of the Mumbai-Pune-Nashik golden triangle rapidly begin to dim.
- Us Medal For Dalai Lama Irks China (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
China on Thursday denounced a decision by the US Congress to award the Dalai Lama a Congressional Gold Medal, its highest honor.
- Curb The Arms Trade (Hindu, Bianca Jagger, Sep 15, 2006)
A proposed treaty before the U.N. offers a chance to save millions of lives.
- Create Atmosphere For Talks, Says Ltte (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Sep 15, 2006)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), in its first detailed reaction to the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs' statement two days ago that the rival sides in the island nation had agreed to hold unconditional talks in Oslo in October, said the Norwegian . . .
- Confusing Terror With Islam (News International, Shafqat Mahmood, Sep 15, 2006)
The writer is a former member of parliament and a freelance columnist based in Lahore
The fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States has been a time of reflection in the west with many analysts concentrating on the . . .
- Doing ‘Deals’ With A Threat Worse Than Al Qaeda (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 15, 2006)
General Pervez Musharraf told the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday that the Taliban constitute a bigger threat to the security of the region than Al Qaeda because, unlike the latter, they are rooted in populations on both sides of the . . .
- Grey Areas In Rights (Deccan Herald, Sakuntala Narasimhan, Sep 15, 2006)
‘Don't we pay for medical services on the basis of seeking a cure, and call it deficiency of service if there is no cure’
- When Rebels Want To Rule The Army (Indian Express, YUBARAJ GHIMIRE, Sep 15, 2006)
How much say should a rebel outfit have in the choice of Chief Of the Army Staff (CoAS)? The government appointed Rukmangad Katwal as CoAS, overruling objections from . . .
- Caste And Conflict (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Sep 15, 2006)
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar is confronted with conflicts as it tries to implement its social development agenda.
- Islamic Values And Human Rights (Dawn, Prof Mohammed Rafi, Sep 15, 2006)
The real worth of man lies in his deeds, and not his physical body. As human beings, all are equal although they may have different colour and religion and may belong to different culture, race and caste. (17:70). This is the basic principle of the . . .
- Degrees Of Separation (Frontline, M.S. Prabhakara, Sep 15, 2006)
About 30 organisations described variously as terrorist, militant or insurgent, are active in Asom (formerly Assam) and other States in northeastern India.
- When Teachers Are Rapists (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Sep 15, 2006)
AS it is, rape is the most heinous of all crimes, considering that it violates not just the victim’s body, but also her psyche and future. When it is committed by a teacher, it becomes all the worse.
- Divided And Ruling (Frontline, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Sep 15, 2006)
Tensions leading up to Muzaffar Beig's resignation as Deputy Chief Minister put the Congress-PDP marriage to the test.
- Defeating Terrorism (Tribune, T.P. Sreenivasan, Sep 15, 2006)
Nostradamus’ prophecy that “two metal birds would crash into two tall statues and the world will end soon after” appeared to have come true on September 11, 2001. The world as we knew it certainly ended on that day.
- Stop Fooling Around With Your Life (Times of India, Swami Sukhabodhananda, Sep 15, 2006)
How can I know my mind?
- Rise Of Gandhigiri (Times of India, SHARMISTHA GOOPTU, Sep 15, 2006)
Bande Mein Tha Dam (The guy had guts), Bandemataram! goes the opening line of a song saluting Mahatma Gandhi in Lage Raho Munnabhai, the immensely enjoyable second part of Munnabhai MBBS, which made the inimitable crooks Munna and Circuit a rage.
- ‘Cbi Tampered With Evidence In Mattoo Case’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
R. K. Naseem, counsel of prime accused Santosh Kumar Singh in the Priyadarshini Mattoo rape-cum-murder case, today reiterated that the CBI had allegedly tampered with the evidence and his client was falsely implicated.
- Bandit Hero (Times of India, Sauvik Chakraverti, Sep 15, 2006)
It is useful, when considering political rulers of ages past, to make a clear distinction between "roving bandits" and "stationary bandits". In English history, Norsemen like Hagar the Horrible go down as "roving bandits" who killed, raped, looted . . .
- Jermyn Order (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Sep 14, 2006)
Now that the Securities Appellate Tribunal has upheld the regulator's view that Jermyn Capital is 'not a fit and proper' person in the context of India's capital market, it raises questions about the inaction by other regulators and . . .
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